304 BEGONIACE*. 



Seeds very minute, indefinite : embryo exalbuminous. — Leaves distichous, oblique, stipulate-; 

 flowers in axillary, dichotomous cymes. 



1. BEGONIA, L. 



Capsule dehiscent along the lateral facets of the cells : placentas central. 



Sect. 1. Begoniastkum. — Sepals 3 4, biseriate, ? 5. Stigmas 3, bipartite or bifid, 

 twisted, with a papillose, continuous band. Capsule unequally Z-ivinged: placentas 

 bilamellate. — Succulent herbs, or shrubs. 



1. B. acuminata, Dryand. Stem suffrutescent, erect, glabrous ; leaves semicordate- 

 oblong, acuminate, unequally sinuate-dentate, filose on the margin, the nerves beneath, and 

 the petiole ; cymes few-flowered ; capsule-wings 2, shortly deltoid, the third oblone, blunt. 

 —SI. t. m.f. 1. 2. Bot. Mag. t. 4025.— 3'-4' high ; leaves 3"-4" long, 1"-!^" broad; 

 flowers white : larger $ sepals broadly ovate, 8'" long ; longer capsule-wing 6'" long. — 

 Hab. Jamaica I, March. 



2. B. acutifolia, Jacq., Sw. Stem saffinitescent, suberect, glabrous ; leaves semi- 

 cordate-oblong, acuminate, angular-repand, denticulate, subciliate, glabrous on both sides 

 and on the petiole ; cymes few-flowered ; capsule-icings 2, narrow, rounded, the third ovate- 

 oblong, obtusate.— B. jamaicensis, A. DC. /—2'-i' high ; leaves 2"-3i" long, i"-li" broad ; 

 flowers white aud red : larger <? sepals oval, 6'" long ; longer capsule-wing 6"'-8"' long, 

 narrow ones 1'" broad. — Hab. Jamaica !, AL, Bancr., Wullschl., among mountain-shrubs, 

 S. Anns, Manchester; [Portorico]. 



3. B. nitida, Dryand. Stem suffrutescent, erect, glabrous ; leaves uaetfisAXy cordate- 

 ovate, pointed, repand, subentire or obsoletely crenate, wholly glabrous with the petioles ; 

 cymes spreading-dichotomous ; 3 sepals unequal, 2 much larger ; " third capsole-wing 

 broadly ovate."— JJoi. Mag. t. 4046. Desc. It. o. t. 344.— 4'-5' high ; leaves h'l-i" long, 

 2i"-2" broad ; flowers rosy : larger 3 sepals oval-roundish, 6"'-8"' long, 6'" broad. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, March, in the mountains. 



4. 'R. Aoroxtaca^B, A. DC. {in lit.). Stem glabrous ; leaves semicordate-ovate, pointed, 

 sinuate-repand, or obsoletely serrate, wholly glabrous with the petioles ; cymes spreading- 

 dichotomous ; S sepals sub equal; " capsule-wings 2 narrow, rounded, the third deltoid." — 

 Bot. Mag. t. 504?.— B. Wageneriana, Hook, {exclus. syn. XI.). — 3'-2' high; leaves 6"-4" 

 long, 3"-2" broad ; flowers white : S sepals ovate, blnntish, 4'" long. — Hab. Dominica {A. 

 DC); [Guadeloupe!]. 



5. B. doxaiagenais, A. DC. Stem glabrous ; leaves xmeqaaUj cordate-ovate, pointed, 

 repand-undulate, subentire, glabrous above, rusty-pilose on the nerves beneath, and chiefly 

 on the petioles ; cymes long-peduncled, nmny-flowered, contracted; flowers small: $ 

 sepals subequal ; capsule . . . — Leaves 6"-5" long, 4"-3" broad ; peduncles often 1' long : 

 cymes 2"-3" diam. ; broader S sepals roundish, 2"'-3"' diam. — Hab. Dominica !, Imr. ; 

 [Haiti]. 



6. B. rotundifolia, Dryand. Stem short, glabrous ; leaves obliquely reniform-round- 

 ish, slightly cordate at the base, angular-crenate, rusty-pilose on the nerves beneath, aud on 

 the petioles ; cymes long-peduncled, many-flowered; capsule . . . — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 45. 

 —Leaves 2" long, 3"-4" broad ; larger 3 sepals oval, 6"'-5"' long.— Hab. S. Vincent !, 



7. B. martinicensis, A. DO. "Stem suffrutescent, glabrous; leaves semicordate- 

 6vate, pointed, crenulate, pubernlous ou the nerves beneath ; petiole villous, at length gla- 

 brate ; capsule acute at the base, with the larger wing pointed." — Hab. S. Vincent {A. DC.) ; 

 [Martinique], 



8. B. humilis, Dryand. Annual; stem erect, hairy or glabrescent ; leaves semicor- 

 date-oblong, acuminate, unequally ciliate-serrate, with scattered hairs above and on the 

 petiole, glabrous beneath ; cymes few-flowered ; capsule-wings rounded, the third broader. 

 —Bonpl. Malm. t. 62.— i'-lV high ; leaves U" long. 8'" broad; 2 capsule-wings IV", the 

 third 3^" broad.— Hab. Trinidad !, Cr. ° 



9. B. i^landnlifera, Gr. (n. sp). Perennial, stem less ; leaves semicordate-ovate, 



