BEGONIA suffruticosaMeisn. [family BEGONIACEAE], Linn. 14.502
Information
tuberous, slender, very smooth; stem flexuous-erect, woody at the base; stipules ovate-oblong, acute, entire; leaves oblique, palmately 3–4- lobed, lobes unequal, lanceolate, pinnate-incised, dentate or entire; cymes axillary, pedunculate, few-flowered; capsules ovate-triangular, reticulate-veined, truncate at the apex, wings equal, obtuse-angled at the apex. Very near and perhaps only a variety of the preceding. Petioles 4 lines 1 1/2 inch long. Leaves 1–1 1/2 inch long, 8–12 lines broad. Stipules 2 lines long. Pedicels 3/4–1 1/2 inch long. Wings of the capsule much veined, 8 lines long, 3 lines broad.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA Near Port Natal, Drege, Gueinzius. (Herb. Sond.)