— i8i — 



ultimi tenues, rete densissimum efformantes; petiolus brevis appresse 

 rufo-pilosus. Inflorescentia corymbosa, appresse rufo-pilosa, ibliis brevior 

 et iis immersa; pedicelli filiformes, infra médium bracteolati, bracteolis 

 bracteisque caducis; alabastro globoso-mucronato, aureovel rufo-piloso. 

 Calycis tubus teres, sepala subœquans, suleatus, rufo-pilosus, sat abrupte 

 in pedicellum desinens; sepala lanceolata, acuminato-obtusa, dorso aureo- 

 pilosa. Petala obovato-cuneata, obtusa, dorso dense aureo-pilosa, in 

 unguem sensim attenuata. Stamina sterilia 3, filamentis basi incrassatis 

 pilosulisque, dein glabris; anthera subquadrata, latior quam longior, fo- 

 raminibus 2, oblongis, brevibus dehiscens; st. sterilia duplo minora, sub- 

 ananthera. Germen subsessile, infra médium aureo-pilosum, caeterum 

 glabrum, stylo quam ovarium minore, stigmate capitato. — Folia 6-9 cm. 

 longa, 3o-55 mm. lata, petiolo 1-2 cm. longo. Inflorescentia 3-4 cm. longa 

 lataque, pedicellis 2b mm. longis. Calycis tubus 5 mm. longus. Sepala 

 5 mm. longa. Petala adulta 10 mm. longa, ungue 4 mm. longo. Anthera 

 i,5 longa, 2 mm. lata. Germen ?-j mm. longum. 



Iles Moluques : Ternate, (1841), sans n° [Le Guillou]\ Am- 

 boine^ 1841 [Hombron]. 



23. B. louranensis Gagnep. sp. n. = B. glauca Drake del 

 Castillo, in Morot, Journ. Bot. (1891), p. 217 (non Wallich). 



Scandens. Rami teretes, glabri, lucidi, brunnei, sat graciles, cirris mi- 

 nutis, parce pilosis. Folia late orbicularia, biloba, basi vix cordata vel 

 subtruncata, glabriuscula, sedcosta subtus pilosa et ima basi inter nervos 

 pilosa, lobis rotundatis; nervi 7-9, ultimis tenuissimis rete densum 

 subinconspicuum efformantibus ; petiolus glaber. Inflorescentia corym- 

 bosa, corymbis solitariis vel 2-3 ad apicem ramusculi conglomérats, basi 

 denudatis, rufo-pilosis, pilis diffusis; pedicelli graciles, rufo-pilosi, ad 

 médium bibracteolati, confertissimi, subumbellatim dispositi, bracteis et 

 bracteolis lineari-subulatis, alabastro subgloboso, floribus albido-viri- 

 descentibus. Calycis tubus teres, abrupte geniculatimque ad basim contrac- 

 tus; sepala dorso rufo-pilosa, post anthesim reflexa. Petala 5, extra pi- 

 losa, gradatim unguiculata, subviridia; lamina ovata vel suborbicularis. 

 Stamina fertilia 3 ; anthera elliptica; st. sterilia inaequalia, minora, ima 

 basi globosa (discus'?i. Germen subsessile, infra médium pilosum, stylo 

 brevi, glabro, stigmate capitato obconico. Fructus stipitatus, apiculatus, 

 glaber, lignosus. seminibus circa i5. — Folia 3o-45 mm. longa, 3-6 cm. 

 lata, petiolo 10-12 mm. longo. Inflorescentiae corymbus 5-7 cm. longus 

 et latus, pedicelli 2-4 cm. longi, bracteis bracteolisque 5-6 mm. longis, 

 alabastro 4-5 mm. crasso. Calycis tubus 4 mm. longus. Petala 5 mm. 

 diam. Anthera; 2 mm. longae. Fructus 17 cm. longus, 45 mm. latus, sti- 

 pite 7 mm. longo. 



Annam : Tourane, janvier i83y, n' J 26o [Gaudichaud]; n°494 



