Begonia.} lxvi. begoniace^e. 859 
3 in. wide; petioles 2 to 3 in. long. Peduncle 3 in. long. Cyme 
few-flowered. Bracts lanceolate, white veined red. Males, sepals 
orbicular-ovate blunt, white veined red, -25 in. long. Petals 2, 
smaller, spathulate. Stamens in a globose head; anthers sub- 
globose. Females *5 in. across. Petals 6 to 7, obovate. Styles 2, 
free to base. Capsule lateral wings short, posterior oblong triangular 
blunt, -5 in. long. Hab. Limestone rocks, rare. Selangor, Batu 
Caves (Ridley). Lankawi (Curtis). 
(17) B. sibthorpioides Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus . vii. 42. 
Rhizome tuberous -2 in. long, golden-hairy. Stems very slender 
2 to 4 in. long red, glabrous. Leaves in distant pairs, orbicular 
cordate crenate, red beneath, glabrous -5 in. long and wide not 
oblique; petioles -2 to *8 in. long. Male flowers small 2 to 3 sub¬ 
terminal on 1 to 3 branches. Sepals 2, oblong, blunt. Petals 2, all 
white or rose pink. Anthers in a globose pedicelled head. Fruit 
•1 in. long, one wing large oblong -2 in. long, others very short. 
Hab. Kedah Peak at 3800 ft. altitude (Robinson). 
