576 LXV. BEGONIACEH (HOOKER). [ Begonia. 
hairy.on the back. Petals 0. Anthers numerous, subsessile, linear, 
obtuse, curved. Female fl.: Sepals as in the male. Petals 0, Styles 
8, stigmas forked, arms erect; papillose band continuous, twisted. 
Fruit (immature) subcuneate, 3-gonous, hairy, } in. long; wings pro- 
duced upwards, coriaceous, tips acute. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Gaboon river, Mann! FI. July. 
15. B. anisosepala, Hol. f. Moncecious. Stemless. Rootstock 
hard, creeping and rooting, upper part densely clothed with stipules. 
Leaves peltate, petiole distant from the margin, 3-4 in. by 1}—-2 n,, 
obliquely ovate-oblong, curved, sides very unequal, obtuse or acute, 
rounded at the base, crenate-toothed, with a cilia in the sinus and 
often on the tooth also, glabrous, dull green above, mottled with red, 
paler beneath, palmately 6—7-nerved; nerves hirsute or ciliate oF 
glabrous; petiole shorter than the blade, densely hirsute with curled 
Peete hairs; stipules ovate-oblong, obtuse, laciniate and ciliate. 
eduncles radical, shorter than the petioles, slender, glabrate, with 2 
or more terminal flowers; bracts like the stipules but small, jm. 
Male fl.: Sepals 2, very unequal, one orbicular 4 in. long, the other 
narrower, oblong; usually one is red the other white. Petals 0. 
Anthers linear-oblong, obtuse, rather longer than the free filaments. 
Female fl.: not seen. Fruit coriaceous, glabrous, turgid, 4-gonous, 
long-stipitate, angles produced upwards into coriaceous obtuse oF 
acute wings; placentas much branched. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal and Mount John river, Kongui, near the 
Gaboon, Mann! FI. Sept. 
16. B. clypeifolia, Hook. f. Moncecious. Stemless. Rootstock 
pireee creeping, upper part clothed with stipules. Leaves very. long- 
petioled, 3-4} in. by 1}-2in., peltate distantly from the margi™ 
obliquely ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, rounded at the 
base, quite entire or obscurely sinuate-toothed, opaque, glabrous, 
dull green above, reddish beneath, palmately 8-nerved; nerves slender, 
ferruginously pubescent; petiole 4—6 in., very slender, subfurfura- 
ceously pubescent. Stipules oblong, obtuse, laciniate and ciliate. 
Peduncles with rusty pubescence, very short, radical, terminating W} 
one female and one or more male flowers on slender pedicels | bee 
bracts like the stipules. Male #1. : Sepals 2, orbicular, 4 in. diameter, 
slightly pubescent, veined. Petals 0. Anthers linear-oblong, obtuse, 
filaments very short. Female #1. : Sepals as in the male. Styles 7 
connate at the base; stigma forked, arms rather long, papillose b 
continuous, twisted; ovary 3—4-angled and winged. Fruit stipitate, 
rhombic, turgid, 4-4 in. diameter, 3—4-angled, coriaceous, ferruginous” 
pubescent; wings medial, long or short, obtuse or acute ; placen 
stipitate, much branched, 
Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal; Gaboon river, Mann! Fi. J uly. 
17. B. elatostemmoides, Hook. f. Moncecious ; hirsute with 
curled spreading hairs. Stem creeping and rooting at the base, th 
