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Sepals ovnte-lanceolate, 1^-1| lin. long; corolla- 

 tube 2-2^ liii. long ; lobes linear, 6-7 h lin. 

 long . . . . . . . 9. ^. major. 



Sepals ovate, ^ lin. long; corolla-tube li-lf 

 lin. long ; lobes long caudate-acuminate 

 from an ovate base, 4-6 lin. long . . l7. B. temiiloha. 



Corolla-lobi'S as long as the tube or sHghlly longer. 

 Leaves more or less oblong, truncate at the 

 base ; petiole from less than ^ to f lin. long. 

 Leaves very shortly acute or subobtuse; 

 flowers infew-flowered axillary and some- 

 times also terminal cymes or panicles, not 

 exceeding the supporting leaves. 

 Flowers about 2 lin. long, in subsessile or 



very shortly peduncled small cymes . 10. B. axillaris. 

 Flowers over 3 to 4 lin. long, panicled . 11. B. zygodioides. 

 Leaves subacuminate; pa nicies many- flowered, 

 more or less dicliotomous, leafy ; corolla 

 campanulate ..... 12. -B, Badlonii. 



Leaves variously shaped, never truncate at the 

 base; petiole 1^-11 lin. long. 

 Calyx 1 lin. long; stigmatic apiculus very 

 short, conical; young branches and 



very thin leaves pale green . . . 13. B. Wehcitschii. 



Calyx ^-| lin. long ; stigmatic apiculus- 

 subulate to setiform ; branches more or 

 less brown or blackish, leaves very 

 rarely pale green. 

 Corolla not constricted at the mouth ; 

 flower-buds usually cylindric from iiu 

 ovoid bnse (or ovoid in .5. hrachyantha). 

 Supra-staminal calli united into a trans- 

 verse ring. 

 Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, quite gla- 

 brous below ; corolla 5^ lin. 

 long . . 

 Leaves oblong, with tufts of rnst- 

 coloui'ed bail's in the nervo-axils 

 below ; corolla Z^ lin. long 

 Supra-staminal calli not united. 



Corolla 4 lin. long .... 



Corolla 2^ lin. long .... 



Corolla more or less constricted at the 



mouth ; flower-buds ovoid 



Leaves elliptic to ovate, usually shortly 



acuminate; shortly acute or rounded 



at the base; petiole 4-6 lin. long . 19. B. ellijdica. 



Leaves oblong-elliptic, loner acuminate, 



acute at the base ; petiole 8-11 Iiu. 



lono- ...... 20. B. dichofoma. 



**GuEEEBA. — Corolla-tube without supra-staminal calli . 21. B. qracillima. 



1. B, calophylla, Stapf. A climbing shrub, up to 30 ft. high, 

 almost perfectly glabrous ; young branches greyish-green, somewhat 



