Phyiewna. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 505 
opening at the apex. Seeds numerous, minute, vollaigptacic 
reniform, in the angle of each cell. den 
Bub. lancifoli. R. 
Ramous, smooth. Leaves sub-opposite and alternate, ae 
petioled, lanceolate, serrate, acuminate. Flowers terminal, 
Calycine leaflets lanceolate and laciniate. Capsules obovate, 
five-celled. 
A native of the moist vallies Ps Chittagong, whee it flowers 
in October. 
PH YTEUMA. Schreb. gen. N. 292. 
7 scCalye semi-superus, five-parted. Corol rotate, inserted on 
the calyx. Germ inferior, three-celled, ovula numerous, on 
_a pendulous receptacle from the top of each cell. Stigma 
three-lobed. Capsule three-celled.. Seeds numerous. 
1. P. begonifolium. Roxb. Hort. Beng. 85. 
Creeping, woolly, _ Leaves alternate, semicordate, serrate, 
Racemes axillary, secund, recurvate, Bractes cuneate. 
A native of Pulo Pinang, where Mr. W. Roxburgh found 
it in forests shaded by trees and shrubs, and with flowers and 
ripe seeds in June and July. 
Stems somewhat dichotomous, round, fleshy, spreading on 
the ground, and rooting at the insertion of the leaves, the 
younger parts as well as the petioles and racemes clothed 
with a harsh, ferruginous, woolly pubescence. Leaves alter- 
nate, petioled, semicordate, (as in some species of Begonia), 
serrate, acute, pretty smooth; length six or eight inches, 
breadth about halfthe length, Petioles from one to two inches 
longs. Stipules none. acemes axillary, solitary, secund, 
olute, twice the length of the petioles. lowers short- 
pedicelled, alternately arranged in two rows on the anterior 
_ side of the raceme; while two rows of alternate, cuneate, 
woolly bractes occupy the posterior side, Calyx one-lobed;, 
