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Flora of Narcondani and Barren Island. 
lano3 propriis clistincte involutis ; corticc diu viridi: tubo 
staminali l-seriali, segmentis 5, 1-3-antberis, petalis alter- 
nis ; floribus minoribus sordide luteo-albis... Bomlax pentandmm (Erioden- 
dron anfractuosiim). 
[In India peninsulari et in insulis Andamanensibns, indi- 
gena et sylvestris; in India boreali, in Indo-China et 
preesertim in Malaya late cnlta et forsan inquilina.] 
Fructus segmentis ligneis, lana endocarpii vix in sarcinis 
distinctis segregata; cortice mox cinerascente; floribus 
maximis, saepissime rnbris :— 
Tubo staminali 5-seriali, serie interiori segmentis 5, 
2-antberis, petalis alternis, cum serie altera stamini- 
bus simplicibus, 1-antheris, 10 per paria petalis 
oppositis fascem centralem stylum amplectentem 
formante; ceteris in pbalangibus 2-cruralibus 5, 
petalis oppositis dispositis, staminibus phalangium 
singularum sub-12, omnibus binis 1-antheris ; folio- 
lis longius petiolulatis, laminis acuminato-caudatis 
subtus viridibus; stylo longibrachiato; capsula 
velutina. .. Bomhax malaharicum. 
[In India peninsulari et boreali, in China australi et Indo- 
China, in archipelagine Malayana, insulis Philippinensi- 
bus et Australia boreali-orientali frequens.] 
Tubo staminali multiseriali, staminibus omnibus binis 
1-antheris, serie interiori (forsan cum serie altera 
tantum speciei praecedentis comparanda) stamini¬ 
bus 20 petalis oppositis annulum stylum amplecten¬ 
tem formante; ceteris in phalangibus 2-cruralibus 
5, petalis oppositis dispositis, staminibus phalangium 
singularum numerosis; foliolis breve petiolutatis 
vel sessilibus, laminis acutis; stylo brevibrachiato j 
capsula glabra. Bomhax insigne. 
[In India peninsulari occidentali; in Indo-China et in 
Malaya.] 
Bomhax fentandrum and B. malaharicum are wonderfully uniform in the number 
and arrangement of the elements of their staminal whorl; B. insigne, while equally 
uniform as regards the arrangement, varies considerably as regards the number 
of stamens in its phalanges. The subjoined key shows the distinguishing features 
and relative position of the most important of these varieties. 
Tubo staminali ovario plus duplo longiore 
foliolis subsessilibus late lanceolatis, 
subtus viridibus glabris ; floribus albis j 
(capsula ignota) . Bomhax insigne, sub.-sp. anceps [B. 
anceps Pierre). B. malaharici var. 
alhiflora Wall. [Cat. n. 1840/3 et 
1840/4] vel ad hanc sub-speciem, 
vel ad B. insignis genuini var. 
alham referenda est. 
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