

OF tHE GEXL'S BAPHIA. 



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Calyx g'labrescent below^ + luiiry in tlie upper part. 



Braeteolesi larger. Pedicels velvety or pilo^^e. 



Leaves sub-coriaceous 2{>. i?, densi/fora. 



Calyx as in densljiora. i^edicelri long', slenderj strict, 



densely pubescent wben young-, becoming glabrate 



later. Leaves glistening above^ brown-punctulate 



below 30. B. ruyrtifoUa. 



(c) Calyx, ovary, aad pedicels all velvety oi' pilose. 



L Calyx and pedicels with dense wliitisb indunientunu 



Ovary densely hirsute. Leaves very sliort-petioled, 



oblauceolate-obl'^ng, rather abruptly cuspidate. ... 3L H. eriocalyx. 



2, Calyx and pedicels fen'ugineons-pube:scent. Ovary 



pubescent. liraeteoles very small. 



Young branches and under surface of young leave.s 

 densely silky. Ovary pubescent. Pedicels 

 7-10 mm. Calyx 0-9 mm * 31?. B. pnhcacens. 



Young branches glabrous or puberuloud. Ovary 



pilose. Pedicels only 3-5 mm. Calyx 1'2- 



1*5 cm (}o. li. UmklayeL 



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3. Pedicels and braeteoles with harali ferruginous 



indumentum. Ovary with dense, harsh hairs. 



Braeteoles larger and oblong St, B. batattyensts. 



Species requiring further examination ^3o, B, punctulafa. 



iii. Flowers iu axiUary racemes. 



P)racteoles squamiform^ ovate-suborbicularj deciduous, 



remote from the calyx (finally half-Avay down the 

 petioles or lower). Liflorescence and ovary both 

 hairv. Eranches and coriaceous leaves <>labious. 

 Raceme narrow, G-12 cm 30. B. jyohjanlha. 



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B. Striata. Braeteoles barge (5-8 mm.), oblong to Iinear-oblong, conspicuously striated, 



with scattered hairs^ often greenish. A pair of lanceolate, striated, t^tipular bracts, 

 which are persistent, at the base of the pedicels. Ovary densely hirsute. 



Leaves lanceolalo^ papyraceous, more or less softly hairy. 

 Dense indumentum of yellow^ villuus liaiis, Braeteoles 

 linear-oblong, pilose. Hairs of the calyx spreading 37. B, pUosa, 



Leaves oval to broadly oblong, long-petioled, ^ub-coriaceous^ 

 practically glabrous. Indumentum of rather short, dark 

 brown hairs. Braeteoles oblong, obtuse, thinly hairy. 

 Calyx hairs brown, adpressed 38. B. calophylla. 



Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceohite, sub-coriaceous, glabre- 

 scent above, finely pubescent below, short- petioled. Indu- 

 mentum formed of a denst; brownish ])ubescence. Calyx- 

 hairs yellow, adpressed 39, B. eleyans. 



C. LoNGiiiR-AOTKOLAT^. Bracteoles longer than broad, obluug, lanceolate or linear (ovate 



or sub'Orblcular in macrocali/.v and Ilenrif^ffesiioia)^ often larger than iii Sub-SfCti<»n A 



(small in ctispidatay ohnatd^ and (orn(fvh'a), densely browii velvety. 



L liracteoles ovale, ovate-oblongs or ovate-lanceolate. Ovary 

 villous. 

 Bracteoles almost sub-orbicnlar. Inflorescence covered with 



dense, short, dnrk liairs. Calyx long (li) nun.). Leaves 



coriaceuus, obtuse, conspicuously reticulate-veined . , . , 4U. Z>, macrociihjx. 



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