98 



(2) B. PICTA. {Smith.) 



Ident. Dec. prod. XV. p. 312. 



Syn. B. echinata, Moyle. 



Mngrav. Smith ex. Bot. t. 101.— Hook. ex. flor. II. t. 89.— 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 571.— Bot. Mag. t. 2962.— Eoyle lU. t. 80. 

 f. 1. 



Spec. Chae. Perennial: tubers twin, globose: stem erect, 

 short, hispidulous : leaves ovate, cordate, 7-nerved, obtuse, acute 

 or acuminate, irregularly crenato-dentate, above sparingly, beneath 

 pubescent at the nerves and petiole : stipules lanceolate-acumi- 

 nate : peduncles few-flowered : bracts ovate, or oblong-acuminate, 

 hairy externally : sepals of male flowers broad-ovate crenulate, 

 hairy outside : petals shorter, obovate : female flowers not brac- 

 teolate : lobes 5, outer ones ovate, hairy externally and at the 

 margin, inner ones obovate : capsule pear-shaped, 3-winged, 

 hoary-pubescent, wings ovate-acute, ascending, unequal : flowers 

 pale rose. 



Khasia. 



(3) B. JosEPHi. {Alph. Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 313. 



Spec. Chak. Perennial, tuberous : stem bulbaceous, simple : 

 leaves peltate; with an excentric umbilicus, ovate, denticulate at 

 the margin, besides variously lobed or lobate-dentate, above 

 sparingly hairy or glabrous, beneath at the nerves pilose or gla- 

 brous : stipules ovate, caducous : peduncles and petioles elongated, 

 many-flowered : bracts oblong, obtuse, caducous : sepals of male 

 flowers broad, elliptic : petals obovate-oblong, shorter : female 

 flowers not bracteolate, inner lobes smaller : capsule obtuse at the 

 base, truncated above, the lateral wings triangular, small, the 

 3rd long extended, ovate-oblong. 



Khasia hills. 



(4) B. CoNCAiTENSis. {AlpJi. Dee.) 

 Ident. Dec. 1. e. p. 314. 



Spec. Chae. Perennial, tuberous : stem low, herbaceous, 

 ascending, simple : leaves ovate-acute, cordate, palmately 7 — 9- 

 nerved, undulately toothed at the margin, denticulate, above here 

 and there pilose, beneath at the nerves especially slightly hairy : 

 petiole long, glabrous : stipules ovate-lanceolate : peduncles long, 

 branches dicbotomous, erect : bracts lanceolate, acuminate, sub- 

 cQiate : sepals of male flowers broad-oval, petals obovate : female 

 flowers not bracteolate : lobes five, outer ones ovate, much larger : 

 capsule turbinate, 2 wings roundly ribbed, the 3rd large, ovate- 

 triangular above, obtuse. 



Concans. Mountains near Bombay. 



