Supplement. 



499 



I 



(F. & P. 1884, 



ovate, lobed, 

 out with pale 

 under surface 



Begonia— fo/ifi*n 



stamens; feiniil--!, sukiIUt, with flvtgepals; cymes four to sIt- 

 flowertid ; peduuclet long. April. L 4in. to 6in. long, obliqwelv 

 ovate, acuta, ooarMly crenat«, deeply twodobed at the lateral 

 base, hairy ; petioloH 4irL to bin, long. Stem succulent, 1ft. to 

 IJft. high, and, jis wpII aa the branches, petioles, peduncles, and 

 pedicels, mar1cf»d with scarlet striae. Tropical Africa. 1884. 

 (R M. 6899.) , 



B. Lnbbcrsii (T-tibbersT.* yt white, tinged groen, lai^e, in 



axillary, nudding cymes of about six. I. alternate, distichous, 

 smooth, entire, pelUitely attached to fleshy petioles ; stipules 

 large, ovate, persistent, brij^ht red. Stems cylindrical, green, 

 deflexed at the tips. Brazil, 1&S4. A handsome, sub-shrubby 

 species. (B. H. 1883, 13.) . 



B. monlcata aoreo-macolata (golden-spotted). L round, 



mottled with white. 



B* MargarltaB (Marjfaret'sX yf. pale rosy, large, in corymbose 

 cyuitd ; sepals of the males orbicular, having a lai^e tuft of rosy 

 hairs at the ba«e. t, large, obliquely cordate-^vate, dark, shining 

 green, with purple reflections. 1884. A garden hybrid between 

 B. echinosepaia jind B. incamata metallica, of tali and vigorous 

 habit, (B. H. 18o4, p. 200, f. 4a) 



B. Meysscllana (Meysael's). I pale green, ornamented with 

 silvery spots. Sumatra, 1884. A stove or greenhouse, foliage 

 plant, suitable for outdoor decoration in summer. 



B. olbia (rich). JL white, in small cymes, freely produced from 

 the axils of the leaves. I. oblique, tive-nerved, irregularly 

 toothed, slightly bullate, the u^per surface of a very dark bronzy- 

 green, covered with small, reddish hairs, and studded with small, 

 neat, round, white spots, the nnder surface of a deep red 

 ' petioles erect Stems short, fleshy. Brazil, 1883. 

 603.) 



B. rabella (reddish). L numerous, obliquely 

 toothed, ciliated, bronzy-^reen, the veins marked 

 green, ^^pott^ all over with purplish-brown, the 

 red. Stems stout, decumbent. India, 1883. 



B, semperflorens rosea (rosy). Jl. bright rose -coloured, the 

 petals white at l^.e, 18S3. A pretty, free-flowering. garden 

 variety. (R. n. 1881, p. 350.) 



B- S. Sturzil (Sturz*). JL rose-pink, disposed in cymose panicles. 



I. whitish repotted. 18S6. A fine, fioriferous variety. (R. G. 

 1220.) 



B* Socotrana* Seedling hybrid forms have been obtained by 



crossing the summer-flowering, .tuberous, garden varieties with 



JS. socotrana. The following are of great horticultural value, an<l 



the rithly-coloured sprays of flowers are valuable for placing in 



vases : Adonis, flowei-s rosy-cannine, medium-sized, leaves large 



iind handsome, habit robust and erect: AUTUMN Rusi:, flowers 



roseplnlil pretty, intermediate between those of B, incamata and 



B, socotrana (the pollen parent): John Heal, flowers clear rose, 



lasting for two or three weeks, leaves much smaller than those 



of Adoms, habit graceful; Winter Gkm, flowers more crimson 



than caruiiue, freely produced, leaves rhomboid, more like 



B. $nco(rana than the other hybrids. The first three cun be 



freely propagated by cuttings ; biit the last can only be increased 



by the small tubers at the base of the stem. 



Varieties, The improvement in this popular greenhouse 

 flower has been quite marvellous during the last few years. 

