862 Lxvi. BEGONiACE^. [Begontu. 



i8 in. tall ; branches 3 in. long. Flowers numerous, white. Bracts 

 purplish pink. Capsule 1-25 in. wide, '5 in. long, lateral lobes 

 oblong, -2 in. across, posterior thick, oblong, -5 in. long, rounded 

 at tip. Hab. Pahang, Gunong Tahan 500 to 1000 ft. altitude 

 (Robinson). A much stouter plant than the Malacca one. 



(25) B. monticola R^dl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. v. 34. 



Glabrous, rhizome creeping. Leaves ovate inequilateral acumin- 

 ate, base unequally bilobed, denticulate; nerves 10, 3-5 to 5 in. 

 long, 175 to 2-5 in. wide; petioles 6 in. long. Peduncle red, 

 8 to 2 in. long in fruit. Flowers few, i in. across. Male, sepals 2, 

 oblong-obovate. Petals smaller. Female, sepals and petals equal 

 obovate round, white. Capsule 3-winged, '5 in. long, •! in. wide, 

 lateral wings broad, triangular, blunt, -3 in. long, posterior 7 in. 

 long, broad oblong rounded thick. Hab. Mountains at 5000 ft. 

 altitude. Selangor, Gunong Mengkuang Lebah (Robinson). 



(26) B, venusta King, I.e. 65. 



Rhizome rather slender. Leaves dark green, red beneath, 

 ovate acuminate, minutely denticulate, base unequally round 

 bilobed, glabrous ; nerves 7 from base, 3 to 6 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. 

 wide; petioles 6 to 12 in. long. Peduncles 6 to 12 in. long with 

 2 to 3 large white pink-tinted flowers at top. Males, sepals 2 ovate 

 or oblong, round blunt 75 in. long. Petals 2 larger. Stamens 

 narrow oblong, apiculus large. Females, smaller of 5 petals; 

 styles very short. Capsule -3 in. long, 1-15 in. broad, lateral wings 

 more than half as long as posterior one, 7 in. long, thick. Hab. 

 High mountains at about 6000 ft. altitude. Perak, Ulu Batang 

 Padang (Wray) ; Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Telom (Ridley). 



B. megapteroidea King, I.e. 65, from Gunong Brumber Pahang (Wray), 

 seems to me identical. The plants referred to it from Sumatra (Forbes, etc.) 

 are hairy, and no doubt, as Koorders suggests, are B. rubra Bl. 



(27) B. long-icaulis Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 35. 

 Stem elongate with internodes 2-5 in. long, red, glabrous. 



Leaves ovate cuspidate, base deeply cordate unequally 3 in. long, 

 2-5 in. wide; petioles 4 to 6 in. long. Stipules persistent, oblong 

 with a terminal seta, i in. long, -2 in. wide. Peduncles 6 in. long with 

 2 terminal flowers on pedicels i in. long. Flowers pinkish white, 

 1-5 in. wide. Males, sepals broad, ovate, 75 in. long and wide. 

 Petals oblong-lanceolate, blunt, -3 in. wide. Stamens in a globose 

 head on short stalk. Hab. Mountain woods. Pahang, Gunong 

 Tahan (Ridley). Perak, Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). 



(28) B. paupercula King, I.e. 64 {not of Ridley). 



Rhizome rather stout. Leaves ovate unequal sided acuminate 

 to ovate-lanceolate, base oblique, edges sinuate denticulate, gla- 

 brous; nerves 5 to 7 radiating from base, 3-5 to 5 in. long, 1-25 

 to 3-5 in. wide, glossy bright green, fleshy. Flower white, tinged 

 red. Males, sepals 2 eUiptic-oblong, -4 in. long. Petals o. Stamens 

 linear-oblong, apiculate. Females, petals 5, unequal. Capsule 



