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B. spiralis, Wall, in As. Res. ; DC. /. c. Folia 4-6-pollicaria. Flores 

 in hac et sequente, minimi, numerosi. Styli 3-4. 

 Hab. Java, also Pegu, Wallich. Catal. no. 4897 A. in part. 



6. H. LONGiFOLiuM, sp. n. Foliis petiolatis oblongis v. anguste obovato- 

 oblongis subintegerrimis glabris, racemis elongatis tomentosis, floribus 

 parvis glomeratis pedicellatis 6-8-meris, ealycis tubo brevi segmentis 

 linearibus quara petala lineari-cuneata vix brevioribus. — Folia 5-6 poll, 

 longa, raro 2 poll, lata, subeoriacea, nitidula. 



Hab. Penang, Phillips. Distributed also by Wallich with the last, under 

 the name of B. spiralis, from the Calcutta Garden, Catal. no. 4897 A. 



7. H. ZEYLANicuM. Foliis pctiolatis ovali-cllipticis ovatisve acumiuatis 

 subdentatis demum coriaceis nitidis glabris, racemis elongatis tomen- 

 tellis, floribus parvis glomeratis pedicellatis 4-6-meris, ealycis tubo 

 oblongo-turbinato, segmentis oblongis quam petala obovali-oblonga 

 ciliata brevioribus. — Blackwellia zeylanica, Gardn. in Calc. Journ. 

 Nat. Hist. vol. vii. p. 452. B. ietrandra, Wight, Ic. vol. v. t. 1851. — 

 Folia pleraque 3-4-pollicaria, juniora membranacea. Styli 3-4. 



Hab. East Indian Peninsula, Pulney Mountains, Wight-, Concan, Stocks; 

 Ceylon, Walker, Gardner, Thwaites. 



8. H. AFRicANUM. Foliis breviter petiolatis ovalibus oblongisve dentatis 

 glabris, racemis elongatis, floribus sessilibus glomeratis 5-7-meris, 

 ealycis tubo turbinato, segmentis acutis quam petala oblongo-cuneata 

 multo minoribus. — Blackwellia africana, Hook. fil. Fl. Nigr. p. 361. 

 — Foha 4-5-pollicaria. Styli 4-5. 



Hab. Sierra Leone, Don ; Lagos, Barter. 



9. H. FAGiFOLiUM. Foliis brevitcrpetiolatis ovalibus obovatisvc dcutatis 

 membranaceis pubescentibus v. demum glabratis, racemis elongatis 

 ramulisque pubescentibus, floribus pedicellatis sparsis 6-8-meris, 

 ealycis tubo anguste turbinato, segmentis lineari-cuneatis quam petala 

 ciliata pauUo minoribus. — Blackwellia fagifolia, Lindl. in Trans. Soc. 

 Hort. Lond. vol. vi. p. 269. B. padijiora, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1308. 

 B. Loureiri, Benth. in Lond. Journ. Bot. vol. i. p. 482. Astranthus 

 cochinchinensis. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 2659 (foliis solito angustioribus), 

 an Lour. ? — Foha subtripollicaria. Styli vulgo 4. 



Hab. South China. By a misprint, this species is called B. pubifiora, 

 Lindl., by Walpers ; and it is probably the same one also that Steudel, 

 by some such mistake, has indicated under the names of B. chinensis 

 and B. grandiflora. 



Sectio II. Eacotjbea. Stamina ad quodque petalum 2-7 

 app|oximata v. fasciculata. E-acemi simplices v. laxe subramosi, 

 ssepius elongati. 



* Americana. 



10. H. Racoubea {Sw., DC. Prod. vol. ii. p. 53). Foliis ovahbus oblon- 

 gisve subacuminatis crenato-dentatis glabris nitidis, floribus subsessili- 



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