864 Lxvi. BEGONiACE^. [Begouia. 



3-flowered. Flowers white or red. Male, sepals 75 to i in. long, 

 oblong-ovate. Petals 2, narrow oblong, '5 in. long. Stamens 

 spathulate blunt. Female, styles 2 bifid, branches divided into 

 twisted lobes. Capsule -5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, lateral wings 

 quadrate ovate, -4 in. long, posterior oblong blunt, i in. long. 

 Hah. Mountains, 4000 to 4200 ft. altitude. Perak (Kunstler) ; 

 Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Pahang, Telom woods abundant. 

 Lankawi (Curtis). 



(33) B. Lowiana King, I.e. 67. 



A caulescent herb. Stem about 3 ft. tall, hairy. Leaves very 

 oblique reniform (some ovate acute), basal sinus deep, dentate 

 serrate, hairy all over ; nerves 7, pale green, 3 to 4-5 in. long, 4 to 

 7 in. wide ; petioles -4 (above) to 4 in. long, below, hairy. Cymes 

 few-flowered, terminal 2 to 3 in. long ; pedicels slender, red. Bracts 

 ovate lanceolate, ciliate. Males, -75 in. across, white. Sepals 2, 

 ovate-oblong. Petals 2, oblong, smaller. Stamens oblong not 

 apiculate. Female, petals 5. Styles 2, bifid, spiral. Capsule 

 •65 in. long and i-2 in. wide, lateral wings very narrow, -15 in. 

 broad, posterior broad ovate, blunt, -9 in. long, -8 in. wide. Hah. 

 Mountains 6000 to 6700 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Brumber 

 Pahang and Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 



(34) B. hirtella Link. Eniim. Hort. Berol, ii. 296. 



A dwarf caulescent hairy herb 4 to 12 in. tall. Leaves thin 

 very oblique reniform, hardly cordate, i to 3 in. wide, small white 

 flowers and thin fruit i in. across with two short rounded lobes 

 and one ovate oblong much bigger. Hah. Occurs on banks in 

 Singapore and Penang Hill near the Crag Hotel. Disirih. Native 

 of Peru and Brazil. A garden escape. 



Order LXVII. DATISCACEi^. 



Trees (or herbs). Leaves simple (or pinnate). Flowers small 

 bisexual, panicled or racemed. Males, calyx-tube short, teeth 4, 

 (to 9). Petals 0. Stamens 4 (to 25). Female calyx adnate to 

 ovary, lobes 4 (to 8). Petals o. Ovary i-celled; styles 4 (or 3); 

 ovules many. Capsule coriaceous opening between the styles. 

 Seeds many. Species 4, Europe, temperate Asia to Java and 

 N.W. America. 



TETRAMELES, R. Br. 



A gigantic tree. Leaves ovate pubescent. Flowers dioecious 

 appearing before the leaves. Males panicled, small. Females in 

 elongate racemes from ends of branches. Male calj^x-tube short, 

 teeth 4 ovate. Petals o. Stamens 4, opposite calyx teeth inserted 

 round a disc. Female, calyx-tube ovoid, teeth 4, short; styles 4. 



