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BEGONIA PICTA. PARTICOLOURED 
BEGONIA. 
SEEKER KKK KEKE EEE EERE 
Class and Order. 
MoneaeciA PoryAnpriA. 
( Nat. Ord. — Becontacez. ) - 
Generic Character. 
Masc.- Cal. 0. Cor. polypetala. Petala plerumque 4, 
inequalia. Fam. Cal.o. Cor. petalis 4—9, plerumque 
inequalibus. Styli 3, bifidi. Caps. triquetra, alata, tri- 
locularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Beconra picta ; caule brevi pubescente, foliis cordatis acu- 
tis acuminatisque rugosis duplicato-serratis maculatis 
hispidis, flore masculino 4-petalo, femineo 5-petalo 
utroque petalis 2 angustioribus, capsula alis inequa- 
libus pubescentibus. 
Becon1a picta. Smith Ex. Bot.t.101. Hook. Ex. Fl. t. 
89. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 571. 
Bereonta hirta. Wall. MSS. 
Descr. Stem about a span high, arising from a tuber- 
ous root, herbaceous, scarcely branched, reddish, slightly 
downy, green above. Leaves cordate, more or less Inequi- 
lateral, with a deep sinus at the base, and two large, rounded 
lobes, rather obtuse, the margins unequally and doubly 
serrated, downy beneath, where the nerves are very pro- 
minent, hispid above, at the margins and axils of the nerves 
stained with dark purple. Peduncles from the axils of the 
leaves, and longer than them, reddish below, green above, 
bearing one or several flowers, often in a trichotomous 
umbel. Flowers large, rose coloured, very handsome, 
drooping 
