Begonia veitchii
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Read about Begonia veitchii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Begonia veitchii, Hook. Loosely hairy: st. very short or practically none, thick, fleshy, green: Lvs. orbiculate, cordate, lobed and incised, margins ciliate, green, principal veins radiating from a bright carmine spot near the center, under side pale green; petiole thick, terete pilose: fls. 2¼ in. diam., cinnabar-red: caps, smooth, unequal wings. Peru, 12,000 ft. B.M. 5663. F.S. 22:2326.—One of the progenitors of the tuberous race. Intro. 1867. Probably not now in cult., but a beautiful species.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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