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snbequally cordate at the base, minutely denticulate not serrate, with scattered 

 weak pubescence on both surfaces, the young leaves very shaggy; petiole 2-5 in.; 

 stipules nearly ^ in., ovate, acute, glabrous. Peduncles 3-6 in., not exceeding the 

 leaves, with a few flowers towards, their summits ; bracts ovate, acute, ciliate, pu- 

 W8(^nt or the lower ones glabrous. Male : sepals 2, J-| in., round, pubescent on 

 ^®^ck; petals 2, oblong; stamens about 40, anthers obovoid, connective not pro- 

 duced. Fe3IAxb : perianth of 5 segments, inner narrower ; styles 3, nearly free, 2- 

 lobed near their summit. Capsttle i- by J in. including the wings, wings not very 

 ^equal, their upper margins straight from the top of the capsule slightly descending. 

 Beeds short-ellipsoid.— The example of Walker marked B. tenera, Dryand, in the 

 Wntmg of M. Alph. DC. is identical with Thwaites' No. 2808. 





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^Itata, Wight Ic. t. 1812 ; stemlesa, leaves ovate, petio 

 and voung ovary glabrous. -4. DC. Prodr, xv. pt. i. 386, 



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yf.' Ihisdiflrers from B. tenera, Dryand. in the glabrous pedicels and ovaries, in the 

 ^3^er flowers, in the somewhat angular leaves which are slightly more serratd. (See 

 ThwaUes Emm. p. 128.) It is hardly distinct from B. tenera. 



, 57. B. concaaensiSy A. DC. Prodr. xv. ^t. i, 314; caulescent, gla- 

 wous or nearly so, leaves ovate serrate and sometimes lobed. Ddz, 8f Gibs. 

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CoNCAN, tropical region 

 Sootstock a tuber. 



Uocks. Bombay, above the Ghats, Law. 

 Stem elongated, whole plant sometime 1 ft. Leaves 3-5 in., 

 ^ute not acuminate, cordate, subequal at the base, young leaves with a little lax 

 pubescence beneath, the older leaves with a few scattered hairs or quite glabrous ; 

 petiole of the cauline leaves 1-2 J in., of the radical often very long ; stipules ^ in., 

 |*Tate, acute. PeduTicles elongate, dichotomous ; bracts lanceolate ; flowers rose-co- 

 loured, not very many. Male : sepals 2, nearly ^ in., elliptic ; petals 2, smaller, 

 ^toower ; stamens about 40, nearly free, anthers obovoid, connective not produced. 

 •^'arALE; perianth of 5 segments, 3 inner much narrower; styles 3, nearly free, bifid 

 ^ar the apex. Capsule J-| by |-| in. including the wings, wings from the upper 

 S?^?/ the capsule, their upper margins slightly descending. Seeds ellipsoid. — This 



fitf^e^^a^a by having a distinct (often elongate) stem and the 



As to the placentas which are taken as bipartite by 

 *^— ^., uub are »t leaet sometimes undivided, it is curious that the example of 



-o. co7icanensis at Kew authenticated in A. DCs handwriting is typical B. trwho- 

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petioles without patent hairs 

 t^Pa. DC, but are at least 



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trlohocarpa, Dalz. in Hook. KewJoum. JSot ii. 230; caulescent, 

 ^ serrate, flowers large, ovary with much lax pubescence. A. DC. 

 pt. i. 350 : Dalz, & Gibs. Bomb. Ft. 



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o Malabah Ghats ; Concan, Canara. Mysokk, Malabab, frequently collected. 



Sootstock large, tuberous. Stem elongate, often exceeding 1 ft., glabrous or 

 "ftarlyso. Leaves 3-5 in., acute scarcely acuminate, cordate, subequal at the base, 

 With scattered pubescence on both surfaces ; petiole of the cauline leaves often 3-4 in., 

 nl Pubescent; stipules i in., ovate, lanceolate. Peduncles scarcely elongate, re- 

 P^atedly dichotomous ; bracts | in., lanceolate, ciliate, pubescent ; pedicels and ovary 

 Jithlax long hairs; flowers white. Mai.e: sepals 2, elliptic, sometimes exceeding 

 ? in., more or less pubescent without, usually entire, sometimes fimbriate or cili§te ; 

 Petals 2, narrower, shorter ; stamens 40 or more, nearly free, anthers oblong-obovoid, 

 ^^nective not produced. Fbmajjb : perianth of 5 segments, inner narrower ; styles 3, 

 pearly free, each divided into two branches. Capside f-f by nearly 1 in. including 

 ^e wings^ ultimately glabrous, wings not much unequal, their upper margins from 

 *"e summit of the capsule slichtly ascending ; placentas undivided. 



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