Begonia.] 



LXVI. BEGONIACE^. 



859 



3 in. wide; petioles 2 to 3 in. long. Peduncle 3 in. long. Cyme 

 few-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, white veined red. Males, sepals 

 orbicular-ovate blunt, white veined red, -25 in. long. Petals 2, 

 smaller, spathulate. Stamens in a globose head; anthers sub- 

 globose. Females -5 in. across. Petals 6 to 7, obovate. Styles 2, 

 free to base. Capsule lateral wings short, posterior oblong triangular 

 blunt, -5 in. long. Hab. Limestone rocks, rare. Selangor, Batu 

 Caves (Ridley). Lankawi (Curtis). 



Fig. 70. — Begonia eiromischa. 



(17) B. sibthorpioides Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vii. 42. 



Rhizome tuberous -2 in. long, golden-hairy. Stems very slender 

 2 to 4 in. long red, glabrous. Leaves in distant pairs, orbicular 

 cordate crenate, red beneath, glabrous -5 in. long and wide not 

 oblique ; petioles -2 to -8 in. long. Male flowers small 2 to 3 sub- 

 terminal on I to 3 branches. Sepals 2, oblong, blunt. Petals 2, all 

 white or rose pink. Anthers in a globose pedicelled head. Fruit 

 •I in. long, one wing large oblong -2 in. long, others very short. 

 Hab. Kedah Peak at 3800 ft. altitude (Robinson). 



