PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF BEGONIA. 
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dato-acuminatis, margine distanter repando-dentatis denticulatisque ; 
paniculis in axillis superioribus, diffusis, usque ad 8 cm. longis, floribus 
inferioribus femineis, superioribus masculinis ; floribus 1 masculinis se- 
palis 2, 5 ad 6 mm longis, petalis nullis ; capsulis aequaliter 3-alatis, 
1.6 ad 1.8 cm longis, apice truncatis, basi rotundatis. 
An erect, apparently suffrutescent, branched, glabrdus > plant, the 
ultimate branchlets brownish or grayish, terete. Leaves oblongo-ovate to 
broadly oblong, membranaceous, 11 to 16 cm long, 3.5. to 6. 5 cm wide, 
slightly shining when dry, paler beneath, the nerves on the lower surface 
brownish-purple, the base strongly obliquely truncate, or very obscurely 
cordate, one side much narrower than the other, acute, the other side very 
broad, rounded, the apex slenderly long-acuminate, denticulate, the mar- 
gins with distant, pointed teeth, somewhat repand between the teeth and 
denticulate, the larger teeth opposite the ends of the nerves and their 
larger branches; basal nerves 7 to 9, mostly distinct, forked; petioles 
1.5 to 4 cm long; stipules oblong-lanceolate, acuminate,' membranaceous, 
about 2 cm long. Panicles in the upper axils, up to 8 cm in length, 
rather diffuse, the branches slender, the pedicels 8 mm long: or less, the 
bracts membranaceous, similar to the stipules but somewhat . smaller, 
the bracteoles much reduced, 'deciduous. Staminate flowers numerous, 
in the upper part of each panicle, pink or red. Sepals 2, orbicular-ovate, 
rounded, 5 to 6 mm in diameter. Petals none. Stamens about 20; 
anthers obovate-ellipsoid, 1 mm long, the filaments shorter than the 
anthers. Pistillate flowers one or two at the base of each inflorescence, 
their pedicels about 2 cm long; lobes 5, oblong, 7 to 9 mm long, 2.5 to 3.5 
mm wide, reticulate. Capsules equally 3-winged, 1.6 to 1.8 cm long, 
1.6 to 2 cm wide, apex truncate, base rounded, the wings reticulate; 
placentae 2-partite. 
Negros, Sicaba, Daluapan River, For. Bur. 5581 Everett (type), November 12, 
1906, locally known to the Visayans as aslom. Luzon, Province of Tayabas, For. 
Bur. 6111 Kobbe. 
A species probably as closely allied to Begonia contracta Warb., as to any 
other known form, but well distinguished by its larger capsules, and differently 
shaped leaves, the base being obliquely truncate but scarcely cordate, 
33. Begonia malindangensis sp. nov. 
Species B. merrittii Merr. similis, et ut videtur valde affinis, differt 
foliis paullo majoribus, minus lobatis, basi haud cordatis uno latere 
acutis altero rotundatis, floribus masculinis minoribus, 2 ad 2.4 cm 
diametro. • 
Erect, herbaceous or suffrutescent, much branched, 0.7 ' to 1.3 m. 
high, glabrous throughout. Branches terete, brownish, rather 'slender, 
somewhat striate when dry. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate, 
chartaceous, brown or olivaceous when dry, paler beneath, ! somewhat 
shining when dry, entirely glabrous, 9 to 13 cm long, 2 to 4.5 cm wide, 
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