a o THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Begonia—continued. : Begonia—continued. 
B. erosa (bitten). Synonymous with B. amæna. B. frigida (frigid). S. Stem 1ft. high, smooth, green, succulent. 
Evansiana (Evans’s).* T. Stem herbaceous, branching, l. cordate, acuminate, lobed, serrated, slightly pilose; upper 
smooth, 2ft. high. l. oblique, ovate-acute, sub-cordate, lobed ; side coppery-green, beneath deep rose-red, especially upon the 
margins denticulate, green above, under side and petioles deep veins. fi. small, white, in erect branching cymes. Capsule wings 
red; flower-stalks branching, axillary. fl. numerous, flesh- two long, one short. Summer. Country unknown, 1860. (B. M. 
coloured, large. Capsule wings blunt-pointed, one longer than 5160.) 
the others. Summer. Java, China, Japan, 1812. A handsome B. Froebeli (Frebel’s).* T. Stemless. l numerous, cordate, 
opas; and almost hardy. Syns. B. discolor, B. grandis. (B. M. acuminate, green, covered with purplish-yelvety hairs. fl. in 
1473.) tall, lax, drooping, branching cymes, brilliant scarlet, large. 
B. eximia (excellent).* A hybrid, raised from B. rubro-venia Winter. Ecuador, 1872. A beautiful flowering plant, useful for 
and B. Thwaitesii. Stem short, succulent. l heonsy-purple, tinged conservatory work in winter. (Garden, pl. 96.) 
with red. A handsome foliage plant. (I. H. 1860, 53.) B. fuchsioides (Fuchsia-like).* S. Stem tall, drooping, her- 
B. falcifolia (sickle-leaved).* S. Stem lft. to 2ft. high, erect, baceous, smooth, green, tinged with red. Z. copious, distichous, 
branching. J, 6in. long, lin. wide, curved, tapering to a narrow likin. long, oblong-ovate, slightly falcate, serrated, smooth; 
point ; margins toothed, upper surface green, more or less spotted margins tinged with red. ^. in branching pendulous panicles, 
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Fic. 228. BEGONIA DAVISII. 
with white, under side red. . on shi ill ss ich, deep scarlet. Corale wings two very short and 
duncles, drooping, dipetiung hat h it Wings prient et re ee Bater, New Grenada, 1846. A handsome green- 
in, wide. Summer. Peru, 1868. A pretty flowering P t. house ps useful for covering pillars, &c. SYN. B. miniata. 
B. M. 5707.) ee (B. M. 4281.) 
B. ferruginea (rust-coloured), S. Stem woody, erect. a! miniata (vermilion). 
branching, covered with ferruginous hairs, J, prs dat pon pe ies we red. (F. d. S. 8, 787.) 
acuminate, lobed; margins toothed, Po in branching cymes, | B, gemmipara (bud-bearing). 8,-Stem 1ft. high, from a tube- 
large red. Capsule unequal-winged. Summer. Bogota. Syn. rous rootstock, succulent, o¥ate-acuminate, cordate, lobed, 
Tae B. magnifica. smooth above, pilose below. jl. medium-sized, white, or with 
B, Fischeri (Fischer's). Similar to B. falcifolia, except that the rose stripes, on pendulous, axillary peduncles; sometimes the 
ge is unspotted, and the flowers are white andsmall. Brazil, peduncles bear, instead of flowers, quadrangular cups, which 
1835. (B. M. 3532.) zN are closely packed with oblong viviparous bulbils, Summer. _ 
B. foliosa (leafy).* S. Stem slender, branching, fleshy. J. 3 . Himalaya. (C. H. P. 14.) 
~ ovate-oblong, sa e r 
l. smaller than in type. fl. cin- 
C green, numerous, distichous on ee B. geranifolia (Geranium-leaved).* Rootstock tuberous. Stem 
li, numerous, white, tinged with pink. Summer, New Gre- | — lft. high, erect, angular, succulent, green, with a purplish tinge, 
1868. Useful for growing in hanging baskets. Syn. B. | . branched dichotomously. l cordate, cut into unequal ser- č 
t. (Ref, B. 222.) a oe ; rated lobes, gugen ; margins red, whole plant perfectly smooth; 
