652 LXVI. BEGONIACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Begonia. 



stigmas lunate. Capsule scarcely by in., membranous, crowned by the accrescent 

 perianth. Seeds short-ellipsoid. Col. Beddome's JB. minima is reduced by inspection 

 of his figure merely. Heifer's No. 2584 is in fruit and is either this or some very 

 closely allied species. 



52. B. canarana, Miq. Anal. Sot. Ind. iii. p. 18 ; pedicels and ovary gla- 

 brous, sepals of the male | in. A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 356. B. rubella, Miq. 

 in PL Hohenack. No. 843, not of Ham. 



MANGALOR, in Canara ; HohenacJcer. 



Closely resembling the preceding species : but the leaves flower and fruit are 

 rather smaller. The styles in B. canarana are combined higher up (ex A. DC.). 



0. Ovary 3-celled. Capsule membranous, globose, wingless. 



53. B. delicatula, Parish ms ; styles long combined. 



MOTJLMEIN ; Parish. 



Rootstock small, fibrous. Stem 5-12 in., slightly dividing, with several leaves and 

 peduncles from all the axils, glabrous, weak. Leaves 2-3 in. diam., broad-orbicu- 

 lar, cordate, subequal at the base, doubly serrate, very delicate, with weak scattered 

 pubescence above and on the nerves beneath ; petiole of the cauline leaves long, attain- 

 ing 3-4 in. ; stipules less than \ in., lanceolate, glabrous. Peduncles repeatedly dicho- 

 tomous, with very many flowers ; bracts numerous, small, hyaline, subpersistent, ob- 

 long, ciliate or fimbriate, pedicels and young ovary with minute sparse lax pubescence. 

 MALE : sepals 2, \ in., round ; petals ; stamens 20, much monadelphous, anthers 

 narrow-obovoid, connective not produced. FEMALE : perianth of 4 segments, inner two 

 obovate, not very narrow; styles 3, stigmas lunate. Capsule % in. diam., almost 

 exactly globose, very membranous, breaking up irregularly, wingless. Seeds shortly 

 ellipsoid. 



SECT. VI. Uniplacentales. Placenta undivided. Capsule 3-celled 

 with 3 thin not very unequal wings, dehiscing by lines within the margins of its 

 three faces. 



* Stemless, or stemmed having the peduncles long and from the upper axils 

 only. 



54. B. fibres a, C. S. Clarke ; cauline leaves 2 orbicular sessile with, 

 many peduncles from the axils of each. 



MOULMEIN ; on limestone rocks ; Parish. 



Rootstock fibrous, no root-leaves in the dried examples ; plant 6-10 in., glabrous 

 or nearly so. Leaves orbicular, larger 6-8 in. diam., nearly entire. Peduncles rather 

 stout, as many as 7 from one axil, minutely sparsely puberulo-pubescent ; bracts foli- 

 .aceous; lower f in., elliptic, glabrous, often petioled; upper smaller. MALE : sepals 2, 

 in., ovate; petals 2, oblong, smaller; stamens about 10, nearly free, anthers short- 

 obovoid, connective not produced. FEMALE : perianth of 3 segments ; styles 3, com- 

 bined less than half their length, each dividing into two curved branches. Capsule 

 | by ^ in. including the wings, upper margin of the broader wing horizontal or some- 

 what descending. Seeds small, ellipsoid. 



55. B. tAera, Dryand. in Trans. Linn. Soc. i. 169, t. 16 ; stemless, 

 leaves ovate, petioles peduncles and young ovary with much lax pubescence. 

 A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 386. B. Thwaitesii, Hook Bot. Mag. 4692; A. 

 DC. I c. 



CEYLON, Walker. Pas-dom Corle ; Thwaites. 



Rootstock somewhat thick, tuberous. Leaves 2-4 in. diam., obtuse or subacute, 



