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IX, C, 4 Merrill: Plantae Wenzelianae, II 379 
monoecious, the stems brown when dry, emitting numerous roots 
along the lower side, the internodes 3 to 5 cm long. Leaves 
alternate, when dry brownish-green, slightly shining, membran- 
aceous, subobliquely broadly ovate, 8 to 15 cm long, nearly as 
wide, shortly acuminate, margins repand, sometimes also spar- 
ingly denticulate, the base broadly truncate or subcordate-trun- 
cate, slightly inequilateral; basal nerves about 6; petioles up to 
8 em long; stipules brown, persistent, ovate to oblong-ovate, 1.5 
to 2 cm long. Flowers pink and white, in the upper axils, fas- 
cicled, numerous male and few female ones in the same fascicle, 
the former short-pedicelled, the latter apparently long-pedicel- 
led, the fascicles subtended by several large, persistent, brown, 
bracts. Male flowers: Sepals 2, membranaceous, broadly elliptic- 
ovate, about 12 mm long, 10 mm wide. Petals none. Stamens 
about 30, on an elongated torus; anthers narrowly elliptic- 
oblong, obtuse, 2 mm long, their filaments shorter. Female 
flowers not seen. Capsules obovoid to turbinate, subequally 3- 
winged, about 3 cm long, including the wings about 2 cm wide, 
the apex rounded-truncate, the base acute, dehiscent near the 
wings, the placentae cleft, ovulate on all sides; peduncles slender, 
up to 8 cm long. 
LEYTE, Dagami, climbing on shrubs in forests, altitude about 60 meters, 
C. A. Wenzel 457, September, 1913 (type). MINDANAO, Butuan Subprov- 
ince, Bunauan, EL. H. Taylor, September, 1913. 
A very characteristic species well distinguished by its scandent habit, 
its fascicled, comparatively large flowers, and its unusually large capsules. 
It has no close allies among the Philippine species. 
BEGONIA LEYTENSIS sp. nov. § Diploclinium. 
Planta scandens, glabra, ramosa, tenuis; foliis usque ad 4 cm 
longis, subaequilateralibus, ovatis, chartaceis, acuminatis, basi 
rotundatis ad subacutis, 5-nerviis, margine denticulatis; inflor- 
escentiis axillaribus, dichotomis, paucifloris, bracteis ¢ orbi- 
cularibus, usque ad 9 mm diametro; capsulis suborbicularibus, 
late rotundatis, circiter 1.4 cm diametro, subaequaliter 3-alatis. 
A slender, monoecious glabrous, branched, scandent plant, 
the stems creeping along the trunks of trees, when dry reddish 
or reddish-brown. Leaves small, ovate, chartaceous when dry, 
apparently fleshy when fresh, the base subequilateral, rounded 
to somewhat acute, apex acuminate, margins with small, distant 
teeth, base usually 5-nerved, reticulations obsolete or nearly so; 
petioles slender, 1 cm long or less; stipules brown, lanceolate, 
acuminate, about 6 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, staminate 
and pistillate similar, borne on the same plant, few-flowered, the 
