BORA, CYRTANDREJE (AUCT. C. B. CLARKE). 141 
(1789), p. 121 (Baea); P. Br. in Benn. Pl. Jav. Rar., p. 190. — 
Dorcoceras, Bunge Enum. Pl. Chin. Bor., p. 54. 
Calyx sub-5-partitus ; segmenta 5, parva, angusta. Corolla parva 
aut mediocris, late campanulata, basi subgibba, glabra, plus minus 
alte bilabiata ; lobi 5, ovati, obtusi; labium superius paullo brevius, 
interdum subintegrum. Stamina 2 antica perfecta, 2-3 rudimentaria ; 
filamenta coroll tubo affixa, brevia, linearia, in medio curvata, aut 
(in B. hygroscopica) longiora dilatata ; antheræ apice ssepe cohæren- 
tes, 2-loculares ; loculi ovati, divergentes, rimis apice confluentibus, 
rarius divaricati. Discus 0. Ovarium sessile, lineare; stylus eum ovario 
æquilongus, superne glaber; stigma parvum, obseure 2-lobum ; pla- 
tentæ alte intrusæ fere contluentes, dein bifidæ recurvate in margi- 
nibus ovuligerze. Capsula linearis, in valvas 2 sinistrorsum (oculo à 
basi capsulam spectante) spiraliter tortas, apice basique diu cohæ- 
rentes, dehiscens ; placentz in valvis fixæ, cum his tortz ; placentæ 
proventu liberæ, capsula sub-4-valvis evadit. Semina minuta, ellip- 
soidea, utrinque umbonata, levia; testa minute reticulata. 
Herbæ perennes, caulescentes aut scaposæ. Folia opposita aut dense 
approximata. Pedunculi axillares, sæpe elongati, laxe cymosi vel pau- 
Giflori; bracteæ parvulæ. Flores cærulei, sæpe luteo-notati, vel albi. 
Species 13, in India magis orientali, Burma, China, Cochinchina, 
Malaya, Australia, Polynesia occidentali sparsæ. 
In Lam. Dict. (1783) Boea; in Juss. Gen. (1789) Baea; in ipsa 
manu Commersonii nomen est Bea, « apres M. le Beau, frère de 
l'épouse de M. de Commerson. » 
* Caules elongati. 
l. B. Treubii (Forbes! in Journ. Linn. Soc., 19, p. 297); suffru- 
ticosa ` caule usque ad 1 metr. alto ; foliis elongato-lanceolatis, subtüs 
cinnamomeo-tomentosis ; pedunculis longis, multifloris, in paniculam 
abeuntibus; corollà 20-25 mm. in diam. Didymocarpus Lawesii, 
F. Muell. in Wing’s Southern Science Record, Oct. 1882. 
Caulis pallide cinnamomeo-tomentosus. Folia opposita, breviter 
petiolata, usque ad 2 dm. longa: petioli connati, basi dilatati, caulem 
amplectentes. Pedunculi 1 dm.; bracteæ inferiores 3 cm., lineari-lan- 
Ceolatæ. Sacha fere 5-partiti segmenta parva, lanceolata, tomentosa. 
ue campanulata, purpurascenti-cærulea ; tubus calyce 
brevior; Cora bilabiatus, lobis obovato-rotundatis. Sonina gon; 
