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Begonia—continued. 
crenate, dark green above, red below, and “ggg sE wagon 
jl. on an elongated terminal raceme, white. e three 
angled, two Rahal a the other with a long pea wing. Sum- 
mer, A distinct and pretty species. (B. M. 3564.) 
B. go gee (Moritz’s). 
Synonymous with 
B. scandens. 
B. natalensis (Natal).* T. Rootstock thick, 
fleshy. Stem 1}ft. h, succulent, thick at 
the — articulate, ranched, smooth. l 
toothed > semicordate, acuminate, lobed, 
toot tted with white. jl. on axillary 
cymose peduncles, pale rose. fr. three-winged, 
BM lar, ay i small, Winter. Natal, 1855. 
B. nelumbiifolia (Nelumbium - leaved).* 
Rhizome thick, fleshy, creeping. l. on long 
hairy petioles ; blade 12in. to 18in. long, 8in. 
to 12in. wide, peltate, hairy on under side; 
scape lft. to oft. high. jl. in cymose head, 
numerous, small, white or rose coloured. 
Winter. ‘Mexico. A noble-foliaged plant. 
Syn. B. hernandicfolia. 
B. nemophila, Synonymous with B. Cath- 
cartii. 
nigro-yenia (black-veined). Synonymous 
with B. glandulosa. i 
B. nitida (shining).* S. Stem 4ft. to 5ft. 
i gn erect, branched, woody when aged, 
large, glossy, green on 
both sides, obliquely ovate, acute, crenated 
at margin. jl. in terminal and axillary pani- 
cles, numerous, large, deep rose, handsome. 
Capsule three- ed, one much larger than 
others. Jamaica, 1777. One of the bes winter, 
= aw perpetual On eb ps species. 
YNS. obliqua, pulchra rea. 
(B. M. 4048.) ’ purpu 
B. obliqua (oblique). Synonymous with B. 
nitida. 
B. octopetala (eight-petaled).* T. Stem- 
less. l. on long succulent downy Pn 
1}ft. or more in length, cordate, 6in. long, 
deeply lobed and serrated at the mar, 
bright green; scape as long as petioles 
rounded, downy. fi. in corymbs, 
white, males with eight petals, fe yg 
rally fewer. Conte three-angled, Fete wings 
almost suppressed, the other 
bini, toothed. Autumn. Peru, is’ SEN, 
B. grandiflora. (B. M. 3559.) 
Otton’s). A hybrid from B. * 
ve E (R. G. 1859, 
my ‘aan (papillose). A variety of B. incarnata. i 
= ’s).* T. Stem succulent, branching. 
ng oe ge rg a t toothed, gla glabrous above, ne sa 
oka nea an e re _. c ens 
large, bright yellow. Summer. Bolivia, 1865. $ saame 
because of its being one of the progenitors of the handsome Ba 
of garden tuberous Begonias. 
a aoh (shield-like), Stem short, tomentose; leaves 6in. RA 
bY pee ovate, geen pilose. A. in n branching as e, sm 
; peduncle bin. to 9in., pilose, zil, 181 teresting 
Becanse ped its distinct]; tate foliage tae silve: or. of 
plant. SYNS. B. ily peltato B. Hasskarlii, B MAAA iæfolia, 
Itifolia eS o possit with B. peltata. 
phy aniac ed). B. Stom thick, Reshy, 
ener twisted, green, a o clined. alia old, with si vivi- 
i ves, By which oe the Leong He 
“4 rages >» 4% ovate, acuminate, co sinuately lobe 
ciliate, smooth above rae below. i. ‘in axillary Car drooping, 
e "E? Capete with one large wing. Guatemala, 
m, pon ig E. generally smooth, succulent, 
bim to diin; high orain ned regen d nearly equally cordate, 
serrated, hairy abo ay roa on the nerves ae sometimes 
Short, fam few: 
le hairy, 
ar RL 
B. prismatocarpa (prism-fruited).* Stems small, 
hairy ; branchlets ascending. l. long, — also hairy, obliq 
Begonia—continued. 
diameter, reniform, lobed, hispid on both sides, dark green ; lobes 
acute, toothed, ciliated, . in axillary, dichotomous c er rat 
white, tinted rose, handsome. Summer. Brazil, 
3591.) 
Bap 
Fic. 232. BEGONIA POLYPETALA. 
Se re ae ‘many-petaled). Stem about 1ft. covered 
th a soft whitish tomentum. 7. ovate-acute, toothed, pubes- 
cent above, and densely tomentose below. fl., petals nine or ten, 
of a fine red colour, pote external ones ovate-oblong, pointed ; 
internal ones somewhat shorter and narrower ; sepals WO, ovate- 
elliptic. Capsule tomentose, three- , with one Ae | larger, 
ascendent. Winter. Andes of Peru, 1 "See Fig. 232. (Garden, 
Dec. 14, 1878.) 
B. prestoniensis (Preston).*, A garden hybrid between B. 
cinnabarina and B. nitida. l. lobed, glabrous, fl. brilliant 
Ty 
orange-red, in drooping axilla 
es, very fragrant. Autumn ~ 
and winter. 1867. (G. M. B. 3, 149.) 
cordate, ovate, three to five-lobed: obes Eao Danteg, pe- 
duncles axillary, longer than foliage, Paaa ro Alabel o al 
to four dipetalous orange and yellow flowers, one = 
umbel., Capsule four-angled, bonesi S 
bleder r ioana tite iow anai DOE 
cially interesting ne 0 our: 
pretty cushion of bright n foliage, ee ns studded 
with its brightly coloured resms $ g eria a stove temperature 
and a stony soil. (B. M. 5307.) _ 
B. pruinata (frosted).* Sheek short, thick, fleshy, smooth. 
jac oneal: e ) yatiolen, fiin 
eg ed eens ay rit an ‘white. pes Cen- 
America, 1870. (R. B. 247.) joe 
`B, pulchra (fair). Synonymous with B. nitida. © = ® 
B. punctata (dotted). Aare of B. heracleifoia. ; ý 
