Begonia.] lxvi. BEGONiACBa;. (0. B. Clarke.) 637 



6. B. Dux, C. B. Clarke; stem lengthened, inflorescence axillary not 

 diffuse, leaves ovate with scattered hairs ahove denticulate somewhat ciliate. 



MouLMEiN ; Moolee alt. 6000 ft. ; Fa/rish. 

 . Stem exceeding a foot, succulent, tubercular. Leaves 8 in., acuminate, much 

 auiided on one side at the base, somewhat apgular, pubescent on the nerves 

 beneath ; petiole 4 in., pubescent upwards ; stipules -f in., ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, 

 persistent. Flowers (all male in the solitary example) large, glabrous, in short few- 

 flowered cymes with bracts resembling the stipules. Sepals 2, round ; petals 2, nar- 

 rower. Stamens very many, shortly monadelphous ; anthers uairow-oblong ; connec- 

 tive hardly produced. — The section is doubtful, the female flowers being unknown : 

 it may be a. Platyoentrwn: Parish remarks that it looks Wsa B.Bex; but the thick 

 erect tall stem differs. 



Sect. II. Alaecida. Fruit triquetrous, faces with a medial line ; carpels 

 dehiscing dorsally, angles with short suhequal wings below the middle; placentas 

 divided. — Small small-flowered plants ; filaments monadelphous ; styles connate. 



6. B. alaecida, C. B. OSarke; stem branched, cymes elongate suhpro- 

 liferous laxly pubescent, fruit inflated glandular-pubescent. 



Mottlmein; Parish. 



Bootstock small, fibrous. Stem 3 in., nearly glabrous. Leaves 1^-4^ in. 

 diam., cordate, round, minutely denticulate, puberulous-punctate above, nearly 

 glabrous beneath ; petiole 1-2^ in. ; stipules ovate, acute, minute. Cymes 3-6 in., 

 weak, somewhat pauicled ; bracts small, ovate, persistent, with lax hairs. Mai.e : 

 sepals 2, round; petals 2, narrow-oblong; stamens not very many; anthers very 

 short, obovoid ; connective not produced. Femat.f, : styles united a long way, stigmas 

 lunate; ovary with glandular hairs. Capsule scarcely ^ in. broad including the 

 wings, ripe green, with 6 lines equally diverging &om the base of the styles. 

 Seeds short, eUipsoid. 



7. B. trlcuspldata, C. B. Clarice ; stem short or 0, leaves ovate crenate 

 puberulous on the nerves heneath, scape pubescent, capsule stellately tri- 

 cuspidate glabrous. 



Moulmedt; FaHsh. 



Bootstock small, fibrous. Stem sometimes 1-2 in., pubescent. Leaves round or 

 ovate, somewhat cordate, crenate or nearly entire, with scattered minute hairs above ; 

 petiole 5-I in., pubescent; stipules minute. Cymes 2-3 in., minutely pubescent; 

 bracts ovate, minute. Male : sepals 2, obovate ; petals 2, narrowly obovate ; stamens 

 not many ; anthers very short, ovoid; connective not produced. Fbmai.e: perianth of 

 4 segments, much as in the male : styles combined below, each with two curved 

 branches. Ga/psuLe less than \ in. broad including the wings, with six lines equally 

 diverging from the base of the styles, wings acute. Seeds very small, shortly 



8. B. trlradiata, C B. Clarke ; stem short or 0, leaves ovate serrate or 

 doubly crenate glabrous and white beneath, scape glabrous, capsule steUately 

 3-rayed glabrous. 



Motjubein; Fairish. 



Bootstock a small cluster of tubers. Stem O-J in., glabrous. LeaAies f-l|- in., 

 somewhat cordate, incise-crenate, minutely pilose above ; petiole J-| in., glabrous ; 

 stipules smaU, lanceolate. Cymes 2-3 in., glabrous; bracts small, lanceolate, gla- 

 brous, persistent ; flowers pink. Mowers fruit and seeds closely resembling those of 

 5. triauspidata. 



• Sect. in. Knesebeckla. Capsule 3-celled, triquetrous, the angles pro- 

 duced into three often unequal papery wings ; faces flat with a rib or line down 



