Begonia.) DATISCE. 529 
: reticulate ; albumen scanty or 0; embryo obovoid or subcylindric 
_ with minute cotyledons. 
378. Begonia Linn. 
: Herbs, rarely shrubs; leaves unequal-sided, entire or lobed, 
 imegularly toothed. Flowers often showy, moncecious. 
_ Perianth of 2 outer sepaloid and 2 inner. petaloid segments, rarely 
more, very rarely 0. Stamens many; filaments free or monadel- 
: phous. ¢ Perianth usually of 5 segments, the 2 outer rather 
a larger and sepaloid. Carpels usually 3, rarely 2 or 4-5, connate 
Ma 2-5-locular ovary; styles usually as many as the ovarian 
tidal or loculicidal, partial or complete, occasionally irregular. 
Seeds many, small. 
Papery wings, the flat faces ribbed down the middle .......-+-+--+: p 
Capsule 2-celled, compressed, 3-angled, two angles produced into equal 
harrow wings, the third into a broader Wing...-...-++--seesrerrrree** -barbata. 
893. Beconza prcra Sm.; F. B. I. ii. 638. 
Chota Nagpur. 
b 
Capsule 3-celled, 3-angled, the angles produced into three unequal, 
; _ picta. 
erb. 
$94. Begonra Barsata Wall.; F. B. I. ii. 646. 
Chittagong. 
tall herb. 
racemes, or panicles. ¢ Seé. connate in & calyx 
with short tube and 3-9 equal or unequal teeth. Petals 0. 
filaments short; anthers 
4 lens 4~more, opposite the calyx-lobes ; | 
telled ; dehiscence longitudinal, lateral, or extrorse 5 
