La Begon de la Chine. Chinese begonia, Begonia species. Preying mantis. Named for Michel Begon, governor of the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). Handcoloured etching from Pierre Joseph Buchoz' Collection precieuse et enluminee des fleurs les plus belles et les plus curieuses, qui se cultivent tant dans les jardins de la chine, que dans ceux de l'Europe, Paris, 1776.

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