Begonia. | LXV. BEGONIACEEH (HOOKER). 578 
Male fl.: pedicel slender, 3-4 In. Sepals 2, orbicular, } in. diameter, 
ciliate, and slightly hairy on the back. Stamens in a globose head; 
filaments connate at the base; anthers oblong, obtuse. Female fl. : 
pple 2, smaller than in the male. Styles 4, united below; stigmas 
P tate, capitate. Ovary } in., linear, 4-celled, more or less hairy. 
apsule 4-angled, narrow, fusiform. 
Upper Guinea. On rocks, Sierra del Crystal, Mann! FI. July. 
?. B. prismatocarpa, Hool:. Bot. Mug. t. 5307. Moneecious. Slen- 
der, dwarf. Stems creeping and rooting below, much branched, tufted, 
with the petioles laxly hirsute with curled hairs; branches ascending, 
1-8 in. Leaves alternate 1—2 in. by 4-1 in., long-petioled, very obliquely 
ovate or suborbicular, base rounded or cordate, unequally 2- rarely 
3-lobed, lobes subacute, irregularly sinuate-toothed, sparingly hairy on 
both surfaces; nerves 3-6 from the top of the petiole, slender, hairy 
Peneath. Stipules ovate, ciliate; petiole 1-3 in. Scapes as long as 
ae leaves, axillary, very slender, with one sessile female fl. or two pe- 
dicelled male and one sessile female fi. at the top; bracteoles lanceolate, 
ong-ciliate. Male fl.: Sepals 2, suborbicular, yellow, 4-3 in. diameter, 
glabrous. Stamens in a globose head; filaments connate at the base ; 
anthers oblone, obtuse. Female fl. : Sepals 2, like the male. Styles 
» Connate below, stigmas capitate; ovary linear, glabrous, 4-celled., 
pe etle fusiform, 4-angled, 4-celled, quite glabrous.—A. DC. Prod. xv. 
» 1, 889, 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, on rocks and trees, ascending to 3000 ft., Barter! 
Mann! FI. Dec. 
8. B. oxyloba, Welw. mss. Moncecious. Quite glabrous. Root- 
stock long, woody. Stem 1-2 ft. high, succulent, stout, sparingly 
Tanched. Leaves long-petioled, 2-7 in. diameter, membranous, 
obliquely reniform, unequally palmately 5-lobed, 5-nerved from the 
deeply cordately 2-lobed base, lobes broadly triangular, irregularly 
toothed, teeth ‘often hair-tipped ; petiole 4~7 in.; stipules {-1 in., 
ovate-lanceolate, with ciliate teeth and very long points. Cymes short, 
axillary , 1—-2-sexual ; peduncle 4 in. long; bracts very varia le, elliptic- 
ovate or oblong, concave, acute. Central male fl. : 1 in. diameter, pedicel 
slender, lin. long; of other male fl. pedicel }-? in., glabrous. Sepals 
“> 2-2 in. long, orbicular-oblong, rose-red, striped. Stamens subuni- 
lateral ; filaments free; anthers linear-obovate, obtuse. Female #.: 
More shortly pedicelled. Sepals similar. get 3, stigmas forked, 
arms short, scarcely twisted, stigmatic ban continuous. Capsule 
“genous, membranous, bursting irregularly, }—} in. long, elliptic, 
acute at both ends ; placentas apparently with 2 spreading lobes. 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, alt. 3000 ft., and Cameroons mountains, alt. 4000 ft., 
Mann! FI. Dec. and Feb. . 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Golungo Alto, Dr. Welwitsch! Fi. July. 
9. B. baccata, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 5554. Moneecious. Stem 3-4 ft., 
very robust, as thick as the thumb, densely clothed with ferruginous 
