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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Begonia—continued. 
peat: segments seven to nine, radiating, lanceolate, serrated. 
stem lft. to lift. high, sparingly branched, hairy, Yunnan, 
China, 1898. (B. M. 7685.) 
B. heracleicotyle (hybrid). A hybrid between B. heracleifolia 
and B. hydrocotylifolia. 
B. Hoegeana ceria jl. white, disposed in lax, axillary 
cymes, only half as large as those of B. nitida (which this plant 
somewhat resembles). J. broadly ovate, rounded at base. 
sien oblique. Mexico, 1886. A very glabrous, greenhouse 
climber, 
B. hybrida coccinea (red). l. bright scarlet, freely produced. 
Winter. A desirable hybrid, of dwarf, compact habit. 
privlnpeateses (Jaurez’). A garden variety with semi-double flowers. 
B. Johnstoni (Johnston's). fl. pale rose-coloured ; males 1jin. 
to 2in. in diameter, with four broadly oblong sepals and numerous 
stamens; females smaller, with five sepals ; cymes four- to-six- 
flowered ; peduncles long. April. J. 4in. to 6in. long, obliquely 
ovate, acute, coarsely crenate, deeply two-lobed at the base, 
hairy; petioles 4in. to 6in. long. Stem succulent, lft. to 
Begonia—continued. 
hairs at the base. J. large, Moped cordate-ovate, dark, shining 
Leer eee purple reflections. 1884. A garden hybrid between 
. echinosepala and B. incarnata metallica, of tall and vigorous 
habit. (R. H. 1884, p. 200, f. 48.) 
B. marginata illustrata (margined, illustrated). J. slightly 
bullate, borne on tall, densely hairy stalks, the pea-green ground 
being reticulated with depressed Veins of green and chocolate 
colour. 1897. A garden seedling. 
B. Meysseliana (Meyssel’s). J. pale green, ornamented with 
silvery spots. Sumatra, 1884. A stove or greenhouse, foliage 
plant, suitable for outdoor decoration in summer. 
B. octopetala Lemoinei (Lemoine's). A garden hybrid, raised 
in 1889. (R. H. 1889, p. 32, f. 7.) 
B. olbia (rich). fl. white, in small cymes, freely produced from 
the axils of the leayes. J. oblique, five-nerved, irregularly 
toothed, slightly bullate, the = surface of a very dark bronzy- 
green, covered with small, reddish hairs, and stadded with small, 
neat, round, white spots, the under-surface of a deep red; 
bos erect. Stems short, fleshy. Brazil, 1883. (PF. & P 1884 
. 
Fic. 167. Beconia DucnEsS OF MaRLBoroucH. 
lift. high, and, as well as the branches, petioles, peduncles, and 
edicels, marked with scarlet striw. Tropical Africa, 1884. 
B. M. 6899.) : 
B. Lansbergez (Mime. van Lansberge’s). JU. 64in. long, 34in. 
broad, very thick, obliquely cordate-ovate, long-acuminate, 
deeply sinuated, entire, with rounded lobes, on long petioles. 
cea Plant villous. (I. H. 1893, t. 174; R. H. 1893, 
p. . 
B. Lemahoutii (Le Maout’s). 1. white, tinted with rose on the 
outside, produced in cymes; peduncles rising above the leaves. 
l. oblique, acuminate, dark green above, washed with purple 
beneath, wavy, toothed and ciliated on the margins. 1889. 
compact, greenhouse species, of unknown origin. 
B. Lesoudsii (Lesoud’s). A garden hybrid, 
B. Lubbersii (Lubbers’).* fl. white, tinged green, large, in 
axillary, nodding cymes of about six. J. alternate, distichous, 
smooth, entire, peltately attached to fleshy petioles; stipules 
large, ovate, persistent, bright red. Stems cylindrical, green, 
deflexed at the tips. Brazil, 1884. A handsome, sub-shrubby 
species. (B. If. 1883, 13.) 
B. manicata aureo-maculata (golden-spotted). 
mottled with white. 
B. Margaritee (Margaret's). fl. pale rosy, large, in corymbose 
cymes ; sepals of the males orbicular, having a large tuft of rosy 
Z. round, 
B. patula (somewhat spreading). S. #. pink, many in a cyme. 
d. obliquely-cordate, angled or doubly toothed on the margin, 
dark green and sparsely hairy above, reddish beneath. h. ‘Sit 
Brazil, 1889. 
B. pictaviense (Poictiers). A garden hybrid between B. Scharfi 
and B. incarnata metallica. 1891. 
B. platanifolia. There are several varieties of this species, 
including decora, tllustris, and pulvinata, of which the first-named 
“ay most desirable owing to its predominating silvery marking. 
1894. : 
B. platanifolia (of gardens). A synonym of B. Faureana. 
B. rubella (reddish). 72 numerous, obliquely ovate, lobed, 
toothed, ciliated, bronzy-green, the veins marked out with pale 
green, spotted all over with purplish-brown, the under-surface 
red. Stems stout, decumbent. India, 1883. p 
B. Scharffi (Scharff’s).* l. white, in large, long-stalked corymbs; 
males 2in. to 24in. across, having two large, elliptic sepals echinate 
with red bristles outside, and two narrow, spathulate petals; 
females smaller, with obovate segments. J. 4in. to 10in. long, 2in. 
to Sin. broad, obliquely cordate-ovate, acuminate, purplish 
beneath. A. 14ft. to 2ft. South Brazil, 1889. A handsome, free- 
flowering, stove species, hispid with red hairs. (B. M. 7028.) 
Syn. B. Haageana (of gardens). 
B. S. metallica (metallic). A synonym of B. Credneri. 
