JBegonia.] LXVI. BEGONIACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) 649 



42. B. sandalifolia, C. B. Clarke; nearly glabrous, stem elongate, 

 leaves oblong acute very unequal at the cordate base. 



BURMA ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No. 2585). 



Rootstock not much thickened, nor tuberous. Stem 15 in., glabrous except the 

 extremities of the branches. Leaves 5-6 by 1^-2 in., nearly entire or serrate, 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath, otherwise glabrous; petiole -1 in., pubescent; 

 stipules oblong, acute, persistent, glabrous. Peduncles near the end of the branches, 

 few-flowered, not elongated ; bracts large, elliptic, glabrous ; pedicels slightly pubes- 

 cent. MALE : sepals 2, round, nearly | in. diam., with some pubescence ; petals 2, 

 oblong; stamens 50 or more; anthers obovoid, emarginate. FEMALE: not seen. 

 Capsule | by 1 in. including the wings, glabrous, recurved ; styles deciduous ; the 

 two narrower wings in. broad and nearly an equal breadth for the whole length of 

 the capsule, the broad wing descending, dehiscing by 4 lines one on either side of 

 the two narrower wings. 



SECT. V. Papyraceae. Capsule 2-celled (3-celled in B. delicatula), 

 papyraceous dehiscing by the very thin faces breaking up irregularly, placentas 

 2-fid. Small plants with small flowers. 



A. Ovary 2-celled. Capsule winged, the wings not much produced above 

 or below the cells. Sects. Parvibegonia, Lauchea and Monophyllon, Alph. DC. 



43. B. verticillata, Hook. Ic. PL t. 811 ; radical leaf at the time of 

 flowering, cauline leaves often whorled, bracts ovate marginal with stalked 



? lands. A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 353 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 

 08. 



MOTJLMEIN ; Lobb No. 382 ; Parish. 



Glabrous, or the leaves slightly pilose above. Rootstock small, tuberous. Stem; 

 erect, 2-6 in., whole plant sometimes 1 ft. Leaves 1-2 in., 3-8 in a whorl at the 

 summit of the stem, or alternate, oblong-lanceolate, rounded and nearly equal 

 at the base, coarsely crenate-serrate ; petiole -l in.; stipules minute, lanceolate. 

 Peduncles 1-4 axillary, slender, with numerous small white flowers ; bracts persistent. 

 MALE: sepals 2, round; petals 2, linear-oblong; stamens about 8, long-monadelphous,. 

 anthers oblong, connective not produced. FEMALE : perianth-segments usually 4, 

 inner 2 considerably smaller; styles 2, combined at the base, clavate upwards, 

 branches two short simple curved. Capsule less than ^ by - in. including the 

 wings, the two smaller wings exceedingly narrow-linear the larger triangular, its 

 upper margin slightly descending. Seeds shortly-ellipsoid, minutely papillose on the 

 margins of the reticulations of its surface. 



44. B. prolifera, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 353; glabrous, radical leaf 

 at the time of flowering, cauline solitary sessile, peduncles 1-4 axillary. Kurz 

 in Journ. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 108. ? B. Finlaysoniana, Wall Cat. 3684. 



MOULMEIN ; Lobb No. 381 ; on limestone rocks, Parish. ?PINANO, Finlayson. 



Rootstock a tuber. Stem -4 in. Leaf 3-8 in. diam., round-ovate, acute, nearly 

 equally deeply cordate. , Peduncles 2-10 in., repeatedly dichotomous ; bracts hardly 

 ^ in., ovate. MALE : sejJals 2, broad-elliptic, rose-coloured, sometimes slightly hairy ; 

 petals 2, oblong; stamens about 12, much monadelphous, anthers oblong, connective 

 not produced. FEMALE : 'perianth of 5 much imbricated segments ; styles 2, branches 

 two incurved. Capsule ^ by in. including the wings, recurved ; styles deciduous ; 

 two smaller wings very narrow above, enlarged and produced below, the upper 

 margin of the larger nearly horizontal from the top of the capsule. Seeds globose. 

 A. DC. describes this plant as stemless, on theoretic grounds, considering that the 

 apparent stem is formed by a complete adhesion of the petiole to the scape, and 

 supporting this view by the statement that there are no stipules at the point whence 

 the peduncles spring. If there were none at that point it would not establish the 



