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tall shrubby plants with the splendid biossoms of the herbaceous 
tuberous-rooted class. 
We shall not pretend to give the characters of all the species that 
are in cultivation, but only of a few from each section; the numbers, 
even excluding hybrids and garden varieties, being so large. 
us BEGONIA BERKELEYI (Berkeley’s). Stems __ thick, 
Begonias. fleshy. Flowers rosy, in erect panicles; winter. A garden 
hybrid of uncertain parentage. 
B. BOLIVIENSIS (Bolivian). Stem succulent, 2 feet high. Leaves 
lance-shaped, saw-toothed. Flowers large, scarlet, in drooping panicles ; 
males as large again as the females; June to September. Introduced 
from Bolivia (1857). 
B. CHELSONI (Chelsea). Stem 2 feet. Leaves lance-shaped, oblique. 
Flowers large, orange-red; June to September. A garden hybrid 
between B. Sedeni (itself a hybrid) and B. boliviensis produced in 1874. 
B. CuarKeEI (Clarke's). Stem purplish, stout. Leaves oblique- 
heart-shaped; saw-toothed. Flowers large, bright red, numerous, in 
drooping racemes; June to September. 
B. cortacka (leathery). Stem 6 inches high, succulent. Leaves 
kidney-shaped, wider than long, hairy beneath. Flowers large, rosy, in 
groups of two or three on an erect scape ; June to September. Bolivia. 
B. Davis (Davis’). Stemless. Leaves heart-shaped, shining, 
sparsely hairy, red beneath. Flowers bright red, in a six-flowered 
umbel ; footstalks and scape red; June to September. 
B. EVANSIANA (Evans’). Stem branching, 2 feet high. Leaves 
oblique, somewhat heart-shaped, lobed and toothed; red beneath. 
Flowers large and numerous, flesh-coloured ; June to September. Nearly 
hardy. Syn. B. discolor. 
B. Fra@pext (Froebel’s). Stemless. Leaves heart-shaped covered 
with purplish hairs. Flowers large, bright scarlet, in loose drooping 
cymes; winter. Native of Ecuador (1872). 
B. GERANIOIDES (Geranium-like). Stemless. Leaves kidney-shaped, 
lobed and saw-toothed, rough; stalks red and hairy. Flowers white, in 
a loose panicle; June to September. A delicate species from South 
Africa (1866). is 
: B. Gracitis (slender). Stem erect, 3 feet high, succulent, annual. 
_ Leaves distant, semi-heart-shaped, lobed, toothed and hairy; bulbils 
_ freely produced in the axils. Flowers large, pink, in the axils of the 
leaves; June to September. Also known as B. Martiana B. diversifolia. 
Native of Mexico. 
B. HAAGEANA (Haages’). Stems numerous, forming a large shrub, 
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