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BEGONIA RENIFORMIS. KIDNEY-LEAVED 
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Class and Order. 
Moncecta PoLyANDRIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Beeontcez. ) 
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Generic Character. 
Mas. Cal. 0. Cor. polypetala, petalis pleruinque 4, ina- 
qualibus. Fam. Cal.o. Cor. petala 4—9, plerumque in- 
equalia. Styli 3, bifidi. Caps. triquetra, alata, trilocularis, 
polysperma. 2 : a 
Specific Character ~ and Synonyms. 
Beconia reniformis ; caulescens, foliis reniformibus angu- 
 Jatis dentatis, capsule ala maxima acutangula, reliquis 
-parallelis minimis. Dryan. 
Beeonr reniformis. Dryandr. in Linn. Trans. v.1.p. 161. 
t. 14. f. 1,2. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. p. 625. 
Descr. Stem three to four feet high, the thickness of | 
one’s finger, fleshy. Leaves large, upon petioles as long as 
themselves, reniform, with a deep sinus, in comparison with — 
other species of the Genus, very slightly unequal, many- 
angled, serrated, somewhat pubescent, opaque, marked with 
numerous veins, which are sunk on the upper surface ; pro- 
minent beneath; green on both sides, but much paler 
beneath. The larger leaves are nearly a span in diameter. 
Peduncle six to eight inches long, terminated by a di-tricho- 
tomous Cyme, the ultimate branches umbellate and very 
slender, white. Flowers white, small, slightly downy. Of 
the male, the Corolla consists of four unequal, pure white 
petals, two of them orbicular or inclining to heart-shaped, 
two oblong and much smaller. Anthers numerous, yellow. 
Female flowers few in the specimens before me, very small, 
the 
