BEGONIA

(Lat.), n.f. Ba-go’ni?-a%, From Bégon, a French botanist. Fr. bégonie. Ger., Schiefblatt. A genus ot begonia ceo us plants established by Linnæus, comprising herbs or shrubs with alternate, in equilateral, variously lobed or parted, dentate leaves. The male flowers are composed of a perianth of two outer sepaloid leaflets and two inner petaloid leaflets (the latter sometimes many or none), and of numerous stamens; the female flowers, of a perianth of two large outer sepaloid leaflets and four inner petaloid leaflets, and an ovary divided into from two to five (generally three) loculi, and with as many bifid styles as there are loculi. The fruit is generally a three-angled and three-winged Capo containing from two to five loculi, and loculicidal or re below the apex or along its whole length; or, more rarely, is a berry. Hs le acetosa [Vell.]. A species known only by name. [B, 214.j—B. acid a [Martius]. A Brazilian shrub. [B, 214.]—B. a cum in at a [Dryand]. Syn.: Platy centrum hamiltonianum [Miquel], Tit tel bach i a hamilton i an a [Regel]. A suffruticose species growing in Jamaica and cultivated in England. The leaves are highly acid, and are used in the preparation of an antiphlogistic and antiscorbutic beverage and as an emollient application to swellings. [B, 180, 214. —B. a cut i folia. 1. Of Jacquin, a species probably identical wit B. a cum in at a. 2. Of Balbis, the B. port or i cens is. [B, 180, sas B. an emo no ides [sel A Mexican species known only name; said to have a drastic root which is efficient in scrofula and syphilis. [B, dot balm is lan a [Ruiz]. Syn.: Knesebeckia balm is i an a [Klotzsch]. A Mexican species. The root is drastic, and is employed in scrofula and syphilis. [B, 180, 214.]—B. bident at a [Raddi]. A Brazilian undershrub. It contains much oxalic acid, and the leaf is eaten as a vegetable. The juice is reputed ge tive and furnishes a refreshing drink. [B, 173, 180, 214.|—B. brasil a [De Candolle]. The B. hirtella. I 214.|—B. bulbifera [ Herb. reg. ber.”]. The B. bulbil lifer a of Link and Otto. [B, 214.] —B. bulbil lifer a. 1. Of Link and Otto, a Mexican species (the yerba de la don cell a of the Mex. Ph.). The root is emetic and cathartic. [J. M, Maisch, * Am. Jour. of Pharm.,” April, 1886, p. 168; B, Aaa 2. A variety of the B. gracilis. [B, 214.|—B. capensis. 1. Of Blanco, an acaulescent herb of the Philippine Islands. 2. Of Linnzeus, fil, the B. diptera. [B, 173, 214.)—B. ciliata (ES. The B. hirtella, [B, 214.]—B. cucullata [Willdenow]. Brazilian and Bolivian shrub. It contains much oxalic acid, and is used as a remedy in inflammatory and bilious affections, and especially In cystitis. [B, 173, 180, 214.]—I3. dasypod a [Mei ner]. The B. hirtella. [B, 214.]—B. dipetala [Graham]. A variety of the B. mala baric a of Lamarck. [B, 212.]—B. dipteratD yander]. An acaulescent species with a tuberous root, grow in; the West Indies; said to have the same properties as the B. bident at a. ES 173, 214.]—B. discolor [Blume, Aiton]. The B. evans i an a. [B, 214.]—B. divers i folia [Graham]. A variety of the B. gracilis, [B, 214.|—B. eriocaulis [Vis.]. À variety of the B. to mentos a of Schott. [B, 214.]—B. evans i an a [Andrews]. Syn.: Diploclinium evansianum [Lindley], Knesebeckia discolor [Klotzsch]. The tsouhoy-tong of the Chinese and the sjukaido: a perennial herb growing in China and the West Indies and cultivated in Europe. It contains a large amount of oxalic acid. il 180, 214.]—B. family. See BE- GONIACEÆ.-—B. ger an i i folia [Hooker]. Syn.: Eupetalum tuberosum Lote Ik A Peruvian species; a perennial herb. [B. 214.]— B. gracilis [Kunth]. Sp., yerba de la don cell a [Mex. Ph.]. A Mexican species of which a number of varieties are descrihed. The [J. M. Maisch, ‘* Am. Jour. B, 214.]—B. grandiflora. 1. The B. octopetala, 2. Of Jacquin, a species probably identical with the B. suaveolens. (B 214.]—B. grand is (1 ryander]. The B. evans i an a. [B, 214.]—B. hæmatotricha [* Hort. boi .”]. A variety of the B. humilis of the ‘Hortus kewensis.” [B, 214.]—B. hamiltonla [Lehm.]. The B.a cum in at a. [B,214.]—B. hirsuta. 1. Of Aublet, an esculent species growing in French Guiana. 2. Of the “Hortus kewensis,” the B. humilis. [B, 180, 214.|—B. hirtella [Link]. An esculent species growing throughout tropical South America, having properties similar to those of B. bident at a. [B, 46, 173, 214.]—B. humilis. 