 The single and double varieties of the tuberous section 

 have been obtained of the finest form, and of the richest 

 and most varied colours : white, blush, pale rose, and 

 salmon to the richest, darkest crimson. We have also 

 clear yellow, orange, bronze, apricot, and such tints as 

 are seldom seen in garden flowers. The following is a 

 very select list from the numerous varieties quite recently 

 introduced : 



Single-flowered* AnaK, deep rose, very large flowers ; Ba- 

 ROXESS Rothschild, scarlet, white centre; Beauty, scarlet, 

 white centre ; Bi.ACK Knight, very dark crimson ; BRTnr.SM att>, 

 pure white ; Countess, orange-yellow ; Countess of Rosslyn, 

 brouzy-orange ; Distinction, crimson, white centre ; Dowager 

 Lady Wynn, white, shaded viulet-rose ; Duchess of Eojnbukgh, 

 yellow, shaded orange; DvKE of Edinburgh, redJish-maroon; 

 Karl op Chesterfield, rich crimson; Excelsior, yellow; 

 Fairy Queen, white, edged pale pink; Golden Queen, clear 

 rich yellow ; Guardsman, vermilion ; Her Majesty, pale pink ; 

 Lxdy ClOxNCURRY, salmon pink, white centre; Lady Iddes- 

 LEiGH, bronzy-yellow; Lord Lewisham, scarlet; Lord Salis- 

 bury, deep red ; Loveliness, white, violet-crimson margin ; 

 Maiden's Blush, blush, tinted rose; Mr. Culltngford, rosy- 

 red; Mrs. Leoh, intense crim.son-scarlet, shaded violet; Mrs. 

 MiLNER, soft rosy-pink ; Mrs. Shkimierd, purest white ; Norma, 

 magenta-red; Novelty, salmon-red, new colour; Prince of 

 Wales, scarlet ; Princess Louise, white ; Princess of Wales, 

 full rosy-pink; Princess Victoria, rosy-red; Rosea compacta, 

 rose, handsome form ; Rose Celeste, rich rosy-pink ; Rosy 

 Morn, delicate rose; Torey Laing, orange, red, and yellow; 

 white Perfection, pure white, fine, 



Double-flowered. Adqms, ^aImon, light centre; Alba fim- 

 Briata, pure white, fringed ; Alba magna^ very large, pure whit^ ; 



Begonia— cottf inued. 



Alba B0SE.4.pink, white centre; Argus, purpli.sh-rose ; Camellia, 

 deep reddish-:icatlet ; Cannell's Triumph, pink, very large; 

 CURIBEL, pale rose, white centre; Davisu gigantea flore- 

 PLE50, reddish-crimson ; Dr. Masters, blush, large, well-formed 

 flowers ; Duchess of Teck, clear yellow, very large ; Edelweiss. 

 very flno white ; Gigantea, large clusters of salmon-rose flowers ; 

 Glow, intense scarlet ; Hartington, rose'; H. Barnet, dark 

 crimson ; Iuna, salmon-scarlet (hybrid frqm Davisii) ; L Walker, 

 crimson-scarlet, large; Jubilee, magenta-rose, large, full flower; 

 Lady Julian Goldsmid, bright pink, large; Lady Lennox, rich 

 yellow, full; Lady Rothschild, pink, large outer petals; 

 Leo.nORA, pink, with paler margin ; Lillie, salmon-rose, white 

 centre; Lord Loughborough, bright scarlet; Lord Roths- 

 child, pink, large flowers ; Major Lendy, pink, with yellow 

 tinge ; Marginata, white, pink margin ; Marquis of Stafford, 

 creamy- white ; Mr. H. Adcock, crimson-scarlet; Mrs. B. 

 Winn'e, salmon; Mrs. Caiiter, bright rose; Mrs. J. Midson, 

 white ; Mrs. Lewis Castle, salmon shaded ; Mrs. W. B. Miller, 

 soft salmon; Mrs. W. F. Bennett, soft yellow, large; Per- 

 fection, deep salmon-red, large ; Princess Maud, pure white, 

 full flower ; Rosy Gem, deep rose ; Scarlet Pfjifection, vivid 

 scarlet; s^hirley Hibberd, creamy-white, tinged blush; Sir J. 

 Pender, rich salmon ; Terra-cotta, very distinct buff colour ; 



Viscountess Cranbrook, deep rose, flaked white. 



