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MERRILL. 
2.5 to 4 cm long; stipules oblong-lanceolate, membranaceous, brown, 
1.5 to 2 cm long, oblong-lanceolate, the apex prominently setose acum- 
inate. Inflorescence axillary, few-flowered, 3 to 4 cm long, the staminate 
and pistillate flowers White, apparently in different inflorescences on 
the same plant, the peduncles less than 1 cm long. Staminate flowers : 
Pedicels slender, 1.5 cm long. Sepals 2, elliptic-ovate, about 12 mm 
long, 10 mm wide. Petals similar but smaller, about 10 mm long and 
7 mm wide. Stamens about 60; anthers oblong or narrowly oblong - 
obovoid, 2.5 mm long; filaments somewhat shorter. Pistillate flowers: 
Bracteoles narrowly lanceolate, somewhat boat-shaped, about 1 cm long. 
Sepals 2, obovate, rounded, 12 mm long, 10 mm wide, the petals 
apparently 2, similar. Styles 3.5 mm long, free nearly to the base, the 
stigmas spiral. Capsule inequally 3-winged, turbinate, the apex trun- 
cate, the base acute or obtuse, 1.5 cm long, 2 to 2.5 cm wide, one wing 
nearly 1 cm wide, the other two one-half as. wide. 
Mindoro, Mount Halcon, on steep, damp, forested slopes at an altitude 1,100 
to 1,800 m, Merrill 5515 (type), 5607, November, 1906. 
23. Begonia merrittii Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 365. 
Luzon, Bontoe Subprovince, Vamoverbergh 513, 511,: Lepanto Subprovince, 
Mount Malaya, For. Bur. 11,1,91 Darling, January, 1909: Benguet Subprovince, 
Suyoc to Pauai, Merrill 1/-781, November, 1905 ; Pauai, Bur. Sci. 1,385 Mearns, Bur. 
Sci. 81,96 McGregor; Mount Pulog, For. Bur. 16176 Curran, Merritt, & Zschoklce, 
January, 1909, Merrill 5602, May 1909: Mount Tonglon (Santo Tomas), Phil. 
PI. 711, 858 Merrill, May, 1911, For. Bur. 1,996 Curran, August, 1906, Elmer 
6254, May 1904, For. Bur. 11107 Whitford, April, 1908, Williams 1211, 1532, 
November, 1904, Bur. Sci. 51,55 Ramos, December, 1908, Mearns s. n., December, 
1906, Merrill 1,823, November, 1905; Mount Ugo, Bur. Sci. 5839 Ramos; Mount 
Lusod, For. Bur. 15736 Merritt & Curran, December, 1908. 
An endemic species characteristic of the mossy forests of the Mountain Prov- 
ince, Luzon, abundant on most high peaks and ridges above an altitude of 
1,600 m. Igorot (Bontoe) gitgitlang. 
24. Begonia contracta Warb. in Perk. Frag. FI. Philip. (1904) 54. 
The type of this species was from Sampaloc, Province of Tayabas, Luzon, 
Warburg 13085, in herb. Berol. I am disposed to refer to the species the 
following specimens although nearly all of them differ from B. contracta, as 
described, in some minor characters: 
Luzon, Province of Isabela, San Luis, Bur. Sci. 8008 Ramos, May, 1909, the 
capsules larger than in the type’ (1.5 cm long), and with much longer pedicels 
(nearly 1 cm in length), the leaves purple when dry: Province of Bizal, Bosoboso, 
Bur. Sci. 2621 Ramos, May, 1907, leaves more lobed than in the type and 
somewhat denticulate: Province of Tayabas, For. Bur. 6716 Kobbe, with lax, 
elongated panicles, and purple, denticulate leaves: Province of Bataan, Mount 
Mariveles, Copeland 201,2. May, 1906, altitude about 800 m. Negros, Gimagaan 
River. Whitford 1607, 161,8, 1588, 150 If, Kinaruyan River, For. Bur. 7295 
Everett. Mindanao, District of Zamboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. 9319, 9273 
Whitford & Hutchinson. 
As above interpreted the species is a variable one, and additional material, in 
