Begonia cumingiana (Klotzsch) A.DC.

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11808* Begonia oumingii IK}« I2rect In rich humus
covered soil ©fa densely wooded ridge at 8?io feet of mount
Oalelan; stem 1/g inch thick* terete* smooth and dark green*
3 to & feet high; branches mostly above the middle* toaatmrttg
divaricately rebranched and widely spreading* green or
turning reddish; petiole ascending; blade heavy* flat*
horizontally spreading, coriaceous* dark lucid green above*
much lighter green beneath; inflorescence descending* the
stalks and bracts green* the petals white with a faint pink
margin* the stamens light yellow; fruit persistent and
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TODAYA (MT. APO), DISTRICT OF DAVAO
ISLAND OF MINDANAO. AUGUST. 1909
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