64 0. King — llateiiah for a Flora of the Malaijau Peninsula. [No. 1, 
hairs on i!je nerves on i\m lower surface of -tlie leaves : rhizome creep- 
ing, thin. Leaves broadly elliptic-ovate, shortly acarainatre, slii^htfy 
iiarrovvaJ to the rounded almost equal-sided base ; the edges slightly 
imdHlate, very indistinctly serrate ; upper soi'f ace glabrous, lower very 
tuinutely scaly- nerves pinnate, about 6 pairs, ascending, branching j 
iengtli 5 to 9 in. ; breadth 3 to 4*5 in. ; petioles much longer thuTi the 
leaves, glabrous ; stipules lanceolate, inconspicuous. Peduncles 5 to 10 
in. long^ Blender, bearing near the apes 2 or 3 branchca with few shortly 
pedicellate flowers. Male Jloioers; sepals 2, ovato-snbrotand ; petals 
2, much smaller, oblong, blunt; stamens numerous, arranged in a cone, 
linear, with a blunt apical appendage, the filaments short. Femalk 
perianth ot 5 subrotund pieces. Caimde 1 in. bro^d and about half 
as much from base to apex, imperfectly 4-celled : lateral wing« narrow 
oblong ; the posterior wiug ovate, bluut, about '65 in, long. 
Malacca ; Jlervetj ; Derrrj. 
This is a vsTy distinct: apecics resembliTig in the shftpQ of iLs leaves no Asiatic 
Bcijonia that I hmo aeon, except on annaraed speciea from Tonkin (No. 3763 of Herb. 
Balansa), 
13. Begonia PEMEENsrs, Kiitg n. ep. Rhizome slender, creeping. 
Leaves ovate- lanceolate, slightly nnequal -sided, acuminate ; the base 
broad, rounded or very slightly emarginate or oblique, the edges ob- 
scurely aad remotely dentate, or sub-entire j both surfaces glabrous, the 
lower minutely scaly; main-nerves pinnate, 4 or 5 pairs, ascending j 
length 3'5 to 5 5 in. ; breadth l o to 2-25 in. j petiole 2 o to 5 in. j slen- 
der, glabrous. Pedtmcliis usually longer than the leaves (at least when 
in fruit)^ 4-angled, glabrous, fow*ilawered. Flowers whitibli tinged with 
pinkj or pink. hikhE ; sepals rotund-ovate, '4 in. long. Petals 2, oblong 
and much smaller. Stamens numerous, linear with, short blunt apical 
appendages and short filaments. Feiiale perianth of 5 (?) segments. 
OapsuU (ripe) 1*2 in. broad (to end of posterior wing), and '5 in. from 
base to apex» 2-celled ; tbe lateral wings oblong, narrow ; the posterior 
oblong, blunt, sligbtly oblique, '35 in. bmad ; seeds small, ellipsoid, 
pitted, shining. 
Peeakj King^s Collector J0336, 10506, 10951. 
Spocimcns of a spool ea ctoeoly rosonibling this, but inaaSicient for flccurate 
determinatioQ, have been ooUeoted in Selangor by Mr. Ridley (Herb. Ridley 8590). 
l i. Begonia paupercola. King n. ep. Bhizome creeping, acaules- 
oent, everywhere glabrous. Leaves ovate, very unequal-sided aud very 
oblique at the ba.se, or ovate'lanceolate, slightly unequal-sided and little 
oblique at the base ; the apex always acuminate, the edges sligbtly 
sinuate-lobed, obscui-ely den Late ; both anrfucesi glabrous : main-novves 
5 to 7, radiating from tbe base, prominent below, midrib with a few 
