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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Begonia continued. 



B. 1. papillosa (papillose). Foliage margined with bright rose ; 

 upper surface covered with little papillae. (B. M. 2846.) 



B. L pnrpnrea (purple-leaved). Foliage deep bronzy -purple. 



B. IngramU (Ingram's).* A garden hybrid, raised at Frogmore in 

 1849, from B. fucfisioidet and B. nitida. It combines the cha- 

 racters of the two parents. A useful winter-flowering plant ; may 

 be grown out of doors in summer. (Q. M. B., p. 153.) 



B. insignia (remarkable). Synonymous with B. incarnata. 



B. involucrata (involucrate). S. Stem erect, tall, angular, 

 covered with a reddish tomentum. I. oblique, ovate-acuminate, 

 cordate ; margins toothed and ciliate. /. enclosed in a wrapper, 

 or involucre, when young ; peduncles graceful, bearing umbel of 

 white, largish flowers. Capsule wings unequal, the largest fal- 

 cate. Winter. Central America. 



B. JatrophfiB folia (Jatropha-Ieaved). Synonymous with B. hera- 



B. Joseph! (Joseph's). Stemless. L radical, on petioles 6in. to 

 lOin. long, ovate-acuminate, three-lobed, or orbicular, with nu- 

 merous acute lobes, slightly pubescent ; scape 1ft., branched. 

 /I. small, rose-coloured. Capsule wings unequal ; upper margins 

 horizontal. Summer. Himalaya. 



B. Knnthiana (Kunth's).* S. Stem erect, smooth, slender, 

 purple-brown. I. on short petioles, lance-shaped, acuminate, 

 regularly serrated, smooth, dark green above, bright crimson 

 below. JL axillary, on shprt nodding peduncles, white, large, 

 handsome. Summer. Venezuela, 1 862. A pretty species. (B. M. 



B. laciniata (cut-leaved).* Rhizome thick, fleshy. Stem short, 

 thick, jointed, reddish, woolly. 1. large, 6in. to lOin. long, 4in. to 

 6in. broad, unequally cordate ; margins irregularly cut, serrated ; 

 upper side green, under dull, rufous, fl. on short axillary pe- 

 duncles, large, white, tinted with rose. Capsule wings, one very 

 long, others short. Spring. Nejpaul to Birma, South China, 

 1858. SYN. B. Bowring&naT (B. MV5182.) 



B. Leopold! (Leopold's). A hybrid from B. Oriffithii and B. splen- 

 dida, with large variegated foDage. 1858. 



B. Lindleyona (Lindley's).* S. Stem erect, fleshy, covered with 

 ferruginous hairs. I. on long petioles, peltate, ovate, acute, Sin. 

 to 6in. long, Sin. to 4in. wide, irregularly lobed, toothed, green 

 above, tomentose below, ft. on branching peduncles, medium 

 sized, white. Winter. " 



A garden synonym of B. incarnata. 



B. longipes (long stalked), 

 ucculent, fu 

 te ; mar 



branch^d^VintorrToYomtJia,"i8ffl'. "(B.ltf. SobT)'"'' 



. 8. Stem 3ft. or more high, stout, 

 . rrowed, covered with glands, I. large, rotundate- 

 cordate ; margin irregular, serrated, both sides green, pubescent 

 when young, tl. numerous, small, white ; peduncle 1ft. long, 



B. longlpila (long-haired). A variety of B. heracleifolia. 



B. lucida (shining). Synonymous with B. scandens. 



B. Lynchiana (Lynch's). S. Stem erect, tall, succulent, smooth. 

 I. fleshy, lOin. long, r oblique, ovate cordate, crenulate, green, 

 smooth. /. axillary, in drooping cymes, numerous, large, deep 

 reddish-crimson. Winter. Mexic ' 



the toll-growing winter-flowering species, 

 the flower-heads are almost a foot in diameter, 

 of gardens. (B. M. 6758.* 



One of the finest of 

 When well managed, 

 SYN. B. Roezlii, 



FIG. 230. BEGONIA MACULATA, showing Habit, Section of Cansule 

 and Flower. 



B. maculata (spotted).* S. A woody shrub. Stems branching, 

 smooth. 1. oblique, ovate-oblong, leathery, slightly undulate- 

 margins entire, under side bright crimson, above green, with nu' 

 merous arge round blotches of silvery white, jt in drooping 



Begonia continued. 



panicles, coral-like, handsome, 

 wing. Summer. Brazil, 1821. 



