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piis longis rufis plus minus hispidis. Stipulæ axillares (ex 2 
coalitæ) 8—9 lin. longæ, extus pilose. Racemi ut i Coleostachyde 
basi bracteis 2 stipulæformibus vaginantibus stipati, semipedales, 
fere a basi floriferi, rhachi pedicellisque ferrugineo-tomentosis. 
. Bracteæ et bracteolæ omnes e specimine delapsæ. Calycis glandulæ 
‘magne, laciniæ extrorsum revolute vix lined breviores. Petala 
valde inæqualia, majora calyce plus triplo longiora. Filamenta 
brevissima, basi pilosa et eoalita. Ovarium apice dense, basi parce 
pilosum. Fructus non vidi. 
This agrees in many respects with the character of B. stipulacea 
of A Juss., but in that species the calyx is without glands, which 
are very conspicuous in the present one. —— 
4. B. ferruginea, Kunth. A. Juss. Malp. p. 37. Var. B. 
macrophylla, foliis 5-8 poll. longis, supra parce presertim ad cos- — — 
tam pubentibus, subtus pube densiore ferrugineis, antheris glabris. - 
—British Guiana, Schomb. 2nd Col. n. 811 (1408). Ejusdem,  — 
var.? y. Moureila, folis 21-34 poll. longis, antheris pilosis.— —— 
Guiana and Trinidad, Anderson. s 
The variety 8 is remarkable for its large leaves and well- — d 
furnished raceme, and I can find no hairs on its anthers, otherwise — — 
it agrees well with the descriptions of B. ferruginea. The var.y —— 
has precisely the foliage of some forms of B. crassifolia, but the — 
ovary is densely clothed with rusty-coloured hairs. It includes, - 
probably, the hairy-fruited Malpighia Moureilu of Aublet. 
5. B. crassifolia, Kunth. A. Juss. Malp. p. 37.—British. 
Guiana, Schomb. lst Col. n. 57; Cayenne, Leprieur, Martin ; 
(Surinam, Focke.) This is said by Schomburgk to be a low, 
stunted tree, frequent on the savannahs of the Parime and Conocon 
mountains, known under the Caribe name of Mowlae-ie. The 
bark is used at Fort S. Joaquim for tanning, and by the Indians 
for painting paddles, arrow-points, etc. a 
B., pube “Fm in folio adulto sæpe evanido.—A stunted 
shrub, on dry savannahs, Parime mountains and Pirarara, Schomb. 
lst Col. n. 712, and Zad Col. n. 266 (389); Surinam, Hostm. 
n. 810. The specimens from Schomburgk’s 2nd Col. have the 
— leaves longer, and the reticulations finer, and may possibly be the 
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