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• BEGONIAS. 
BEGONIA SCEPTEA. 
This is a very handsome and distinct species, a native of Brazil. The leaves aro obliquely ovate in 
outline, deeply lobed on one side, the lobes oblong obtuse, the veins sunk, and the raised spaces 
between marked with large silvery blotches, and numerous smaller dots of silvery grey. The leaf- 
stalks are red, this colour passing up the ribs of the under surface. lOs. 6rf. 
BEGONIA SCEPTEA. 
