DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF BEGONIAS. 



269 



shining above, and smooth on both sides. Flowers white, in large 

 clusters, suspended by long footstalks. Byri. B. longipes, B. macro- 

 phylla. — Caraccas. 



14. B. longipes. Stems about five feet in height, very stout, be- 

 coming brown when old, and singularly dotted over with bright green 

 spots. Leaves large, sometimes a foot in breadth, serrated, unequally 

 lobed, of a dull green colour, and covered with short down-like hairs, 

 especially on the under sides. Flowers white, in clusters, suspended 

 by very long footstalks, generally from the upper portion of the stem. 

 Syn. B. macrophylla, B. odor ata.— Mexico. 



c. Leaves oblique, ovate. 



15. B. papillosa. Stems about four feet in height, thinly covered 

 with white bristle-like hairs, which, as the wood becomes hard, drop 

 off, leaving the latter beautifully marked with short white streaks. 

 Leaves oblique, about four inches in length, gradually tapering to a 

 point, very rough, and of a dark green colour, thinly set with short 

 ridged hairs on both sides. Flowers rose-coloured, produced in rather 

 large clusters, hanging on slender footstalks from the upper portion of 

 the stems. This species blooms occasionally in the course of the sea- 

 son, but never in great abundance. — Brazil. 



16. B. dipetala. Stems erect, rather stout, about four feet in 

 height, of a dull green colour, and singularly marked with small 

 scarlet spots. Leaves oblique, about six inches in length, thinly set 

 with short hairs on both sides, dark green, except the veins which, 

 like the footstalks, are crimson. Flowers pink, in graceful clusters, 

 suspended on footstalks from three to four inches in length. This, 

 with the two preceding, blooms during the spring and summer 

 months. — East Indies. 



17. B. Meyerii. Stems hard and woody, about four feet in height, 

 beautifully coated with soft brown hairs. Leaves oblique, from six to 

 eight inches in length, very soft and woolly on both sides. Flowers 

 white, produced in rather dense clusters, suspended by footstalks six 

 or eight inches in length, which are covered with a brown substance 

 simihir to that on the stems. It blooms during the spring months.— 



Brazil. 



d. Leaves oblique, ovate, peltate. 



18. B. peltifolia grows about three feet in height, stems rather 

 woody, and these with the leaves are thickly covered with a white 



