BEGONIA 



BELLADONNA LILY 



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of grey, tinged with red on tlie under side : fls. large, 

 fleshy, pink : ovary curiously crinkled along the angles. 

 Assam. B.M. 4984. — Int. by Henderson, England, in 

 1856. 



101. Iacini4ta, Roxb. St. perennial : Ivs. roundly 

 ovate, lobed, pubescent, black-purple, with a broad zone 

 of green, reddish on the under side : fls. as in B. Eex. 

 India, S. China. B.M. 5021. -Int. to Kew in 1857. Var. 

 Bowringiina, Hort., has green Ivs. and rosy fls. B.M. 

 .1182. 



102. xanthina, TTook. Similar to B. Bex, and probalih 

 only a fonu of th:it >piM'ics : Ivs. large, fleshy, cordate 

 ovate, aciiiiiiiiatc, sinuate-ciliated, dark green above 

 purplish bcueath : fls. yellow : capsule with one large 

 wing. B.M. 4083. -Var. pictiSdlia, Hort., B.M 5102 

 Var. Ldzuli, B.M. 5107. 



103. E6x, Putz. Fig. 220. St. a short, fleshy rhizome 

 from which spring the long-stalked, large, ovate, M t^ \ 

 Ivs., which are hairy and colored a rich metallic gieen 

 with a zone of silvery grey: peduncles erect : fls large, 

 ro.se-tinted, males 2 in. across, with 4 unequal petals , 

 females smaller, with 5 nearly equal petals : o^ arj S 

 angled, with 2 short and 1 long wing. Assam F & 

 12:1255-1258. B.M. 5101. -This magnificent species is 

 the principal parent in the production of the nuineious 

 omamental-foliaged Begonias. It has been crossed 

 with a few species in the first place, and then h>biid 

 seedlings have been raised again and again from the 

 progeny. Fig. 220 is a copy of a part of the origin il fig 

 ure in Flore des Serres (1857), and is given here for the 

 purpose of showing what this species was like when first 

 known to horticulturists. 



Following are some of the derivative types of Re-« 



very bright. Lucy Closson is very similar, but more vigorous, 

 with the blotches more numerous and better distributed. 

 Marquis de Peralta. Lvs. small, margins hairy, numerous 

 silvery spots on surface. Comp.ict, dense grower. Dnchesse de 



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104. RerX discolor hybrids. I.H. 28: 434. Mad. Jos. Moens 

 silvery white, with green articulations towards the margin'? 

 and a green disc. Mad. Chas. Weber, green, spotted with white 

 Mad. G. Van Meerhe>'ke, silvery, with a narrow gi'een edge and % 

 central green disc running out along the veins. Souv. de Mad 

 la Barone de Bleichnlder, disc and broad margin downy gteen 

 ■central portion silvery. Mad. Funck, disc and broad miigin 

 light apple-green, intermediate portion silvery. Baron A Tm ? ( 

 disc dark green, center silvery, margin broad, dark green sih ei 

 spotted. Others are Mad. Treyve, Mad. Lnizet, Edw. B Ken • 

 nedy, Henri Vibnorin, Pres. Belle, Sir Joseph Hooker, Ed Py 

 7iuert, Pres.de la Devansaye, Mad.F.Alegatiere, Abel Canure 



105. RexXdladema hybrids. R.H. 1888,p.20. R. B.lop91 

 Lesondii, vei-y similar to B. Rex, but larger leaved, Ad}ien 

 Schmidt, green on the margins, marked and spotted silver in 

 the center. Clementina', lultes very acute, wliite blotches in 

 center. Mad. Alaniaiiny. Ivs, very lar^e. deeply lobed, pure 

 metallic -white, with a i^vvtm cfiili'r. Mad. Isobelle Bellon, 

 finely dentate, lol>ed and undulated, center olive-green, sur- 

 rounded by a zone of white, becoming rose on the inner mar- 

 gin. M. Crousse, very long, dentate, green center, band of 

 silver around margin. Others are Theodore Schmidt, Henri 

 Domeck, Linee, Papillon, Mad. D. Wettstein, D. Wettstein, A. 

 Dalliere, Mad. Georges Bruant, Wilhelm Pfitzer. 



