BEGONIA BIPINNATIFIDA n. sp. 
von 
J. J. Smith. 
Herba erecta, gracilis, ramosa, Caules teretes, flexuosi, 
rubri, adulti nodis incrassatis. Folia disticha, petiolata, 
in circumferentia obliqiie oblongo-ovata, acuta, basi obli- 
que obtusa vel leviter semicordata, profunde bipinnatifida, 
utrinque 12- lölaciniata, laciniis apicem versus decres- 
centibiis, oblongis lanceolatisve, interdum fere rhomboi- 
deis, obtusangulo-canaliculatis, superioribus brevibus inte- 
gris, lacinulis lanceolatis triangiilaribusve, majoribus den- 
tatis, omnibus obliquis, acutis, mucronulatis, glabriuscula, 
subtus in nervis pilis perpaucis, adpressis, crassis, subu- 
latis, pluricellularibus obsita, nitida, viridia, subtus palli- 
diora, pallide punctata, nervis prominentibus, rubescenti- 
bus, c. 6. 5-7. 5 cm. longa, 3-4.5 cm. lata; petiolus supra 
sulcatus, ruber, c. 1-2.3 cm. longus. Stipulae 2, adpres- 
sae, oblongae, acutae, longe mucronatae, concavae, uni- 
nerviae, semipellucidae, pallide rubescentes, c. 0.6 cm. 
longae, 0.2-0.23 cm. latae. Inflorescentiae terminales, 
bréves, l-3florae, bisexuales. Flores pedicellati, pe- 
dicello rubescenti, c. 1 cm. longo. Perianthii segmenta 
2, reniformia, late rotundata, basi emarginata, multiner- 
via, albescentia, late pallide virescenti-marginata, usque 
ad basin c. 0.85 cm., in totum 1 cm. longa, 1.2 cm. 
lata. Stamina c. 33, clavata, basi in columnam brevem 
connata, fasciculum sessilem, conicum, obtusum, dorsaliter 
compressum, c. 0.45 cm. longum et latum formantia; 
