648 Lxn. BE60MIACEJ!. (C. B. Clarke.) [Begonm. 



** Connective not produced above the mUhei^-oellg. 



38. B. iQtegrrlfoll^, Balz. in Sooh. Kem Jmm. iii. 230 ; caulescent, 

 leaTes ovate-oblong^ nearly entire ciliate very uneeiuaUy cordate, petioles suc- 

 culent laxly puljescent, inflorescence glalnrous. A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 351 ; 

 Bdz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 104. 



• Western Ghauts from Bombay to Mysoeb; Lam, DaleeU, See. Mottlmein; 

 Parish. , ' 



Eootstoei tuberous. Stem 6-12 in., succulent. Leaves 3-6 in., hardly acute, pilos& 

 above, laxly pubescent oa the nerves beneath, finely ciliate ; petiole 1-5 in. ; stipules 

 lanceolate, upper ones glabrous lower with lax hairs. Peduncle as though terminal; 

 flowers white, medium-sized, not very many ; bracts broad, ovate, lower with soma 

 lax hairs, upper glabrous. Matk • sepals 2, round; petals 2, narrow-oblong; star- 

 mens about 50, monadelphous, anthers oboyoid. EemaiiB: perianth-segments 5, 

 inner gradually smaller; styles 2, combined below, branched and much twisted up- 

 wards. Capsule f by |-f in. including the wingp, recurved, smaller wings very 

 narrow, broad wing descending, dehiscing primarily by the narrow face. Seed* 

 short-ellipsoid. — Alph. DC. gives Ceylon as a locality, quoting Thwaites No. 2597, 

 which is Thwaites's B. subpeltata. 



39. B. g'uttata, WaU. Cat, 3671 A; caulescent, leaves ovate-olilong^ 

 nearly entire not ciliate, petioles' pubescent, inflorescence glabrous. A. DC. 

 Prodr. XV. pt. i. 352. 



PiNANs; Wallich. MixATi.; Mainga^ 'So. 675 partly. 



DiflFers from^. integrifolia only in having the leaves nearly without cilia: the 

 flowers appear somewhat smaller, but the two species are probably one. Wallich's 

 specimen is very large with a thick woody rootstock, the petioles 10 in. 



40. B. procrldtfolla, Wall. Cat. 6292; nearly glabrous, stem erect 

 simple, leaves subsessile oblong acuminate entire or denticulate. A. DC. Prodr, 

 XV. pt. i. 352 ; Kurz in Journ. As. Soe. 1877, pt. ii. 108. 



Mabtabau ; near Tavoy, Wallieh. 



Sootstoek fibrous. Stem 6-9 in., weak. Leaves 3-5 by |-1^ in., very unequal at 

 the base, glabrous beneath, sometimes with a few scattered hairs above; petiole ^g—^ in,} 

 stipules \ in., oblong, acuminate. Pedimcles from the upper a«ils, baldly so long as 

 the leaves ; bracts ovate, deciduous. T/rnx. : sepals 2, J in., round, rose-coloured ; 

 petals 2, smaller, narrow-obovate ; stamens many, monadelphous, anthers obovoid; 

 connective not produced. Fsemaue : not known. Capsule more than J by ^ in. ex- 

 clusive of tlje wings, recurved ; styles deciduous ; the two narrow wings ovate the 

 broad wing much descending.— ^This may, in the absence of female flowers, belong 

 to the section Mezierea, but the ovate narrow wings of the capsule suggest the pre- 

 sent section where it has been placed by Alph. DC. 



41. B. g'oniotls, C. B. Clarke ; nearly glabrous, stem elongate branch- 

 ing, leaves narrow-oblong caudate excessively unequsLl at base. 



BuBMA, alt 3700-4000 ft. ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. No 2579). 



Stem 2 ft. Leaves 5-6 by }-l in., nearly entire or serrate near the apex, one 

 auricle excessively produced backwards often in an angular or quadrate form ; petiole 

 ^-1^ in.; stipules persistent, ovate, acute, mucronate not acuminate, cordate. 

 Peduncles axillary, few-flowered, glabrous; bracts deciduous. Flowers not seen. 

 Capsule 4 by 1^ in. including the wings, glabrous, recurved ; styles deddnons ; tihe 

 two narrower yings more than \ in. broad towards the top of the capsule, the larger 

 descending, dehiscing by 4 lines, one on either side of tiie narrower wings. Swds 

 short-ellipsoid. — The breadth of the narrower wings of the capsule renders it un- 

 likely that this is a Mezierea; but the habit is that of B. episcopaUs, No. 26. 



