570 LXV. BEGONIACEE (HOOKER). [ Begonia. 
§ 2. Monecious. Stem 0 or very short. Leaves and peduncles radical. Sepals 2. 
Petals 0. Styles 3-4, stigmas capitate, entire or shortly forked. Fruit slender, 3-4- 
angled. 
Leaves peltate entire. Stigmas 3 .......-.- 5B. scopes 
Leaves sub-peltate entire. Stigmas 4... ... .- - 6B. scutifolia. 3 
Leaves sub-entire or 2-3-lobed. Stigmas4 . . . . . - 7. B. prismatocarpa. 
§ 3. Monecious. Rootstock creeping; stem erect. Leaves alternate. Sepals 2. 
Petals 0. Styles 3, stigmas forked. Fruit fusiform, narrowed at both ends, mem- 
branous, not winged. 
Leaves broad, unequally 3-Slobed . . . . ~~. - + 8 B.oayloba. 
§ 4. Monecious. Stem erect, very short. Sepals2. Petals0. Styles 3-6; stigmas 
forked. Berry subglobose not winged, with branching placentas. 
Leaves sub-orbicular, 1-2 ft. diameter. Cymes effuse . . . 9. B. baccata. 
Leaves sub-orbicular, long-petioled, 6-7 in. diameter. Cymes 
contracted . Sete i a a ee sun es A ampla. 
- Leaves obliquely ovate, short-petioled. Cymes contracted . 11. B. poculifera. 
§ 5. Monecious. Rootstock short, or slender and creeping. Leaves and ¥ 
duncles radical. Sepals 2. Petals 0. Styles 3-4, stigmas forked. Frwut 3—-4-winge4, 
coriaceous, indehiscent ; placentas branched. 
Leaves not peltate . eae e Coe 2s eee peperomanes 
Leaves peltate ; petiole near the margin Cok BS. 
Leaves peltate ; petiole far from the margin. 1 
Leaves ovate, sub-entire, petiole stout hirsute. . . . - 14. ‘Be Scutu - 
Leaves ovate-oblong, toothed, petioles hirsute. . . . . 15. B. anisosepala. 
Leaves ovate, petioles slender glabrous . . . . . . - 16. B. clypeifolia. 
3; 
§ 6. Monecious. Stem erect. Leaves distichous. Sepals 2. Petals 0. ae 
stigmas forked or capitate. Capsule membranous, 3-winged, dehiscing long: 
Leaves sessile, hirsute, much-toothed PG ehh elatostemmoide 
Leaves petioled, glabrous, sub-entire. . . . . .. . . 18. B. auricu ii ° 
Leaves sessile, glabrous, sub-entire . . . 19. B. sessilifo i 
Leaves pinnatisect aa . 20. B. asplenifolia. 
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§ 7. Monecious. Stem erect. Leaves alternate. Sepals 2. Petals 2-3. Styles 
stigmas forked, Fruit 3-celled, 6-winged, dehiscing longitudinally. : 
ADAGE COMNILY CRN Ge Annobonenss- 
; a, 
$8. Monecious. Annual. Sepals2. Petals 2-3. Styles 3; stigmas f orked. CaP 
sule membranous, 3-winged, dehiscing longitudinally. 
Leaves ovate-oblong, very obliquely cordate . . . .. - 22. B. rostrata. 
. : 
§ 9. Diecious. Stem or rootstock slender, creeping. Leaves and peduncle 
cal, Sepals2. Petals 2. 
Stem very long, slender. Leaves 2-3 in.? 
pS a elwagnifolia. 
Stem very stout. Leaves 6-9 in. a 
J So AEs, Srpeereees sil. 
Of doubtful position. : 
Stem climbing rooting slender. Leaves oblong . « <: .4..«, 508 B. epiphyticn, 
Stem erect, very stout. Leaves very thick elliptic-lanceolate 26. B. loran 
9-3 ft. 
1. B. Mannii, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5434. Moncecious. Stem fs ‘ 
stout, woody, terete, branching. Branchlets, young parts, P 
nerves beneath and inflorescence clothed sparsely or densely Ww! 
