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Begonia Roxburghii, DC.—F¥.B.L, ii. p. 635. 
iengmai, Doi Sootep, 1200 m., Kerr, 888. 
Distr. Himalaya, Burma, Assam. 
Begonia sootepensis, Craib, sp. n., habitu B. yunnanensi, Levl., 
similis sed altior, caule vix glabro, foliis aaneatee supra a setulosis. 
Herba erecta, ad 43 em. alta; caulis ruber, rigidiusculus, teres, 
sulcatus, ad 5 mm. diametro, glabrescens, nodis basi praecipue 
incrassatis. Folia oblique lanceolata, apice attenuata, basi valde 
oblique cordata, 3°5-7 cm. longa, 1°5-3 cm. lata, membranacea vel 
subchartacea, supra breviter setulosa, subtus glabra nisi nervis pilis 
brevibus parce instructis, margine serrato vel dentato, e basi 3-5- 
nervia, nervis cum nervulis supra subobscuris subtus prominulis ; 
petioli ad 6°5 cm. longi, glabri; stipulae subdeciduae, oblique 
lanceolatae, apice attenuatae, circiter 1 cm. longae, 3 mm. latae, 
argine fimbriato, nervis conspicuis. Racemi vel solitarii terminales 
tantum Me ramulos breves axillares quoque terminantes ; pedicelli 
ad 7 mm. longi, graciles, medio bracteolis duobus parvis deciduis 
scariosis aren 3S: Sepala 2, late elliptica vel subrotundata, 
apice shin ad 5°5 mm. longa 4mm. lata. Petala 2, late lanceolata, 
2°5 m . lon a Te: lata. Filamenta previa; basi connata, 
otinetie in appendicem triangularem membranaceam producto. 
Q: Perianthiit segmenta 5, exteriora late elliptica vel subrotun- 
data, ad 6 mm. longa, 4°5 mm. lata, interiora late lanceolata, 5 mm. 
longa, 2 mm. lata, omnia Sea aan Styli 3s — connati, 
stigmatibus 3 lunatis. Capsula ut visa immatura, 9 mm. alta 
11 mm. lata, alis chartaceis wilde inaequalibus, ried 3, placentis 
bifidis. 
Chiengmai, in crevices on damp rocks on Doi Sootep, 1350 m., 
Kerr, 785 
Begonia, sp. n. 
Chiengmai, Dei Sootep, 660-900 m., Kerr, 557. 
Represented by male flowers only. ‘It is closely allied to some of 
the Yunnan Begonias collected by Henry, Dr. Kerr remarks that 
the stem is edible and tastes like rhubarb. 
UMBELLIFERAE. 
Hydrocotyle javanica, dormer ii. p. 667; Coll. et Hemsl., 
ourn. Linn. Soc., xxviii. 
Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 9001 m., Kerr, 1258. 
Distr. Tropics. 
Hydrocotyle siamica, Cratb, sp. n., ab affini ‘H. Hookeri (C. B. 
Clarke, pro var.), pedicellis multo longioribus facile distinguenda. 
Herba repens, ad nodos interdum radicans. Folia pentagona, vix 
vel fere ad medium lobata, ad 9 cm. longa et 10 cm. lata, utrinque 
parcissime setulosa et praeterea nervis subtus puberula, e "basi 7-9- 
nervia, nervis supra conspicuis subtus prominulis ; petioli ad 15 cm. 
longi. Umbellae axillares, solitariae, pedunculo ad 10°5 cm. longo 
ens, suffultae. Pedicelli ad 8 mm. longi, 
vel pilis perpaucis rigidiusculis deciduis instructi, basi conspicue 
bracteati. Calycis dentes deficientes. Petala subviridia, oblonga, 
