144 



the iiio>^t h.viiitifnl vlMiit-j ..f tin- '_'cini'i. Has been dis- 



tril.ui. .1 'i^ /: s'. -:. '• 1." ,.,,-■.! ,. 



]: I M i: ■- ■ metdllica). Int. 



bvllii - i ' I "ilierplantnamed 



B. !■,> ',. ",-,■■ ill.' 1 1 vv:i - r:ii -.-.I \'\ l.-MM.ine in 1891 from 

 the sanii- piiri-nts, KriKint alfo ust-cl these two parents 

 in 1891, and called his plant B. Pictaviensis. All three 

 plants are identical, and can only be distinguished from 

 B. Bfiageuna by their smaller flowers and the peduncles 

 standing erect and not gracefully bending over, as in 

 Haageana. There is another plant spelled B. Pietavensis, 

 raised by Bruant in 1881, a cross of B. Schmidtiixsem- 

 perflorens. It has also been called B. Bruanti. (See 

 R.H. 1882, p. 377; 1883, pp. 8, 52.) 



Dn. Fls. white or greenish white, small. 



4. imperiJllis, Lem. St. short, herbaceous, green: Ivs. 

 4-6 in. wide, very hairy, brownish green, with irregular 

 bands of bright green along the nerves : Us. insignifi- 

 cant, white. I.H. 8:274. Var. macul4ta, Hort., has 

 brown Ivs. with green blotches. Var. smaragdlna, Hort., 

 has wholly bright green Ivs. I.H. 7: 2G2. 



5. peltita, Hassk. (B. Hdsskarli, ZoU.). St. per- 

 ennial : Ivs. peltate, ovate-acuminate, thick and succu- 

 lent, covered with a whitish tomentiim, 6-9 in. long: fls. 

 small, white, on long peduncles. Braz.— It is the only 

 Begonia in cult, with thick, felted, peltate, silvery Its. 



cc. Sir. nf Irx. amiill . less than 2 in. wide. 



6. Margaritae, IImH. (V;, metdllica x echinos(pala). 

 Plant 1-2 ft. high : .•,ts. purple, hairy : Ivs. ovate-acumi- 

 nate, sinuously dentate, green above, red beneath : fls. 

 in cymes, large, rose colored ; sepals with long hairs at 

 the base. -Int. by Bruant in 1884. 



7. Schmidtiana, Kegel (B. Schmldti, Hort.). Dwarf, 

 herbaceous, 1 A. or less in 

 height : Ivs. lobed, toothed, 

 hairy, about 2 in. long, reddish 

 beneath : fls. white, tinted with 

 rose Braz. R.H. 1883, pp. 56,57. 

 Un. 17, pp. 268,269. -A very use- 

 ful plant for summer bedding. 



8. hydrocotylildlia, 

 Otto. St. succulent, 

 creeping: Ivs.rotundate- 

 I'ordate : petiole short : 

 whole plant hairy : pe- 

 duncles 1 ft. high, pilose; 

 tls. dipetalous, rose-col- 

 ■ •red. Mes. B.M. 3968. 



reuiforni, lobed, hispid on both sides, dark green, lobes 

 acute, toothed, ciliated : fls. in axillary dichotomous 

 cymes, large, white, tinted rose. Braz. B.M. 3591. -£. 



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BB. Shape of leaves incised, or parted. 

 C. Fls. white or whitish. 

 9. platanifdlia, Graham. St. 5-G ft. high, erect, i 

 smooth, green, joints annulated : Ivs. 8-10 in. in 



208. Begonia fuchsioides (X K). N 



gunnera- folia, Lind. (B. Washingtoniana , Hort.), once 

 offered by Saul, is very similar to this, but its Ivs. are 

 not so deeply lobed and the fls. are very insignificant. 

 I.H. 22:212. 



CO. Fls. pink. 



10. met411ica, G. Smith. Sts. perennial, succulent, 

 hairy, 4 ft. high, branched : Ivs. obliquely cordate, lobed 

 and'serrated, 3-6 in. long, upper surface green, shaded 

 with a dark metallic color : tls. blush-white, under side 

 of petals clothed with red bristly hairs. There are a 

 number of varieties; e. g.,var. variegata, var. veliitina, 

 var. c^prea, but they do not differ much from the origi- 

 nal. Bahia. R.H. 1844 : 218. G.C. 11. 5: 397.-A very 

 attractive plant, both in foliage and flower. 



11. ricinifdlia, Hort. {B. heracleifolinxpeponifblia). 

 St. a short, thick rootstock : Ivs. large, bronzy green, 

 lobed, resembling castor-oil plant : fls. numerous, on 

 long, erect peduncles, rose pink. 



AA. Ia>s. glabrous, or only a fen- scattered hairs on the 



upper surface or on the margins. 



B. Under surface of Ics. green. 



c. Margins entire or toothed. 



D. TTiiUh of Ics. less than 1 in. 



E. FU. phiTi, scarlet, or carmine. 



12. incarnata. Link & Otto (B. ancubcefUia, Hort. 

 B.Marlitlna. Schleoht. B.insiguis, Grab.). St. erect, 

 herbaceous, 2-3 ft. high : Ivs. unequally cordate, lanceo- 

 late, toothed : fls. rose-colored, abundant, males 1% in. 

 across, with 2 ovate and 2 narrow petals ; females 

 smaller, with 5 equal petals. B.M, 2900, as B. insignis. 

 A.G. 16:97. A.F. 12: 724-5 ; 13:588. R.H. 1870, p. 266 ; 

 1875: 151. Var. grandiflbra, Hort., is a new and much 

 improved variety, which is very useful for cut-flowers or 

 decoration in winter. 



