BY E. D. MERRILL. ;V29 



THE ACEAE . 

 ScHiMA Reinwardt. 



ScHiALA NORONHAE Reinw., Merr. Eniini. Bom. PI. (19'21) 

 390. 



Mount Poi, No. 194, altitude about 1500 m. Burma to 

 Sumatra and Java. 



VIOLACEAE. 

 RiNOREA Aublet . 



RiNOREA ANGUiFERA (lour.) O. Kuntze ; Merr. Enum. Born. PI. 

 (1921) 410. 



Kuching,A^o. 170, at low altitudes. Indochina to theMalay 

 Peninsula and Sumatra, more commonly known as Alsodeia 

 echinoearpa Korth. 



BEGONTACEAE. 

 Begonla. Linnaeus. 

 Begonl'^ baramensis sp. nov. 



Planta erecta, glabra, nt videtur elata ; foliis late peltatis 

 perspicue inaequilateralibus, integris vel prope apicem obscu- 

 rissime distanter denticalatis. inaequilateraliter oblongo- 

 ovatis, tenuiter acuminatis, basi radiatim 8-nerviis, late 

 rotundatis, haud cordatis, ]6 ad 17 cm longis, 7 ad 11 cm latis, 

 olivaceis, laevis, nitidis, membranaceis, subtus pallidioribus ; 

 petiolo 4 ad 7 cm longo ; inflorescentiis circiter 8 cm longis. 

 dichotomis, breviter (1.5 ad 2.5 cm!> pedunculatis, paucifloris ; 

 floribus cf circiter 1.2 cm diametro, sepalis 2,, reniformi-ovatis, 

 circiter 6 mm longis, 7 diametro. sepalis 2, reniformi-ovatis, 

 circiter 6 mm longis, 7 mm latis, rotundatis, basi truncato- 

 snbcordatis, 13 ad 15- nerviis; starainibus circiter 75, filamentis 

 1 mm longis, anthris oblongo-obovoides, 0.7 mm longis; 

 capsulis inaequaliter 3-alatis, cum alis 3 ad 5 cm longis et 8 

 ad 4 cm latis, basi rotundatis, apice truncatis vel obique 

 truncatis. 



Sarawak, Upper Baram River, J. C. Moulton, 1920. 



