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Begonia — contiriued. 



crenate, dark green above, red below, and minutely papillose. 

 jl. on an elongated terminal raceme, white. Capsule three- 

 an,i;lu(l, two win-^less, the other with a long pointed wing. Sum- 

 mer, iirazil. 1826. A distinct and pretty species. (E. M." 3564.) 



B. Moritzlana (Moritz's). Syuonymous with 

 B. scandtJTis. 



B. natalensis (Natal).* T. Rootstock thick. 



fleshy. Stem lUt. high, succulent, thick at 



the base, articulate, branched, smooth. I. 



unequal, semicordate, acuminate, lobed, 



toothed, spotted with white. Jl. on axillary 



cymose peduncles, pale rose. fr. three-winged, 



two large, one small. Winter. Natal, 1855. 



(B. M. 4841.) 

 B. nelumbilfolia (Nelumbium - leaved).* 



Rhizome thick, fleshy, creeping. I. on long 



hairy petioles ; blade 12iji. to I8iu. long, 8in. 



to 12in. wide, peltate, hairy on under side ; 



scape 1ft. to 2ft. high. ji. in cymose head, 



numerous, small, white or rose coloured. _. 



"Winter. Mexico. A noble-foliaged plant. 



Syn. Ji. hernandi<Ej'olia. 



B. nemophlla. Synonymous with B. Catk- 

 carta. 



B, nxgro-venia (black- veined). Synonymous 



with B. f/lanUulosa. 

 B. nltlda (shining).* S. Stem 4ft. to 5ft. 



high, erect, branched, woody when aged, 



smooth, shining. I. large, glossy, green on 



both sides, obliquely ovate, acute, crenated 



at marpn. Ji. in terminal and axillary pani- 

 cles, numerous, large, deep rose, handsome. 



Capsule three-winged, one much larger than 



others. Jamaica, 1777. One of the best winter, 



and almost a perpetual, flowering species. 



Syns. B. obliqua, B. pulckra, B. purpurea. 



(B. M. 4046.) 

 B. obliqua (oblique). Synonymous with B. 



iiUida. 



B. OCtOpetala (eight-petaled).* T. Stem- 

 less. I. on long succulent downy petioles, 

 lift, or more in length, cordate, 6in. long, 

 deeply lobed and serrated at tlie marjiin, 

 bright green ; scape as long as petioles, 

 rounded, downy, jl. in corymbs, greenish- 

 white, males with eight petals, females gene- 

 rally fewer. Capsule three-angled, two wings 

 almost suppressed, the other lin. long ; apex 

 blunt, toothed. Autumn. Peru, 1835. Syn. 

 B. grandijlora. (B. M. 3559.) 



B. odorata (sweet-scented). Synonymous 



\vith B. Riiavcotens. 

 B. opuliflora (Guelder-ro.se-flowered).* S. 



Stem 1ft. hijjh, branching, smooth. I. ovate 



oblong-acummate, toothed, smooth above, 



hairy below, jl. white, in compact umbels, 



on erect scapes. Spring. New Grenada. 



1854. 



B. Ottonlana (Otton's). A hybiid from B, 

 conchtv/oiia and B. coriacea. (R. G. 1859, 

 p. 15.) 



B. papulosa (papillose). A variety of B. incamata. 



B. Pearcel (Pearce's).* T. Stem 1ft. hijih, succulent, branching. 

 /. lancc-shaped, cordate, pointed, toothed, glabrous above, tomen- 

 tose beneath, and pale red. Jl. in loose axillary panicles, 

 large, brij;ht yellow. Sunnner. Bolivia, 1865. Interesting 

 because of its being one of the progenitors of the handsome race 

 of garden tuberous Begonias. 



