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dimidio basali efloriferae sed bracteas plurimas stipuliformes. distantes 
gerentes, in dimidio apicali in ramulos breves erebros subaequales 
2-2:5mm. longos ferrugine tomentillosos divisae ; ramuli subcompressi, 
ad apicem expansi, 3-bracteati, floriferi ; bracteae late lanceolatae vel 
ovatae; bractea centralis quam lateralibus majora, in yamuli apice plus. 
vel minus adnata, 1-5mmi. longa, ferrugine tomentillosa. Flores ¢ in 
bractearum axillis singuli; flos centralis quam lateralibus major et 
plerumque solus fructiferus ; nonnunquam ramuli vere dichotomi, Calyx 
in alabastro subglobosus, 2mm. in diametro, 5-6-partitus ; segmenta 
oblonge ovata, integra, carnosa, in pagina utraque tomentillosa ; discus 
0; ovarium ovoideum, 1mm. longum, ferrugine tomentosum, plerumqne 
8-loculare ; loculi intus adpresse tomentosi; stigma sessile, 3-fidum, 
parce papillose fimbriatum. Fructus brevissime pedicellatus, pleramque 
ttigone ovoideus, acutus, basi leviter concava, — tenuiter ferrugine 
pubescens, 1-6cm. longus, 1'Scm. crassus, pedicello 2mm. longo, terete, 
ferrugine tomentoso ; pericarpium 1mm. crassum, crustaceum, intus plus 
vel minus adpresse tomentosam. Semina 2-3, plane scarabaeoidea, 
8mm. longa, 7mm. lata, 3mm. crassa, levia. 
Perak: King’s Collector $189!. SINGAPORE: Ridley 2803! 5 
Botanic’ Garden jungle, Ridley 4938 !, 62611, 66701; Tanjing Gol, 
Goodenough 50841; Seletar, Rid/ey 6168 |. 
B, Kingii. Species B. minort Hk. f. affinis sed nervulis irregularibus 
et fructu quadrigone obovoideo differt. ss 
Arbor 7-20m. alta. Ramuli teretes, 1-!mm. crassi, primo, parcissime 
et minutissime pubescentes, deinde glabri, glaucescentes 5 internodia 
2mm. ad 2em. longa. Folia saepe versus ramulorum apices approxl- 
mata; lamina elliptice ovata, membranacea, 5-17cm. longa, 2-6'5em. 
lata, apice breviter caudate acuminato, margine integro, basi cuneata 
vel subcuneata vel taro truncate rotundata; pagina superior obscura, 
glabra, costa media et nervis tenuibus ; pagina inferior obscura, glabra, 
costa media et nervis prominentibus ; nervi laterales in costae m jae. 
utraque parte 7-9, exeurvati et propter marginem anastomosantes ; nervuli : 
irregulares ; petiolus tenuis, subteres, glaber, 1-4°5em. longus; stipulae 
lanceolatae, integrae, 2mm. longae, in pagina superiore glabrae, in” 
inferiore plus vel minus pubescentes. 
Inflorescentiae 4 paniculae tenués, racemiformes, ad 5 cm. Touge®, 
minute papillose tomentillosae, in foliorum et cicatricum axillis singulae 
vel 2-3-congregatae ; in axis dimidio basali efloriferae et bracteas paucas 
distantes gerentes, in dimidio apicali ramulos plurimos subaequales — 
longos, 1-2mm. distantes compressos I-bracteatos S-floriferos gern at 
