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diametro. Bracteae involucrales, pluriseriatae, interiores anguste 
lineares, pubescentes, exteriores capilliformes glabrae, squarrosae, 
in alabastro in penicillum purpureum confertae, extremae 
breviores. Corolla purpurea, tubiformis, 2 cm. longa, dimidio 
superiore ampliato; laciniae 5, lineares, obtusae, 4-5 mm. longae. 
Antherae basi sagittatae, caudicibus gracilibus laceratis; filamenta 
puberula. Styli rami longi. Achaenia laevia. Pappi setae 
internae ad mediam corollam attingentes, barbellatae, exteriores 
breviores. 
Inpia. Kashmir: Ziarat; near Chitral, at 2700 m., August 
1909, T'oppin 603. : 
1026. Begonia (Gireoudia) trigonoptera, Sprague [Bego- 
niaceae]; affinis B. heracleifoliae, Cham. et Schlecht., a qua 
ovarii corpore oblongo ala triangulari recedit. 
Caudex brevissimus, crassus. Folia ultra 12, ascendentia, 
longipetiolata, palmatifida; petioli 1-5-1-8 dm. longi, pluri- 
costati, costis pilis hyalinis deflexis singulis vel geminis instructis, 
rubro-guttati, apice annulo denso pilorum, pilis deflexis subulatis 
hyalinis basi rubris; lamina ad vel ultra medium palmatim 
sexloba, basi cordata, sinu angusto acuto propter convexitatem 
loborum exteriorum mox ampliato, supra glabriuscula, nigre- 
scenti-maculata, subtus rubro-maculata. margine et nervis subtus 
sparse longe pilosa; lobi lanceolati, grosse serrato-dentati, acuti, 
laterales subfalcati, extimi saepe extrorsum lobulati; stipulae 
pee ai hyalinae, apice setiferae, circiter 1-5 cm. longae, 
mm. connatae. Inflorescentia tota circiter 4-5 dm. longa, 
seainould 3 dm. longo longipiloso rubro-maculato maculis 
sublinearibus; cymae quinquies vel sexies furcatae, floribus 
masculis terminalibus, foemineis axillaribus. Bracteae ovatae, 
interdum cuspidatae, subfoliaceae, ad 1-5 cm. longae, valde 
concavae, conchiformes. flores masculi: pedicelli 1:3 cm. 
longi, dense breviter glanduloso-pilosi. Sepala 2, obovata, 
1-2-1-4 cm. longa, 9 mm. lata, extra quadrante infima pilis 
paucis glandulari-capitatis. Petala 0. Stamina circiter 30; 
antherae oblanceolato-oblongae, 1-75-2-5 mm. longae, superne 
0-6 mm. latae, triente summa late introrsum dehiscentes; 
filamenta libera, 0-5-1 mm. longa. Flores foeminei: pedicelli 
0-7—1-2 cm. longi. Sepala 2, suborbicularia, 9 mm. diametro, 
rosea, extra inferne pilis nonnullis glandulari-capitatis. Petala 0. 
Ovarium oblongum, deorsum leviter angustatum, 1-3-1-5 cm. 
longum, 6 mm. latum, viride, sparse roseo-punctatum, punctis 
pilos minutos glandulari-capitatos gerentibus; alae valde in- 
aequales; ala princeps triangularis, decurrens, obtusa, rosea, 
7 mm. lata, margine superiore subhorizontali 8-9 mm. longo, 
margine inferiore ascendente 1-5 em. longo; alae caeterae 
1-5-2 mm. latae, deorsum angustatae. Placentae bilamellatae, 
lamellis utrinque ovuliferis; ovula numerosissima, multiseriata. 
Styli basi 1 mm. connati; rami 2-5 mm. longi; stigmata lunata. 
GuaTEMALA. Alta Verapaz : Coban. Described from a 
living plant presented to Kew by the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
