51. BEGONIACEKX. 45 
Flora of Formosa p. 124. RHhizome repent, stems strong, striate, 30—40 cm. 
long, glabrous, few-flowered. Leaves long petiolate, slabrous oblique ovate 
15em.long 7 em. broad, base cordate, very oblique, acuminate at the apex, 
imegularly dentate or duplieately dentate, palmately 9-11—-nerved, somewhat 
thick, petioles 10 em. long, stipules triangular-ovate 6 mm. long. Cymes few- 
flowered. Fl. 2$: segments 4, 2 outer ones larger, broadly orbieular 3 cm. in 
diameter, 2 inner ones smaller obovate, rounded at the apex, 14 em. long 1 em. 
broad.  Stamen o, imm.long, filaments free, 2 mm. long, anthers 14 mm. 
long, eonneetives slightly produced rounded at the apex. Fruits capsular, 
23 mm.long, unequally trigonous, unequally three-winged, wings two, frontal 
one narrowed, 4 mm.broad 238 mm.long, back one broader, 20 mm. broad 
1l7mm.long. Seeds minute. 
Degonia. laciniate. Haxxrs in Marsuw. et Hayara. Enum. Pl. Formos. p. 
166 (non hoxz.). 
Har. Giran, Heirimbi, Urai, Raga, Bokusekikaku, Shichiseitonzan, Ho- 
kuto. 
"The present Zegoni* is the commonest one in Formosa. |t differs 
from. D. laciniata. Roxps. var. Dowringiana in having quite glabrous leaves. 
"The variety Dowringienea is always tomentose or pubescent. 'lhe Formosau 
plant should, therefore, be another variety of 7. laecinieta Roxr. to which 
Mr. W. B. HzwsrEY also refers in Ind. Fl. Sin. IL. p. 322. It bears some re- 
semblanee to 2. sinensis, but differs from that in having larger flowers and 
glabrous leaves. 
Begonia sinensis A. DC.; Marsux. et Havara Enum. Pl. Formos. 
p. 166. 
Har. WKoshun, Tumsui. 
Disrurb, China: Chili, Kiangsi, Hupeh. 
Begonia taiwaniana Havara Materials for à. Flora of Formosa. p. 125. 
Stem glabrous, strong, branched. Leaves petiolate, stipulate, glabrous, lan- 
ceolate, 13 em. long 34 em. broad, base cordate or rounded, irregularly serrulate, 
dentate on the lower side, 5-7-nerved, petioles 4em.long, stipules subulate 
3mm.long. Cymes axillary few-flowered, bracts ovate, aeuminate, 9 mm. long. 
