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GBNUS XII. BEAUMONTIA. 

 Pentandria KEonog^ynla. Sejc.- Sysi : 



"toeriv. In honor of Lady Diana Beaumont of Bretton Hall. 



Gen. Char. Calyx 5-partite, lobes leafy, with glands : corolla 

 campanulate, narrowed at the base into a tube scarcely longer thail 

 tlje calyx, throat widened, apex 5-lobed, lobes ovatei subacute : 

 stamens inserted at the summit of the tube : filaments filiform, 

 subcompressed : anthers elliptico-sagittate, adhering to the middle 

 of the stigma, with two narrow auricles at the base, terminated at 

 'the apex Jiy an acute membrane : nectary from five fleshy glands 

 attenuating with the calycine lobes : ovary 2-celled, immersed in a 

 disk, scarcely exceeding the ovary : ovules numerous : style fili^ 

 form : stigma oblong, with two tubercles at the apex : fruit oblong, 

 Woody, coriaceous, consisting of two connate follicles distinct when 

 ripe : seeds numerous, pendulous, imbricated, ovoid-oblong : albu- 

 men fleshy : radicle superior : cotyledons oblong. 



(i) B. GRANDirtoRA. {Watt.) 



Ident. Wall. tent. flor. Nep. p. 15. 



Syn. Echites grandiflora, Roxb. H. B. p. 20. 



Engrav. Wall. I. c. t. 7.— Bot. Reg, t. 911.— flook. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3213. 



Spec. Char. Climbing, of great extent: leaves opposite, ob* 

 long-obovate, narrowed at the base, cuspidate at the apex, puberulous 

 on the nerves below : axils gland-bearing : cymes terminal, 8-12* 

 flowered : peduncles short, thick : bracts large-ovate, villous : flow- 

 ers white, very fragrant. 



Eastern Bengal. Khasia Hills. Flowering in the hot season^ 

 (2) B. Jerdoniana. (TJ. W.) 



Ident. Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 147. 

 Engrav. Wight's Ifcon. t. 1314, 1315. 



Spec Char. Climbing: leaves obovate, abruptly acuminate: 

 cymes terminal, many-flowered : corolla large, funnel-shaped : folli- 

 cles cylindric, 9-10 inches long, 1-thick: calycine lobes narrow- 

 lanceolate. 



Ooorg jungles. Warree. Canara. Flowering in June. 



