Begonia. | LXV. BEGONIACEZ (HOOKER). 575 
the cup, pedicel stout, lin. Sepals 2, orbicular, 1} in. diameter. 
Anthers small, sessile, linear, obtuse. 
‘ Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, on trees, alt. 2000 ft., and Cameroons mountains, 
alt. 4000 ft., Mann! 
12. B. peperomioides, Hook.f. Monecious. Stemless. Glabrous 
except the rusty pubescent young petioles and nerves beneath. Root- 
stock woody, rooting copiously, as thick as a goose-quill. Leaves sub- 
terminal, long-petioled, rather coriaceous, erect, 5-6 in. by 2-2} in., 
very obliquely elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate, gibbous, long-acumi- 
nate, base acute or attenuate, quite entire or obtusely sinuate-toothed 
above the middle, 3-nerved at the base, midrib with alternate nerves, 
ull ereen above, paler below; petioles very slender, longer or shorter 
than the blade, with sometimes a few spreading sete at the base; sti- 
pules sheathing, fimbriate at the tip. Peduncle radical, very short, 
With one female and several male shortly pedicelled terminal flowers. 
Male fi. : Sepals 2? orbicular, } in. diameter, glabrous. Anthers linear, 
obtuse, filaments very short. Female fl.: Sepals as in the male. 
Styles 3; stigmas forked, arms rather long; papillose band continuous, 
twisted. Ovary 3-gonous. Fruit decurved, coriaceous, glabrous, ob- 
conic, 3-angled; wings erecto-patent, narrow, coriaceous, acute or 
obtuse, variable in length ; placenta much branched. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Gaboon river, Mann! Fi. July. 
_ 13. B. hirsutula, Zook. jf. Stemless. Rootstock woody, creeping, 
migid. Leaves peltate from very near the base, petioled, coriaceous, 
£5 in. by 1-14 in., obliquely linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, sub- 
falcate, acuminate, base usually contracted, unequally rounded or sub- 
auricléd, irregularly obtusely toothed or serrate, above glabrous, 
;Paque, dull green and red, midrib and alternate nerves beneath sub- 
‘rsute or glabrate ; petiole 1-2} in., stout, strigose-hirsute ; stipules 
‘nceolate, fimbriate. Peduncle radical, glabrate, much shorter than 
the petiole; several-flowered. Flowers not seen. Fruit decurved, 
eMaceous, turgid, 3-lobed, rhombic, broader than long, 4 in. diameter, 
J-angled, glabrous; wings coriaceous, produced laterally, longer than 
€ fruit is broad. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Gaboon river, Mann! Fi. July. 
14. B, Scutulum, Hook. f. Monecious. Stemless. Rootstock 
woody, creeping. Leaves peltate, petiole long, distant from the margin, 
i. by 33 in. ; coriaceous, broadly obliquely ovate, obtuse or acute, 
obscurely crenate, rounded at the base, margin ciliate here and there ; 
oth surfaces glabrous, palmately 7—8-nerved, nerves hirsute below ; 
keg 4-5 in., stout, densely crinite, with long shaggy subpaleaceous 
ars 5 stipules ovate-lanceolate, fimbriate. Peduncle radical, shorter 
than the petiole, slender, hirsute, with one female and several male 
Owers at the top; bracteoles + in., oblong and fimbriate. Male fl. : 
edicels 4—] in., slender, hairy. Sepals 2, orbicular, 7 in. diameter, 
