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2. B. comosa. 



Tender parts very downy. Leave>t simple, opposite, cor- 

 date, entire. Corymbs terminal, short, leatly. Calyces five- 

 cleft. Corol, with a long, slender tube, and bilabiate border. 



A native of the Moluccas. 



- 3. B. spathacea. Coroni. pi. 2. N. 144. 



Arboreous. Leaves opposite, pinnate ; leaflets, from three 

 to seven pairs, witli an odd one, roundish. Racemes termi- 

 nal. Calyx spathaceous. Corol iufundibuliform, oblique, 

 long, slender, much curved, 



JS.falcata. Kim. Mss. in. B. H. 



Tel'mg. Woody. 



A small thin tree, a native of most of the forests on the 

 coast, flowers during- the hot season. 



Trmik very irregular, both in size and shape, the branches 

 also. Bark light ash-colour; yovny shoots covered with 

 whitish down. Leaves opposite and alternate, pinnate, with an 

 odd one about six inches long. Leaflets opposite, from two to 

 three pairs, nearly orbicular, entire, downy ; from one to two 

 inches long, and about as much broad. Racemes terminal, 

 erect, as long as the leaves, few-flowered. Flowers white, 

 pretty large. Cuhjx, a spathe, two-thirds open on the convex 

 side. Corol ; tube longer than the calyx, cylindric ; border, 

 flat divisions equal, oblong. JS'ectary, a dark purple ring, 

 surrounding the base of the germ. Stamens, there is a fifth 

 sterile filament. Anthers oval. Stigma two4obed. Silique 

 linear, about twelve inches long, pendulous, twisted in vari- 

 ous forms. 



4. B. crispa. Buck. 



Arboreous. Leaves pinnate ; lea/lets five or seven, oblong, 

 entire. Calyx spathaceous. Corol hypocrateriform, with seg- 

 ments of the bonier sub-equal, and much curled. Silique li- 

 near ; partition contrary. 



A native of Mysore, where it was found by Dr. Bucha- 



