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15. B. minutiflora, Hook. f.; nearly glabrous, branches pustulate, 
leaves membranous 2-3 in. elliptic or elliptic-oblong acuminate base acute, 
nerves 7-9 pair very slender arched, petiole slender, flowers monecious in 
small dense axillary and spicate heads very minute pubescent, calyx-lobes 
ovate obtuse, petals oblong entire, disk of fem. depressed, ovary rhombie 
with one long bifid style, fruit ellipsoid seated on the unaltered calyx, 
TRENASSERIM, at Mergui, Griffiih.—DisTRIB. Celebes, Riedel; Borneo (Beccari 
No. 2837, Motley, Barber). 
Branches divaricate, bark pale, flowering shoots black when dry, quite smooth. 
Leaves brown when dry, paler beneath, cross-nervules very faint; petiole i in. 
Clusters of flowers 4 in. diam. ; bracts minute, villous. Calyr jg in. diam., finely 
tomentose. Disk of fem. flower pulvinate. Ovary quite included in the disk, nar- 
rowed suddenly into the very stout style which is bifid for half-way, stigmas capitellate. 
Fruit (in Bornean specimens) $ in. long, apiculate.—A very remarkable species on 
account of the solitary style. The specimens were mixed with those of B. Maingayi 
under Griffith No. 867, the leaves being similar in colour and form. The male fl. 
are too young for description. The fruit is described from Bornean specimens, in 
Which the leaves are sometimes rounded at the base with 12 pairs of nerves. 
SPECIES OF WHICH THE MALE FLOWERS ALONE ARE KNOWN. 
(Possibly Cleistantht.) 
16. B. rufa, Hook. f.; branches rather stout densely rusty-tomentose 
or villous, leaves 5-7 in. oblong or obovate-oblong cuspidately acuminate 
base rounded rusty-pubescent beneath, nerves 6-10 pair strong arched, cross- 
hervules numerous straight, petiole short stout, male fl. sessile in dense 
small globose axillary heads of bracts, calyx glabrous lobes ovate-lanceolate, 
petals obcuneate or quadrate crenate. 
P ENANG, King’s Collector. 
A shrub, 8-12 ft. Leaves thin but hardly membranous, dull green and oprque 
above, young floccosely rusty tomentose above; petiole 4^, in. 
. 17. B. cinnamomea, Hook. f.; branchlets petioles and leaves beneath 
Cinnamomeously tomentose, leaves 2-6 in. elliptic-oblong or lanceolate 
Cuspidate or caudate-acuminate base acute or cuneate, nerves 5-7 pair 
rather strong beneath. cross-nervules numerous slender, male fl. small 
Sessile and pedicelled in axillary clusters or on short lateral branchlets, 
thee quite glabrous lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, petals obovate, disk 
ck. 
PERAK, Scortechini; Kinla, King’s Collector. 
A thorny shrubby creeper, 10-15 ft. ; branches woody, bark pale. Leaves mem- 
branous or thinly coriaceous; petiole 2—] in., rather slender. Bracts woolly ; calyx 
Tz in. diam., pedicel sometimes as long as the calyx; disk very broad, margin sub- 
entire ; pistillode glabrous.—Near B. rufa, but leaves membranous cuspidate or 
acuminate with the base acute, and nerves hardly arched. There are very small thorns 
on the larger branches. 
18. B. Curtisii, Hook. f.; quite glabrous, leaves 2-3 in. oblong 
Tounded at both ends glaucous beneath, nerves 6-10 pair very slender, male 
Owers minute sessile in small axillary clusters, bracts very small ciliolate, 
calyx glabrous lobes triangular-ovate, petals spathulate notched or emar- 
mate, pistillode glabrous. 
PENANG ; at Tulloh Babang, Curtis. " 
Branches rigid, divaricate, slender, blackish when dry. Leaves rigid, grey-brown 
yaen dry; cross-nervules beneath reticulate more or less; petiole $ in., slender. 
Male f, xg in. diam, 
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