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toothed margins. Flowers white, dotted with red, disposed in a dense 
pyramidal panicle, a foot high; J uly. 
S. MAWEANA (Maw’s). Lower leaves roundish, kidney-shaped, on 
flattened stalks, forming a loose rosette; upper leaves wedge-shaped, 
three-lobed. Flowers white, f-inch in diameter, on erect stalks 4 to 6 
inches long; May and June. 
S. OPPOSITIFOLIA (opposite-leaved). Stems tufted, creeping, 6 to 18 
inches long. Leaves small, opposite, thickened towards the blunt tip, 
and fringed with bristles; overlapping like the tiles on a roof, in four 
series. Flowers bell-shaped, bright purple, solitary, 4-inch across; April 
and May. A native of Britain, affecting Alpine rocks. There are 
several varieties: alba, with white flowers; major, with larger flowers ; 
Pyrenaica superba, more erect, flowers twice the size of the type, rosy 
lilac ; splendens, with rosy crimson flowers, 
S. PELTATA (peltate-leaved). Umbrella Plant. Stems 2 feet. Leaves 
round, 6 to 12 inches in diameter, six- to ten-lobed, the lobes toothed ; leaf- 
stalks attached to centre of underside (peltate), which is pale coloured. 
Flowers white or rosy, }-inch across, in large cymes; April. 
S. PURPURASCENS (purplish). Stemless, 3 to 6 inches high. Leaves 
large, oval with somewhat wavy margins, polished, sometimes with 
impressed dots. Flowers purple, nearly an inch across, nodding, in few- 
flowered corymbose panicles; June. 
S. RETUSA (tip of leaf indented). Stems few-leaved, erect, 14 inch. 
Plant similar to 8. oppositifolia, but with pink flowers; May and June. 
Leaves three-angled, with perforated dots. 
S. sanora (holy). Stems smooth and leafy, densely tufted and rigid. 
Leaves lance-shaped, toothed and keeled, overlapping. Flowers yellow, 
in short dense spike ; May to August. 
S. SARMENTOSA (twiggy). Creeping Sailor; Strawberry Begonia; 
Mother of Thousands ; Wandering Jew, etc. Leaves almost round, with 
like runners are produced from the rootstock. Half-hardy. Plate 87, 
The var. tricolor has the foliage blotched with white and red. 
S. UMBROSA (shady). London Pride ; St. Patrick’s Cabbage ; None so 
Pretty ; Painter’s Despair, ete. Leaves broadly oval, leathery, narrowed 
into the stout leaf-stalk, round-toothed, forming rosettes. Flowers white, 
often spotted with red, {-inch across, in panicled cymes ; sepals reddish, 
anthers red; June and July. A native of Ireland. Plate 88, 
