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Plate te

ae tibetica, Clarke. . . 2256 | Engleria africana, O. Hoffm. var. . 2205

Adenogonum decumbens, Welw. . . 2205 | Eremanthus pu ee wee Oliv. . 2282

Adinandra verrucosa, Sta Ph . . 2266 | Eriospermum spirale, . 2260

ZEgle Barteri, Hook. .- . 2285

/Erua Curtisii, Olir - 2201 | Fritillaria lophophora, Bur. § Fr. . 2219

eb m Thoroldianam, Oliv. . 2262

nehus sikkimen s, Clarke . 2255

Gordonia brevifolia, Hook. f. . 2264

Amodendron cblongiftinn, Hemst tad Gynostemma cardiosperma, Cogn... 2225

ree Scena tin : aoet Helichrysum patie’ Oliv... 2286

3 oe OSs Hoya affini s, Hem sl, . 2247

itinasie leacohada, Harv.. . . 2233 Comins Hemsl. . - 2248

triden s, Oliv ee a Ggae cd Guppyi, Oliv... oy SRF

Hymmolepis? leucoclada, pe oes

Haisbaus Wrayii, Stapf... . , 2953 | Hypoxis cureuligoides, Bolus . . 225

Bersama maxima, pe ll . . . . 2268 | —— Schlechteri, Bolus - + 2259

—— tysoniana, Oliv. . ee

Bournea sinensis, Oliv . 2254 | Ilex revoluta, Stapf. - + » 2268

ae uniflora, Hook np § Thoms. . 2251 | Ixora siphonantha, Clie... . 9286

Breweria Heudelotii, Baker . 2276

Besalia argentina, ‘Baker . . . 2258 | Juncus nematocaulon, Hook.f... 2234

—— sikkimensis, Hook. f. . . . 2235

Cacoucia paniculata, Laws . + 2203

Canthium lanciflorum, Hier, - + 2252 cose ixioliriodes, Baker . . . 2215

rum e, Tures. . . 2297 tibetica, Baker Pare ah

Celastrus latifolius, Reaal. se» S2ee

Chionothrix somalensis, Hock. f. . «226 | Mac oP ube macrophylla, Oliv. . 2243

Clerodendron baronianum, Oliv. . 2241 | Matricaria zuurbergensis, Oliv.. . 2230

eucalycinum, Oliv. . . . . 2242 | Micro ae Bonthaat Clarks... 3aa7

Commiphora an gar Oliv. . . 2287 | Myrtus flavida, Stapf.. . . . . 2290 |

Coriaria terminalis, 20

rrea Bauerlinii, f ¢. tones . 2245 | Nematostylis anthophylla, Baill. . 2272 :

—— loranthoides, Heok. f. . . 2272

N edscpbthor cupressoides, Hich/. 2221 | Nicodemia baro aroniana , Ow. . «ae

Dicraurus leptocladus, Hook. . 2227

mocarpus Pectin, Clarke . 2246 Oreosolen Wattii, Hook. f. . . . 2271

Diospy teri, Hiern . 2300

aha Sanietions. Stapf. . 2291 | Passiflora Jenmani, Mast 2270

—— microthrix, Stapf. . . 2292 | Pauridiantha ania Hook. f 2273

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INDEX OF SPECIES AND SYNONYMS.

Plate Plate

Pavetia anthophylla, A. Rich. . . 2272 | Scottellia leonensis, Oviv. . 2265

Pedicularis birostris, Bur. & Fr. . 2208 efoapen tures’ - Moore 2226

eranolopha, Maxim. . . . 2208 | Sida ane is, K. Se . 2249

oe amd Ses Pee . 2210 nervi a, De chas . 2249

rhyn ‘a, Bur. § Fi . 2209 Siasirum: ‘quingueneriv, es

Pilkasthers foctichtn Benth. . 2298 Bak. eee - 2249

Ede sinensis, Oliv. . . 2214 Sipolisia Januginosa, Glaz. eS eee

Phtheirospermum tenuisectum, Spheranthus gracilis, Oliv. . . . 2293

Oy: eee 3 4 | Stereulia Barteri, Masters = . . 2277

Phyllagathis elliptica, ‘Stay if. . . 2279 | —— Murex, Hemsi. . . 2278

. 2280 Balononigtom awillare, Less. . . 2281

Poyllostachys heteroclada, Oliv. . 2288 Stranvesia integrifolia, Stapf. , « 2296

ip tle, franchetianum, Strombosia Sener Oliv. . . 2299,

Hem - 2244 | Strychnos Barteri, Soler... . . . 2284

Peuostylia capensis, Os . 2297 | —— Ignatii, Ber erg. . Rie see

Polyeardia niana, Oliv. 2237 | —— multiflora, Benth. . . . . 2213

Polycline er Oliv. . sub tab. 2293

=~ peylli Oliv - + 2293 | Tynacetum axillare, Thunb. 2231

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rian Hookeri ‘Babe maha 2218 Term inalia Oliveri, Brand. tings _ 2202

ee - > + 2217 | Petrachondra Hamiltonii, Petr. | 2250

Polyosma Honk. Stapf. » + + 2296 | mnjagi antha ‘He mito Br " 9993

Potentilla parvula, Hook.f. . . . 2294 —— longifolia, Cogn... . . . 2292

Ranunculus Lowii, Sta a. oat Teenie « pe as Oliv. . 2255

Rhabdostigma Kirkil. apy ok. f.. . 2275 Trichomanes Sayeri, F. M. ¢ Baker 2229

Rosenia ar genet eo Thunb 2228

ubus Lowii, Stapf. . . . . . 2289 angueria pales Scott-Elliot . 2283

Verena cephalophora, Oliv . 2239

Sansevieria Ehrenbergii, Schw uf- . 2269 | Vitex congesta, Oliv. . . . . . 2240

Schima brevifolia, Stapf. . ~ + 2264

Schizopepon dioicus, Cogn. . . . 2224 | Zygoon graveolens, Hiern. . . . 2274

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AERUA CURTISII, Oliv.

AMARANTACER. Tribe AMARANTER.

#. Curtisii, Oliv. (sp. nov.); herba, caule pilosulo, foliis oppositis

membranaceis oblongo-lanceolatis sensim acuminatis basi in petiolum

angustatis supra obsolete pilosulis scabriusculis subtus sparse molliter

pilosis nervis distinctis utrinque circa 7, floribus ¢ laxiuscule spicatis,

spicis subumbellatim aggregatis, inflorescentiis terminalibus breviter

pedunculatis ex dichotomiis superioribus ortis, bracteis scariosis parvis

late ovatis persistentibus, bracteolis conformibus sequilongis, perianthio

bractea 3-5-plo longiore 5-partito segmeitis stramineis rigidiusculis

staminodiis totidem (5) interpositis, stylo brevi, stigmate capitato,

utriculo obovato-oblongo, semine oblique reniformi.

Has. Malaya, Perak, Ourtis (No. 2,712).

Folia 4-5} poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata; petiolus 3-3 poll. longus.

Inflorescentia foliis brevior ; pedunculus 4-3 poll. longus; spice 1-14

poll. longs. Flores } poll. longi.

ection from our valned correspondent Mr. Curtis. He fai to

Fig. 1, Extremity of flowering spike. 2. Detached flower. 3. Bract. 4. Perianth-

Segment. 5. Stamens and pistil. 6. Portion of staminal tube, with two anthers.

7. Vertical section of ovary. All enlarged

SER, 1V. VOL. III. PART L.

‘MSdeletiah,

Terminala Oliveri Brandis.

PLaTE 2202.

TERMINALIA OLIVERI, Brandis,

Compretaces. Tribe ComBreTea.

Has. Upper Burma, Pakédkka district.—J. W. Oliver.

Folia 15-23 poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata; petiolus } poll. longus

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parce pilosulus ; glandule nulle. Fructus 2 poll. longus.

his ‘ Epimelizee Botanice,’ pp- —214, from specimens collected by

- Cuming, viz.: T. polyantha (No. 1 parviflora

(No. 1439), both said to have come from Prov. Ba ngas, Luzon,

Philippine Islands. Both, however, have tetramerous flowers, with

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‘floribus obtuse quinquefidis’), and minute early deciduous bracts. The

(ripe) fruit of T. parviflora is 2-winged ; that of T. polyantha (imma-

ture) is 4- sometimes 3-winged.

Mr. J. W. Oliver, the Conservator of Forests in Upper Burma,

who sent me the specimens here figured, foand the tree in flower ia

May 1891.

Mr. H. C. Hill, Conservator of Forests in Burma, who lately

acted as Inspector-General of Forests, India, has kindly furnished me

with the following notes regarding the appearance and geographical

distribution of this interesting tree :—

SER. IV. VOL, Il. PART I.

2 TERMINALIA OLIVERI.

A moderate-sized tree, attaining 40-50 feet, with a girth of

4—5 feet. Stem me oe shaped, often channelled, somewhat like

the Hornbeam: bar eenish grey. During the dry season the

leaves turn red before falling. The bark is thick and brittle ; its cells

contain an abundance of starch and calcium-oxalate crystals, but,

apparently, no tannin. The decoction of the bark gives a light

coloured extract which has been largely used to adulterate cutch (the

extract of the heart-wood of Acacia Catechu), but is believed to be

7. ineffective as a tanning material.

very common tree in the dry ch se of the Irawaddi valley

Gkich commences aorih of the 19th degree N. lat., and extends

as far as Mandalay. It is also found in the le jewel part of the Chindwin

valley, and near the head waters of the Sitang valley. In this exten-

sive dry region, with a mean annual rainfall. of only 20-30 inches,

Terminalia Oliveri is associated with Cutch in a thin open forest, from

which the Cutch, being the more valuable tree, has been much cut out.

The other trees found in this forest are: Tectona Hamiltoniana,

Shorea siamensis, and Terminalia tomentosa,

From the Indian species of the section Pentaptera this tree rig:

- a Sealey manner in the small size of the leaves and fruit

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Fig. 1. Two athe attached. 2. Calyx-tube, laid open. 3. Ovary. 4. Vertical

section of same. 5, Frui t. Excepting No. 5, all enlarged.

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CACOUCIA PANICULATA, Laws.

CombBretacez. Suborder Comsretenr.

C. paniculata, Lawson in Oliv. Fl. Trop, Afr. ii. 484; frutex

scandens, foliis i i pl

cumdato, ovario sulcato tomentoso-pubescente, ovulis c. 4 longe

funiculatis, fructibus siccis pentapteris late ellipticis alis coriaceis

margine membranaceis.

Has. W. Tropical Africa, Gaboon River, Mann, Soyauae (Nos. 108,

158) ; Expedition to interior of Yoruba, Millson (No. 34).

Folia 4-54 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata; petiolus 4-3 poll. longus.

Panicule 1-2 ped. longer. Bractee 3-2 poll. longe. Flores cum

ovario 7-1} poll. longi, decurvi.

through the good offices of H.E. Governor Sir A. Moloney, show a

fruit which is very different from that of Aublet’s South American

Species, which has an ovoid or lanceolate-ovoid, more or less 6-angled

fruit with corky pericarp, 2-23 inches in length. We have what

be C. paniculata from Niamniam-land, communicated by Dr.

Schweinfurth. . platyptera, Welw., MSS. from Angola, I take to be —

identical.—D, Oniver.

_Fig. 1. Calyx, laid open, 2. Petal. 3. Stamens. 4. Ovary and style. 5. Lon-

gitudinal section of ovary. All enlarged,

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APOROSA BOURDILLONII, Stapf.

Evpnorsiacex. Tribe Puytianruen.

Bourdillonii, Stapf (sp. nov.); arbuscula, ramulis breviter

tomentellis deinde glabrescentibus, foliis oblongo-ellipticis obtusiuscule

is CO is glabrati

acuminatis costa nervisque secundariis puberulis exceptis

ranaceo, staminibus sepius 2 liberis, ovarii rndimento minimo,

floribus 2 in axillis superioribus solitariis pedunculo bracteato suffultis,

perianthio ineequaliter 4-partito segmentis bracteis consimilibus, ovario

Ovoideo processubus linearibus demum accrescentibus strigillosis obsito.

Has. Travancore; moist forest in the low country, 7. Fulton

Bourdillon (No. 9).

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utrinque 7-9, venulis inconspicuis, 44-6 poll. longa, 14-12 poll. lata ;

petiolus 4 poll. longus. Stipule oblonge acuminate fulvo-tomen-

pallide brannew puberale et ciliate, 1-14 lin. longe. Anthere

globose loculis contiguis parallelis. Flores 2 pedunculati, pedunculo

ao 3-$ poll. longo. Ovarium a i

This species represents a peculiar type which may well form a new

section of Aporosa, or even a new genus altogether. The structure of

the ovary, however, is, apart from the shaggy indumentum, exactly

that of Aporvsa. Professor Baillon, to whom I forwarded a sketch of

the plant and of my dissections, is also inclined to refer this species to

Aporosa.—O. Sravr.

Fig. 1. Glomerulus of staminate flowers in bud. 2 and 3, Staminate flowers.

4. Pistiliate flower from below. 5. The same, side view. 6. Longitudinal section of

young fruit,— 4] enlarged.

Pl 2205.

_ Enfgleria africana 0 Haffm «an

Piate 2205.

ENGLERIA AFRICAN nO: Hoffm., var.

Compositz. Tribe AsTEROIDER.

E. africana, O. Hoff. in Engler, Bot. Jahrh. x. (1889), 273, tab. ix. A,

var, radiata, Oliv. ; foliis ovatis utrinque 3-6-dentatis, dentibus oblique

deltoideis acutis, capitulis radiatis, ligulis oblongis involucro 2-plo

8.

longioribu

Has. Trop. Africa, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch (No. 3,999).

anguste scariosis apicem versus fimbriatis, costa colorata gumm

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Maseum of Lisbon, collected by the late Dr. Welwitsch, who had

given it in manuscript the name Adenogonum decumbens. It corresponds

So nearly with the figure cited above, and with a small specimen,

kindly communicated to the Kew Herbarium by Dr. Engler, coll

by Marloth in Herero Land, that I feel bound to refer it to the a

Species, notwithstanding the presence of conspicuous ray-florets.

the colour of the florets I have no note, but should judge them to ne

homochromous.—D. OLtver.

Fig. 1. Ray-floret. 2. Disk-floret. 3. Seta of pappus. 4. Anthers. 5. Achene.

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CELASTRUS LATIFOLIUS, Hemsi.

CELASTRACER.

C. latifolius, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii. 123; frutex ramulis

brunneis purpurascentibusve subteretibus v. ultimis ob lineas decur-

rentes elevatas subangulatis spe crebre lenticellatis, foliis late

gioribus, ovario obtuse 3-gono glabro disco inserto, stylo é

wquilongo sulcato, capsula depresso-globosa obscure trigona, valvis

tenuiter crustaceis levibus, seminibus solitariis geminatisve arillatis.

