BEGONIA 



BEGONIA 



483 



President Carnot being one of its offspring. Intro, 

 from the Organ Mts. of Brazil by William Lobb in 1841. 



EEE. Lvs. iiieiHum to hirge, the margins strongly toothed, 

 incised or lobed. 



F. Fls. white. 



110. Madame de Lesseps. Fig. 528. Showy, strong, 



erect grower: lvs. acutely lobed, large, margins serrate, 



green above, red and strongly veined below: fls. large, 



white, in a.\illary clusters, males small. Garden origin. 



528. Begonia Madame de Lesseps (XH). No. 110. 



111. 61bia, Kerchove. Erect, the st. 2-3 ft. high: lvs. 

 lobed, hairy and olive-green above, smooth and red 

 beneath, margins reddish, petioles grooved, smooth, 

 veins prominent as dark lines: fls. concealed by lvs., in 

 small clusters directly on the st. without peduncles, 

 large, white, male and female in same cluster. Brazil. 



FT. Fls. colored, varying to tinted white. 



112. argenteo-guttata, Hort. (B. dlbo-inctax B. 

 dlbin). Fig. 529. Profusely branching: lvs. shin- 

 ing green, ovate-acuminate, slightly lobed, smooth, 

 2' 2 in. wide, 3-5 in. long, thickly dotted with 

 white spots: fls. in clusters, variable; petals white, 

 tinged with pink: caps, rose-pink. — Intro, by 

 Lemoine, 1889. Well worth a place in a collection 

 on account of its decorative foUage. 



113. maculata, Raddi (B. argyrostigma, Fisch.). 

 Very .smooth: st. erect, 2-3 ft., branching, woody 

 when old: lvs. cordate, lanceolate, wavy, 4-6 in. 

 long, upper surface sometimes with large white 

 roundish or circular spots: fls. pale ro.se or white, 

 males with 2 ovate and 2 narrow petals, females 

 with 5 equal petals. It includes several forms. 

 Brazil. B.H. 666. Var. argyrostigma pfcta, Ilort., 

 Ls a common form, with very large white spots on 

 the lvs. An old greenhouse or conservatory [jlaiit. 

 Var. elegantfssima, Hort., a variety with more 

 slender habit of growth than the type and only 

 sparingly maculated on the lvs., but forming a large 

 free-branching specimen. Var. Wrightii, Hort., a 

 variety with large lvs. heavily maculated with white, 

 especially in the young state: infl. pendulous, l()-20-fld.; 

 fls. white, an in. diam.; males short lived; females green- 



529, 



Begonia argenteo-guttata 

 CXH). No. 112. 



ish white, remaining on the plant for several weeks. — 

 This variety does not branch very freely as with the 

 preceding variety but has the habit of sending up long 

 stout shoots, 6 or 8 

 ft. high, from which 

 the line handsome 

 clusters of fls. hang 

 in the form of a 

 c'^h a i n . — B. coral- 

 llna, Hort., is a 

 free-flowering form, 

 useful for conser- 

 vatory, 8-10 ft. on 

 rafters: lvs. dark 

 glossy green, abnost 

 covered with bright 

 coral-red long fls., 

 in large drooping 

 trasses. J.H. HI. 

 51:339. 



114. Thurstonil, 

 Hort. (B. meldllica 

 X B. son guinea). 

 Smooth and shiny: st. 2 ft. high: lvs. orbicular-acumi- 

 nate obliciue, rich purple, red on the under side, veins 

 prominent: fls. insignificant, small, rosy white, on 

 slender peduncles. A.F. 7:729. — Excellent for bedding 

 on the north side of a building, and as a pot-plant. 

 Originated with C. Thurston, Paterson, N. J. 



115. dichroa, Sprague. A tall-growing species but 

 often remaining dwarf, woody in lower parts, habit 

 half-pendulous: sts. green in upper parts only: lvs. 

 large for so dwarf a plant, elliptic-ovate, 6-12 in. long, 

 rich green, glabrous on both sides, occasionally 

 toothed, prominently veined: seedling plants beauti- 

 fully maculated with white when young but the spot- 

 ting is entirely lost in the adult stage': infl. dense, short, 

 hidden amongst the upper lvs.; fls. large; males occa- 

 sionally 2 in. diam., petals 4, rich brick-red; females 

 smaller, ovaries brick-red shaded with white and promi- 

 nently winged. Brazil. B.M. 8412. — A distinct and 

 handsome species, useful as a basket^plant. 



116. coronata, Hort. (B. carolinise folia x B. poly- 

 dnlha). St. shrubby, coarse, 2-3 ft. high, covered with 

 numerous withered stipules: lvs. large, lobed, on long 

 petioles: fls. pale pink, with large, somewhat droop- 

 ing cymes. 



117. phyllomaniaca, Mart. Fig. 530. Hairy and 

 shaggy: st. perennial: lvs. obliquely cordate, attenuate, 

 4-6 in. long, slightly laciniatcd and fringed: fls. pale 



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530. Begonia phyllomaniaca, showing 

 adventitious plantlets (x;2). No. 117. 



pink. B.M. 5254. Brazil. — This species is pecu- 

 liar in producing from the st., petioles and lvs. 

 innumerable buds and small growths. It is one 

 of the most interesting of plants. It is covered 

 with small fls. in early spring. 



1 18. President Camot, (B. coccinea x ?)• 



Figs. 531,532. Plant, 2-6 ft. high, spreading: lvs. 

 ovate-lanceolate, acute-lobed, ribs on the under side 

 red: fls. in a large cluster; males small, in.significant; 

 females large, bright red-carmine, 2 in. long, includ- 

 ing caps. — .\ striking and handsome plant and one 

 that should be in all collections. It is of very easy 



