é BEGONIA INCARNATA, Eagan 
ee ROSE-COLOURED BEGONIA. iil 
oR DICOTYLEDONE &. 
Natural division 
{ to which = 
this Plant belongs. 
MONOCHLAMYDER, f>P\on sccagerte 8 divisions. 
OF es which 
DECANDOLLE, this Fost belongs. 
No. 103. 
GENUS. Beconra. Linn Fores unisexuales monoici vel divici. 
Mascvurr: Serara duo Pea T WuGols conduplicati iva. Prraza duo con- 
cava sepalis alterna et minora. Stamina in centro floris sita, numero indefinita, 
basi plus minusve coalita. ANTHER# cum filamento continu ue, clavate, con- 
nectivo = sige: rima longitudinali sepe obliqua vel sinuosa dehiscent- 
ibus. Pistr nullum, Famine#: Catycis tubus ov: aie aie te ¢ adnatus, in- 
sequaliter tlateraiy trialatus, limbus bipartitus laciniis westiva. 
tione conduplicativa. Prraza sepius duo valde inequalia, alteram (latere tubi 
cori asi pe iy opposite cei ag vel eae itum, alterum (latere plano opposi- 
vel plu _ Stary ook Ovarium adna 
ilik ¥LUS breviagenins 
sailabue lab sepalis ‘et petals majori oppositis. ce IGMATA tria, crassa, 
Bit vel bilo na, inequaliter trialata, trilo- 
cularis, iste. basi rimis ad margines a dehiscens, Semina testa 
iaphana reticulata, embryone celluloso, albumine nullo,radicula ad hilum 
. Hers su 
a 
tum, trigonum, triloculare, ] ti 
SPECIES. seconra mncarnata. Livx er Orro. Caule erecto ramoso 
peers et pve dimidiato-cordatis acuminatis sictlats: densitia et ci- 
liato- s glabris vel supra sparse strigosis, stipulis lanceolatis, nee 
sativa mu Itifors subterminalibus demum lateralibus, capsule ala 
maxima trian 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, BEGoNIA. FLOWERS unisexual mone- 
cious or diecious. Mates: Sepals two, distinct, folded against each 
centre of the flower and more or less joined together at the base. 
PIsTIL none. Fada: Cayx with the tube completely adnate to 
the ovarium, unequally three-sided and three-winged, the limb divided 
into two nearly equal parts folded against each other inthe bud. Per- 
TALS usually two, one bifid or bipartite, the other smaller-and entire, 
REFERENCE TO THE mmeenie 
bere ten wares petals taken away, showing the stamens. 2, Anther, seen from 
seen from the edge. 5, Stigma magnified. 6, ae oe 
sit ins din dni Alsen sts ata adie 7, Section of the fruit, 
