530 PLANTS 



A species remarkable for its large, entire, acuminate, inaequi- 

 lateral, oblongo-ovate, not at all cordate, widely peltate, leaves, 

 the petiole being inserted 2 to 3 cm from the margin of the 

 narrow side of the leaf, the broadly rounded basal part of the 

 leaf being extended below the insertion of tlie petiole from 

 4 to 7 cm. The unually large capsules are also characteristic. 

 the elliptic capsule proper not exceeding 1.5 cm in lengtli, but 

 the mebranaceous wings being extended both below and 

 above the capsule, tlie larger one having a total length of from 

 3 to 5 cm and a width, in the upper part, of from 2 to 2.5 cm 

 broadly rounded below, the upper margin straight, usually 

 oblique ; the two smaller wings are but about 2 cm long and 

 1 cm wide, acute at the base and rounded on the up))er outer 

 angles. 



Begonia borneensis A. DC, Merr. Enum. Born. PI. (1921; 

 414. 



Mount Poi, No. 186, an imperfect specimen probabl}- 

 referable here. The species is known only from Borneo. 



Begonia murudensis sp. nov. 



Planta erecta, glabra, ut videtur elata ; fohis chartaceis, in 

 siccitate brunneo-purpureis, nitidis, laevis, valde inaequila- 

 teralibus, lateraliter cordatis, distanter obscure dentatis, 

 tenuiter acuminatis, 9 ad 14 cm longis, 4 ad 5.5 cm latis, 

 basi radiatim 7 ad 9 nerviis nervis subtus valde perspicuis 

 rectis; petiolo 2. ad 3.5 cm longo ; stipuhs oblongo-lanceolatis. 

 acuminatis, circiter 2 cm longis; infructescentiis sohtariis. 

 in axillis superioribus, pedunculatis (pedunculo 2.5 cm longo) 

 capsuhs binis longissime (5 cm) pedunculatis ferentibus ; 

 flloribus cf magnis, ut videtur paucis circiter 4 cm diametro, 

 sepalis 2, orbiculari-ovatis, rotundatis, 2. cm diametro, basi 

 late truncato-subcordatis ; staminibus circiter 80, filamentis 

 1.5 ad 2.5 mm longis, antheris oblongis, apice rotundatis. 

 deorsum leviter angustatis, 2 mm longis ; capsuhs cum alls 

 circiter 3 cm longis et 4 cm latis, inaequaliter 3-alatis, obtri- 

 angularis, basi acutis, apice truncatis, angulis exterioribus 

 rotundatis, alls binis majoribns circiter 1.5 cm latis, minoribus 

 ■1 cm latis. 



Mount Murud, No. 1W, E. Mjoberg. October, 1922, from 

 altitudes betweeen 1900 and 2400 m. 



