396 MERRILL. 
subequal, 5 to 6 iimi wide, somewhat narrowed and :5ubacute or blunt^ 
rarely rounded. Placentae S-pai-tite. 
Balut Isui.ND, Merrill 5^9, October 8, 1906, on rocks along streams in 
shaded ravines, altitude about 400 ni. Mixdaxao, Butuau Subprovince, Agusan 
River near Waloe, Merrill 7306. 
A species manifestly allied to Begonia rJiomhicarpa A. DC, but with quite 
differently shaped leaves. It is probably also closely allied to B. colorata Warb., 
but differs from that species in its leaves and capsules. ^ 
40. Begonia colorata Warb. in Perk. Frag, Fl. Philip. (1904) 51. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Sibulan, Warburg 14633, July, 1888, type in 
herb. Berol.! 
This species is po^^sibly represented by Copeland 803, from u rocky bluff near 
Davao, Mindanao, April 2, 1904. 
Endemic. 
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41. Begonia gitingensrs Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 2 (1910) 738. 
Herba succulenta ; foliis longe petiolatis, in siccitate cliartaceis, oblongu- 
ovatisj leviter inaequilateralibiis, ba?i cordatis^ vix vel obscure obliquis, 
supra angiistatis, acuminatis, usque ad 22 em longis, margine subintegris 
vel leviter irregulariter dentatis; stipulis laneeolatis, aeuminatis, 1.5 
cm longis; infloresccntiis foliis acqualibus vel longioribus, longe pedun- 
culatis, paniculatis; floribus masculinis sepalis 2, oblongo-ellipticis, 5 
mm longis; petalis 2, quam sepala multo angustioribns; eapsulis sub- 
rhomboideis, 7 mm longis, 12 ad 15 mm latis, subaequaliter 3-alatis. 
SiBUYAW, Mount Giting-giting, Elmer lt36H, April, 1910 (type number), 
altitude about .530 m. 
Endemic. 
42. Begonia mindorensis sp. nov. 
Herba parce brunneo-eiliatis; foliis oblique ovatis, membranaceis, usque 
ad 16 cm longis, basi subaequilateraliter cordatis, lobis rotundatis, baud 
superpositis, apice distincte acuminatis, margine leviter irregulariter nn- 
dulato-lobatis, subtus ad nervos petiolisque brunneo-ciliatis ; stipulis 
oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, plus minus ciliatis, circiter 1 cm longis; 
pedunculis quam folia paullo longioribus; floribus circiter 1.5 cm diam- 
etro; capsulis aequaliter 3-alatis, 8 ad 10 mm longis, utrinque retupis, . 
alis rotundatis. 
An herbaceous piant, the stems creeping, footing, Ijrown, rather stout, 
slightly ciliate with long brown hairs; stipules membranaceous, oblong- 
ovate, acuminate, brown, about 1 em long, more or less ciliate. Leaves 
obliquely ovate, membranaceous, 8 to 16 cm long, 5 to 10 cm wide, the 
upper surface glabrous, the lower distinctly brown-ciliate on the nerves, 
the base subequally cordate, the lobes broad, rounded, the sinus narrow, 
acute, 1 to 2 cm deep, the apex distinctly and rather sharply acuminate, 
the margins slightly and irregularly undulate-lobed, the larger lobes few, 
none of them exceeding 1.5 cm in length, acute, the smaller ones much 
broader, rounded or acute; base palmat^ly 7- to 9-nerved; petiola« 6 to 
