96 FLASHLIGHTS ON NATURE 



form and structure, when you come to look into 

 them, that you would hardly believe they belonged 

 to the same plant if you did not find them growing 

 on one branch together. They differ quite as 



NO. I. FEMALE BEGONIA FLOWERS, FRONT AND BACK VIEW,. 

 SHOWING THE SEED-BAG. 



markedly as the peacock differs from the pea-hen, 

 much more markedly than man differs from woman. 

 A glance at No. i, and then at No. 4, will make 

 this point obvious. You would say, if shown them 



