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' 59, B. nlvea, Parish im. ; ^wrs in Journ. As. Soc, 1873, pt. ii. 81 ; radi- 

 cal leaf solitary elliptic-oblong doubly serrate, petiole 0-J in., scape leafless pr 

 with two very small leaves near its base. 



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' Bootstock tuberous. Eadical leaf 2-3 J in., obtuse, subequal scarcely cordate at: 

 the base, glabrous, white beneath, with scattered very coarse bristles above. Scape- 

 6-8 in., glabrous, leafless, or with a pair of opposite leaves near its base which resem- 

 ble the radical leaf but are less than 1 in,, divided near the summit; bracts ovate on 

 oblong, very obtuse, entire, glabrous ; flowers medium-large, white. Male : sepals 

 2, f-J in., round; petals 2, not much shorter but narrow; stamens about 10, much 

 monadelphous, anthers oblong, connective not produced. Female : perianth of 5 (or 

 6) segments ; styles 3, much combined, each ending in two curved branches. Capsule 

 i by i-| in. including the wings, wings not very unequal, their upper margins hori-, 

 zontal. 



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albo-ooodnea, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4172; stemless, leaves 



broadly round peltate entire. A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 389. B. Grahamiana, 





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Wight Ic. 1. 1811; B. Wightiana, Wall. Cat. 3673. 



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CoTTBTALLUM ; Wight. Mysohe and Cahnatic, alt. 1000 ft. ; G. ThoTnson. 



Bootstock elongate, thick. Leaves 3-4^ in., usually broader than long, nearly 

 glabrous when mature but often ciliate on the margin; petiole S-6 in., pubescent: 

 often tomentose; stipides large, sometimes exceeding 1^ in., lanceolate, glabrous. 

 Scapes 4-9 in., usually glabrous below, above with the bracts andpedfcels pubescent; 

 bracts ^ in., lanceolate; flowers many, bright rose-coloured. Male : sepals 2, f in.,, 

 round; petals 2, elliptic; stamens 40, very shortly monadelphous, anthers shortly ob- 

 ovoid, connective not produced. Female: young ovary almost tomentose; styles 3,- 

 little combined below, 2-lobed and much contorted above. Capsule | by f in. in-* 

 eluding the wings ; wings equal, continued at nearly equal breadth entirely round the- 

 capsule which is thus exactly elliptic in outline. Seeds ellipsoid. ' 



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. flocclfera, Sedd. Ic. PL Ind. Or. Ill ; scape elongate far above; 

 the leaves many-flowered, leaves broadlv rounded with whitish tomentuin" 

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Teavancorb and South Tinnevelly Hills, alt. 3000 ft.; Beddome. 

 Leaves U-3 in., broader than lonff. suhemiallv mrdatfi at the base, denticulate or 



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Leaves \\-^ in., broader than long, subequally cordate 

 nearly entire, thickly coriaceous, with close whitish or yellowish tc 

 surfaces, becoming at length nearly glabrous above ; petiole 1-3 

 tomentum; stipules f in., broad -elliptic, acute, scarious. Scape ] 

 branching at 15 in. high into a very compound cyme ; bracts many, i 

 glabrous, persistent; pedicels and flowers glabrous. Male: sepals 



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petals ; stamens 40, shortly monadelphous, anthers obovoid, <^onnecavo 



Female: nerianth of 4 nftjiTlv Annal sAgments — "'"*-^"t ^n 



«^^« ^xv/s*«v.%7VA. Ax^iiuiu!. . ptjrjauui 01 ^ neany equal segrawuLo, ^^»-^>^»^ — ^ ,. 

 fruit; styles 3, nearly free, 2-lobed near the apex. Capsule J by | in. inciuoins 

 the wings ; wings subequal. rounded, broadest at the height of half the capsuie. 



Seeds ellipsoid. 



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. Srandisiana, Kurz in Flora 1871, 295 ; radical leaves Ion? 

 petioled deeply 5- 7-lobed, cauline small, perianth both of male and female o 

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glabrous and simple. B^^ical^t 

 ts-i iu.,ratner oroaaer tnan long, membranous, base subcordate, lobes acuminate 

 obtusely repand-toothed ; petiole 5-8 in., glabrous; cauline leaves much snaaU^r a 

 shorteivpetioled, usually 5-lobed. Peduncle very long, subradical,' many times c^^ , 



tomoua ; pedicels capillary ; bracts lanceolate, minute : flowers very iaiany, "wm » 



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