PLATE 2635. 
BEGONIA BRETSCHNEIDERIANA, /lemsi. 
BEGONIACES. 
B. bretschneideriana, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter species sinenses 
B. rath similis, differt rhizomate elongato dense squamoso, capsula 
exala 
erba vix semipedalis, rhizomate 1-3 poll. longo squamis amplis 
Peat Folia pauca (1-4) longe petiolata, tenuia, fere membranacea, 
oblique rotundato-cordata, 14-4 poll. diametro, remote sinuato-denticu- 
r. ue in venis ferrugineo-furfuracea ; petiolus 1-3 long 
graciliusculus, pre reitelts -pilosus, ferrugineus. Sen te inflorescentie) 
olia breviores, monoici, ferruginei, solitari geminati, 
medium dichotomo-ramosi, bracteis bracteolisque one oblongis in- 
ecm pedicellis filiformibus. Flores mascuii numerosi, 6-8 
diametro ; sepala 2, orbicularia; petala 2, lineari- oblonga, sale 
zquantia ; stamina numerosa, filamentis filiformibus liberis. lores 
igaie centrales, breviter pedicellati, sepalis petalisque ut in mascu- 
lis. Ovarium 3-loculare, placentis bipartitis multiovulatis, stigmatibus 
3 tortuosis. Capsule oblique roag vel rectze, circiter 6 lin. lon ge, 
exalate ; semina perfecta non vis 
CuINA : province of Kwangtung, C. Ford, 87 of 1887 collection. 
Begonia bretschneideriana is thus named to commemorate the 
author of the “ History of European Botanical Discoveries in China : 
country extant. It is a very distinct species, especially in the fruit.— 
W. Borrinc Hemstey. 
Fig. 1, a bract ; 2, a female flower ; 3, stigmas; 4 and 4, fruit; 6, cross section 
of the same; 7, an "hermaphrodite flower, All ache except 4. 
