the upper parts of the annual shoots. The leaves are elliptic- 
lanceolate, tapered about equally to the base and apex, which 
latter is somewhat acuminate, dark-green above, paler beneath, 
both surfaces dotted with small scales, most evident on the 
under side, which appears and really is finely punctate, flat, 
rather fleshy than coriaceous, becoming flaccid when dry, the 
midrib not very prominent, five* to seven inches long, and at- 
tached by petioles which are fully an inch in length. The 
flowers form loose terminal umbels, and are large, funnel-shaped 
below, with an expanding limb of roundish-oblong, refuse, 
spreading segments, which, not being overlapping at the base 
nor widened upwards, have an open space between them. The 
corollas are of a clear pale buff-tinted yellow, and the anthers 
are yellow and incurved, just appearing beyond the tube. 
Compared with I?. BrooJceanum , with which its flowers agree 
in general appearance, this plant differs in being less robust, 
with the branches more slender and terete; in having stalked 
flat leaves, rather fleshy than coriaceous, elliptic-lanceolate, 
acute at the base, totally different in venation, the veins being 
also obscure and sunk; and in the flowers not being crispy. B . 
Brookeanmn is a much stouter plant, its branches irregularly 
and bluntly angular, the leaves more equally distributed along 
the shoots, larger and more oblong, sessile or nearly so, acute, 
not acuminate, the sides elevated, the margins slightly revolute, 
and the point recurved, coriaceous, the principal veins spread¬ 
ing at a wider angle, and united so as to form near the edge a 
more evidently continuous though irregular line; the veins 
are prominent in the fresh state, and become more so on both 
surfaces when dry. B. javanicum has broader and shorter 
leaves and differently shaped flowers, the anthers of which do 
not converge but lie five on each side the style, and bear dark- 
purple anthers. 
Being a native of Penang, this plant will require a stove tem¬ 
perature. It is a free-growing shrub, requiring to be potted in 
good peat-soil and to have a liberal share of pot-room as it 
progresses. In other respects it will require the ordinary ma¬ 
nagement of stove-shrubs, among which its fine glossy foliage 
and handsome yellow flowers should procure for it a prominent 
position. 
