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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Begonia continued. 



B. orosa (bitten). Synonymous with B. ameena. 



B. Evansiana (Evans's).* T. Stem herbaceous, branching, 

 smooth, 2ft. high. I. oblique, ovate-acute, sub-cordate, lobed; 

 margins denticulate, green above, under side and petioles deep 

 red; flower-stalks branching, axillary. fl. numerous, flesh- 

 coloured, large. Capsule wings blunt-pointed, one longer than 

 the others. Summer. Java, China, Japan, 1812. A handsome 

 species, and almost hardy. SYNS. B. dueolor, B. grandis. (B. M. 

 1473.) 



B. eximla (excellent).* A hybrid, raised from B. rubro-venia 

 and B. Thwaitesii. Stem short, succulent. I. bronzy-purple, tinged 

 with red. A handsome foliage plant. (I. H. 1860, 233.) 



B. falcifolia (sickle-leaved).* S. Stem 1ft. to 2ft. high, erect, 

 branching. I. 6in. long, liin. wide, curved, tapering to a narrow 

 point ; margins toothed, upper surface green, more or less spotted 



Begonia continued. 



B. friglda (frigid). S. Stem 1ft. high, smooth, green, succulent. 

 I. cordate, acuminate, lobed, serrated, slightly pilose; upper 

 side coppery-green, beneath deep rose-red, especially upon the 

 veins. /. small, white, in erect branching cymes. Capsule wings 

 two long, one short. Summer. Country unknown, 1860. (B. M. 



B. Frcebeli (Froebel's).* T. Stemless. I. numerous, cordate, 

 acuminate, green, covered with purplish-velvety hairs, fl. in 

 tall, lax, drooping, branching cymes, brilliant scarlet, large. 

 Winter. Ecuador, 1872. A beautiful flowering plant, useful for 

 conservatory work in winter. (Garden, pi. 96.) 



B. fuohsioldes (Fuchsia-like).* S. Stem tall, drooping, her- 

 baceous, smooth, green, tinged with red. I. copious, distichous, 

 liin. long, oblong-ovate, slightly falcate, serrated, smooth ; 

 margins tinged with red. rt. in branching pendulous panicles, 



FIG. 228. BEGOMA DAVISII. 



with white, under side deep red. fl. on short axillary pe- 

 htred. Wings of capsule equal, 



duncles, drooping, dipetalous, brigl 



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A pretty flowering plant. 



B. ferruginea (rust-coloured). S. 



branching, covered with ferruginous : 

 acuminate, lobed; margins toothe 



Stem woody, erect, smooth 

 i hairs. I. oblique, ovate-acute, 

 . margins toothed, fl. in branching cymes, 

 large red. Capsule unequal-winged. Summer. Bogota. SYN. 

 B. magnified. 



B. Fischer! (Fischer's). Similar to B. falcifolia, except that the 

 foliage is unspotted, and the flowers are white and small Brazil 

 1835T (B. M. 3532.) 



B. foliosa (leafy).* S. Stem slender, branching, fleshy. I. small, 

 ovate-oblong, dark green, numerous, distichous on stems. jl. 

 small, numerous, white, tinged with pink. Summer. New Gre- 

 nada, 1868. Useful forgrowing in hanging baskets. SYM. . 

 microphyte. (Eef. B. 222.) 



numerous, rich, deep scarlet. Capsule wings two very short and 

 one long. Summer. New Grenada, 1846. A handsome green- 

 house plant, useful for covering pillars, &c. SYN. B. miniata. 

 (B. M. 4281.) 



B. f. miniata (vermilion). 1. smaller than in type. fl. cin- 

 nabar red. (F. d. S. 8, 787.) 



B. gemmipara (bud-bearing). S. Stem 1ft. high, from a tube- 

 rous rootstock, succulent, I. ovate-acuminate, cordate, lobed, 

 smooth above, pilose below. JL medium-sized, white, or with 

 rose stripes, on pendulous, axillary peduncles; sometimes the 

 peduncles bear, instead of flowers, quadrangular cups, which 

 are closely packed with oblong viviparous bulbils. Summer. 

 Himalaya. (C. H. P. 14.) 



B. geranifolia (Geranium-leaved).* Rootstock tuberous. Stem 

 1ft. high, erect, angular, succulent, green, with a purplish tinge, 

 branched dichotomously. I. cordate, cut into unequal ser- 

 rated lobes, green ; margins red, whole plant perfectly smooth ; 



