66 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Fenitmtla. [No. I, 
masa on a short thick aothophore ; anthers oblong, blaatly apienlate, 
filajueuts varjing in length (the inner the longest). Female perianth 
of 5 uneqaal pieces : stylm 2, rather long, combined at the base. Cap- 
sule not seen. 
Perak ; collected at an elevation of 5,000 ft.* Wray 1450, 1573. 
SpeoimouH of this plant are rather aoanty. They resemble B, megaptera, hut 
are not tmuleBcaQt like that epeoiei. la the Calcutta Herbariam there is, mider 
the Dame Diplocliiiiu.m f«bero8»m^ Miq.j a speciinen collected bj Kara in Weatera 
Java which apparently be bugs to fchia apeolofl. There are also two plants 
from Sumatra collected by Forbes (Herb, Porboa 2333a aact 2255J which appear to 
belong to this. The gennB Diplodiniutn is iaaeparable from Begonia and tbe spectfio 
name tuberosa iB^prB^occapiod in the latter by a spec lbs desoribed by Lamack from 
the Molaccas which has a roiinded taherons root. 
J 7. Beookia Maswelluna, King n. sp. BhizoTm as thick as a 
8 wan -quill, bearing many broadly lanceolate scales. Leaves broadly 
and obliquely ovate to ovate-rotund, more or less acuminate, the edges 
minutely ciliate-denticulate, the base very obliqae, one side of it rounded 
the other ronnded-auriculate,. the sinus wide ; both sm-faces with a lew 
coarse compressed rusty hairs, most oumeroua on the nerves near the base; 
the lower surface with mioute white scales ; main-nerves 7 to 9, radiat- 
ing from the base, prominent ; length 5 to 6 in. ; breadth 4 to 7 in. ; 
petioles 4 to 10 in. long, compresed (when dry) like the peduncl*^ 
and like them msfcy-pnbescent, peduncles uaeqaal, those beai-iiig only 
> male flowers often shorter than tlie petioles ; those bearing female and 
xmle. or females only often longer than the petioles ; all ebracteate 
below the iufloresceBce, dichotomonaly branched and few-flowered at th© 
apes ; the bracts short, bread. Male flowers densely clustered ; sepals 
2, oblong- ovate, blant, -4 in. long, puberalous outside ; petals 2, similar, 
but ranch smaller. Stamens numerous, without anthophore ; anthers lin- 
ear, bluntly apicnlate, slightly shorter than the filameots. Femalk peri- 
anth of 5 unequal pieces diminishing in size inwards ; styles 2, short, much 
lobulate. Capsule 2-celled, 1'4 in. broad (to the ends of the wings) and 
*6 in from base to apes ; the 2 lateral wings aub-quadrate, obtuse ; the 
posterior dblong, blunt, more than three times as long as the lateral. 
PjSEAK ; Maxwell's Hill, at elevation of 3,000 feet, Wray 119, 2199 j 
Scortechitii 1607, 1798 • King's Collector 2038,— Distrib. Sumatra, Forbes 
3119a* 
The flowers of thia are white tinged with pink and the leaves ^en, th© ner^^es 
beneath bsing red. This reeembles B. magapteroidea, King, but the flowers are 
smaller, and the leaveg aud iulloresceuce are uot glabroua aa in that speciea. 
18* Bf-jtiONiA rK^CLARA, King u. sp. Rhizome creeping, very scaly. 
Leaves obliquely ovate, acuminate, the base rounded on one side of tbe 
