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38. B. Integrrifolla, Datz. in Hook. Kew Jmm. iii. 230; caulescent, 

 leaves ovate-oblong nearly entire ciliate very unequally cordate, petioles suc- 

 culent laxly pubescent, inflorescence glabrous. A. DC. Pi^odr. xv. pt. i. 361; 

 Bdz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 104. 



Western Ghauts from Bombay to Mysore; Law, Dalzell, &c. Mofxmein; 



Parish. „ ^ 



Bootsiock tuberous. Stem 6-12 in., succulent. Leaves 3-6 in., hardly acute, pilose 

 above, laxly pubescent on the nerves beneath, finely ciliate ; petiole 1-5 in. ; stipule* 

 lanceolate, upper ones glabrous lower with lax hairs. Peduncle as though ternunal; 

 flowers white, medium-sized, not very many ; bracts broad, ovate, lower with some 

 lax hairs, upper glabrous. Male : sepals 2, round ; petals 2, narrow-oblong ; sta^ 

 mens about 50, monadelphous, anthers obovoid. Femaue : perianth-segments o, 

 inner gradually smaller ; styles 2, combined below, branched and much twisted up- 

 wards. Capsule I by |-f in. including the wings, recurved, smaller wings ve: 

 narrow, broad wing descending, dehiscing primarily by the narrow face, ^eas 

 short-ellipsoid.— Alph. DC. gives Ceylon as a locality, quoting Thwaites No. 2597, 

 which is Thwaites's B. subpeltata. 



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39. B. eruttata, WaU. Cat. 3671 A; caulescent, leaves ovate-oUoi^ 



early entire not ciliate, petioles pubescent, inflorescence glabrous. A.iJy* 



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Pikaiig; Wallich. Maiata; MaingaylSo. 



Differs from B. iniegrifolia only in having 



flowers anpear somewhat smaller, but the two 



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40. _B. procridlfoUa, Wall Cat. 6292; nearly glabrous, ^tem erect 



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^ _ . ^ lunrinate entire 



iv. pt. 1. 352 ; Kurz in Joum. Ad. Soc. 1877, pt. 



- MAwpabak ; near Tavoy, Wallich. . t 



Booistock SbTo\}8. Stem 6-9 in., weak. Leaves 3-5 by ^-U in., very unequarac 

 the base, glabrous beneath, sometimes with a few scattered hairs above ; petiole j^i ^ •' 

 stipules ^ in., oblong, acuminate. Peduncles from the upper axils, hardly so \^^Sf^ 

 the leaves; bracts ovate, deciduous. Male: sepals 2, ^ in., round, ''ose-coiouwA. 

 petals 2, smaller, narrow-obovate ; stamens many, monadelphous, anthers ^^^ * 

 connective not produced. Female : not known. Capsule more than | by i in. ^ 

 elusive of the wines, recurved: stvlfis <^APi'*1nnnfl • the two narrow wings ovate 



descending 



narrow 



suggest the pre- 



sent sectiqp where it has been placed by Alph. DC. 



41. B. gronlotls, a B. aarke ; nearly glabrous, stem elongate branch 



unequal at base, 



Burma, alt 3700-4000 ft. ; Grijith (Kew Distrib. No 2579). . ^^r one 



Stem 2 ft. Leaves 5-6 by f-1 in., nearly entire or serrate near the ap«c. ^j^ 

 auncle excessively produced backwards often in an angular or quadrate form , P^^^.^ 

 h-H in.; stipules persistent, ovate, acute, mucronate not acuminate, ^° 

 Peduncles axillary, few-flowered, glabrous ; bracts deciduous. Flowers not 

 Capsule 1 by 1^ in. including the wings, glabrous, recurved ; styles deod^ous , ^ 

 two narrower wings more than i in. broad towards the top of the capsule, mo i^^ 

 descending, dehiscing by 4 lines, one on either side of the narrower wings. ^>^ ^^ 

 shortHiUipsoid.— The breadth of the narrower wings of the caps^de renders ^ . 

 likely that this is a Mezierea; but the habit is that of J5. episcopalts, rio. -io. ■ - 



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