ff!/dnocarj)us.] xiv. BixiNEiE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 197 



or toothed, base round acute or subcordate ; petiole J-J in. Flowers solitary or ra- 

 n^M* n^' Sepals green, pubescent. Stamens villous at the base, equalling the 

 petals. Ovary densely pubescent. Fruii 2-4 in, diam., tomentose. Seeds obtusely 

 angular. ' 



3. B. alplna, Wight Ic, t. 942; leaves elliptic oblong or more or less 

 ™ceolate obtusely acuminate or subacute quite entire, flowers 1 in. diam, 

 vj^^^j^^ Pentandrous, sepals equal, petals oblong-lanceolate glabrous equal- 

 ^g tbe linear scales, $ flowers with linear oblong obtuse staminodes. 



Moist valleys of the NiLGHiRi Mrs., Wight; Ceylon, Thwaltes. 

 (AAA ^^'^^0 f^- J twigs glabrous or nearly so. Leai 



l-H in. 



Leaves 



Flowers racemed on very 



ched jointed peduncles and long pedicelled (in the Ceylon specimens), pedicels 

 ,1- , Stamens shorter than the petals. Stigma 5-lobed. Fruit globose, size of an 

 cEfl f ^^^' *P"^^ntose. Seeds imbedded in white pulp, testa hard.— Description 



it ?" °****'»dra, Thwaites in Hook. Kew Joum. Bot. vii. 197 ; Enum. 



minat ^^ elliptic or elliptic- or ovate- or oblong-lauceolate obtusely acu- 



DeS +^^^*^^ entire, flowers \ in. diam. fascicled octandrous, sepals unequal, 



fn^fo o ?® ^^ ^^^g as the rounded silky scales, ? fl. with imperfect stamens, 

 "mi i-Z in. diam. 



Ambamagowa district, Cej-lon, alt. 2500 ft., Thwaites. 

 WW, I T^^ • ' tranchlets tomentose. Leavet 3-4i by 1 J-1 1 in., glabrous above, 

 r^ruioua beneath with stellate hairs and glandular dots ; petiole i-| in. Flowers 

 oliate * o,^ '' pedicels \-^ in. Sepals oblong, obtuse. Petals orbicular, concave, 

 "igma . '^'^^ exceeding the petals. Ovary oblong ; placentas 4, each 6-ovuled ; 

 34. cerr^ woody, subtomeutose, few ormany-seeded. 



acJmP'f *'*^j**''®*' H. f. & T. ; perfectly glabrous, leaves linear-oblong 

 uiinate red-brown when dry quite entire much reticulated, petiole |-1 in., 



Im^r kf * ^°- ^^^°^-' s^-Pa^s equal, scales Ungulate silky equalling the 

 r-ot,iong petals, ovary ovoid beaked, fruit as large as an orange. 



A^mi^li*'*"'^' -^"^OAMANs, by the sides of torrents, Heifer; Malacca, Griffith. 

 *~Ubv9 q?'-^^*^ *^®®- branches stout, ani-ular, smooth, black when dry. -t.ea»«« 

 coriacpn, u-'""' ^^'^^^ ** ^ase very unequal, one acute, the other rounded, thicky 

 \~\ in ' u"'""S' strongly veined on both surfaces, nerves 6-10 on each side ; petiole 

 solitary -n ^^^^kened at the top, quite glabrous. Flowers 9 (only seen) apparent y 

 iBstvn.'K ■^' sweet-scented; peduncles | in., and orbicular concave sepals densely 

 «Bbacutl •''?1- -^^'«^ longer than the sepals, concave, obtuse, quite glabrous ; scales 

 Wok/ "^ ' 'larrower than the petals. Staminodes 5, erect, glabrous, oblong, 

 t^nicaU ^^^^^^' much shorter than the scales. Ovary villous, contracted into a 

 « the tnn fl ' L^^S"^ sessile. " Fruit size of an orange, globose, rugose, brown, anj-Med 

 onter gnC • g^'^nular hard, placentas several. Seeds large angular, tcsU double, 

 "Dconaceous cellular, inner as thick." Griff, mss. 



,5"°' is a Burmese 



a state for description. 



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Order XV. PITTOSPOREJE. (By Hook. f. & Thorns.) 



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^^^ entT ^l^^^^^g trees or shrubs. Leaves al 



Flotvers 



^S'^^r^iiial or axillary. Se^ls 5, imbricate. PetaU 5 bypogynous, 

 "^te. Torus smaa Stamens b, opposite the sepals j anthers versatile, 



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