OoO LXIII. BBGONIACE.?:. 



^-| in., 3-\vinged (one wing mucli larger than the others), deliisciiig by 

 an elliptic line round the narrow face. Seeds minute, ellipsoid. VI. B. 

 I. V. 2, p. 6i8 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 104 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 

 11 (1898) p. 641.— Flowers : Aug.-Sept. 



Rare. Konk.vn : Sfocks ! ; on rocks oa the Ghats, Dal -ell ! Kanara : Law I — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula, Birnia). 



4. Begonia concanensis, A. DO. Prodr. v. 15, part 1 (1864) 

 p. 314. Succulent, about 1 ft. high; root tuberous; stem simple, 

 glabrous. Leaves 2-5 by I5-4 in., ovate (sometimes lobed), acute or 

 subacute, palmately 7-9-nerved, w^ith a few short thick hairs above, 

 glabrous or nearly so (except on the nerves) beneath, the margins 

 serrate or undulate-dentate and denticulate, base almost subequally 

 cordate or slightly oblique ; petioles of the radical leaves often 6 in. long 

 or more, those of the cauline leaves 1-2| in. long ; stipules ovate- 

 lanceolate, I in. long, glabrous. Flowers rosy, few, on elongate 

 dicholomous nearly glabrous peduncles ; pedicels hairy ; bracts 5 in. long, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, subciliate. Male floavers : Sepals 2, broadly 

 elliptic, I in. long. Petals 2, obovate-oblong, | in. long. Stamens 

 numerous, nearly free. Female flowers : Perianth-segments 5, the 

 exterior broadly ovate or suborbicular, much larger than the inner, 

 clothed with short stout hairs outside. Styles 3, nearly free, bifid at 

 the apex. Capsules turbinate, |-f by |-| in. (including the wings), 

 terminated by the styles, 3-celled, hispid or at length glabrous, S-winged, 

 one wing larger than the others, the lars^er wing obtusely triangular. 

 Seeds ellipsoid. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 653 ; "Dalz. & (libs. p. 104; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 641.— Flowers : Aug.-Oct. 



Not common. Konkan : Stocks \; above the Ghats, Latvl Deccan: Lanoli, 

 JVoodrowl — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



5. Begonia trichocarpa, Dah. in Keiv Jotim. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 230. Root tuberous ; stem 1-1| ft. long, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves 2-5 by l|-3 in., ovate, acute or subacute, sparingly clothed 

 with short thick hairs above, more or less pubescent (especially on the 

 nerves) beneath, irregularly sinuate-dentate, lacerate and denticulate on 

 the margins, palmately 7-9-nerved ; petioles of the radical leaves 4-8 

 in. long, those of the cauline 1-2 in. long ; stipules i-| in. long, ovate- 

 lanceolate, hairy on the back. Flowers white, 2 in. in diam. ; peduncles 

 lono-er than the petioles, 4-0-flowered at the apex, glabrous or nearly so; 

 pedicels slender, hairy ; bracts \--^ in. long, ovate, acuminate, dentate, 

 pubescent, caducous. Male flowers: Sepals 2, broadly elliptic, or 

 suborbicular, |-| in. long, denticulate or subentire, glabrous or slightly 

 pubescent. Petals |-| in. long, obovate-oblong. Stamens numerous, 

 nearlv free. Female floaverr : Perianth-segments 5, the inner 

 Tiarro\ver, the outer often denticulate. Ovary hispid. Styles 3, nearly 

 free, each divided into 2 branches. Capsules 3-celled, at first hispid, at 

 length glabrous, |-f by f (imluding the wings), with 3 almost equal 

 obtuse ciliate wings. Seeds ellipsoid. Fl. B.I. v. 2, p. 653; Dalz & 

 f4ibs. p. 104; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11(1898) p. 641.— 

 Flowers : Aug.-Oct. 



Rare. Konkan: Sfocks\; W. Ghits, Balsel I] Kanaka: XrtW'!— Distrib. India 

 (W. I'eninsuhi). 



