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ovate, about two inches in length, remaining long on the stem. 

 Flowers white, rather small, but produced in great profusion, 

 and remaining in perfection about two months. This, although it 

 only blooms in spring, makes a beautiful object when grown on a 

 trellis. Syn. B. pendula, JB. repens. — Brazil. 



c. Leaves oblique, ovate, acute. 



5. B. manicata. Stems rather short, inclining to trail, green 

 when young, and marked with a few white streaks. Leaves 

 oblique, fringed at the margin, of a bright green colour, smooth 

 on the surface, but remarkable for the depressed crimson scales, 

 which are suspended from the veins beneath, increasing in size 

 and number towards .the footstalk, and forming a ruff where 

 they unite. Flowers pink, in loose panicles rising about a foot 

 above the leaves. It blooms in spring. — Brazil. 



d. Leaves oblique, obtuse, often round. 



6. B. stigmosa. Stems short, inclining to creep. Leaves 

 oblique, sometimes nearly round, from six to eight inches in 

 breadth, curiously fringed at the margins, of a pale green colour, 

 smooth on the surface, and beautifully marked with dark purple 

 spots. The veins on the under sides, as well as the long foot- 

 stalks, are covered with soft chaffy looking scales, giving the 

 plant altogether a very mottled appearance. Flowers greenish- 

 white, in loose panicles, rising six or eight inches above the 

 leaves. 



7. B. Barkeri. Stems very short and strong, lying close on the 

 soil. Leaves unusually large, often a foot and a half across, and 

 in form resembling a rhubarb leaf; smooth and shining on the 

 upper surface, downy beneath, and supported by strong footstalks 

 densely covered with dull green scales. Flowers white, pro- 

 duced in a huge mass on a footstalk upwards of four feet in 

 height. It blooms in autumn, and at other seasons. — Mexico. 



8. B. ramentacea. Stems short, and covered with depressed 

 scales, which give them a very singular appearance. Leaves 

 oblique, sometimes nearly round, from six to seven inches in 

 breadth, dark green, and shining on the surface ; crimson be- 

 neath, and covered with short forked hairs, gradually depressed 

 towards the footstalks, which are covered in the same manner as 

 the stems. Flowers pink, in loose panicles, consisting of twenty 

 or thirty blooms. A handsome species, and one that appears to 

 flower several times in the season. — Brazil. 



9. B. hydrocotylifolia. Stems short, creeping on the soil in a 

 congregated mass. Leaves about two inches in breadth, almost 

 round, dark green, and shining above, crimson beneath, and co- 

 vered with soft brown hairs, which gradually disappear as the 