Has. China, Prov. Hupeh, Ichang, Patung district, and ‘ Nan-t’o

and mountains to northward,’—Dr. Henry (Nos. 485, 1,774, 2,084,

3,405A, 3,883).

Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 3-5 poll. lata; petiolus ?-1 poll. longus.

Fructus 3 poll. diam.—D. Ottver.

r. Henry communicates the following :—‘ Celastrus latifolius,

Hemsl., is a common shrub about Ichang, being known as nan-shan-yeh.

The root and also the leaves are used, powdered and mixed ype ee

to scatter over growing cabbage, turnips, &c., for the purpose of ei

obnoxious insects, grubs, &e. find from one of the Customs we

cations that the “ bark of a tree, called nan-shao-kén”’ occurs b

drug market of Hankow. This is possibly the root-bark of this shrub.

Fig. 1, Flower. 2. The same, earlier stage, petals removed. 3. —

section of ovary and disk. 4, Fruit after dehiscence. All enlarged.

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PLATE 2207.

ANODENDRON OBLONGIFOLIUM, Hewmsl.

Apocynace®. Tribe Ecuiripra.

A. oblongifolium, Hemsl. in Ann. Bot. v. 505 ; frutex alte scandens,

foliis oblongis breviter obtuse acuminatis basi rotundati tis glabris

segmentis ovato-oblongis obtusis, corolla lobis oblique oblongis

Cohen antheris infra medium tubi insertis apiculatis loculis basi

reviter productis, folliculis apicem versus angustatis obtusis longi-

tudinaliter lineatis, coma seminis stipitata.

Has. Solomon eager ; Fauro Island, Guppy (No. 189); San

Christoval, Comins (No. 40).

Folia 44-6 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata; petiolus 5-6 lin. longus.

Pinion foliis shes pedunculo 1-1} poll. longo. Flores 4-3 poll.

iam., flavesce

Both Dr. ss (whose Aeron was in fruit only, and not deter-

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minable with certainty) and the Rev. Mr. omins note that the

tenacious bast of this climber is used by the natives for fishing lines

and nets.

Nearly allied to A. paniculatum, A. DC., which has a more diffuse

inflorescence, its branches and pedicels more slender and longer.—

D. aes.

1. Bud, attached, showing estivati Flower, expanded. 3, Base of

corli-tsbe, laid open, 4. Seed. Fountng Te 4, all enlarged.

Pl 2208.

Pedicularis cranolopha, Maxim.

A. var, typica: B. var. longicornuta.

PLaTE 2208.

PEDICULARIS CRANOLOPHA, Muzim.

ScROPHULARINEZ. Tribe EupHRasiga.

P. (§ Siphonanthe eo gece Aecene ier) Mazim., Mel. Biol., x. 85

(1877 et xii. 795, t. 1, f. 10 (1888) ; Prain, Aun. Roy. Bot. Garden,

Calcutta, iii. 67 1890 0); fami pilosa, oliis lineari-oblongis radi-

calibus longe petiolatis segmentis lanceolatis serratis,

3-dentato segmento summo lanceolato Jateralibus ovato-lanceolatis

serratis, corolla lutea, tubo calyce 4-plo longiore, galea cristata, rostro

sigmoideo apice emarginato, labii lobo medio emarginato lateralibus

fere duplo minore, filamentis omnibus hirsutis. —__

Var. typica ; Acai crista ad rostri originem usque extensa ibique

truncata. P. cranolopha, Maxim.

Has, China; prov. Kansu, Przewalshki !

Var. longicornuta (var. nov. ); gales crista ad rostri originem usque

extensa, exinde in cornu rostru gee orn producta. P. birostris,

Bur. et Franch. in Joes. Bot. v. "(1891) 107

Has. China; prov. Szechuen, Pratt (No. 167).

This plant of Mr. Pratt’s collection, though it has to be referred to

an already described species, is the most interesting Pedicularis he has

found, and is, owing to its curious crest, one of the mest pr oetioagers

forms in this ronsabegee genus. Pedicularis cranulopha is not the

only species a crestea galea; the condition og in P. torta,

Maxim., P. oxy aaa Tre uchet, P. cristata, a rim. 5 leptorhiza,

Ruprecht, and ’P. Regeliana, Prain. But in none of them does the

crest become, as here, prolonged into a free pone 4-5 mm. long,

almost the length of the true beak. And yet, save for this solitary —

lb certainly striking—character,

Mr. Pratt’s Szechuen plant. specifically trom (General Przewalski’s

Kan

Caloutta by M. Maximowicz, and they

Maxinnowics and myself had failed to detect in the type—that the

margin of the lower lip in this species is ciliate.

The area of distribution of = — is, by Mr. Pratt’s gathering,

somewhat extended.—D. Pra

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p, hood, and portion of tube (ditto).

hood, ‘and portion of tube (ditto).

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PLaTE 2209.

PEDICULARIS RHYNCHODONTA, Bur. et Franch.

ScROPHULARINES. ‘Tribe Eupurasien.

caulinis minoribus sparsis, omnibus pinnatisectis 1-20 jugs seg-

mentis subimbricatis ovato-lnceolatis serrato-dentatis, spica densa

multiflora centrifuga, bracteis membranaceis laciniatim 3- ~partitis,

calyce breve pedicellato campanulato, antice vix fisso, 5-dentato, seg-

mento summo lanceolato integro lateralibus oblongis serratis breviore

anticisque inneohe ak serratis sequilongo, corolle rubre tubo adunco

calyce vix dimidio longiore labio galea wquilongo latissimo sessili

margine ciliolato, lobo medio rotundato atsralabens flabellatim venulosis

vix dimidio minore, galea arcuata tubo subcontinua eique wquilata in

rostrum latum breve apice undulato-trancatam angulo inferiori

utrinque longe 1-dentatum abeunte, staminibus medio tubo insertis fila-

mentis anticis triente summo hirsutis, posticis prope insertionem

tantum parce barbatis, ovario ovato-lauceolato, disco antice tumente,

stigmate exserto.

- Has. China; prov. Szechuen, Pratt (No. 735). Caules 6-8 em. alti,

‘gta 3—4 cm. longis his 05 cm, crassis. Fviia petiolis radicalibus

, laminis 4 cm. “longis, 1°25-15 em, latis, segmentis 4-7 mm.

among srg from all the Bidentate hitherto reported, that it is

necessary to recognise it as the type of a new group (Rhynchodonte)

to be senakted tw Elate and the Com

Fig. 1. Flower, with bract. 2. ee with style. 3. Half of corolla, ace

" staminal insertion. 4. Ovary, with disc. 1, 2 and 3 are twice, 4 is four times,

natural size.

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Pedicularis Hemsleyana, Prain.

PuatTeE 2210.

PEDICULARIS HEMSLEYANA, Prain.

ScropHuLarines. Tribe EupHrasies.

P.. (§ asbenares cost sf veloc soups ascent a Prain (sp. nov.) ;

elata glabrata rhizomate breviss ‘um elongato repente collo

- ti segmentis lanceolatis summo acuto reliquis obtusis omnibus

inkegris vy. majoribus ieandee 1—2-serratis, corolla punices tubo

sursum ampliato calyce dimidio longiore, labio 3-lobo lobis Pati

ovatis supparibus medio prominente, galea angulo recto incurv

inflata, parte basali erecta fauce 2-auriculata, parte antherifera nahi

zontali in pane porrectum apice acutum int producta, stami-

pibus ex adve medii ovarii insertis, filamentis anticis hirsutis,

ovario tinsactatay stigmate incluso.

Has. China; prov. Szechuen; Pratt (No. 634).

Caules 45 cm. alti, penne corvine crassitudine, radicibus 5-8 em.

longis. Folia petiolis 1: 5-3 em. longis, lamina 6-8 cm. longa, segmentis

majoribu us 2-4,cm. longis, 7-12 mm. latis. Flores Slieotlia Soom calyce

4°5 mm, longo, 2°25 mm. lato, corolle tubo 6 mm. longo, gales parte

basali 3 mm. longa, ae horizontali 3:5 mm. longa, rostro 4 mm.

longo, labio 7 mm. longo, 7-5 mm. lato (lobo medio 4 mm. longo,

5 mm. lato).—D. Pair IN.

Fig. 1. Flower, with bract. 2. Calyx laid open, — ovary and style. 3. Half

of italia seen from within, showing staminal insertion, All 2) times natural size.

SER. IV, VOL. IIL. PART I. D

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__ Phtherrospermum teruusectum, Bur.& Franch.

Puate 2211.

PHTHEIROSPERMUM TENUISECTUM, Bur. et Franch.

ScROPHULARINEX. Tribe EuPHRASIEA.

P. tenuisectum, Bur. et Franch. in Journ. de Botanique, v. (1891) 129;

perenne, rhizomate lignoso, multicaule, caulibus simplicibus vel parce

ramosis ewe viscido-pubescentibus, foliis oppositis ambitu ovatis

acutis dissectim 2-3-pinnatisectis, floribus axillaribus solitariis ebrac-

ieclatis, vodicellia aarp calyce campanulato 5-partito dentibus

angustis summo subulato integro ceteris lanceolatis pauci-dentatis

. limbo margine ciliato 2-labiato, labio postico erecto brevi 2-lobo lobis

replicatis in alabastro interioribus, antico longissimo patente 3-secto

segmentis obovatis margl ine truncatis, preeflorati ione medio sin

2-gibbum lobosque posticos statim amplectente et lateralibus param

majoribus vicissim obtecto, staminibus, sub galea inclusis, filamentis

ex adverso summi ovarii insertis anticis prope basin parum hirsutis

ticisque prorsus glaberrimis, antheris margine rimarum

barbatis loculis equalibus distinctis Lagan basi submucronatis,

ovario ovoideo supra et presertim antice piloso, stylo apice dilatato

rosis, capsula (im

ovoidela testa reticulatis,

Has. Himalaya orientali, Tassi-chen-doom, in valle Chumbi, -

Hort. Caleutt. ; Tibet sentra Karoo-la, prope Lhassam, Herb. Hort

Calcutt. ; Szechuen occidentali, ad fines orientales Tibetie prope

oppidum Ta-chien-lu, Pratt (New. 283, 528), Herb. Kew

Caules 25-35 cm. longi, penne corvine crassitudine. Folia 2 cm.

longa, 2°5 em. lata, segmentis ultimis vix 1 mm. latis. Flores

calyce 8 mm. longo, 45 mm. lato, dentibus 4 mm. longis, vix

1 mm. latis, sinubus obtusis; corolle tubo 14 mm. longo; limbo

4°5 mm. lato; labio a 2°5 mm. longo, 6 mm. lato; labio antico

7 mm. longo, 7-5 mm '

The description of this plant departs from the tidy characters

assigned to Phthe evrospermum in the anthers being bear ere are,

however, some hairs present on the margin of the rima ‘towards the

base of the anthers of Phtheirospermum chinense, Bunge, in Herb. Caleutt.

Specimens. Theovary is almost as hirsute (though the individual

PL.2212.

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PLATE 2219.

STRYCHNOS IGNATII, Bergius.

LOGANIACER.

.

conspicue trinerviis, floribus brevissime pedicellatis subsessilibusve

nai ens iy PERE ‘

ovato-rotundatis, corolla calyce 6-10-plo longiore extus tomentoso-

puberula intus glabra v. parce pilosula, lobis limbi ovatis crassiusculis

tubo 3-4-plo brevioribus, antheris fauce corolle tubi insertis sessilibus

v. subsessilibus oblongo-ellipticis apice mucronatis, ovario ylabro in

stylum elongatum attenuatum, bacca giobosa v. ellipsoidea * ¢. 4 poll.

diam., polysperma.—Phil. Trans (1699) xxi. t. i. figs. 4-6.

Has. Philippines: Mindanao and Samar, R. Bozall.

Folia 33-6 poll. longa, 2-3} poll. lata; petiolus } poll. longus.

Panicule cum pedunculo 1-1} poll. longs. Flores 4-2 poll. i

limbo corolle 3-4 poll. diam. Bractee ovate acutiuscule concave,

majores 1 lin. longw. Stylus filiformis ovario multoties longior,

Pericarpiwm subleve olivaceum crustaceum. Semina in pulpa nidu-

lantia ellipsoidea obtuse angulata 13-1} poll. longa, 8-10 lin. lata,

pilis brevibus nitentibus appressis sericea.

Mr. Boxall, the collector of the specimens, both in flower and fruit

(the latter preserved in spirits), here figured, says that there is another

species of Strychnos, known as St. Ignatius’s Bean, which is muc

more plentiful than this plant, and that it is the seeds of this other

Species which are exported as St. Ignatius’s beans. The seeds of the

plant here figured are, however, used in medicine in the Philippines

under the same name. ;

Why, then, refer this plant to Strychnos Ignatii, of Bergius, rather

than to the commoner species affording the exported seeds ?

S. Ignatii was based by Bergius, in his ‘Materia Medica,’ i. 146

(1778), upon the description contained in a letter from Father

Camelli, addressed to John Ray and James Petiver, an abstract of

* Mr. Boxall says the form of the fruit is yariable, two never precisely alike.

2 STRYCHNOS IGNATITI.

edition, vol. iy. A figure of the leaves, fruit, an is give

in the unabridged edition, the leaves and fruit being reproduced in

Bentley and Trimen’s ‘ Medicinal Plants,’ iii. t. 175 the figure

cited of the leaves, the lateral nerves are basal in their origin, that is

they are tri- or quinque-nerved, not tripli- or quintupli-nerved (that is,

diverging from the midrib above the base). And it is upon this

foliar character we are obliged to depend, for the flowers are not

intelligibly described,* and there is reason to think the fruits of the

two species do not materially differ.

In Camelli’s figure of the leaves, the lateral nerves all originate at

the base of the lamina. Now there are only two species likely to

to about 3—5 inch above the base of the lamina. It is on this ground,

therefore, it would seem to be more prudent to regard this plant as

probably identical with Camelli’s, named by Bergins; while we have,

at any rate, a sure name for the other species, viz. that given by

Mr. Bentham, 8. multiflora, one of whose type specimens we figure

(Pl. 2213).

_ Owing to the confusion introduced by Linnens fil., Suppl. Plant.

(1781) 149, who based his description of the flowers of Ignatia amara

Ignatiana philippinica, Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. (1790), i. 126, continues

the muddle of the ‘ Supplementum,’ under slight modification of the

' generic and complete change of the specific name. He adds 8.

Ignatii, Berg., as a synonym.

Iqnatia amara, Linn. f., is adopted by Blanco in his Flora Filip.