106. BexXSocotrana. A plant has been produced which com- 

 bines the characters of the two parents in a pleasing manner: 

 lvs. like B. Rex, but with shorter petioles, and crowded on the 

 stem ; prettily colored : fls. in erect, sturdy racemes, which 

 stand well above the plant ; like B. Socotrana in color, but 

 paler. Plant said to be evergreen.— Interesting as a connecting 

 link between the Rex and semi-tuberous sections. Int. by San- 

 der & Co. in 1897. 



107. Miscellaneous Res hybrids of known origin : Rex leop- 

 nrdimis (RexXxanthina, var. Reichenheimei). Very similar 

 to B. Rex, luit much larger. F.S. 13: 1317.— Int. by Van Houtte 

 in 1H59. Qrandis (RexXsplendida). Very similar to B. Rex. 

 F.S. 13:1330. -Int. by Rollison. Otto Forster (RexXimperialis). 

 Dwf. habit : Ivs. obliquely cordate, dark green, marbled with 

 silvery greyish green : fls. greenish white, inconspicvious. 

 Miranda (RexXimperialis, var. smaragdiua). Very similar to 

 above, but marbled with silver, Domini (RexXargentea). Leo- 

 potdi (GriffithiXsplendida). I.H.6:205. Prijice Troubetzkoi, 

 double hybrid (GriffithiXXanthina, var. marmorataand rubro- 

 venia), I.H. 5:158; also, from the same cross, Madame Wag- 

 ner, I.H. 5:161, and Miranda. Countess Louise Erdody (Alex- 

 ander, var. Humboldt Xargeutea-cupreata). Fig. 221. Lvs. 

 obliquely cordate, ovate-acute, the smaller of the two lobes 

 twisted in a spiral manner, with as many as 4 coils ; upper 

 surface silvery, with veins deep green ; under surface reddish, 

 pilose. l.H.31:516. G.C. II. 22:205.— Int. by F. Nemeczik, gar- 

 dener to Count Erdody, a Hungarian nobleman, in 1884. 



108. Other Res varieties of unknown or uncertain origin : 

 Louise Closson. Lvs. ovate-acuminate, lobed, veins deep pur- 

 ple, surface blotched with deep purple bronze, metallic luster 



119. A type of 

 Tuberous BcEonia 

 double-flowered. 



Brabant Lvs large purple mai 

 gins and surface hairv otherwise 

 like B Rex Lnme fhittien L\s 

 green with a 7one of glossy siUer 

 towaid tlie teutei co\ered with 

 ■^erv sm lU white spots Btrtha 

 MacOiegor L\s o\ate acuminate 

 lobed white renter ind nnigin 

 gieen Count Et dod / ^lU er white 

 green striped along the \ ems hair\ 

 lobes twisted into a spiral Imrv 

 Matilda Lvs sihery white center 

 ind along veins green margins 

 hairy. Alice White. Large, bright 

 silver, center bronze, satin luster. 

 P. B. Kennedy. 



BELEMCANDA (East ludian 

 name). Iriddeece. Blackberkv 

 Lily. Leopard Flower. A 

 monotypic genus, coutainine: an 

 interesting hardy, herbaceous 

 perennial plant, which is an old garden favorite. The 

 first of the popular names comes from the clusters of 

 shining, black, roundish seeds, and the second from the 

 flower, which is orange, spotted red. It is more commonly 

 sold as a Pardanthus, which also means Leopard Flower. 

 Perianth segments oblong, the 3 inner slightly shorter 

 and spirally twisting as they fade. Prop, by seeds or by 

 division. Of easy culture in rich, sandy loam and in a 

 sunny place. Commonly spelled Belamcanda. 



Cliin6nsia, Leman. {Bclamrdnda punci<ita, Moench. 

 Ixia Chinensis, Linn. Pardanthus Chinhi.'<i.'<, Ker- 

 Gawl. P. Sinensis, ya,nE.ouUi^.). Fig.222, Height2-3ft.; 

 rootstock a short, stolonifcrous rhizome : lvs. about 6, in 

 a lax tuft, equitant, striate, 1-1% tt. long, 1 in. broad : 

 outer spathe valves }4-l in. long; pedicels 1-2 in. long: 

 capsule 1-1^ in. long ; valves reflexing, persistent. 

 China and Jap. B.M. 17L F.S.lfi:1632. L.B.C. 19:18/4 

 — The seed-stalks are sometimes used with dried grasses 

 for decoration. It is said that the birds sometimes mis- 

 take the seeds for blackberries. 



BELLFLOWER. See Campannhi. 



BELLADONNA. See Afropa. 



BELLADONNA ULY. See Amaryllis. 



