6i Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Feninsula. 



Lairs ou the nerves on the lower surface of the leaves : rhizome creep- 

 ing, thin. Leaves broadly elliptic-ovate, shortly acuminate, slightly 

 narrowed to the rounded almost equal-sided base ; the edges slightly 

 undulate, very indistinctly serrate ; upper surface glabrous, lower very 

 minutely scaly; nerves pinnate, about 6 pairs, ascending, branching ; 

 length 5 to 9 in. ; breadth 3 to 4*5 in. ; petioles much longer than the 

 leaves, glabrous ; stipules lanceolate, inconspicuous. Peduncles 6 to 10 

 in. long, slender, bearing near the apex 2 or 3 branches with few shortly 

 pedicellate flowers. Male floivers ; sepals 2, ovate-subrotund ; petals 

 2, much smaller, oblong, blunt ; 5^a7/ie?i.9 numerous, arranged in a cone, 

 linear, with a blunt apical appendage, the filaments short. Female 

 perianth of 5 subrotand pieces. Capsule 1 in. broad and about half 

 as much from base to apex, imperfectly 4-celled : lateral wings narrow 

 oblong ; the posterior wing ovate, blunt, about "65 in. long. 

 Malacca ; Hervey ; Berry. 



This is a very distinct species resembling in the shape of its leaves no Asiatic 

 Begonia that I have seen, except on unnamed species from Tonkin (No. 3763 of Herb. 

 Balansa). 



13. Begonia pekakensis. King n. sp. Rhizome slender, creeping. 

 Leaves ovate-lanceolate, slightly uneqaal-sided, acuminate ; the base 

 broad, rounded or very slightly emarginate or oblique, the edges ob- 

 scurely and remotely dentate, or sub-entire ; both surfaces glabrous, the 

 lower minutely scaly; main-nerves pinnate, -i or 5 pairs, ascending; 

 length 3*5 to 55 in. ; breadth 15 to 2*25 In. ; petiole 2*5 to 5 in. ; slen- 

 der, glabrous. Peduncles usually longer than the leaves (at least when 

 in fruit), 4-angled, glabrous, few-flowered. Flowers whitish tinged with 

 pink, or pink. Male ; sepals rotund-ovate, '4 in. long. Petals 2, oblong 

 and much smaller. Stamens numerous, linear with short blunt apical 

 appendages and short filaments. Female perianth of 5 (?) segments. 

 Capsule (ripe) 1*2 iu. broad (to end of posterior wing), and '5 in. from 

 base to apex, 2-celled ; the lateral wings oblong, narrow ; the posterior 

 oblong, blunt, slightly oblique, '35 in. broad ; seeds small, ellipsoid, 

 pitted, shining. 



Perak; Kings Collector 10338, 10506, 10951. 



Specimens of a species closely resembling this, but iiisaffioient for accurate 

 determination, have been collected in Selangor by Mr. Ridley (Herb. Ridley 8590). 



14. Begonia paupercula, King n. sp. Rhizome creeping, acaules- 

 cent, everywhere glabrous. Leaves ovate, very unequal-sided and very 

 oblique at the base, or ovate-lanceolate, slightly unequal-sided and little 

 oblique at the base ; the apex always acuminate, the edges slightly 

 sinuate-lobed, obscurely dentate ; both surfaces glabrous ; main-nerves 

 5 to 7, radiating from the base, prominent below, midrib with a few 



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