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Fruit 

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 cent.— f hls"planTreail7 di^^^^ l[ttTe' from M. Hasseltii; but in its typical form the 

 leaves are elliptic nearly sessile : also the anthers at the base and the spur of tlie 

 connective are even shorter. * ^ ' 



Anthers at the base very shortly produced, spur of the connective very short. 

 i-4 in, diam., -when ripe black, edible though insipid, rim of the calyx then 



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6. BX. fuchsfoides, Gardn. in Calc. Joum. Nat. Hist. viii. 12; biancLes 

 round somewhat striated, leaves subsessile elliptic-obloBg subcuneate at the 

 base, peduncles 1-3-flowered, flowers 4-merou8. Thwaites Enum, 106 j^ Tmna 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 86. . -- 



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Ceylon ; Gardner ; Newera Ellia and Horton Plains, Thwaites, _ 



Leaves 2-3J in., 3-5-nerved, minutely glandular beneath (Thwaites). Peduncles 

 solitary ; pedicels and calyx rose-purple. Petals a fine lake below, white at top. An- 

 thers shortly produced at the base, connective with a short spur. Fruit i in. di^-f 

 subglobose. — The specimens of this very succulent plant are imperfect and the aDOV 

 description is mainly compiled from Gardner and Thwaites' description. , '" 





6. BI. maculata, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. viii. 13 ; ^^ancB^ 

 quadrangular angles waved winged, leaves subsessile ovate obtuse ^^ f^ T^ 

 obscurely crenate, peduncles 1-3-flowered, flowers 4-merous small. Thtcq^f 



Leaves f-l|in., 3-nerved, minutely glandular beneath (Thwaites). ^^^l^ .-^^ 

 green-red. Petals i in., pale-rose. Anthers shortly produced at the base, connect 

 with a short spur. Fruit ^ in. broad, very small, subcampanulate. „ , 



,,, Yar. Thwaitesii, leaves cuneate-obovate.— Ceylon ; Hellesseen, Pasdoon t^or . 

 Thwaites 1^0, M^Z. - ^ ;/v>'.^ 



7. BI. Beddomei, C. B. Qarke; T)ranclies round, leaves sliort-petiolOT 

 orbicular or broad-elliptic, peduncles 1-flowered, flowers 4-merous large. ■ 

 radicans, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 184, not of Blmne. Triplectrum wdicac^; 

 W. & A. Prodr. '624.. ' "'" 



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Western Peninsula ; Ktjrg, Wight. Wynaab, alt. 2000-3500 ft., ^^^%2iu (in 

 Leaves 1-1| in., S-nerved, much thicker than those of M. ^^^'^^^*, 2(5 lines 



wn No. 1151 ) more than | in. Beddome says the flowers are " H _^^.^ 

 \nthers prominently produced at the base. SDur of the connective also p 



long." Anthers 



luug. jtfufivrs prommenuy proclucea at the base, spur 01 tne uuxjuculi^-— • rpjjjg 

 nent ; four additional imperfect stamens sometimes present {ex ^^^JfJ'u^) by 

 plant wholly differs from M. maculata (witli which Triana unites it d^^'^"^"^!^ 

 Its much larger flowers as Tvell as different leaves and anthers. It ^^^^^^l^l}^)i 

 however that Triana ever saw Wight's No. 1151. Nor did Beddome, wUom^ 

 It can be the same as his M. radicans: with which however it agrees pertectiy. 



M. malabarlca, Bedd. Ic. PI Ind. Or. 157; branches rou^^^^ 



^hat verrucose, leaves 2-3 in. ellintic narrowed to both ends ^_.^ 



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Peduncles axillary, 1-3-flowered. Flowers large. Filaments long, antn 



nective perceptible behind but very small, 

 is much like M. rubicunda ; but in its antl 

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