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longa, 5 em. lata, costa in dorso parce pubescente, petiolis 1:5 cm. longis saepe hirtis. 
Stipule lineares, acuminat:, basi vaginantes, glabra. Flores masculi 2 in racemo, 
pedunculo glabro 3 em. longo, pedicellis hirtis 3 cm. longis. Bractee caduce, non 
vise. Sepala 2, elliptica, oblonga, basi rotundata, 2 cm. longa, 1:2 cm. lata. 
Andrecium globosum, subsessile, antheris linearibus oblongis cireiter 50. Flores 
Semineit 2, in pedicellis 4 cm. longis. Sepala 4, exteriora 2 obovata, rotundata, 
2 cm. longa, 1:5 em. lata, interiora lanceolata, oblonga, 1:5 em. longa, 07 mm. lata. 
Styli 3, stigmatibus bifidus lineari-cylindricis tortis hirtis. Capsula nutans, glabra, 
basi vix angustata, apice truncata, 1:5 cm. longa, ad apicem 2 cm. lata, rectis alis 
eequalibus brevibus. 
Camps VII to X, 3600 to 6700 ft. 
Allied to .B. Lauterbachii, Warb., but the flowers are much bigger and fewer, and the 
fruit more narrowed at the base. 
BEGONIA ($ DIPLOCLINIUM) PENTAPHRAGMIFOLIA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba ascendens, caule herbaceo furfuraceo sepe superne hirto ad 40 cm. alto. Folia 
ovata, acuminata, basi inzqualia et angustata, margine undulata, remote et parce 
serrata, glabra, 12 cm. longa, 674 cm. lata, nervis hirtis, petiolis brevissimis 2 mm. 
longis furfuraceis.  Stipule glabre, lanceolate, caudate, carinate, 1:2 cm. longe. 
Racemus 4 cm. longus, triflorus. Bractee ad basin lanceolate, caudatæ, stipulis 
angustiores. Flores masculi 3, in pedunculo 1:5 cm. longo, pedicellis roseis 
1-1:5 em. longis. Sepala 2, ovata, orbicularia, glabra, alba, 5 mm. longa, 7 mm. 
lata. Stamina ad 26 in capitulum sessile aggregata, antheris brevibus obovatis 
pyriformibus obtusis. Flos fæmineus unicus. Capsula in pedicello 1 em. longo, 
‘cordata, semiovata, 1‘5 cm. longa, margine superiore recta, alis equalibus latis 
rotundatis obtusis 5 mm. latis, loculis 1 cm. longis 5 mm. latis ellipticis. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.; Camps I to III and III to IV, 500 to 1100 ft. ‘Flowers white 
with a pink centre. Leaves dark green above, brown-crimson beneath." 
BEGONIA ($ DIPLOCLINIUM) FLEXICAULIS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Caulis flexuosus, gracilis, hirtus, capillis rufis. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, 
basi ingequalia et rotundata, margine parce denticulata, dentibus pilos singulos 
gerentibus, superne olivacea, margine pallidiora, subtus purpurea, superne parce 
hirta, 6-7 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata, subtus nervis hirsutis, petiolis 1 mm. longis. 
Stipule oblong, abrupte caudate, 5-8 mm. longe, cauda 3 mm. longa glabra. 
Racemus axillaris, gracilis, glaber, pedunculo 3-8 cm. longo. Bractee parve, 
lanceolata, acute, caudate, 3 mm. longs. Flores masculi parvi, 3 mm. lati, albi. 
Sepala orbicularia. Andrecium distincte stipitatum, antheris 15 brevibus ellipticis 
subsessilibus. Capsula ineequaliter bialata, 1 cm. longa, 9 mm. lata, ad apicem 
angustata, glabra, stylis ad basin connatis terminata, alis parvis, majore 4 mm. longa 
subtriangulari obtusa, altera rotundata, obtusa. : | 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 
Another specimen of what appears to be the same species has hairy leaves with a male 
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