576 lxv. begoniace^ (hooker). [Begonia. 



hairy on the back. Petals 0. Anthers numerous, subsessile, linear, 

 obtuse, curved. Female fl. : Sepals as in the male. Petals 0. Styles 

 3, stigmas forked, arms erect ; papillose band continuous, twisted. 

 Fruit (immature) subcuneate, 3-gonous, hairy, J in. long* ; wings pro- 

 duced upwards, coriaceous, tips acute. 

 Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Gaboon river, Mann! Fl. July. 



15. B. anisosepala, Hook. f. Monoecious. Stemless. Rootstock 

 hard, creeping- and rooting", upper part densely clothed with stipules* 

 Leaves peltate, petiole distant from the margin, 3-4 in. by 1 J-2 in., 

 obliquely ovate-oblong", curved, sides very unequal, obtuse or acute, 

 rounded at the base, crenate-toothed, with a cilia in the sinus and 

 often on the tooth also, glabrous, dull green above, mottled with red, 

 paler beneath, palmately 6-7-nerved; nerves hirsute or ciliate or 

 glabrous ; petiole shorter than the blade, densely hirsute with curled 

 spreading hairs ; stipules ovate-oblong, obtuse, laciniate and ciliate. 

 Peduncles radical, shorter than the petioles, slender, glabrate, with 2 

 or more terminal flowers ; bracts like the stipules but small, J in. 

 Male fl. : Sepals 2, very unequal, one orbicular J in. long, the other 

 narrower, oblong; usually one is red the other white. Petals 0.. 

 Anthers linear-oblong, obtuse, rather longer than the free filaments. 

 Female fl. : not seen. Fruit coriaceous, glabrous, turgid, 4-gonous, 

 long-stipitate, angles produced upwards into coriaceous obtuse or 

 acute wings ; placentas much branched. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal and Mount John river, Kongui, near the 

 Gaboon, Mann! Fl. Sept. 



16. B. clypeifolia, Hook. f. Monoecious. Stemless. Rootstock 

 woody, creeping, upper part clothed with stipules. Leaves very long- 

 petioled, 3-4J in. by 1J-2 in., peltate distantly from the margin, 

 obliquely ovate or ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or acute, rounded at the 

 base, quite entire or obscurely sinuate-toothed, opaque, glabrous, 

 dull green above, reddish beneath, palmately 8-nerved; nerves slender, 

 ferruginously pubescent; petiole 4-6 in., very slender, subfurfura- 

 ceously pubescent. Stipules oblong, obtuse, Jaciniate and ciliate. 

 Peduncles with rusty pubescence, very short, radical, terminating with 

 one female and one or more male flowers on slender pedicels \— \ in. ; 

 bracts like the stipules. Male fl. : Sepals 2, orbicular, \ in. diameter, 

 slightly pubescent, veined. Petals 0. Anthers linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 filaments very short. Female fl. : Sepals as in the male. Styles 3—4, 

 connate at the base ; stigma forked, arms rather long, papillose band 

 continuous, twisted; ovary 3-4-angled and winged. Fruit stipitate, 

 rhombic, turgid, \-\ in. diameter, 3-4-angled, coriaceous, ferruginous- 

 pubescent ; wings medial, long or short, obtuse or acute ; placentas 

 stipitate, much branched. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra del Crystal, Gaboon river, Mann ! Fl. July. 



17. B. elatostemmoides, Hook. f. Monoecious ; hirsute with 

 curled spreading hairs. Stem creeping and rooting at the base, then 



