74 BEGONIA RAMENTACEA. 
terminate in a spreading eymose cluster of whitish blossoms delicately tinged with 
blush. As the flowers decay, the large winged seed-vessels assume a rich crimson 
hue, and are hardly less attractive. 
It needs stove treatment, and flourishes in an atmosphere charged with 
moisture. A somewhat drier station should be given whilst the flowers are open ; 
and it needs to be exposed to all the light that can be commanded, to enable the 
fruit to acquire its glowing colour. During the cessation of growth it may be 
placed on an airy shelf where it can be kept free from wet, until it displays 
symptoms of renewed activity. Loam, peat, and sand, grow it favourably. The 
mode of increase is by offsets which spring from about the base of the stem. 
The specific name has been appropriated in reference to the scales on the leaf, 
petiole, and peduncle. 
The vignette below is a reduced representation of the entire plant from which 
the coloured plate was obtained. 
