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3 mm. loiigo, stylo 5 mm. loiigo parum compresso facie inferiore 



pubescente. 



Chi^'a. Western Hupeh, Wilson 4595 (1910); Fang, Wilson 

 2095 (1901). 



745. Begonia (Gireoudia?) lophoptera, Rolfe [Begoniaceae] ; 



a B. ciliataj Oliv. (Bot. Mag. t. 5897) foliis et bracteis majoribus, 

 floribus coccineis et capsulae alls piloso-cristatis differt. 



Herha erecta, siibelata (immatura circiter 30 cm, alta). C aides 

 crassmsculi, pilosi. Foliorum petioli 3-12 cm. longi, birsuto- 

 villosi; laminae oblic^ue &uborbiciilari-ovatae, 6-9 cm, longae, 

 6-10 cm. latae^ obscure lobatae et crebre denticulatae, sub- 

 membranaceae, supra nitidae, subtus glabrae, pallidae, nervis 

 5-7 radiantibus birsutis vel pubescentibus ; stipulae ovato- 

 oblongae, denticulatae, l'5-2'5 cm, longae. Pedunculi 6-8 cm. 

 longi, suberecti, 8-12-fiori, hirsuto-villosi, coccinei. Flares 

 coccinei, extra birsuto-villosi. Flores masculi : periantbii pbjlla 

 2, pateutia^ late ellij^ti^a, obtusa, 1-J"6 cm. longa; androecium 

 globosum, 5 mm. longum ; stamina brevissime monadelpba ; 

 antberae lineares, filamentis longiores, fissuris lateralibus. 

 Flares feminei non visi. Ca])sula pendula, birsuto-tuberculata, 

 inaequaliter 3-alata; alae laterales late triangulares, subobtusae, 

 8 mm. longae, ala terminalis late oblonga, crassiuscula, 1*3 cm. 

 longa, apice truncata et cristata; styli decidui. 



Peru. Pozuzu, R, Pearcc 556. Mayobamba district, Forget. 



Originally discovered by Richard Pearce, who collected in 

 the Andes for Messrs. James Yeitch & Sons between 1862 and 

 1866, and afterwards introduced by L. Forget, who sent it to 

 Messrs. Sander & Sons, in whose establishment at St. Albans 

 it flowered in April, 1911. The flowers are of a vivid scarlet, 

 and the upper wing of the fruit terminates in a remarkable 

 thickened toothed and pilose crest, in allusion to which the name 

 is given. In the absence of female flowers the affinity is some- 

 what doubtful. 



746. Mycetia Parishii, Craih [Rubiaceae-Mussaendeae] ; a 



i¥. long if alia ^ K.Sch., stipulis brevibus, foliis pagina utraque 

 reticulatis, nervis lateralibus bene intra marginem anastomosan- 

 tibus, sepalis integris, a M. cauUfiora, Reinw., inter alia corollae 

 lobis longioribus recedit. 



Frutex altus (ex Beddome), ramulis primo densius puberulis 

 mox glabris cortice brunneo plus minusve longitudinaliter reti- 

 culato-striato obtectis ad 4 mm. diametro. Folia saepe parum 

 inaequilatera, lanceolata, ovato-lanceolata vel plerumque oblan- 

 ceolata vel obovato-oblanceolata, apice acute acuminata^ basi 

 cuneata vel attenuato-cuneata, 10-21'5 cm. longa, 2-7*3 cm. lata, 

 chartacea vel membranaceo-chartacea, pagina superiore glabra, 

 inferiore costa nervisque puberula, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 12-15 intra marginem anastomosantibus cum costa supra promi- 

 nulis subtus valde prominentibus^ nervis transversis supra con- 

 spicuis subtus prominentibus, nervulis uti reticulatione gracili 

 subtus subprommulis; petioli usque ad 1 cm, longi, supra canali- 

 culati, indumento ut ramuli; stipulae deltoideae, circiter 2 mm. 

 longae et 2-5 mm. latae. Inforescentia e cymis paniculatim dis- 



