Begonia. LXV. BEGONIACEE (HOOKER), 571 
furfuraceous pubescence. Leaves long-petioled, 4-7 by 14-2 in., 
oblong-ovate or lanceolate from an unequal cordate base, acuminate, 
rregularly sinuate-toothed, glabrous above, puberulous or gilabrate 
beneath ; ‘petioles 1-3 in. ; stipules —1 in., lanceolate. Cymes axillary, 
shortly peduncled. Male 4. ; Numerous, rose-red, corymbose on a 
short peduncle, drooping, 2 in. diameter. Sepals 4, subovate. Petals 
2, smaller, linear-oblong. Anthers few, ovoid, subsessile, crowded 
Into a small ovoid head. Female f.: 3 together, very shortly pedi- 
celled on a short peduncle. Sepals 2, narrower than in the mule. 
Petals 2. Ovary linear, 3-1 in., 4-angled, scaly, tomentose, 4-celled ; 
stigmas 4, linear-clavate, papillose on the inner surface towards the tip. 
Capsule linear, 1-1} in., tomentose.—A. DC. Prod. xv. pt. 1, 517. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, and Old Calabar, Mann! Thomson ! Fi. Feb. 
A similar species with smaller leaves was collected on trees in Prince’s Island by 
rter; but the specimens are very imperfect. 
2. B. furfuracea, Hook.f. Monccious? All parts but the leaves 
above clothed with soft appressed stellate ferruginous and furfuraceous 
own. Stems 3 ft.; rather woody, terete, angularly flexuous, with 
arge circular leaf-scars at the angles. Leaves distichous, short- 
Petioled, 5-7 by 1-1} in., linear-oblong or lanceolate from an obliquely 
tounded or cordate ‘base, long-acuminate, sinuate-toothed, glabrous 
above; nerves few, diverging; petioles }—4 in.; stipules large, dimi- 
diate-lanceolate, tomentose, caducous. Cymes axillary, shortly pedi- 
celled, several flowered ; bracts ovate, stellately woolly. Male #1. : 
Sepals 4, suborbicular, stellately-pubescent. Petals 2, narrow, linear. 
Anthers in an ovoid head, obtuse ; filaments indistinct. Capsule 2 in., 
ensely tomentose, linear. 
k Upper Guinea, Fernando Po, alt. 1300 ft., on trees, Mann! Male flowers un- 
Down, 
3. B. excelsa, Hook. f. Monccious. Stem climbing, branched, 
-10 ft. Branches stout, woody, terete; branchlets, petioles, nerves 
®neath and inflorescence clothed with rusty furfuraceous pubescence. 
Leaves Short-petioled, 3-44 by 14-2 in., elliptic-ovate ovate-oblong or 
“nceolate from a very unequal subcordate base, acuminate, we 
nuate-toothed, pubescent beneath; petiole }-3 in., stipules 1-1} in. 
“nceolate. Cymes axillary, few-fowered; peduncle fin. Male f.: 
pve 2, oblong, obtuse, lin. long. Petals 2. Anthers in an oblong 
“nunilateral head, oblong, obtusely apiculate; filaments shortly con- 
vate at the base. Female fl.: 1 in. diameter. Sepals as in the male 
pwers. Stigmas 4, elongate, terete, stigmatic surface a flat linear- 
oblong disk on the inner surface at the apex. Ovary $—j in. long, 4- 
Sous. Capsule 2 in. long, linear, tomentose. 
Upper Guinea Cameroons mountains, alt. 4000 ft., Mann! 
Closely allied to B. epiphytica, but of a very different habit and with much shorter 
Petioles. 
- B. polygonoides, Hovk. Jf. Moneecious; glabrous. Stems very 
slender, Sexuank several feet long, as thick as a duck’s quill, angular, 
