Hillebrandia
(named in honour of Dr. Hillebrand, a botanist at Hawaii, who sent dried specimens of the plant to Kew in 1865). ORD. Begoniaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a tall, branched, succulent, stove herb, everywhere sparsely clothed with long, reddish hairs. For culture, see Begonia, on p. 170, Vol. I.
H. sandwicensis (Sandwich Isles). fl. white, tinged rose, or more or less rosy, about 1/2in. in diameter, the females bibracteolate; sepals five, ovate, sub-acute, the outer ones rather larger; petals five, spathulate, concave, membranous; stamens many, free; peduncles 6in. to 12in. long, dichotomously branching, and bearing bisexual cymes. May. l. 4in. to 8in. long and broad, obliquely rounded and deeply cordate, with a very narrow sinus, and overlapping basal lobes. h. 3ft. to 4ft. Sandwich Isles, 1886. (B. M. 6953.)