FE 5T. BEGONIACEE, 
Begonia ferruginea Havara Materials for a. Flora of Formosa p. 125. 
Ferrugineous, branched, ferrugineo-rubescent when dried, at first lanate, at 
last early glabrous, 30 em. high. ^ Leaves petiolate, stipulate, obliquely cor- 
date, 15em.long, 23 em. broad, very oblique at the base, many-lobed, 
or irmegululy  dentate-lobulate, lobules serrulate, acute, ferrugineo-hispid 
above, ferrugineo-tomentose beneath, at last glabrous on both surfaces, 7—-9— 
nerved, petioles 8 em. long, stipules ovate, 1-2 em. long, 7 mm. broad. Cymes 
axillary few-flowered, braeteate, bracts stipule-like. Male flowers: segments 
of the perianth 4, 2-exterior ones larger, broadly ovate 2cm.long 18 mm. 
broad, rounded at the apex, eordate at the base, 2-inner ones obovate, li 
ecm.long, S8 mm. broad, rounded at the apex, obtuse at the base.  Stamens 
x, 4mm. long, filaments distinct 3 mm. long, anthers oblong 1 mm. long, con- 
nectives slightly produced. 
Har. dandaizan, Tappansha. 
Near D. DBowringiana CHawP.; but differs in having elongate stipules 
and in the eonneetives of the. anthers, which are obtusely acute, but not 
lruncate, as is the ease with the other species. 
Begonia kotensis Havara Materials for à. Flora of Formosa p. 194. 
Hhizome repent, leafy, radicant. Leaves long petiolate, stipulate, orbicular, 
Sem. in diameter, oblique horizontally patent, oblique at the apex, abruptly 
acute, obtuse at the extremity, profoundly cordate at the base, imbricate on the 
lower margin, margin cerenate, crenas shortly mueronate, elabrous, palmately 
10-nerved, herbaceous, petioles inerassate, 10-20 em. long, stipules triangularly 
ovate, S mm. long, aeute, base 7 mm. broad. Scapes at the apex of the rhi- 
zome, incrassate, 20 em.long, 3-flowered, flowers pedicellate, pedicels 13 em. 
long. Flowers f: segments of the perianth 4; 2 outer ones larger orbieular 11 
cem. long as broad, rounded at both ends; 2 inner ones smaller, obovate, 1 em. 
long 5 mm. broad, rounded at the apex.  Stamens o», 2j mm. long, filuments 
Íree, 11 mm. long ; anthers oblong, obtuse at the apex. 
Har. Kotosho. 
Near JBegonia Drelschueideriana HMSL., but differs from it in many 
points. 
Begonia laciniata lxr. var. formosana Havara Materials for a 
