858 LXVI. BEGONIACE^. [Begofiia. 



long with I to 2 branches, -5 in. long, glabrous. Bracts oblong 

 truncate caudate, hairy -25 in. long. Male flowers white, '75 in. 

 wide. Sepals oblong obtuse, -25 in. long. Petals narrow linear- 

 oblong -12 in. long. Stamens in a globose head; anthers pyriform 

 truncate. Females, petals oblong truncate, sub-equal. Ovary 

 2-celled. Hab. Forest banks, local. Perak, on banks at Temengoh 

 (Ridley). 



(13) B. debilis King, I.e. 60. 



Slender weak herb 6 to 8 in. tall. Leaves about 3, thin, ovate 

 reniform blunt to sub-acute deep green, base unequally rounded, 

 nearly or quite entire, 1-5 to 3 in. wide, 3-5 to 7 in. long, glabrous ; 

 nerves 7 ; petioles i to 3 in. long. Panicle lax, slender axillary 

 and terminal; branches few; bracts in pairs, ovate-lanceolate 

 •I to -15 in. long. Flowers white. Male -35 in. across. Sepals 2, 

 oblong-ovate, blunt. Petals 2, smaller. Stamens in a globular 

 mass; anthers obovate emarginate. Female flower of 5 segments 

 obliquely oblong. Styles united in a column, above divided. 

 Capsule -75 in. broad, -4 in. long, 2-celled, lateral wings triangular 

 acute, posterior oblong twice as long. Hab. On rocks in forests. 

 Negri Sembilan, Gunong Tampin (Robinson). Perak, Gunong 

 Pondok, on limestone rocks (Kunstler). 



(14) B. guttata Wall. Cat. 3671A; Clarke, in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 

 ii. 648; King, I.e. 61. 



Dwarf creeping plant. Stem succulent, red. Leaves 2, 

 oblique reniform, glabrous, base completely cordate, apex sub- 

 acute ; nerves 5, sparsely hairy, 4 to 7 in. long, 2 to 4-5 in. wide ; 

 petioles 1-5 to 4 in. long. Peduncles i to 2 in. long, glabrous 

 with a few flowers at tip. Males, sepals 2, round. Petals 2, 

 oblong, white tinged pink. Stamens 50 ; anthers obovoid. Female 

 flower segments 5. Styles 2; branches twisted 2. Capsule -4 in. 

 long, '75 in. wide, smaller wings very narrow, posterior broad. 

 Hab. Local, and not common ; on damp rocks in woods. Selangor, 

 Ginting Bidai. Penang (Wallich) ; Batu Hitam (Curtis). 



(15) B. variabilis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 57, p. 50. 

 Caulescent, 12 in. tall, glabrous. Leaves distant, lanceolate 



acuminate, base bilobed very oblique acute 4 in. long, 3 in. wide ; 

 lower lobe 2 in. long, purple, green or green with white spots ; 

 petioles 1-5 to 3 in. long. Peduncle 2 in. long. Bracts papery, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, -5 in. long. Males in terminal cyme, -25 in. 

 wide. Sepals orbicular ovate blunt. Petals as long narrower 

 oblanceolate ; anthers pyriform. Capsule wings 3, nearly equal. 

 Hab. Banks in forests. Perak, Temengoh (Ridley). 



(16) B. phceniogramma Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 75, 

 p. 35. B. paupercula Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 54, p. 42 

 {not of King) . 



Small dwarf plant with creeping rhizome, 4 to 6 in. tall. Stem 

 pink, glabrous. Leaves ovate acuminate cordate unequally, light 

 green or dark with white spots; nerves 5 to 7; 4 in. long, 2-25 to 



