234 S. Kurz — ContrihiitionR towards a [No. 2, 



Flowers (both sexes) forming tomentose "bracted usually 

 compound cymes. Berries ^-lobular. 

 Peduncles long, the cyme often compound ; net-venation of leaves obsolete, B. densiflora. 

 Cymes large, corymb-like, fuliginous-velvety; net- venation strong but lax, D. Eorsjieldii. 



Flowers short-peduncled or sessile, axillary. 

 Flowers short-peduncled, clustered ; net-venation indistinct ; berries elliptical, 



. . JD. Jlavicans. 

 Flowers sessile or nearly so ; net-venation lax but distinct ; berries globular, rusty- 

 pubescent ; albumen homogeneous, D. undulata. 



As preceding, but ovary glabrous, D. sapotoidcs. 



+ + Borders of the calyx -lobes in female flowers plain, not reflexed 

 nor recurved, 

 t All parts, except the very young shoots, quite glabrous. 

 Flowers almost sessile. 

 Flowers rusty-tomentose ; calyx short, the lobes acute ; leaves strongly net-veined ; 



berries tawny-tomentose ; corolla 4-cornered in bud, B. lancecefolia. 



Male calyx bell-shaped, the lobes short, rounded, tomentose ; leaves strongly net-veined 



berries rusty-tomentose ; corolla terete in bud, B. pyrrhocarpa. 



Calyx ample, puberulous, the lobes rounded ; male cymes very short and stout ; leaves ; 



strongly net-veined ; corolla terete in bud, B. variegata. 



t t All parts, especially the leaves, more or less pubescent or 



otherwise hairy ; male flowers in cymes ; berries glabrous. 



Leaves not cordate, softly pubescent beneath ; calyx-lobes and bracts acute ; flowers 



4-merous, B. stricta. 



Leaves not cordate, adult almost glabrous and chartaceous ; calyx- lobes linear-lanceolate ; 

 cymes branched, arising from the stem and older branches ; flowers 5-merous, 



. .B. Brandisiana. 



Leaves with cordate base, softly pubescent ; calyx-lobes and bracts rounded ; cymes 



short, stout ; flowers 4-merous, B. dasijphylla. 



1. D. ToPOSiA, Ham. in Linn. Trans. XV. 115 ; Bedd. Icon, plant, 

 t. 122 ; DC. Prod. YIII. 237 ; Hiern Monogr. Ebenac. 263.— (D. race- 

 mom, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 536 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 239 ; Wight Icon. t. 416). 



Hab. Chittagong. 



2. D. Embrtopteeis, Pers. Ench. II. 624 ; Bot. Eeg. VI. t 499 ; 

 DC. Prod. VIII. 235 ; Griff. Not. Dicot. 289 ; Hiern Monog. Eben. 257 ; 

 Bedd. Sylv. Madr. t. 69. {JEmhryopteris glutinifera, Eoxb. Corom. PL I. 

 49. t. 70 ; Wight Icon. t. 843 — 44 ; D. glutinosa, Koen. ap. Eoxb. El. Ind. 

 II. 533). 



Hab. Martaban and Tenasserim, apparently not unfrequent ; often 

 cultivated in villages. — Fl. Aug. ; Fr. Febr. — April. 



3. D. CHAETACEA, Wall. Cat. 4135 ; DC. Prod. VIII. 232 ; Hiern 

 Monogr. Ebenac. 230. 



Hab. Not uncommon in the tropical forests of Martaban and Upper- 

 Tenasserim. — Fl. March, April. 



4. D. EHEETioiDES, Wall. Cat. 4137 ; DC! Prod. VIII. 231 ; Hiern 

 Monogr. Eben. 162. 



