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B. adscendens

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Identity

Genus
Begonia
Name
B. adscendens
Author
C. B. Clarke, J. Linn. Soc., Bot.
Publication Date
1890
Place
Nagaland Himalaya
Habitat
Jakpho, alt. 8500 feet [nn. 41240, 41247].
Country
India, Burma, Vietnam
Region
Asia
Section
Diploclinium
Plant Type
Tuberous
Reference
J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 25:26, pl. 13. 1890.; JGSL9/08

Plant

Description
The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts &amp Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. v. 25 (1890): Page: 25-27, Plate 11-13 http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/8381 Subacaulis, fere glabrata. Petioli longi 4-6 uncias; folia longa 4 uncias, cordato-ovata acuta, integra aut obscure angulata denticulata. Flores non visi. Pedunculi fructigeri longi 8-10 uncias, interdum prope basim foliigeri. Capsula longa 1/4 unciam, trialata, alis 2 admodum angustis 1 longissima adscendente; loculis 3, in tribus faciebus dehiscens; placentae bifidae. A Knesebeckia, near B. parvuliflora, A. DC., but differing (inter alia) by the principal wing being long ascending.

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