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15. B. minutiflora, Hook.f. ; nearly glabrous, branches pustulate, 

 leaves membranous 2-3 in. elliptic or elliptic-oblong acuminate base acute, 

 nerves 7-9 pair very slender arched, petiole slender, flowers monoecious in 

 small dense axillary and spicate heads very minute pubescent, calyx-lobes 

 ovate obtuse, petals oblong entire, disk of fern, depressed, ovary rhombic 

 with one long bifid style, fruit ellipsoid seated on the unaltered calyx. 



TENASSEBIM, at Mergui, Griffith. DISTRIB. Celebes, Riedel ; Borneo (Beccari 

 No. 2837, Motley, Barber). 



Branches divaricate, bark pale, flowering shoots black when dry, quite smooth. 

 Leaves brown when dry, paler beneath, cross-nervules very faint ; petiole in. 

 Clusters of flowers in. diatn. ; bracts minute, villous. Calyx -^ in. diarn., finely 

 tomentose. Disk of fern, flower pulvinate. Ovary quite included in the disk, nar- 

 rowed suddenly into the very stout style which is bifid for half-way, stigmas capitellate. 

 Fruit (in Bornean specimens) J in. long, apiculate. A very remarkable species on 

 account of the solitary style. The specimens were mixed with those of B. Maingayi 

 under Griffith No. 867, the leaves being similar in colour and form. The male fl. 

 are too young for description. The fruit is described from Bornean specimens, in 

 which the leaves are sometimes rounded at the base with 12 pairs of nerves. 



SPECIES OF WHICH THE MALE FLOWERS ALONE ARE KNOWN. 



(Possibly Cleistanthi.} 



16. B. rufa, HooJc.f. ; branches rather stout densely rusty-tomentose 

 or villous, leaves 5-7 in. oblong or obovate-oblong cuspidately acuminate 

 base rounded rusty-pubescent beneath, nerves 6-10 pair strong arched, cross- 

 nervules numerous straight, petiole short stout, male fl. sessile in dense 

 small globose axillary heads of bracts, calyx glabrous lobes ovate-lanceolate, 

 petals obcuneate or quadrate crenate. 



PENANG, King's Collector. 



A shrub, 8-12 ft. Leaves thin but hardly membranous, dull green and opr.que 

 above, young floccosely rusty tomeutose above ; petiole -^ in. 



17. B. cinnamomea, HooJc.f. ; branchlets petioles and leaves beneath 

 cinnamomeously tomentose, leaves 2-6 in. elliptic-oblong or lanceolate 

 cuspidate or caudate-acuminate base acute or cuneate, nerves 5-7 pair 

 rather strong beneath, cross-nervules numerous slender, male fl. small 

 sessile and pedicelled in axillary clusters or on short lateral branchlets, 

 calyx quite glabrous lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, petals obovate, disk 

 thick. 



PERAK, Scortechini ; Kinla, King's Collector. 



A thorny shrubby creeper, 10-15 ft. ; branches woody, bark pale. Leaves mem- 

 branous or thinly coriaceous; petiole ^-^ in., rather slender. Bracts woolly; calyx 

 -jL in. diain., pedicel sometimes as long as the calyx ; disk very broad, margin sub- 

 entire ; pistillode glabrous. Near B. rufa y but leaves membranous cuspidate or 

 acuminate with the base acute, and nerves hardly arched. There are very small thorns 

 on the larger branches. 



18. B. Curtisii, Hook. f. ; quite glabrous, leaves 2-3 in. oblong 

 rounded at both ends glaucous beneath, nerves 6-10 pair very slender, male 

 flowers minute sessile in small axillary clusters, bracts very small ciliolate, 

 calyx glabrous lobes triangular-ovate, petals spathulate notched or emar- 

 ginate, pistillode glabrous. 



PENANG ; at Tulloh Bahang, Curtis. 



Branches rigid, divaricate, slender, blackish when dry. Leaves rigid, grey -brown 

 when dry ; cross-nervules beneath reticulate more or less ; petiole | in., slender. 

 Malefl. y^ in. diam. 



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