638 Lxvi. BEGONiACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [^Begonia. 



the middle ; dehiscing by the fidling away of 2 or 3 of the faces ; placentas 

 2-fid. Stamens very shortly monadelphous, a,iitliers ohOToid, connectiTe not 

 produced. 



A. Segments of female flower 5 (rarely 6), imbricate, inner smaller, innep- 

 mo8t often smallest or 0. Sect. -Knesebechia A, DO. 



* Ovary and young capsule very pubeseent. (See also 12. JB. Josephi.) 



9. S. pictai Sm. Sxot. Bat. t. 101 ; leaves ovate acuminate, capsulo with 

 one wing much elongate. Book. Exot. Fl. ii. t. 89 ; Wali. Cat. 3685 B and 

 part of A; Sot. Mag. t. 2962; A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 312. B. eehinata, 

 R(ryle lU. 313, t. 80. B. erosa, Wall. Cat. ZQS&, partly. 



Hm/VT.ATA, alt. 2000-6000 ft. ; ftom Kunawtjb to Bhotan, frequent. Khmia 

 Mts., alt. 3000-4000 ft. ■,B..f.^ T. ThroTjghout Cbota Nagjtjb, alt. 1000-4200 ft. ; 

 C. S. Clarke. 



Sootstook of one or few tubers; plant 6-1 S in., the inflorescence scarcely 

 exceeding the leaves, stem glabrous or obscurely pubescent. Leaves 3-5 by 2-3 in., 

 nearly equally cordate, doubly finely serrate, pilose above, villous on file nerves 

 beneath ; petiole of the cauline leaf usually I in. at least ; stipules lanceolate, 

 hairy, scarcely exceeding the leaves. Pedunde more or less pubescent upwards ; 

 bracts oblong-lanceolate, persistent, pubescent. MtT.^ : outer segments 2, pubes- 

 cent ; petals 2, smaller ; stamens shortly monadelphous, about 30 ; anthers obo- 

 void ; connective not produced. Frmat.h : perianth of 5 segments, outer larger, pu- 

 bescent. Styles 3, nearly separate, divided half way up into two tortuose branches. 

 Capsule large, 1 in., usually pubescent, sometimes nearly glabrous when quite rips; 

 one wing i in. broad, another \ in., the third 1| in. in a large example ; styles 

 persistent ; wings slightly ascending, dehiscing by file three faces filing off. Seeds 

 light brown, shortly ellipsoid. — ^Flowers pale rose, medium large ; leaves often 

 variegated. 



10. Bi Satrapls, C B. Clarke ; leaves reniform or shortly ovate-coidate 

 not acute, capsule with 3 wings no one of them greatly elongate. 



Sikkim; above the Kungait, alt. 2000 ft.; Herb. Griffith, C. B. Clarke, Dr. 

 TreKller. 



Eoetstock of a few tubers. Stem erect, usually elongate above the leaves, pubes- 

 cent, whole plant 12-18 in. Leaves 2-3 by 3-4 in., nearly equally cordate, minutely 

 denticulate-oliate, dosely pubescent above, rnfous-viUous on the nerves beneath;, 

 petiole of the cai^ne leaf usually short often less than 1 in. ; stipules lanceolate, 

 pubescent. Feduimk elongate, very pubescent, bright rose-red, often rising 6 in. 

 above the highest leaf; bracts oblong-lanceolate, persistent, veiy hairy, laciniate, 

 sometimes divided to the base. Maxjb: sepals 2, pubescent; petals 2, smaller; sta- 

 mens shortly monadelphous, about 50 ; anthers obovoid ; connective not produced. 

 Femaie : perianth of 6 (or 6) segments, outer larger, pubescent ; styles 3, nearly 

 separate, each divided half-way up into two tortuose branches. Capsule large, very 

 pubescent, length f in., wings not very unequal about \ in. broad (but the capsule 

 not well ripe). Seeds (not well ripe) like those of B. picta but narrower. — A very 

 beautiful plant with bright rose flowers. 



•• Ooary md oapeide glahrvm (except sometimes in 12, B. Josephi). 



11. B. Evansiana, Aiidr, Bot. Btp. t. 627; stem elongate, leaver 

 ovate-cordate acute unequal at the base, bracts glabrous oblong.^^ioTate, cap- 

 sule with three unequal wings. Bot, Mag. t. 1473 ; A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 

 313. B. obliqua, TlmiJt. ; Banks Ic. Keempf. t 20. B. sinensis. A, DC. I. c, 

 ex deter. 



