PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF BEGONIA. 381 
to oblong-lanceolate, 12 to 15 mm long, flagellate -acuminate. Panicles 
in the uppermost axils, 3 to 5 cm long, slender, the lower few flowers 
female, the upper more numerous, male. Male flowers pink. Sepal? 
ovate, obtuse, about 5 mm long. Petals none. Capsule obovoid, about 
15 mm long, and wide, including the 3 equal or subequal wings, apex 
truncate, base rounded or acute. 
Palawan, Kapsaliaiij on the west coast, on banks of small streams in forests 
about 4 ra above sea level, Mei'rill 7332, September 19, 1910. 
11. Begonia leptantha C. B. Rob. supra 211, 
PoLiLLO, Bur. Sci. GSol, 69U Rohinson, August, 1909, Bur. Sci. 10322 McGregor, 
September, 1909. Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Sinaloan Trail, Bitr. Set. .9^7} 
Robinson, September, 1909. Endemic, 
12. Begonia weberi sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa, erecta, simples vel parce ramosa, usque ad 50 cm alta, 
omnibus partibus plus minus brunneo-ciliatis ; foliis inaequilateraliter 
obovatis vel anguste obovatis, base angustatis oblique leviter cordatis, 
apicc acutis, margine grosse, irregulariter sinuato-lobatis, paniculis in 
axillis superioribus, brevibus, paucifloris, bracteis prominentibus instrue- 
tis; floribus masculinis sepalis 2, ovatis, 9 ad 10 mm longis, petalis nullis; 
eapsulis obovatis, circiter 13 mm longis, aequaliter S-alatis. 
An erect suffrutescent plant 30 to 50 cm high, simple or sparingly 
branched, all parts more or less ciliate with long brown hairs, the younger 
parts densely so. Leaves obovate or narrowly obovate, 6 to 10 cm long, 
3.5 to 6 cm wide obliquely inequilateral, narrowed to the obliquely and 
slightly cordate base, the broader side rounded, the other acute, apex 
acute^ margins irregularly and coarsely sinuate-lob ed, the lobes acute, 
the sinuses broad, shallow, both surfaces ciliate-setose, the nerves on the 
lower surface densely so; basal nerves about 5, the outer ones very short, 
the lateral nerves above the basal ones 3 or 4 on each side of the midrib; 
petioles 5 to 12 mm long, densely ciliate-setose with brown hairs; 
stipules oblong-ovate, acuminate, ciliate, about 8 mm long. Panicles 
narrow, few-flowered, about 3 cm long, ciliate, solitary in the upper 
axils, the lower one or two flowers female, the upper ones male; bracts 
prominent, oblong-ovate, acuminate, somewhat ciliate, membranaceous, 
8 to 10 mm long, the upper ones smaller than the lower ones. Male 
flowers apparently pink, their pedicels slender. Sepals 2, ovate, obtuse, 
9 to 10 mm long. Petals none. Stamens about 25. Capsules, including 
the wings, obovate, about 12 mm long, 15 mm wide, equally 3-winged, 
broadly acute or subtruncate at the apex, narrowed below to the some- 
what rounded base, more or less ciliate with brown hairs. 
Mindanao, Butuan Subprovince, Mount Hilong-hilong, Weher 1210, March, 
1911, rocky slopes in ravines, altitude about 450 m. 
