Begonia dregei

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Read about Begonia dregei in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Begonia natalensis, Hook. Glabrous: sts. fleshy. 1-2 ft. high: Lvs. obliquely cordate, lobed, sinuate, 2-3 in. long, green, sometimes mottled with gray, veins reddish: fls. yellowish white, tinged with rose, 1 in. across. Natal. B.M. 4841.—Intro, to Kew in 1854.


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Read about Begonia dregei in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Begonia dregei, Otto & Dietr. (B. caffra Meisn. B. parvifolia, Grab. B. reniformis, Hort.). Glabrous: sts. succulent, annual, 1-3 ft. high: from a Footstalk a fleshy irregular tuber: Lvs. thin, small, oblique-ovate, green, deeply serrated, reddish on the underside: fls. white, small, profuse. Cape of Good Hope. B.M. 3720. —Received at Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh in 1836 from Berlin. A useful free-flowering greenhouse plant.


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