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Srzc. Cuar. Perennial: stem herbaceous, without prickles: 
leaves ovate, acuminated, rounded at the base, toothed : sepals linear= 
lanceolate, reflexed : the ligulated part of the petals erect, as long 
as the calyx: flowers small, yellowish-red. 
Circars. Vellore: Bombay. 
(2) B. emosa. (Roxd.) 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. I. p. 618. : 
Srec. Cuar. Twining shrub, hairy: leaves 3—-5-lobed, dentate: 
posterior lobes large, rounded: sepals spreading, lanceolate: lower 
part of the petals linear, incurved: capsules covered with rigid 
bristles: flowers small, yellowish-red. 
Silhet, flowering in September. 
(8) B. aspera. (Colebr.) 
Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. ‘ed. Car. II. p. 383. 
Syn. B. grandifolia, Dec. prod. I. p. 486. 
Spec. Cuan. Shrubby, twining, unarmed: leaves broad-cor~ 
date, entire, shortly acuminated, pubescent underneath : petioles 
pubescent: corymbs numerous on the younger branches, axillary, 
villous: bracts linear-ensiform: sepals lanceolate, dark-purple. at 
the base: margins of the petals furnished with a recurved tooth: 
claws incurved: capsule very large, pubescent, armed with stout 
short prickles: flowers small, yellowish rose-coloured. 
Chittagong, Silhet. Flowering nearly all the year. 
GENUS IV. RIEDLEIA. 
Monadelphia Pentandria. Sex: Syst: 
Deriv. In honour of Mons. Riedle, a French Naturalist. 
Gen. Cuar. Herbs, or shrubs, with alternate, entire or ser- 
rated leaves: calyx 5-cleft: petals 5, attached by staminal tube: 
stamens united at the base: ovary 5-celled: cells 2-ovuled : ‘styles 
5, distinct or united at the base: capsule 5-coecous: cocci 1-2- 
seeded: seeds not winged. - 
(1) R. tiniazrorta. (Dalz.) * 
Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 24. 
Srec. Cuan. Small tree: leaves long-petioled, sub-cordate, 
serrate, young ones soft and velvety: panicles axillary and termi- 
nal, somewhat corymbose: flowers small, pink. 
Khandalla and Belgaum. 
(2) R. truncata. (Dee.) 
Ident. W. & A. prod, I. p. 66.—Dec. prod. I. p. 491. 
Syn. Melochia truncata, Willd.—Sida cuncifolia, Roxb, Hort, 
Beng. p. 50. : 
