654 LXVI. BEGONIACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Begonia. 



59. B. nivea, Parish ms. ; Kurzin Journ. As. Soc. 1873, pt. ii. 81 ; radi- 

 cal leaf solitary elliptic-oblong doubly serrate, petiole 0- in., scape leafless or 

 with two very small leaves near its base. 



MOTJLMEIN ; Parish. 



EootstocJc tuberous. Radical leaf 2-3^ in., obtuse, subequal scarcely cordate at 

 the base, glabrous, white beneath, with scattered very coarse bristles above. Scape 

 6-8 in., glabrous, leafless, or with a pair of opposite leaves near its base which resem- 

 ble the radical leaf but are less than 1 in., divided near the summit ; bracts ovate or 

 oblong, very obtuse, entire, glabrous ; flowers medium-large, white. MALE : sepals 

 2, f- in., round ; petals 2, not much shorter but narrow ; stamens about 10, much 

 monadelphous, anthers oblong, connective not produced., FEMALE : perianth of 5 (or 

 6) segments ; styles 3, much combined, each ending in two curved branches. Capsule 

 ^ by A- 1- in. including the wings, wings not very unequal, their upper margins hori- 

 zontal. 



60. B. albo-coccinea, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4172; stemless, leaves 

 broadly round peltate entire. A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 389. B. Grahamiana, 

 Wight Ic. t. 1811. B. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 3673. 



COTTRTALLUM ; Wight. MYSOEE and CARNATIC, alt. 1000 ft. ; G. Thomson. 



Eootstock elongate, thick. Leaves 3-4 in., usually broader than long, nearly 

 glabrous when mature but often ciliate on the margin ; petiole 3-6 in., pubescent, 

 often tomentose; stipules large, sometimes exceeding 1^ in., lanceolate, glabrous. 

 Scapes 4-9 in., usually glabrous below, above with the bracts and pedicels pubescent ; 

 bracts in., lanceolate; flowers many, bright rose-coloured. MALE: sepals 2, f in., 

 round ; petals 2, elliptic ; stamens 40, very shortly monadelphous, anthers shortly ob- 

 ovoid, connective not produced. FEMALE : young ovary almost tomentose ; styles 3, 

 little combined below, 2-lobed and much contorted above. Capsule f by |- in. in- 

 cluding the wings ; wings equal, continued at nearly equal breadth entirely round the- 

 capsule which is thus exactly elliptic in outline. Seeds ellipsoid. 



61. B. floccifera, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. Ill ; scape elongate far above 

 the leaves many-flowered, leaves broadly rounded with whitish tornentum 

 beneath. 



TKAVANCORE and SOUTH TINNEVELLY HILLS, alt. 3000 ft. ; Beddome. 



Leaves l-3 in., broader than long, subequally cordate at the base, denticulate or 

 nearly entire, thickly coriaceous, with close whitish or yellowish tomentum on both 

 surfaces, becoming at length nearly glabrous above ; petiole 1-3 in., with similar 

 tomentum; stipules f in., broad-elliptic, acute, scarious. Scape 18 in., very firm, 

 branching at 15 in. high into a very compound cyme; bracts many, small, lanceolate, 

 glabrous, persistent; pedicels and flowers glabrous. MALE : sepals 2, scarcely | in., 

 round ; petals ; stamens 40, shortly monadelphous, anthers obovoid, connective 

 not produced. FEMALE : perianth of 4 nearly equal segments, persistent on the 

 fruit; styles 3, nearly free, 2-lobed near the apex. Capsule ^ by f in. including 

 the wings ; wings subequal, rounded, broadest at the height of half the capsule. 

 Seeds ellipsoid. 



62. B. Brandisiana, Kurt in Flora 1871, 295 ; radical leaves long- 

 petioled deeply 5-7-lobed, cauline small, perianth both of male and female of 

 2 segments. 



MAKTABAN ; Attaran Valley ; Dr. Brandis. 



EootstocJc tuberous ; stem succulent, nearly glabrous and simple. Radical leaves 

 5-7 in., rather broader than long, membranous, base subcordate, lobes acuminate and 

 obtusely repand-toothed ; petiole 5-8 in., glabrous ; cauline leaves much smaller and 

 shorter-petioled, usually 5-lobed. Peduncle very long, sub radical, many times dicho- 

 tomous ; pedicels capillary ; bracts lanceolate, minute ; flowers very many, white^ 



