62 G , King — Materiati for a Flora of the Mulayan FminsuJa. [No. 1, 
4t to 7 in. long and 2 to 4'5 in. broad ; petioles 1*5 to 4 in. Peduncles 
¥a-rying in length from 1 to 2 in., slender, glabrouSj bearing a few 
flowers near the apex. Male flower; sepah 2, rotnnd ; petals 2, 
narrowly oblong; stamens Hbou.i 50, motiadolphous ; anthers oboiroid. 
Fjjmale ; perianth'HGgmQntB 5, g^radually smalior iuifl^ardf? : shjies 2, 
with two twisted branches. Oapsule '4 in. long and "75 in. broad to 
the ends of the wings, the Bmallet" wings very narrow ; the posteiioi" 
one broad^ descending. A. DC, Prod. XY, Pt, I, S52 ; Clarke in Hook. 
111. Fl. Br. Ind. II, 648. 
Pbrak ; Scortechini 571. Malacca ; Maingay (Kew Distrib.) 675. 
PgNANff; WaUich. Sblasgoh; Uidleif 7'2S9. 
9. Begonta Hasskarlii, Zoll. et Mor. Syst. Yerz. Zoll. 31 (not of 
Miq.) All parts glabrous. Stem a creeping rhizome. Leaves rotnnd- 
ovatp, sliorfcly and abruptly caudate-acnminate, peltate, the edges wavy 
but entire; both snrfitces glabroas, the upper pitted when dry, the 
lower with Bnb-rotnnd scales; main-nerves about ten, radiating from 
the insertion of the petiole, nob very prominent; length 3*5 to 5-5 
in. ; bread til 2"25 to 3" 75 in. ; petiole attached to the leaf about *75 
to 1*25 in. from its lower edge ; stipi^les short, lanecolate. Peduncle 
wsnally longer than the leaves (ofton twice as long), about as thick as 
the petioles, bearing a few slender branches near the apex, ebracteafce. 
Flnw&rs Biuall, whifco tipped with red. Male '2 in. broad; sepals 2, 
reiiiform^ the margins thick. Stamens numerous, cane i form-oblong, 
theii- apices emarginate ; filaments very short, free. Femat.k, sepuh 2, 
witb vertical veins, reniform ; style short, thick, with 4 short branches ; 
stiqinas 4, macli lobiilate. Oapmle 4-cellied, '6 in. long, the lateral 
wings very narrow ; the posterior broad slightly narrowed to the blunt 
apex, '5 in. long : seeda minute, ovoid, tapering to one end, brown, shining, 
pitted. B. peltata, Bmak, in Uo&v, et De Vriese, Tijdfichr. X (1643) 
133. Metscherlicia coriacea, Klotzsch in Abh. Akad. Berl. (1855) 74 ; 
Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 1, Pt. I, 696. B. coriacea, Hassk. PI Jav. Bar. 200 ; 
B. kemandiaefolia, Hook, (not of others) Hot. Mag. t. 4676. 
Pbr^ik ; SroHacMni 1607 ; King's Collector 4427, 8245 ; Ridley 9689. 
Paiiang ; Ridley 2442.— -Distrib. Java, Zollinger 1613. 
This ia orie of three speoiea to which the specifio n&mo peltata haa bonn giFen. 
That name must however be reaerved for the Brazilmn apeciea to whioh it WEta 
first applied by Otto & Dietr. {AUg. Gn^ieiVA, IX (1811) 58). The MSS. nnma 
B, Haxskarliana wa« given by Mvqnel to a speciea neivr B. coespitom whioh he con- 
fuaed with Zollinger's No. 1613 (the type of the speciea above doacrifjotlj, and 
this iiiBxiciimcy waa i>erpetuated by Miquel oti p. 1091 of hia FJ, Ind, Bat, 1, 
Pt. I, where he deacribes Di^loclinium Sasskarliannm, 
10. Begonia ScORTECHiNii^ King, n.Bp. RAwowecreeping, short, acalj. 
