Begonm.1 lxti. BEGOuiACEiE. (0. B. Clarke.) 655 



minute. Sepah of either sex 2, j\ in., round, emarginate, a little broader than long; 

 petals of either sex ; stamens many, free, anthers oblong. Styles 3, bifid at the 

 apex. Capsule J-J in., ovate, acute, glabrous, 3-winged ; wings retrorsely produced 

 below the cells, 2 broad-oblong obtuse, the other linear-oblong; placentas undivided. 

 Seeds small, short, ellipsoid. 



** Stem elongate with lateral inflorescence. 



■f* Periardh of the male flower of ^ segments. 



63. B. Walllchlajia, A. DC. Prpdr. xv. pt. i. 883 ; young parts pedicels 

 and ovary with short viscid puliescence. 



Morung Mountains ; Samilton ex Wall. Cat. 



Branch more than 10 in. long, dividing repeatedly, with many leaves, and flowers 

 from the lowermost as well as the upper axils. Leaves 2-3 in., cordate, ovate, very 

 unequal at the base, dentate-serrate, with very short viscid pubescence on both sur- 

 faces ; petiole ^-1 in., viscidly pubescent ; stipules ^ in., ovate, acute, ciliate. FeAum- 

 cles 2 in., few-flowered ; bracts ^ in., ovate, acute, scarious, pubescent, persistent. 

 MAI.E: sepals 2, J in., round-eUiptio ^ petals 2, narrower; stamens (ex A. DC.) mo- 

 nadelphous, anthers ovoid, connective not produced. 'Fwiuxe: styles 3, free, each 

 ending in two long curved and twisted branches. Capsule J by ^ in. including the 

 wings, at length glabrous, wings subeqnal, broadest near the base of the capsule, their 

 margin everywhere rounded. Seeds ellipsoid. — The locality of this plant is very 

 doubtful. By Morung Hamilton understood the Terai from the river Teesta to the 

 Kooshee (see Hamilton's Nepal p. 151): this tract has been explored by very good 

 collectors (J. Scott, Gamble, &c.) since, and no plant at all corresponding to the pre- 

 sent large species has been obtained : indeed Alph. DC. doubts (and with reason) 

 whether any such plant has ever been found in Asia. 



■ft Perianth of the maleflower of 2 segments only, 



64. B. malabarlca, Lamk. Diet. i. 393, not of Hoxb. ; flowers medium 

 large, capsule more than J in.. Wall. Cat. 3676, excl. D ; A. DC. Frodr. xv. 

 pt. i.. 392 ; Thwaites Enum. 128 O) only. B. dipetala, Grah. in Sot. Mag. t. 

 2849; iMdd. Sot. Cab. t. 1730; landl. |- Paxt. Flow. Gard. i. t. 14; Wight Ic. 

 t. 1813; A. DC. l.c. 391. B. tuberosa, fi'eri. Mad.; Wall. Cat. 3675. B. 

 hydrophila, Miq. in Flora 1863, 769 ; A. DC. I. c. 392. 



Malabab Mts, ; common, ascending to 6000 ft. ; and in CErLOK. 



Stem often 2 ft., repeatedly dividing, with many leaves. Leaves 2-4 in., cordate, 

 acute, very unequal at the base, crenate or serrate, pilose above and sometimes pu- 

 bescent beneath, or altogether glabrous ; petiole 1-5 in. ; stipules # in., persistent, 

 ovate, acute, glabrous. Pedtmcles axillary, rarely exceeding 2-5 in., glabrous or nearly 

 so; bracts f in., lanceolate, acute; flowers rose-coloured, not very many on one 

 peduncle. Maie : sepals 2, 4-^ in., round, glabrous ; petals ; stamens 40, shortly 

 monadelphous, anthers obovoid, connective not produced. Femaue : perianth nearly 

 as in the male ; styles 3, little combined at the base, each dividing into two curved 

 and twisted branches. Capmle f by | in. including the wings ; wings little unequal, 

 continued aU round the capsule, rounded altogether or having an obtuse angle at the 

 outer upper margin. Seeds ellipsoid, slightly obovoid. — The following are distin- 

 guished as species by Alph. DC. 



Vae. 1. dipetala ; leaves pilose above and sometimes pubescent beneath, capsule 

 without any angle on the wings. — This is the old B. tuberosa of the Madras Herba- 

 rium and £. dipetala vera of Thwaites. But there are examples at Kew in ripe fruit 

 which have most of the capsules round-winged, others on the same stem angularly 

 winged; and in the large series of examples the pubescence is often evanescent or all 

 but so. 



Vab. 2. hydrophila; leaves pilose above, capsule shorter than in var. 1, the wings 

 broader and more unequal. 



