17 . 
BEGONTA uvmiuis. 
Small flowered Begonia. 
MONOECIA POLYANDRIA.—Nar. Orv. BEGONIACEZ, Bonpl. De Cand. 
Gen. Cuar.—Mas. ee 0. Cor. polypetala. Petala equal 4, a 
lia.—Fam. Cal Cor. petalis 4-9, plerumque inequ Styl 3, 
bifidi. Caps. erates alata, 3-locularis, polysperm 
Begonia humilis ; caulescens erecta, foliis arg semicordatis dupli- 
cato-serratis, capsule alis eee ts parum ieequalibus.— 
B, ere Arr. Hort. Kew. ed. 1. v. iii. p. 353 —Dryannr. in Linn. Trans. 
v. 1. p. 166. t. 15.—Haw. Syn. Pi, Sua p- 318. 
B. leita, ‘Haw. "Bam et Rev. Pl. Succ. p. 197. . 
Plant about one foot and a half high, perennial. Stems much branched, 
jointed, swelling at the joints; branches erecto-patent, all of them semi- 
succulent, brittle, greenish below, reddish above, marked wi 
longitudinal deeper-coloured lines. Leaves 2-3 inches long, semi-cor- 
date, acuminate, bright, green, shining, hispid above, glabrous , 
but covered with minute furfuraceous scales, visible with the microscope ; 
their gm doubly serrated and id ciliated. Petioles short, glabrous. St- 
pules rather large, ovate, pellucid, greenish, very delicate, and membra- 
naceous, ciliated at the margin, soon away. 
Peduncles. axillary and terminal, 2-3 inches long, reddish, visemes at the 
extremity in a dichotomous manner, with ciliated bracteas at their base : 
Pedicels shortish, some bearing male, some female flowers ; che. eh 
ks. 
Male flower —Petals 4, unequal, 2 larger, and 2 pasice Bh ris: spread- 
ite : are often ; in my 
specimen they were wholly absent. Stamens 10-15, i sams with = 
8 i es. A oblonge-o 
Capeute of the’ sat chin acs ane ies Oo ee 
remain ties 
A native of the West Indies, having been discovered there 
by Mr ALEXANDER ANDERSON, and first introduced into our 
gardens in 1788, by Messrs Ler and Kennepy. It is culti- 
vated in the Botanic Garden of Glasgow, aie in ones of el 
The perfec 
particular, with the B. humilis of DryaNvER, eres not a 
. doubt on my mind of its being the same species. If, however, 
VOL. I. 
