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mach longer ; edges 8ub-entire or slightly remotely and obscurely cre- 

 nate ; breadth 1*5 to 3 in. ; length (from base of largest lobe to apex) 

 3'5 to 7 in. ; upper surface glabrous, the lower minutely scaly ; main- 

 nerves 7, radiating from the base, some of them branching, rather 

 prominent below ; petioles 1 to 3 in. long. Inflorescence axillary or ter- 

 minal, slender, longer than the leaves, with a few lax filiform dicho- 

 toraous spreading few-flowered branches, bracts in pairs, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, '1 to '15 in. long. Flowei's pure white, the stamens yellow. Male 

 •35 in. across ; sepals 2, oblong-ovafce, blunt : petals 2, similar but smaller ; 

 stamens in a globular mass ; anthers obovate, short with broad emar- 

 ginate inappendiculate apices. Female perianth of 5 unequal obliquely 

 oblong pieces ; styles united into a short column, above divided into 

 numerous crowded awns. Capsule '75 in. broad (to the end of the 

 wings), and '4 in. from base to apex, glabrous, 2-celled : the 2 lateral 

 wings triangular, acute, the posterior wing oblong, tapering a little to 

 the blunt apex, more than twice as long as the lateral. 

 Perak ; King's Collector 8289. 



A species allied to B. varians, A. DC, but with more entire leaves. 



7. Begonia thaipingensis. King n, sp. Rhizome long, creeping, 

 rooting at intervals, wire-like? rusty-villoas. Leaves rotund-reniform, 

 the edges minutely and rather remotely dentate, the basal sinus mostly 

 obliterated by the overlapping of the auricles ; both surfaces scaly 

 the lower more distinctly so and rusty tomentose on the 6 or 7 radiat- 

 ing sub-prominent nerves ; length 1-25 to 2 in. ; breadth 1*5 to 2-25 

 in. ; petioles unequal, 1 to 4 in. long, densely rusty-tomentose. Peduncles 

 4 to 9 in. long, slender, sparsely rusty- villous, bearing one or two 

 remote pairs of small lanceolate bracts and near the apex 3 to 5 slen- 

 derly pedicellate pink flowers on slender branches. Male flowers ; sepals 

 2, sub-rotund, '15 in. long; petals 2, smaller, oblong; stamens numerous; 

 anthers obovate, the apex blunt and emarginate, the filaments short. 

 Female perianth of 5 unequal pieces, the largest most external : style 

 short, thick, with 2 stout arms and short thick twisted stigmas. Capsule 

 2-celled, '5 in. broad (to the ends of the wings) ; all the wings trian- 

 gular, sub-equal. 



Perak; Scortechini 1479; Wray 1774; Kings Collector 252S, 8511. 



A species allied to B. sinuata, Wall., but diffaring by the creeping rhizome, 

 noa-apiculate leaves, rusty-tomentose petioles and peduncles. 



8. Begonia guttata. Wall. Cat. 3671 A. Stem succulent, short, 

 weak, bearing about two thin obliquely ovate-reniform glabrous nearly 

 entire leaves with oblique cordate bases, and subacute apices; the 

 nerves about 5, radiating from the base, prominent, sparsely hairy ; 



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