464 G- King — Materiah for a Flora o/ the Malayan Penimula, [No. 3, 
brflncheB, axillarj, l(9ngcr than ihs leAve^^ narrow, lax, the brandies 
sbortf brncteolea minilte. Flovmrs on pedicsele longer than themselyea, 
•2h in. in diam.* Sepals 4 or 5, orbionlar, sligbfely nncqnal. Peiala 4 or 
bj larger fcban the sepals, elliptic, obtuse. Stamens 8, the anthers elongate, 
cordate at the base; the filaments shorter, snbalate. Pistils 3 or 4, 
but one ouly fei'UIe. Dntps broadly ovoid or sub-globnlar, ' slightly 
compresBed, about "25 in. long. Engl, in DC. Mon. Pban, TV, 188. 
Var. Ivcida^ Engler 2. e. 189 : Leaves ohloog-lanoeolate, sometimes 
shortly and obtusely acnminate, the norTes and veins very prominent. 
B. hindii, Blnme Mns. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 184 ; Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 
n, 24; Miq. M. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, p, 637. J^. pal»mhanica, Blumo 
I e. 186 ; B. suhobovaia. Griff. Not, IV, 413. B, polyhotrya, Miq. Fl. 
Ind. Bat, I, pt. 2, p. 688. llypericinea angustaia, Wall. Cat., No. 4830. 
B. arborescem, Blume Mns. Bot. Lugd. Bat. I, 183 ; Kura For. Flom 
Burma, I, 308. 
Penangf Kedah, Singapore, Malacca, Pernk : — Distrib. Snmatraf 
Burma. 
This, although widely distnbnted in the Malayan Peninsula* does 
not appear to ho any tbiisg like so abundant a tree as B. Qcuminatai but 
it is more common than the following variety. 
Ym\ petiolarist Engl. I, €> 189 ; Leaves obovate-oblong, contracted 
at the base into the long ouneftte petiole. B. peiiolariSt Miq. Fl. l«id. 
Bat. Vol. I, pt, 2, p. 637. B. hanmna, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat, Snppl. 523. 
Penang : Wailich (Gat. No. 4831). Singapore : Ridley, Nos. 438, 
1882. 
2. BouBA, Meiaan. 
Trees* Lemm opposite, petioledj coriaceous, glabrous, quite entiro. 
Flow&rs small, in axillary and terntinal panicles, polygtunous. Sepals 
3r-5> deoiduou^ valyafce. Petals 3-5, vertically keeled on the inner face, 
imbricate. Pfcsc veiy smalh Stamens 3^5, inserted within the disc, all 
fertile. Omry sessile j sii^h short, terminal, stigma obacui'ely and un- 
equally 3-lobed) oviile ascending from the wall of the cavity. Dntpa 
fleshy ; stone thin, fibrous, 1-celled, 1 -seeded. Seed suherect ; cotyled&iis 
fleshy; rudich very short, inferior.— Distrib, Species 5, natives of 
Tropical Asia and the Malay Archipelago, 
Leaves 3 to »5 in. long ; panicles laxly flow- 
ered ; sepals puhemloas ; petals oblong, ei'eot y 
fruit '6 to "75 in. l»ng ... ...LB, burnumica. 
Leaves 5 to 8 in. long; panicles densely 
flowered ; s«pala tomentose ; petals oblane«o- 
late-oblong} spreading i fiuit more than 2 in. 
long ... ,„ ^ ... 2* B. Tmerophylla* 
