PHILIPPINE SPECIES OP BEGONIA. 391 
dato-acuminatis, margine distanter repando-deniatis denticulatisque ; 
paniculis in axillis superioribus, diffusis, usque ad 8 cm. longis, floribus 
inferioribus feniineis, superioribus masciilini&; floribus masculinis se- 
palis 2, 5 ad 6 mm longis, petalis nullis; capsulis aequaliter 3-alati8, 
1.6 ad 1.8 cm longis, apice truncatis, basi rotuudatis. 
An erect, apparently suffrutescent, branched, glabrous plant, the 
ultimate branchlets brownish or grayi?h, terete. Leaves obiongo-ovate to 
broadly oblong, membranaceous, 11 to 16 cm long, 3.5 to 6.5 cm wide, 
slightly shining when dry, paler beneath, the nerves on the lower surface 
brownish-purple, the base strongly obliquely truncate, or very obscurely 
cordate, one side nmch narrower than the other, acute, the other side very 
broad, rounded, the apex slenderly long-acuminate, denticulate, the mar- 
gins with distant, pointed teeth, somewhat repand between the teeth and 
denticulate, the larger teeth opposite the ends of the nerves and their 
larger branches; basal nerves 7 to 9, mostly distinct, forked; petioles 
1.5 to 4 cm long; stipules oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, membranaceous, 
about 2 cm long. Panicles in the upper axils, up to 8 cm in length, 
rather diffuse, the branches slender, the pedicels 8 mm long or less, the 
bracts membranaceous, similar to the stipules but somewhat smaller, 
the bracteoles much reduced, deciduous. Staminate flowers numerou-^. 
in the upper part of each panicle, pink or red. Sepals 2, orbicular- ovate, 
rounded 5 to 6 mm in diameter. Petals none. Stamens about 20; 
anthers 'obovate-ellipsoid, 1 mm long, the filaments shorter than the 
anthers. Pistillate flowers one or two at the base of each inflorescence, 
their pedicels about 2 cm long; lobes 5, oblong, 7 to 9 mm long, 2.5 to 3.5 
mm wide, reticulate. Capsules equally 3-winged, 1.6 to 1.8 cm long, 
1.6 to 2 cm wide, apex truncate, base rounded, the wmgs reticulate; 
placentae 2-partite. 
Negros, Sicaba, Daluapan River, For. Bur. 5587 Everett (type) November 12, 
1906, locally known to the Visayans as aslom, Luzon, Province of Tayabas, For. 
^"'I'l^pedt' probably as closely allied to Begonia controcfa Warb as to any 
other known form, but well distinguished by its larger capsules and differently 
shaped leaves, tbe base being obliquely truncate but scarcely cordate. - 
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33 Begonia malindangensis sp. nov. 
Species B. merrittii Merr. similis, et ut videtur valde affinis, digert 
foliis panllo majoribus, minus lobati., bn.i baud cordatis uno latei-e 
acutis altero rotundatis, floribus masculinis minonbus, 2 ad 2.4 cm 
diametro. , , , i « r* j. i q ^ 
Erect herbaceous or suffruteseent, much branched, 0.7 to 1.3 m. 
hi<.h glabrous throughout. Branches terete, browni.h, rather slender, 
somewhat striate when dry. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate 
chartaceous, brown or olivaceous when dry, paler beneatV somewhat 
shining when dry, entirely glabrous, 9 to 13 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm wide, 
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