1876.] Knowledge of the Burmese Flora. 287 



Flowers yellowish white to yellow, in short racemes ; style elongate, slender, 



. . B. ferruginea. 

 Suigi. 4. Lasiobema, Korth. Calyx-tube almost none, the lobes tooth-like. Style 

 very short. Pods 1 — 2-seeded. 

 Glabrous or nearly so ; ovary and pods glabrous, B. anguina. 



1. B. Madabarica, Eoxb, Fl. Ind. II. 321 ; WA. Prod. I. 294. 

 (Pileostigma Malabaricum, Bth. in PL Jungh. 261, in adn. ; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. I. 73). 



Hab. Frequent in the upper mixed forests, rarely descending into the 

 lower and the savannah forests, of Pegu ; and probably elsewhere. — Fl. 

 Fr. CS. 



2. B. racemosa, Lamk. Encycl. Meth. I. 390, non Vhl. ; WA. Prod. 

 I. 295 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 182. (B. parviflora, Yhl. Symb. III. 55 ; Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. II. 323 ; Pileostigma racemosum, Bth. in PL Jungh. 262, in adn.; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 73). 



Hab. Common in the dry forests of the Prome district ; most pro- 

 bably also in Ava. — Fl. Fr. March, Apr. 



3. B. brachycarpa, Wall. Cat. 5786 ; Bth. in PL Jungh. 261 in 

 adn. 



Hab. Ava, Taong-dong (Wall.). 



Unknown to me. The brief and incomplete description does not allow 

 even of a guess as to its affinities. 



4. B. poltcarpa, Wall. Cat. 5785 ; Bth. in PL Jungh. 261 in adn. 

 Hab. Frequent in the upper mixed forests, from Pegu and Martaban 



down to Upper Tenasserim. — Fl. Apr. May; Fr. CS. 



5. B. MOSTAinmA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 73. 



Hab. Burma, "Soeh doh" probably in Martaban or Upper Tenasserim 

 (Brandis) . 



6. B. variegata, L. sp. pi. 535 ; Eoxb. Fl. Ind. II. 319 ; WA. Prod. 

 I. 296. — {Plianera variegata, Bth. in PL Jungh. I. 262 in adn. ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. I. 60). 



Var. a. purpurasceists, Voigt Cat. Hort. Calc. 253 (B. variegata, 

 L. 1. c. ; Boxb. 1. c), the 4 narrower petals purple, the fifth broader one 

 tinged with cream and red. 



Var. /3. Candida, Voigt 1. c. (B. Candida, Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 318, non 

 Ait.), the 4 narrower petals white or very pale purple, the fifth lower one 

 somewhat sulphur-coloured in the centre, or purple towards the borders and 

 yellow in the centre. 



Hab. Var. ft. chiefly, common in the dry forests and ascending into 

 the upper dry forests of Ava and Prome ; Martaban, in the Yoonzeleen 

 valley (Parish) .—Fl. Febr. March; Fr. CS. 



7. B. purpurea, L. sp. pi. 536 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 320.— (Plianera 

 purpurea, Bth. in PL Jungh. I. in adn. ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. 60). 



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