640 LXVI. BEGONIACE^E. (C. B- Clarke.) [Begonia. 



MALE : sepals 2, glabrous or nearly so ; petals 2, smaller ; stamens shortly mona- 

 delphous, about 30, anthers obovoid, connective not produced. FEMALE : perianth, 

 lobes 4-5, persistent, soiiewhat enlarged on the fruit; ovary glabrous; styles 3 

 nearly separate, divided near the top into two curved branches. Capsule scarcely % 

 by f-i in. including* the wing, upper margin of the longest wing horizontal ; capsule 

 dehiscing by its three faces falling off Seeds short-ellipsoid. 



14. B. surculig-era, Kurz in Flora 1871, 296 ; weak, caulescent with 

 tenflinal inflorescence, leaves cordate-ovate crenate and denticulate, bracts mi- 

 nute ovate persistent, capsule with 3 subequal wings. 



BRITISH BURMA ; Akyab and Arracan, on low sandstone hills, Kurz. 

 Weak, succulent, 3-10 in., glabrous or slightly glandular-pubescent, frequently 

 proliferous, or the peduncle going off into a runner. Learns l-l by l-l^ in., nearly 



glabrous, obscurely acuminate, obtuse at the apex, base equal or unequal ; petiole \ in. ; 

 . 'stipules small, ovate, glabrous. Peduncle weak, terminal, dichotomous, lax, slightly 

 glandular-pubescent. Flowers small (white ex Kurz). MALE : sepals 2, obovate, 

 glabrous or with few paleaceous hairs ; petals 2, much smaller ; stamens mona- 

 delphous, about 8, anthers obovoid, connective apiculate, but not produced. FEMALE: 

 perianth-segments 5 ; ovary 3-celled, glabrous, placentas bipartite (Kurz) ; styles 3, 

 nearly distinct, divided only near the top, stigmas lunate. Capsule less than \ by 

 f in. including the wings, styles deciduous in the few examples seen, upper margin of 

 the wings convex, dehiscing by its three faces. Seeds short- ellipsoid. 



15. B. modestiflora, Kurz in Flora 1871, 296; caulescent, inflores- 

 cence terminal elongate and panicled in fruit, leaves ovate-acuminate from a 

 very oblique base denticulate-serrate nearly glabrous, capsule unequally 3- 

 winged. B. parviflora, Wall. Cat. 3674. 



Morung Hills, NIPAL; Hamilton. BRITISH 'BURMA: Akyab on sandstone rocks, 

 Kurz. MOULMEIN on limestone rocks, Parish. DISTRIB. Yunan. 



Glabrous or nearly so. EootstocJc tuberous. Stem erect, sometimes a foot. 

 Leaves 3-4 by 2 in., not lobed, caudate-acuminate, base very unequally cordate or 

 very obliquely subtruncate ; petiole 1^-2^ in. ; stipules small, lanceolate. Cymes 

 elongate, narrow, slightly panicled ; bracts small, lanceolate, ciliate, caducous ; 

 flowers numerous, small, white. MALE : sepals 2, petals 2, smaller ; stamens (about 

 12), free ex Kurz (distinctly monadelphous ex Parish), anthers obovoid, connective 

 slightly produced in a triangular point. FEMALE : perianth-segments 5, much en- 

 larged in fruit; ovary glabrous, 3-celled, placentas 2-partite; styles 3, nearly distinct, 

 broader upwards, stigma lunate. Capsule rather more than \ by 1 in. including 

 the wings ; styles deciduous ; 3 wings prominent, their upper margins horizontal, one 

 often very greatly produced ; capsule dehiscing by the three faces. Seeds short- 

 ellipsoid. Kurz placed this species next B. scutata, but the 5 female perianth seg- 

 ments refer it to Knesebeckia proper, and not to Trilobaria, A. DC. Possibly two 

 species are mixed here. "Wallich's very immature specimen has exceedingly small 

 flowers and weak inflorescence and is referred by Meissner in ms. to B. hydrophila. 



16. B. parvuliflora, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 355 ; stem with 1 or no 

 leaf, leaves round or ovate-cordate subequal at the base, capsule 3-winged one 

 of the wings very long produced. B. Lobbiana, A. DC. ms. not B. Lobbii, 

 Hassk. B. velutina, Parish ms. ;. Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 81. 



MOULMEIN and MARTABAN ; T. Lobb ; on limestone rocks, Parish. TENASSERIM ; 

 Dr. Stoliczka (ex Kurz). 



Eootstock of 1 or 2 tubers. Stem 0-2 in., glabrous or nearly so, whole plant 6- 

 12 in. Leaves 1-3 in. diam., softly pubescent above and on the nerves beneath, some- 

 times nearly glabrous*, doubly serrate -ciliate or simply crenate ; petiole of the cauline 

 leaf ^-1 in., of the radical leaves often much longer, slightly pubescent ; stipules very 



