Bma.] ovi. gjesneeace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 363 



The generic name was by CommerBOU spelt orip;inally Seaua in ms., and after- 

 wards simplified to Bea, also in ms. It was first published in Lamk. Diet. (1783) i. 401, 

 and spelt Boea ; afterwards in Juss. Gen. (1789) 121 as Bsea. Bsea was adopted by 

 Brown, DC, and/ by Bentham in Gen. Plant., but Boea has priority of publication. 



1. B. proliza, Clarke ; stem short, leaves lanceolate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late coriaceous tomeutose beneath, peduncle very long, cymes many-fld., 

 (^psnle -I in. 



Pegu ; at Thonngyun, Kurz. 



Stem 2i in., closely tomentose. Leaves opposite, crowded, 4 by f-lj in., acute, 

 rhomboid at the base, minutely crennlate, arachnoid above ; nerves beneath obscured 

 bytomentum; petiole 1 in. Peduncle 9 in., rusty-tomentose j cyme 2J in. diam., 

 about 50-fld., with deciduous tomentum ; pedicels | in., puberulous. Sepals ■f,^ i°-> 

 linear, nearly glabrous. Corolla not seen. Capsule glabrous. 



2. B. multlfloraj £r. in Senn. Fl. Jav. Rar. 120 ; stem short, leaves 

 narrowly elliptic regularly crenate mature glabrate above villous or lanate 

 on the reticulated nerves beneath, cymes many-fld., capsule f in. A. DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 272. B. flocculosa, Clarke Comm. Sf Cyrt. Beng. t. 83. Didymo- 

 carpus multiflora, Wall. Cat. 793. — Boea sp. nn. 2 and 4, Serb. Ind. Or. 

 S.f.SfT. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 1-3000 ft.; Wallich, H. f.S( T., &c. ASSAM; G-riffilh. 

 MoTJLMEiN ; Parish. — DisTKiB. Cochin China. 



Stem 1-5 in. ; upwards einnamoneous-tomentose. Leaves crowded, 6 by 2j in., 

 snbobtuse, base unequally rhomboid, deciduously flocoose above, ultimately nearly 

 glabrous beneath except on the much-elevated nerves ; petiole g— 1 in. FeAuncles 

 several, 4-7 in., floccose-tomentose ; cyme 2-3 in. diam., up to 50-fld., tomentose. 

 Sepals -^ in., sublinear. Corolla ^ in.,' puberulous without. Ovary densely covered 

 with sessile glands ; style glabrou^. Capsule glaadular-puberulous. — ^In the Khasian 

 plant the nerves of the leaves beneath are thick, tomentose ; in the Burmese plant 

 they are beneath slenderer, pubescent ; and the branches of the cyme are slenderer. 



3. B. herbacea, Clarice ; leaves nearly sessile distant opposite 

 elliptic acuminate crenate-serrate sparsely pilose on both surfaces, base 

 attenuate, cymes contracted many-fld., capsule 5 in. — Boea n. 3, S.erh. Ind. 

 Or. a.f. 4- T. 



Tjen ASSEKIM ; at Moulmein, Parish. 



Stem 4-8 in., slender, softly hairy. Leaves 8 by 3 in., or hardly half these 

 dimensions, often amplexicaul. Peduncles 1-4, 2J in., softly hairy ; cymes IJ in. 

 diam., green, viscidly hairy. Sepals .j^ in., narrowly oblong, viscidly hairy. Corolla 

 J in., glabrous. Ovary glistening with yellow glands ; style glabrous upwards. 

 Cap««Ze glandular-viscous, closely reflexed in young fruit. — Excessively variable in 

 the size of the leaves. 



XIY. OBMITHOBOIA, Clarke. 



A caulescent herb. Leaves opposite, distant, petioled. Peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, short; cymes panicled. Sepals 5, not small. Corolla 

 tubular, 2-lipped ; upper lip of 2 reflexed lobes ; lower 3-lobed, two lateral 

 lobes narrow lanceolate patent, middle lobe smaller recurved, vdth a dense 

 tuft of blue hairfe at its base. Stamens 2 perfect, 3 rudimentary, filaments 

 short ; anthers 2-celled, united at the apex by a short lignle ; cells sub- 

 parallel, broad, scai'cely confluent at the apex. Ovary sessile, ellipsoid ; 

 disc ; style as long as the ovary, stigma minute sub-2-lobed ; placentae 

 deeply inflexed, nearly meeting, then recurved bearing the ovules. Capsule 

 narrowly lanceolate, 2-valved, valves twisted before dehiscence; placentae 



