PHILIPPINE SPECIES OF BEGONIA. 
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This species is found on limestone cliffs in the gorge of the Maraquina River 
near the water-works dam at Wawa ; it is manifestly allied to Begonia luzonensis 
Warb., and B. manillensis A. DC., but is at once distinguishable from the above 
and other forms by its prominently fimbriate paleae. 
48. Begonia fenicis Merr. in Philip. Journ, Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 421. 
Batanes Islands, Batan, Bur. Sci. 3619 Felix, May; 1907 (type), Bur. Sci. 
3207 Mearns, May, 1907. Babuyanes Islands, Bur. Sci. 3893 Fenix, June 
17, 1907. 
I am disposed to refer here also the following specimen from Lanang, Island 
of Samar, Merrill 5237bis, October 3, 1906, although it differs from the type in 
some minor respects. Additional material may prove it to be specifically 
distinct. 
Endemic. 
49. Begonia copelandii sp. nov. 
Herba parva, caule repente stipulis brunueis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis 
usque ad 12 mm longis obtecto ; petiolis 4 ad 6 cm longis, parce brunneo- 
ciliatis ; pedunculis quam petioli longioribus, tenuibus, paucifloris ; foliis 
oblique ovatis, basi inaequilateraliter cordatis; floribus masculinis 3 cm 
diametro; capsulis circiter 1 cm longis, valde inaequaliter 3-alatis, alis 
2 obtusis 5 mm latis, tertia 1.5 cm lata. 
A small herbaceous plant, the stems creeping or the apices somewhat 
erect, dark-brown, with numerous, oblong-ovate, acuminate, brown, mem- 
branaceous stipules about 12 mm long, 6 mm wide, somewhat ciliate on 
back especially towards the apex. Leaves obliquely ovate, 5 to 7 cm 
long, about 5 cm wide, the base inequilaterally cordate, the lobes broad, 
rounded, the sinus scarcely 1 cm deep, acute, palmately about 7-nerved, 
the apex acuminate, the margins slightly irregularly sinuate, not lobed, 
distinctly brown-ciliate, the upper surface glabrous, the lower one with 
scattered, brown hairs on the nerves, under the lens distinctly white- 
maculate with small, regular, round dots ; petioles 4 to 6 cm long, slightly 
brown-ciliate or nearly glabrous. Inflorescence slender, glabrous, about 
20 cm long, slightly branched. Staminate flowers white or very pale- 
pink, 3 cm in diameter. Sepals 2, membranaceous, elliptic, rounded, 
slenderly about 12-nerved, 1.5 cm long, 11 to 12 mm wide. Petals 2, 
similar in texture to the sepals, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, about 14 mm 
long, 5 mm wide. Stamens about 35 ; filaments 1 to 1.5 mm long; anthers 
narrowly obovoid, blunt, about 1 mm long. Capsules about 1 cm long, 
including the wings 2 cm wide, apex truncate, base broadly rounded, 
very unequally 3-winged, the larger wing 1.5 cm long, subacute, the two 
smaller ones about 5 mm wide, obtuse;, placentae 2-partite. Peduncles 
in fruit very slender, 2 cm long. 
Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya, on rocks along tlie Baroring River, 
Copeland 1255, April, 1904, altitude about 850 m. 
A species manifestly allied to Begonia colorata Warb., B. rhombicarpa A. DC., 
and allied forms, well characterized by its unusually large flowers and by its 
comparatively large, unequally 3-winged capsules. 
