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* BEG(3NIA insignis. 



Noble- flowered Begonia. 



MONCECIA POLYAJ'iVlUA. 



Nat. Old. Begoniace;e. 

 BEGONIA. Supra, vol. 4. fol. 2S4. 



B. insignis ; caule erecto succulento glabro, foliis inaequaliter cordatis oblongo- 

 lanccolatis duplicato-aristato-deiitatis supra puberulis, stipulis Ihieari-trian- 

 gularibus, corymbis pendulis multifloris, sepalis 4 : majoribus cordato-ovatis, 

 capsula; alu maxiinii acutiuscula reliquis rotundatis. 



B. insignis. Graham in Neiu Edmb. Phil. Jourval, no. 1 1 . Bot. Mag. '2900. 



There is no plant in our hothouses more beautiful than 

 this in the months of December and January, when it pro- 

 duces its lovely semitransparent rose-coloured flowers. Many 

 species are more conspicuous for the size and richness of 

 their foliage, but none for the gayness of their blossoms. 



It was introduced from the Berlin Garden, and is pro- 

 bably a Brazilian species. We have not, however, seen any 

 wild specimen. 



It flourishes with but little care in a good greenhouse, 

 but like all the species acquires its greatest perfection if 

 kept in the stove, when in its most rapid growth. My draw- 

 ing was made from a charming specimen belonging to Lady 

 Antrobus. 



* See folio 1252. 



