STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



BEFAEIA COAECTATA, Humb. & Bon. 



Syns. Bejaria coarctata. 



Gard. Chron. 1848, p. 175, with fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 4433. 



Eaised from seeds sent home from Peru by William Lobb in 1847. 

 The figure in the Botanical Magazine is from a plant which flowered 

 in a cool greenhouse in the nursery of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince & Co., 

 of the ancient city of Exeter. 



BEPAEIA MATHEWSII, Fielding. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4981. 



From seed sent from the mountains of Peru by Thomas Lobb, the 

 cream-coloured flowers were seen for the first time in this country in 

 March 1857. 



BEGONIA x ACEEIFOLIA. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1899, p. 53. 



A hybrid raised at Chelsea from the remarkable Burmese species 

 Begonia Burkei crossed with the Malaysian B. decora. 



The leaves resemble those of an Acer in outline, with silvery blotches on 

 a dark bronzy-green ground. 



There is a species B. acerifolia, in comparatively common cultivation, 

 with which this hybrid must not be confused. 



BEGONIA BOLIVIENSIS, A. DC. 



Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 544, fig.; Bot. Mag. t. 5657; PI. Mag. 1867, t. 354; Veitchs' 

 Catlg. of PI. 1868, fig. p. 6. 



A very beautiful plant with drooping scarlet flowers, from Bolivia, 

 sent by Eichard Pearce, and of great interest as one of the original 

 species from which the numerous garden varieties, so popular at the 

 present day, have been derived. 



BEGONIA BUEKEI, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1894, p. 39. 



A singular, very distinct species, introduced from Upper Burmah 

 through David Burke. 



The leaves, large and peltate, are on foot-stalks over 1 ft. long ; from 

 their axils the peduncles bearing much-branched cymes of delicate pink 

 flowers rise, and continue in great beauty through the late autumn and 

 early winter months. 



BEGONIA x CAEMINATA. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1896, p. 2, fig. 



A handsome Begonia, the result of a cross between the Brazilian species 

 Begonia coccinea and the South African B. Dregii. The foliage is neat 



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