648 LXVI. BEGONIACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Begonia. 



** Connective not produced above the anther-cells. 



38. B. integrifolia, Dais, in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 230 ; caulescent, 

 leaves ovate-oblong 1 nearly entire ciliate very unequally cordate, petioles suc- 

 culent laxly pubescent, inflorescence glabrous. A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 351 ; 

 Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 104. 



Western Ghauts from BOMBAY to MYSORE; Law, Dalzell, &c. MOULMEIN; 

 Parish. 



Rootstock tuberous. Stem 6-12 in., succulent. Leaves 3-6 in., hardly acute, pilose 

 above, laxly pubescent on the nerves beneath, finely ciliate ; petiole 1-5 in. ; stipules 

 lanceolate, upper ones glabrous lower with lax hairs. Peduncle as though terminal ; 

 flowers white, medium-sized, .not very many ; bracts broad, ovate, lower with some 

 lax hairs, upper glabrous. MALE : sepals 2, round ; petals 2, narrow-oblong ; sta- 

 mens about 50, monadelphous, anthers obovoid. FEMALE: perianth-segments 5, 

 inner gradually smaller ; styles 2, combined below, branched and much twisted up- 

 wards. Capsule f by f-f in. including the wings, recurved, smaller wings very 

 narrow, broad wing descending, dehiscing primarily by the narrow face. Seeds 

 short-ellipsoid. Alph. DC. gives Ceylon as a locality, quoting Thwaites No. 2597, 

 which is Thwaites's B. subpeltata. 



, 39. B. gruttata, Wall. Cat. 3671 A; caulescent, leaves ovate-oblong 



nearly entire not ciliate, petioles pubescent, inflorescence glabrous. A. DC. 

 P)-odr. xv. pt. i. 352. 



PINANG; Wallich. MALAYA ; Maingay No. 675 partly. 



Differs from B. integrifolia only in having the leaves nearly without cilia : the 

 flowers appear somewhat smaller, but the two species are probably one. Wallich's 

 specimen is very large with a thick woody rootstock, the petioles 10 in. 



. 40. B. procridifolia, Wall. Cat. 6292; nearly glabrous, stem erect 

 simple, leaves subsessile oblong acuminate entire or denticulate. A. DC. Prodr. 

 xv. pt. i. 352 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 108. 



MARTABAN ; near Tavoy, Wallich. 



Rootstock fibrous. Stem 6-9 in., weak. Leaves 3-5 by ^-1 in., very unequal at 

 the base, glabrous beneath, sometimes with a few scattered hairs above ; petiole 3^-4 in. ; 

 stipules in., oblong, acuminate. Peduncles from the upper axils, hardly so long as 

 the leaves; bracts ovate, deciduous. MALE: sepals 2, in., round, rose-coloured; 

 petals 2, smaller, narrow-obovate ; stamens many, monadelphous, anthers obovoid, 

 connective not produced. FEMALE : not known. Capsule more than \ by in. ex- 

 clusive of the wings, recurved ; styles deciduous ; the two narrow wings ovate the 

 broad wing much descending. This may, in the absence of female flowers, belong 

 to the section Mezierea, but the ovate narrow wings of the capsule suggest the pre- 

 sent section where it has been placed by Alph. DC. 



41. B. g-oniotis, C. B. Clarke-, nearly glabrous, stem elongate branch- 

 ing, leaves narrow-oblong caudate excessively unequal at base. 



BURMA, alt 3700-4000 ft. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No 2579). 



Stem 2 ft. Leaves 5-6 by f-1 in., nearly entire or serrate near the apex, one 

 auricle excessively produced backwards often in an angular or quadrate form ; petiole 

 -! in.; stipules persistent, ovate, acute, mucronate not acuminate, cordate. 

 Peduncles axillary, few-flowered, glabrous ; bracts deciduous. Flowers not seen. 

 Capsule A by l in. including the wings, glabrous, recurved ; styles deciduous ; the 

 two narrower wings more than | in. broad towards the top of the capsule, the larger 

 descending, dehiscing by 4 lines, one on either side of the narrower wings. Seeds 

 short-ellipsoid. The breadth of the narrower wings of the capsule renders it un- 

 likely that this is a Mczierea ; but the habit is that of B. episcopalis, No. 26. 