BEBBZiSIS. Nearly 100 species have been described 

 aa such, but not more than fifty are botanically distinct; 

 about fifteen are Asiatic, one is found in Europe and North 

 America, and the rest inhabit the mountainous parts of 

 America, from Oregon to Tierra del Fuego, To the species 

 described on pp. 181-2, Vol. I., the following should now 

 be added ; 



B. congestifiora hakeoides (crowded-flowered, Hakea-Iike). 

 jt golden- yellow, in dense, globose, simple or compound heads 

 Jin. to fin. in diameter, which are sessile or pedunculate. Early 

 spring. L lin. to 2in. long, almost imbricating, sessile or shortly 

 petiolate, orbicular or very broadly oblong, thickly coriaceous, 

 rigidly spinous-toothed, rounded or cordate at base. A. 6ft, 

 io'ift Chili, 186L A stout bush. (B. M. 6770.) 



B, nepalensis Bealei (Beale's). A remarkably handsome, 



Chinese form, with grand spikes of closely -packed flowers. 1887. 

 (G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 608.) 



Bi Thnnbcrgil (Thimberg's). fi, numerous, small, iin. to ^in, 

 c\o>< drooping ; sepals red, half as long as the petals, which are 

 Mle straw-coloured, suffused with red. April, i. in crowded tufts 

 111 along the branches, ^in. to nearly lin. long, obovate or spathu- 

 hte entire. Spines straight, Jin. long. Japan, 1883: A low 

 bush. (B. M. 6646.) 



BETULA. This genus comprises about twenty-five 

 recies broadly dispersed over Europe, Central and 2^ortk 

 Affla and North America. To tho?e described on p. 186, 

 Vol I., the following should now be added : 

 B. MedwedieWl (Medwediew's). JL, catkins 



■ales about Uin. long, the females shorter. 



utely toothfd, glabrous, the midrib beneath and the pe 

 ■''vsccnt Branches glabrous. Transcaucasus, 1887, (R. 



1887, p. 3S4, f. 14.) 

 B.Eaddeana (Radde's). A. catkins ovoid-oblong, fin. to Im. 

 loBff I '^"lall, ovate, acutely toothed, pubescent beneath on the 

 nfervpq and in the angles of the nerves. Young shoots softly 

 JS)escent? Caucasus, 1887. (R G. 1887, p. S84. f. 5-11.) 



natives of 



To 



cylindrical, the 

 I, elliptic-ovate, 

 and the petiole 



a. 



About ten 



BIPBENARIA. About ten species, 

 BrdziL Guiana, and Colombia, compose this genus, 

 tee described on p, 187, Vol, I., the foUowing should 

 n<wr be added : 



B.1)ella (beautiful). A synonym of Calia bella. 

 E Harrisonise (Mrs. Harrison's). /. 3in. across; sepals and 

 wfalT creamy-white, large and fleshy, the lateral ones with a 

 i^like base ; lip purple, yellowish at base, purple-veined out- 

 E the inner surface streaked red; scape one or two-flowered. 

 t^Htarv large, oblong-lanceolate, plaited. Psendod>ulbs pyn- 

 ft^ tetragonal Brazil. Syns. Colax Harrismim, Dmdrobium 

 KS(H. E. F. 120), Lyca^ie^ ^ narnsmu^. Maxillary 



the 



U;:^:^^ (BrM."*27 '; B. R.'SSV ; P. M. B. ii. 196.) 

 B w nibaCwhite). /. white; sepals slightly ti^/^^.free^bjhe 



ife'r sidfsof the lateral ones faintly dotted red; «de lol»e9 of 



^ hp S'h-purple. veined with deeper ^^.^ ^^\^f^\}^^^^ 

 ^ MmirDle hairy, the spur-like portion ^eenish- white. Brazd. 



aT ^! un"»ernauie oi Maxillaria Ha^rTsonm alba.) 



B. H. eburnea (ivory 



iririte, freely striped 



white), /..sepals and petals white ;^ hp 

 with crimson; throat yellow, striped 



Brazil. A chaste variety. 



kTT-'kI^h Anfil and May. Brazil, a cuastw vaiictj 

 0?^o'a ii^ m under name ofV«*^« Harrmnim etumea,) 

 n ^ --nflnra flarffe-flowered). /., inner surface of the lip 



Vfey^F^^^Vt a'narr'ow. yeUi^h border ; spur yeUow. 

 •to a ^ew Void, purple stripes. 





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