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BEGONIA* villdsa. 

 Shaggy Begonia. 



MONCECIA POLYANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. BegoniacejE. 

 BEGONIA. — Suprd, vol. 4. fol. 284. 



B. villosa ; foliis semicordatis obsolete duplicato-dentatis obtusis, petiolis 



ramisque villosis, capsulse ala majore rotundata. 



Caulis erectus, parum ramosus, versils fastigium villosus, deorsHm nudus. 

 Stipules scariosce. Folia semicordafa, obtusa, obscure duplicatb-dentata, 

 nunc subintegerrima, utrinque pilosa, petiolis villosis. Cymse paucifiora. 

 Flores albi, parum rubescentes. Petala 4. Capsulse alis rotundatis, nulla 

 modo angulatis, altcrd majore. 



We distinguish this species from the B. humilis of 

 Dryander, from which Mr. Haworth has properly separated 

 the B. humilis of this work, fol. 284, under the name of 

 Suaveolens, by its obtuse leaves, more rounded wings of 

 the capsule, and shaggy branches and petioles. In some 

 of the Gardens near London we have seen it named B. 

 hirsuta, which is a distinct species, with deeply incised, 

 serrated leaves. 



B. semperflorens of Link and Otto's Abbildungen re- 

 sembles this in many respects ; but is distinguishable by 

 the absence of hairs from the stem and petioles, and by its 

 green, not scarious, stipulse. 



Our drawing was made in September last, in the Garden 

 of the Horticultural Society, from a plant presented to that 

 establishment by Sir Charles Lemon, by whom it was 



* Named in honour of Michel Begon, a Frenchman, born in 1638, who 

 assisted Plumier in his works upon American Botany. 



