Sl cal tite te ie 
B. Thwaitesii (Thwaites’s).* Stemless. 7. 2in. 
B. ulmifolia (Elm-leaved). S. Stem 2ft. to 
B. undulata (wavy-leaved). S. Stem 2ft. to 
 Leafstalks terete, succulent, clothed with scat- 
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Begonia—continued. 
margins serrated, ciliated, surface smooth, shining green. on 
axillaty. stalks, near apex of stems, white or rose, rather large. 
Capsule wings two short, one long, rounded. Autumn. Brazil, 
329. ‘A usefal summer and autumn flowering p tee of which 
there are several named varieties more or less distinct from the 
type, either in colour or size of flowers, or in habit of plant. 
he varieties carminea, gigantea, and rosea are perhaps the best. 
Syn. B. spathulata. (B. M. 2920.) 
B. s. Frau Maria Brandt. A dwarf compact variety, with 
rose-tinted flowers. See Fig. 234. 
B. socotrana (Socotra).* Stem annual, stout and succulent, 
forming at base a cluster of bulbils, each of which produces a 
plant the following year; sparsely hairy, J, dark green, orbi- 
cular, peltate, 4in. to Tin. across, centre depressed ; margin re- 
curved, crenate. fl. in terminal, few-flowered cymes, ljin. to 
2in. wide, bright rose. Capsule three-angled, one-winged, Winter. 
Socotra, 1880. Should be rested through the summer, and started 
in heat in September. A distinct and beautiful species. (B. M. 6555.) 
B. spathulata (spathulate). Synonymous with B. semperflorens. 
B. stigmosa (branded).* Rhizome creeping, fleshy. J. 6in. to 
8in. long, oblique, cordate-acute, irregularly toothed, smooth 
above, hairy beneath, green, with brownish -purple blotches ; 
stalks scaly, as in B. manicata. jl. in cymose panicles, white, 
medium-sized, numerous. Brazil, 1845. 
strigillosa (strigillose).* Rhizome short, fleshy, creeping, 
1. 4in. tobin. Tong oblique, ovate-acute, cordate-toothed ; margins 
ciliate, red; stalk and blade covered with fleshy scales; blade 
smooth, blotched with brown. fi. in branching cymes, dipetalous, 
small, rose-coloured. Summer. Central America, 1851 
B. suaveolens (sweet-scented), S. Stem branching, 2ft. high, 
smooth. J, din. to 4in. long, oblique-ovate, cordate-acute, crenu- 
late, glabrous. f. in axillary panicles, large, white, Winter, 
Central America, 1816.. Resembles B. nitida, but may be distin- 
guished by its distinctly crenulate leaves and smaller flowers, 
which are white, and not pale rose, as in B. nitida. Syn. B. 
odorata. (L. B. C. 69.) 
B. Sutherlandi (Sutherland’s).* T. Stems annual, lft. to 2it. 
high, slender, graceful, red-purple. 7. on slendeg red petioles, 
Zin. to din. long ; blade 4in. to 6in. long, ovate-lanteolate, deeply 
lobed at base; margins serrate, bright green; 
nerves bright red. fl. in axillary and terminal 
cymes, numerous, orange-red, shaded with dark 
vinous-red. Capsule wings equal. Summer. 
Natal, 1867. (B. M. 5689.) 
B. Teuscheri (Teuscher’s). S. A strong, erect- 
growing, large-leaved plant, from the Dutch 
Indies, not yet flowered. 7. cordate-ovate, acute, 
olive-green above, with greyish blotches ; under 
side rich claret-coloured. Hort. Linden. 
3 
3 
to 4in. in diameter, obtuse or sub-acute, cor- 
date at base, minutely toothed, = pubes- 
cent, very sha when youn co - 
green, red-purple and pr with e ite; 
under side blood red. an medium- 
sized ; scape short, white. Capsule like 
a Beech nut; wings short. Ceylon, 1 One 
of the most beautiful of eoloured-leaved Be- 
onias uiring a close, moist atmosphere 
fn a psig, (B. M. 4692.) : 
4ft. high, bing l. Sin, to 4in. long, ovate- 
oblong, unequal-sided, toothed, rugose, 
f. on hairy peduncles, numerous, small, 
Capsule wings two small, one ovate. 