(1837), 82, the description of the flowers being taken from Linn. fil. ;

but in the second edition of this work (ed. 1845, 61), having in the mean-

time received flowers independently from Bohol, he reverts to the genus

Strychnos, naming the plant 9. plalippensis, and modifying the descrip-

tion of the flowers in accordance with the new material. The same

name is retained in the folio edition of Blanco, by Naves (1877), i.

re with an additional note on the seeds in the ‘ Appendix ’ (1880),

Bentley and Trimen, ‘Medicinal Plants,’ 1880, iii. 179, adopt Bergius’s

name, and cite as synonyms Loureiro’s name and that given by Blanco in

* *, .. florem Balaustize similem,’

STRYCHNOS IGNATII. 3

his second edition. Their description, however, of the flowers, taken

from Blanco and Loureiro, is a compromise between that given by

ed. ii.).

ane XX1. (1609) i. figs. 4-6.

Professor Fliickiger and A. Meyer, in the ‘ Pharmaceutical Journal,’

1881, vol. xii. (July 2), give a careful account of the fruit of S. Ignatii,

with full detail of the histology of the seed and curious hairs of the

testa. This agrees with our plant, so far as I can see. They also add

copious references to the literature of the subject.

Finally, adopting Bergius’s name, Vidal, in his Revision de Plant.

Vase. Filip. (1886), 450, quotes Blanco’s name from his second edition,

the names given by Linn. f. and Loureiro as synonyms, but figures,

throat, and altogether only twice as long as the calyx, in which characters

it agrees with S. multiflora, Benth., although he figures the leaves as

tri-nerved, not tripli-nerved as in that species. As his bape

m

referred to above. From —" Set to the Royal Gardens,

Kew, by Rlokgndie Gollan, Esq., H.M. Consul at Manila, the plant is

now in i though ‘it has not yet reached ‘the flowering stage.

—D. Ov

Fig. 1. Bod, 2. Corolla, laid open. 3. Anthers. 4. Pistil. 5. Fruit. 6. Seed.

7. Longitudinal section of same, showing ovary. il enlarged.

PP ears a manaeM I ate ONE

* An extract received at Kew in July 1887, pp. 274-4.

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Puate 2213.

STRYCHNOS MULTIFLORA, Benth.

LOGANIACES.

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lanceolatis acutiusculis crassiusculis intus (sicco) cano-puberulis,

Has. Philippines, Luzon, Cuming (Nos. 641, 695, 1,059, 1,482).

Luzon, District of Morong, Vidal (No. 1,615).

- Folia 3-7 poll. longa, 13-32 poll. lata; petiolus }-3 poll. longus.

Flores 1-2 poll. diam. Calyx segmentis ovato-rotundatis ciliclatis.

‘The leaves are 3- or 5-nerved, but the inner lateral nerves coalesce

with the midrib to 4-4 in. above the base.

; The only fruits which I have seen are immature, not exceeding an

inch or two in diameter. When ripe it is probably globose or ellip-

soidal and 3} to 5 ins. in diameter. Our specimens are destitute of

cirrhi.

We have thought it desirable to give an authentic figure of this

plant from type specimens, in view of the ambiguity atiending the

plate, given by Vidal, of what he considered to be 8. Ignatii, Bergius.

See remarks under preceding plate—D. OLIVER.

Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Corolla, laid open. 3. Pistil. 4. Tranverse section of ovary.

All enlarged.

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Pertya sinensis, Oliv,

PLATE 2214,

PERTYA SINENSIS, Oliv.

Composira. Tribe Muttsiacea.

lis acro equilon

angustatis compresciusculis longitudinaliter 10-costatis pilis_albes-

ti in versus purpurascentibus erectis sericeis, pappi setis

simplicibus rigidiusculis achzenio pauilo brevioribus.

Han. China, Prov. Hupeh, Hsingshan, 9,000 feet, Dr. A. Henry

(No. 6,982).

Frutex, 6-pedalis, ramulis gracilibus annotinis sulcatis. Folia 2

poll. longa, 4—} poll. lata. Involucrum fructiferam 4 poll. ongum.

Corolla 5-fida segmentis angustis acuminatis. Anthere basi longe

caudate, caudis per paria coalitis pilosulis.

Soc. xviii. 72) as with sessile capitula, but we have specimens in which

th

Fig. 1, Floret. 2, Seta of pappus. 3, Anthers. 4, Style-branches. 5. Achene.

All enlarged.

Pl 2215.

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s Baker. —

Lloydia 1xiolirioide

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Puate 2215.

LLOYDIA IXIOLIRIOIDES, Baker.

Liniackeaz. Tribe TULIPER.

Has. Ina collection made in West Szechuen, and on the Tibetan

frontier ; chiefly near Tachienlu, alt. 9,000-13,500 feet, Pratt (No. 533).

Folia radicalia 10-12 poll. longa, 14-2 lin, lata. Flores 9-10 lin.

longi.

The perianth-segments in the dried specimens are darkly longitu-

dinally striate and of a deep brownish-purple below and on the median

line, the margins below orange-brown, above paler or whitish.—

IVER.

D. Outver

Figs. 1 and 2, Outer and inner perianth-segments. 3, Stamen.

Filarged.

4. Pistil,

2216

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Lloydia tibetica,Baker.

Puate 2216.

LLOYDIA TIBETICA, Baker.

Lintacez, Tribe Tutrpes.

L, tibetica, Baker MSS. (sp. nov.) ; herba glabra 6-10-pollicaris, bulbo

anguste ovoideo, foliis radicalibus caule brevioribus erectis linearibus

obtusiuscule acuminatis canlinis 0 v. interdum supra medium 1-2

minoribus instructis, floribus pedicellatis, cernuis in cymis corymbosis

2-5-floris dispositis, perianthii segmentis oblongo-ellipticis v. ovato-

lanceolatis obtusis basi intus haud transversaliter plicatis sed cristis

adnatis brevibus oblongis breviter puosulis irstructis, staminibus

perianthio duplo y. subtriplo brevioribus, filaraentis lineari-subulatis

basi complanatis laxe pilosis, antheris basifixis oblongis obtusis, ovario

glabro stylo columnari breviore.

Has. Ina collection made in West Szechuen and on the Tibetan

frontier, chiefly near Tachienlu, 9,000-13,500 feet alt., Pratt (No. 857).

Folia 4—7 poll. longa, 1-2 lin, lata. Perianthium 6-7 lin. longum ;

bractew herbacess lineares.

The erianth-segments in our dried specimens are marked with

dark longitudinal strie, especially along the middle, and coloured a

yellowish-brown, paler above and towards the margins.—D. OLIVER.

Figs. 1 and 2. Outer and inner perianth-segments. 3. Stamen, 4. Pistil.

Enlarged,

Ft. 2212.

M.S.del et hth.

Polygonatum Prattii, Baker.

PuLate 2217.

POLYGONATUM PRATTII, Baker.

Liniacez. Tribe Potyconatex.

P. Prattii, Baker MSS. (sp. nov.); herba 3-5- pollicaris, rhizomate

gracile longe repente, caule erecto gracile inferne nudo, folii 8 paucis

(3-4) alternis sessilibus obienge aioe v. -ellipticis apice acutatis

obtusiusculis, floribus cernuis in cymis oris breviter pedunculatis

v. solitariis, perianthio tubuloso braviler 6-fido, lobis quam tubo

4-5-plo brevioribus ovato-oblongis apice carnosulis papillosis alter-

natim (interioribus) paululo brevioribus, see inclusis tubo

subequilongis, filamentis fere ad apicem adnatis, antheris lineari-

lanceolatis brevissime feeaines eibcoon ovario silipacades glabro stylo

3-sulcato subbrevio

Has, Ina collection made in West Szechuen and on the Tibetan

frontier ; ; chiefly near Tachienlu, 9,000-13,500 feet alt., Pratt (No. 28*).

1}-12 poll. longa, c. 5 lin. lata. Flores 4-5 lin. longi;

eed flore longiores v. subsequilongi.

The dried flowers are whitish, probably coloured above. The six

vascular cords of the perianth are ‘continued from the insertion of the

anther to the apices of the segments.—). OLIVER.

Fig. 1, Perianth laid open. 2. Pistil. Enlarged.

2218.

Polygonatum Hookeri, Baker. a

Puate 2218,

POLYGONATUM HOOKERI, Buker.

Liviacez. Tribe Potyconates.

P. Hookeri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. 558; herba 1-2-polli-

caris, rhizomate gracili longe repente, caule florifero adscendente

brevissimo, foliis tempore florifero vix evolutis alternis vy. suboppositis

inferioribus (cataphyllis) membranaceis 7-1 poll. longis superioribus

confertis adscendentibus oblongo-lanceolatis basi angustatis apice

obtusiusculis, flore solitario erecto breviter pedunculato folia paullo

sta-

eris

uli 8,

minibus tubo inclusis, filamentis fere ad apicem adnatis, anth

oblongis.

Has. In a collection made in West Szechuen and on the Tibetan

frontier ; chiefly near Tachienlu, alt. 9,000-13,500 feet, Pratt,

(No. 867); Sikkim Himalaya, 10-11,000 feet, Hooker, Pantling.

Folia (temp. florif.) 3—} poll. longa, internodiis brevissimis. Flores

§-} poll. longi, ut videtur purpurascentes y, lilacini.

_Onr figure is from Mr. Pratt’s specimens, which do not appear to

differ from the Sikkim ones, unless it be that the leaves of the latter

tend to be a trifle broader below the middle.—D, OLiver.

Fig. 1. Perianth, laid open. 2. Pistil. Enlarged.

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Piate 2219.

FRITILLARIA LOPHOPHORA, Bur. et Franch.

Litiacez. Tribe Torires.

uc

Squamoso, foliis medium versus caulis plus minus confertis alternis

ovali- v. lanceolato-oblongis superioribus acuminatis inferioribus

thio magno (2-4 poll. diam.) cernuo

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chiefly made near Tachienlu, alt. 9,000-13,500 feet ; Pratt (Nos. 261,

568), Szechuen, between Batang and Litang, M. Bonvalot and Prince

Henry of Orleans ; Yun-nan, M. Delavay.

Bulbi squame 14-2 poll. longw. Caulis }-1}-pedalis. Folia majora

4-5 poll. longa, 3-1 poll. lata (forma minor 2 poll. longa, 4-5 lin. lata).

Perianthii segmenta 13-3 poll. longa.

Intermediate between Fritillaria, to which MM. Bureau and

Franchet refer it (as the type of a new section of the genus, § Lopho-

Phora) and Lilium. The flowers are described as yellow, often spotted

ith red.—D, Oxtver.

Fig. 1. Stamens, back and front view. 2. Pistil. Enlarged,

Pl. 2220,

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LoPlaria terminalis, Hemsl.

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Piate 2220.

CORIARIA TERMINALIS, Hemsi.

CoriaRIiE&.

Coriaria terminalis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; herbacea, foliis seepius rotun-

datis 7-9-nerviis, racemis elongatis terminalibus,

Has. Ina collection from West Szechuen and the Tibetan frontier,

chiefly near Tachienlu, alt. 9,000-13,500 feet, Pratt (No. 820). Also

from several localities in Sikkim at elevations of 9,000 to 11,000 feet,

rooted Liachen, Changtum and Samdong, collected by Sw J. D.

ooker.

Herba perennis (ut videtur), caulibus erectis 2-3-pedalibus pauci-

ramosis Crassiusculis, Folia opposita vel sabopposita, sessilia vel bre-

vissime petiolata, membranacea, late ovata vel interdum fere orbicu-

aria, vel in ramulis lateralibus oblongo-lanceolata 1-3 poll. longa,

i

nervos usperula, lores polygami in racemos solitarios terminales

5-7 poll. longos dispositi, pedicellis gracilibus puberulis vel asperulis

Circiter semipollicaribus, demum patentibus. Sepala ovata vel lanceo-

lata obtusa vel acuta. Petala per anthesin parva quam sepala multo

minora, post anthesin accrescentia, incrassata, intus carinata. Ourpella

glabra, carinata, seepius 2-costata.*

In the ‘ Flora of British India’ this very distinct species is not dis-

tinguished from OQ. nepalensis, Wall., though in the Kew Herbarium it

is marked var. sikkimensis in the handwriting of Sir J. Hooker.

Coriaria nepalensis, Wall., is quite woody, and has three-nerved

glabrous leaves, and short, often clustered, lateral racemes.

from North-western India into Central China; and the Japanese

C. japonica, A. Gray, presents no obvious differences any more than

specimens in the Kew Herbarium from the Philippine Islands.—W. B.

Hemstery.

Fig. 1. Flower and bract. 2. Sepal. 3. Anther,back and front view. 4. Pistil.

5. Longitudinal section of carpel. 6. Persistent corolla enclosing fruit. 7. Fruit

carpel. 8. Embryo, Al/ enlarged.

* Fruit figured and described from an Indian specimen.

SER. IV, VOL. WI. PART f.

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PuaTE 2221,

DENDROPHTHORA CUPRESSOIDES, Ficihlar,

Lorantuacesz. Tribe Viscez.

D. cupressoides, Hichi. in Martius, Fl. Bras. (Loranth.), v. ae ii.

103 (ad not.); fruticulosa aphylla fastigiatim ramosissima, ramis

teretibus papilloso-scabridis, Squamis parvis ovato-deltoideis ae

connatis, spicis floriferis seepius 2—-4-articulatis, articulis brevibu

i orib

transversa dehiscentibus, fl. 2 perianthii limbo 3(-4 ne ine

“age crassis deltoideis. Arebathotiains cupressoides, Gris. Fl. Brit. W.

nd, 315.

Has. Jamaica, Macfadyen (at Castleton), Morris, Fawcett.

Internodia caulina inferiora crassitie penne gallinace, 3-5 lin.

a wee c. 2 lin. lon ae spot articuli 13-2 lin. ——

* tie Speke in alcohol, communicated by Messrs. Morris an

Fawcett.—D. Oniver.

Fig. 1. Portion of inflorescence with staminate flowers. 2. Staminate flowers from

above. 3. Joint of inflorescence with pistillute flowers. 4. Pistillate flower

detached. Ul enlarg ‘ged,

Pu. 2222.

MS el et lith.

Thladiantha longifolia. Coén.

PLatTE 2222.

THLADIANTHA LONGIFOLIA, Cogn.

CucorBitacE&. Tribe CUCUMERINER.

ato

scabridis v. levibus, cirrhis simplicibus, fl. ¢ flavidis in cymis

paucifloris (5-7-tloris) breviter pedunculatis dispositis, calycis tubo

turbinato, limbi segmentis tubo equilongis v. longioribus corolla

brevioribus linearibus acutiusculis squama calycina incurva rotundata,

corolla rotata 5-partita, segmentis oblongo-ellipticis obtusiusculis

3-nerviis, staminibus 5 liberis 4 per paria symmetrice approximatis,

antheris rectis oblongo-ellipticis filamentis quilongis, fl. 2 etiam i

cymis 1-3-floris breviter pedunculatis dispositi, longiuscule pedicel-

latis, perianthio maris, ovario utrinque breviter angustato basi loba-

Jato profande intruso, puberulo tuberculato-rugoso, staminodiis parvis,

stylo columnare apice 3-fido stigmatibus dilatatis.

