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obtusis, 3 ovatis obtusis brevioribus et latioribus. Stamina 
filamentis brevibus gracilibus curvatis tubo equalibus, antheris 
magnis oblongis. Pistillum glabrum ovario cylindrico in 
stylum gracilem paullo exsertum attenuato. Stigma parvum, 
vix dilatatum. Capsula 3 pollicaris, glabra, gracillima. 
Siam, Punga (Curtis). 
A herb with a short subterranean stem and a rosette of a few 
soft woolly leaves, velvety above. The inflorescence appears 
terminal, it consists of a tall woolly stem bifurcating at the 
apex into two arms, about 6 inches long, which bifurcate again 
three times, below each bifurcation there is an additional pair 
of short slender branches. The flowers are quite small, and the 
capsule very small and slender. 
Baa GLABRA, sp. nov. 
Herba succulenta, glabra, caule brevi, 1-2 pollicari. Folia 
undulata, ovata rotundata, inzequilatera, 6 poll. longa, 34 poll. 
lata vel majora, petiolo 1-2 poll. longo crasso: folia superiora 
minora opposita. Pedunculi subterminales, 3-4 pollicares, 
crassi. Cyme fterminales congeste, scorpioidew $ poll. longe, 
pedicellis brevibus. Calyx tubo brevi conico, lobis 5 wequalibus 
obcuneatis truncatis ferme } pollicaribus. Corolla alba } poll. 
lata, lobis rotundatis obtusis. Stamina 2, filamentis sigmoideis 
basi latis superne attenuatis, antheris oblongis utrinque acutis 
majusculis. Stylus cylindricus, crassus, glaber, curvus ; stigma 
vix incrassatum oblique ovatum. 
Pungah, Siam (Curtis, 3039). 
I have seen but one portion of a plant and a drawing made 
from a specimen which flowered in Penang Gardens. Though 
T have seen no fruit, there can be little doubt but that this is a 
Bea, though a very curious one. In its succulent glabrous 
habit and the compact terminal scorpicid cymes, and the 
peculiar adze-shaped sepals, it is different from any other species 
known to me. 
B. FERRUGINEA, Sp. NOV. 
Acaulis vel caule crasso brevi, radicibus magnis crassis. 
Folia plura congesta, patula, ovata, cordata obtusa, crenulata, 
superne pilis dissitis brevibus intecta, subtus in nervis elevatis 
a pilis longis munita tomentosa viridia subtus pallidiora (siccata 
superne nigricantia subtus ferrugineo-tomentosa) ; lamina 
3 poll. longa, 23 poll. lata, petiolis 14-2 poll. longis. Pedunculi 
