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BEGONIA 



111,16:633 (1894). B.M. 7028, as B. ScJiarfii.- One of 

 the most lipantifiil plMiits of tlip ?enus. Has been dls- 



tributi'.l a< /; >■.;.<,'■ . hv mistake. 



B.rr. ;i I /. - "Ilia X »ieM«Jca). Int. 



byHcuiL-'i ;. - : 1 ' i ^ is another plant named 



B. Cri'hi' . , \Jii.|i Hi- 1 ,11-. 1 1 liv Lemoine in 1891 from 

 the same iKu-t-nts. BriKuit also used these two parents 

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

 plants are identical, and can only be distinguished from 

 B, Hiiftfjeana by their smaller flowers and the peduncles 

 standing erect "ana not gracefully bending over, as in 

 Haageana. There is another plant spelled B. Piclavensis, 

 raised by Bruant in 1881. a cross of B. SehynidUiy.sem- 

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

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



ily 

 Dnia in cult, with thick, telted, peltate, silvery Ivs. 



cc. Size of Ivs. small, less than 2 in. u-ide. 

 Hargarltae, Hort. (B. metdllica x eehinosepala). 

 -2 ft. high : sts. purple, hairy : Ivs. ovate-acumi- 

 inuously dentate, green above, red beneath : fls, 

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

 the base. -Int. by Bruant in 1884. 



7. SchmidtUna, Kegel [B. Schmidti, Hort.). Dwarf, 

 hei-baceous, 1 ft. or less iu 

 height : Ivs. lobed, toothed, 

 hairv, about 2 in. long, reddish 

 beneath : fls. white, tinted with 

 r.ise. Braz. R.H. 1883, pp. 56,57. 

 1 .11. 17. pp. 208. 269.— Avery use- 

 Ill plant for summer bedding. 

 8. hydrocotylifdlia, 

 Otto. St. succulent, 

 creeping: Ivs.rotundate- 

 cordate : petiole short : 

 whole plant hairy : pe- 

 duncles 1 ft. high, pilose; 

 fls. dipetalous. rose-col- 

 ored. Mes. B.M. .3968. 



nate, ; 



.,^<-' 



BB. Shape of leiifes incised, or parted. 

 c. Fls. ichite or whitish. 

 9. plataniSdlia, Graham. St. 5-6 ft. high, erect, robust, 

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



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

 acute, toothed, ciliated : fls. in axillary dichotomous 

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



gunneratolia, 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.' 



cc. Fls. pink. 



10. met&llica, 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 ; fls. blush-white, under side 

 of petals clothed with red bristly hairs. There are a 

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

 var. cyprea, but thev 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. ricinifolia, Hort. IB. heracleifuliaxpeponifdlia). 

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

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

 long, erect peduncles, rose pink. 



AA. ii'S. glaln-ous, or only a few scattered hairs on the 



upper surface or on the margins. 



B. Under surface of Ivs. green. 



c. Margins entire or toothed. 



D. Width of Ivs. less than 1 in. 



E. Fls. pink, scarlet, or carmine. 



12. incamita, Liuk & Otto (-B. aucuicefma, Hort, 

 B. Martitlna, Schlecht. B. insignis. Grab.). St. erect, 

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

 late, toothed : Hs. rose-colored, abundant, males l^^in. 

 across, with 2 ovate and 2 narrow petals ; females 

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

 A. G. 10:97. A.F. 12 : 724-5 ; 13:588. R.H. 1870. p. 266 ; 

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

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

 decoration iu winter. 



