] Lxvi. BBG0NIACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) 643 



Vab. eretacea; leaves stouter shaggy on the nerrea beneath, peduncles firmer, 

 female perianth of 4 segments (almost exactly like the male).— Bhotan ; Griffith. 

 (Kew Distrib. No. 2583.) Limestone rocks near Cherra in Khasia, alt. 4000 ft. ; 

 €, B. Clarke, 



22. B. SUbperfoIlata, Pai-ish rm. ; Kwrz in Jmirn. As. Soo. 1877, pt. 

 u. 109 ; stemleas, glabrous, leaves ovate crenate-dentate subpeltate prominently 

 leticidated on both surfaces, bracts laciniated acutely, 



MoxnoiBiN, on limestone rocks ; Pariah. 



Boot tuberous. Leaf solitary, radical, 3i by 2 in., acute not acuminate, hardly 

 serrate, equal at the base, peltate or the auricles only overlapping ; petiole 2-4 in. 

 Pedwnch 3 in. with about 10 small flowers ; bracts | in., persistent, divided to near 

 the base or sharply serrate. Male: sepals 2, elliptic; petals 2, narrow- oblong ; 

 stamens about 25, much monadelphons, anthers obovoid, connective not. produced. 

 Female: perianth very nearly as in the male; styles 3, combined half-way up, 

 stigmas lunate. Capsule 3-ceUed, f by ^ in. including the wings, styles persistent, 

 wings 2 short 1 longer, iipper margin of each Jiorizontal, dehiscing by all three faces. 

 SmU short-ellipsoid. 



23. B. moulxnelnensls, C. B. Clarke; stemless, very pubescent 

 throughout, leaves ovate serrate, bracts incise-serrate or lacioiate. 



MoinatBiN ; T. Lobb No. 380. 



Closely resembling B. subperfoliata. The specimens which are in bud differ in 

 pubescence and in the leaf being slightly cordate (not at all peltate), serrate, almost 

 lobed, and not prominently leticidate on either surface. 



•24. B. fallax, A. DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 329 ; glabrous or nearly so, leaves 

 elliptic acuminate angular toothed very tmequal at the base, capsule equally 3- 

 winged wings narrow their upper margins shortly horizontal. Diplocjinium 

 lindleyanum, Wight Ic. 1. 1817. 



South Deccan Pendistila ; Couetablum and Mai.abae ; Wight. 



The branch figured by Wight is 8 in. long with a peduncle from a lower axil and 

 A. DC. conjectures the plant may be suffrutesoent. Leaves 4 by 2 in. ; petiole 1 in. ; 

 stipules oblong, deciduous. Fed/imcle many times dichotomous, many-flowered, shorter 

 than the leaf; bracts numerous, minute ; flowers medium-sized. Male: sepals 2, 

 rounded ; petals 2, narrow-elliptic ; stamens numerous, shortly monadelphous, anthers 

 obovoid, connective not produced. Female : perianth-segments 3, 2 large round, 

 1 small narrow lateral ; styles 3, nearly separate, divided half-way up into two curved 

 branches. Capsule J-f in. long and broad including the wings. Seecfe shortlyreUip- 

 soid, somewhat obovoid.— Not seen : the above is drawn up from Wight's figure : the 

 plant is of the section TrUobaria if all Wight's details are without error. 



Sect. IV. Platjrcentrum. Capsule 2-celled compressed, triq[uetrou3, 

 having one broad and two narrow papery wings ; dehiscing by the falling away 

 of the faces between the wings ; placentas 2-fid, 



A. Female perianth-segments 4-3. — Genus M^ierea, A-. DO. 



25. B. ^Ig'antea, Wall. Cat. 3677 ; stem, tall unbranched glabrous^ up- 

 ;wards, peduncles from the upper axils glabrous, male sepals % Mezierea 

 jiepalensis, A, DC. Prodr. xv. pt. i. 406. 



Nipal; WaUich. Sikkim, alt. 3000-6000 ft.; Herb. Griffith, J. D. H.; alt. 

 1000-4000 ft., frequent, C. B. Clarke. , ■, t . 



SootstocJc thick, woody, not tuberous. Stem 2-3 ft., rarely branched. Leavis 

 9-12 by 3 in., caudate-acuminate (sometimes larger and ovate), undulate, toothed, 



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