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longa, 5 cm. lata, costa in dorso parce pubescente, petiolis 1'5 cm. loiigis sa?pe hirtis. 

 Stipulce liueares, acuminate, basi vaginautes, glabrae. Flores mascnli 2 in racemo, 

 j)edunculo glabro 3 cm. longo, pedicellis birtis 3 cm. longis. Bractece caducae, non 

 visge. Sejxda 2, eUiptica, oblonga, basi rotuodata, 2 cm. longa, 1-2 cm. lata. 

 Androecium globosum, subsessile, antheris linearibus oblongis circiter 50. Flores 

 fceminei 2, in pedicellis 4 cm. longis. Sepala 4, exteriora 2 obovata, rotundata, 

 2 cm. longa, 1'5 cm. lata, interiora lauceolata, oblonga, 1'5 cm. longa, 07 mm. lata. 

 Styli 3, stigmatibus bifidus lineari-cylinddcis tortis hirtis. Capsula nutans, glabra, 

 basi vix tuigustata, apice truncata, 1'5 cm. longa, ad apicem 2 cm. lata, rectis alls 

 sequalibus brevibus. 



Camps VII to X, 3600 to 6700 ft. 



Allied to B. Lauterhachii, Warb., but the flowers are much bigger and fewer, and the 

 fi-uit more narrowed at the base. 



y Begonia (§ Diploclinitjm) pentaphbagmipolia, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Herha ascendens, caule herbaceo furfuraceo saepe superne hirto ad 40 cm. alto. Folia 

 ovata, acuminata, basi ineequalia et angustata, margine undulata, remote et parce 

 serrata, glabra, 12 cm. longa, 6-4 cm. lata, nervis hirtis, petiolis brevissimis 2 mm. 

 longis furfuraceis. Stipulce glabrae, lanceolata?, caudat«, carinatae, 1"2 cm. longaj. 

 Bacemus 4 cm. longus, triflorus. Bractece ad basin lanceolatse, caudatie, stipulis 

 angustiores. Flores mascnli 3, in pedunculo 1"5 cm. longo, pedicellis roseis 

 1-1-5 cm. 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 fcemineus unicus. Capsula, in pedicello 1 cm. longo, 

 cordata, semiovata, 1*5 cm. longa, margine superiore recta, alis sequalibus 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. "Mowers white 

 with a pink centre. Leaves dark green above, brown-crimson beneath." 



Begonia (§ Diploclinittm) flexicaijlis, E,idl., sp. nov. 



Caulis flexuosus, gracilis, hirtus, capillis rufis. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, 

 l)asi inaequalia 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. 

 Stipulce oblongye, abrupte caudatse, 5-8 mm. longae, cauda 3 mm. longa glabra. 

 Bacemus axillaris, gracilis, glaber, pedunculo 3-8 cm. longo. Bractece parva?, 

 lanceolatae, acvitte, caudatse, 3 mm. longae. Flores masculi parvi, 3 mm. lati, albi. 

 Sepala orbicularia. Andrcecium distincte stipitatum, antheris 15 brevibus ellipticis 

 subsessilibus. Capsula insequaliter bialata, 1 cm. longa, 9 mm. lata, ad apicem 

 angustata, glabra, stylis-ad basin connatis terminata, alis parvis, majore 4 mm. longa 

 subtriaugulari 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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