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specimens being linear-lanceolate. The Penang specimens are, on the 
other hand, as figured by Professor Oliver, oval-oblong. 
2. B, dncinata, Mast, in Hook. fil. PI. Br. Jrm\ i. 377. A woody 
climber: young branches at first scurfy and hispid, but very soon gla- 
brous. Leaves sub-corineeous, elliptic-oblong; gradually tapering in the 
upper third to the acuminate apex, entire, the base slightly cuneate, 
3-nerved ; both surfaces glabrous and shining, nerves 9 or 10 pairs, 
spreading, thin but prominent beneath : length 9 to 11 in. t breadth 3 
in., petiole nearly 3 in., thickened at the apex, glabrous. Sepals lan- 
ceolate, spreading, hispid. Fruiting pedtmcles (fide Masters) ** half the 
length of the leaves. Oapsule depressed-spheroidal, the size of a hazel- 
nnt, covered with hooked gland-tipped barbed hispid spines, 3-celled." 
Malacca, Maingay, No. 242 (Kew Distrib.). 
1 have seen only Maingay's Malacca specimens. 
3. B. Maingati, Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 37?. A woody 
climber: young branches glabrous. Leaves sub-coriaceous, elliptic to 
elliptic- oblong, shortly bluntly and rather abruptly aenminate, entire ; 
the base rounded with 3 bold and 2 minute nerves : both surfaces quite 
glabrous ; lateral nerves about 2 or 3 pairs, prominent, beneath as are 
the reticulations ; length 7 or 8 in., breadth 3 to 3 5 in. ; petioles 12 in., 
thickened towards the apex, glabrous. Umbels in axillary fascicles of 
6 or 8, their peduncles about I in. long, slender, glabrescent; pedicels 
'25 in. Sepals '25 in. long, ovate-lanceolate. " Petals shorter than the 
sepals, with a long linear appendage. Staminodes erect, oblong, obtuse, 
bifid. Style as long as the ovary. Fruiting peduncle as long as the 
petiole. Capsule globose, 125 in. in diam., obscurely 5-lobed, studded 
with short subulate prickles.'* 
Malacca; Griffith, Maingay. 
Of this species I have seen no good specimens in flower or fruit, 
and the above account of these parts is taken from Masters' descrip- 
tion. 
4. B. elllptica, Mast, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. i. 377. A woody 
climber; young branches minutely rusty- tornentose. Leaves broadly 
elliptic, abruptly and shortly acuminate, entire; the base 5-nerved, 
rounded or minutely cordate ; upper surface minutely scabrid-hispid, 
the midrib and nerves hispid- tomentose ; lower minutely pubescent 
on the veins, the midrib and longer nei-ves tomentose : lateral nerves 
3 pairs, oblique, curving, prominent beneath as are the secondary nerves 
and reticulations: length 5 5 to 7 7 in., breadth 3*5 to 4*75 in., petiole 
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