xcvi. LOGANUCBj). (0. B. Clarke.) 81 



3. BVDDXiEXA , Idnn. 



Trees, shrubs, or herbs. Leaves opposite, entire or crenate, united by a 

 atipulary line. Cymes dense, globose or corymbiform, axillary or in a thyrsoid 

 terminal panicle. Calyx campanulate, 4-merous. Corolla urn-shaped ; lobes 4, 

 imbricate in the bud. Stamens 4, on the corolla-tube ; anthers subseasile, ovat« 

 or oblong. Ovary 2-e6lled ; style linear, clavate ; ovules very many in each 

 cell. Capsule septicidally 2-valved. Seeds very many, oblong or fusiform, 

 testa usually loose or expanded into a wing or tail, albumen fleshy ; embryo 

 straight. — Species 70, tropical and subtropical Asia, America, and Africa. 



1. B. Colvillel, Hook. f. III. Kimal. PI. t. 18; sub-arboreous, leaves 

 oblong acuminate crenate-dentate, cymes lax in large terminal panicles, flowers 

 1 in. crimson. Qamhle list Darjeeling PI. 56. 



SiKKiM ; frequent on Tonglo, alt. 9-12,000 ft., J. B. H., &c. 



A small tree 15-20 ft., or a large shrub. Leaves 6 by 1^ in., attenuate at the base, 

 densely rusty-woolly -when young, obscurely pubescent when mature ; petiole O-J in. ; 

 stipules small. Pamioto 4-8 in., rusty-villous ; pedicels 0-J in. C'aiJya;^ in., shortly 

 toothed, rusty-viUous. Corolla tubular-campanuiate, glabrous without ; lobes short, 

 round. Ovary hairy. Capsule | by 5 in. Seeds rhomboid-ellipsoid, testa lax little 

 longer than the seed. 



2. B. macrostacbya, Benth. in Wall. Cat. 6407, and Seroph. Ind. 42, 

 and in DC. Prodr. x. 447 ; shrubby, leaves oblong acuminate crenulate-dentate 

 stipulate, spikes terminal elongate subpanicled, corolla narrow tubular fiilvous- 

 woolly without, seeds tailed. B. Martii, T. A. Schmidt in Trimen Jawrn. Bot 

 1868, 246. 



SiKKiM TTtmat.ata, alt. 6000-7000 ft., Choongtam and Laohen, J. D. H. Khasia 

 Mts. alt. 3000-5000 ft. frectuent. 



Shrub 3-8 ft. ; branches quadrangular upwards, woolly. Leaves 8 by 2 in., 

 attenuate at the base, rusty-woolly beneath or ultimately brown-pubescent ; petiole 

 0-^ in., stipulary line much developed often eared \ in. broad. Spikes 4-10 in., 

 dense-fld., rusty-villous, usually continuous. Calyx ^ in., campanulate ; teeth lanceo- 

 late, acute. Corolla ^ by | in., white tinged with pink and yellow, throat orange. 

 Capsule ^^ in., oblong, acute, villous. Seeds elongate, testa lax 3-6 times as long as 

 the nucleus, tailed at both ends. — The Sikkim plant does not essentially differ, but has 

 a grey pubescence, the calyx is smaller, and almost a silvery white. " Plower very 

 sweet, corolla-tube yellowish, limb patent blue, throat deep orange," J. H. B. Martii 

 is described as having glabrous branches, which is never the case in our specimens. 



Vae. GriffitUi; corolla J by Jg in., capsule J in.— Bhotan ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. 

 n. 3743). Mishmee ; Griffith (Kew Distrib. nn. 3746, 3747). " Flowers lead-blue, 

 throat orange," Griffith. 



3. B. paniculata, Wall. Cat. 6403, and in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ 

 Wall. i. 412 ; shrubby, leaves ovate or oblong sinuate-dentate crenate or sub- 

 entire, flower-heads in interrupted panicles, corolla narrow-tubular woolly, 

 seeds ellipsoid not tailed. Don Prodr. 92 ; Benth. Seroph. Ind. 43, and in DC. 

 Prodr. X. 444 ; Brand. For. Fl. 318 ; Kun For. Fl. ii. 251. B. crispa, Bsnth. 

 in Wall. Cat. 6404, and Sci-oph. Ind. 43 ; Bot. Mag. t. 4793 ; T. A. Schmidt in 

 Trimen Journ. Bot. 1868, 245; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 1198. B. nepalensis, 

 ColUt ; Benth in DC. I. e. 447 P 



Himalaya, alt. 4-7000 ft., common westwards, becoming rare in Sikkim and 

 Bhotan. — Distrib. Ava, Cabul Beloochistan. [The locality Silhet given by Mr. 

 Bentham is believed to be erroneous.] 



A shrub or small tree. Leaves 5 by 2 in., hastate, sinuate-dentate (on the flowering 

 vor. IV. a 



