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B. discolor, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, V, p. 184 ; Walp. 

 Eepert. II, p. 206 ; Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 57. 



B. grandis, Dryaiid. in Trans. Linn. 8oc. I (1791) p. 

 163 ; Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. p. 132 ; Francli. et Sav. Enum. 

 PI. Jap. I, p. 176 ; Sieb, et Zucc. El. Jap. Earn. Nat. in 

 Abhandl. Akad. Muench. IV, pt. 2 (1845) p. 167. 



B. obliqua, Thunb. El. Jap. p. 231 ; Banks, Ic. Kœmpf. 

 t. 20 (non L.). 



B. sinensis, DC Prodr. XV, pt. 1, p. 313. 

 J)iplocliniu77i Evansia^ium, Lindl. Veg. Kingd. ed. 1, p. 

 318, f. 220. 



Kneseheckia discolor, Klotzsch, *' Begon. p. 44." 

 Insula Amamt-Ushima, sec. Tashiro in MS. 

 Insula Utchinâ, sec. Tashiro in MS. 

 Archipelago Yêma (sec. Tashiro in MS.): insula Iru- 

 muti (sec. S. Tanaka in sched.) ; insula Yunakuni ad montem 

 Urabu-daki (*S'. Tanaka ! n. 398, 13 Junio 1891, folium 

 tantum). 



DiSTRiB. Japan, China and Java. 

 The form of the leaves in Tanaka's specimens agrees ex- 

 actly with that of B. Evansiana, Andr., but it is impossible to 

 decide their specific identity without examining either flower or 

 fruit. 



The Luchuan plant is distinguished from B. laciniata, Roxb. 

 var. Boiuriîigiana, Alph. DC. in DC. Prodr. XV, pt. 1, p. 349 

 {B. Bowringiana, Champ.; Bot. Mag. t. 5182) of Formosa {3Ia- 

 kino ! 1896) and Hongkong, by the margin of its leaves not 

 being cut into 5-7 acute or acuminate lobes. 



