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BEGONIA DIVERSIFOLIA. VARIOUS-LEAVED 
BEGONIA. 
EKER KEK EKER KERR EE 
Class and Order. 
MonazciaA PoLyanpria. 
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( Nat. Ord. —BEcontAcea. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Mase. Cal. 0. Cor. polypetala. Petala plerumque 4, 
inequalia. Fam. Cal. 0. Cor. petalis 4—9, plerumque 
inequalibus. Styli 3, bifidi. Caps. triquetra, alata, trilo- 
cularis, polysperma. 
Specific Character and Synonymn. 
Beconta diversifolia ; herbacea, glaberrima, foliis radicali- 
bus reniformibus late crenatis, caulinis sublobatis in- 
equaliter argute serratis superioribus inequaliter cor- 
datis, inferioribus reniformibus, floribus axillaribus 
congestis, pedunculis petiolos equantibus vel supe- 
rantibus ramosis, capsula ala maxima acutangula, 
Graham. 
B. diversifolia. Graham Descr. of New Pl. in Edin. Plul. 
Journ. (1829.) p. 183. 
Descr. Whole plant smooth and shining. Stem her- 
ceous, twining, branched, smooth, very obscurel a 
transparent. Stem-leaves alternate, petiolated, half-cordate, 
acuminate, somewhat lobed towards the base, acutely and 
unequally serrated, smooth, bright-green above, paler and 
Somewhat glaucous beneath. Nerves branched, and pro- 
Minent behind. Petioles shorter than the leaves, spreading, 
flattened on the upper side. Root-leaves kidney-shaped, 
hearly equal at the base, broadly crenate, on petioles, many 
mes longer than themselves, and which are slightly com- 
| Pressed at the sides, and channelled above ; a few gos * 
