PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF BEGONIA. 401 
' This species is found on limestone cliL in the guii^e of the Maraqiiina River 
near the water-works dam at Wawa; it is manifestly allied to Begonia Iuzo.ckus 
Warb., and B. maniUensis A. DC, but is at once distinguishable from the above 
and other forms by its prominently fimbriate palnae. 
48 Begonia fenicis Merr. in Philip. Journ, Sci. 3 (I9U8) Bot. 421. 
Batanes Islands, Batan, Bur. Sci. 3619 Fmx, May, 1907 (type). Bur hex. 
3207 Meams, JTay, 1907. Babuyanes Islands, Bur. Sci. 3S93 F6m^, June 
17, 1907. . X T 1 1 
I am disposed to refer here also the following specimen from Lanan-. Isla-id 
of Samar, Merrill 52S7his, October 3, 1906, althonyh it differs from the type in 
some minor respects. Additional material may prove it to be specifically 
distinct. 
Endemic. 
49. Begonia copelandij sp. nov. 
Herba parva, caule repentc stipulis brunneis oblougo-ovali= aeuininatis 
usque ad 13 mm longis obtecto ; petiolis 4 ad 6 cm longi^ parce brunneo- 
ciliatis • pedunculis qiiam petioli longioribus, tenuibiis, pauciflons ; folii. 
oblique' ovatis, basi inaequilatcialiter cordatis ; floribus mascuUms 3 cm 
diamctro; capsulis circiter 1 cm longis, valde inaequaliter 3-alatis, alis 
2 oblusis 5 mm latis, tertia 1.5 cm lata. 
A small lierbaceous plant, the stems creeping or the apices somewhat 
erect dark-brown, with numerous, oblong-ovate, acuminate, brown, mem- 
branaceous stipules about 12 mm long, G mm wide, somewhat ciliate on 
back especially towards the apex. Leaves obliquely ovate, a to 7 cm 
long about 5 cm wide, the base inequilaterally cordate, the lobes broad, 
rounded, the sinus scarcely 1 cm deep, acute, patoately about <-n rved, 
the apex acuminate, the margins slightly irregularly sinuate, not lobcd, 
distinctly brown-ciliate, the upper surface glabrous, the>wer one with 
scattered, brown hairs on the nerves, under the lens distinctly wlu e- 
"aculate with small, regular, round dots; petioles 4 to G cm long, slightly 
brown-ciliate or nearly glabrous. Inflorescence slender glabrous, about 
20 cm long, slightly branched. Staminate flowers whi e or very pal - 
pink, 3 cm in diameter. Sepals 3, membranaceous, elliptic, rounded, 
slenderly about 12-uerved, 1.5 cm long, 11 to 12 mm wide Petals 2, 
similar in texture to the sepals, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, about 14 mm 
w 5 mm wide. Stamens about 35; filaments 1 to 1.5 mm long; an hei. 
.Tifowly obovoid, blunt, about 1 mm long. Capsules about 1 cm long, 
n li ding the wi^ags 2 cm wide, apex tinincate, base broadly rounded, 
Try unequally 3-winged, the larger wing 1.5 cm long, subacute the two 
Imaller ones about 5 mm wide, obtuse; placentae 2-partite. Peduncles 
in f rait verv slender, 2 cm long. 
Mindanao" District of Davao, Todaya, on rocks along the Baroring River, 
^ » J fo-T/^ AnvH 1004 altitude about 850 m. 
^°'a :: cie tatff iv amed to Be.onJa coJora^a Warb., B. rKon„icar,aA^ DC 
and allieT fonns, well characterized by its unusually large flowers and by its 
comparatively largo, uuequally 3-winged capsules. 
