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specimeus being linear-lanceolate. The Penang specimens are, on the 

 other hand, as figui-ed by Professor Oliver, oval-oblong. 



2. B. UNCiNATA, Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 377. A woody 

 climber : young branches at first scurfy and hispid, but very soon gla- 

 brous. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic-oblong; gradually tapering in the 

 upper third to the aciiiuinate apex, entire, the base slightly cuneate, 

 3-nerved ; both sm'faces glabrous and shining, nerves 9 or 10 pairs, 

 spreading, thin but prominent beneath : length 9 to 1 1 in., breadth 3 

 in., petiole neai-ly 3 in., thickened at the apex, glabrous. Sepals lan- 

 ceolate, spreading, hisj)id. Fnnting peduncles (fide Masters) " half the 

 length of the leaves. Capsule depressed-spheroidal, the size of a hazel- 

 nut, covered with hooked gland-tipped barbed hispid spines, 3-celled." 



Malacca, Maingay, No. 24i2 (Kew Distrib.). 



I have seen only Maingay's Malacca specimens. 



3. B. Maingayi, Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 377. A woody 

 climber : young branches glabrous. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic to 

 elliptic-oblong, shortly bluntly and rather abruptly acuminate, entire ; 

 the base rounded with 3 bold and 2 minute nerves : both surfaces quite 

 glabrous ; lateral nerves about 2 or 3 pairs, prominent beneath as are 

 the reticulations ; length 7 or 8 in., bi'eadth 3 to 3'5 in. ; petioles 1"2 in., 

 thickened towards the apex, glabrous. Umbels in axillary fascicles of 

 6 or 8, their peduncles about 1 in. long, slender, glabrescent ; pedicels 

 ■25 in. Sepals •25 in. long, ovate-lanceolate. " Petals shorter than the 

 sepals, with a long linear appendage. Staminodes erect, oblong, obtuse, 

 bifid. Style as long as the ovary. Fruiting peduncle as long as the 

 petiole. Capsule globose, 1'25 in. in diam., obscui-ely 5-lobed, studded 

 with short subulate prickles." 



Malacca ; Griffith, Maingay. 



Of this species I have seen no good specimens in flower or fruit, 

 and the above account of these parts is taken from Masters' descrip- 

 tion. 



4. B. ELLiPTiCA, Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 377. A woody 

 climber ; young branches minutely rusty-tomentose. Leaves broadly 

 elliptic, abruptly and shortly acuminate, entire ; the base 5-nerved, 

 rounded or minutely cordate ; upper surface minutely scabrid- hispid, 

 the midrib and nerves hispid-toraentose ; lower minntely pubescent 

 on the veins, the midrib and longer nerves tomentose : lateral nerves 

 3 pairs, oblique, curving, prominent beneath as are the secondary nerves 

 and reticulations: length 55 to 7" 7 in., breadth 3'5 to 4'75 in., petiole 



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