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LXYi. BEGOUUCEiE. (0. B. Clarke.) 



'l^Begonia. 



30. B. barbata, Wall Cat 3679 A andpat-tB] caulescent, leaves 

 Idheiy ovate acuminate hispid beneath denticulate ciliate, bracts cyme 

 ovary pubescent. A, DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 348 ; not of Kur%, 



the hills. 



SiLHET and Cachab to Burma 



Chittagong 



jttooiswck creeping, not thick, imr tuberous. Stem decumbeijf, usually short, vith 

 much spreading brown hair. Leaves 2-5 in., unequal cordate at the base, hispid on 

 both surfaces, margin very entire; petiole 1-4 in., with spreading hairs; stipules 

 persistent, lanceolate-subulate, ciliate. Peduncles from the upper axils, not more 

 than 3 in., pubescent to the summit except in ripe fruit, few-flowered; flowers 

 medium, white to pink. Male: sepals 2, ovate, pubescent; petals 2, narrowly 

 obovate; stamens 60 or more, scarcely monadelphous, anthers obovoid; connective 

 much produced, ovate-oblong Female : perianth-segments 5, outer pubescent, inner 

 gradually smaller; ovary shaggy. Capsule |^ by 1 in. including the wings, hairy at 

 least until the seeds are scattered, recurved in fruit with a descending wing, dehiscing 

 by four lines one on either side of the two narrow wings. Seeds ellipsoid, brown- 



31. 



megraptera, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 348 



^ leaves cordate-ovate acuminate un_ ^ 



serrate. Kurz in Joum. As. Soe. 1877, pt. ii. 108. B. malabarica, JfaU. Cat 

 3676D. 



or very nearly so 



cordate-ovate acuminate undulate angular hardly 



Eenqal 



NiPAL ; Wallich, Sikkim, 



summit, Grii^A. Mabtaban'Hills; JCwr^. ' * : ,^i Z^- 



Rootstock thick, woody. Stem erect, 12-18 in, when well developed. -^^^ 

 4-6 in., unequal at the base, nerves 



imusua 



1-4 in,; stipules lanceolate-subulate, glabrous, persistent. P^ittwc^e* elongate, from 

 the upper axils, often 8 in. ; bracti^ large, oblong, glabroii 



not very many, pink. Mals: sepals 2, ovate; petals 2, ovate, ^*i-*-*v « ,_^ 



60 or more, monadelphous, anthers obovoid ; connective produced, obtuse. Fbmalb: 

 nerianth-sefirmentfi 5. nearlv *vino1 • a^^€,o o ^/^«/» rt^F«i^fTiaf1 at the base, with long 



caducous 

 Malk: seDals 2. ovkte - nelkffl 2. ovate, little smaller; stamens 





segments 



branches. Capsule and seeds as in B. mbro-venia. 



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32. 



. sikkimensis, A. DC. Prodr. xv. ^t. i. 349 ; caulescent; glaK 

 y so, leaves round lobed often nearly to the base lobes often again 

 lobed. 



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SiKKiM, alt. 3000-7000 ft. ; J. D. H. ; C. B. ClarJce. "" ^^ 



^ erect, 12-18 in. when well developed^- -^^ 



Bootstock thickened, woody. Stem 



, "- --- -^ cordate at the base, denticulate-cuu 



in., glabrous; stipules nearly 1 in., lanceolate -linear. Peduncles i 



axils, elongate, often 6-9 in. ; bracts elliptic, deciduous, bright-red. as 



■tiole 1-4 



are 



the 



,-__ ^ «vT»c^o, iiuwcfH medium, not very many. Male: sepals 2, o t 



petals 2, ifliptic, smaller ; stamens 50 or more, monadelphous ; anthers o^T^jT 

 connective produced, triangular, obtuse. Female: perianth-segments 5, inner bngn^ 

 red gradually smaller ; styles 2, combined at the base, branches very tortuous. 

 Capsule and seeds as in B, rubro-venia. 



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CathoartU, Hook. f. 



date-ovate acute glabrous Weatii"'ex"cept"a few paleaceous haifs on the nen^^» 

 .peduncles and petioles with deflexed paleaceous hairs, ovary pubescent. A. ^ ■ 

 Prodr. XV. pt. i. 349. B. nemophila, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, V^'}^\^: 

 Begonia sp. Grif. Notvl. iv. 583 and Ic. t. 612. 



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Distaib. No. 2582) ; Kurz. Motomehc ; PaHsh, Thos. Lobb. . , ^ „n, 



.^e^sB. barbata and best distinguished by the hairs on its s^ems^peUo^e^^j^ 



peduncles, which are numerous but scattered, long from a 



paleaceous 



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