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MERRILL. 
by about two bracts similar in shape, size and texture to the stipules, 
and each flower subtended by a pair of smaller bracteoles; pedicels 
brown-pubescent, 4 mm long. Sepals 2, elliptic-ovate, rounded, 10- 
nerved, reticulate, in bud but nearly mature, about 8 mm long. Stamens 
about 25; anthers 1 mm long. Pistillate flowers unknown. Capsules 
obovate in outline, truncate, base acute, about 1 cm long, 1.8 cm wide, 
glabrous, 3-celled, the placentas bipartite, 3-winged, the wings in their 
upper portions about 0.7 mm wide. 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, Maagnas, Bur. Sci. 631/0 Robinson, August 28, 
1908. 
A species characterized by its short-peduncled, fascicled or solitary flowers, 
and by its comparatively large capsules. 
3. Begonia ciliifera sp. nov. 
Species B. fasciculiflorae valde affinis, differt omnibus partibus pilis 
brunneis longis ciliiformibus instructis, foliisque paullo minoribus. 
An erect or ascending, somewhat branched, and apparently suffru- 
tescent plant, all parts supplied with long, brown, spreading cilia-like 
hairs. Branches terete or angled, brown, striate, rather densely ciliate. 
Leaves oblong-obovate, membranaceous, shortly petioled, 6 to 11 cm long, 
2 to 4 cm wide, brown or reddish-brown when dry, somewhat shining, 
much paler beneath, the apex rather sharply acuminate, the base 
gradually narrowed, somewhat inequilateral, obtuse, the margins distantly 
and rather coarsely toothed, the teeth acute, 4 mm long or less; the 
upper surface with scattered, long, brown hairs, the lower surface more 
densely ciliate, but here only on the nerves, and also densely covered 
with small, white, lepidote-like spots ; petioles 3 mm long or less, densely 
ciliate; nerves about 5 on each side of the midrib, ascending, straight, 
mostly forked, the reticulations lax, distinct; stipules ciliate, brown, 
lanceolate, strongly acuminate, about 1 cm long. Staminate flowers 
axillary, solitary or in very few-flowered fascicles, similar to those of B. 
fasciculiflora , each pedicel subtended by several linear-lanceolate, acu- 
minate, brown bracteoles. 
Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9318 Whitford & 
Hutchinson, January, 1908, in canyons, altitude about 20 m. 
Both this and Begonia fasciculiflora are quite distinct from B. mindanaensis 
Warb., which also has axillary fascicled flowers. 
4. Begonia mindanaensis Warb. in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 55. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Mount Dagatpan, Warburg 11/633, type in herb. 
Berol. ! ; Todaya, Copeland 121/6, April, 1904 : Province of Surigao, Bolster 31/1, 
April, 1906: Butuan subprovince, Weber 1211, Merrill 7310. District of Zam- 
boanga, Sax River, Williams 2103, February, 1905. 
5. Begonia fasciculiflora sp. nov. 
Suffruticosa, erecta, 0.6 ad 1.2 m alta, vix vel pauce ramosa, leviter 
brunneo-pubescens ; foliis breviter petiolatis, inaequilateraliter oblongo- 
