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Begonia continued. 



argins serrated, ciliated, surface smooth, shining green. /. 

 xillary stalks, near apex of stems, white or rose, rather lar 



mar 



axillary stalks, near apex of stems, white or rose, rather large. 



Capsule wings two short, .one long, rounded. Autumn. Brazil, 



1829. A useful summer and autumn flowering species, of which 



there are several named varieties more or less distinct from the 



type, either in colour or size of flowers, or in habit of plant. 



The varieties carminea, (jigantea, and rotea are perhaps the best. 



SYN. B. spathulata. (B. M. 2920.) 

 B. s. Fran Maria Brandt. A dwarf compact variety, with 



rose-tinted flowers. See Fig. 234. 

 B. socotrana (Socotra).* Stem annual, stout and succulent, 



forming at base a cluster of bulbils, each of which produces a 



plant the following year ; sparsely hairy. I. dark green, orbi- 



cular, peltate, 4in. to Tin. across, centre depressed ; margin re- 



curved, crenate. fl. in terminal, few-flowered cymes, Ijin. to 



2in. wide, bright rose. Capsule three-angled, one- winged. Winter. 



Socotra, 1880. Should be rested through the summer, and started 



in heat in September. A distinct and beautiful species. (B. M. 6555.) 

 B. spathulata (spathulate). Synonymous with B. semperftoreng. 

 B. stigmosa (branded).* Rhizome creeping, fleshy. I. 6in. to 



Sin. long, oblique, cordate-acute, irregularly toothed, smooth 



above, hairy beneath, green, with brownish purple blotches ; 



stalks scaly, as in B. manicata. fl. in cymose panicles, white, 



medium-sized, numerous. Brazil, 1845. 

 B. strigillosa (strigillose).* Rhizome short, fleshy, creeping, 



I. 4in. to 6in. long, oblique, ovate-acute, cordate-toothed ; margins 



ciliate, red ; stalk and blade covered with fleshy scales ; blade 



smooth, blotched with brown, ft. in branching cymes, dipetalous, 



small, rose-coloured. Summer. Central America, 1851. 

 B. suaveolens (sweet-scented). S. Stem branching, 2ft. high, 



smooth. /. Sin. to 4in. long, oblique-ovate, cordate-acute, crenu- 



late, glabrous. fl. in axillary panicles, large, white. Winter. 



Central America, 1816. Resembles B. nitida, but may be distin- 



guished by its distinctly crenulate leaves and smaller flowers, 



which are white, and not pale rose, aa in B. nitida. SYN. B. 



odorata. (L. B. C. 69.) 

 B. Sutherland! (Sutherland's).* T. Stems annual, 1ft. to 2ft. 



high, slender, graceful, red-purple. I. on slender red petioles, 



2in. to Sin. long ; blade 4in. to 6in. long, ovate-lanceolate, deeply 



lobed at base ; margins serrate, bright green ; 



nerves bright red. Jl. in axillary and terminal 



cymes, numerous, orange-red, shaded with dark 



vinous-red. Capsule wings equal. Summer. 



Natal, 1867. (B. M. 5689.) 

 B. Teuscheri (Te.uscher's). S. A strong, erect- 



growing, large-leaved plant, from the Dutch 



Indies, not yet flowered. I. cordate-ovate, acute, 



olive-green above, with greyish blotches ; under 



side rich claret-coloured. Hort. Linden. (I. II. 



1879, 358.) 

 B. Thwaltesil (Thwaites's).* Stemless. I. 2in. 



to 4in. in diameter, obtuse or sub-acute, cor- 



date at base, minutely toothed, slightly pubes- 



cent, very shaggy when young, rich coppery. 



green, red-purple and blotched with white ; 



underside blood red. fl. in an umbel, medium. 



sized ; scape short, white. Capsule shaped like 



a Beech nut ; wings short. Ceylon, 185& One 



of the most beautiful of coloured-leaved Be- 



gonias, requiring a close, moist atmosphere 



m a stove. (B- M. 4692.) 

 B. ulmifolla (Elm-leaved). S. Stem 2ft. to 



4ft. high, branching. I. Sin. to 4in. long, ovate- 



oblong, unequal-sided, toothed, rugose, hairy. 



ft. on hairy peduncles, numerous, small, white. 



