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Tar. 0. EoiBTTE&HiANA. — Branchlets tawny-tomentoae, at 

 length glabrate : leaves narrowly oblong- elliptic or oblong-obovate, 

 beneath softly tawny-pubescent or subtomentose, slightly shining 

 on the yellowish margin, at length glabrescent : flowers glomerate. 

 — B. crenulata, Mossb.flor. Ind. III. ^. 734. 



Banks of the Megna. Neilgherriea. Tlowering in May. 



(2) B. STiPTOAEiS. (Blime.) 



Ident. Bl. Bijdr. p. 597.— Dec. 1. c. p. 499. 



Syn. Cluytia stipularis, Linn. Mant. p. 127. — B. seandens, 

 wind. Eoxl. flor. Ind. III. ^. 736. — 0. seandens, Hoxb. Cor. t. 

 173.— B. retusa. Ad. Juss. Tent, Huph. p. 27. t. 7. ^ff. 22 (not 

 Sprenff.). — B. ZoUingeri, Miq.Jlor. Ind. Bat. 1. p. 364. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves entire, elliptic or obovate or oblong- 

 obovate, obtuse at the apex, obtuse or slightly cordate at the 

 base, pubescent above, densely rufescent beneath : branchlets 

 flexuose, tawny-tomentose or pubescent : stipules lanceolate : 

 bracts leaf-sbaped and stipulaceous : male flowers sessile, females 

 shortly pedicelled, tawny-silky : calycine segments ovate-triangu- 

 lar, long-acuminate, at length spreading, accrescent : petals of 

 female flowers stiffish, ovate : disc urceolar, deep : berry ellipsoid, 

 when young acute : flowers yellowish-green. 



Circars. Peninsula. Common on the banks of the Q-utpurba, 

 near Duddi. Hilly parts of the Concan. riowering nearly aU 

 the year. 



(3) B. MONTANA. (WiUd.) 



Ident. "Willd. Spec. IV. p. 978.— Dec. 1. c. p. 500.— Eoxb. flor. 

 Ind. III. p. 735. 



Syn. Cluytia montana, Roxi. Cor. 1. 171. 



Sped. Chab. Middling-sized tree : branches spreading, gla- 

 brous: stipules very small : leaves oblong-obovate, slightly nar- 

 rowed towards the base, obtuse at the apex, entire, glabrous : 

 flowers mixed, glomerate in the axils : petals of female flowers 

 suborbiculate-ovate, shortly unguiculate, nearly resembling those 

 of the males, undulate : urceolus of female flowers lobulate, deeply 

 surrounding the ovary : berries globose, obtuse. 



Bengal. Hilly districts. Flowering in April. 



(4) B. Hamiltowiana. {Muller.) 



Ident. Mull. Arg. in Linnsea v. 34. p. 77. — Dec. 1. c, p. 500. 



Spec. Chae. Leaves membranaceous : female flowers sessile : 

 petals ovate, of males orbicular-rhomboid, angular, aU. shortly 

 unguiculate : berry globose, ellipsoid. 



Var. a, genuina. Branchlets glabrous : stipules lanceolate- 



