13 fuchsioldes, Hook 

 sts tall and succulent 

 with reri when young fl< 



Pig 208 Rootstoek woody : 

 vs ovate, 1'^ in long, tinged 

 drooping like a fuchsia, rich 



"■p. 



I semperilorens 

 Arecentlj itruck cutting To show the pie otitj ot bloom. 

 No. 20. 



scarlet, males with 4 petals, females with 5 petals. Ne 

 Granada. B.M.4281. Var. miniita, Linden (B. cumi 

 ftnrlno, Hort. ), differs ouly in having flesh-colored fl 

 R.H. 1855:221. F. 8.8:787. 



EE. Fls. white ( 



cliitish, small. 



14. foUdsa, HBK. Shrubby, sts. herbaceous, slende 

 branching : Ivs. frond-like, very small, 3-lobed, 

 glossy green : fls. white, tinged with rose. Blooms 

 early summer. New Granada. — An elegant basket 

 and "ornamental plant. 



15. 41bo-picta, Hort. Shrubby, compact growth- 

 freely branched : Ivs. elliptical, lanceolate, covered 

 with numerous small silvery white spots: fls. green- 

 ish white, males with 2 broad and 2 narrow petals, 

 females of 5 subequal petals. Braz.— An elegant 

 foliage plant. Int. by Bull in 1885. 



DD. Width of Ivs. more than 1 in. 



Ste 



iKitous, creeping, or climtiing. 



16. scandens, Swartz(B. liicida, Otto & Dietr. B. 

 elliptica, Kunthl. Sts. climbing or trailing, clinging 

 by means of short aerial roots: Ivs. ovate, acuminate, 

 lobed, glossy green, 4 in. long: fls. small, white, hang- 

 ing in ball-Uke clusters. W. Ind. R. H. 1879, p. 300. 

 -An excellent basket or climbing plant. 



17. manicata, Brongn. A short-stemmed, succulent 

 plant: Ivs. ovate, obliquely cordate, thick, fleshy, smooth, 

 shiny green, 6-8 in. long : petioles covered with fleshy, 

 scale-like hairs: peduncles a foot or more long, bearing 

 loose panicles of pink dipetalous fls. Mex. Var. aiireo- 

 maculata, Hort., has large blotches of yellowish white 

 on the Ivs. F.E. 8:1159. F.R. 2:435. 



18. glaucophylla. Hook. (B. gtaticophijlla spUndens, 

 Hort. B. glaiicophylla scandens, Hort. B. Comte de 

 Limminghe, Hort.). Probably a hybrid, but parents not 

 known. Sts. long, drooping or creeping : Ivs. ovate, 

 wavy, 3 in. long, glaucous-green, reddish and variegated 

 in bud : fls. rose-red, males 1 in. across, with 2 ovate and 

 2 narrow petals, females of 4 equal petals. Braz.? B. M. 

 7219. — A good basket plant, flowering freely all winter. 



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BEGONIA 145 



19. 41bo-coccinea, Hook. {B. Grahamiina, Wight). 

 Rootstoek creeping : Ivs. peltate, ovate, leathery, 6 in. 

 long : peduncles 1 ft. long, coral red ; male fls. 1 in. 

 across, with 4 petals ; female fls. also of 4 petals, white 

 above, coral-red beneath. Flowers in winter. Braz. 

 B.R. 32:39. B.M. 4172. 



EE. Stem erect. 



20. semperildrens. Link A: Otto {B. Sellowii, Kl.). 

 Fig. 209. St. herbaceous, smooth, green or reddish, 

 G-18 in. high : Ivs. ovate, rotuudate, obtuse at the base, 

 toothed and ciliate along the margin, pale glossy green, 

 tinged with red on the midrib and petiole : peduncles 

 axillary, few-flowered : fls. white or rose-colored ; males 

 with 4 petals, females with 5 petals : capsule green, 

 wings tinged with red. Braz. L. B.C. 15:1439. R.H. 1897, 

 p. 46. B.M. 2920. -This is an exceedingly variable species. 

 An endless number of garden forms has been produced 

 from it. Some of the most important are as follows : 

 Var. atropurplirea comj„i,t,,. ( It. 44, i>. 570 {Vernon), 

 excellent bedder, deep i- i 

 carmine, bedding ; i^ic - 

 Ci-JmsoM Gem, foliage < 

 mine ; Duchess of J^^/'^ ■ 

 grown from seed ; Baiili, 

 dem, dark rose ; Illiistru 

 etegantissima, Miistodonte, Goliath, La France, Obelis- 

 ^«e,etc. 



21. Var. gigant^a rosea {B. semperfldrensxLynche- 

 dna). Very distinct: rootstoek woody ; sts. succulent, 

 about 3 ft. high: Ivs. on short petioles, ovate or reniform, 

 toothed at the margins, about 7 in. across, bright green, 

 with a red spot at base of sinus : peduncles axillary, 

 stout, 4-8 in. long, bearing large panicles of large rosy 

 red fls., of which the males have 2 ovate petals, the fe- 

 males 2-4 smaller petals. A. F. 13:586. A.G.16:41.-C 



bright rosy 



1 imson, bedding ; 



. Us. elegant car- 



lii'u'e, white, easily 



liuke, white ; Dia- 



-One 



210. Begonia sempcrilorens, var. Sieberiana. No. 21. 



of the best Begonias for winter decoration in the green- 

 house. Int. by Lemoine in 1888. Var. Sieberiina, Int. 

 by Lemoine, is shown in Fig. 210 (from the French). 



