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in perfection about two months. This, although it only blooms in 

 spring, makes a beautiful object when grown on a trellis. Syn. B. 

 pendula, B. 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 footstalks, are covered with soft 

 chaffy-looking scales, giving the plant altogether a very mottled ap- 

 pearance. 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, produced 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, 



Bometimes nearly round, from six to seven inches in breadth, dark 



green, and shining on the surface ; crimson beneath, 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. 



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