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Begonia ricinifolia, Hort. (B. heracleifolia x B. peponifolia). St. a short, thick rootstock: Lvs. large, bronzy green, lobed, resembling castor-oil plant: fls. numerous, on long, erect peduncles, rose-pink.—A useful free- flowering plant for the greenhouse, producing its fls in winter and early spring. Var. gigantea odorata, Hort., is a double hybrid (B. ricinifolia and B. fulgens x B. Scharffiana) of German origin. Lvs. large, round-cordate, the lobes extending one-third or less deep and notched: fls. on long scapes, standing above the Lvs., delicate rose-color and with tea-rose odor. Gt. 54, p. 42.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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