B. peltata (shield-like). Stem short, tomentose ; leaves 6in. by 

 4in., peltate, ovate, densely pilose. Ji. in branching cyme, small, 

 white ; peduncle 6in. to 9in., pilose. Brazil, 181^ Interesting 

 because of its distinctly peltate foliage and silvery appearance of 

 whole plant. SVNS. B. coriacea, B. JJasskarlH, B. hemandicej'olia, 

 B. })et(i/o{ia. 



B. peltifolia (peltatc-lcaved). Synonymous with B. peltata. 



B. phyllomaniaca (proliferous-stemmed). S. Stem thick, fleshy, 

 rathur twisted, green, hairy, clothed, when old, with small vivi- 

 parous buds bearing small leaves, by which means the plant may 

 be multiplied. I. ovate, acuminate, cordate, sinuately lobed, 

 ciliate, smooth above and below, ji. in axillary cymes, drooping, 

 pale rose. Capsule with one large wing. Winter. Guatemala, 

 1861. (B. M. 5254.) 



B. plcta (ornamented).* T. Stem generally smooth, succulent, 

 6in. to 12in. high. t. ovate acuminate, nearly equally conlate, 

 serraii d, hairy above and on the nerves below, sometimes varie- 

 gated. Jl. pale rose, large, handsome ; peduncle hairy, erect, 

 short, few-flowered. Autumn. Himalaya, 1870. (S. E. B. 

 101.) 



B. platanifolia (plane-leaved).* S. Stem 5ft. to 6ft. high, 

 erect, robust, smooth, green ; joints annulated. I. Sin. to lOin. in 



Beg'onia — confimted. 



diameter, reniform, lobed, hispid on both siiles, dark green ; lobe; 

 acute, toothed, ciliated, rf. in axillary, dichotomous cymes, large 

 white, tinted lu^e, haiulsome. Summer. Brazil, 1834. (B m' 



Fig. 232. Bkgonia polypktala. 



B. polypetala (many-petaled). Stem about 1ft. high, covered 



with a soft whitish tomentum. I. ovate-acute, toothed, pubes- 

 cent above, and densely tomentose below. Jl., petals nine or ten, 

 of a fine red colour, smooth, external ones ovate-oblong, pointed; 

 internal ones somewhat shorter and narrower ; sepals two, ovate- 

 elliptic. Capsule tomentose, three-winged, with one wing larger, 

 ascendent. Winter. Andes of Peru, 1878. See Fig. 232. (Garden, 

 Dec. 14, 1878.) 



B. prestoniensls (Preston).* A garden hybrid between B. 

 cinnabarina and B. nitida. I. green, lobed, glabrous. Jl. brilliant 

 orange-red, in drooping axillary cymes, very fragrant. Autunm 

 and winter. 1867. (G. M. B. 5, 149.) 



B. prismatocarpa (prism-fruited).* Stems small, creeping, 

 hairy; branchlets ascending. I. long, petioled, also hairy, obliquely 

 cordate, ovate, three to five-lobed; lobes pointed, serrated; pe- 

 duncles axillary, longer than foliage, bearing a small umbel of two 

 to four dipetalous orange and yellow flowers, one female in each 

 umbel. Capsule four-angled, scarcely winged. Summer. Tropical 

 West Africa, 1861. The smallest of cultivated Begonias, and espe- 

 cially interesting because of its four-angled fruit. It forms a 

 pretty cushion of bright shining green foliage, thickly studded 

 with its brightly coloured flowers. Requires a stove temperature 

 and a stony soil. (B. M. 5307.) 



B. pruinata (frosted).* Stem short, thick, fleshy, smooth. L 

 hi\:x*\ pcltatr, ovate, angular-sinuate, minutely-toothed; surface 

 sniuoth, gI;uiiM)us ; margins pilose, on stout, fleshy petioles. Jl. in 

 largo dense dichotomous, or sin;ill cymes, white. Winter. Cen- 

 tral America, 1870. (R. B. 247.) 



B. pulcbra (fair). Synonymotis with B. nitida. 



B. punctata (dotted). A varietv of B. heraclei/olia. 



