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(/3) Petals not twice as long as the calyx. Leaves 



mostly smaller, 6-9 cm. 

 Pedicels capillitryj up to 2'o cm., 4 to times as 

 long^ as the petioles. Leaves broadest at the 



base, gradually cuspidate , , 13. B. (m(/olens{s. 



Pedicels as above, leaves broadest at or above the 

 middle, abruptly cuspidate witli short poiuts. 



Buds sm?rU 14. li. gracilipes. 



As B- yracilipes J hiii leaf-poliits up to 2*5 cm 15< B. Coiwaut, 



Near B, {/racillpes, but pedicels .shorter and 



leaves obloiij^'-lanceolate 16, B. rreussti. 



Pedicels tliicker and shorter (1 r3 cm.), pube- 

 scent at the top. ^Io^vers up to 2 cm. 



Leaves dark green, sub-coriaceous 17. B. WoUastonL 



{h) Ovary shortly but densely pubescent. Pedicels lon<j^ 



and slender. Leaves sub-coriaceous 18. 2?. btpindeusis. 



ii. Flowers in more or less elongated axillary racemes, 

 (rt) Riicemes slender^ S-13 cm. The wliole plant . 



glabrous with the exception of the ovary. 

 Racemes 5-7 cm. Leaves Imig-petioled (2-3 cm), 

 lon*^-pointed, membranous (sub-coriaceous in 

 var* niyerica). Ovary densely hirsute, Brac- 



teoles obhnig , 19. B, leptobotry:^. 



Racemes 3-5 cm. Leaves short-petioled (5-8 mm.), 

 with shorter cusps, papyiaceous. Owary with 

 short adpressed hairs. Rracteoles almost 



reniform 20. B. hjlophila. 



Racemes 7-13 cm. or longer. Petioles 1-2*5 cm. Brac- 

 teoles rather large (3—4 mm.), oblong or narrowly 

 oblong, glabrous, striated, Flowers larger .... 2L /?, sxlrailca, 

 (b) Flowers in lax, fasciculute racemes from the old 



stems. Leaves much as in hy(ophila. Ovary 



glabrous » 22. B. ohanensls^ 



{c) Racemes only 1-2 cm. Petioles 4-G mm. Rracteoles 



minute, squamlform, sub-orbicular. 

 Ovary glabrous, as are the pedicels and calyx. Axis 



of the inflorescence densely hairy 23. B. hrachybofrys 



Ovary hirsute; axis glabrous or glabresceul 24. ff. Buettnen\ 



2. Inflorescence, or part of it, densely velvety. The petioles 

 and young twigs are often hairy as well, 



i. Flowers solitary or sub-solitaiy. Leaves narrow, 

 glabrous, sub-coriaceous. 



Ovary glabrous 25. B, Kannani, 



Ovary hairy 2G. 7?. acumbuda, 



ii. Flowers 2-5 in the axils of the leaves. 



[a) Calyx glabrous, except at tlie tip. Ovary glabrous. 



Leaves soft in texture. Pedicels, y^^'^^^g branches, 



petioles, and nerves of leaves all more or loss hairy. . 27. B, barombienm. 



(b) Calyx glabrous or glabrescent. Ovary brown-velvety. 



Calyx glabrouH or nearly so, Bracteoles squami- 

 form, sub-orbicular. Pedicels velvety. Leaves 

 coriaceous^ glabrous, with thick; short petioles 

 (5-10 mm.) , 28. ^. crassifoUa. 



