No. 374 - Begonia (B. listida x B. echinosepala) 'Magdalene Madsen' A shrub-like, hairy, narrow-leaved plant, developed in 1968, first bloomed in 1969, and distributed in 1971, was originated by Belva N. Kusler, address above. Name appears in The Begonian 38:283, Dec. 1971. Leaves, above ivy-green with citron along midrib, below wine-red with citron on midrib, are narrowly obtrullate, upper midrib at 135- degree angle to main rib base cordate lobes overlapped; 4½ x 1¾ in.; margin undulate, double serrulate, ciliate with red hairs; texture fleshy thick, white puberulous; veins main ribs evident, transverse to petiole which is terete; stipules, triangular, marcescent. Flowers all year, pink out-side, inside white, red hairs, ovary and alae very deep pink, ¾ x ¾ in., compound dichasium on 3½" stem. Registered Sept. 12, 1973.
