296 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 165 



242545 to 242616— Continued 



242577. Begonia sp. 



Col. No. 5513. Rhizomatous perennial to 4 inches high; leaves deep lustrous 

 green, reddish at the petiole. 



242578. Begonia sp. 



Col. No. 5550. Robust, rhizomatous perennial; leaves to 12 inches long, 

 oblique, lustrous dark green above. 



242579. Begonia sp. 



(No data.) 



242580. Begonia sp 



Col. No. 5540. 'C.P. Raffiir. Perennial; leaves very oblique, sinuate- 

 dentate, silvery in patches between the veins, green along the veins, uniformly 

 red below. 



242581. Begonia fernando-costae Irmscher 



Col. No. 5563. Rhizomatous plant; leaves velvety-red below, bronze-green, 

 hairy above; flowers white, on scapes, peduncles reddish. 



242582. Begonia sp. 



Col. No. 5576. 'Fireflush'. Rhizomatous plant; leaves to 18 inches long, 

 petioles reddish pubescent, blades oblique, dentate, margin bronze-green 

 towards the periphery; flowers pink. 



242583. Begonia sp. 



Col. No. 5552. 'Ripple Rosea'. Little-branched, erect perennial; leaves 

 oblique, bright green, lustrous above; flowers deep pink, terminal. 



242584. Berberis valdiviana Phil. Berberidaceae. Barberry. 



Col. No. 5577. Spiny evergreen shrub to 6 feet high; leaves elliptic, lustrous 

 green above, mostly entire. 



242585. Costus malortieanus H. Wendl. Zingiberaceae. 



Col. No. 5575. Rhizomatous perennial; stems to 3 feet high; leaves broadly 

 ovate, pubescent above; flowers yellow, lip marked red. 



242586. Costus mosiacus Bull. 



Col. No. 5545. Rhizomatous perennial; leaves sessile, elliptic, semitranslu- 

 cent, succulent, midrib prominent. 



242587. Diandrolyra bicolor Stapf Poaceae. 



Col. No. 5509. Short rhizomatous perennial; blades to 5 inches long, purplish. 



242588. Drimiopsis kirkii Baker Liliaceae. 



Col. No. 5528. Bulbous perennial; leaves to 8 inches long, strap-shaped, 

 strongly maculate. 



242589. Epiphyllum sp. 



Col. No. 5516. Stems flat to 3 inches; flowers white, tubular to 5 inches long. 



242590. Episcia lilicina Hanst. Gesneriaceae. 



Col. No. 5537. Rhizomatous perennial; rootstalks creeping, rooting at the 

 nodes; leaves broadly ovate to 3 inches long, evenly serrate-dentate, deep green 

 above, semirugose, uniformly short pubescent above and below; flowers lav- 

 ender, petals fringed. 



242591. Episcia punctata Hanst. 



Col. No. 5536. Rhizomatous perennial; stoloniferous and rooting at the 

 nodes; leaves semitufted at the tips of the branches, ovate to elliptic, serrate. 



242592. Eranthemum cinnabarinum Wall. Acanthaceae. 



Col. No. 5524. Perennial to 12 inches high; flowers orange-red. 