Winter. Venezuela, 1854. (L.C. 
hairy. 
white. 
3ft. high, erect, branching freely, turgid below, 
i atcculent until old. Z. distichous, ‘ob- 
ong-lanceolate, undulated, smooth, shining 
green... $ in nodding axillary cymes, white, 
small. inter. Brazil, 1826. (B. M. 2723.) 
lla (caudate -leaved). Stemless. 
tered bristly hairs. J. large, 12in. long, broad, 
cordate ; margin AE cut, toothed ; apex 
long pointed, green, smooth above, hairy be- 
i stout, paniculate. jl. crowded, 
cash; pedune t 
larg ndaga] i 
Ge aI A Ybite.: Spring.. Brazil. 
B. Veitchii (Veitch’s * T., Stem ver 
\ . Ste y short, 
thick, fleshy, green. Z, ‘orbiculate, cordate, 
Obed and ‘incised; margins ciliated, green, 
se a or aa an from bright car- 
l i ntre; under side pale green; 
petiole thick, terete, with a few hairs on the 
upper portion ; scape 10in. to 12in. high, thick, . ~ 
terete, pilose, two-flowered. fl, 2jin. in diameter, cinnabar red. 
One’ af the species rom wilet pul den tro 
s mM w en rous- 
rooted Begonias have been obtained. A M. ) : 
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Begonia—continued. 
B. Verschaffeltiana (Verschaffelt’s).* A hybrid between 
B, carolinefolia and B. manicata, with large ovate acutely-lobed 
leaves and flowers in large cymes, rose-coloured and pendent. 
Winter. (R. G. 1855, p. 248.) 
B. vitifolia (Vine-leaved). S. Stem 3ft. to 4ft. high, thick, 
smooth, and fleshy. J. large as vine foliage, and similar in 
shape; peduncles axillary, erect, branching into a cymose 
head of small white flowers. Capsules three-angled, one-winged. 
wane Brazil, 1833. SYNS. B. grandis, B. reniformis. (B. M. 
B. Wagneriana (Wagner's). S. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, erect, 
glabrous, green, succulent, branched. J. cordate-ovate, acumi- 
nate; margins obscurely lobed, slightly serrate, quite glabrous ; 
pecans axillary and terminal, cymose. jl. numerous, white, 
apsules, which are ripened in abundance, wae one 
wing long, two short. Winter. Venezuela, 1856, (B. M. 4988.) 
B. Warscewiczii (Warscewicz’s). Synonymous with B. conchefolia. 
B. Weltoniensis (Welton). A garden hybrid; one of the oldest 
Pai cultivated winter-flowering kinds, with light pink flowers, very 
ree. 
B. xanthina (yellow-flowered).* Stem short, thick, fleshy, hori- 
zontal, along with petioles thickly-clothed with brown scaly 
hairs ; petioles 6in. to 12in. long, stout, terete, fleshy, reddish- 
brown ; blade 8in. to 12in, long, cordate-ovate, acuminate, 
sinuate-ciliated, dark green above, purplish beneath. Flower- 
stalks erect, 1ft. high, bearing a cymose head of large golden 
hg Capsule with one large wing. Summer. Boutan, 1850, 
B. x. Lazuli (Lapis-lazuli).* Foliage metallic purple, with a 
bluish tinge. 
B, x. pictifolia (ornamented-leayed).* l. with large silvery spots, 
and pale yellow flowers. ; 
The following list comprises a selection of some of the 
best and most distinct of the innumerable varieties now 
existing in gardens, and which have been obtained by 
crossing and re-crossing the several tuberous-rooted species 
found in the temperate regions of South America. 
Fic. 235. FLOWERING BRANCH OF BEGONIA ADMIRATION. 
Single-Flowered Varieties, Crimson and Scarlet 
ADMIRATION, fogera une t Tie. 255); on G S04 
pariani piled y excellent form, and gi free; B. 
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