PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF BEGONIA. 397 
20 cm long, distinctly browii-ciliate, lliu haii-s more oi; less spreailiiig, 
often curled. Peduncles longer than the leaves, ultimately glabrous, the 
inflorescence, including the peduncles, 30 to 35 cm long, dichotomously 
branche.1, 10 cm wide or less, the bracts broadly orbicular-ovate or reni- 
form-ovate, rounded, brown, about 3.5 mm long, usually somewhat wider, 
rounded, distinctly punctate-glandular, the bracteoles similar but smaller. 
Staminate flowers white or pink, about 1.5 cm in diameter. Sepals 2, 
broadly ovate or suborbicular, rounded, G to 7 mm long, more or less 
punctate with scattered, small, black dots, with about 11 slender nerves. 
Petals narrowly obovate, 6 to 7 mm long, 3 mm wide, obtnse, narrowed 
below 6- or 7-nerved. Stamens more than 50 ; filaments 1 mm long 
or less. Capsules equally 3-winged, 8 to 10 mm long, 10 to Vi mm wide, 
retuse at both ends, the wings reticulate, rounded, 3 to 4 mm wide. 
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Placentae 2-partite. 
MlNDOBO, Baco River, McGregor 28J,, April, lOO.'i; near Lake Nauja,,, For. Bur 
G777 086-7 (type) Merritt, April, 1907. Palawan, near Iwah.g, Bur Sci. 71if 
Foxworthy, April, 1906, Ehncr 12857, March, 1011. Luzon, Province of Tayab-.s, 
Bur. Sci. 13361 Ramos, Bur. Sd. 13131 FoTWorthy and Ramos. 
A species allied to Begonia rhomlicarpa A. DC, and relate, forms differing 
especially from DeCandolle's species in its larger size, brown-ciliate pe holes and 
eaves, and especially in its capsules being retuse at both ends and tlie w.ngs 
rounded. 
43. Begonia longinoda sp. nov. 
■±0. DCyUMICi iwiiy'i««« "I-- ----- 
Herba petiolis pedunculis et subtus foliis ad nervos adpresse brimneo- 
setosis, caulibus prostratis internodiis elongatis; Mils usque ad 10 cm 
lon-ns, oblique ovato-subreniformibus, basi plus mimisve obliqxus, cor- 
datfs, apice acuminatis, margine leviter irregulariter dentatis vd dentato- 
lobat s ; floribus masculinis sepalis 2 orbiculanbus, petahs 3 multo angus- 
tioribu;; capsulis ellipsoideis utrinque rotundntis. 10 ad 12 mm longi., 
anguste aequaliter vel subaequaliter 3-alatis. 
Items creeping, rooting at the nodes, somewhat appressed brown-setose, 
the XnoTes efo'ngated,'4 to 7 cm long. Peduncles, petioles and lower 
nrfaces of the leases on tire nerv-es appressed-brown-setose, the petioles 
"d poduneles subequal, 12 to 18 cm long. Leaves 6 to 10 cm long. 
;^b que, ovate-subreniform, base prominently cordate, apex shortly acumi- 
nate margins irregularly dentate or dentate-lobed, the basal nerv-es 7 
Zo adfating. Lflorescence dichotomously branched, comparatively 
Llwered, tL lower flowers female, the upper ones male. Male flower 
wlitP or Dink Sepals 2, orbicular, 7 to 8 mm long, rounded. Petals 
T1oJL.s% long as the sepals. Stamens about 80, the anthers 
bovXabct 0.rmm long. Capsules ellipsoid, 10 to 12 mm long, 8 
?o 10 mm wide, rounded at both ends or the base subacute, equallj or 
«„bequally 3-winged, the wings narrow, 2 to 3 mm wide. 
L^ZON, Province of Tayabas, Tageanayan, in forestB, altitude abont 200 m. 
Bur. Sci. 13373 Ramos, March, 1911. 
