34 Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



XI. CAMPANULACEtE. 

 PHYTEUMA BEGONIFOLIUM.* 



Pentandria Monogynia. 

 ■N, O, Campanulaceoi, 



Foliis semicordatis inequilateralibus serratis, spicis unila- 

 teralibus axillaribus revolutis. 



Phyteuma begonifolia, Roxb, Hart. Beng. p, 85. 

 Pulo Pinang. Mergui. 



A small herbaceous plant. Stem procumbent, 1 or 2 feet 

 in length, thick, villous, chiefly at the summit, with fascicu- 

 late hairs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, semicordate, inequi- 

 lateral, turning to one side, eight inches long, acute, with 

 gross subspinescent serratures, villous beneath, adult leaves 

 smooth above, nerves generally dichotomous. Petioles thick 

 round, furrowed above. Stipules none. Peduncles axillary 

 or supra-axillary. Flowers unilateral, erect, arranged in 

 two rows on a recurved spike, nearly sessile, crowded. 

 Bracts cuneiform, obtuse. Calyx semisuperior, ovate, villous, 

 5 lobed, lobes obtuse. Corolla white, campanulate, persis- 

 tent, limb recurved, 5-lobed, lobes obtuse ; after florescence 

 the corolla becomes green and enlarges. Stamina 5, erect, 

 short, inserted on the calyx, and opposite to its divisions. 

 Anthers linear acute. Ovarium surrounded by the calyx 

 and connected with it by five longitudinal septa or processes 

 from which the stamina spring, 3 or 4-celled, many-seeded, 

 placentae from the inner angles of the cells. Style short, 

 thick. Stigma large, thick, three-lobed. Capsule 3 or 4- 

 celled, containing numerous seeds arranged on convex pla- 

 centae. 



The septa which unite the calyx and ovary appear con- 

 tinuous with the filaments of the stamina. The young parts 



* This is Pentaphragma begonifolium, Wall., and is doubtfully referred 

 to Goodeniacese. — W. G. 



