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ceutralouos soon l>ruii(liiii»,^ iv.l Iiairv. oth.-rwiM- tin* plant in 

 glabrous succulent light green (drying vi-rv thin iiu.l Hii.-.i,l) ; 

 petiole 3-5 inches long. glahn.iiH. Pr-iuiK-l.' axillarv. ."i-? 

 inches long, glabrous, with i»nt> or two l)ran«'h<'H. I inch hmg 

 at the top. Flowers whito. Males with two very thin oModk 

 obovate sepals, ^% inch long. Petals two, linear oblong, uiuch 

 narrower. Stamens in a globular ball on a inMlunt-!.- t,i ••«|uul 

 length; filaments distinct, as long as the anther. Antlu-ni 

 spathulate obtuse truncate. Femah's not .sc<-ii. Fruit thrw 

 winged, i inch long, one wing larger, roundfd. \ in. h ncruwM, 

 the others much narrc)W('r. 



Ulu Batang Padang, growing on muddy sloi>eH of the hill hide 

 in thick forest. 



This pretty species is evidently near B. ihhUii, King, of wliich 

 I have seen no specimens, differing in the fonn of the hiif; 

 petals very different from the sepals. <lifferent form of thf 

 anthers, which are borne on a cylindric fN-diuicli'. and th.- 

 posterior fruit wing rounded, semi-ovate not oblong. 



82. B. PE^.CLARA. King, Mat. Fl. Mai. Pen., 13.68 (594) lf><>2. 

 B. decora, Sfapf., Ke>r Bull, 1893, 20. 



A beautiful plant with deep green or purj.h- re<l Ipave^. niarko^l 

 along the veins with lighter coloiu*. usually n^l undiTin-iith 

 and hairv all over, very variable in colour and al»o in siw. 

 The flowers vary in size. In some the petals ar.' only \ 

 inch long, in others 1 inch long pure white or in n^X forniB 

 pinkish. King describes his plant as having " a few .scatterwl 

 hairs on the nerves Wneath" and the jK'tioles ax having " ii 

 few flexuose hairs near the apex." The Teloni plant i.s d.-nwly 

 red hairv on thenervesliencath.and thepetiol«MH alsover^- liair> . 

 The sepals are ^-1 inch long and f int-h wide; jx'tnlH ovftt«\ 

 smaller. The stamens are spathulato obtus.- in lif.-. showing 

 no distinct filament. It is abundant in the T.'lum w.xhIh. 



I cannot separatethis plant from B. fhcnrn. Stapf.. u plant obtain- 

 ed by Mr. Curtis in tli.' Lankawi Islands and s<'nt to M.'mp«. 

 Veitch's Estal)lishmeut in 1891 or lH92. It was exhibit.-.! at 

 one of the Horticultural Shows in London us Ii. hirKtt,,, but 

 the identification was shown to Ih' frron.'..us and it wa» 

 called B. decoru. No des( ription was ever pnbli«he«l of it to 

 far as I can make out. but in the list of n.-w plan;** of tlu* 

 vear, published in the " K.nv Bull.-tin " alxnv .,uof.^l. th.' namr 

 with a few lines about it. is given, and the Kvality i* given m 

 Perak. It was under cultivation under the name of U «/«-.'r.i 

 in the Singapore Botanic Uardms in 1891. b.it did .mt. 



In \h^^ Index Kewensh it is put d..wn as a (bird.-n HtItuI. and. 

 perhaps on account oi this error, was not mentioned by 

 Dr Kino iu the •Materials" und.T the name B. <lecon». 