Has. China, Hupeh, in Patung and Knuei Districts, Dr. A. Henry

(Nos. 4,767, 6,055).

Folia 3-7 poll. longa, basi 1}-3 poll. lata; petiolus 4-1} poll.

ee Flores 1 poll. diam.; pedicelli fl. ¢ 4-4 poll., 2 1}-2 poll.

ongi.

A dried and pressed immature fruit, about 1} in. long, is ellipsoidal,

puberulous, and apparently somewhat transversely plicate-rugose. _

the pistillate flower are three fleshy, pale, slight] —_— disk-like

Desa y pr

projections between the staminodia, at the base of the petals.-- -

D. Otiver.

Fig. 1. Portion of ealyx-tube, showing insertion of stamens and ealycine squama.

2. Stamen, back and front view. 3. Staminodes, style and stigmas. Al/ enlarged.

Thladiantha ? Henryi, Hems!.

PLATE 2223,

THLADIANTHA ? HENRYI, Hemsi.

Cucursirace. Tribe CUCUMERINEA,

mo % 1 teis in race

axillaribus sepe paniculatim aggregatis dispositis, pedic

wpe 2-3-plo longi

g : a

pedunculatis, corolla maris, staminodiis 5 parvis setuloso-hirsntis,

Stylo brevi crasso, stigmate dilatato 3-fido segmentis medio sulcatis

apice obtuse bidentatis, ovario ovali-oblongo basi intruso tomentello-

puberulo et interdum etiam parce setuloso-pilosulo, fractu ellipsoideo

pericarpio transversim plicato, seminibus compressis oblongo-obovoideis

testa crustacea subleve per margines bivalve.

Has. China, Prov. Hupeh, districts of Patung, Chienshih and

Hsingshan, Dr. A. Henry (Nos. 1,757, 5.900, 5,936, 6,563), apparently

also a form of the same from Szechuen, Mount Omei, Fuber.

Folia inferiora 4-8 poll. longa, 34-6 poll. lata; petiolus 2-5 poll.

longus. Flores ¢ 14 poll. diam.; fl. 2 cum ovario 14-2 poll. longi.

‘ructus 24-4 poll. diametro. Sencina } poll. longa.

Th named by Mr.

Hemsley, though my friend M. Cogniaux, on his first inspection of

Henry’s specimens, referred it to Momordica, I believe on the

further examination, however,

M. Cogniaux proposes to base a new genus, ines to regard

Thladiantha ? Henryi as a congener, may probably publish it

Thladianthopsis. An ovary with the

rs in Thladiantha longifolia, T. verrucosa,

d 1. glabra, Cogn. T. Oliveri, Cogn., has a broad truncate base,

and T. maculata, Cogn., a narrow base, terminating abruptly These

specific names are still in manuscript in M. Cogniaux’s determinations

of Dr. Henry’s Chinese Cucurbitaces.—D. OLIvEr.

Fig. 1. Portion of calyx-tube, showing insertion of stamens and calycine squame.

2. Anther, back and front view. 3. Ovary, with staminodia, style, and stigmas,

4. Seed. 5. Embryo. 6, Fruit. Excepting No. 6, enlarged.

Puate 2224.

SCHIZOPEPON DIOICUS, Cogn.

Cucurpitacem. Tribe GyYNOSTEMMER.

8. dioicus, Cogn. MS. in litt.; gracilis scandens, caule glabro, foliis

bifidis floribus ¢ parvis ebracteatis in ragemis v. paniculis raceml-

formibus angustis gracilibus axillaribus dispositis, calycis lobis lineari-

Lda corolle Jobis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis brevioribus, stamini-

bus 3 (2 biloc., 1 uniloc. ), filamentis ad apicem coalitis, antheris

liberis v. basi brevissime connatis, fl 2 ovario ovoideo apice

ducto glabro 3-loculare, ovalis solitariis pendulis, staminum rudi-

mentis “minutis, stylo apice 38-fido, fructu solitario longiuscule et

graciliter pedunculato, ovoideo v. Pieciooveldies pericarpio tenui plus

minus longitudinaliter verrucoso.

Haz. China, Prov. Hupeh, Districts of Patung and Chienshih,

Dr. A. Henry (Nos. 4,862, 5,991).

Folia 13-8 (~4) poll. longa, 15-2} (-3) poll. lata. Flores 3 "5 poll.

diam. Fructus 5-6 lin. longus ; peduncuio fructifero 1-1} poll. longo.

Though the fruit ay coy to be solitary on Sggeld elongate peduncles

withont | evidence of fallen flowers, yet , sometimes in the same

axil, an abbreviated ae Sonera E aivecuuics of small 2 flowers.

This plant with its stamens forms a connecting link

with Gynostemma,—D. Ou

Fig. aminate flower. 2. Staion! eames and anthers, 3. Pistillate flowers.

4. Ovary and style- branches, All enlar,

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Piate 2225.

GYNOSTEMMA CARDIOSPERMA, Cogn.

CucurbitacEz. Tribe GYNOSTEMMEZ.

i ario $-1

divergentibus facie sulcatis hirtellis, ovulis geminatis pendalis, capsula

tacea rugulosa faciebus verrucosa margine sulcata.

Has. China, Prov. Hupeh, Fang District, Dr. A. Henry (Nos.

6,701 var. capsulis molliter pilosulis, 6,779, 7,613).

Folium petiolo 1-2 poll. longo, foliolo intermedio 14-4 poll. longo.

Capsula 4 poll. diam. Semina 2-25 lin. lata.

Although the flowers are distinctly those of Gynostemma, the fruit

dehiscing tricrurally at the apex is that_of Gomphogyne.— D. Outver.

Fig. 1. Staminate flowers. 2. Staminal column and anthers. 3. Pistillate flower,

4. Style-branches, side view. 5. Seed. All enlarged.

VOL. III.—PART II.] [SEPTEMBER.

HOOKER’S

ICONES PLANTARUM;

OR,

FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS,

OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS,

SELECTED FROM THE

KEW HERBARIUM.

FOURTH SERIES.

EDITED FOR THE BENTHAM TRUSTEES BY

DANIEL OLIVER, F.R.S., F.L.S.

EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON: LATE KEEPER OF THE

HERBARIUM AND LIBRARY, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KFW,

Qinder the GutGoritp of the Mirector of fhe

(Ropaf Gotante Gardens, Herm.

VOL. If. ['

OR VOL. XXII. OF THE ENTIRE WORK.

MISSOURI

BOTANICAL

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87 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON.

1892. :

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Chionothrix somalensis. Hk f.

Pirate 2226.

CHIONOTHRIX SOMALENSIS, Hook. f.

AMARANTACER. Subtribe ACHYRANTHES.

C. somalensis, Hook. f. Gen. Plant. iii. 33; fratex, ramulis teretibus

glabrescentibus hornotinis gracilibus fulvo-hirtellis v. puberulis, foliis

oppositis obovato-ellipticis obtusis setuloso-scabridis coriaceis petio-

latis, floribus in spicas elongatas terminales solitarias v. 2—4-nas

argenteis longis erectis minute barbellatis vestitis basi ad discum:

incrassatis, staminibus 5 inferne in tubum coalitis laciniis anantheris 0,

anther lobis 2 apice basique liberis, ovario ellipsoideo glabro stylo

gracile breviore. Sericocoma somalensis, S. Moore in Journ. Bot. xv.

Has. Somali Land, Ahlgebirge, 1,100 metr. alt., Hildebrandt

(No. 1,519).

Frutex c. 10-pedalis. rhea: eat poll. jones, 4-2 poll. lata ; E agenk

+ poll. Jongus. Spice 4-6 poll. longe ; bractesw persistentes + poll.

longa, bracteolee cum flore Gade Flores 14 poll. longi. Pm Ouivan.

Fig. 1. Flower - subtending bracts. 2. Per cake ng nt. 8. Hair from sam

4. Staminal tube. 6, The same laid open. 6. Pistil. 7. Ovule and funicle, All

enlurged,

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DICRAURUS LEPTOCLADUS, Hook. f.

AMARANTACES. Tribe GoMPHRENER.

D. leptocladus, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant. iii. 43; frutex ramosus, ramulis

gracilibus elongatis teretibus appresse sericeo-tomentosis, annotinis gla-

brescentibus, foliis alternis parvis petiolatis lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceo-

latis acutis integerrimis subtus precipue sericeo-tomentosis, floribus

glomerulatis eine ee secus ramos divaricatos panicule termin-

alis dispositis, bractea ovata

dorso plus minus lanatis rubequilosigis perianthio (fl. ¢) pede

floribus ¢: perianthii 5-partiti segmentis oblongis dorso dense albi

lanatis, staminibus antheriferis 5 v. paucioribus cum rndimentis 24

subulatis intermediis, filamentis anguste lineari-subulatis, untheris

1-locularibus dorsifxis Spe ellipticis, ovarii rudimento _ellipsoide €0

planatis radicula iailedbua

aB, New Mexico (Expedition from Western Texas to El Pape

OC. Wright (No. 589) ; Mexico, near Chihuahua, Pringle (No. 345).

Folia (in ram. florif.) 4? poll. longa. Panicule sepe 6 poll. longe;

flores 1 lin. longi.

The late Dr. A. Gray, in a note to Sir J. Hooker, said Thurber’s

No. 840 was identical with the above, though shea) referred

to Iresine diffusa, H. B. K., by Dr. Torrey. Mr. Pringle’s 8 specimens

are admirable, and enable us to figure the genus for ie first time. I

tind the stamens free eee in the thickened fleshy lobed disc, from

which they spring.—D. O11

ig. 1. Male flowers and subtending bracts. rai cng laid bang of g howls

3. Stamens and omg rnating rudiments. 4. Female flower and bract. 6. Perianth

laid open, 9. Pistil, 7. Ovule and funicle 8. mb ryo, All ‘alergil

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PuaTe 2228.

ROSENIA GLANDULOSA, Thunb.

Composirz. Subtribe Retwanien.

Has. Cape Colony, Thunberg; between Reed River and Stink-

Fontein (No. 1,390), and between Kleine Quakka Fontein and Dwaal

0).

Rivier (No. 1,456), Burchell; Vaal River, Dr. Shaw (No. 11 )

Folia 3-4 poll. longa. Involuera > poll. longa atque lata. Antheraw

apice connectivo lanceolato, basi loculis in processubus rigidiusculis

producta,

The above description is taken wholly from Burchell’s specimens,

which were identified by Mr. ‘

the ovary, which may originate either in the same series with the

palex or inferior to it. Lessing, in his careful description, based upon

SER. V. VOL. 111, PART if,

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PLate 2229,

TRICHOMANES SAYERI, F. Muell. and Baker.

Fitices. Suborder HYMENOPHYLLER.

integris apice profunde bilobis, costa e basi ad apicem distincta,

venulis lateralibus erecto-patentibus subflabellatis, indusio in sinu

terminale solitario subsessile omnino exserto, tubo subcylindrico,

ulo,

Z)

Has. Queensland, Trinity Bay, Sayer (Com. Sir F. von Mueller).

Resembles the Malayan 7. henzat zanum, Hook., in habit, but the

Sori in our plant are always solitary from the sinus.—J. G. BAKER.

Fig. 1 ig of oo aring rhizome. 2 and 3. Fronds sige tsb solitary

terminal so 4. Sorus, showing recurved margin of indusium. 4. rangia and

exserted tl Lnlar ste

___ Matricarta zuurbergensis, Oliv.

PLaTE 2230.

MATRICARIA ZUURBERGEN SIS, Oliv.

Composirz. Tribe ANTHEMIDER.

Has. South Africa, Griqualand East, in woods of the Zuurberg,

Wood (No. 3,046), Tyson (No. 2,768).

ules 1-2 ped., foliiferi leves. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, pet ns v.

sessilia, segmentis basilaribus stipuliformibus. Ca itula 1}-13 poll.

diam., disco 4-} poll. diam. Anthere basi inappendiculate. Stig-

mata truncata.

A plant with leaves like those of Feverfew, Chrysanthemum

Parthenium, but with the segments very acute; altogether of a very

European aspect, and quite unlike any described Matricaria from

South Africa._-D. Ourver.

Fig. 1. Vertical section through involucre and hollow receptacle. 2. Ray-floret.

f same. 4. Di

3. Ovary and style o Disk-tioret. 5. Anthers. 6, Style-branches.

7, Achene. Ali enlarged,

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| Aseemia axillaris, Harv

PLate 2281.

AS ZMIA AXILLARIS, Harv.

Composira. Tribe AnrHeMIvER.

A. axillaris, Harv. Flora Capensis, iii. 187 (sub Stilpnophyto) ;

fruticulus ramosissimus spinescens Li itis li i

carnosulis leviter complanatis v. subteretibus supra canaliculatis

u

pn , Less. Syn.

Comp. 264; Tanacetum axillare, Thunb. Fl. Cap. (Ed. Schultes) 642.

Has. Cape, Thunberg; near Graaff Reinet, Bolus (No. 2,008) ;

near sea, Cow River, Shaw (No. 52).

_ Folia longiora 2-1 poll. longa, $ lin. lata. Capitula florifera 4—6

lin. longa. Anthere basi inappendiculatz, apice connectivo oblongo-

lanceolato producte, Styli rami truncati.

This plant has the habit of Nestlera humilis, but is spinescent, and

the florets, besides being heterogamous, are very different.—D. Ottver.

Dentate leaf and connate base

Fig. 1. of pair. 2. Capitulum. 3, Floret.

4. Authers, 5, Style-branches. 6. Achene, All enlarged,

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PLATE 2232

ATHANASIA TRIDEN S, Oliv.

Composirs, Tribe ANTHEMIDER.

A. tridens, Oliv. (sp. nov.); albido- lanata, ramis floriferis erectis

Virgatis simplicibus fere ad inflorescentiam foliiferi is, foliis superiori-

bus minoribus indivisis lineari-lanceolatis inferioribus lineari-oblongis

apicem versus cuneatim dilatatis trilobatis marginibus recurvis lobis

lanceolatis apiculatis, capitulis multifloris emisphericis v. resso-

1

globosis in cymis terminalibus laxis oligo- (1-5-) cephalis he pa es

involucri squamis 3—5-seriatis plus minus appressis PARES ee a

ribus lineari-lanceolatis tenuiter coriaceis dorso na

minutis jatesanas bi fidis

. Has, “pas. hills near Blinkwater, 3,000-4,000 feet, J. M. Wood

(No. 4,315).

ia lanato-

Rami floriferi 1}-pedales teretes albido-tomentosi, Fulia

tomentosa, inferiora 3-fida 1-1 1} poll. longa. Capitula §-# poll. ——

Anthere apice connectivo membranaceo lanceolato obtuso termin

he florets are very numerous for an oo as large as those

ot the enor Santoline.—D. Ou

Fig Palea of receptacle, 2. Floret. 3. Anthers. 4. Style-branches.

