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В. spiralis, Wall. in As. Res. ; DC. J. с. Folia 4—6-polliearia. Flores 
in hae et sequente, minimi, numerosi. Styli 3-4. 
Hab. Java, also Pegu, Wallich. Catal. no. 4897 A. in part. 
б. Н. LONGIFoLIUM, sp. n. Foliis petiolatis oblongis v. anguste obovato- 
oblongis subintegerrimis glabris, racemis elongatis tomentosis, floribus 
parvis glomeratis pedicellatis 6-8-meris, calycis tubo brevi segmentis 
linearibus quam petala lineari-cuneata vix brevioribus.— Folia 5-6 poll. 
longa, raro 2 poll. lata, subcoriacea, nitidula. 
Hab. Penang, Phillips. Distributed also by Wallich with the last, under 
the name of B. spiralis, from the Calcutta Garden, Catal. no. 4897 A. 
7. Н. z&vLANICUM. Foliis petiolatis ovali-ellipticis ovatisve acuminatis 
subdentatis demum coriaceis nitidis glabris, racemis elongatis tomen- 
tellis, floribus parvis glomeratis pedicellatis 4—6-meris, calycis tubo 
oblongo-turbinato, segmentis oblongis quam petala obovali-oblonga 
ciliata brevioribus.—Blackwellia zeylanica, Gardn. in Cale. Journ. 
Nat. Hist. vol. vii. p. 452. B. tetrandra, Wight, Ic. vol. v. t. 1851.— 
Folia pleraque 3-4-pollicaria, juniora membranacea. Styli 3-4. 
Hab. East Indian Peninsula, Pulney Mountains, Wight; Concan, Stocks ; 
Ceylon, Walker, Gardner, Thwaites. 
8. H. ArRICANUM. Foliis breviter petiolatis ovalibus oblongisve dentatis 
glabris, racemis elongatis, floribus sessilibus glomeratis 5—/-meris, 
calycis tubo turbinato, segmentis acutis quam petala oblongo-cuneata 
multo minoribus.— B/ackwellia africana, Hook. fil. Fl. Nigr. p. 361. 
— Folia 4—5-pollicaria. Styli 4—5. 
Hab. Sierra Leone, Dos ; Lagos, Barter. 
9. H. rAGIFOLIUM. Foliis breviter petiolatis ovalibus obovatisve dentatis 
membranaceis pubescentibus v. demum glabratis, racemis elongatis 
ramulisque pubescentibus, floribus pedicellatis sparsis 6-8-meris, 
calycis tubo anguste turbinato, segmentis lineari-cuneatis quam petala 
ciliata paullo minoribus.— B/ackwellia fagifolia, Lindl. in Trans. Soc. 
Hort. Lond. vol. vi. p. 269. B. padiftora, Lindl. Dot. Reg. t. 1308. 
B. Loureiri, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 482.  Astranthus 
cochinchinensis, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2659 (foliis solito angustioribus), 
an Lour. ?— Folia subtripollicaria. Styli vulgo 4. 
Hab. South China. By a misprint, this species is called B. pubiflora, 
Lindl., by Walpers ; and it is probably the same one also that Steudel, 
by some such mistake, has indicated under the names of B. chinensis 
and B. grandiflora. 
Sectio II. RacovBEA. Stamina ad quodque petalum 2-7 
approximata v. fasciculata. Racemi simplices v. laxe subramosi, 
ssepius elongati. 
. * Americana. 
10. H. RACOUBEA (Swi; DAÇ, Prod. vol. її. p. 53). Foliis ovalibus oblon- 
gisve subacuminatis créiafó-dentatis glabris nitidis, floribus subsessili- 
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