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rapid. Gleadow (Jnd. For. xxvi. 170) records a growth of 31 ft. in one season. Rope 

 is made of the stem; the leaves are used as plates and made into umbrellas; the seeds 

 are roasted and eaten. 1">. B. rufa, Grab.. (B. Vahlii, Kurz F. Fl. i. 101). Khasi hills, 

 hills east of Toungon. 2.MIH) ft. Tenasserim, similar to B. Vahlii, but calyx-tube 

 cylindric as long as segments of the limb. 



16. B. ornata, Kurz {Myaukhlega, Burm.) A gigantic creeper. Pegu Yoma and 

 Tenasserim. Youngest shoots rusty-tomentose, mature leaves glabrous. Fl. in dense 

 terminal, almost globose corymbs. Calyx thinly silky, tube turbinate, segments 5, 

 longer than tube. Stamens 3. Ovary densely rusty silky. 17. B. glabrifolia, Baker. 

 Pegu. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Borneo. A climber, 60-80 ft. long. L. glossy, 

 bright green, those near the ends of branches entire, lower down cleft to one-fourth 

 their length. Fl. small, silvery -grey, in dense corymbose bracteate panicles; bracts at 

 the base of main branches in pairs (stipules), at the base of pedicels solitary, linear- 

 lanceolate. Calyx grey with appressed hairs, tube shorter than the 3 segments of 

 Limb. Petals hairy, J in long, anthers 3. Ovary hairy. 18. B. piperifolia, Roxb. 

 Assam. Silhet, similar, but no bracts on panicles. Fl. larger. Petals J in. long. 

 19. B. Khasiana, Baker. Assam. Khasi hills. 1'oungest shoots bright rusty-pubescent. 

 L. thin, glabrous. Fl. ochreous, turning red, in large terminal corymbose panicles, and 

 like the calyx densely clothed with bright rusty pubescence. Calyx-tube equal to the 

 segments of limb. Petals silky, i in. long, claw as long as blade, anthers 3. Ovary 

 densely silky. 



(b) Fl. in more or lesi corymbose racemes. 



20. B. phoenicea, Heyne. — Svn. B. Benthami, Bedd. Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 

 107. 



A gigantic climber. L. glabrous above, minutely hairy beneath. Fl. bright 

 crimson. Calyx-tube as long as the 5 linear-lanceolate segments. Petals li 

 in. long, claw linear, as long as the ovate-lanceolate blade. Stamens 5. Pod 

 downy. by 1 in. 



(' mon on the Ghats of South Kanara and Wainad. Coorg. Travancore in ever- 

 green forests. Fl. Oct.-Dec. 21, B. glauca, Wall. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago, china. Branchlets glabrous, tendrils numerous. Fl. in dense 

 leaf -opposed and terminal corymbs. Calyx glabrous, tube nearly twice the length of 

 the 5 lobes. Petals cream-coloured,] in. lung, sparsely pubescenl outside, anthers 3. 

 Ovary glabrous. Pod thin, 6-9 by 2 in. 22. B. tenuiflora, Watt; C. B. Clarke in 

 .1. hi i ii. l.iim. Sue. xx v. t. II. Khasi and Naga hills. Muni pur. Similar to 21. but calyx- 

 tube linear. 'A-i times the length of segments. Petals J— J in. long. 23. B. nervosa, 



Wall. Assam. Khasi hills. Younge>t >1 ts and inflorescence thinly rusty-pubescent, 



tendrils numerous. Fl. in large rorvmbose racemes, bracts lanceolate. Calyx-tube 



cylindric, | in. long, segments of limb 5, as long as tube. Petals 1J in. long, densely 



hairy, claw as long as blade. Pod li by 2 in., valves thick, strongly veined. 21. B. albo- 

 lutea, Prain in .Jotirn. As. Soc. Beng., 66 (189S) 181. Pegu, Tenasserim, Nicobars. 

 Similar to 23, bul petals nearly glabrous. Prain identities this with B. ferruginea, 

 Kurz F. Fl. i. 102 1 Roxb.) ; but Kurz slate-,: petals rusty appressed-villous out- 

 side. 1 have not seen specimens. 



25. B. mollissima, Wall. ill. elongata, Korth. .Nat. Verh. Hut. t. 24). Tenasserim, 

 Malay Peninsula mid Archipelago. Branchlets, petioles and underside of leaves rusty - 

 pubescent. Fl. in short leaf-opposed racemes. Calyx-tube 1-1J in. long, lobes 5 of 

 equal length. Petals 2 21 in. long. Pod pubescent, I by 1 in. 26. B. Kurzii, Prain 

 i /;. roam, Kurz F. Fl. i. Iti2i. Kavmapyu choung, Salween in Eng foresl 1>.1!.. May. 

 1 s.v.i. . Taepo nt 5,000 ft., Gallatly (Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 66 1898 199). Fl. 

 rose-coloured, on long slender pedicels in terminal corj mbose tawny puberulous racemes, 

 brad - linear-lanceolate, J in. long. Calyx-tube short, segments of [imb 5 reflexed, | in. 

 long. Petalsj in. long, slightly pubescent on both sides. Ovary villous. Style thick, 

 short. 27. b. Pottingeri. Prain in Journ, As. Soc. Beng., vol. 67, 289. ECaohin hill-. A 

 strong climber nearly allied to B. nervosa, Wall. 



(c) Fl. in elongate racemes. 



•is. B. anguina, Roxb. Cor. PI. t. 285. Vem. Ndiurilli-lara, Xep. 



A large evergreen climber, the branches Eat, 1 -6 in. broad, J in. thick. 



twisted in alternate directions, stems more cylindrical, with n raised spiral 

 ridge. Branchlets and leaves entirely glabrous, youngest shoots rustv- 

 tomentose, teudrils slender, bilid, branches circinnate. L. thin, on the older 

 branches eutire or nearly so, on young plants and on luxuriant shoots more or 



