Descriptions of Malayan Plants. 



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leaves are of unequal size and vary somewhat in shape, the 

 old ones being much rounder and more decidedly lobed 

 than the younger ones, which have the point so much incurv- 

 ed, as to be nearly falcate on one side. Petioles red, pilose. 

 Peduncles often as long as the leaves, smooth, bearing a 

 dichotomous cyme of white flowers. Bracts ovate, concave. 

 MALE. Perianth four-leaved, the inner pair smaller. Sta- 

 mina numerous, collected into a head. FEMALE. Perianth 

 superior, three-leaved, two exterior large, subrotund, applied 

 to each other as in the male flowers, and enclosing the third 

 which is much smaller and oblong. Style trifid. Stigma 

 lunato-bifid, yellow and glanduloso-pilose. Capsule three- 

 winged, wings nearly equal, obtuse angled or rounded. 



BEGONIA ORBICULATA. (W. J.) 



Subacaulis, foliis orbiculatis cordatis crenatis glabris, pe- 

 dunculis subdichotomis, capsulae alis subequalibus obtu- 

 sangulis. 



Interior of Bencoolen. 



Nearly stemless. Leaves petiolate, subrotund, from three 

 to four-inches in diameter, slightly oblique, cordate at the 

 base where the lobes overlap each other, remotely crenate, 

 rounded at the point, smooth except on the nerves of the 

 under surface, beautifully and finely punctate above. Sti- 

 pules scariose, acute. Peduncles erect, subdichotomous, near- 

 ly as long as the leaves, i. e. about six or eight inches in 

 height. Flowers white. MALE. Corolla four-petalled, the 

 outer pair large, oblong ; the inner small. Stamina nume- 

 rous. FEMALE. C^s!p,?^^/e three-celled, many-seeded, three- 

 winged ; wings obtuse angled, nearly equal. 



BEGONIA SUBLOBATA. (J^. J.; 



Repens, foliis cordatis subquinquelobis vel angulatis den- 

 tato serratis margine reflexis glabris, capsulae alis equalibus 

 obtusangulis. 