5. say All enlarged.

weds

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Athanasia leucoclada, Harv.

Piatt 22338.

ATHANASIA LEUCOCLADA, Harv.

Composirz. Tribe ANTHEMIDER.

A. leucoclada, Harv. Flora Capensis, iii. 191; ramis floriferis virg-

atis teretibus albido-tomentosis ad apicem foliiferis, foliis sessilibus

amplexicanlibus ovato- vy. oblongo-lanceolatis acutis serratis_coriaceis

glabris utrinque melanostictis, capitulis multifloris hemispheericis pee

Has. South Africa, Griqua East, in the Zuurbergen, 5,000 feet, and

in the Malowe Mountains, near Clydesdale, 4,000 feet, W. Vyson

(Nos. 1,185, 2,057).

Rami floriferi 14-2-pedales. Folia internodia obtegentia, caulina

inferiora 3-1-1} poll. longa. Oapitula 4-4 poll. diam.

The t pe of Drege, collected between the Omsamwubo and yrs

Samcaba, I have not seen; but Mr. Bolus’s determination of : re

Tyson’s s cimens, which correspond accurately * with De Candolle’s

description, is doubtless correct.

The plant was also unknown to Harvey, who first phere bi

Species to Athanasia. The achenes and their crowning teeth ee ees

to those of A. tridens, figured on the preceding plate. ee ee ¢ in

Sends from Natal a specimen so similar to Mr. Tyson’s p ant, ve ma 1

the glabrescent stem and the slightly larger leaves and a soni var.

can only regard it as a form of the same species (A. Jewcocla

glabrescens),

Fig. 1. i i itulum and solid receptacle. 2. Involueral ae a

3. Stics Meter eoiaate be? 1s 5, Anthers, 6. Style-branches. 7. Ovary.

All enlarged.

j i i is cenorachis, to

receptacle, however, is solid, not hollow as in Hymenolep

* The

which De Candolle doubtfully referred it,

— MS.delet lith

Juncus hematocaulon Hk f | :

PLATE 2234,

JUNCUS NEMATOCAULON, Hook. f.

Juncacem. Tribe Eusuncen.

J. nematocaulon, Hook. J. (sp. nov.) ; caulibus ceespitosis foliisque

“ray saga canaliculatis flexuosis, floribus solitariis v m

—3-flo i

° ee 8

mento capillaceo multo brevioribus, capsula longe exserta prismatica

acuminata. I, Brit. Ind. vi. 400.

— Assam; Naga Hills; on Jalepho, alt. 9,900 feet. O. B.

arke,

Caules (annui?) 1-1} poll. longi, superne unifoliati, interdum

fl rmi . Folia uca,

A very remarkable species, allied to J. khasiensis, Buchen., in its

slender habit, but far more slender, and differing in the few flowers,

Fig. 1. Inflorescence detached. 2. Outer aristate bract. 3. Flower. 4. Outer

carinate; and 5, inner perianth-segment, 6, Stamen. Al/ enlarged.

|

«MS dlelich

Juncus sikkimensis, Hkf.

PLATE 2255.

JUNCUS SIKKIMENSIS, Hovk. f.

Juncacek, Tribe Eusuncera.

basin caulis rigidis, foliis solitariis paucisve canlem equantibus

tibus v, subcompressis, cyma e capitulis 2 lateralibus sessilibus 4-6-

floris, bracteis inferioribus foliaceis cymam superantibns, sepalis

lumaceis brunneis lanceolatis acuminatis, petalis lineari-oblongis

obtusis, antheris inclusis filamento multo longioribus, capsula inclusa,

oC utrinque in caudam brevem productis. Fl. Brit, Ind. vi.

: oe Sikkim Himalaya; Lachen Valley, alt. 12,000-14,000 feet,

tenuiter acuminata, nitida; petala apice membranacea; anthere line-

ares, demum torte ; ovarium parvum, stylo gracili elongato exserto,

breviter rostrata, castanea, nitida, 3-septata. Semina ;'; poll. longa,

candis albis.

Var, monocephala; parvula, caule gracillimo, cyma monocephala,

a ih inferioribus filiformibus 4-3 poll. longis, sepalis } poll. longis.

- Brit. Ind. 1.c., Sikkim, alt. 12,000 feet

leaves, stonter stem heaths, and spathaceous

stems, and dark brown basal sheaths, pa

outer bracts ; in more slender forms, from 13,000-15,000 feet, the basal

sheaths are much more membranons, the lowe

Owing to the smaller size of all its part

the structure of its flowers.—J. D. H.

2, Same laid open. 3. Apex of perianth-segment.

: > f

Fig. 1. F : | 4, Flower o.

Yar, monocephala, 5, Pistil of same. A// enlarged.

SER. 1V. VOL. TI. PART I.

6.

PL. 2e8

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: Prater 2236,

IXORA SIPHONAN THA, Oliv.

Rostacez. Tribe Ixorex.

I. siphonantha, Oliv. (sp. nov.); glaberrima, foliis petiolatis elongato-

Ovalibus acutis iacel i uspidatis icula ter-

apiculatis lobis corolla c, 4-plo brevioribus, filamentis brevissimis,

r

stigmatis lobis linearibus divergentibus,

Has. Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,611.)

Folia (in ram. florif.) 7-10 poll. longa, 14-2} poll. lata. Panicula

rum peduneulo ¢. 14-2 pedalis. Flores flavi, 8-10 poll. longi. Oalyz

lobis 2-21 lin, longis. Qvula solitaria, peltatim inserta.

A noble addition to this large genus. I donot know any species

of Izora with flowers so large.—D. Oxiver.

Fig. 1. Calyx and style-base. 2. Anther, front and back. 3. Longitudinal section

of ovary, _4i/ enlarged.

Pate 2250,

POLYCARDIA BARONIANA, Oliv.

CELASTRINES. ‘Tribe CELASTREA.

P. baroniana, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; glaberrima, ramulis gracilibus, foliis

petiolatis coriaceis ovali-oblongis obtusiusculis seepe breviter acumi-

natis basi in petiolam angustatis venis primariis obscuris v. subtus

VIX prominulis, uno latere prope v. supra medium ad costam excavatis

et hic flores pedicellatos 3—8-fasciculatos gerentibus, calycis 5-fidi lobis

ovato-deltoideis, petalis calyce 2-3-plo longioribus ovatis v. ovato

lanceolatis obtusis persistentibus, ovarii loculis 2-3-ovulatis, capsula

elliptica locnlicide 5-valve, seminibus angustis minute pubescentibus

basi arillo oblique laciniato instractis.

Has. North Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,243).

Folia 21-4 poll. longa 1-11 poll. lata; petiolus }-} poll. longus.

Pedicelli P poll. longi. " Sienian th @uakee di inserta, petalis bre-

lora; filamenta subulata; antherm ovato-cordate, obtuse, scabrido-

. This plant agrees with P. Hildebrandtii, Bai

In the inflorescence originating from the base

In

? 4 ~

b at or above the middle: in this respect our plant 1s nearer e

"andt's No. 3,460, if not identical with it—D. Outver.

fo 1, Flower. 2. Flower, the sepals and petals removed. 3. Stamen, _— ais

nt view. 4. Vertical section of ova 5. Transverse section of same. e

is : ry. 6.

hiseent capsule, 7. Seed, with arillus. Except fig. 6, enlarged.

Pl. 2238.

Nicodemia Baroniana, Oliv.

PLatTeE 2238,

NICODEMIA BARONIANA, Oliv.

Locanracesz, Subtribe Buppieien.

N. baroniana, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; ramulis hornotinis cano-tomentellis,

foliis petiolatis lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acuminatis apice acuti-

usculis integris vel utrinque 1-3-repando-dentatis supra parce stellato-

tomentellis deinde glabratis subtus cum petiolo cano-tomentosis,

paniculis v. racemis compositis multifloris terminalibus, pedunculis

pedicellisque floriferis dense tomentosis, bracteis anguste linearibus,

calycis tomentosi campanulati 4.fidi lobis ovato-lanceolatis acutis,

corolle tubo calyce 2-3-plo longiore parce tomentello, limbo 4-fido,

lobis ovato-rotundatis, antheris paullo supra medium tubi insertis

subsessilibus oblongis, ovario 4-loculari globoso stylo squilongo,

stigmate leviter dilatato, fructibus globosis levibus basi calyce per-

sistente stipatis, seainibus co ellipsoideis longitudinaliter sulcatis et

transverse rugulosis.

Has. Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,277, 6,507).

Ramuli graciles crassitie penne corvine. Folia 2)—4 poll. longa ;

7-14 poll. lata; petiolus 4-2 poll. longus. Flores # poll. longi;

pedunculi pedicellique fructiferi divaricati seepe glabrescentes. Fructus

4 poll. di

4 poll. ‘

The stigma falls considerably short of the stamens in the flower

examined. It is not improbable that the flowers may prove dimorphic,

and that a long-styled form occurs. I leave the genus in Nicodemia

for the present, notwithstanding, as first observed by Miss Smith, the

ovary and frait are quadrilocular, with very thin dissepiments.—

D. Oxiver.

ig. aly ndi . 2. Corolla, laid open, and pistil. 3. Anther,

ee ee ce. . tae of ovary. i Seok é. Stellate hair of

ludumeutum, All enlarged,

t

PU. 2233.

Vernonia. cephalophora. Oliv

PuateE 2239,

VERNONIA CEPHALOPHORA, Oliv.

Compositz.. Tribe VERNONIACER.

Has. Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,264).

Arbor verosimiliter, ramulis floriferis crassitie digiti minoris. Folia

5-7 poll: longa, 14-3 poll. lata; petiolus 3-1} poll. longus. a ores-

]

Allied to V. mecistophylla, Baker, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 322, but

De crbitala are very different in their densely pilose involucres.—

- OLIVER.

Fig. 1. Floret. 2. Setee of pappus, 3. Anthers. 4. Style-branches. All en-

larged,

PL, 2240.

Vitex Ccongesta, Oliv.

PLATE 2240.

VITEX CONGESTA, Oliv.

VERBENACER. ‘Tribe Viticex.

5-foliolatis, interdum etiam in 3-foliolatis, foliolis exterioribus min-

oribus breviter v. brevissime petiolulatis) oblanceolato-oblongis

oblongisve obtusis v. obtuse acutatis, supra sparsissime et subtus in

sa

facie inferiore scaberula, floribus incurvis ferrugineo-setosis in cymis

sessilibus axillaribus dense congestis, pedicellis brevissimis, calycis

arvi 5-fidi setoso-hispidi lobis subulatis tubo sequantibus, corolle

Setulosis breviter exsertis, antheris hippocrepiformi-cordiformibus

Sinu profundo apice rotundatis, stylo glabro, stigmate bifido lobis

subulatis divergentibus.

Haz, Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,676).

Folia petiolo 13-3 poll. longo, foliolo centrali 33-64 poll. longo,

13-13 poll. lato, petiolulo f-1 poll. longo. Corolla 1} poll. longa

extus setis ferrugineis patentibus obsita.

In floral structure perhaps most nearly ullied to V. trichantha,

Baker, a 1-foliolate species of Madagascar.—D. OLivEr.

Fig. 1. Calyx laid open. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Stigma, All enlarged.

PL2241,

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(Clerodendron Baronianum. Oliv.

PLate 2241.

CLERODEN DRON BARONIANUM, Oliv.

VERBENACER. Tribe Viticer.

C. baronianum, Oliv. (sp. nov.); ramulis glabris cortice aibido

obductis, foliis ellipticis breviter obtuse apiculatis coriaceis pallidis

subnitentibus petiolatis, venis primariis ntrinque 5-6 subtus pro-

minulis, floribus in cymis brevibus 3-floris breviter pedunculatis v.

sessilibus axillaribus v. umbellatim congestis quasi-terminalibus,

bracteis minutis lineari-subulatis, pedicellis }-pollicaribus calyce cam-

panulato-tubuloso brevioribus, calycis coriucei rigidi dentibus 5

deltoideo-lanceolatis acutis, corolla tubo elongato calyce 4-5-plo

longiore gracili, limbo profunde 5-fido lobis subsequalibus ellipticis v.

oblongo-ellipticis obtusis, filamentis gracilibus longe exsertis, antheris

ellipticis, stylo e ongato, stigmate bifide lobis anguste subulatis,

Has. Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,616).

Folia 13-24 poll. longa; petiolus ec. 3 poll. longus. Culyx 1-1}

poll. longus. Corolla c. 4 poll. longa.

A fine species allied to ©. macrocalycinum, Baker, and somewhat

resembling C. petunivides, Baker, in foliage and calyx, but with very

different corolla. We were previously indebted to Mr. Baron for

Several peculiar endemic species of this genus.—D. Ouiver.

Fig. 1. Stamen, back and front view. 2. Base of calyx-tube and ovary, 3. Stigma,

4. Transverse section of ovary, All enlarged,

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CLERODENDRON EUCALYCINUM, Oliv.

VERBENACEX, Tribe Viticen.

. .

brevioribus, calycis tubuloso-campanulati dentibus ovato-rotundatis

oblique dorsaliter fisso lobis 5 ellipticis obtusis tubo brevioribus,

filamentis exsertis, antheris oblongo-ellipticis, styli lobis subulatis.

Has. Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,263).

Folia basi in petiolum angnstata 25-35 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata ;

petiolus }-} poll. longus. Flores 3-4 poll. longi. Calyx 14 poll,

longus, } poll. latus.

Another remarkable Clerodendron, allied to (. macrocalycinum and

C. rubellum of Mr. Baker, but with a calyx twice, or more than twice,

as large as in either. C. magnoliefolium, Baker, an endemic species,

with an ample calyx, has the corolla-tube included, and (. petunivides,

Baker, also with a large calyx, differs in its leaves and corolla-tube

scarcely protraded.—D., Otiver.

Fig. 1. Stamen, back and front view. 2. Stigma. 3. Base of calyx-tube and

ovary. Ali enlarged.

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MACPHERSONIA MACROPHYLLA, Oliv.

Saprypace#. Suborder Sarinpea.

M. macrophylla, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; folia bipinnata, pinnis 5~4-jugis

juga inferiore basali ad foliolas 1-3 reducta subsessili, pinnis snperi-

oribus sepius 7—9-foliolatis foliolis ena petiolulatis oblique

ovato-ellipticis acute acuminatis integris glabris v. costa subtus

is i aaa

eae Ace v. dentatis ain a rea disco carnoso profunde

lobato glabro, staminibus 8 disco interioribus liberis exsertis, fila-

mentis filiformi-subulatis glabris, antheris oblongo-ellipticis utringue

obtusis —— obsolete punctato-scaberulis, rudimento ovar

minutissimo

Has. Northern Madagascar, Baron (No. 6,483).

