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panicula dichotoma, floribus roseis fœmineis basi bibrac- 
teatis, bracteis coloratis ovatis acutis, petalis 5 subinæqua- 
libus ovatis vel ovato-oblongis obtusis, capsule alis duabus 
parvis, tertia majori rotundata. 
Has. In dry woods on the Organ Mountains, at an eleva- 
tion of upwards of 6000 feet. FI. March. 
Herba basi suffruticosa, bipedalis. Folia 4 poll. longa, 
15 lin. lata, supra viridia, subtus pallida. 
Apparently near B. pulehella, Raddi, but distinguished by 
the unequal wings of the capsule. 
606. Begonia Hookeriana; fruticosa, erecta, ramosa, minute 
rufo-lepidoto tomentosa, foliis valde inæquilateris fere 
pedalibus acutis basi subcordatis duplicato-dentato-serratis, 
stipulis coriaceis oblongo-lanceolatis, cymis axillaribus 
dichotomis multifloris, floribus parvulis, foemineorum 
petalis 5 oblongis obtusis æqualibus, capsula subglobosa, 
alis 3 æqualibus rotundatis. 
Has. In dense virgin forests in the Organ Mountains, at an 
elevation of about 3000 feet. Fl. February. 
Frutex 5-6-pedalis. Folia 10-12-pollicaria, 4-5 poll. lata, 
pennivenia. 
PRoTEACEX. 
615. Rhopala Organensis; arborea, ramulis compresso-angu- 
latis, petiolis spicis floribusque pubescenti-tomentosis, foliis 
alternis pinnatis, foliolis 4-5-jugis oblongis vel ellipticis 
acutis basi inæqualibus acute serratis supra glabris subtus 
pubescentibus reticulatis, spicis axillaribus folio bre- 
vioribus. 
Has. Rare, in forests on the Organ Mountains, at an eleva- 
tion of about 3500 feet. FI. February. 
. , Arbor 60.pedalis, Foliola 21-34 poll. longa, 12-15 lin. 
lata, Glandule hypogyne 4, distinctæ. 
THYMELACEZ. 
foliis alternis breve petiolatis elliptico-oblongis obtusis 
* , 
: 5849. Lagetta alpestris; dioica, frutica, subdichotomo-ramosa, 
