426 ^^^ Philippine Journal of Science 1919 



Leaves oblong to oblong-ovate, distinctly inequilateral, 7 to 10 

 cm long, 3.5 to 4.5 cm wide, the upper surface glabrous, some- 

 what shiny, somewhat narrowed upward to the obtusely rounded 

 apex, the base somewhat obliquely cordate, the sinus shallow, 

 narrow, the margin on the narrower side usually with 1 or 2 

 short obtuse lobes, on the broader side with from 2 to 4 similar 

 lobes or undulations ; basal nerves usually 6, slender, distinct ; pet- 

 ioles slender, 10 to 13 cm long. Peduncles 18 to 24 cm long, 

 glabrous, dichotomously branched at the apex, the primary 

 branches up to 3 cm in length, few-flowered. Flowers pink, the 

 sepals of the staminate ones broadly ovate, rounded, about 14 

 mm long, 11 mm wide. Petals equaling the sepals, narrowly 

 oblong, 4 mm wide. Pistillate flowers as large as the staminate 

 ones, the young capsules equally 3-winged, about 14 mm wide 

 and 10 mm long including the wings, base rounded, apex some- 

 what truncate. 



Panay, Capiz Province, Mount Macosolon, Bu7\ Sci. 30803, 

 Ramos & Edano, April 19, 1918, on stones in damp forests. 



In the form and characters of its leaves this species is remote 

 from all other described ones of the section and is easily recog- 

 nized by its usually oblong, rounded, obtuse leaves, which have 

 a few short rounded lobes or undulations on each side. 



BEGONIA RUBRI FOLIA sp. nov. § Diploclinunn. 



Herba prostrata, rhizomate brevibus, petiolis et subtus foliis 

 ad nervis plus minusve f errugineo-lanatis ; foliis integris, inae- 

 quilateralibus, late ovatis, chartaceis, in siccitate utrinque rubris, 

 in vivo supra viridis, subtus rubris, usque ad 9 cm longis, basi 

 lateraliter cordatis, palmatim 8-nerviis, nervis conspicuis, apice 

 late acutis; infructescentiis 20 ad 30 cm longis, quam foliis 

 multo longioribus, dichotome ramosis; capsulis paucis, inaequa- 

 liter 3-alatis, circiter 12 mm longis et 2.3 mm latis, apice trun- 

 catis, basi rotundatis. 



A prostrate herb, the rhizomes short, stout, brown, glabrous. 

 Leaves chartaceous, when fresh green on the upper surface, red 

 beneath, when dry uniformly reddish-purple on both surfaces, 

 the upper surface glabrous, the lower densely white- or grayish- 

 punctate, rather densely ferruginous-lanate on the nerves, 

 broadly ovate, inequilateral, entire, 8 to 10 cm long and nearly 

 as wide, the apex broadly acute, base laterally cordate and 

 palmately 8-nei'ved, the nerves conspicuous, margins ciliate, the 

 sinus narrow, basal lobes broadly rounded; petioles sparingly 

 ferruginous-lanate, 7 to 11 cm long; stipules oblong-ovate, some- 



