PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF BEGONIA. 379 
apex, the stigmas spirally arranged. Capsules turbinate, truncate, base 
rounded, about 12 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, the wings equal, the upper 
outer corners acute; placentae 2-partite. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Pamplona, Bvr. 8ci. 7^31 Ramos, ]\rarcli, 1909, 
in forests. 
A species manifestly allied to Hegonia cumingiana A. DC, but with smaller, 
more distinctly lobed leaves, and with the staminate and pistillate flowers in 
separate inflorescences. 
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8. Begonia littler! sp. nov. 
Species B. longistipulae affinis et similis, differt foliis brevioribus, 
vix 8 cm longis, capsulis mnlto minoribus, inaequaliter 3-alatis. 
An erect, herbaceous or slighty suffrutescent and slightly branched, 
glabrous plant 50 ci^ high or less, the branches terete, dark-brown. 
Leaves inequilateral, oblong to oblong-ovate, membranaceous, straight 
or slightly falcate 5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, the base narrowed, 
acute, obtuse, or slightly rounded, inequilateral, not at all cordate, the 
apex rather shai-ply and slenderly acuminate, the margins, especially in 
the upper half, distinctly lobed-dentate, the teeth sharp, scattered, ir- 
regular; petioles 4 to 10 mm long; stipules brown, membranaceous, 
lanceolate, acuminate, about 1.3 cm long. Panicles in the upper axils, 
5 cm long or less, the flowers apparently pistillate, the upper ones more 
numerous, staminate, the sepals of the staminate flowers 2, orbicular, 
less than 5 mm long, white, the petals none. Capsules about 1 cm long, 
1.5 cm wide, truncate, the base rounded, 3-winged, one wing about 5 
mm wide, the other two considerably narrower, all rounded. Placentae 
2-partite. 
Basilan, Isabela, along banks of streams at an altitude of about 90 m, 
DeVore d Hoover 94, April, 1903, in flower (type), Bur. Set. 11512 Robinson, 
Jnnc, 1910, in fruit, 
A species with much the general appearance of Begonia longlsfipula Merr., 
but diiTering especially in its smaller leaves and much smaller capsules. Named 
in honor of Capt. C. A, Littler, of whose party Dr. Robinson was a member at 
the time fruiting specimens of the plant were collected. 
9. Begonia longistipula sp. nov. 
Herba erecta, ramosa, glabra;. foliis lanceolatis, leviter inaequilatera- 
libus, rectis vel leviter faleatis, membranaceis, apice louge acuminatis, 
basi angustatis, acutis vel obtusis, vix eordatis, margine irregulariter 
leviter late dentato-lobatis; stipulis lanceolatis, membranaceis, dcciduis, 
1.5 ad 2 cm longis; inflorescentiis masculinis terminalibus, diffusis, 6 
ad 9 cm longis, floribus circiter 1 cm diametro; capsulis circiter 1.8 cm 
longis, aequaliter 3-alatis, apice truncatis, basi acutis. 
An erect, branched, glabrous herb, the stems reddish-brown when dry. 
Leaves thinly membranaceous, lanceolate or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 
10 to 15 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, somewhat shining when dry. greenish, 
