240 Begoniaceae R.Br. 



nec valvata (Msn.) siint, sed imlDricata concava; filamenta haud 

 "brevissima ; calycis foliola o 4 nec plnra ; receptacula solitaria tri- 

 gona stipitata, nec gemina (Endl. Msn.). 



Char. Spec. cf. Hsskl. Catal. add. p. 311. Zoll. Arch. II. 583. 1. B. 

 . peltata Hsskl. Cat. 865. 16 p. 192. Wlp. Rprt. V. 766. 2 nec Otto 

 et Dtr. TTlp. Rprt. II. 210. 55. B. Hasskarli Zoll. et Mor. Verz. 

 31. Locus inter B. scande7\tem Sw. et B. concinnam Schlt. Wlp, 

 1. c. 207. 18 et 19; affinis quoque B . nelumbnfoliae Schltd, et Cham. 

 Wlp. 1. c. 209. 30. — B. albo-coccinea Hook, cui Wlp. adducere 

 vult hancce speciem, toto habitu et sola diagnosi sat diversa! — Pa- 

 riter B. ruhra Bl. Wlp. Rprt. II. 208. 25 sufficienter diversa: fol. 

 inaequaliter cordatis ciliatis subtus cum petiolo et caule dense to- 

 mentosis, etc. 



Diagnos. reform. Herba perennis radice tuberosa, caule humili erecto, 

 foliis peltatis subrotundo-ovatis, repando-crenatis, glaberrimis, nitidis, 

 coriaceis subtus atro-purpurcis, cjma brevi multiflora, calyce 4-pbyllo, 

 foliolis externis rotundatis , internis obovato - spathulatis ; fructibus 

 subaequaliter 3-alatis, alis semi-orbicularibus. 



D e s cr p t. Herbae perennes, prope Bidara-tjina ad ripas 

 declives limosas obviae elegantissimae ; radix tuberosa, sub- 

 globosa, 1 — 3 poll. diametro ; caulis erectus a basi ramosissi- 

 mus, geniculato-nodosus, nodis incrassatis, 10,0 — 18,0 poll. 

 altus, glaberrimus, purpureus, lucidus; internodia 0,5 — 1,5 

 poU. longa, 0,25 — 0,10 poll. crassa; rami dichotomi, erecto- 

 patentes glaberrimi purpurei; stipulae oblongae aut ovatae, 

 patentes obtusae, carnosulae, 0,1 poll, longae; petioli erecto- 

 patentes, teretes, 0,12 poll. crassi, 1,0 — 2,0 poll. longi, tere- 

 tes purpurei, giaberrimi; folia excentrice peltata, coriacea, sub- 

 rotundo-ovata, acuta, repando-crenata, 8-nervia, 3,0 — 5,0 poll. 

 longa, 2,5 — 3,7poll. lata, sat crassa, glaberrima, supra laevis- 

 sima, nitidissima atro-viridia, ad umbilicum insertionis tantum 

 petioli et nervum medium paullo erubescentia, subtus purpurea 

 lucida, nervis sanguineis, dichotomis, marginem attingentibus 

 radiatim percursa, margine inter crenaturas minute elevato- 

 glandulosa; pedunculi terminales cum calycibus atro-sanguinei, 

 lucidi, glaberrimi, dichotomi, cymosi, ad ramificationem 1,0 

 poll. longi; coryiiibus 1,0 poU. altus, 1,0 — 1,5 poll. latus ele- 

 gan?, primo flores staminigeros iisque deciduis pistilligeros 

 proferens; hracteae ad ramificationem quamquam binae mi- 

 nutae et sensim altiores minutiores, patentes carnosulae oblongo- 



