62 ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



6 vel 5, filamentis liberis, aatberis obovoideis obtusis sequilongis. 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 purpurasceutibus 

 pubescentibus. Capsula (vis matvira) H mm. longa, loculis ellipticis, alis 3 

 sequalibus angustis 1 mm. latis, apicibus triangularibus acumiaatis 3 mm. 

 longis. 

 Camps VII to VIII, 3600 ft. 



This differs from all other recorded species ia baving 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. 

 Tliere is only one male flower on it, which is small and consists of two sepals with a few 

 separate stamens and a large white bract below the flower. There being no female 

 flowers or fruits, it is not possible to decide whether it is a Begonia or Syynbegonia. Ihe 

 fiower closely 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 pulchea, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Herba ultra 15 cm. alta, caule gracili flexuoso ramoso hirto. Folia subsessilia, oblique 

 lanceoiata, acuminata, basi valde insequaliter rotundato-lobata, uodulata, dentata, 

 5-7 cm. longa, 2-3"5 cm. lata, superne glabra subtus hirta, nervis elevatis 9, petiolis 

 hirtis brevissimis ad 2 mm. longis. Stipulce papyraceae, lanceolatse, acuminatte, 

 glabrae, 1 cm. longse, carinatae. Bacemus terminalis, gracilis, fiexuosus, 5-6 cm. 

 longus. Bractete magnae, ovatae, albae, 5 mm. longae. Pedicelli graciles, 1 cm. 

 longi. Flores masculi albi. Sepala 2, ovata, rotundata, 6 mm. longa, 7 mm. lata, 

 basi estus hirta. Andrcecium sessile, globosum, antheris 9. Flores foeminei 

 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. 



UMBELLIFER^. 

 (By H. N. EiDLET.) 



Hydrocotyle javanica, Thunb. Diss. 17. t. 2. 

 Camps XIII to XI, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 

 Bistrib. Tropical Asia. 



