PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF BEGONIA. 
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apex, the stigmas spirally arranged. Capsules turbinate, truncate, base 
rounded, about 12 nun long, 1.5 mm wide, the wings equal, the upper 
outer corners acute; placentae 2-partite. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, Pamplona, Bur. Sci. 7431 Ramos, March, 1909, 
in forests. 
A species manifestly allied to Begonia cumingiana A. DC., but with smaller, 
more distinctly lobed leaves, and with the staminate and pistillate flowers in 
separate inflorescences. 
8. Begonia littleri sp. nov. 
Species B. longistipulae affinis et .similis, differ! foliis brevioribus, 
vix 8 cm longis, capsulis multo minoribus, inaequaliter 3-alatis. 
An erect, herbaceous or slighty suffruteseent and slightly branched, 
glabrous plant 50 cm high or less, the branches terete, dark-brown. 
Leaves inequilateral, oblong to oblong-ovate, membranaceous, straight 
or slightly falcate 5 to 7 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, the base narrowed, 
acute, obtuse, or slightly rounded, inequilateral, not at all cordate, the 
apex rather sharply and slenderly acuminate, the margins, especially in 
the upper half, distinctly lobed-dentate, the teeth sharp, scattered, ir- 
regular; petioles 4 to 10 mm long; stipules brown, membranaceous, 
lanceolate, acuminate, about 1.3 cm long. Panicles in the upper axils, 
5 cm long or less, the flowers apparently pistillate, the upper ones more 
numerous, staminate, the. sepals of the staminate flowers 2 , orbicular, 
less than 5 mm long, white, the petals none. Capsules about 1 cm long, 
1.5 cm wide, truncate, the base rounded, 3-winged, one wing about 5 
mm wide, the other two considerably narrower, all rounded. Placentae 
2-partite. 
Basilan, Isabela, along banks of streams at an altitude of about 90 m, 
DeVore <£ Hoover 94, April, 1903, in' flower (type), Bur. Sci. 11512 Robinson, 
June, 1910, in fruit. 
A species with much the general appearance of Begonia longistipula Merr., 
but differing especially in its smaller leaves and much smaller capsules. Named 
in honor of Capt. C. A. Littler, of whose party Dr. Robinson was a member at 
the time fruiting specimens of. the plant were collected. 
9. Begonia longistipula sp. nov. 
Herba. erecta, ramosa, glabra.; foliis lanceolatis, leviter inaequilatera- 
libus, rectis vel leviter falcatis, membranaceis, apice longe acuminatis, 
basi angustatis, acutis vel obtusis, vix cordatis, margine irregulariter 
leviter late dentafo-lobatis ; stipulis lanceolatis, membranaceis, deciduis, 
1.5 ad 2 cm longis; inflorescentiis masculinis terminalibus, diffusis, 6 
ad 9 cm longis, floribus circiter 1 cm diametro ; capsulis circiter 1.8 cm 
longis, aequaliter 3-alatis, apice truncatis, basi acutis. 
An erect, branched, glabrous herb, the stems reddish-brown when dry. 
Leaves thinly membranaceous, lanceolate or narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 
10 to 15 cm long, 2 to 5 cm wide, somewhat shining when dry, greenish, 