Folia (in ramis florifer is) rachi 3-4 poll. longa, pinnis 4-7 poll.

longis ; foliola el dee ajora 23-85 ioe longa, acemi 10-20 poll.

longi, c. 4 poll. lati. Flores 14-2 lin, dia

The other species known to me of this genus from Madagasca

Eastern Africa have numerous small obtuse leaflets half an el in

length or smaller. Female flowers and fruit are desider

DL. Ottver.

Fig. 1. Bract. 2. Staminate flower 3. Petals. 4. Disk, Al enlarged.

SER. IV. VOL Il, PART IT. be

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Pleurospermum. Franchetianum Hems].

Piate 2244,

PLEUROSPERMUM FRANCHETIANUM, Hemsl.

UMBELLIFERE. Tribe SEsELINER.

P. franchetianum, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxix. ined. ; P. Davidii

affine sed ditfert folioram segmentis angustioribus, bract+is brac-

teolisque minus dissectis insigniter albo-marginatis.

Has. Ina collection from West Szechuen and the Tibetan frontier,

chiefly near Tacaienln, 9,000-15,500 feet, Pratt (No. 552).

renne v. bienne, erectum, robustum, 13-2 ped. altum, undique

i i + poll. diametro.

oll.

dilatato; folia eiekaee sessilia, bracteiformia, paucilobata, umbellas

laterales subtendentia. Umbelle composites, pluri- vel multi-radiate,

unica sessilis terminalis, floribus omnibus femineis, cum pluribus

(circiter 15) lateralibus confertis longe pedunculatis floribus omnibus

bellarum lateralium radios graciles equantes v. superantes ; bracteolee

Integree, spathulate, pedicellos brevissimos superantes, 2-5 lineas longee

Fructus (matarus ignotus) glaber, stylis longis divergentibus coronatus.

Af

compound, lateral umbels bearing only male flowers (or with an

occasional female). Whether this condition be constant is uncertain,

but, from a cursory examination of other species of the genus, the

flowers are commonly fanctionally unisexual.—W. B. Hemsiry.

Fig. 1, Staminate flower. 2. Pistillate flower. 8. Petal. 4. Immature fruit,

All enlarged,

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Phare 9245,

CORREA BAUERLENII, F. v. Muell.

Rouracez. Tribe Boroniza.

C. Bauerlenii, F. v. Mueller in Proc. Linn. Soc. N, S. Wales, ix. 960;

ramulis gracilibus teretibus, novellis porphyreo-brunneis pilis stellatis

plus minus obsitis, foliis oppositis petiolatis tenuiter coriaceis ob-

longo- v. ovali-lanceolatis acutiusculis planis subtus pilis ferrugineis

irregulariter fisso vy. quasi-biiabiato prope basin tubi horizontaliter

ovato-deltoideis acutis vix patulis, staminibus exsertis, filamentis

glabris anguste lineari-subulatis, antheris lineari-oblongis versatilibus,

ovario hirsuto 4-partito, coccis glabrescentibus ‘valvis endocarpii

sursum dilatatis, seminibus nitentibus brunneis, cotyledonibus radicule

>

fere zequilongis.

Has. New South Wales, ‘on stony banks of rivulets of the Upper

Clyde,’ W. Bauerlen.

Folia 13-2} poll. longa, 4-2 poll. lata; petiolus 1-3 lin. longus.

Flores 1 poll. longi. Calyx ala basali coriacea 1-2 lin: lata demum

decurva.

that this species is deserving of a figure in ‘Icones Plan

‘one of the rarest plants of Australia’ and ‘of singular structural

apex of the filaments is continued into, and concealed by, an extin-

guisher-hke excavation of the connective, as in Correu specioxa.—

Ouiver.

Fig. 1. Calyx, showing basal annular dilatation. 2. Anther, back and front view.

3. Calyx, vertical section, showing carpels. Adi enlarged.

PL 2246.

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Didymocarpus vectinata CBC.

Pate 2246,

DIDYMOCARPUS PECTINATA, C. B. Clarke.

Gesneracez. Tribe Crrranprea.

tubuloso ovarii basin cingente, capsnla anguste lineari horizontaliter

deflexa compressiuscula valvis dorso leviter costatis.

Has. Malayan Peninsula, Perak, dense jungle on limestone rocks,

alt. 400-800 feet, Dr. King’s Collector (No. 10,711).

Folia 3-4 poll. longa, 4-2 poll. lata; segmenta basi 1-1} lin. lata.

Pedunculi pubescentes. Bracteole } poll. longs. Flores 3 poll. longi;

calyx indigoticus ; corolla alba. Capsula 3 poll. longa.

have not had sufficient material

of the corolla-limb.—D. Otiver.

Fig. 1. Segments of pinnatipart leaf. 2. Calyx and pistil, with tubular disk.

3. Stamens, 4// enlarged.

Pl, 2247

A. Hoya Guppyi, Oliv.

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Piate 2247.

A—HOYA GUPPYI, Oliv.

B.—HOYA AFFINIS, Hemsl.

ASCLEPIADACEZ. Tribe MARsDENIER.

Hap. ee Islands, Fauro Island, Bougainville Straits, H. B.

Guppy (No. 188). \

Folia 35-44 poll. longa, ie poll, lata ; gps ing oe 4-1 poll.

mb lla 10-14.flora; pedunculus 2 poll. longu . pedicelli

1-1} poll, longi. Corolla 1- ik i poll. diam. Bh aa RI ” Pollicula

oll. longa.

A. Fig. 1. Calyx. 2. Corona. 3. Pollinia. All enlarged.

—H. affinis, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1892, 126, preecedenti affinis,

differt: foliis “oblongo- ellipticis costa subtus precipue basin versus

hirtellis nervis primariis subtus haud prominentibus utrinque 5-4,

pedicellis calycibusque hirtellis, corolla dorso setuloso-hirta, facie

papilloso-puberula, corone foliolis latioribus ‘

Has. Solomon Islands; Florida Island, Comins (No. 57).

Folia 34-4 poll. lo onga, 13-2 poll. lata; petiolus 1-11 poll. longus

Crassus. Pedunculus parte hivulles 1} poll. — ra pedicelli hirtelli

1} poll. longi. "Ploris 1} poll, dia m.—D. Oui

B. Fig. Inflorescence only,

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Hoya Cominsii, Hemsl.

Piate 2248.

HOYA COMINSII, Hemsl.

ASCLEPIADACER. Tribe MArspeENIEx.

minsii, Hemsl. in Ann. Bot. 505; glabra, foliis elliptico-

parvi tubo corolle dimidio brevioris 5- pares he See ovatis ob-

tusiusculis, corolle lobis ovatis v. deltoideo-o

glabris, corone segmentis disco: ellipticis corollx tubo lougioribus

sea ene Ss daninien marginibus arcte reflexis polliniis lineari-

c

Has, Solomon Islands, San Christoval, Comins (No. 163).

Folia 4-43 poll. 1 onga, 2} poll. lata; petiolus }-? poll. ongus.

apg rachi florifera ad 1-13 poll. longa ; pedicelli 3 val longi.

—6 lin. lati,

The nearest ally of this species would appear to be H. samoensis,

Seem. which has less ovate leaves, not so broadly rounded or sub-

cordate at base as in our plant. In this respect it is — a plant

collected in New Caledonia by Deplanche (No. 4).—D. Oiver.

Fig. 1. Calyx. 2. Corona, segments of corolla removed. 3. Pollinia. All

enlarged,

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PLATE 2249,

SIDA QUINQUENERVIA, Duchass.

Matvacex. Subtribe Srprz.

S. quinquenervia, Duchassaing in Ann. Sc. Nat., sér. iv., be 176

(Planch. et Triana, Prodr. Fl. Moncey bbc cens 7-9 ped. alta,

ramis teretibus ferr rugineo-setosis, foliis lanceolato- v. ovato-o oblongis

acuminatis serratis-basi rotundatis seuig. stellato- Je petiolo

setoso la 6-10-plo_ breviore, stipulis subulatis se -fidis,

l. Bras. xii., pars iii. 305; Sidastrum quinquenervium, EZ. G. Baker

in Journ. Bot, 1892, 137.

Has. Pan nama, Duchassaing ; British Guiana, Schomburgk Co

545, 863 B); French Guiana, Poiteaw; Brazil, Registro ot S. Joao

da Araguay, Burchell (No. 9,102), Glaziou (No. 10, 279).

Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 13-25 poll. lata; petiolus 3-1 poll. longus.

Flores 4-4 poll. lati, aurei. Ourpidia matura 1 lin. longa atque lata,

This plant I had sorted into Malvastrum in provisionally working

up the Burchell Herbarium. Mr. Edmund Baker, in his revision of the

Malvee for his ‘Syn nopsis,’ now in course of publication, recognised

the probable identity of the Brazilian plant with that from Panama

diate between Sida and Malvastrum. On comparing our specimens,

however, with the description of Sida guianensis of chumann, I

mao Aad the identity of oc ibn with that Slack: ‘and find this

rmed by inspection of Glzziou’s specimen cited by Dr. hic

npparently had not been oosible to Mr. Baker. I think it prudent

eave it in Sida. I need not here enter upon the morphological

ans of the subulate ‘bracts and bracteoles’ associated with the

gested flowers. The coherent ‘ bracteoles ’ rgd ‘aed are the

iiiraleuta of the often 2- or 3-fid stipnles.—D. O11

Fig. 1, Bract and bracteoles, 2, Expanded flower. 3, Petal. All enlarged,

Puate 2250.

TETRACHONDRA HAMILTONII, Petrie.

BoraGine®,

Herba depressa repens glabra v. subglabra. Folia omnia oppusita

parva y'3-;'5 poll. longa, elliptica, obtusa v. obtusiuscula, integra, carno-

sula, obscure punctata; petioli latiusculi, plani, interdum parce setu-

loso-cilivlati, connati. Flores ramulos breves awillares foliiferos ter-

minantes, sepius solitarit.

T. Hamiltonii, Petrie in Herb. Kew. (sp. unica). Tillea Hamiltonii,

TD. Kirk ex Hamilton in Trans. N. Z. Inst. xvii. (1884) 292.

Has. New Zealand, South Island; Lowlands of Southern Otago,

Waipahi, D. Petrie; flats and river-bed of the Makarewa (or Man-

garewa), T. Kirk.

A very remarkable little plant of doubtful immediate affinity,

occurring, according to Mr. W. S.

)

albumen, which is wanting in Boragee proper. I have been unable to

Fig. 1. Fragment of flowering branch enlarged, 2. Bud from above, showing im-

brication of corolla-lobes. 3, Corolla laid open. 4 Flower, the corolla and front-

9 ca ved. 5, Frnit. 6. Same, three of the nuts removed. 7. De-

tached nut, inner face. 8. Longitudinal section of seed, showing embryo. All

enlarged,

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MS delet ith.

Braya uniflora Hk f. & Thom.

PLATE 2251,

BRAYA UNIFLORA, Hook. f. et Thom.

Crucirerz. Tribe CamMeELINEg.

B. uniflora, Hook. fil. & Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soc. v. 168;

humilis, dense cespitosa, glaberrima, collibus crassis petiolorum

tetragono, ovulis in utroque loculo e. 5-6, siliquis (in spp. Thomsonianis)

Iinearibus compressiusculis, suturis longitudinaliter sulcatis, valvis

carnosulis, septo completo, seminibus c. 10 uniseriatis ellipsoideis

leviter compressis.

Has. Western Tibet, Nubra, 15,000-17,000 feet, Thomson; Yarkand

pl eating Henderson ; Tibet, 17,000 feet, in ‘sandy gravelly soil,’

Thorold.

Folia pollicaria. Silique 4-6 lin. longe.

This curious little plant, of which a good flowering specimen has

recently been communicated to the Kew Herbariam by Surgeon-

Captain W. G. Thorold, is the only member of the large and familiar

Order Cruciferse—so far, at least, as my experience goes—in which we

have true cohesion of the sepals. The cohesion is not always equal all

round, it is true, but it is singular that in an Order of considerably

over one thousand species, in a very large number of which the

sepals are erect and closely applied in their imbricate wstivation, a

ig a gamosepalous calyx should not be more frequent.—

Fig. 1. Flowering branch. 2. Flower. 3. Petal. 4. Stamens and pistil. 5. Ovary

after fall of petals and stamens. 6. Fruit... 7. Same laid open, Ad/ enlarged.

SER. 1V. VOL, TI. PART III.

Canthium lanciflorum, Hiern.

PuatTeE 2252.

CANTHIUM LANCIFLORUM, Hiern.

Rosiscez. Tribe VANGUERIER,

C. lanciflorum, Hiern in Oliv. Fi. Afr. iii. 146; arbuscula

ramosa v. frntex, ramis validis annotinis epidartaid diag farinaceo-

rubiginosis, ultimis foliiferis fulvo-tomentosis, foliis coriaceis ellipticis

v. oblon ngo- -ellipticis acutiusculis basi rotundatis v. interdum emargina-

interdum fore ile be lee mibaatie eid: extus Palvoe bie

a& seg -

Has. South Trop. Africa; Highlands of rag country, near the

Victoria Falls, Kirk; Shire Highlands, Buchan

olia 4-5 poll. oes 2-2) poll. lata; a 4-} poll. longus.

Corolla lobis 3 poll. lon

I have not seen the frat but Sir J. Kirk’s label attached to his

specimens spate that it is ‘said to be one of the best fruits of the’

country,’ and now, that its native country is being opened up, it may

be well that ntéanition should be called to it —D. Our

Fig. 1. Nap neem section of flower, the corolla removed. 2. Corolla laid open.

3. Stamen. All enlarged.

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PLATE vie 953,

BAMBUSA WRAYI, Stap/.

GRAMINE&. Subtribe Eusambusez.

Bambusa Wrayi, Stapf in fake Bulletin, 1 1893, 14; culmo peralto,

valde nutante gracili, panicula maxime ecomposita, spiculis

fertilibus paucis, glumis datim increscentibus, infimis 2 vacuis,

seque 2-% mque gemmiparis, gl florifera rachilla tenui

“seis gemmulam rudimentariam gerente equilonga ul-

has 3 tenuibus longis.

Has. Perak in monte Gunong Inas ad fontes fluminum Selama et

Plus River, 4,500-5,500 ped. alt., L. Wray, jun. (Herb. Mus. Perak.

No 4,166),

Culmus 40-60 ped. altus, basi circa 1 poll. crassus superne tenuis-

Simus nutans apice ad solum usque flexus inermis, internodiis flavidis

glabris nitidis teretibus fistulosis, tertio vel quarto supra basin long-

cl jiata. Panicula nuda vel apicem versus foliosa, a basi

sissima, ines vel abbreviatis verticillatim seu subverticillatim arcte

Ovarium vix 1 lin. longum; stylus } lin. longus stigmatibus 3 plumosis

3-plo vel 4-plo longioribus. Ca ype “_ ura) e basi oblonga in

rostrum brevem rime attenua

“ge

Spicule in the axils of the glames which immediately precede the

flowerin gone. Iam pd of opinion that Nastus should be brought

S a section or subgenus to Bambusa. There exists also a striking

similarity, i in the habit fe ‘Koes and long-branched panicles, between

Wrayi and Melocanna virgata, Munro, but the structure of the

spikelet is wits different

e Semangs call this tinboo Buloh Verswmpitan and use the long

internodes for their blowpipes. Some interesting particulars waste

this Bamboo and its uses are given in a letter fro m Mr. Wray to the

peep of the Royal Gardens in the ‘ Kew Pallets, 1893, p. 16.

