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Leaves on very long glabrous petioles, narrowly lanceolate, attenuate 

 to the acuminate apex, and to the rounded or acute nearly equal-sided 

 base ; the edges dentate-ciliate ; both surfaces with numerous scattered 

 coarse subulate spreading hairs compressed at their bases, the lower 

 also minutely scaly; main-nerves pinnate, 3 or 4 pairs, then ascending; 

 length 2'75 to 4 in. ; breadth '5 to 1 in. ; petioles 5 to 7 in. Pednncles 

 axillary, somewhat shorter than the leaves, glabrous, bearing at the 

 apex 2 few-flowered branches and a few rather long bracts. Flowers 

 white, tinged with pink and green. Male : sepals ovate, obtuse, '75 

 in. long ; petals narrower but nearly as long. Stamens numerous, in a 

 short column ; anthers linear-oblong, the apical appendage obtuse ; 

 filaments short. Female with perianth-segments similar to the male 

 (fide Scortechini) but 5. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; styles free, 2 to 4-fid. 

 Gapsule *75 in. broad (including the wings) the lateral wings narrow, 

 oblong, the posterior much larger (fide Scortechini). 

 Perak ; Scortechini 1845 ; King's Collector 7227. 



I have seen no ripe capsules, and the above description of them is taken from 

 Scortechini's field-note. The species is readily distinguishable by its very narrow 

 equal-sided coarsely hairy leaves. A drawing of this, seut to Herb. Kew from 

 Penang by Mr. C. Curtis, represents the leaf -petioles as not more than one inch long. 



11. Begonia Kunstleriana, King n. sp. Rhizome creeping, very 

 scaly. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate, often but not always un- 

 equal-sided, much acuminate ; the base cuneate usually oblique ; edges 

 ciliate-serrate, the teeth slightly unequal ; both surfaces with coarse 

 spreading hairs with dilated flattened bases ; the lower with minute 

 white scales also ; main-nerves about 3 pairs, pinnate, densely rufescent 

 villous like the petioles ; lengths to 7*5 in.; breadth 1*75 to 2*5 in.; 

 petiole from half as long to nearly as long as the blade. Peduncles 

 longer than the petioles and more slender, glabrous, 2- to 4-flowered at 

 the apex. Flowers large, white, tinged with red. Male ; sepals 2, 

 elliptic, obtuse, 1 in. long and '5 in. broad, vertically veined ; petals 

 similar but not half so large. Stamens numerous, linear-oblong, bluntly 

 apiculate. Female perianth of 5 oblong blunt segments ; stijles 2, each 

 with two short twisted branches. Gapsule (to the end of the posterior 

 wing) 1 in. broad : the lateral wings short, narrow ; the posterior elon- 

 gate not tapered to the apex, 2-celled. Seeds ellipsoid, shining, brown, 

 pitted. 



Perak; King's Collector 7194; Scortechini ; Bidley 9651. 



This resembles B. Scortechinii, but has larger leaves and shorter petioles which 

 are densely villous. 



J 2. Begonia Herveyana, King n. sp. Glabrous except for a few 



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