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cordatula, coriacea, margine uudujata, vix angulata, supra glabra, infra 
nunc ± dense pilosa in nervis venisque, nunc fere glabra, nervise petiolo 
5-7-palmatim currentibus supra vix, subtus valde prominentibus, nervis sec- 
undariis inter se subparallelis ; petiolus circ. 2 cm. longus. Inflorescentiae 
axillares laxae, 4-10 cm. longae, saepius 3-florae ; pedicelli 1 cm. longi 
vel ultra, in fructu ad 3 cm. elongati ; bracteae deciduae lineares 1 mm. 
longae vel ultra ; calyx et corolla eis A. begoniaefolii simiilimi sed paulo 
majores. Staminum filamenta fere glabra, nec infraantheras barbata, 
5-6 mm. longa ; antherae ± 1 cm. longae. Fructus primo elongato- 
turbinatus, deinde compresso-ellipsoideus, ad 20 mm. longus, 8-9 mm. 
latus, longitudinaliter sulcis percursus, multo compressus, semi'ne unico ’ 
testa membranacea ; albumen paulo convolutum. 
Eastern Himalaya Lachen, Sikkim, 7-9,000 ft., Pkadoncken, 
Sikkim, 5,000 ft., Hooker in Herb. Kew. et Herb. Calc. ; Prain's 
Coll ., 331 in Herb Calc. ; Choongtam, Sikkim, Hooker in Herb., Kew. ; 
Sikkim, King in Herb. Calc, without locality or number ; Sikkim, 
Thomson in Herb. Calc, without number ; Sikkim, in Herb. Calc, 
without number ; Senchal, parjeeling District, 7,000 ft. ; Gamble 2440 A 
in Herb. Gamble. Rangbul, Darjeeling District, 7,000 ft.. Lace 
Tashiding Forest 2,293 in Herb. Calc ; Kurz } Darjeeling, 7,000 ft. in 
Herb. Calc., Gamble 6,950 in Herb Gamble. Towards Chuka, Bhutan, 
damp woods, 6,000 ft., Griffith 1,097 in Herb. Kew. (Kew Distr. 3,389). 
Synonymy : — 
Marlea begonicefolia , Roxb. var. alpina ex C. B. Clarke in FI. Brit. 
Ind. II, p. 743. Marlea sikkimensis f King MSS. in Herb. Calc. Marlea 
alpina , Gamble MSS. ex Brandis in Indian Trees, p. 355. Alangiutn 
begonia/ olium (Roxb.) Baill. pro minima parte Speciminibus 
Sikkimeusibas alpinis — in Wan germ, Alangiaceae, p. 21. 
