PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF BEGONIA. 
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laribus, basi cordatis, circiter 9 mm latis, petalis nullis; capsulis late 
ellipticis utrinque subaequaliter rotundatis vel subtruncatis, aequaliter 
3-alatis, 1.3 ad 1.8 cm longis, 1.5 ad 2 cm latis. 
An erect branched herb, the branches, petioles and lower surfaces of 
the leaves brown-strigose with rather stont, short hairs. Leaves oblong, 
coriaceous when dry, 8 to 12 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm wide, strongly 
inequilateral, base obliquely cordate, one side broad, rounded, the other 
acute, apex slenderly acuminate, margins distantly and irregularly den- 
tate or subentire; basal nerves about 7, the outer ones very short, the 
lateral ones above the base 3 or 4 on each side of the midrib, beneath 
densely brown-strigose; petioles 5 to 10 mm long, densely strigose; 
stipules membranaceous, lanceolate, acuminate, about 1.5 cm long, ca- 
ducous. Panicles terminal, open, few-flowered, about 5 cm long, short- 
peduncled, glabrous. Male flowers red or pink. Sepals 2, suborbicular- 
reniform, rounded, base cordate, about 9 mm wide. Petals none. 
Stamens about 40, the anthers small. Female flowers red or pink, long- 
pedicelled. Perianth-segments 4, subequal, ovate, about 9 mm long. 
Styles 3, forked; sigmas spirally twisted. Capsules broadly elliptic, 
subequally rounded or subtruncate at both ends, equally 3-winged, 1.3 
to 1.8 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm wide. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, San Isidro, Bur. Sci. 12109 Ramos, June, 1910 
(type) ; Montalban, Loher 6083, April, 1905. 
A species well characterized by its brown-strigose branches, petioles, and lower 
surfaces of its leaves. 
30. Begonia esculenta sp. nov. 
Erecta, ramosa, herbacea vel suffruticosa ; foliis oblongo-ovatis, valde 
inaequilateralibus, apice longe tenuiter acuminatis, basi haud cordatis, 
uno latere late rotundatis altero multo angustioribus, aeutis; subtus, 
praesertim ad nervos, minutissime pauce brunneo-f urfuraceis ; paniculis 
masculinis terminalibus, amplis, diffusis, usque ad 11 cm longis, floribus 
miniatis, usque ad 2.3 cm diametro. 
An erect, branched, herbaceous or suffrutescent plant less than 1 m 
high, glabrous except the very slightly and minutely brown-furfuraceous 
lower surfaces of the leaves. Branches terete, rather slender, brownish, 
smooth or somewhat striate when dry. Leaves oblong-ovate, chartaceous 
or subcoriaeeous, 8 to 14 cm long, 2.5 to 3.5 cm wide, slightly shining 
or dull when dry, glabrous on the upper surface, beneath paler and 
with scattered, minute, brown, furfuraceous hairs or scales, especially on 
the nerves, the apex slenderly and acutely long-acuminate, the base 
broad and rounded on one side of the midrib, much narrower and acute 
on the other, not at all cordate, the margins distantly and irregularly 
sharply denticulate, not at all lobed, or on the narrower side subentire; 
basal nerves usually 7, two or three additional ones on each side of 
the midrib above the base; petioles 1 to 1.8 cm long. Pistillate flowers 
