BEGONIA INCARNATA. 



(Flesh-coloured Begonia.} 



LINNEAN SYSTEM. 



POLYANDRIA MONCECIA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Begonia (Linn. ) masc. Corolla 0. Calyx .polysepala ; sepala plerumque inaequalia. — Foem. 

 Corolla 0. Calyx sepalis 4-9 plerumque inasqualibus. Styli 3 bifidi. Capsula triquetra, alata, 

 trilocularis, polysperma. 



Male flowers. Corolla none. Calyx many-sepaled ; sepals mostly unequal. Female flowers. 

 Corolla none. Calyx with from 4 to 9 petals, mostly unequal. Styles three, divided. Capsule 

 three-sided, winged, three-celled, many -seeded. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



B. incamata. Foliosa ; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, aristato-serratis, basi inaequaliter cordiformibus ; 

 floribus cymosis, erectis vel cemuis ; bracteis membranaceis ovatis ; ovariis tri-alatis. 



Leafy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, bristly-serrated, unequally heart-shaped at the base ; flowers 

 in cymes, erect or drooping ; bracteas membranous ovate ; seed-vessel three-winged. 



Begonia incarnata. Link et Otto. Hort. Berol. 



Having dwelt at some length in our first volume on the mode of cultivating 

 Begonias, and made other observations on the genus when describing Begonia 

 grandiflora and diversifolia, we have consequently but little to add on the present 

 occasion. 



The species of Begonia cultivated in hothouses are numerous, most of which 

 are of recent introduction. The greater part appear to have been originally 

 raised in the royal garden at Berlin, from whence they have been liberally dis- 

 tributed to the different gardens in England. They are, for the most part, free- 

 flowering plants, and of easy culture. The leaves of several species make a 

 handsome and singular appearance in having their upper surface marked with 

 silvery spots, as in Begonia argyrostigma, picta, bulbifera, and Martiana. Some 

 of the other species have the under surface of their leaves of a rich red colour, 

 as Begonia monoptera, Evansiana, Fischeri, and sanguinea, the latter of which is 



NATURAL ORDER. 



BKGONIACEJE. — (./?. BrOWU, 



