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stalks. Flower-stem slender, few 

 Brazil 



man, rose-coloured. 



B. amabilia (lorelyX* Stem creeping, fleshy, abort t ovate, 



crenulate, acuminate, about 6in. 



blotched with white, under side r _ r 



long. JL rose or white, in clustering cymes. Capsule irregular. 



Summer. Assam, 1859. The foliage sometimes comes wholly 



green, but, under good treatment, itis h ' 

 B. amcena (pleasing).* 



short L 5m. by 2m. ; 



i. lUIlg-OUUUUMl, OUL. iO IUUL. ID UOUBViVr. UKWl&J UTKW 



in I. when young densely covered with rusty steU 

 /. on short petioles, rose-coloured, 2in. wide. Fruit a 

 berry, small Summer. Guinea. 

 B. apter*. (wingless). Sem torittceoaa. L heart-shaped, pointed. 



forming a bush 8tt to lt hefeh? 



6in. long. 

 Brazil. 



i 8ft to 10ft in height L pale green, ear-ehai 

 in large cymose clusters, white, small Sumr 



B. arsyrostim (silrery-spotted). Synonymous with B. 



B. Arnotttana (Arnotf s). 



B. asplenifolla ( Asplenium-leavedX & A slender-stemmed, beau- 

 tifully cut-leaved species, the foliage of which b pinnatisect, 

 ant the appearance of a Thalictewm rattier than a 



Synonymous with B. n ifrlfi. 

 vedX S. A slender-stemmed, 1 



giving the plant the appearance of 



Begonia. K. very small, white. Guinea. 

 B. assamloa (Assam). Stem short, fleshy. JL pinkish flesh- 



colour. I. oblique orate, olive-green, marbled with silvery blotches 



above, and of a pale purplish-pink beneath ; petioles pale green, 



softly hairy. Assam, 1881 



B. attenuate (attenuated). Synonymous with B. kerboceo, 

 B. aucubaefolia (Aucuba-leaved). Synonymous with B, meamcta. 

 B. auriformis (ear-formed). Synonymous with B, i*om*t. 

 B. barbata (bearded). S. Stem short, hairy. L toothed, oval- 



shaped, pointed, hispid beneath, 4in. long. JL medium-ailed, 



white or pink ; flower-stalk hairy. Capsule equal- winged. Summer. 



India. 



T. A garden hybrid, with thick, 



B. bipetala (two-petaled). Synonymous with M. difttali. 



B. biaerrata (doubly-serrated). S. Stem erect branched, 2ft to 

 3ft- high. i. 6in. long, 2in. to Sin. wide, deeply lobed, toothed, 

 pale green. JL in loose cymes, drooping, ras^colomed. IJin. wide, 



, -, . , 



serrated edges. Capsule pilose, two short awl one long wings. 

 Guatemala, uWT^! 



Summer. 

 B. 



M. 4746.) 

 T. Stem 



6657.) 



B. BowriXLglana (Bowring-s). 

 (B. 31.6657.) 



L lanceolate, pointed, serrate, Sin. to Sin. 



large, scarlet, males twice as lane as 

 rin^d. Summer. Bolivia, 18S7. (I M. 



Synonymons with B. 



8. Stem erect, tall, succulent L 

 orate, toothed, slightly pubescent; principal nerves 

 i ; stalk hairy, /.white or rose, small, in short, few- 

 cymes. Capsule wine iin. knur. Summer. Brazil 



B. braziliana (Brazilian), 

 oblique, 

 brownish . 

 flowered cymes. Capsule wing iin. long. 



B. Brnantii (Bruant'sX* B. A garden hybrid between B. SeJtmidti 

 and B. temper/brent. L green, with a brownish tint JL white 

 or rose, in erect panicles. Summer, 1883, Used as a bedding 

 plant in summer. 



B. bulbil era (bulb-bearing). Most likely a form of B. frwOu. 



B. cafiEra (Kaffrarian). A variety of B. Dreg* 



B. earolinewfolla (Carolinea-learedX S. Stem erect, thick, 

 fleshy. I. palmate, curiously divided into six to eight long ovate 

 segments, each 6in. long. jf. in a dichotomous cyme, on long 

 stalk, rose-coloured, small. Capsule small, wings one longer than 

 others. Winter. Mexico, 1876. A singular-lea red species. (B, G. 

