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Seeds few. ansrular or obloDfr. 



hali-supenor, coriaceous, z-o-valvea at tue apex, tbeeas lew 



— DisTRTB. Species 30, scattered over the hot regions of nearly the whole globe. 



As no one of the Indian specimens exhibits fruit, the description of the capsule 

 and seeds in the above diagnosis has been assumed to apply to the Indian species. 



Sect. I. Blackwellia. Stamens 1 opposite each petal. 



* Racemes pankled. 



1. K. nepalense, Benth. in Joum. Linn, Soc. iv. 34 ; leaves ovate or 



elliptic subacute petioled crenate glabrous, panicles with divaricate branches 

 minutely tomentose or nearly glabrous. Blackwellia nepalensis, Wall. PL As, 

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DC. PrQdr.%55', Miq.'Fl. Ind. Bat. I pt. i. 714 B. spiralis, Wall 

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* Pegu; JTaZZiVA, Xwr^-.— Distrib. Java. . . 



' Leaves 5 by 3 in./ narrowed or scarcely rounded at the base ; petiole ^ in. or less. 

 Racemes 6 in., axillary, scattered, tomentose. Flowers small, 5-6-fid. Calyx-tube not 

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PiNANo ; Phillips. Mataya ; Maingay No. 6^5. ' ; , ; ? *„ 



Tree not very large but high (Maingay). Leaves 4-7 by li-2J in. ; petiole % J^ 



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Flowers small, 6- 8-fid. 



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4. B, minutiflorum, Kurz For. Fl. i. 532; glabrous, leaves petiol 

 )long coarsely crenate, pedicels glabrous, flowers minute about ^ m. long. 



BuKMA, probably Martaban or Tenasserim ; Brandis. ^ '; * T)etiole 



An evergreen tree. Leaves Z-5 \n., obtusely at)iculate, thin, coriaceous ; P_^ 

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