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MR. DONALD'S NOTES UPON BEGONIAS. 



the joints. Leaves oblique, quite blunt, from three to four inches 

 in length, dark green, and smooth on both sides. Stipules very 

 large, fringed, and of a pale green colour. Flowers resemble 

 those of the preceding species, and it also keeps in bloom 

 the greater part of the year. Syn. B. spathulata, B. semper- 

 Jlorens, B. grandijtora. — Brazil. 



