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(11) B. LACINIATA. {Bocch.) 



Ident. Eoxb. flor. Ind. III. p. 649.— Dec. 1. c. p. 347. 



Engrav. Bot. Mag. t. 5021. 



Spec. Chah. Stem herbaceous, tawny-tomentose, afterwards 

 glabrous : leaves palmately 6 — 7-nerved, cordate, unequally ovate- 

 rotund, variously and acutely lobed, irregularly toothed and 

 denticulate, above sparingly hispldulous, ciliated at the margin, 

 beneath especially at the nerves and petioles tawny-tomentose : 

 stipules lanceolate-acuminate, tomeutose externally: pedjincles 

 shorter than the leaf, tawny-tomentose, many times dichotomous 

 at the top : lower bracts lanceolate acute, upper ones oblong, 

 obtuse: sepals of male flowers broad-ovate, externally subpu- 

 bescent : petals elliptic, shorter : female flowers not bracteolate, 

 lobes oblong-elliptic : capsule nodding, body ellipsoid snb- 

 pubescent, 2 lateral wings rib-shaped, 3rd larger, ovate, de- 

 scending. 



G-arrow hills. Silhet. Assam. Khasia. 



(12) B. BAEBATA. {Wall.) 



Ident. Dec. ]. c. p. 348. 



Spec. Chab. Perennial : eaudex and stem tawny-hispid : 

 petioles elongated, tawny-tomentose : leaves obliquely ovate- 

 acuminate, cordate, palmately 7-nerved, membranaceous, crenu- 

 lato-dentate, scattered above with short hairs on the margin, and 

 beneath at the nerves hispid with longer hairs : stipules lanceo- 

 late, long-acuminate, hairy : peduncles few-flowered at the top : 

 bracts narrow-lanceolate, hairyish, caducous : sepals of male 

 flowers 2, ovate, hairy outside : petals obovate, shorter, denticulate 

 at the margin : capsule nodding, obovately 3-winged, here and 

 there villous, deprived of the styles, 2 wings lateral, rib-shaped, 

 8rd larger, ovate, descending. 



SUhet. 



(13) B. Thomsoni. {Alph. Dec.) 

 Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 349. 



Spec. Chae. Ehizoma oblique, hairy : stem short and with 

 the petioles woolly: leaves obliquely ovate, short acuminated, 

 cordate, palmately 7 — 8-nerved, sinuate, remotely dentate, on 

 both sides and at the margin covered with scattered hirsute hairs : 

 stipules lanceolate, long acuminated with a bristle, hirsute ex- 

 ternally : peduncles axillary, much shorter than the petiole, 

 externally hispid : sepals of male flowers elliptic, hairy at the 

 back : petals oblong,~ somewhat shorter, glabrous. 



Khasia hills. 



