242 Begoniaceae R.Br. — Eiiphorbiaceae BrtT. 



superposlti, subreflexl, lutei, papillosi; papillae cylindrlcae, 

 hyallnae, apice subclavatae, Incrassatae, succo hyalino et cor- 

 pusculis minutis foetae ; /rz^c^?/^ atro-sanguinei 3-alati, mem- 

 branacei cf. Char. gen. — Per totum annum flores fructusque 

 profert. — 1846. 



163. BEGONIA ROBUSTA Bl. 



Char. Spec. cf. Bl. En. 96. Wlp. Rprt. 11. 211. 63, an eaclem ac B. 

 macrophijlla Dryand. Wlp. Rprt. II. 208.26?—, nam nostra nullo 

 modo erccta, sed repens adscendens evadit ! 



Descrpt. Caulis herbaceus crassus, repens, ad nodos 

 subtuberosus, subcarnosus ; rami adscendentes crassi cum pe- 

 tiolis peduncuHsque dense retrorsum hirti sanguinel, dein 

 virldescentes ; stipulae crassae, carnosae, ovato - lanceolatae, 

 erctae, parlter ac folla coloratae et hlrtae, Intus glaberrimae, 

 1^0 — 1,2 poll. longae; folia alterna, maxima, petiolo 8 — 13 

 poU. longo, 0,1 — 0,2 poU. crasso, carnoso, tereti suflidta, sub- 

 rotundo-ovata, oblique cordata, lobis baseos rotundatis, acu- 

 minata, angukta s. slnuata, denticulata, 5 — 7-nervia, nervls 

 palmatls, utrlnque et subtus praeprimis in nervis hlrtlsslma 

 pilis glandula suffultls, rosels, patentibus nec retrorsis, primo 

 sanguinea, dein vlrldia et pIHs pinguento destitutls ; pedunculi 

 axiHares, 3 poll. longl, cymigerl, blfidi, ad ramificationes 

 bracteati ; hracteae deciduae ; ramull denuo dlchotoml abbre- 

 vlatl cum pedunculls et alabastris patentlm hlrtl, sanguinei, 

 peduncuH 8 — 12 poll. longi et ultra, teretes, subcernul basi 

 bracteolati ; bracteolae ovato-lanceolatae, marcescentes caducae ; 

 calyx coloratus carnosus patens ; foliola externa, ovata, subtus 

 sanguineo - hlrta , supra glaberrima, rosea, medlo excavata, 

 maro-Ine plana, interna obovata In floribus plstiUIgeris paullo 

 minora, glaberrlma; stamina plurlma ; filamenta receptaculo 

 subgloboso-cylindrico inserta Hbera, erecta basl attenuata com- 

 planata, apice in connexlvum clavatnm transeuntla; antherae 

 2-loculatae, luteae; locull ad latus utrumque adnatl, rlma 

 longltudinaH dehiscentes ; stijli 3 crispato-dilatati, carnosuH ; 

 stlgma adnatum; germen trialatum, trlloculatum ; gemmulae 

 in locuHs pluruuae, minutissimae, trophospcrmium carnosum. 



