LXVI. BEGONIACE^E. 
860 
[Begonia. 
(18) B. Hasskarli Zoll. and Mor. Syst. Verz. Zoll. 31 (not of 
Miquel ); King , lx. 62. B. peltata Hassk. B. hernandiaefolia 
Hook. fil. Bot. Mag. t. 4676, not of others. 
Small glabrous plant, with a creeping rhizome, rather thick 
with 3 or 4 leaves. Leaves fleshy ovate acuminate peltate, bluish 
green, beneath deep red; nerves 10, 3-5 to 5-5 in. long, 2-25 to 
3*75 in. wide; petioles 3 to 4 in. long. Stipules lanceolate. Peduncle 
from rhizome 7 to 8 in. long; panicle slender, few-branched, 
2*5 in. long. Flowers small, white tipped red or all red. Males 
•2 in. broad. Sepals 2, reniform. Petals 2, narrow, oblong. 
Stamens cuneiform emarginate; filaments short, free. Females, 
sepals 2, reniform. Style short, thick; branches 4. Stigmas 4, 
lobulate. Capsule 4-celled, -6 in. long, lateral wings narrow; 
posterior *5 in. long, narrowed to blunt tip. Hab. Limestone 
rocks. Pahang, Gunong Senyum (Evans). Selangor, Batu Caves. 
Perak, Goping (Kunstler); Kwala Dipang. 
var. hirsuta, with young leaves and adult petioles hairy. Pahang, 
Kota Glanggi (Ridley). Distrib. Java. 
(19) B. eiromischa Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. By. 75, p. 36 
(Fig. 70, p. 859). 
Rhizome short, stout. Leaves fleshy obliquely reniform peltate 
acuminate deep green, glabrous, 3 to 3-5 in. long and wide ; nerves 7; 
petioles 2 to 3 in. thick, densely red-hairy. Peduncle glabrous red, 
about 5 in. long. Flowers on 2 branches, small rose pink *5 in. 
across. Male, sepals 2, broad orbicular rounded. Petals very 
narrow, linear. Females, style trifid ; branches bifid. Fruit -6 in. 
long, lateral wings very short, posterior rather thin, broad oblong 
rounded, -3 in. long and wide. Hab. Penang, Pulau Betong (Curtis 
1028). 
(20) B. Scortechinii King, l.c. 62. 
Rhizome stout scaly. Leaves narrow lanceolate-acuminate 
dentate, base sub-acute (not lobed) hairy on both sides; nerves 
pinnate 3 to 4 pairs, 2-3 to 4 in. long, 1 in. wide; petioles 5 to 7 in. 
long. Peduncles from rhizome 4*5 in. long, glabrous; branches 
at top 2 to 3, about 2 in. long. Bracts lanceolate. Flowers w f hite 
tinged pink and green. Male, sepals ovate blunt, 75 in. long. 
Petals -15 in. across, linear oblong. Stamens in a ball on a short 
column; anthers apiculate. Female, segments 5. Styles free, 2- 
to 4-fid. Capsule 75 in. broad, lateral wings narrow oblong, 
posterior larger. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
var. Kunstleriana Ridley. B. Kunstleriana King, l.c. 63. 
Leaves broader, base somewhat rounded ovate-lanceolate; 
petioles very hairy, 6 in. long, 1-5 in. wide. Perak, Bujong Malacca 
(Kunstler). 
(21) B. rhoephila Ridl. Journ. Roy. /4s. Soc. S. By. 75, p. 36. 
Rhizome creeping, stout 1 in. long. Leaves nearly or quite 
glabrous, lanceolate caudate-acuminate, base decurrent on petiole, 
sparsely distant toothed, apex closely toothed; nerves 4 pairs. 
