322 62. BEGONIACE^. 



from Tingushan, where they have a great reputation." In 

 Hance's herbarium are leaves of the same species collected by 

 Faber near Canton. 



5. Begonia Henryi, Hemsl., n. sp. 



Herba nana, tuberosa, paucifoliata, caule interdum repente. 

 Folia tenuia, petiolata (petiolus gracilis interdum 6 poll, longus), 

 leviter oblique rotundato-cordata, sinu aperto, absque petiolo 

 usque ad 5 poll, longa, apice rotundata vel interdum subacuta 

 crenato-dentata undique parce setulosa. Scapus vel pedunculus 

 4-6 poll, altus, gracilis, basi tantum foliosus, dioicus (?) ssepius 

 quoad c? triflorus, bracteis lineari-oblongis fimbriatis. Flores 

 rubri {Henry), 1-1^ poll, diametro, glabra, apetala (an semper ?) ; 

 <S sepalis cordato-orbicularibus, staminibus numerosis, filamentis 

 liberie filiformibus ; § sepalis obovato-rotundatis. Capsula le- 

 viter f urfuracea, insequaliter trialata, trilocularis, placentis lamelli- 

 formibus indivisis ; semina matura non visa. 



Htjpeh : Ichang and Nanto and mountains to the northward 

 (A. Henry !). Herb. Kew. 



A species of the same group as B. Fordii. 



6. Begonia laciniata, Boxb. Fl. Ind. iii. p. 649 ; Benth. Fl. 

 Hongk. p. 126 ; DC. Prodr. xv. 1. p. 348 (y. Bowringiana) ; 

 Clarice in Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 645. 



Begonia Bowringiana, Champ, in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. iv. p. 120 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5182. 



Doratometra Bowringiana, Seem. Bot. Voy. * Herald,' p. 379. 



Formosa : north-east (Wilfordl), eight miles north of Tamsui 

 (Hancock I), Kelung (Ford\); Kwangtung: Lofaushan (Fordl) ; 

 Hongkong (Champion I Wright \ Wilfordl). Mus. Brit.; Herb. 

 Kew. 



Typical Begonia laciniata is common in Eastern India. The 

 specimens from Formosa differ in being almost perfectly glabrous, 

 and Oldham's 135 thence is probably this species. 



7. Begonia leprosa, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1883, p. 203. 

 Kwangtung : near Samtin on the Lienchau river, about 230 



miles above Canton (B. C. Henry, hb. Hance, 22098 !). Mus. 

 Brit. 



8. Begonia Roxburgii, A. DC. Prodr. xv. 1. p. 398 ; Clarke in 

 HooTc.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 635, var. ? 



Kwangtung: Lofaushan (Fordl). Herb. Kew. 



