BEGONIA 



of grey, tinged with red on the under side : fls. large, 

 fleshy, pink : ovary curiously crinkled along the angles. 

 Assam. B.M. 49S-t.-Int. by Henderson, England, in 

 1850. 



101. Iacini4ta, Roxb. St. perennial : Ivs. roundly 

 ovate, lobed, pubescent, black-purple, with a broad zone 

 of green, reddish on the under side : fls. as in B. Rex. 

 India, S. China. B.M. 5021. -Int. to Kew in 1857. Var. 

 Bowringi&na, Hort., has green Ivs. and rosy fls. B.M. 

 5182. 



102. xanthina Hook Similar to B Rex and probahh 

 only a form of that species Ivs large flebh% cordate 

 ovate, acuminate sinuate ciliated d<irk green above 

 purplish beneath fls yellow capsule with one large 

 wing. B.M. 4683 -\ ar piottJdha Hort B M 5102 

 Var. Lizuli, B.M 5107 



103. E«x, Putz Fig 220 St a short fleshy rhizome 

 from which spring the long stalked, 1 trge oiate wavj 

 Ivs., which are hairy and colored a rich metallic green 

 with a zone of silvery grey peduncles erect fls large, 

 rose-tinted, males 2 in across with 4 unequal petals 

 females smaller with 5 nearly equal pet ils ovary ^ 

 angled, with 2 short and 1 limg wint, \ no 1 s 

 12:1255-1258. BM 5101 -This raa;,mli it i i i 

 the principal parent m the production ot tli iiuni i ii 

 omamental-foliaged Beguun It hi 1 ii i 1 

 with a few species in tlit hi t ] 1 i i and then h\biid 

 seedlings have been i u 

 progeny. Fig. 220 is a i j \ 

 ure in Flore des berr. s i Is 

 purpose of showing wh it th 

 known to horticulturists 



Following are some of the derivative tvpes of Res 

 Begonias : 



104. HexXdiscnlnr hufnd': IH s 411 Mad Jos Moens 

 silvery white, with green irti ul iti ii t wards the margins 

 and a green disc. Mad Chas Mtl i „r en spotted with white 

 Mad. 0. Van. Meerbeeki sil\ erj with i ii ii row green edge and a 

 central green dist running r ut U iigtln\Hin s ,n de Mad 

 la Barone de Bleichr jder disc and bri 1 1 in iigin downy green 

 central portion silvery Mad FunLk di c and broid m-irgin 

 lightapple-green intermediateportionsiheri Bonn A Vnere 

 disc dark green, center sdverv margin broid dark green sih er 

 spotted. Others are Mad Trent e Mad Luizct Edu B Ken 

 nedy, Henri Vilmortn Pres Belle Sir Joseph Hoof. er Ed Fy 

 ndert.Pres.de la Devansaye Mad F AhgaUire Abel Cainire 



105. RexXdiadema hybrids R H 1888 p "0 K B 15 p 91 

 Lesoudii, very simUar to B Rex but laiger leaved Adrien 

 Schmidt, green on the margins, marked and spotted siher in 

 the center. Clementina, lobes very acute, white blotches in 

 center. Mad. Alamagny, Ivs. very large, deeply lobed, pure 

 metalhc-white, with a green center. Mad. Isabelle Bellon, 

 finely dentate, lobed and undulated, center olive-green, sur- 

 rounded by a zone of white, becoming rose on the inner mar- 

 gin. M. Crousse, very long, dentate, green center, band of 

 silver around margin. Others are Theodore Schmidt. Henri 

 Vomcck, Linee, Papillon, Mad. D. Wettstein, D. Wettstein, 

 Dalliere, Mad. Georges Bruant, Wilheln 



106. BeiXSocotrana. A plant hn« I.t- 



BELLADONNA LILT 



Lstribu 



1 1 again from the 

 t the original fig 

 f.nen here tor the 

 « IS like when first 



Lvs large purpl 

 gins and surface hairv otherwise 

 hke B Rex Louise Chretien Lvs 

 green with a zone of glossy sdver 

 toward the center co%eied with 

 very small white spots Bertha 

 MacGiegor Lvs ovate acuminate 

 lobed white center and margin 

 green Count Erdody &iU er white 

 green striped along th 

 lobes twisted 

 Matilda Lvs 



and along veins green m irgin 

 hairv Alice White Large brigh 

 silver, center bronze, satin luster. 





