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including the novelty described below, all show affinities toward the north rather 

 than with I3razil . 



Begonia nubicola Smith & Schubert, sp. nov. (Fig. 65 A.) 



lierbacea 1.5-2.5 m alta, omnino glabra; ramis flexuosis, gracilibus, rubris; 

 foliis transversis vel valde obliquis, subellipticis, apice abrupte acuminatis, basi 

 late cordatis, ad 26 cm loni>is et 11 cm latis marline leviter undulatis, subtus 

 rubro-nervatis, petiolo 4-7 cm longo, stipulis mox deciduis, i^notis; pedunculis 

 axillaribus, ad 9 cm lon°;is; cymis multifloris, valde irreeularibus cum ramis 

 alternis elon^atis et axin centralem simulantibus, 20 cm lon^is; bracteis mox 

 deciduis, ignotis; pedicellis masculinis 4-5 mm lon>;is, fructiferis ad 25 mm 

 longis; tepalis masculinis 2, late ovatis, obtusis, basi cordatis, 6 mm loneis, 

 roseis; staminibus liberis, antheris oblon^is, 0.5 mm lonpis, quam filamentis 

 subduplo brevioribus, connectivo producto truncato; bracteolis femineis late 

 ovatis, obtusis vel retusis, 5 mm longis, inte^ris, membranaceis ; tepalis femineis 

 icrnotis; stylis 3, breviter bifidis, ramis stipmatibus spiraliter cinctis, ovario 

 late ellipsoideo, placentis bilamellatis; capsulis inaequaliter trialatis, ala 



FIG. 65A. Begonia nubicola Smith & Schubert. Maguire, Wurdack & Bunting 36859. a, 

 leaves and inflorescence, X %; b, staminate flower, X 2; c, stamen, X 1 0; d, young fruit 

 with bracteole, X 2; e, style, X 10. 



