104 



at the top : scapes nearly equalling the petiole, here and there 

 hairy, few-flowered at the apex : bracts ovate-lanceolate, acute or 

 obtuse : sepals of male flowers ovate-rotund : petals elliptic-oblong, 

 acute, scarcely shorter : female flowers not bracteolate : lobes 5 (?), 

 nearly equal in length, inner ones narrower : capsule pyriformly 

 3-ribbed, glabrous, acute at the base, wings nearly equal. 

 Malabar. 



(21) B. ALBO-OOCCINEA. (^Hook.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 389. 



Syn. B. Grahamiana, B. W. — Mitacherlichia albo-coccinea, 

 Kl. Segon. 73. t. Q.fig. A. 



Ilngrav. Wight's Icon. t. 1811.— Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4172. 

 — Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1846. t. 39. 



Spec. Chae. Stemless : leaves peltately 10 — 11-nerved, reni- 

 form-rotund, coriaceous, undulate at the margin, pubescent at the 

 nerves beneath, margin and petiole, afterwards glabrous : stipule 

 broadly oblong, acuminate : scapes twice as long as the petiole, 

 and with the dichotomous peduncles pubescent, afterwards gla- 

 brate : bracts ovate, puberulous, caducous : sepals of male flowers 

 broad-ovate, puberulous externally : petals obovate, shorter : 

 bracteoles of female flowers lanceolate, puberulous, caducous : 

 outer lobes 2, broad-ovate, puberulous externally, 3rd inner one 

 obovate, somewhat shorter : capsule ovately 3-winged, obtuse at 

 the base, mucronate above by the falling of the styles, wings 

 nearly equal. 



Woods at Courtallum. 



(22) B. DiPETALA. (^Qrah.) 



Ident. Dec. 1. c. p. 391. 



Syn. Haagea dipetala, Kl. Began, p. 104. 



Engrav. Bot. Mag. t. ■ 2849.— Bot. Cab. t. 1730.— Lindl. and 

 Paxt. fl. gard. I. t. 14.— Wight's Icon. t. 1813. 



Spec. Chae. Fruticose, erect : leaves obUquely ovate-acute, 

 palmi- penni- 7 — 9-nerved, semicordate, dupUcato- dentate, cili- 

 ated with soft spines, hairy above, nearly smooth beneath, not 

 spotted : stipules ovate-oblong, mucronate, membranaceous, ca- 

 ducous: peduncles shorter than the leaf, nodding, many times 

 divided : bracts ovate-oblong, acute, caducous : sepals of male 

 flowers large rotund : petals none : female flowers not bracteolate : 

 lobes 2, large rotund : capsule elliptic 3-winged, obtuse at both 

 ends, wings equal. 



Rocky, shady places on the Neilgherries. The leaves of this 

 species are not spotted as incorrectly represented in the Bot. 

 Mag. quoted above. 