Capsule wings two small, one large, ovate. 



Winter. Venezuela, 1854. (L.C. 658.) 

 B. undulata (wavy-leaved). S. Stem 2ft. to 



3ft. high, erect, branching freely, turgid below, 



green, succulent until old. I. distichous, ob- 



long-lanceolate, undulated, smooth, shining 



green. Jl. in nodding axillary cymes, white, 



small. Winter. Brazil, 1826. (B. M. 2723.) 



Stemless. 



Begonia continued. 



B. Verschaffeltiana (Verschaffelt's).* A hybrid between 

 B. carolmcejoha and B. manicata, with large ovate acutely-Iobed 



B. vitifolia (Vine-leaved). S. Stem 3ft to 4ft high thick 

 smooth, and fleshy. I large as vine foliage, and liniilar in 

 shape; peduncles axillary, erect, branching into a cymose 

 head of small white flowers. Capsules three-angled, one-winged. 

 Winter. Brazil, 1833. SYNS. B. grandis, B. rentformit. (B?M. 

 3225.) 



B. Wagnerlana (Wagner's). S. Stem 2ft to 3ft high, erect 

 glabrous, green, succulent, branched. I. cordate-ovate, acumi- 

 nate ; margins obscurely lobed, slightly serrate, quite glabrous ; 

 peduncles axillary and terminal, cymose. /(. numerous, white. 

 Capsules, which are ripened in abundance, three-angled, one 

 wing long, two short. Winter. Venezuela, 1856. (B. AI. 4988.) 



B. War scewlczil (Warscewicz's). Synonymous with B. conchaefolia. 



B. Weltoniensis (Welton). A garden hybrid ; one of the oldest 

 of cultivated winter-flowering kinds, with light pink flowers, very 

 free. 



B. xanthina (yellow-flowered).* Stem short, thick, fleshy, hori- 

 zontal, along with petioles thickly-clothed with brown scaly 

 hairs ; petioles 6in. to 12in. long, stout, terete, fleshy, reddish- 

 brown ; blade 8in. to 12in. long, cordate - ovate, acuminate, 

 sinuate-ciliated, dark green above, purplish beneath. Flower- 

 stalks erect, 1ft high, bearing a cymose head of large golden 

 flowers. Capsule with one large wing. Summer. Bout an, 1850. 

 (B. M. 4683.) 



B. x. Lazuli (Lapis-lazuli).* Foliage metallic purple, with a 

 bluish tinge. 



B. x. pictlfolia (ornamented-leaved).* {. with large silvery spots, 

 and pale yellow flowers. 



The following list comprises a selection of some of the 

 best and most distinct of the innumerable varieties now 

 existing in gardens, and which have been obtained by 

 crossing and re-crossing the several tuberous-rooted species 

 found in the temperate regions of South America. 



B. urophylla (caudate - leaved). 



Leafstalks terete, succulent, clothed with scat- 



tered bristly hairs. 1. large, 12in. long, broad, 



cordate ; margin irregularly cut, toothed ; apex 



long-pointed, green, smooth above, hairy be- 



neath ; peduncle stout, paniculate, fl. crowded, 



large, uipetalous, white. Spring. Brazil. 



(B. M. 4855.) 

 B. Veitchll (Veitch's).* T. Stem very short, 



thick, fleshy, green. I. orbiculate, cordate, 



lobed and incised ; margins ciliated, green, 



principal nerves radiating from bright car- 



mine spot near centre ; under side pale green ; 



petiole thick, terete, with a few hairs on the 



upper portion ; scape lOin. to 12in. high, thick, 



terete, pilose, two-flowered, fl. 2\m. in diameter, cinnabar red 



Capsule smooth, two short, one long wings. Summer. Peru, 1867. 



One of the species from which the popular garden tuberous- 



rooted Begonias have* been obtained. (B. M. 5663.) 



35. FLOWEKINO BRANCH OF BKUOMA ADMIRATION. 



Single -Flowered Varieties. Crimson and Scarlet Shaded: 

 ADJURATION, flowers vivid orange-scarlet, of dwarf, compact 

 habit and free flowering (see Fig. 235); ARTHUR G. SOAMKS,* 

 briSunt raimiwn carletTof excellent form, and very free; BALL 



2 A. 



