272 DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF BEGONIAS. 



profusion. This very showy species blooms during the summer and 

 autumn months. Syn. B. diversifolia. 



28. B. incarnata. Stems about four feet in height, swollen at 

 the joints, quite smooth, and marked with a few short white streaks. 

 Leaves oblique, about six inches in length, dark green, waved at 

 the edges, and thinly set with short hairs ou the surface and margins. 

 Flowers pink, in clusters of about sixteen blossoms, suspended on 

 footstalks about four inches in length. Blossoms throughout the 

 season . — Mexico. 



29. B. zebrina. Stems strong, from three to four feet in height, 

 channelled, of a dull crimson colour when young, and marked with 

 a few pale green streaks. Leaves oblique, about six inches in length, 

 bright green on the surface, beautifully marked with dark green 

 shades underside ; smooth and shining. Flowers pink, in clusters, 

 suspended by rather short footstalks. Syn. B. undulata. — Brazil. 



30. B. Evansiana. Stems herbaceous, from three to four feet in 

 height, enlarged at the joints, which are of a bright crimson, in other 

 parts they are of a pale green colour. Leaves oblique, from five to 

 six inches in length, dark green on the surface, and red beneath. 

 Floweis pink, produced in loose panicles, which continue in beauty 

 from May to September. A common species often to be found in 

 great perfection in the window of the cottager. Syn. B. bulbifera, 

 B. discolor. — China. 



31. B. undulata. Stems about three feet in height, gradually 

 tapering towards the top, seldom branching the first year, of a pale 

 green colour, quite smooth, and marked with short white streaks. 

 Leaves oblong, from four to five inches in length, waved at the edges, 

 pale green, smooth and shining on both sides. Flowers white, in 

 large clusters, hanging down from the upper portion of the stems. 

 It blooms in autumn. — Brazil. 



32. B. argyrostigma. Stems from three to four feet in height, of 

 a dull green colour, quite smooth, and marked with numerous narrow 

 white streaks. Leaves oblique, about eight inches in length, dark 

 green, quite smooth, and singularly blotched on the surface with 

 silvery spots. Flowers almost -white, produced in loose clusters, sus- 

 pended by rather slender footstalks, generally from four to five inches 

 in length. It blooms in spring and summer. Syn. B. maculata, B. 

 punctata. — South America. 



