begoniacejE. 65 



Glinus, L. (DC. pr. 3. p. 455 ;— PF. and A. pr. \,p. 362.) 



1. dictamno'ides, L. (DC. I. c. ; — W. and A. I. c. — Pharnaceum penta- 

 gynum, Roxb.fl. ind. 2, p. 103 ;— Burnt, ind. t. 36./. 1.) CWt^ '^T^ 

 Dosura-shak. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) 

 Fl. small, greenish-red, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. — The tender shoots 

 are eaten by the Natives in their curries. 



* Mesembrianthemumdolabriforme, L, ; B. M. 1, t. 32. "b — M. coccineum. 

 Haw. ; B. M. 2, t. 59. t—M. pinnatifidum, L. ; B. M. 2, t. 67. 

 O — M. barbatum, L. ; B. M. 2, t. 70. ^ — M. aureum, L. ; B. M. 8, t. 

 262. t—M. edule, L. ^— M. viridiflorum. Ait; B. M. 10. t. 326. 



"S — All Cape plants. 



ORDER XXXVI.-BEGONIACE.E, R. BR.— Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 56. 



Shrubby or herbaceous, rarely annual plants, amounting, as far as we 

 can judge from Spreng. syst., B. M., B. Reg., and Wall. Cat., to 124 

 species, of which 1 belongs to Eupetalum, Lindl., and the rest to Begonia. 

 The greater part of them inhabit S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies ; 

 30 have been found in the E. Indies, chiefly in Nepal, the Khassya Moun- 

 tains, the Neelgherries, and Tavoy ; 2 in Madagascar ; 1 in Mauritius ; 1 

 in China ; 1 in Japan, and 1 in the Island of Johanna. — Eupetalum is a Brazi- 

 lian genus. — Properties apparently unimportant. 

 Begonia, L. {Spreng. Syst. 2, p. 565, No. 1998,) 



1. humilis, Dryand, (Spreng. o. c. p. 626; — B. Reg. 4, /. 284.) <^ W. 

 Indies. Fl. small, whitish, H. S, ; fr. R. S. 



2. nitida, Ait. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 625.) "S Jamaica. Fl. smallish, white, 

 H. S. 



3. argyrostigma, Fisch. (B. Reg. 8, t. 666,) ^ Brazil. Fl. largish, 

 white, R. S. ; fr. 0. 



4. papulosa. Grab, (B. M. 55, t. 2846.) "b Brazil > FL large, rose- 

 coloured. R. S. ; fr. 0. 



5. reniformis, Dryand. (Spreng. syst. 2, p. 625 ; — B. M. 60, t. 3225.) ^ 

 Brazil. Fl. smallish, white, C. S. ; fr, 0. 



6. malabarica, Dryand. (Roxb.fl. ind. 3, p. 648 ; — J. Grah. Cat. B.pl. p. 

 172;— Rheed. 9, t. 86.) %. Goalpara, Chittagong. S. Concan. Fl. 

 largish, pale rose-coloured, fragrant. In H. C. G. fl. H. and R. S. 

 (Roxb.) 



7. laciniata, Roxb. (fl. ind. 3, p. 649.) ^%. Garrow Hills, Khassya 

 Mountains. Nepal.— In H. C. G. fl. R. S. (Roxb.) 



8. porrecta. Wall. Assam. 



9. heradeifolia, Schlecht. (B. R. 20, 1668;— B, M. 62, 3444.)— Mexico. 

 March 1842. 



