H6 ME. C. B. CLABKE ON INDIAN BEGONIAS. 



8. B. paleacea, Kurz. Capsule not seen by me ; perhaps not 

 of this place. 



9. B. siNFATA, Watt.—J?ig. 7. 



10. B. andamensis, Parish. — Fig. 8. 



11. B. mabtabanica, A. DC. Capsule nearly as in that of 

 J3. andamensis. 



12. B. Paeishii, C. B. Clarke. Capsule not seen by ine; perhaps 

 not of this place. 



13. B. elaccidissima, Kurz. Capsule not seen by me ; perhaps 

 not of this place. 



14. B. ceenata, Dryander. This is placed by A. DC. in a sepa- 

 rate section, DysmorpMa, characterized by the wings being more 

 irregular and much produced below the cells of the fruit ; but I 

 can find no real difference in this respect between DysmorpMa 

 and several species placed by A. DC. in Parvibegonia and Mom- 

 phyllon. — Fig. 9. 



15. B. canaeana, Miq. Capsule nearly as in B. crenata. 



Sect. B. Ovary and capsule 3-celled. Capsule wingless, with a 

 slender rib down the centre of each face corresponding to the 

 septum there attached within. 



16. B. delicatula, Parish. — Fig. 10. 



Subgenus III. Al2ECida. Capsule 3-celled, with produced 

 herbaceous (not papery) angles, dehiscing exactly down the centre 

 of the back of each cell by a single line. Small plants, with small 

 flowers and capsules. Capsules, when looked down upon from 

 above, appearing stellately 3-rayed with six stellate ribs. These 

 species alone, of the Indian Begonia, have the character A. DC. 

 gives Casparya ; but they widely differ, according to nature, from 

 the species arranged in Casparya by A. DC. ; and I therefore 

 thought it better to leave the name Casparya where it was than 

 to apply it to these minute species.— The whole of the material for 

 this section was supplied from Burma by Mr. Parish, who also 

 has supplied the greater part of the new species of Begonia de- 

 scribed in the « Flora of British India.' He sent excellent spe- 

 cimens, generally exhibiting both flowers and fruits, often accom- 

 panied by beautiful coloured pictures from the living plant. I 

 am sorry that I was obliged to pass by most of the specific names 



