646 LXVI. BEGONIACE.S. (C. B. Clarke.) [Begonia. 



30. B. barbata, Wall. Cat. 3679 A and part B; caulescent, leaves not 

 lobed, ovate acuminate hispid beneath denticulate ciliate, bracts cyme and 

 ovary pubescent. A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 348 ; not of Kurz. 



From SILHET and CACHAB to BUBMA, alt. 0-2000 ft. CHITTAGONG, abundant in 

 the hills. 



Rootstock creeping, not thick, nor tuberous. Stem decumbent, usually short, with 

 much spreading brown hair. Leaves 2-5 in., unequal cordate at the base, hispid on 

 both surfaces, margin very entire; petiole 1-4 in., with spreading hairs; stipules 

 persistent, lanceolate-subulate, ciliate. Peduncles from the upper axils, not more 

 than 3 in., pubescent to the summit except in ripe fruit, few-flowered ; flowers 

 medium, white to pink. MALE : sepals 2, ovate, pubescent ; petals 2, narrowly 

 obovate ; stamens 50 or more, scarcely monadelphous, anthers obovoid ; connective 

 much produced, ovate-oblong FEMALE : perianth-segments 5, outer pubescent, inner 

 gradually smaller ; ovary shaggy. Capsule ^ by 1 in. including the wings, hairy at 

 least until the seeds are scattered, recurved in fruit with a descending win 

 by four lines one on either side of the two narrow wings. Seeds ellipsoid, 



31. B. meg-aptera, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 348; caulescent, glabrous 

 or very nearly so, leaves cordate-ovate acuminate undulate angular hardly 

 serrate. Kurz in Jburn. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 108. B. malabarica, Watt. Cat. 

 3676 D. 



NIPAL ; WallieJi. SIKKIM, alt. 2000-8000 ft,, frequent. EAST BENGAL, Patkoye 

 summit, Griffith. MABTABAN HILLS ; Kurz. 



Rootstock thick, woody. Stem erect, 12-18 in. when well developed. Leaves 

 4-6 in., unequal at the base, nerves beneath and petiole unusually glabrous ; petiole 

 1-4 in, ; stipules lanceolate-subulate, glabrous, persistent. Peduncles elongate, from 

 the upper axils, often 8 in. ; bracts large, oblong, glabrous, caducous ; flowers large, 

 not very many, pink. MALE: sepals 2, ovate ; petals 2, ovate, little smaller ; stamens 

 50 or more, monadelphous, anthers obovoid ; connective produced, obtuse. FEMALE : 

 perianth-segments 5, nearly equal; styles 2, long, combined at the base, with long 

 tortuous branches. Capsule and seeds as in B. rubro-venia. 



32. B. sikkimensis, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 349; caulescent, glabrous 

 or nearly so, leaves round lobed often nearly to the base lobes often again in- 

 cised or lobed. 



SIKKIM, alt. 3000-7000 ft. ; J. D. H. ; C. B. Clarke. 



Rootstock thickened, woody. Stem erect, 12-18 in. when well developed. Leaves 

 4-6 in. diam., not very unequal nor very cordate at the base, denticulate-ciliate ; pe- 

 tiole 1-4 in., glabrous; stipules nearly 1 in., lanceolate-linear. Peduncles from the 

 upper axils, elongate, often 6-9 in. ; bracts elliptic, deciduous, bright-red, as are the 

 pedicels and flowers ; flowers medium, not very many. MALE : sepals 2, ovate ; 

 petals 2, elliptic, smaller ; stamens 50 or more, monadelphous ; anthers obovoid ; 

 connective produced, triangular, obtuse. FEMALE : perianth-segments 5, inner bright- 

 red gradually smaller ; styles 2, combined at the base, branches very tortuous. 

 Capsule and seeds as in B. rubro-venia. 



33. B. Cathcartii, Hook.f. III. Him. PI. t. 13; caulescent, leaves cor- 

 date-ovate acute glabrous beneath except a few paleaceous hairs on the nerves, 

 peduncles and petioles with deflexed paleaceous hairs, ovary pubescent. A. DC. 

 Prodr. xv. pt. i. 349. B. nemophila, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 108. 

 Begonia sp. Griff. Notul. iv. 583 and Ic. t. 612. 



SIKKIM, alt. 3000-8000 ft.; J. D. H.} C. B. Clarke. BIBMA; Griffith (Kew 

 Distrib. No. 2582) ; Kurz. MOULMEIN ; Parish, Thos. Lobb. 



Near B. barbata and best distinguished by the hairs on its stems petioles and 

 peduncles, which are numerous but scattered, long from a lanceolate paleaceous base 



