62 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
6 vel 5, filamentis liberis, antheris obovoideis obtusis zequilongis. Flores feminei 
singuli in apice rami, 8 mm. longi, albi; tubus brevis, 2 mm. longus, lobis latis 
rotundatis. Stylus brevis, stigmatibus 3 ad medium bifidis purpurascentibus 
pubescentibus. Capsula (vix matura) 8 mm. longa, loculis ellipticis, alis 3 
eequalibus angustis 1 mm. latis, apicibus triangularibus acuminatis 3 mm. 
longis. 
Camps VII to VIII, 3600 ft. 
This differs from all other recorded species in having the lanceolate leaves cut up 
into lobes, like those of some Begonias. 
In the collection there is another plant collected between Camps IX and X, at an 
altitude of 5500 to 6700 ft., which is somewhat similar but quite succulent and glabrous. 
There is only one male flower on it, which is small and consists of two sepals with a few 
separate stamens and a làrge white bract below the flower. "There being no female 
flowers or fruits, it is not possible to decide whether it is a Begonia or Symbegonia. The 
flower elosely resembles that of another plant with hairy stems collected by Burke in 
British New Guinea, but this bears a capsule like that of a Begonia and not that of a 
Symbegonia. "Till completer specimens of these two plants are obtained I am unwilling 
to give them names. 
SYMBEGONIA PULCHRA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba ultra 15 em. alta, caule gracili flexuoso ramoso hirto. Folia subsessilia, oblique 
lanceolata, acuminata, basi valde inaqualiter rotundato-lobata, undulata, dentata, 
.5—7 em. longa, 2-3:5 em. lata, superne glabra subtus hirta, nervis elevatis 9, petiolis 
hirtis brevissimis ad 2 mm. longis. Stipule papyracez, lanceolate, acuminate, 
glabre, 1 cm. longze, carinate. Racemus terminalis, gracilis, flexuosus, 5-6 cm. 
longus. Bractee magne, ovate, albe, 5 mm. longs. Pedicelli graciles, 1 cm. 
longi. Flores masculi albi. Sepala 2, ovata, rotundata, 6 mm. longa, 7 mm. lata, 
basi extus hirta. Andrecium sessile, globosum, antheris 9. Flores feminei 
5 mm. longi, hirti, lobis rotundatis ad basin connatis. Stylus brevis, stigma- 
tibus 4 oblongis brevibus latiusculis undulatis. Capsula tri-alata, 8 mm. longa, 
glabra, loculis latis obovatis, alis angustis 1 mm. latis in cornua 2 mm. longa 
productis. 
Camps VII to VIII, and IX to XI, 3600 to 8300 ft. 
Allied to S. bracteosa, Warb., but differing in the stamens being gathered in a short, 
globose, sessile head and in having four stigmas. "The wings of the capsule are also very 
narrow in proportion to the loculi. The leaves appear to have been red in the centre. 
UMBELLIFERA. 
(By H. N. Rintey.) 
 Hipnocorvus JAVANICA, Thunb. Diss. 17. t. 9. 
. Camps XIII to XI, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
Distrib, Tropical Asia. 
