864 lxvi. begon iACEiE. [Begonia. 
3-flowered. Flowers white or red. Male, sepals 75 to 1 in. long, 
oblong-ovate. Petals 2, narrow oblong, *5 in. long. Stamens 
spathulate blunt. Female, styles 2 bifid, branches divided into 
twisted lobes. Capsule -5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, lateral wings 
quadrate ovate, *4 in. long, posterior oblong blunt, 1 in. long. 
Hab. Mountains, 4000 to 4200 ft. altitude. Perak (Kunstler); 
Gunong Kerbau (Robinson). Pahang, Telom woods abundant. 
Lankawi (Curtis). 
(33) B. Lowiana King, l.c. 67. 
A caulescent herb. Stem about 3 ft. tall, hairy. Leaves very 
oblique reniform (some ovate acute), basal sinus deep, dentate 
serrate, hairy all over; nerves 7, pale green, 3 to 4*5 in. long, 4 to 
7 in. wide; petioles *4 (above) to 4 in. long, below, hairy. Cymes 
few-flowered, terminal 2 to 3 in. long; pedicels slender, red. Bracts 
ovate lanceolate, ciliate. Males, *75 in. across, white. Sepals 2, 
ovate-oblong. Petals 2, oblong, smaller. Stamens oblong not 
apiculate. Female, petals 5. Styles 2, bifid, spiral. Capsule 
•65 in. long and 1*2 in. wide, lateral wings very narrow, *15 in. 
broad, posterior broad ovate, blunt, *9 in. long, '8 in. wide. Hab. 
Mountains 6000 to 6700 ft. altitude. Perak, Gunong Brumber 
Pahang and Gunong Batu Putih (Wray). 
(34) B. hirtella Link. Enum. Hort. Berol, ii. 296. 
A dwarf caulescent hairy herb 4 to 12 in. tall. Leaves thin 
very oblique reniform, hardly cordate, 1 to 3 in. wide, small white 
flowers and thin fruit 1 in. across with two short rounded lobes 
and one ovate oblong much bigger. Hab. Occurs on banks in 
Singapore and Penang Hill near the Crag Hotel. Dislrib. Native 
of Peru and Brazil. A garden escape. 
Order LXVII. DATISCACE^. 
Trees (or herbs). Leaves simple (or pinnate). Flowers small 
bisexual, panicled or racemed. Males, calyx-tube short, teeth 4, 
(to 9). Petals 0. Stamens 4 (to 25). Female calyx adnate to 
ovary, lobes 4 (to 8). Petals o. Ovary i-celled; styles 4 (or 3); 
ovules many. Capsule coriaceous opening between the styles. 
Seeds many. Species 4, Europe, temperate Asia to Java and 
N.W. America. 
TETRAMELES, R. Br. 
A gigantic tree. Leaves ovate pubescent. Flowers dioecious 
appearing before the leaves. Males panicled, small. Females in 
elongate racemes from ends of branches. Male calyx-tube short, 
teeth 4 ovate. Petals o. Stamens 4, opposite calyx teeth inserted 
round a disc. Female, calyx-tube ovoid, teeth 4, short; styles 4. 