. OF,

Fig. 1, Spikelet. 2. Sterile and upper perfect floret of spikelet. 3. Stamen,

4 Pistil, i enlarged.

Bournea sinensis Oliv.

Piate 2254.

BOURNEA SINENSIS, (liv.

GESNERACEA. Subtribe DipymMocarpen.

subeequilongis. Stamina 4lobis corolle alterna, 2 v.3 v.omnia d

plus minus exserta; antherm liber distantes, oblongo-elliptice,

dorsifixe inappendiculate; filamenta anguste linearia glabra sub

ri m

brevem angustatum, stigmate obtuso bilobulato; placentee intruss

bifide, laminis ovuliferis recurvis. Capsula linearis apice acuminata

ad basin gradatim angustata, loculicide dehiscens, valvis medio

placentiferis haud tortis. Semina...... —Herba acaulis, foliis longa

B. sinensis, Oliv. (sp. unica).

Has. China, Prov. Kwangtung, in the Lo-fan Mountains, 3,00

feet, Bourne and Atkinson’s Native Collector ; com. C. Ford (No. 324).

Folia majora 4-5} poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata; petiolus 14-5 poll.

longus, plus minus adpresse setuloso-hirtus. Scapus 4-7 poll. longus.

Flores 5-6 lin. longi. Capsula 1-1} poll. longa.

existing taxonomics of the Tribe. The nearest affi f Bournea

would seem to with Oreocharis, from which differs in the

tetramerous calyx, the 4-lobed corolla (of whi ne segmen -

the entire corolla indeed is s orter, or scarcely longer, than the st

Tal ce n-

fortunately, ro seeds are left in the capsules of a previous year which

remain attached to the specimen. The generic name commemorates,

at Mr. Ford’s request, the services rendered to botany by Mr. A.

Bourne, H.B.M. Vice-Consul at Canton, to whom the roe! Herbarium

i VE

Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Corolla, laid open. 3. Anther, back and front view. 4. Ovary

and disk. 5, Transverse section of ovary. All enlarged,

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Tretocarya sikkimensis, Oliv.

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TRETOCARYA SIKKIMENSIS, Oliv.

Boracinez. Subtribe Eritricniez.

caulinis ovato-lanceolatis acutis basi etiolam angustatis, cymis

congestis bracteatis terminalibus et in axillis foliorum pedunculatis

iv. 168,

Has. Sikkim Himalaya, Latong, 11,500 feet, Hooker ; in a collection

from West huan and Tibetan frontier, chiefly near Tachienla,

S

9,000-13,500 feet, Pratt (No. 645).

Folia caulina inferiora longe petiolata, lamina 2-2) poll. longa, 1

poll. lata; folia superiora minora; petiolus 1-2 poll. longus; omnia plus

minus setoso-scabra. I'lures }-4 poll. diam. Nucule 1 lin. longs,

facie supra areolam carinate.

Notwithstanding the remarkable difference in habit from

M owl

acaulescent monotypic Tretocarya of Maxim

see, the latter only differing in the dorsal forec of the nuts. Our plant

Fig. 1. Fl wer. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla laid open. 4. Nut showing dorsal areole.

5. Same, inner face, showing hilum, Ail enlarged.

Actinocarya tibetica,C,B.Clarke.

Puate 2256.

ACTINOCARYA TIBETICA, C. B. Clarke.

BoraGiInEz. Subtribe CrnoGcLossez.

A. tibetica, 0. B. Olarke in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. 155; herba

gracilis diffusa sparse cab armen v. glabrata, foliis obiaiiidae is spathu-

latisve obtusis, floribus minimis graciliter pedice cellatis pedicels inser-

tione bractem foliacesw arcte approximatis, calycis 5-partiti segmentis

oblongo- lanceolatis acutinsculis petuloeb-clliolatis corollee rotate tubo

obtusis emarginatis instructo, limbi lobis rotundatis integris, antheris

parvis inclusis ellipticis inuppendiculatis medio tubi insertis, stylo

Has. Western Tibet; Nubra, near Karsar, 13,000 feet, Thomson.

Folia basi gradatim era inferiora et radicalia longiuscule

earn Lacey 4-1 poll. longa. Pedicelli $-} poll. longi. Flores

& poll.

A curious little ny of which we only possess Dr. Thomson's

Mr. Clarke makes no reference to a cyathiform appendage. In ripe

nuts, however, it is conspicuous and as here figured.—D. Ouivek.

Fig. 1, Flower, 2. Calyx laid open, corolla sneha 3. Corolla laid open.

4. Fruit. 6, Nut detached and laid open. All enlarged

PL 2257

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CB. Clarke.

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PLatTe 2257.

MICROULA BENTHAMI, (. B. Clarke.

BoraGine&z. Subtribe EritricHiez.

M. Benthami, 0. B. Clarke in Hook. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 167; herba

acaulis v. nonnunquam ramulos laterales breves emittens, foliis

rosulatis patentibus ovali- v. spathulato-oblongis basi angustatis v.

distincte petiolatis obtusis setoso-dentatis v. repando-serratis scabride

hispidis et parce setosis setis tuberculo insidentibus cymis contractis,

pedunculis crassis vai genes folio multo brevioribus bracteatis iteratim

divisis, bracteis foliacei

floribus sessilibus v. dievinsais pedicellatis, ae temp. florif. 5- fidi

tubo campanulato-turbinato glabro v. parce setoso, lobis ovato-oblongis

dorso setulosis, corolle rotate tubo calycem squante lobis rotandatia

Has. Tibet, 15,000-18,000 feet, Thomson; Strachey and Winter-

bottom, Thorold.

Radiz ep ir v. parce ramosa Paes elongata. Folia majora 1-3

poll. longa, 4-3 poll. lata. Flores } poll. diam. Bractee ultima ob-

lounge y. lineari i-oblonge setulose floribas breviores. Anthere tubo

abet insert, elliptico-oblonge ; filamentum breve. Stylus temp.

orif, ovarium superans (2-3-plo ira ; stigma parvum truncatum

bbbeapitatlata re.

The genus Tretocarya of ri ponttlnge (Mél. Biol. xi.; Diag. Plan

ov. Asiaticarum iv. 2 1881), of which we possess specim

collected by M. Przewalski in Northern Tibet, singularly nacitiea

the above plant in almost every particular. But I find no trace, on

the back of the nucules of Microula, of the ‘ fovea parva émmarginata *

characteristic of those of Tretocarya. In the absence of fairly mature

help suspecting that Tretrary may prove to be a form of the plant

hy figur red.—D. Our

g.1. Flower. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla, laid open. 4. Pistil. 4. Nut, back and

bg view. 6. Same, laid open. Ali enlarged.

PLaTE 2258,

BROMELIA ARGENTIN A, Baker.

Bromewiacez. Tribe Brometiea.

B. argentina, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1892, p. 194; terrestris,

acaulescens, foliis (5-pedalibus) Super vaginam hand constrictis sed

ies F ,

subito dilatatis a basi sursum versus uncinatis armato, inflorescentia

se

ovato-lanceolatis scariosis obtecto, bracteis inflorescentiw primariis

Ovatis dentatis in apice nguste lanceolatam rubro-coloratam subito

integris, ovario oblongo trigono tomentoso, sepalis oblongis obtusis,

petalis rubris lingulatis sepala paullo superantibus, staminibus styloque

Has. South America: Argentine Republic, F. Z. Harman; Para-

guay, Dr. W. Stewart.

Ovarium 1 poll. longum, 4 poll. diam. Sepala pollicaria. Bacca

ga.

plant, proving to belong to a different species. We are inde to

Dr. Stewart, H.B.M. Consul at Ascension, for the excellent and com-

plete specimens which enable us to give the accompanying figure and

corrected description.

The aculei of the median portion of the leaf are about one inch

apart, laterally directed towards the apex, but occasionally a few are

retrorse,

The importance of this species from an economic point of view, as

affording the < Caraguata fibre,’ is pointed out in the number of the

‘ Kew Bulletin’ above referred to. Its nearest ally would appear to be

Bromelia Regnellii, Mez in Martius, ‘ Fl. Bras.’ (Bromeliacew, p. 194,

tab. 53).—J. G. Baker.

Fig. 1. Detached flower and bract. 2. Flower, the perianth-segments in front

removed. Slightly enlarged.

hgoides, Bolus.

A. Hypoxis curcu

B

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Sch

PLATE 2259,

A.—HYPOXIS CURCULIGOIDES, Bolus.

B.—HYPOXIS SCHLECHTERI, Bolus.

AMARYLLIDER. Tribe Hyroxmpes.

ovario oblongo-c avat

Has, Sandy heathy flats, Kenilworth, near Cape Town, April-May

(after the first winter rains), Iv. Schlechter (No. 627).

Folia 3-7 em. longa. Perianthti limbus 1-2-1'8 em. longus.

from that species. The corm of the latter is usually—and I sup :

‘nvariably—globose. It is so described by Baker ‘ Journ. Linn. Soe.

XVil. p it is so in the specimens in erbarium; and

nt ; in th e m

though it is differently represented in some of the older figures

really be variable to so great an extent. The leaves and flowers of

this plant are smaller and fewer the latter strikingly resembling in

shape and colour those of Cureuligo plicata), the habit is somewhat

different, and, finally, while this plant flowers in April and May,

H. stellata does not appear until July and August.—H. Boxus.

A.—H. cur ig. i; . 2, Same, longitudinal section. 3. Trans-

Verse section ot nat, "Ld, heise ace 6. eik, the perianth-segments

removed, - 7, Longitudinal section of ovary, xcept figs. 1 and 2, enlarged.

SER. IV. VOn IT, PART III, L

__ Eriospermum spirale, Berg,

PuatTE 2260.

ERIOSPERMUM SPIRALE, Berg.

Liuracez. Tribe AspHopELEs: Subtribe Bowrrz.

Eriospermum spirale, Berg. in Roem. and Schult. Syst. vii., p. 1695 ;

unth, Enum. iv. p. 654; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 266; cormo

globoso, 6-10 millim. diametro, folio unico filiforme erecto, 2-2:5

centim. longo, e vagina hypogea annotina anantha producto vel ad

membranacea colorata reeditis, apice sub flore articulatis, perianthii

Segmentis exterioribus lanceolatis acutis supra albidis subtus rubro-

Viridibus, 4-5 mill, longis, interioribus ovatis acutis sequilongis supra

seis ongitudinaliter purpureo-fasciatis, staminibus perianthio bre-

Vi un > . 9 . . . nd

Has. Cape of Good Hope, Koenig, 0. W. Bergius; in shallow soil

upon granite rocks, Kenilworth, near Cape Town, fi. April,

Schlechter (No. 600).

Flos expansus campanulatus 7 millim. latus. Pedicelli inferiores

1-2°5 em. longi, superiores gradatim breviores.

This little plant is peculiar in the genus by its wiry flexnous scape,

which greatly resembles that of Carpolyza spiralis, or of the smaller

Dise of the Schizodium group, and by its cymose inflorescence. ob

sscaped observation for many years—apparently since the time 0 é

- Bergias, who collected about 1820—and has now just been refoun

by Mr. R. Schlechter.—H. Bows.

ig. 1. : ianth-segments from outside. 4. Inner face of

Porinnth-segmont with Beal Botany eaten: back and front view. 6. Pistil.

7. Seed, with lanate testa, 8. Same, testa removed. All enlarg

SER. IV. VOL. II, PART IL.

Ranunculus Lowii, Stapf

Pate 2261.

RANUNCULUS LOWII, Stapf.

RanuncuLacem. Tribe Ranuncu.en.

unifloro, sepalis adpressis ovato-lanceolatis dorso plus minus strigoso-

hirsutis, petalis 6-8 aureis subtus venosis oblanceolato-oblongis obtusis

basi squamula nectarifera minuta instructis, carpellis fructif pitat

numerosis arcte congestis levibus v. oculo armato papilloso-tuberculatis,

glabris, stylo recurvato rostratis.

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, 11,000-12,000 feet, in moist places, Low,

Haviland. -

Folia cum petiolo 2-8 poll. longa, lamina 3-13 poll. longa atque lata.

Soaps 4-10 poll. longus. Flores 2-3 poll. diam. Eterio }-} poll.

onga.

Sir Hugh Low’s specimens, received many years ago, were unfortun-

ately destitute of flowers, but are clearly identical with those complete

ones recently communicated by Dr. Haviland. Further detail I ~~ he

my paper on the Flora of Kinabalu, to be communicated to the

Linnean Society.—O, Srarr.

Pig. 1. Sepal. 2. Petal, showing nectariferous scale. 3. Anther. 4. :

5. Same, matured. All enlarged.

PU 2262

Agropyrum thoroldianum, Oliv.

MS.del, et lith,

PuatTe 2262.

AGROPYRUM THOROLDIANUM, Oliv.

GraMIneEz. Tribe HorDEEa.

arginibus in :

lodiculis lateraliter 1-dentatis inferne incrassatis paullo longiore.

Has. Tibet, 16,500 feet; Thorold (No. 108).

Culmi 3-5 poll. longi folia superantes. Spice 3-1 poll. longer.

This interesting grass, which has something of the aspect and

dimensions of the annual Agropyrum t

Teferable to the section of the genus, a

Pseudosecale, which in the ‘ Genera Plantarum’ is merged in the section

remopyrum. The flowering glumes are not carinate but rounded on

the back. The awn of the flowering glumes may be from } to } the

length of the glume.—D, Ouiver.

Fig. 1. Part of leaf-sheath, showing ligule. 2. Spikelet. 3. Flowering glume.

: . ; gligule. 2. sp foo

4. Outer glume, §. Palea. 6. Lodicules. 7. Stamensand pistil. All enlarged.

Whee

Ilex revoluta, Stapf.

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Puate 2263.

ILEX REVOLUTA, Stapf.

; ILICINEZ.

I. revoluta, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; fratex, ramulis nigrescentibus minutis-

sime hirtello-puberulis, foliis minute stipulatis coriaceis rugosis breviter

petiolatis ellipticis v. oblanceolato- ellipticis apice mucronatis integris

V. seepius se utrinque 1-3-dentatis margine revolutis, costa subtus

oym m

pedicellis tibracheo lates apicem ver: reviter incrassatis, sepalis

rotundatis glabris sites Gontiodleca: per voy rotundatis inferne

Coalitis, baccis nigrescentibus globosis 3-pyren

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, 11,000 feet, Haviland 4 (No. 1,087).

