BEGONIA 



BEUONIA 



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13. fnohsioldes, Hook. Pig. 208. Rootstock woody : 

 sts. tsill and succulent : Ivs. ovate, IK in. long, tinged 

 with red when young : fla. drooping like a fuchsia, rich 





209. Begonia semperflorens. 



A recently struck cutting. To show the precocity of bloom. 



No. 20. 



scarlet, males with i petals, females with 5 petals. New 

 Granada. B.M.4281. Var. miniAta, Linden (5. cinna- 

 barlna, Hort.), differs only in having flesh-colored fls. 

 B.H. 1855: 221. F.S. 8: 787. 



EK. Fls. white or whitish, small, 



14. iolidsa, HBK. Shrubby, sts. herbaceous, slender, 

 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. 



E. Stem rhisomatous, creeping, or climiing. 



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

 elllptica, Kunth). Sts. climbing or trailing, clinging 

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

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

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

 —An excellent basket or climbing plant. 



17. manic§.ta, 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. atireo- 

 macul&ta, Hort., has large blotches of yellowish white 

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



18. glaucophylla, Hook. (B. glaucophylla splindens, 

 Hort. B. glaucophylla scdndens, 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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19. dlbo-coooinea, Hook. (B. Grahamicina, Wight). 

 Rootstock 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. semperfldrens, Link & Otto {B. SHlowii, KI.). 

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

 6-18 in. high : Ivs. ovate, rotundate, 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. atropurpiirea compdcta, Gt. 44, p. 570 ( Vernon ) , an 

 excellent bedder, deep red ; Fairy Queen, bright rosy 

 carmine, bedding ; Duchess of York, crimson, bedding ; 

 Crimson Oem, foliage crimson-bronze, fls. elegant car- 

 mine ; Duchess of Mdinburgh, fls. large, white, easily 

 grown from seed ; ^Reading Snowflake, white ; Dia- 

 dem, dark rose ; Illustration, carmine ; Albatross, 

 eleganiissima, Mastodonte, Ooliath, La France, Obelis- 

 que, etc. 



21. Var. gigant^a rdsea {B. semperflbrensxLynche- 

 i.na). Very distinct : rootstock 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.P.13:586. A.G. 16:41. -One 



Begonia semperflorens. var. Sieberiana. No. 21. 



of the best Begonias for winter decoration in the green- 

 house. Int. by Lemoine in 1888. Var. Sieberiana, int. 

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



