BEGONIA 



DD. Stem erect. 



36. 6lbia, Kerchove. St. leathery, 2-3 ft. high : Ivs. 

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

 ne xtb margmb reddibh petioles grooved smooth, veins 

 prominent a-s dirk lines lib concealed b\ h s in small 

 clusters direc th on the st without peduncles large, 

 white male and temale in same cluster Braz 



17 Teilschen, Lmd St 2-S ft hieb erect, strong 

 grower ivs large acutely lobed, o\ ate lanceolate mar 

 gms serrate bright green above with grevish blotches, 

 red veined below fl<i in axillary clusters bright red, 

 large Malaja I H 26 358 



3& arg^nteo- guttata, Hort (B a!bo plctaxOlbta) 

 Profuseh branching Ivs shining green o\ ate acumi 

 nate sli^hth lobed smooth 2Hm wide 3-5 in long 

 thitkh dotted with white spots lis m clusters variable 

 petalb white tmged with pmk capsule rose pink — Int 

 by Lemome 1889 



SUPPLEMENTAET LIST — FIBROUS ROOTED 



39 Abundance (B fuchsioidesXsemperflorens) 

 Plant 2 tt high st reddish Ivs glossy green 

 ovate 2 in long dentate fls rose pink — Int by 

 Lemome in Isjl 



40 Imid T(B BmintiXRce?]!!) Plant 2ft high 

 Ivs green brf idly \ ite smotth tit, rose colored 

 —Int by Bruaut in Ihbb 



41 angulans R iddi (B zebnna Hort) St smooth su 

 CTilent 2-3 ft high Ivb elongate ovate acuminate margins 

 undulate shiny green veins white fls insignificant hght 

 pink Braz 



42 Ascotunsis "Webb Lvs ovate 2 in long smooth brown 

 maigm ^reen dent ite lis on peduncles 4 in long bright red 



43 rcrtha de Chaleaurocher Hort Var of B Ascot 

 fls blight currant red — Useful for cut floweis 



44 Bij'^u de Gand Hort Caulescent fls rose in cl 

 \ ery similar to Teuschen (which see) 



45 Blsmarcki Hort Caulescent fl m clusters rose males 

 insignificant females a gcrgerus displ ly Aery similar to 

 Tensthen 



Caffra Meissn See B Diegei 



46 carobnicefdha 'Resel '^t eiect thick fleshy hs palmate 

 lobes deeply divided into 6 or b fls pink on long peduncles 



BEGONIA 



147 



48. Oorbeille de Feu (B. semperflorensXfuchsioides). Fls. 

 bright coral-red.— Int. by Lemoine in 1891. 



49. diaiJcma, Linden (B.sceptra, Hort.). Plant, 2 ft. high : lvs. 

 green deeply parted blotched with white dentate fls insigmfi 

 cant Borneo I H 29 446 



Mexico 



47 Carnern Hort (B semperflor 

 Bri wti Plant al out 1 tt high 

 while — Ei.( client 1 tdding Begoma 



nsXSchmidtii) Dfwdkop 

 ^ s like semperflorens fls 

 Int by Bni illt m 1883 



213 Begonia President Carnot No 



Brazil 



hinosepc^ _, ,, ^ ^ 



axillary peduncles white with curiously papil 

 lose sepals 



52 Erfordii Hort (B Schmidtii X semperflorens A emon) 

 A ery dwarf and bushy l^ft high fls abundant rose carmine 

 —Excellent tor beddmg Iiit by Haage &, Schmidt in 1894 



53 Fiastix. Hort (B mameataXhvdrocotylifolia) St a short 

 thick rootstock lvs suborbicular thick red beneath entire 

 petioles irregularly marked fls light pmk on long peduncles 

 -Int by John Feast of Baltunore before 1880 



Sauh Hort is a newly introduced species from Guatemala 

 lesembling Feastii in the shape and color of its lvs but with a 

 distinct red smus at junction of petiole with leaf 



54 Gtlsoni Hort (origin American) Plant 2 ft high st 

 shrubby coarse l^s large lobed fls on long erect peduncles 

 pale pmk — Interestmg as being the onlj double fid fibrous 

 looted Begonia Named for Gilson colored gaideuer to Mrs 

 Livingston N Y 



55 Hbnda rmilttfldra Hort (B hvbrida flonbunda Hort ) 

 Plant 2-4 ft high hs small 1 in long 'oin across dentate 

 eireen below fls rose pink hanging in clusters like a fuchsia 



56 Ingramt Hort fB nitulaXfuchsioides) Combines the 

 of the two species lis light pmk —Int by Ingram 



1849 



^o 1" 



known) Very simil 



58 Kunthutna Walp Stem erect lvs lanceolate 

 nate serrate smooth green above red below fls whil 

 B M 5284 Brazd 



59 Lubbersi E Morr Stem a short rhizome Iv 

 palmate green fls pink on long peduncles Br izd 



301 R H 1888 p 22o 



60 Lima 



