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BEGONIA.  argyrostigma. 
Silver-spotted Begonia. 
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MONCECIA POLYANDRIA. 
Nat. ord. Planiz incerte sedis. Polypetala germine infero. Jussieu 
gen. 436. ‘ ott a 
Breconracex. Bonpland nav. et mal. 151.  Polygoneis 
affines. Link. 
BEGONIA,. Supra vol. 4. fol. 284. 
B. argyrostigma, caulescens, foliis semicordatis acuminatis crenulato-re- 
pandis glaberrimis supra niveo maculatis, subtis rubris. Link abbild. 
aus. gew. bot. gart. zu berl. 1. 23. tab, 10. : 
Begonia argyrostigma. Fischer in hort. gorenk. Link enum. alt. hort. berol. 
2. 395. 
Caulis erectus, ramosus, diffusus, 2-3 pedes altus, glaberrimus, annulis 
fuscis supra petiolos vaginacets. Folia alterna; petiolus pollicem longus, 
teres; lamina semicordata, a petiolo ad apicem usque 5-6 pollices longa, 2 
pollices lata, acuta, margine subcartilagineo subcrenulato repando, glaber- 
rima, carnosa, supra maculis subrotundis varie magnitudinis ob defectum 
pigmenti viridis in conteatié celluloso albis, medio foveolas 2 pluresve area 
viridi cinctas continentibus, subtis pagind totd rubré. Pedunculi axillares, 
paniculam multifloram sustinentes. Bractee 2 opposite lanceolate albe 
in singulo pedicello, (caduce). Pedicellus superné albus. Cor. tetrapetala, © 
alba, inodora, petalis 2 oppositis majoribus. Filamenta multa, brevissima, 
Antherz oblonga. Germen alatum. Link abbild. loc. cit. 
Said by Professor Link to be native of the Brazils, and 
to have been sent from the Gorenki Garden, at Moscow, to 
the Botanic Garden of Berlin, by Dr. Fischer. It has only 
Jately been introduced into the collections of this country. 
Drawn at the Nursery of Messrs. Colvill, in the King’s 
Road, Chelsea, where it is grown in the hothouse. 
The somewhat unwieldy specific name has been sug- 
gested to Dr. Fischer by the silvery spots of the foliage; a 
mark which we understand is not confined to this species of 
the genus. 
_ It has been figured in the above quoted periodical work 
by Professor Link, from whom we borrow the following 
account :. : 
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