JACK'S MALAYAN PLANTS, 361 
"BEGONIA BRACTEATA. W. J. 
Foliis duplicato-serratis acuminatis pilosis, pedunculo 1—3- 
floro bracteis numerosis appressis vestito, capsulis basi 
bibracteatis, alis equalibus rotundatis. 
Near the foot of Gunong Bunko in the interior of Ben- 
coolen. 
Suberect, strong and branching, very villous, shaggy. 
Leaves alternate, short-petioled, ovate, semicordate at the 
base, acuminate, duplicato-serrate, pilose, 3—4 inches long. 
Stipules large, pilose. Peduncles oppositifolious, generally 
supported by a smaller leaf, invested, particularly towards 
the base, with many pairs of opposite ovate acute pilose ciliate 
bracts, which are pressed flat against each other; the upper- 
most pair is distant from the rest and supports from one to 
three pedicels. Flowers white. Male: Corolla four-petaled ; 
the outer two large subrotund. Staminanumerous. Female: 
Corolla five-petaled; petals nearly equal. Styles three. 
Stigmata lunate, villous with yellow short glandular hairs. 
Capsule embraced by two bracts at the base, three-celled, 
three-winged ; wings equal, rounded. 
BEGONIA RACEMOSA. W.J. 
Foliis obovato-oblongis irregulariter dentatis acuminatis 
glabris, racemis masculis, erectis flore foemineo axillari, 
perianthiis masculis diphyllis, capsulee alis æqualibus parallelo- 
rotundatis. 
Interior of Bencoolen. 
Layang Layang Simpai. Malay. 
Suberect; stem smooth, jointed. Leaves alternate, short- 
petioled, obvate-oblong, attenuated towards the base which 
is unequally cordate, acuminate, irregularly and unequally 
dentate, smooth ; 6—7 inches long. Stipules large, oblong. 
Racemes oppositifolious, long, erect, bearing numerous fasci- 
culate male flowers, and having a single female one in the 
axil. Male: Corolla two-petaled, petals very thick. Stamina 
