118 ME. C. B. CLARKE ON INDIAN BEGONIAS. 



The three faces of the capsule are attached by their mesial line 

 (prominent from without) to the septa, and therefore do not fall 

 away till at a very late stage the septa themselves tear from the 

 axis, or they break in two halves from tbe septum. 



31. B. picta, Smith. — Fig. 21. 



32. B. sateapis, C. B. Clarke. Capsule not well ripe, promises 

 to be nearly as that of B. picta. 



33. B. Evansiana, Andr. A doubtful Indian plant. 



34. B. Josephi, A. DC— Fig. 22. 



35. B. pedunculosa, Wall. — Fig. 23. 



36. B. sueculigeba, Kurz. — Fig. 24. 



37. B. modestifloea, Kurz. — Fig. 25. 



38. B. paevttlifloba, A. DC. — Fig. 26. 



39. B. gemmipaea, Sook.f. — Fig. 27. 



40. B. coedifolia, Thwaites. — Fig. 28. 



41. B. am(ena, Wall. — Fig. 29. 



42. B. sftuTATA, Wall.— Fig. 30. 



43. B. otatipolia, A. DC. — Fig. 31. 



44. B. subpeefoliata, Parish. — Fig. 32. 



45. B. moulmeinensis, C. B. Clarke. Fruit not seen ; placed 

 with the last from general resemblance only. 



46. B. fallax, A. DC. Only exists on the authority of Wight's 

 figure and A. DCs description ; for the example of it in 

 "Wight's own herbarium is B. malabarica. 



Subgenus VI. Plattcentbttm. Capsule 2-celled, 3-winged, 

 dehiscent on one or on all three faces. Placenta bifid. Two wings 

 much narrower than the third (sometimes subobsolete), including 

 a narrower face between them. Narrow face with a mesial line 

 denoting the line of attachment of one septum within ; the lateral 

 two broader faces without any mesial line, because the second 

 septum is attached next to the broad wing. 



Sect. a. Elastics. Capsule dehiscing by an elliptic line 

 round the narrow face, the two broader faces indehiscent. The 

 narrow face early opens out from the base, the septum to which 

 it is attached breaking in the middle of the lower part of the 



