1757 



* BEGONIA petalodes. 

 Petaled Begonia. 



MOXCECIA FOLYAKDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Begoniace^, Juss. (^Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 169.) 



BEGOMA.—Supra, vol \.fol. 284. 



B.petalodes; caulescens, foliis asvqullateris orbiculatis 5-9-lobis incisis scrratis 



cucullatis, floribus masculis disepalis dipetalis, fcemineis tetrasepalis tctra- 



petalis, fructus alls subsequalibus acuminatis, cymis 2-3 floris. 



Stipulse ovatcB, serratce. Foliorum lamina petiolo brevior. Cymae long^ 



pedunculatce 2-3-Jlorce. Flores masciili sepalis 2 suhrotnndis roseis, petalis 



2 conformibus sed minoribus albis. Flores foeminei sepalis 4, jiarvis, subro- 



tundis roseis, petalis totidem con formibus albis quorum 2 minora sunt. Alae 



fructus immaturi cBquales, acuminatcc. 



A pretty little species sent us by Mr. Richard Harrison, 

 in April 1833, and we presume a native of Brazil. It adds 

 another to the beautiful genus Begonia, which cultivators 

 scarcely appreciate in this country. The species are all 

 so very easily cultivated, and have so neat an appearance 

 that they are exceedingly well adapted for ornamenting a 

 damp stove. One of the prettiest things in the gardens of 

 Schonbrunn is a Begonia house, filled with this genus and 

 Ferns growing upon decayed wood and old tan. 



To Botanists this is peculiarly instructive, because it 

 shews better than any species we have previously seen what 

 the regular form of the genus may be considered. To us it 



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