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rapid Gleadow (Ind. For. xxvi. 170) records a growth of 31 ft. in one season. Bope 

 is made of the btem ; the leaves are used ab plates and made into umbrellas ; the seeds 

 are roasted and eaten 15. B. rufa, (3rrah. {B. Yahlii^ Kurz F. Fl. i. 401). Khasl hills, 

 hillh east ot Toungoo, 2,000 ft. Tena&serim, similar to B. VcMii, but calyx-tube 

 cylindrie, as long as segments of the limb. 



16. B. omata, Kurz {M?/ai<khlefja^ Burm.) A gigantic creeper.' Pegu Yoma and 

 Tena&serim. Youngest shoots rusty-tomentose, mature leaves glabrous. Fl. in dense 

 terminal, almost globose corymbs. " Calyx thinly silky, tube turbinate, segments 5, 

 longer than tube. Stamens 3. Ovary densely rusty silky. 17. B. glabrifolia, Baker. 

 Pegu, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula, Borneo. A o'limber, 60-80 ft. long. L. glossy, 

 bright green, those near the ends of branches entire, lower down cleft to one-fourth 

 their length. Fl. small, silvery -grej^, in dense coiymbose bracteate panicles, bracts at 

 the base of main branches in pairs (stipules), at the base of pedicels solitary, linear- 

 lanceolate. Calyx grey with appressed hairs, tube shorter than the 3 segments of 

 limb. Petals hairy, ^ in long, anthers 3. Ovary hairy. 18. B. piperifolia, Roxb. 

 Assam, Silhet, similar, but no bracts on panicles. Fl. larger. Petals J in. long. 

 19. B. Kliasiana, Baker. Assam, Khasi hills. iToungest shoots bright rusty-pubescent. 

 L. thin, glabious. Fl. ochreous, turning red, in large terminal corymbose panicles, and 

 like the calvx denselv clothed with bright rusty pubescence. Calyx-tube equal to the 

 segments of limb. Petals silky, J in. long, claw as long as blade, anthers 3. Ovary 

 densely silky. 



(b) Fl. ia more or less corymbose racemes. 



20. B. phoenicea, Heyne.— Syn. B, Benthami^ Bedd. Ic. Pi. Ind. Or. t. 

 107. 



A gigantic climber. L. glabrous above, minutely hairy beneath, FL bright 

 orim.son. Oalyx-tube as long as the 5 linear-lanceolate segments. Petals 1\ 

 in. long, claw linear, as long as the ovate-lanceolate blade. Stamens 5. Pod 

 downy, 6 by 1 in. 



Common on the G-hats of South Kanara and Wainad. Coorg. Travancore m ever- 

 green forests. Fl. Oct .-Dec. 21. B. glauca, Wall. Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula 

 and Archipelago, China. Branchlets glabrous, tendrils numerous. Fl. in dense 

 leaf -opposed and terminal corymbs. Calyx glabrous, tube nearly twice the length of 

 the 5 lobes. Petals cream-coloured, J in. long, sparsely pubescent outside, anthei'S 3. 

 Ovary glabrous. Pod thin, 6-9 by 2 in. 22. B. teiuiflora, Watt; C. B. Clarke in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. t. 6. Khasi and Naga hills, Manipur. Similar to 21, but calyx- 

 tube linear, 3-4 times the length of segments. Petals ^-| in. long. 23. B. nervosa, 

 Wall. Assam, Khasi hills. Youngest shoots and iniiorescence thinly rusty-pubescent, 

 tendrils numerous. Fl. in lai-ge corymbose racemes, bracts lanceolate. Calyx-tube 

 cylindrie, J in. long, segments of limb 5, as long as tube. Petals 1^ in. long, densely 

 hairy, claw as long as blade. Pod 6 by 2 in., valves thick, strongly veined. 24 B. al"bo- 

 lutea, Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., QQ (1898) 181. Pegu, Tenasserim, Nicobars. 

 Similar to 23, but petals nearly glabrous. Prain identifies this with B. ferruyinea, 

 Kurz F. Fl. i. 402 (not Eoxb.) 5 but Kurz states : petals rusty appressed- villous out- 

 side. I have not seen specimens. 



25. B. moUissima, Wall. {B. eJongafa, Korth. Nat. Verb. Bot. t. 24). Tenasserim, 

 Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. Branchlets, petioles and underside of leaves rusty- 

 pubescent. Fl. in short leaf-opposed racemes. Calyx-tube 1-lJ in. long, lobes 5 of 

 equal length. Petals 2-2i in. long. Pod pubescent, 4 by 1 in. 26. B. Kurzii, Prain 

 (B, rosea, Kurz F. Fl. i..402). Kaymapyu choung, Salween in Eng forest (D.B., May, 

 1859), Taepo at 5,000 ft., Oallatly (Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 66 [1898] 499). Fl. 

 rose-coloured, on long slender pedicels in terminal corymbose tawny puberulous racemes, 

 bracts linear-lanceolate, J in. long. Calyx-tube short, segments of limb 5 reflexed, J in. 

 long. Petals | in. long, slightly pubescent on both sides. Ovary villous. Style thick, 

 short. 27. B. Pottingeri, Prain in Journ. As. Soo. Beng., vol. 67, 289. Kachin hills. A 

 strong climber nearly allied to B. nervosa, Wall. 



(c) FL in elongate racemes. 



28. B. anguina, Roxb. Cor. PL t. 285. Vern. NaiioiUi-lara^ Fep. 



A large evergreen climber, the branches flat, 4-6 in. broad, | in. thick, 

 twisted in alternate directions, stems more cylindrical, with a raised spiral 

 ridge. Branchlets and leaves entirely glabrous, youngest^ shoots rusty- 

 tomentose, tendrils slender, bifid, branches circinnate. L. thin, on the older 

 branches entire or nearly so, on young plants and on luxuriant shoots more or 



