VAEIEGATED BEGONIAS. 



3 barred with red, and the stalks are 

 purplish colour. 



26. B. miranda. 



From Mr. Veitch, and Messrs. E. G. Hendekson & Son. 

 This variety somewhat approaches the zonate series. The leaves 

 are of medium size, bullate, with a broad surface of a dark satiny 

 green at the base, this colour running out along the principal 

 veins in tapering radii, so as to separate the silvery zone into 

 broad radiate masses, which are broken up at the margin, and 

 pass into dots ; the edge being also marked with more distant 

 silvery dots. The stalks are clothed with red hairs, and the leaves 

 are marked with red behind. 



27. B. xanthina Beichenheiinii. 



From Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, Messrs. Rollisson & 

 Sons, and Mr. Veitch. This variety is one of the best of the 

 vittate series. The leaves are of medium size, red beneath, and 

 in the young state have a reddish tinge suffused over the upper 

 surface. The principal veins are bordered with green, and the 

 spaces between them form radiating bars of silvery green, 

 breaking up into dots at the edges. The stalks are smooth, and 

 of a dull purplish colour. 



28. B. xanthina marmorata. 



From Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son. This plant is taller 

 and more erect than B. Reichenheimii, and the leaves, which are 

 medium-sized, have a broader margin of dark green to the veins ; 

 they are marked with purple beneath, and have somewhat hairy 

 stalks. 



29. B. xanthina argentea. 



From Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Sok. This is inferior to 

 the other forms of B. xanthina, the markings being of a dull 

 (greenish) colour. The leaves are medium-sized, dull green with 

 yellowish gray-green bars above, and stained with purple beneath. 

 The stalks are slightly hairy. 



30. B. Victoria. 



From Messrs. Low & Co. The leaves of this variety are 

 above the medium size, red beneath, very dark purplish-green 

 along the course of the veins, and having grayish-green satiny 

 bars between them ; the darker parts are speckled over with the 