 1 25.) 



B. Cathcartil (Cathcart's). S. Caulescent L heart-shaped, 

 acute, glabrous ; stalks of flowers and leaves hairy ; flowers and 

 fruit as in B. barbata. Summer. India. STK. JB. iiiniififh 

 (C. H. P. li) 



B. ChelBonl (Chelsea).* T. A garden hybrid between B. Sedmi 

 and B. Miriensit, Stesn fleshy, 2ft high. L oblique, lance- 

 shaped, irregularly lobed. JL large, orange-red, drooping. Sum- 

 mer, IBM. 



B. clnnabaiina (vermilion).* S. Stem erect, short, herbaceous. 

 L 2in. to 4in. long, oblique, toothed ; peduncles 6in. long, few- 

 flowered. JL (male), medium, red : female flowers rery small. 

 Summer. Capsule irregularly-winged. Bolivia, 1848. (B. M. 4483.) 



B. cinnabarina (vermilion). A variety of 



B. ClarkU (Clarke'sX* T. 1 



bSght on ^ to> " ?Tat? " * fa 



^pwplish, fleshy, stoat L ob- 



thick. L peltate, orate, Sin. to OUL long, edges almost 

 underside, along with leaf and flower-stalks, covered 



, 

 entire; 



>thed, Sin. wide, pilose above, pubescent 

 6in. long, dichotomous. JL numerous, 

 lie with three narrow wings. Winter. 



tooth'ed. Sin. 

 below ; floweT-seapefci 

 medium-sfeed. Capsule 

 Ceylon and India. SYX. & Anuttimm*. 

 B. cortacea (leathery).* T. Stem 6in. high, herbaceous. J. reni- 

 form, Sin. wide by Sin. long, smooth above, pilose below. JL rose- 

 coloured, large, in twos or threes on the end of an erect scape. 

 Sin. to 10m. long. Wings of capsule short, red. Summer. Bo- 



B. corlaeea OeatheryX Synonymous with B. peltat*. 

 B. eranrtranlH (thick-stemmed). Stem short, thict artiertated, 

 succulent I. pabaate; segments acuminate, toothed, under aide 



clothed with rusty down. /. in many-flowered cymes, dipetalous, 

 white or rose-coloured, medium-sized. Capsule wings unequal 

 Near to B. ktnclei folia. Spring. Guatemala, 184L (B. B. 23, 44.) 



Inlta (hairv).* S. Stem 1ft high, fleshy, bright red, more or 

 less hairy. L ovate-cordate ; margins toothed, dark green ; pe- 

 tiole red and hairy, like the stems. JL in lax, branching cymes, 

 rose-coloured, liin. fa diameter. Fruit three-winged, one long 

 and acute, two short and rounded. Spring. Bolivia, 1870. (B. M. 



B, enenJiate (hooded). A variety of A temper*****. 

 B. ddalea (adorned).* Stem short, thick, succulent L large, 

 green, thickly covered with a close network of rusuutbiown. 



flowers^bright'^d ;*icap 4fa. ^'bearing half a fcien flowers 

 in umbeL Capsule three-winged, one long, two very short 

 Summer. Peru, 1876. A handsome tuberous-rooted uirtem, 

 dwarf^See FS/228, for which we are indebted to Messrs/VeTtcS 

 and Sons. (B. M. 6252.) 



_0 (branching). 8. Stem tall, stout fleshy. L Sin. 

 l^in. wide, lobed. dull green. JL white, on long axillary 



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StStfestj^ass^* 



s ^^s^"Ssrsr:tSr^^L 



(B. L9.) STW. B. Wpetoi*. 



B. *i~***~ (two-coloured). Synonymous with B. gm^iiam*. 

 B. dlrerslfolla (diverse-leaved). A variety of B. grmeOi*. 

 B. Dredi (Drege's).* Bootstock fleshy. Stems succulent; 



U^^er two7Md^Spofated. &mmer. Cape, 1B4 STKS. 

 B. cajfra, B. rmttformu. 



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StelM. white, with cmrioosly papillose sepals. Summer. Brazil, 

 187SL (k O. 707.) 



KeUipticX Synonymous with B. MMMtau. 



rm (erect, many-flowered). JL bright red- 

 for ^several months, ^Jespedallr during 



