Tas. 6899. 
BEGON ITA Jounsront. 
Native of Tropical Africa. 
Nat. Ord. Brconracez. 
Genus Braonta, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pl. vol. i. p- 842.) 
Breonta (Diploclinium) Johnstoni ; monoica, caulescens, caule erecto robusto, 
ramis pedunculis petiolisque:elongatis crassis, foliis longe petiolatis mem- 
branaceis valde oblique ovatis profunde unilateraliter cordatis, lobis rotundatis 
imbricatis, margine irregulariter crenato, subtus sparse pilosis, subtus apicem 
versus petioli annulo setarum instructo, stipulis magnis late ovatis obtusis, 
bracteis ovato-rotundatis obtusis v. subacutis, cymis 4-floris, floribus roseis 
cernuis, fl. mase, 4, fl. fem. 5-6, sepalis late obovatis oblongisve pallide rosels, 
staminibus perplurimis, filamentis liberis, stylis 3 brevibus basi connatis ramis 
subflabellatis fascia papillosa subspiraliter torta continua, capsula trialata 
ala una majore porrecta obtusa, placentis 2-partitis. 
B. Johnstoni, Oliv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ined. 
The subject of this plate. is alluded to by Prof. Oliver 
under his description of B. Johnstoni cited above, which 
was prepared from a very indifferent specimen of a plant 
gathered by Mr. Johnston on his expedition to Kilimanjaro, 
at an elevation of 5000 to 6000 feet on that mountain. 
Whether the two are quite the same specifically cannot be 
positively ascertained till better specimens of the Kili- 
manjaro plant are obtained ; meanwhile they agree in too 
many important points to induce me to pronounce them 
distinct. The chief differences are, that B. Johnstont has 
a blood-red stem, its young leaves are irregularly toothed 
_ rather than crenate, the bracts are more acute, the scattered 
hairs on the under surface of the leaf are confined to the 
nerves, and the wing of the fruit is shorter and broader. 
Add to this that the two come from very far apart localities, 
the seeds of that here figured having been sent by the late 
Bishop Hannington from the Masai country, a district far 
to the north-west of Kilimanjaro (probably from the Usigara. 
Mountains). | 
B. Johnstoni belongs to the Asiatic section of the genus 
Diploctinium, and differs from most of the African Begonias 
oct. lst, 1886, 
