140 
Frutex, ramulis dense pubescentibus. Folia petiolata, i eapans- 
pinnata, 4-8 poll. longa; foliola oblonga, obtusa, 
in. longus, ae aa orig dentibus pervs beso Corolla 
agec: Sone Picket, alt. ct ft., C. B. Clarke. 
This is the imperfectly-known species, mentioned at the end of 
the genus in Hooker’s Flora of British India, ii., p. 251. 
335. Begonia gee snc! Ee now ween affinis B. rutilanti, 
Speciei tantum e descriptione mi 1 note, sed differt foliis magis 
ongis haud detitatie nec coriaceis, et bracteis floribusque 
minoribus 
Caulis ut omnes partes aad aa, Folia oblonga, breviter 
acuminata, basi cordata, uno latere in lobum magnum rotundatum 
oa ae crenulata, 6-7 poll. 1éik a, ad 4 poll. lata, carnosula, 
supra amcene viridia, infra pallida, circiter 10-nervia ; petiolus 
rubescens, ad poll. longus, apice annulo pilorum boayietn 
t 
ad 6 poll. longo ut rami ramulique plus minus sanguineo ; 
bractew oblonge, acute, 3-4 lin. long, cadue Flos masculinus 
elliptico-rotunda, 6 lin. longa, alba vel roseo-suffusa ; petala 
oblonga, alba, 3-4 lin. longa ; ; Stamina toro convexo parvo inserta, 
. longis, connectivo obtuso, filamentis 
brevibus. Flos femineus inter | bracte teas latissime ovatas 3-3} lin. 
longas obtusas cuspidulatas rubescentes ovarium sub tes et 
tentes 
sinum inter crura et spirarum circiter 3 arctaru margines 
eee placentz sectione transversa sub-reniformi-cordate. 
AZIL, ss aii from a living gs 
Aide F. San & Co 
St. Albans. 
pecimen communicated b 
+ Who grew it in their establishment at 
336. Acomis Lesteri, Burkill [Composite -Inuloidee] ; 
a F. Muell., valde affini is, Sed ramis aliquo modo ro ert 
Herba haters e radice ramosissi 
culis ali 
modo a. page’ Folia ineons “Tie emt ho 
-apice atta: 2-3 lin. longa. Capitu Pi . ‘ 
omnino similia equalia, 3 lin. diam 
basi excepta Scariose, lanceolat 
am. ; bractez involueri 
ceolato-ovate, apice subacuminate, 
