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(8) B. ooEDiFOiiA. {Alfh. Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 328. 



Syn. Diploclinium cordifolium, Wight's Icon. t. 1816. 



Spec. Chae. Perennial : caudex short, covered by the root- 

 lets and stipules : leaves ovate-rotund, palmately 7 — 8-nerved, 

 deeply cordate, crenulato-dentate, above sparingly, beneath hairy 

 on the nerves and petiole : stipules ovate-acuminate : scapes 

 longer than the petiole, many -flowered : bracts lanceolate, acu- 

 minate : sepals of the male flowers rotund, petals shorter, obovate- 

 oblong : 2 lobes of the female flowers broad-obovate, 3rd obovate- 

 oblong, equal in length : capsule nearly equally 3-winged. 



Forests of Malabar. 



(9) B. FAiLAX. (Alph. Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 329. 



Syn. Diploclinium Lindleyanum, WigTifs Icon. t. 1817 (not 

 Walp.). 



Spec. Chae. Woody (?) : branches glabrous : leaves obovate- 

 oblong, acuminate, unequally cordate, short petioled, penni- 

 nerved, irregularly undulato-angular, here and there denticulate, 

 glabrous on both sides : stipules caducous, oblong : peduncles 

 axillary, much shorter than the leaves, many times dichotomous : 

 bracts ovate (?), small, caducous : sepals of male flowers broadly 

 obovate : petals narrow obovate, shorter : 2 lobes of female 

 flowers obovate, 3rd inner one obovate-oblong, smaller: capsule 

 obovately 3-winged, abruptly narrowed and acute at the base, 

 lateral wings slightly anequal, ovate-acute or rotund. 



Courtallum. Malabar. 



(10) B. EUBEO-TENIA. {Sook.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 347. 



Engrav. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4689. 



Spec. Chae. Perennial : rhizome thick : branches tawny 

 velvet : leaves ovate-acuminate, obtuse at the base or subcordate, 

 penninerved, undulate, here and there denticulate, glabrous above, 

 vaguely white-spotted, beneath tawny velvet and purplish, es- 

 pecially on the nerves : petioles velvety : stipules long-ovate- 

 lanceolate, terminated by a bristle, hairyish at the back : pe- 

 duncles erect, longer than the petiole, glabrous, 6 — 10-flowered 

 at the apex : bracts nearly resembling the stipules : sepals of 

 male flowers elliptic, striated with purple: petals 2, obovate- 

 elliptic, equal: female flowers not bracteolate: lobes 5, ovate, 

 exterior ones striated: capsule obtuse at the base, 2 lateral 

 wings rib-shaped, 3rd ovate-oblong, obtuse. 



Khasia. Assam. 



