86o Lxvi. BEGONiACE^. [Begoniu. 



(i8) B. Hasskarli Zoll. and Mor. Sysl. Verz. Zoll. 31 {not of 

 Miqnel) ; King, I.e. 62. B. peltata Hassk. B. liernandiaefolia 

 Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t. 4676, not of others. 



Small glabrous plant, with a creeping rhizome, rather thick 

 with 3 or 4 leaves. Leaves fleshy ovate acmninate peltate, bluish 

 green, beneath deep red ; nerves 10, 3-5 to 5-5 in. long, 2-25 to 

 375 in. wide; petioles 3 to 4 in. long. Stipules lanceolate. Peduncle 

 from rhizome 7 to 8 in. long ; panicle slender, few-branched, 

 2*5 in. long. Flowers small, white tipped red or all red. Males 

 •2 in. broad. Sepals 2, reniform. Petals 2, narrow, oblong. 

 Stamens cuneiform emarginate; filaments short, free. Females, 

 sepals 2, reniform. Style short, thick; branches 4. Stigmas 4, 

 lobulate. Capsule 4-celled, -6 in. long, lateral wings narrow ; 

 posterior -5 in. long, narrowed to blunt tip. Hah. Limestone 

 rocks. Pahang, Gunong Senyum (Evans). Selangor, Batu Caves. 

 Perak, Goping (Kunstler) ; Kwala Dipang. 



var. hirsuta, with young leaves and adult petioles hairy. Pahang, 

 Kota Glanggi (Ridley). Disirih. Java. 



(19) B. eiromischa Ridl. foiirn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 36 

 (Fig. 70, p. 859). 



Rhizome short, stout. Leaves fleshy obliquely reniform peltate 

 acuminate deep green, glabrous, 3 to 3-5 in. long and wide ; nerves 7 ; 

 petioles 2 to 3 in. thick, densely red-hairy. Peduncle glabrous red, 

 about 5 in. long. Flowers on 2 branches, small rose pink -5 in. 

 across. Male, sepals 2, broad orbicular rounded. Petals very 

 narrow, linear. Females, style trifid ; branches bifid. Fruit -6 in. 

 long,* lateral wings very short, posterior rather thin, broad oblong 

 rounded, -3 in. long and wide. Hah. Penang, Pulau Betong (Curtis 

 1028). 



(20) B. Scortechinii King, I.e. 62. 



Rhizome stout scaly. Leaves narrow lanceolate-acuminate 

 dentate, base sub-acute (not lobed) hairy on both sides; nerves 

 pinnate 3 to 4 pairs, 2-3 to 4 in. long, i in. wide ; petioles 5 to 7 in. 

 long. Peduncles from rhizome 4-5 in. long, glabrous ; branches 

 at top 2 to 3, about 2 in. long. Bracts lanceolate. Flowers white 

 tinged pink and green. Male, sepals ovate blunt, -75 in. long. 

 Petals -15 in. across, linear oblong. Stamens in a ball on a short 

 column; anthers apiculate. Female, segments 5. Styles free, 2- 

 to 4-fid. Capsule -75 in. broad, lateral wings narrow oblong, 

 posterior larger. Hah. Perak (Scortechini). 



var. Kunstleriana Ridley. B. Kunstleriana King, I.e. 63. 



Leaves broader, base somewhat rounded ovate-lanceolate ; 

 petioles very hairy, 6 in. long, 1-5 in. wide. Perak, Bujong Malacca 

 (Kunstler). 



(21) B. rhoephila Ridl. fourn. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 36. 

 Rhizome creeping, stout i in. long. Leaves nearly or quite 



glabrous, lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base decurrent on petiole, 

 sparsely distant toothed, apex closely toothed; nerves 4 pairs, 



