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Capsula nutans, 6 lin. longa, alis 3 insequalibus, majore subquadrato-rotundatá, 
6 lin. latá, minoribus oblique obovatis, 31 lin. latis, facie ventrali (alis minoribus 
circumdatá) circumscissá, decidua, faciebus dorsalibus primo juxta alas minores, 
demum circumcirca dehiscentibus. 
Kinitaki, alt. 4500 feet (Haviland, 1270). 
Allied to Begonia varians, A. DC., and B. rupicola, Miq., but very distinct by the 
peculiar inflorescence and the stalked glands of the bracts and stipules. 
BEGONIA BURBIDGEI, Stapf, n. sp. ($ Bracteibegonia). Herba 6-8 ped. alta. Caulis 
inferne induratus, superne parce crispule hirsutus, internodiis 1-13 poll. longis. 
Folia petiolo parce hirsutulo purpurascente 1-13 poll. longo suffulta, valde 
asymmetrica, oblique cordato-ovata, 3-4 poll. longa, 2 poll. lata, in latere 
exteriore in lobum amplum rotundum producta, in latere interiore inauri- 
culata, apice acuminata, repando-denticulata, firmula, utrinque glaberrima, 
lucida, in parte majore nervis basalibus 4-5 atque lateralibus 2-3 additis 
(intermediis 3 eximie bifurcatis), in parte minore nervis basalibus 2, lateralibus 
2 additis, omnibus purpurascentibus, venulis inconspicuis. Inflorescentia mascula 
terminalis, 1-2-polliearis, parce dichotome ramosa, 3-5-flora, internodiis (infimis 
interdum exceptis) bracteis multo brevioribus ; feminea ex folii summi axillá uniflora 
vel dichotoma biflora, 11-2 poll. longa, bibracteata.  Bractew in inflorescentiá 
maseulà opposite, imbricate, late obovate, 5-8 lin. longe, membranacee, viridi- 
albide, glaberrime, persistentes. Pedicelli 2 lin. lmgi vel subnulli. Flos masculus : 
Sepala 2 rotundato-quadrata, 6-10 lin. longa, albida, roseo-suffusa. Petala 2, ovato- 
oblonga, 4 lin. longa, alba. Stamina basi connata; filamesta 4-1 lin. longa; 
antherz lineari-oblong:e, obtuse, 1 lin. long:e. Flos femineus: Perianthii lobi 5, 
late obovati vel oblongi, majores ad 9-15 lin. longi. Ovarium subequaliter triala- 
tum, glaberrimum ; styli 3 breviter bierures; stigmata in marginibus crurum tort- 
orum; loculi 3; placentee bifidee. Capsula a basi juxta alas dehiscens. Semina 
oblonga, + lin. longa, apiculata, laxissime reticulata, 
At 7600 feet ( Haviland, 1188); in wet shady jungle above Kiau (Burbidge). 
A very remarkable species, distinguished by the large, crowded, and persistent 
bracts. 
BEGONIA OBLONGIFOLIA, Stapf, n. sp. ($ Petermannia). Caulis breviter crispule hir- 
sutus. Folia petiolo 4-2 lin. longo eodem indumento ac caulis vestito suffulta, 
oblique oblonga, 4-61 poll. longa, 13 poll. lata, in latere exteriore majore in lobum 
rotundatum brevissimum petiolo adnatum producta, in interiore rotundata, apice 
acuminata, serrulata, tenuiter membranacea, supra obscure viridia, imá basi excepta 
glaberrima, subtus pallidiora, in nervis furfuraceo-puberula, nervis basalibus in latere 
exteriore 2-3, in latere interiore l, lateralibus utrinque 6-7 angulo vix 40° ortis, 
subrectis. Stipulz lineari-oblongze, 6-7 lin. longz, acute, membranacee, furfuraceo- 
puberule. Inflorescentia (mascula tantum nota) terminalis, paniculata, multiflora, 
furfuraceo-puberula, bracteata, fere 3 poll. longa. Bracteze sub ramis primariis 
stipulis conformes, paulo minores, ceterum minim:e. Pedicelli graciles, ad 2 lin. 
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