1. Of the“ Ilortus kewensis,” a species rowing in Trinidad and St. Thomas, having qe, like those of. bident at a, 2. Of the *‘ Bot. Here the B. suaveolens. [B, 173, 214.]—B. hydro phil a [Miquel]. A variety of the B. mala baric a of Lamarck. [B, 212.]—B. Langsdorffil [De Candolle]. The B. bident at a. [B. 214.]—B. lucid a [Haworth]. The B. humilis of the “Hortus kewensis.” [B, 211.]—B. macrophylia. Of Lamarck, a species probably identical with the B. suaveolens. [B, 173.|—B. macroptera [Klotzsch]. Fr., oseille sauvage. A suffruticose species growing in Brazil, probably identical with Lindley*s B. pauciflora, which has medicinal properties like those of B. bident at a. [B, 173, 214.|-B. mala baric a. 1, Of Lamarck, the tsjenia-narinampuli of Rheede; an esculent species growing in India and Ceylon, from the leaves of which a vulnerary ointment is pre; 2 Of Roxburgh, the B. Roxburghii. [B, 180, 214.]—B. malvacea [Klotzsch]. A ‘perennial Brazilian species, perhaps identical with the B. pauciflora of Lindley, which has medicinal pores like those of the B. bident at a. [B, 173, 214.]—B. marjana [Link]. A variety of the B. ilis. [B, 214.|—-B. Meyeri islotzich B. Meyerii [Otto, Diet rich]. The B. to mentos a of hott. {B,214.]—B. minor [Jacquin]. The B. nitid a. [B 214.]— B. muricata [Blume]: The B. tuberosa of Lamarck. [B, 214. B. nitid a [Aiton, Dryander]. An esculent shrub of the West dies; employed like B. a cum in at a, [B, 173, 214.)—B. obliqna. tuberous root is emetic and cathartic. of Pharm.,” April, 1886, p. 168; 1. Of Linnzeus, in part, the B. a cum in at a. The B. obliqua, var. & of Linnæus, is the B. rotund i folia. 2. Of L'Héritier, and of Klotzsch, the B.nitid a. 3. Of Ae the B. evans i an a, 4. Of Velloz, an undetermined B, 214]—B. octopetala [L'Héritier]. PE uc Syn: B. nowl. and Weston], Huszia octopetala [Klotzsch]. An acaulescent herb with tuberous root growing in Peru, where the root is employed as a remedy for scurvy, pulmonary hemorrhage, and bloody flux. [B, 46, 214.]—B. odorata [Willdenow]. The B. suaveolens. [B,214.1—B; pauciflora. Probably the B. macroptera or B. malvacea. [B, 173.]—B. platanifo- 214.]—B. popu- B. porter i an a lia [Graham]. A shrubby Brazilian species. J lifolia jeune The B. balm is i an a. [B, 21. [Fischer]. A variety of the B. humilis [** Hortus kewensis ””]. [B. 214. —B. port or i cens is [De Candolle]. Syn.: B. acutifoliu [Balbis]. An undershrub wing on the banks of streams in Porto Rico. [B, poses pulchra |“ Herb. Schreber”]. The B. nitid a. [B, 214.]—B. purpure a. Of Swartz, the B. nitid a; of Plumier, the B. suaveolens of Ladd. [B, 173, 214.]—B. reniform is [Pavôn]. A species included with the B. balm is i an a, JB. 214.]—B. rex [Putzeys]. An acaulescent perennial species indigenous to A am. _[B, 214.]—B. rigid a Syn.: Guritia rigid a [Klotzsch]. A Bra- Regel! zilian Serena TB, 21. roseo flore, folio orbicular i [Plumier]. The B, rotund i folia, [B, 214.1—B. rotund i folia [Lamarek]. A perennial creeping herb indigenous to the West Indies, and esculent. [B, 180, 214.|—B. Roxburghii [He Candolle]. A perennial herbaceous sj les growing in India. [B, 214.J—B. sinensis [De Candolle]. The B. evans i an a._(C.B. Clarke (B, 212). —B. spathulata {Ladd}, B. peu [Ladd]. The B. cucullata., 214.]—B. speciosa [“ Hort. Van Houtte”]. The B. nitid a.“ [B, 214.]—B. snaveolens [Ladd]. 1. A species growing in Guadeloupe and San Domingo, and cultivated in gardens; it is probably identical with the B. macrophylla of Lamarck which has meu icinell OPEN like those of the B. octopetala, 2. The B. nitid a of Klotzsch. [B, 214.|—B. to mentos a. 1. Of Schott, the Gurltia to mentos a [Klotzsch]. A shrubby species growing in Brazil, employed like B. octopetala. 2. Of the “Hort. kewensis,” the B. rigid a. [B, 46, 173, 214.]—B. tuberosa. 1. Of Heyene, the B. dipetala. 2. Of Pavôn, the B. bulbil lifer a [Link and Otto]. 3. Of Ruïz, the B. pra [Hooker]. 4. Of Wallich, the B. mala baric a [Lamarck]. 5. Of Lamarck. à creeping, esculent herb of the Moluccas. [B, 180, 214.]-13. ulmifolia [Willdenow]. A Brazilian shrub, esculent and having properties similar to those of the B. bident at a. [B, 173, 214.)—B. ee Syn.: Gærdtia undulata Klotzsch] (Seu stenobotrys Jotzsch]). A Brazilian shrub. [B.J—B. vaginans [Vell]. The B. to mentos a [Schott].— B. villosa. 1. Of Garner, the B. macroptera. 2. Of B. hirtella. [B, 214.]