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BEGONIA UNDULATA. WAvED-LEAVED 
BEGONIA. 
: Class and Order. 
Monazcta Poryanpria. 
( Nat. Ord.—Brcontacez.) 
Generic Character. 
Mase. Cal.o. Cor. polypetala, petalis plerumque 4, — 
‘inequalibus. : | ' 
Fam. Cal.o. Cor. petalis 4—9, plerumque inequa- 
libus. | Styli tres, bifidi. Caps. triquetra, alata, trilocularis, 
. Yar a ¥ Specific Character. oe oe ae 
Brconta undulata 7 fruticosa, foliis inzequaliter cordatis 
_ undulatis integerrimis glabris nitidis, capsule alis 
rotundatis equalibus. Graham MSS. 
Breonza undulata. 5 Otto. } 
Ps ‘ 
Descr. Stem erect, turgid below, tapering upward 
annular ; when young, slightly hispid, green, and | aving — 
humerous small oblong white spots ; when older, glabrous, — 
and of a reddish grey colour, branched ; branches axillary 
and alternate. Leaves petioled, alternate, distichous, un- 
ually cordate, smooth and shining, undulate, acuminate, 
ofa full green on the upper surface, paler and minutely dotted 
below, three inches long, the edges occasionally reddish, 
especially when young and callous, quite entire, but having 
a dot like an obsolete tooth at the termination of each 
vein ; petioles hispid, especially on the older branches, a 
= of an inch long. Stzpules varying in size and 
stape, pointed, transparent, reddish, and spotted sor the 
em, 
cuiniadib : 
