PLATE 2656. 
BEGONIA WARPURI, Hemsi. 
BEGONIACEA, 
B. Warpuri, Hems!. (sp. nov.) ; species ex vara nane, L’Her., 
a qua differt foliis paucidenticulatis nec ciliato-serra 
Herba perennis, tuberosa, acaulis, glabra. Folia pauca, longe graci- 
literque petiolata, subearnosa, anguste lanceolata, cum petiolo 3-4 poll. 
longa, utringue attenuata. Scapi graciles, folia subequantes, andro- 
gyni,circiter triflori. Perianthium 4—-6-phyllum, segmentis ovali-oblongis 
—4 lin. longis. Stamina circiter 10, breviter monadelpha. Styli 3, 
liberi, stigmatibus lunatis. Capsula a Tonge Seca ala obit 3-locu- 
laris, polysperma, placentis brevibus indivi 
ce acre : without special locality, Humblot, 565 ; sine te 
De Candle (Prodr. xv. 1. p. 39 comprising tw two other species figured 
by Sera (Serves on tt. 47, 48), th placentation of which is 
own. Both are natives of Madagascar. —W. Borrine Hemstey. 
Fig. 1, andrecium ; 2, pistil; 3, fruit; 4, cross section of the same.—All enlarged. 
