﻿BEGONIA 
  FAMILY 
  

  

  165 
  

  

  1. 
  B. 
  Rex 
  Putz. 
  Herb, 
  apparently 
  stemless 
  or 
  nearly 
  so, 
  from 
  a 
  

   fleshy 
  rootstock. 
  Leaves 
  large, 
  taper-pointed, 
  very 
  unequally 
  heart- 
  

   shaped; 
  the 
  margin 
  sinuous, 
  often 
  bristly-fringed; 
  upper 
  surface 
  

   wholly 
  silvery, 
  or 
  mottled 
  silvery 
  and 
  dark 
  green 
  ; 
  lower 
  surface 
  green 
  

   or 
  reddish, 
  or 
  of 
  both 
  colors. 
  Flowers 
  few, 
  large 
  (H-lf 
  in. 
  in 
  diam- 
  

   eter) 
  , 
  varying 
  from 
  yellow 
  to 
  pinkish. 
  Cultivated 
  from 
  the 
  Himalayas. 
  

   Many 
  varieties. 
  

  

  2. 
  B. 
  manicata 
  Brongn. 
  Herb, 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  and 
  fleshy 
  stem. 
  

   Leaves 
  very 
  unevenly 
  heart-shaped, 
  taper-pointed 
  ; 
  the 
  margins 
  

   bristly-fringed 
  and 
  sometimes 
  with 
  very 
  remote 
  teeth; 
  upper 
  sur- 
  

  

  FIG. 
  25. 
  Begonia 
  flowers 
  

  

  A 
  : 
  a, 
  staminate 
  flower; 
  6, 
  pistillate 
  flower. 
  B, 
  cross 
  section 
  of 
  ovary; 
  

   C, 
  twisted 
  stigmas, 
  enlarged 
  

  

  face 
  dark 
  green, 
  lower 
  surface 
  and 
  petioles 
  partly 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  

   fringed 
  scales 
  ; 
  stipules 
  larger 
  and 
  fringed. 
  Flowers 
  flesh-colored, 
  

   handsome, 
  in 
  a 
  loose 
  panicle 
  borne 
  on 
  a 
  long 
  peduncle. 
  Cultivated 
  

   from 
  Mexico. 
  

  

  3. 
  B. 
  coccinea 
  Hook. 
  Tall, 
  3-10 
  ft. 
  high, 
  somewhat 
  shrubby, 
  often 
  

   with 
  many 
  erect, 
  smooth 
  stems 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  root. 
  Leaves 
  broadly 
  

   and 
  unevenly 
  lanceolate 
  or 
  ovate-lanceolate, 
  half 
  heart-shaped 
  or 
  

   broadly 
  one-eared 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  acute, 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  entire, 
  smooth, 
  

   dull 
  green 
  above, 
  sometimes 
  tinged 
  with 
  red 
  below. 
  Peduncles 
  several- 
  

   many-flowered, 
  reddish, 
  slender, 
  somewhat 
  nodding. 
  Flowers 
  showy, 
  

   medium-sized, 
  scarlet. 
  Fruit 
  showy, 
  scarlet, 
  very 
  broadly 
  winged. 
  

   Cultivated 
  from 
  Peru. 
  [Often 
  called 
  B. 
  rubra.] 
  

  

  