Capsule with one long, narrow 

 JB. E. 666.) There are numerous 



varieties of this species, some with leaves almost green, others 

 with the markings more striking than in the type ; in the flowers 

 they differ also, ranging from white to coral-red. The beautiful 

 B. eorallina is probably a variety of this. SYN. B. argyrostigma. 



B. magnifica (magnificent).* S. Stem erect, fleshy, smooth. J. 

 ovate, unequal sided, toothed, fl. in terminal, cymose panicles, 

 rosy-carmine, l*in. long. New Grenada, 1870. (It H. 1870, 271.) 



B. magnifica (magnificent). Synonymous with B. ferruginea. 



B. malabarioa (Malabar).* Stem thick, succulent, 2ft. high, 

 branching. I. numerous, cordate, acute, unequal-sided, crenate 

 or serrate, hairy above and sometimes below, or altogether gla- 

 brous, spotted white. A. rose-coloured ; peduncles axillary, short, 

 few-flowered. Capsule wings equal, joined above and below. 

 Summer. Malabar and Ceylon, 1828. B. dipetala is made a 

 variety of this, by Sir Joseph Hooker, in " Flora of British India." 

 (L. B. C. 1730.) 



FIG. 231. BEGONIA MAMCATA. 



B. manloata (tunicated).* Stem fleshy, twisted, short I. oblique, 

 ovate-acute, cordate, dentate-ciliate, smooth on both sides, shining 

 green nerves on under side, with fleshy, scale-like hairs, fl.. pink, 

 dipetalous. in branching cymes; upper portion of stalk scaly. 

 Capsule wings nearly equal. Winter. Mexico, 1842. See Fig. 231. 



B. Manni (Mann's). S. Stem succulent, 2ft. to 3ft. high, branched, 

 green ; branchlets, young parts, petioles, and leaf -nerves clothed 

 with rusty, furfuraceous pubescence. I. petioled, 5in. long, 2in. 

 wide, lanceolate, cordate, acuminate, toothed, fl. numerous, rose- 

 red, in axillary cymes ; peduncle lin. long. Capsule linear, densely 

 tomentose. Winter. Fernando Po, 1862. (B. M. 6434.) 



B. marmorea (spotted). A variety of B. xanthina. 



B. Martiana (Martins'). A variety of B. gracilit. 



B. maxima (large).* Rhizome thick, hairy, creeping. L large, 

 oblique, orbicular-ovate, cordate, shortly acuminate; margins 

 denticulate ciliate ; petiole long, pilose, fl. in branching cymes ; 

 sepals orbicular, pilose on the outside, white. Summer. Mexico, 



B. mcgaphylla (large-leaved).* Stem short, thick, fleshy, i. 

 large, palmate, cordate ; lobes numerous, pointed ; margins hairy, 

 under side slightly pilose ; nerves with scaly hairs, fl. in diffuse 

 cymes, small, white; peduncles pilose. Capsule wings wide. 

 Winter. Mexico. 



B. metallica (metallic). A variety of B. incarnata. 



B. Meyeri (Meyer's). S. Stem erect, stout, woody when mature. 

 I. large, broadly and obliquely ovate, fleshy, pale green ; margin 

 sinuate, under side tinged with rose ; both petiole and blade 

 covered with short hairs, fl. on long axillary peduncles, in large 

 paniculate heads, white. Capsule wings equal. Summer. Brazil, 

 1844. (B. M. 4100.) 



B. microphylla (small-leaved). Synonymous with B. foliota, 



B. mioroptera (small-winged). Stem 1ft. high, terete, green, 

 pubescent, as in the rest of the plant. Branches few. I. sub-dis- 

 tichous, 4in. to 6in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, serrated, 

 dark green ; petiole short ; stipules as long as petiole, fl. in ter- 

 minal panicles, medium-sized, white, tinted rose. Capsule long, 

 triangular, two angles wingless, the other with a narrow wing. 

 Winter. Borneo, 1856. (B. M. 4974.) 



B. miniata (vermilion). A variety of B. fuchsioidet. 



B. monoptera (single-winged).* Stem erect, 1ft. te 2ft. high, 

 rounded, swollen at the joints, dull red, papillose and downy. 

 Radical leaves on long red stalks, large, reniform, truncate at 

 the base ; caulescent leaves smaller, on short petioles, angled. 



