102 



(14) B. Rex. (Puteei/s.) 



Ident. Putzeys in PI. des serr. et jard. V. t. 2. 1255-6. — 

 Dec. 1. c. p. 350. 



Unffrav. Bot. Mag. t. 5101. 



Spec. Chae. Perennial, stemless: rhizome thick: leaves 

 large, ovate, short acuminate, cordate, palmately feather-nerved, 

 crenato-sinuate, variegated, and with the petiole sparingly hairy : 

 stipules lanceolate, bristly acuminate, hispid at the back : scape 

 longer than the petioles, many -times dichotomous at the top : 

 bracts ovate, acuminate, glabrous, caducous : sepals of male 

 flowers broad ovate, glabrous : petals obovate, scarcely shorter : 

 lobes of female flowers 5, elliptic, nearly equal: capsule nod- 

 ding, glabrous, 2 wings rib-shaped, narrow, 3rd oblong-ovate, 

 obtuse, lengthened out towards the base. 



Assam. 



(15) B. TEICHOOABPA. (Dflsfo.) 



Ident. Dalzell in Hook. Journ. 1851. p. 230.— Dec. 1. c. p. 850. 



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

 simple : leaves ovate-acuminate, cordate, palmately 7 — 8-nerved, 

 irregularly angled and sinuate, much toothed, sparingly above, 

 beneath shortly pilose, especially at the nerves : stipules lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, hairyish : peduncles longer than the petiole : 

 bracts ovate-acuminate, dentate, and with the pedicels pubescent : 

 sepals of male flowers externally puberulous, broad-rotund : petals 

 obovate-oblong, shorter : female flowers pubescent externally : 2 

 outer lobes round, 3 inner ones much shorter : capsule nodding, 

 ellipsoidly 3-ribbed, glabrescent. 



Foot of the Syhadree hill, in "Western India. 



(16) B. BREViCATTLis. {Alph. Dec.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 350. 



Spec. Chae. Perennial, tuberous, somewhat stemless : leaves 

 broad ovate, obtuse or shortly acute, unequally cordate, palmately 

 7-nerved, undulated, denticulate, younger ones toothless, bristly, 

 above hairy at the nerves : stipules oblong or lanceolate : pe- 

 duncles nearly equalling the petiole, few-flowered : bracts ovate- 

 acute, Bubdentate, very small : sepals of male flowers broad-ovate : 

 petals elliptic, shorter : capsule nodding, base obtuse, deprived of 

 the styles, 2 wings rib-shaped, very small, 3rd much larger, ovate- 

 oblong, lateral or tending towards the base. 



Khasia. 



(17) B. INTEGEIEOLIA. {Bah.) 



Ident. Dalz. in Hook. Journ. 1851. p. 2.30.— Dec. 1. c. p. 351. 

 Spec. Chae. Tuberous: stem low, herbaceous, simple and 



