VIII.—A New Begonia from Borneo. By 
H. N. Ridley, C.M.Gr., F.R.S. 
A yeey pretty new Begonia was obtained on Mt. Kina¬ 
balu recently (October, 1913), by Mr. Moulton, and brought 
down alive to Kuching, where I saw it in cultivation. 
It gives me great pleasure to name it after Mrs. J. C. 
Moulton, whose kind hospitality I enjoyed during my 
recent stay in Kuching. 
Begonia Beryllce , sp. nov. 
Herba ad 4 pedes crescens, erecta. Folia ovata, obtusa, 
basi rotundata, inaequilateralia 4 poll, longa, 2*25 poll, 
lata, glabra, nervis rubris 8, margine undulato, petiolo 
rubro 0*5 poll, longo. Flores paniculati, plures; panicula 
multiramosa, fere sessilis, 1*5-2 poll, longa. Bracteae 
binae, obovatae, truncatae, medio dente instructae, albae vel 
viridescenti-albae, 0*25 poll, longae, glabrae. Flores masculi 
plures, 0*5 poll, lati, albi. Sepala 2, elliptica, obtusa, 0-25 
poll. lata. Petala 2, anguste linearia. Stamina perparva, 
circiter 15, fere ad basem libera, antheris oblongis obtusis. 
Flores feminei 2-3 in ramis paniculae inferioribus. Ovarium 
0*3 poll, longum, 0*25 poll, latum, alis aequalibus haud 
multo elevatis. Sepala et petala subaequalia, 4 (vel 5), 
0*25 poll, longa, alba. Stigmata haud ramosa, contorta. 
Borneo : Mt. Kinabalu ad 4600-5000 pedes altitudinis. 
This charming plant was found on high rocky banks of 
Kinabalu at from 4600 to 5000 ft. altitude. The stem, 
branching and almost woody, though not very stout, 
attained a height of about 3 ft. The ovate blunt leaves 
have an unequal rounded base, and are 4 in. long and 2J in. 
wide, of a smooth, light green and quite glabrous; the 
veins are bright red beneath, as is the petiole. The leaves 
are crowded at the tip of the stem. The small but numerous 
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