646 Lxvi. BBGONUOBJ!. (0. B, Clarke.) [Begoma. 



30. B. barbata, Wall: Cat. 3679 A and part B j caulescent, leaves not 

 loted, ovate acuminate hispid beneath denticulate ciliate, bracts cyme and 

 ovary pubescent. A. DC. JProdr. xv. pt. i. 348 ; ruit of Kun. 



From SiLHBT and Cachab to Bcema, alt. 0-2000 ft. ChittagoKG, abundant in 

 the hills. 



Bootstock creeping, not thick, nor tuberous. Stem decumbent, usually short, with 

 much spreading brown hair. Leaves 2-5 in., unequal cordate at the base, hispid on 

 both surfaces,, margin very entire; petiole 1-4 in., with spreading hairs; stiptiles 

 persistent, lanceolate-subulate, ciliate. Pedmuiles from the upper axils, not more 

 than 3 in., pubescent to the summit except in ripe fruit, few-flowered ; flowers 

 medium, white to pink. Male: sepals 2, ovate, pubescent; petals 2, narrowly 

 obovate ; stamens SO or more, scarcely monadelphous, anthers obovoid ; connective 

 much produced, ovate-oblong Femai.e : perianth-segments 5, outer pubescent, inner 

 .gradually smaller; oVary shaggy. Capsule J by 1 in. including the -ndngs, hairy at 

 least until the seeds are scattered, recurved in fruit with a descending wing, dehiscmg 

 by four lines one on either side of the two narrow wings. Seeds ellipsoid, brown. 



31. B. megraptera, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 348 ; caulescent, glabrous 

 or very nearly so, leaves cordate-ovate acuminate undulate angular hardly 

 serrate. Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, .pt. ii. 108. B. malabarica, Wall. Cat. 

 3676 D. 



NiFAL ; Wdllich. Siekiu, alt. 2000-8000 ft., frequent. East Benoai., Fatkoye 

 summit, Griffith. Mabtaban Huxs ; Kurz. 



Bootstock thick, woody. Stem erect, 12-18 in. when well developed. Leaves 

 4-6 in,, unequal at the base, nerves beneath and petiole unusually glabrous ; petiole 

 1-4 in, ; stipules lanceolate-subulate, glabrous, persistent. Pedmicles elongate, from 

 the upper axils, often 8 in. ; bracts large, oblong, glabrous, caducous ; flowers large, 

 not very many, pink. M at.h : sepals 2, ovate; petals 2, ovate, little smaller; stamens 

 dO or more, monadelphous, anthers obovoid ; connective produced, obtuse. Feuaxb : 

 perianth-segments S, nearly equal ; styles 2, long, combined at the base, with long 

 tortuous branches. Capsuk and seeds as in B. rvbro-venia. 



32. B. sikklmensis, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 349 ; caulescent, glabrous 

 Cr nearly so, leaves round lobed often nearly to the base lobes often again in- 

 cised or lobed. 



SiKKiH, alt. 3000-7000 ft. ; J. D. H. ; C. B. Clarke. 



Bootstock thickened, woody. Stem erect, 12-18 in. when well developed. Leaves 

 4-6 in. diam., not very unequal nor very cordate at the base, denticulate-ciliate ; pe- 

 tiole 1-4 in., glabrous; stipules nearly 1 in., lanceolate-linear. Peduncles from the 

 upper axils, elongate, often 6-9 in. ; bracts elliptic, deciduous, bright-red, as are the 

 pedicels and flowers; flowers medium, not very many. Mai.e: sepals 2, ovate; 

 petals 2, elliptic, smaller ; stamens 50 or more, monadelphous ; anthers obovoid ; 

 connective produced, triangular, obtuse. Female : perianth-segments 5, inner bright- 

 red gradually smaller ; styles 2, combined at the base, branches veiy tortuous. 

 Capside and seeds as in B. rubro-venia. 



33. B. Catbcartil, Sook.f. III. Rim. Fl. 1. 13; caulescent, leaves cor- 

 date-ovate acute glabrous beneath except a few paleaceous hairs on the nerves, 

 peduncles and petioles -with defleied paleaceous hairs, ovary pubescent. A. DC. 

 Prodt. XV. pt. i. 349. B. nemophila, Kurz in Joum. As. Soc. 1877, pt. ii. 108. 

 Begonia sp. Griff. Notid. iv. 583 and le. t. 612. 



SieAh, alt. 3000-8000 ft. ; J. D. H. ; C. B. Clarke. Biema ; Griffith (Kew 

 Distrib. No. 2582) ; Kurz. Motilmedi ; Parish, Th)s. Lohb. 



Near B. barbata and best distinguished by the hairs on its stems petioles and 

 peduncles, which are niimerous but scattered, long from a lanceolate paleaceous base 



