on the Genus of Begonia. 169 
fon to fuppofe, from the figure and defcription of Rumphius, that 
B. tuberofa has all the wings of the fame fize, like the B. ifop- 
tera. 
17. Beconia rotundifolia, repens, folis reniformi-fubrotundis cre- 
* natis. | 
Begonia rotundifolia. Lamarck Encycl. 1. p. 304, n. 7. 
Begonia obliqua 4. Sp. P/. 1498. 
- Begonia rofeo flore, folio orbiculari. Tourn. Inf. p. 660. Plum. 
Cat. Pl. Amer. p. 20, ic. 33, tab. 45. : 
Habitat in India occidentali. Car. Plumier. 
I have not feen any fpecimen of this. 
18. BEGONIA nana, acaulis, foliis lanceolatis, fcapo fubbifloro. 
Begonia nana, L’Herit. Stirp. Nov. i. p.99, tab. 48. 
Habitat in Madagafcar : in infula Maroffe intra finum Antongil, in 
lapidibus et truncis arborum. Fo. Gul. Bruguiere. 
I have taken up this fpecies only from Mr. LU Heritier's defcrip- 
tion and ER 
inj 
19. Mobilis ns acaulis, foliis inæqualiter cordatis, floribus um- 
bellatis. TAB. 16. 
Falkea tenera. Ken. Manufcr. (in Bibl. Banks.) vol. xvii pag. 227. 
Habitat in Zeylona. fob. Gerb. Kenig. 
Defcriptio D. D. Kenig. 
“ Folia omnia radicalia, orbiculato-cordata, acuta, inzqualiter den- 
tata, membranacea, tenera, fupra fibrillis bafi glandulofis, albis, 
pellucidis confperfa ; fubtus fibrillis rarioribus praefertim ad venas 
adfperfa. Petioli teretes, erectiufculi, glabri, adfperfi fibrillis rari- 
oribus, rubri, foliis longiores, fæpe pedales, craflitie penha anfe- 
rina anguftiores. Scapi erecti, teretes, læves, fibrillis adfperfi, car- 
| “i nofi, 
