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BEGONIA 



BEGONIA 



entiiT, small, on short petioles and therefore clustered 

 near the Rriniiul: p«luncles 1-1 '2 ft- hinh, pilose; fls. 

 di(H>talous. rosi'-colori'd, small and numerous, showy. 

 Mex. B..M.39()S. 



DD. Foliage of usital or large size. 



E. The li's. i>ellate. 



5'2. Feastii, llort. (li. iminiciila x B. hydrocotijlijiilia). 



ShaKKi.-hairv on petioles and lf.-edj;es: st. a short, 



thick roolstock: Ivs. suborbicular, thick, red beneath, 



517. Begonia semperflorens. A recently struck cutting. 

 To show the precocity of bioom. No. GO. 



entire with long white hairs on margins; petioles short, 

 irregularly marked: fls. light pink, on long peduncles. 

 A.G.2:i:;J3.5. — Intro, by .John Feast, of Baltimore, before 

 1S80. A common pot and house plant. B. Biinchii, 

 Hoit., is a form with edges of Ivs. crested and frilled. 

 Originate<l with Lloyd C. Bunch, Fredonia, Kan. 



.53. nelumbiifdlia, Cham. & Schlccht. Hairy: st. a 

 short, thick rhizome: Ivs. large, 12-18 in. long, S-12 in. 

 wide, peltate, hairy on the under side, on long upstand- 

 ing petioles: fls. many and small, white or rose-colored, 

 in a dense erect much-branched cluster. Mex. — The 

 foliage Ls bold and han<l.some, and distinct in general 

 effect from any other cult, species. 



bi. conchaefdlia, A. Dietr. Lvs. nearly peltate or 

 semi-peltate, thick, cordate-ovate and the basal lobes 

 or ears overlai)i)ing, margins entire or repfuid, becotning 

 Bmofjth above, shining green above and reddish beneath : 

 flrf. pink. Cent. Ainer. 



')'>. Ltibbersii, E. Morr. Semi-shrubby, the short 

 rhizome occasionally ascending and becoming gouty 

 at the hasit:: lvs. large, peltate, oblicimly lanceolate, 

 entire, green with many silvery blotches above, claret- 

 colorefl beneath: fls. white, on long peduncles. Brazil. 

 G.C. III. 3:301. R.II. 1S88, p. 22.5.— \amed in com|)li- 

 menl to M. Lubbers, curator Brus.sels Bot. Card. Has 

 Bpots like B. m/ioiUiUi. — Of little horticultural value. 



•V). Slbo-coccinea, Hook. (B. Orahimidna, Wight). 

 ■iio'jth and shining: rootstock creeping: lvs. peltate, 

 ovate, leathery, <> in. long: pedunchsi 1 ft. long, coral- 

 rfl, ."pringing from the crown; male fls. 1 in. across, 

 with 4 p<-lal.'-; fe/nale fls. also of 4 petals, white above, 

 coral-re<I b<'nealh. Flowers in winter. India. B.H. 

 32:39. B.M. 4172. — A beautiful species, apparently 

 little cult. now. 



EE. The h's. not peltate. 



57. manicata, Cels. Essentially smooth except the 

 hairy If.-edges, short-stemmed, succulent: lvs. ovate, 

 obliquely cordate, thick, fleshy, sniooth, shiny green, 

 t)-8 in. long; petioles covered with fleshy scale-like 

 hairs: iieduncles a foot or more long, bearing loose 

 panicles of pink dipctalous fls. Mex. Var. a&reo-macu- 

 lata, llort., has large blotches of vcllovvish white on 

 the Iv.s. F.E. 8:ll,'59. F.R. 2:435. A.G. 23:337.— 

 Flowers profusely in spring, having a light elegant 

 and feathery effect sujiported on long erect and free- 

 branching peduncles. Var. crispa, Hort., has foliage with 

 cri.spate margins ; there is also a yellow-spotted form of it. 



58. leprosa, Ilance. \ dwarf, compact species, with 

 short, free-branching rhizomes and erect, ovate, pale 

 green Ivs. with biserrate margins and reaching to a 

 height of ()-f) in.: infl. few-fld.; fls. large for so small a 

 plant, rose-pink, male with 4 petals and female with 6 

 I)etals: ixirtially deciduous during the winter months. 

 China. — Thrives best in a greenhouse. 



59. magnifica, Lind. Fig. 516. Sub-frutescent, 

 smooth and shining, the sts. creeping: Ivs. large and 

 bold, sometimes rising 2 ft., obliquely ovate-cordate, 

 entire or obscurely lobed, serrate, slightly peltate, 

 bright green, the iiiargins ciUate : fls. long and fuchsia- 

 like, numerous, the sts., bracts, fls. arid hairs of the 

 clusters all scarlet-red, showy. Colombia. R.H. 1870: 

 270. — One of the best of the rhizomatous begonias. 

 Lf.-blades often 2 ft. acro.ss. 



IV. Species Fibrous-rooted (rootstock, if any, smnll). 

 Nos. 60-119. 



A The small smculent herbaceous kinds, never becoming 

 very tall or woody. 



60. semperflorens, Link. & Otto (R. Sellowii, 

 Klotzsch). Fig. 517. Erect, smooth pl.-ints with st. 

 herbaceous, green or reddish, 6-18 in. high: Ivs. ovate, 

 rotundate, obtu.se at the base, toothed and ciliate along 

 the margin, pale glossy green, tinged with red on the 

 midrib and petiole: peduncles axillary, few-fld.; fls. 

 white or rose-colored; males with 4 petals, females with 

 5 petals: caps, green, wings tinged with red. Brazil. 

 L.B.C. 15:14.39. R.H. 

 1897, p. 46. B.M. 2920. 

 — This is an exceedingly 

 variable species. An 

 endless number of gar- 

 den forms has been pro- 

 duced from it. A very 

 popular bedding bego- 

 nia, and a i)ersistent 

 bloomer. Var. Vernon 

 {atropurpiiren ciiiniKutd, 

 Gt. 44, p. 570) is one of 

 the best forms. Tri- 

 omphe de Lorraine (Fig. 



518) is one of the good / 

 bed<ling kinds. Fls. ■. 



-. - - uiR 

 cherry-red, the stamens 

 golden yellow. Gloirede 

 Chatelaine is a form of 

 dwarf habit, and deep 

 ro.sc fls.; one of the 

 best in England for bed- 

 ding and pots, and a 

 continuous bloomer. 



61. Var.giganteardsea 

 (B. semperjlorens x B. 

 Lynchedmi). Very dis- 

 tinct: rootstock woody: 

 Hts. suc(nilcnt, about 3 

 ft. high: lvs. on short 

 petioles, ovate or reni- 

 form, obtuse, toothed at 



518. Begonia, Triomphe de Lor- 

 raioe (XJi). No. 60. 