219. A type of 

 Tuberous Begonia 

 double-flowered. 



, Pfitzt 



bines the c 



Rex. 



of the 



th short. ■ 



stand well above tl 

 paler. Plant said to 

 link between the Rex and 



107. Miscellaneous Rex hybrids of known origin : Rex leap- 

 ardinus (RexXxanthina, var. Reichenheimei). Very similar 

 to B. Rex, but much larger. F.S. 13: 1317.— Int. by Van Houtte 

 in ls,->9. Grandis (RexXsplendida). Very similar to B. Rex. 

 F.S. l:i:l:i:i0.— Int. by RoUison. Otto Forster (RexXimperiaUs). 

 Dwf, habit : lvs. obliquely cordate, dark green, marbled with 

 silvery greyish green: ils. greenish white, inronspiciious. 

 Miranda (RexXimperialis, var. siii:i i n; ':;i i ■ ^'' i > -ni i;:ii l<. 

 above, but marbled with sdver. /' I: '- ' / •■ 



.H. 5:158; also, from tlir •.. .1/ ../ n ,„ 



llfr, I.H.5:161, and Ifirojirfa. Cminnss J,,,in.tr J:ni",l„ ^ AWy 

 nnder. var. Humboldt X argente.a-miprt'Htii). FiK. --1- Lv; 

 obliquely cordate, ovate-acute, the smaller of the two lobe 

 twisted in a spiral manner, with as many as 4 coils : ui-pe 

 surface silvery, with veins deep green : under surfiice reddisl 

 pilose. I.H.31:.Sltj. G.t'.II.22:205.-lnt.lpy F. Nemeczik, gai 

 dener to Count Erdody, a Hung.arian nobleman, in 1884. 



108. Other Rex varieties' of unknown or uncertain origin 

 Louise Closson. Lvs. ovate-acuminate, lobed, veins deej) pu; 

 pie, surface blotched with deep purple bronze, metallic luste 



P. B. 



BELEMCANDA (East Indian 

 name). Iriddcew. Blackbekry 

 Lily. Leopard Flower. A 

 monotypic genus, containing an 

 Interesting hardy, herbaceous 

 perennial plant, which is an old garden favorite. The 

 first of the popular names comes from the clusters of 

 shining, black, roundish seeds, and the second from the 

 flower, which is orange, spotted red. It is more commonly 

 sold as a Pardanthus, which also means Leopard Flower. 

 Perianth segments oblong, the 3 inner slightly shorter 

 and spirally twisting as they fade. Prop, by seeds or by 

 division. Of easy culture in rich, sandy loam and in a 

 sunny place. Commonly spelled Belamcanda. 



ChinSnsis, Leman. (Belamcdnda punctita, Moench. 

 r.rl.i i'l,i'in'Hsi.s, Linn. Pardanthus Chininsis, Ker- 

 li:uvl. P. ,s-(".'/i.sJs,VanHoutte). Fig.222. Height2-3ft.; 

 luotsto.k a short, stoloniferous rhizome : lvs. about 6, in 

 a hi.'c tuft, equitant, striate. l-l'.;ft. long, 1 in. broad : 

 outer spathe valves ^-1 in. lon^r; [Mttic-ls 1-2 in. long: 

 capsule 1-lKin. long; \:il\r, rrilrxin^, persistent. 

 ChinaandJap. B.M. 171. IVS. Ii; : K,:;-. L. B.C. 19:18/4. 

 -The seed-stalks are soiii.tini.s us,,l with dried grasses 

 for decoration. It is said that the birds sometimes mis- 

 take the seeds for blackberries. 



BELLFLOWEE. See Campanula. 



BELLADONNA. See Atropa. 



BELLADONNA LILY. See Amaryllis. 



