TABLE 1. Morphological differences between Begonia masilig and B in Two new species of Begonia (Begoniaceae) from Aurora Memorial National Park, Luzon Island, Philippines

TABLE 1. Morphological differences between Begonia masilig and B. droseroides.
Begonia masiligBegonia droseroidesRhizomesizeup to ca. 30 cm long, 5–9 mm thick3‒8 cm or longer, 4.5‒8 mm thickvestitureglabroussubglabrousinternode (cm)0.4–10.3–0.7Stipulesize (mm)12–15 × 7–98–12 × 7–10vestiturekeel subtended by 1–5 fleshy aristate hairs fused at base, other parts glabrousfew fleshy red hairs fused at the base of the keel, keel densely hirsute abaxiallyLeafpetiole9–26 cm long, 3–5 mm thick4.3−12 cm long, 2.5‒4 mm thicklamina shapeovate to narrowly ovatebroadly ovatelamina size (cm)13.5–26 × 7.5–155.4‒8.2 × 4.4–7marginsparsely serrulate to entire, shallowly undulate, with sparse white trichomes ca. 0.5 mm longslightly scalloped, subentire and lined with red puberulenceadaxial surfacelight green uniformly to deeply purplish-brown tinged in the middlepale greenInflorescencepeduncle length (cm)19–487–19peduncle vestiturelower half of primary peduncle sparsely brown- pubescent, rest of the peduncles scattered (to densely scattered) with simple white-glandular trichomes (ca. 0.5 mm long)dense white-glandular trichomes throughout