TAIII. lilXIO.MACK.E. Hid 



StH'ds snmll, obovoid. Vi. B. 1, v. 2, p. ii'A'}. Beyvnia vmlabarka, J{o.\b. 

 Fl. lad. V. 3, p. 0-lS (iiot of Laiuli.); Grah. Cat. p. 172. 



liare. Kdnkan : S. Koukan, Nimmoe\ (iraham. Tliis plaiil lias been incliidetl on 

 tlio authority of Oraliain (/. c), who states that it was I'ouiul by Nimiiio in the 

 iS. Koiikaii. 1 have seen no speeiniens from tho Bombay I'residoncy ; there are none 

 in Herb. Kew. — Distkib. India (North and L'ust Bengal, Aasaiu, Birma). 



2. Begonia crenata, Dnjand. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 1 (1791) 

 p. 102,1. 14. A 5<in;ill herbaceous 1-4-leaved plant, 4-10 in. higli ; 

 root subtuberous ; steujs usually red, smooth, slender. Leaves 1-3 by 

 ^-2 in., ovate, acute, or rarely suborbicular, with crenate margins (the 

 creiiatures crowned with a sniall subulate tooth), with a few scattered 

 stout hairs above, glabrous (except on the nerves) aud ashy grey or 

 almost silvery white beneath, base cordate, the lobes at each side of the 

 sinus slightly unequal or often quite equal ; petioles of the radical 

 leaves 2-5 in. long, those of the i-auline |-1| in. long, usually red, 

 glabrous or with a few scattered hairs ; stipules small, triangular, acute. 

 Flowers not very many, pinkish or pinkish-white, beautifully marked 

 with glistening dots when fresh ; peduncles weak, with a few scattered 

 hairs \\ Inch are tipped with black glandular dots ; bracts minute, acute, 

 glabrous. M.vj.e flowkks : Sepals 2. Petals 2, narrower than the 

 sepals. Staineus many, inonadelphous ; anthers yellow. Female 

 FLOWERS : Perianth-segments o, the outer elliptic, tho inner oblong and 

 apiculate, soon becoming larger than the male flowers. Styles usually 3, 

 comiate |-way up or more; stigmas reniform. Capsules f by ^ in., 

 membranous, crowned by the accrescent perianth, 3- v\inged (one wing 

 smaller than the other two, the margins of all 3 ciliate with hairs tipped 

 with glandular black dots), 2-celled, with one side, at which dehiscence 

 takes place, concave. Seeds minute, ellipsoid. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 651 ; 

 Grah. Cat. p. 172; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 104; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (18b8) p. 641. Beyonla minima, Bedd. Icon. PI. Ind. Or. t. 110. — 

 Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Konkan: Sfocksl, Law'.; Siilsette, Grahum. Deccan : hills, JVoodrow ] ; Maha- 

 bleshwar, Cooke 1 ; Khandala, Bhiva ! Kanara : Law ! — Distrib. India (VV. Peninsula). 



1 have examined numerous fresh specimens and ha\e invariably found 3 styles. 

 Beddome, in his figure of B. minima (Icon. Pi. t. IIU), gives a correct drawing of' the 



styles. 



3. Begonia integrifolia, Dalz. in Kew Joiirn. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 230. A succulent herbaceous plant 6-12 in. high; rootstock 

 tuberous, the tubers of the size of a large pea : stem herbaceous, slender, 

 striate, pubescent or glabrous. Leaves 3-7 by 11-4 in., very inequi- 

 lateral, obhquely ovate, subobtuse, sparingly clothed with stout short 

 liairs above, pubescent, especially on the nerves, and dark-red beneath, 

 margins entire or nearly so, finely' ciliate, base very unequally cordate ; 

 petioles 1-2 in. long, pubescent; stipules \ in. long, ovate or elliptic, 

 obtuse. Flowers white, | in. in diam., few, glabrous ; peduncles longer 

 than the petioles, glabrous or nearly so; bracts broadly ovate, acute, 

 ciliate, caducous. Male flowers : Sepals 2, orbicidar. Petals 2, 

 oblong. Stamens numerous (about 50), monadelphous. Female 

 FLOWERS: Perianth-segments 5, tlie inner the smaller. Stvles 2, 

 connate below, brancluHl and much twisted upwards. Capsules | by 



