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BEGONIA FASCICULATA. fW, J,j 

 Foliis inferioribus alternis, superioribus oppositis, oblongo- 

 ovatis basi semicordatis duplicato-serratis pilosis, perianthiis 

 masculis diphyllis, capsulas alis equalibus obtusangulis. 

 Found at Tappanuly on the West coast of Sumatra. 

 Caulescent. Stem weak, jointed, thickened at the joints, 

 round, covered with red hairs. Leaves petiolate, the lower 

 ones alternate, the upper ones opposite, oblong-ovate, in- 

 equilateral, semicordate at the base, acuminate, irregularly 

 serrate, covered above with red erect subspinescent hairs, 

 beneath with softer and weaker hairs. Petioles densely 

 pilose. Stipules linear, acuminate, pilose. The flowers come 

 in fascicles from the middle of the petioles, and these flower- 

 bearing leaves are always opposed to another without flowers ; 

 hence it is that the upper leaves are opposite while the lower 

 are alternate. Fascicles composed of male and female flowers ; 

 pedicels slender, smooth, white. Bracts several at the base of 

 the fascicles, acute, pilose red. MALE, Perianth diphyllous, 

 white. Stamina numerous. Anthers yellow. FEMALE. 

 Perianth superior, white, cup-shaped, five-leaved ; petals 

 ovate, acute, with a few short red hairs on the outside. 

 Style deeply trifid ; lobes convolute, infundibuliform. Capsule 

 three-winged, three-celled, wings equal, obtuse-angled. 



BEGONIA PILOSA. ( W, J.J 



Foliis subsessilibus irregulariter serratis acuminatis pilosis 

 subtus rubris, bracteis ad basin pedicellorum subrotundis 

 ciliatis, capsulae alis subequalibus parallelo-rotundatis. 



Interior of Bencoolen. 



Caulescent, pilose. Leaves alternate, scarcely petiolate, 

 ovate, inequilateral, acuminate, slightly and irregularly ser- 

 rate, pilose with long red hairs, under surface of a bright 

 red colour ; about three inches long. Stipules large, lanceo- 

 late, pilose externally. Peduncles oppositifolious, subdi- 

 chotomous. Bracts at the base of the pedicels, roundish, 



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