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equal wings, \ inch long narrow at the base widened 

 towards the apex, perianth apparently 6 lobed. 



Sarawak, top of Mount Braang old jungle limestone 

 (Haviland). 



I have only seen one specimen of this curious begonia 

 with a single capsule and no flowers. It is hardly 

 sufficient to describe. 



B. (Platy cent rum), adenostegia, Stapf., Trans. Linn Soc. 

 IV. 164. An erect epiphytic plant under a foot tall 

 glabrous with leaves entire acute shortly petioled a 

 short little branched panicle with small persistent ob- 

 long bracts male flowers \ inch across, sepals 2 petals 

 2 white. Female flowers 5 lobed capsule with one large 

 oblong wing and tw"o smaller ones. 



Kinabalu, at Kinitaki 4500 feet, (Haviland 1270). 



R. A. Soc, No. 46, 1908 



