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BEGOXIA 



BEGONIA 



useful plant for prowin^ in baskets, tliriviiiK aiul flower- 

 ing fnvlv in a sunnv position in a cool airy (greenhouse. 

 Intm. to Kew in lf'10. B.M. 4025. B.R.'otU. 



7.'i. ilbo-picta, Hort. t^lirubliy, compact growth, 

 freely bnuiehixl: h-s. elhptical, lanceolate, covered with 



522. Begonia Scharffiana. No. .SQ. 



numerous small silvery white spots: fls. greenish white, 

 males with 2 broad and 2 narrow petals, females of 5 

 eubequal petals. Brazil. — .\n elegant foliage plant, 

 especially in the young state. Intro, by Bull in 1885. 



BB. Phnlfs low-growing, diffuse. 



76. Schmidtiana, llegcl {B. Schmidtii, Hort.). Her- 

 baceous or half-shrubby, slender-branched, 1 ft. or less 

 in height, the branches red-tinged: Ivs. 

 lobed, toothed, hairy, about 2 in. long, 

 reddi.sh beneath: fls. white, tinted with 

 rose. Brazil. R.H. 1S83, pp. .'56-7. Gn. 

 17, pp. 268-9. — .\ very useful plant for 

 summer bedding. Xiuned for Mr. Schmidt, 

 of the firm of Haage & Schmidt, Erfurt. 

 Var. rdsea, Hort., has rose-red fls. 



BBB. Plants stiff, succulent, while-scurfy. 



77. pelt^ta, Hassk. (B. HcUskarlii, Zoll.). 

 Upright: st. perennial: Ivs. [)eltate, ovate- 

 acuminate, very thick and succulent, 

 covered with a whiti.sh tomentum, 6-9 in. 



long: fls. small, white, on long peduncles. Brazil — It 

 Ls the only begonia in cult, with thick, felted peltate, 

 silvery Ivs. 



78. vendsa, Skan. A tall, stout, erect species with 

 white-frostc^l very fleshj' foliage, anil marked by very 

 large inflated con.spicuously veined stipules: Ivs. reni- 

 fonri or ear-shaped, repand-entire, joined at the middle 

 (not peltate; with the thick flattened jietiole: fls. many, 

 white, crowded on a reddish peduncle. Brazil. B.M. 

 7657. — Very distinct, and a striking plant when well 

 RTOwn. Requires a warm sunny position in the grecn- 

 hoase, and to be kept rather on the dry side at the roots 

 during winter. 



BBBB. Plants mostly tall and erect, distinctly shrubby. 

 c. Lvs. compound or nearly so. 



79. luxikrians, Scheidw. Sts. and If.-stalks hairy, the 

 If.-^talk.-i reddish: pointed membraneous stipules at the 

 younger nodtai: lvs. peltately compound, the 7-17 Ifts. 

 lanceolate Ci-C) in. long and 1 in. broad), .serrate, 

 under .surface glabroas and green, upper surface with 

 stiff short hairs and red: fls. small, cream-color, in a 



coni|)oun(l long-stalked cluster. S. Amer. G.C. III. 

 51:28. — Thrives in an intermediate temp. 



SO. Hemsleyina, Hook. Slightly hairy: habit dense, 

 free-branching: sts. erect, red, hairy: lvs. digitate 6-12- 

 partcd, the parts or Ifts. lanceolate or elliptic, slightly 

 curved, serrate undulate, rich shining green above, dull 

 greenish red beneath; petiole long, red: sts. and petioles 

 covered with soft-tomentose hairs: infl. slender, few-fld.; 

 fls. pink, large, 1-1 ' ■> in. diiun. Yunnan, S. China. 

 B.IM. 76S5. — One of the hardiest species. 



81. platanifolia, Hort. (Schott?). St. shrubby, 

 smooth, 5-6 ft. high, erect, robust, smooth, green, 

 joints annulated: lvs. 8-10 in. across, reniform, lobed 

 half way down, hispid on both siiles, dark green, lobes 

 acute, toothed, ciliated: fls. in axillary dichotomous 

 cymes, large, white, tinted rose. Brazil. B.M. 3591. — 

 B. gunneraefolia, Lind. {B. Washingtoniana, Hort.), 

 is very similar to this, but its lvs. are not so deeply 

 lobed and the fls. are very insignificant. I.H. 22:212. 

 Runs into many forms. See B. Faureana in supplemen- 

 tary list, p. 484. 



82. digitata, Raddi (B. palm&ta, Hort.). St. short, 

 gouty: lvs. pahiiate, 10-12-parted, somewhat pubes- 

 cent, green above, brownish beneath: fls. white, in 

 dense clusters. Brazil. — A species of httle decorative 

 value. 



83. caroliniaefdlia, Regel. St. erect, thick, fleshy: lvs. 

 palmately divided into 6-8 long ovate segms.: fls. 

 email, pink, on long peduncles. Mex. Gt. 1:258. — 

 Named for its lvs. resembling those of the Carolinea 

 (Pachira). The Ifts. are ovate, rather than narrow as in 

 most begonias with divided or compound lvs., and in 

 this regard peculiar. 



84. diadema, Lind. Sts. short and fleshy, 2 ft. high: 

 lvs. many, maple-like, deeply parted, bright green 

 blotched with white, dentate: fls. insignificant, pink. 

 Borneo. I.H. 29:446. — Attractive for its conspicuously 

 marked foliage. 



cc. Lvs. not compound. 

 D. Whole plant hairy. 

 Foliage light green, and plant pubescent. 



85 vitifolia, Schott, not Lindl. (B. 

 grandts, Otto. B. renifdrmis, Hook.). 

 Till, strong species, 3-4 ft. high: 

 lvs. large and grape-like (Vitis 

 mnifern), orbicular or reniform, 

 lobed and serrate, soft-pubescent, 

 green above and rusty veined 

 beneath, the petiole flat or can- 

 aliculate on top: fls. .small, white, 



slightly downy, winter. Brazil. 



B.M. 3225. 



86. Engleri, Gilg. (B. Eng- 

 ■»- leriana,YloTt.). Striking species 

 with mostly a single St.: con- 

 spicuously red - strigose - hairy 

 and scaly, becoming 5 ft. tall: 

 lvs. large and showy, thin, 

 oblique and 

 ovate-oblong, 

 deeply and' 

 evenly serrate, 

 hairy, red - rib- 

 bed: fls. on long 

 pendulous pe- 

 duncles, numer- 

 ous, pink. E. 

 Trop. Afr. — Dis- 

 t i n c t , and 

 worthy of atten- 

 tion on account 

 523. Begonia Haageana. Showing a very of its handsome 

 small cluster ( X '2)- No. 91. hairy Ivs. 



