56 MB. 0. BENTHAM ON TTLIACE^. 



Tribus 6. Eljocabpu:. Antlieree lineares, apice dehiscentes. 



Subtribus 1. Sioane^e. Discus staminifer planus. Sepala et 

 petala circa stamina immediate inserta. 



Genera: — 31. Sloanea, Linn. (Ablania, Aubl. ; Dasynema, 

 Schott ; Basycarpus, (Erst.) ; 32. Echinocarpus, Blumc ; 33. 

 Eopalocarpus Boj. ; 34. Vallea, Linn.fil. 



Subtribus 2. Euel^ocabpej:. Petala circa basin tori elevati 

 glandulosi apice staminiferi inserta. 

 Genera : — 35. Tricuspidaria, B. et. P. (Crinodendron, Molin.) ; 

 36. Aristotelia, Lher. (Friesia, DC.) ; 37. Elseocarpus, Linn. 

 (Ganitrus, Ga3rtn. ; Aceratium, DC; Beuthea, Endl.; 

 Monocera, Jack. ; Biceros, Eorsk.). 



"Without pretending to have examined all the species of all these 

 genera of which we have specimens, there are some, however, upon 

 which I have a few remarks to give. 



Bbownlowta, Moxb. 



The stellate pubescence, so common in Tiliacece, becomes some- 

 times in this genus scaly, and especially in the B. lanceolata, where 

 the inflorescence is occasionally much reduced, and gives it almost 

 the habit of some Bombacece, such as Boschia, Korth. (Sete- 

 ropyxis, Griff.), to which, indeed, it comes nearer in other cha- 

 racters. The free stamens with single anthers, however, determine 

 its place among Tiliacece. The genus is remarkable also for the 

 seeds, which, as indicated by Roxburgh for the B. data, and verified 

 by myself in that species and in the B. lanceolata, have no albu- 

 men, the seed being entirely filled with the large embryo with 

 thick fleshy cotyledons ; whilst in all other Tiliacece where it is 

 known, even in the otherwise closely allied genus Pentace, the 

 albumen is copious and the cotyledons leafy. 



Besides the original B. elata, Eoxb., we have the two following 

 new species of this genus : 



B. peltata. Foliis peltato-suborbiculatis demum glabratis ; panicula 

 ampla, terminali rufescenti-tomentella. Arbor parva. Rami floridi, 

 crassi. Folium perfectum unicum vidi, cxcentrice peltatum, 8 poll, 

 longum, 7 poll, latum, octonerve. Panicula divaricata B. elata, nisi 

 amplior. Flores paulo minorcs, subsessiles, pallide rosei. Petala 

 obhqua, undulata, basi in unguem brevem abrupte contracts. Eila- 

 menta interiora sterilia (seu staminodia), anguste linearia. 



Hab. Banjarmassing, in Borneo, Motley, n. 1288. 



