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parce stellato-pubescentibus demum glabris, floribus subsessilibus binis, 
sepalis late ovatis obtusis parce stellato-pubesc escentibus, petalis ellipticis 
vel elliptico-oblongis obtusis revolutis glabris viridibus demum lute 
viridibus, antheris apice truncatis brunneis, stigmatibus truncatis rin 
ochraceis vel luteo-ochraceis demum fuscis. 
Habitat.—Delagoa Bay, Mrs. Monteiro. 
Foliorum — 2-3 lin. longi, lamine 24-5} poll. longs, 10 lin.-2 
poll. late. Sepala 24-3 lin. longa, 2} lin. lata. Petala 5 lin. longa, 
in lata. 
cribed ion a tms plant raised at Kew, from seeds sent by Mrs. 
Montero in 188 
petalis nu 
clavatis, connectivo non produc 
Habitat.—Solomon SET chiely New Georgia. Officers of 
H.M.S. * Penguin," 1894- 
Internodia superiora 1-1} poll. longa. Folia cum porco 5-9 poll. 
longa. Cyme 14-3 poll. diametro. Pedunculi 2-3 poll. longi. Pedi- 
celli 2-3 lin. longi. Sepala 14-2 lin. diametro, stamina inclusa. 
Vost: of Boyle T. Somerville, Lieutenant, R.N., one of the 
collecto 
223. Begonia Weigallii, Hemsl. [ Begoniacez] ; ; caulescens — 
glabra, ramis aray subcarnosis, internodiis quam petioli longi- 
oribus, foliis videtur, membranaceis » m in siccis tenuissimis 
culis, inflorescentia masculina e cymosa, cymis subterminalibus 
ramulis ios tng pedicellis brevisstulá crassiusculis, florum masculi- 
norum sepalis 2 orbicularibus, petalis nullis, staminibus num merosis, 
filamentis ima basi tantum coherentibus, floribus femineis geminatis 
(an semper?) pedunculis pelicllisque brevibus crassis ee 
carnosis, sepalis 2 late ova to-oblongis, petalis 2 oblongis, stylis 3, 
stigmatibus sinuoso-ramosis, fructu fere sequaliter trialato lateraliter 
dehiscente una facie a angusta, alis membranaceis apice truncatis basi 
rotundatis. 
Habitat —Solomon Islands, chiefly New Georgia. Officers of 
H.M.S. * Penguin," 1894-5, : 
Internodia superiora 4-2 poll. longa. Folia cum petiolo 3-7 poll. 
longa. Znflorescentia masculina cum ‘pedun neulo 4 poll. longa et 3 poil, 
o 
pedunculu s 3-8 lin. longus; icelli circiter pollicares. et 
pte e Mis semipollicaria. EDU latior quam longus, 12-15 lin. 
dia 
Seen of S. Weigall, Lieutenant, R.N., one of the col- 
lectors. 
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