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P L A T E DCXXVII.
B E G O N I A E V A N SI AN A.
Evans s Begonia.
CLASS XXL ORDER VIL
MONCECJA FOLYANDRIA. Stamens and Styles separate upon the same
Plant. Stamens more than Seven.
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G E N E R I C CHARACTER.
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Mas. CALYX 0, Corolla 4-petala, petalis 2
oppositis majoribus. Stamina numerosa.
Fern. CALYX 0. Corolla 6- sen 4-petaIa, ut
mascula. Styli 3, bifidi. Capsula inféraj
triangularis, alata, 3-locularis, polysperma.
Male. CUP none. Blossom 4-petalIed, with two
opposite petals larger than the others. Stamens
numerous.
Female. CUP none. Blossom 6- or 4-petalled, as
the male. Styles 3, bifid. Capsule below,
triangular, winged, S-celled, many-seeded.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
B E G O N I A foliis inaequaliter cordatis, supra hispidulis,
nitidis, margine inaequalibus, acutissimè
serrulatis : petalis duobus lato-ovatis,
duobus obovatis quadrupli) majoribus :
eaulibus flexuoso-erectis, nodosis : axiUis
bulbiferis.
B E G O N I A with unequally heart-shaped leaves a
little hispid and shining above, with the
margin irregular, most sharply and finely
toothed : two of the petals broadly ovate,
and four times larger than the two inversely
ovate ones : the stem a little zigzag : axils
bulbiferous.
R E F E R E N C E TO THE PLATE.
1. One of the large petals.
2. A small p?tal.
3. The stamens, one of the anthers magnified.
FOK this very ornamental species we are also indebted to T, Evans, esq., whose colleetor chscovered it
i o w n^ about the sides and clefts of rocks near a waterfall in the interior of the Island of Pulo-Pinang
r r 8 0 8 ° As yet it has only produced male flowers at Stepney , but the bulbs in the ax,Is of t e leaves
l a ' s s u p p l y abundant means of propagating it, and its h.ut y and liveliness of colour,ng well entitle
it to a nlace in every curious collection. • • u^
i h e drawing was taken at Stepney, last October, from a plant about two feet four inches in height.
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