Folia a _ “ 3-2 poll. lata; petiolus y'-} poll. longus.

Bacca 3-4 lin

Allied to I. crenata, Thbg , and I. rugosa, Max.—O. Starr.

Fi Leaf and its insertion, showing minute stipule 2. Pedicel and bud.

3. Corolla, laid open. 4. Young fruit. 6. ee section of ovary. Enlarged.

"MS del, etlith

a Schima brevifolia, Stapf.

PuatTe 2264.

SCHIMA BREVIFOLIA, Stapf.

TERNSTREMIACER. Tribe GORDONIEZ.

Ronnunquam subcordatis brevissime petiolatis, floribus albis majus-

: si e

irsuto, ovulis in loculis 2 vy. 3, capsula globosa lignosa columella

revi.—Gordonia brevifolia, Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiii, 162.

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, 8,000-10,000 feet, Low, Haviland (No.

1,126, 1,127).

Frutew y. arbuscula 4-14-pedalis. Folia 1-2 poll. longa, 3-14 poll.

lata. Pedwneuli 4-2 poll. longi. Flores 14-2 poll. expansi. Stamina

glabra; anthere ellipsoidew. Capsula $-} poll. diam.

Although I have not ascertained the direction of the radicle, our

material being scarcely adequate, yet from the character of the fruit

and the few ovules, which appear to be laterally attached, I follow

M. Baillon (lc.) in referring this plant to Schima rather than to

ordonia. Sir J. Hooker (I.c.) points out also that the ‘ capitate central

receptacle’ of the capsule accords with Blume’s character of Rein-

wardt’s genus Schima.—O. Srapr.

Stamen, back and front

Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Calyx laid open, showing pistil. 3.

view. 4. Vertical section of ovary.—Hxcept fig. 1, enlarged

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Scottellia leonensis Olrv.

Puate 2265,

SCOTTELLIA, Oliv.

BIXINEd.

Scottellia, Oliv. (nov. gen.). Sepala 5 — rele a

mbiform

subulata apice attenuata a anthera fer o lungiora; anthers ovato-

elliptices basi bifid, connectivo latiusculo, locellis polliniferis margin-

aliter dehiscentibus. Ova ium glabra ovoideo-ellipsoideum, basi

di,—Arbu scula 15-20-pedalis, glabra.

pe igre “apiculat basi late rotundata

v. subcordata glabra coriacea venis is utringue 6-9 subtus cum

costa prominentibus ; petiolus brev 18 pestis Flores in racemis

azillaribus v. quasi terminalibus ppesh et "ohaolele puberulis folio

longioribus dispositi; bractee minute caduc

Folia late elliptica, —

8. leonensis, Oliv. (sp. unica).

Has, Collected on the Sierra Leone Boundary Commission, in the

Samu Country, near Luseniya, G. F. Scott-Elliot.

= 43-55 poll. longa, 25-3 poll. lata; petiolus qs-} poll. longus.

aang 45-9 poll. longi. Flores 3-4 poll. 1, diam. ; pedicelli 3-3 poll.

ongi,

The generic name is contrived to ieee as euphoniously as

. Sco

may be the important botanical services of my d Mr.

-French Mahon tit Commission

ity of Naturalist, and who had previously

arts of South Madagascar as well as the

Soong Scottellia is clearly a close ally of my genus ot

(Jo Linn. Soe.’ ix. in which the eo are indefinite. I

placed 3 this latter genus in Tangiee, but it may prove aapelinat to

constitute a distinct subdivision ~ Bizinee to featade Scottellia, ,

Dr. Baillo

ier

explored little-known

epis, and Rawsonia. I observe, regaras

not generically different from "Bowie (Dict. de Bot nique). 1 have

not referred to stipules | in the weer ger I think they have oat the

n none remain the

been present, but in our sly specime

scars are obsolete.—D. Ot!

— petal, showing _

side view. 3.

6. Transverse section 0

Fig. 1. Flower laid open. Sam

t view. 5. Pist

adnate seale. 4. Anther, aoe and fron

the ovary. ll enlarged.

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Adinandra verrucosa, Stapf.

Fe, eet eee ae ee See

PLATE 2266.

ADINANDRA VERRUCOSA, Stap/.

TERNSTREMIACERZ. Tribe TERNSTREMIEZ.

‘ A. verrucosa, Stapf (sp. nov.) 5 arbuscula glabra ramis floriferis

rassitie penne cygni verrucoso-lenticellatis, foliis crasse iacei

oribus axillaribus solitariis geminis ternisve, pedunculo calyce brevio

: : a aceis

petalis pallide roseis late ovato-ellipticis basi breviter lateque un-

guiculatis, filamentis basi coalitis cam antheris apiculatis precipue in

orso argenteo-sericeis, ovario glabro ovoideo ins i

seminibus subreniformibus nitidis minutissime areo

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, 8,000 feet. Haviland (No. 1,101).

Folia 5-6 poll. longa, 24 ; ioli i Il

: . longa, 24-23 poll. lata; petioli crassi 34 poll.

ne, Sepala 3-4 lin. lata. Petala 6-8 lin. longa, 4-5 lin. lata.

ructus 4 poll. diam. ; semina }—# lin. longa.

A fine species, well marked in its large very

a conspicuous beneath and _bisulcate

owers.—O. Srapr.

coriaceous leaves, thick

when dry, and large

sta. 2. Calyx laid open, and bracteolate

i ovary. 6. Seed.

Fig. 1. Portion of leaf showing bisuleate co

P 4. Two stamens. 5. Transverse section of

Pedicel. 3. Petal.

All more or less enlarged.

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Bersama tysoniana, Oliv.

PuLatTeE 2267.

BERSAMA TYSONIANA. Oliv.

Saprnpacez. Suborder MELANTHEA.

v. breviter apiculatis integris v. apic serrulatis glabris

glabratisve subtus venis conspicue reticulatis subsessilibus, racemis

terminalibus fusco- v. ferrugineo-tomentosis, brac a

d v. fere ad apicem coalitis, petalis oblongis calyce duplo

longioribus seri i

Has. Kaffraria, Tyson (No. 6,216).

Foliola superiora majora 14-1 poll. longa, poll. lat. Racemi cum

pedunculo 21-3 poll. longi. Capsula 1 poll. longa, 10-11 lin. diam.

We have a Bersama, superficially resembling this species, from

Natal, collected by Gerrard (No. 1,428), but scarcely in a state to

Fig. 1. Detached flower. 2. Same, calyx and petals

sheath and lobed disk. 3. Transverse section of ovary.

enlarged.

eS ee ee

. Bersama maxima,Baker.

PLATE 2268.

BERSAMA MAXIMA, Baker.

SapinpAce&. Subtribe MELIANTHEZ.

B. maxima, Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop, Afr. i. 434; arbuscula

25-pedalis, ramis floriferis crassiusculis ferrugineo-hirsutis, foliis

imparipinnatis amplis foliolis 7-9-jugis y. inferioribus alternis tag

v. oblongo-ellipticis breviter acuminatis basi plus

minus rotundatis subsessilibus glabratis v. subtus precipue in costa

e hi rachi apicem versus alata plus minus _ferrugineo-

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lineari-subulatis, aoe profunde 5- segmentis persistentibus

coriaceis ovatis extus ferrugineo-hirtis 2 ‘tiie fere ad apicem coalitis,

petalis caly -plo longioribus imbricatis temp florifero reflexis

)

utrinque emarginatis, iis postico carnoso,

tetragono 4-loculari in stylam longiusculum attenuato, stigmate

capitellato 4-lobulato, capsala subginboes ferrugineo-tomentosa obscure

tetragona.

Has. W. Trop. Africa, Corisco Island, Mann (No. 1,853).

Folia 2-8-pedatia; foliola evoluta superiora 6-9 ‘oe longa, 25-35

dunculo 13-2 ped. longus; pedicelli

poll. lata. Racemus cum

fructiferi 4 r ae longi. Petala 5 13 poll. longa. Capsula 10-12 lin.

longa atque

Nearly allied to sai plant is a Bersama collected by Mr. Buchanan

on the top of Mou t Zomba, in the Shiri Highlands. Our specimens

hardly admit of sista eo ig It has the subsessile leaflets and

OLI

_ rachis alate above. ann),

. Calyx and stamens. 3. Petal, 4. Pistil. 5. Fruit. 6. Seed

Fig. 1. Bud.

and arillus. Tne figure 5, all entar, ged.

SER, IV. VOL Il, PART IT.

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Puate 2269.

SANSEVIERIA EHRENBERGII, Schuyf.

Hamoporacez. Tribe OpHiopocone2.

S. Ehrenbergii, ieate alee in Herb. Nub. Ezsice. (1865) No. 31;

aker in Journ. Linn. 8 . 549; foliis snbeylindricis vy. semi-

fe]

prominentibus oe gehianeng dorso rotundato leviter 5—7-canaliculato,

foliis exterior ‘is ovatis ato-deltoideis av

cuspidatis, scapo folts benaiiaie: panicula ampla multiflora, floribus in

racemis sublaxis adscendentibus dispositis, pedicellis raph (3-6)

apicem versus articulatis, periantbio albido icello -plo longiore,

segmentis lineari-oblongis obtusis tubo gracili supra ovarium leviter

war Ne longioribus, staminibus perianthio sequilongis ae

gracilibus antheris oblongis dorsifixis, stylo breviter exserto.—S.

Khrenbergiana, Schwf. Piante utili dell’ Eritrea, 30.

Has. Nubia and Italian territory west of the southern portion of

the Red Sea, Schweinfurth; Yemen, widely spread in the lower region

to the east of Hodeidah, Schweinfurth ; Somali-land, Stace.

Folia longiora 4-5 ped. longa, medio 14~1} poll. crassa. Flores 2-4

poll. longi.

This are bir first published by Mr. Baker (/.c.), under the name

given to it in Dr. Schweinfurth’s herbarium, in 1875, bis description

in referring it to S. Ehrenbergii. Onr plate is chiefly based upon

careful drawings supplied Dr. Schweinfu pre-

eon: also of t af sections of the fresh leaf (from the Somali

plant at Kew), which are those described above, as well a of the

ined leaf, the latter copied from Dr. Schweinfurth.—D. Ottver.

lant. 2. x of leaf. 3. Transverse section of

leaf, about rie. ee baegraitg 4 and i Tranrere se! of dried leaf.

7, Reduced outer (cataphyllary) <i 8. — a of panicle,

>. "Detached flower. 10. Same, laid ope nt vi

12. Stigma. 9 to 12. Enlarged (floral Pactails, po taf sections re and 5, Phi i

from Dr. Schweinfurth’s drawings).

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Passiflora Jenman, MIM.

PLATE 2270.

PASSIFLORA JENMANI, Must.

PassiFLtorace&. ‘Tribe PassiFLORE&.

P. (§ Decaloba) Jenmani, Mast. (sp. nov.) ; ramulis teretibus puberulis,

anne infra medium glandulis orvicularibus nigrescentibus sessilibus

munitis, stipulis Riestieebulstis puberulis caducis, foliis pedatim

5-7. Halitlasis, foliolo medio longiore, omnibus subcoriaceis oblongis

Os m

lateralibus floriferis, ramo centrali cirrlato, bracteis lineari-subulatis

neler floris tubo campanulato puberulo, intus glabro longitudina-

liter suleato, sepalis subcarnosis oblongis obtusis ecorniculatis, petalis

wepalis equilongis lineari- v. obovato-oblongis membranaceis 1. nerviis

arcuatim venosis, corona filamentosa 3-seriali filis extimis petala

squantibus carnosulis apicem versus spathulatis petaloideo-dilatatis ad

margines hyalino-denticulatis, filis inferioribus dimidio brevioribus

apice capitatis rugosim lobulatis, corona membranacea ex ore tubi

divisa, co nframediana et corona basilari deficientibus; gy nophoro

tereti basi incrassato raguloso, superne glabro, andreecio basi cupulato

infra m filamenta dividente, ovario dense cano-tomentello

ovoideo stipitulo puberulo insidente, stigmatibus majusculis snb.

uadratis, setae — o extus coriaceo, seminibus obovoideis trans- -

versim rugulos

Has. British Guiana, on the Mazaruni river; Jenman (No. 5,797).

Foliola majora 2-3 poll. longa, 3-1} pol lata; exteriora sepius

minora; sinciag 2-24 poll. longus; petiolultd -} poll. longi. Pedunculi

poll. longi; pedicelli 1-1} poll. longi. Flor es diam. circa 2-3 poll.;

tubus scipeinion i-} poll., asi obtusus truncatusve. Petala pallide

rubro-aurantiaca. Fructus magnitndine pruni Armeniace. Semina 3 By

; may . Gnuian

the habitat for both. It is tiered that pot are pe of icles a

several distinct species which are endemic in na gener. oats sa

which have not, as - been found in ‘Ws nei hk

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Maxwent T. Master . —

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| MS. asec.

Piate 2971.

OREOSOLEN WATTII, Hook. f.

ScROPHULARINES.

0. Wattii, Hook. f, Fl. Ind. iv. 318; herba nana y. subacaulis

carnosula crispule pilosula v. glabrata, radice primaria verticaliter

descendente nonnunquam incrassata, foliis oppositis obovato-rotun-

datis -ellipticisve obtusis ineequaliter crenato-dentatis facie superiore

seepe (in sicco) ruguloso-corrugatis, floribus fasciculatis folio breviori-

bus brevissime pedicellatis, sepalis 5 inferne plus minus coalitis

subeequalibus erectis lineari-oblongis obtusis corolla flava dimidio

brevioribus, corolle labio superiore breviter bilobato lobulis rotundatis

in wstivatione exterioribus, labio inferiore trilobato lobis rotundatis

intermedio minore, staminibus didynamis 2 anticis paullo longioribus

filamentis inappendiculatis glabris antheris liberis vy. plus minu

Has. Sikkim Himalaya, Jongri, 14,000 feet, Watt; Phari and

Lachoong, Dungboo.

Folia 1-1} poll. longa, 3-14 poll. lata, basi angustata v. breviter

petiolata. Flores 2-1 poll. longi.

Fruit I have not seen. The additional specimens, collected by

Dungboo, received from Dr. King since the publication of the genus

by Sir J. Hooker, do not enable me to settle the affinity of the genus,

which Sir Joseph suggested as probably with Veronicew. The general

aspect of the plant suggests relationship with Picrorhiza and its allies.

he posterior lip of the corolla—i.e. the lip bearing the staminode

below its sinus—is clearly outside in estivation—D. Oxiver.

Fig. 1. Calyx. 2. Corolla, laid open. $. Anther. 4. Pistil and disk. Ail

enlarged.

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Piate 2272.

NEMATOSTYLIS LORAN THOIDES, Hook. f.

Rosiacez. Tribe ALBERTER.

N. loranthoides, Hook. fil. in Gen. Plant. ii. 110; ramulis crassiusculis

glabratis v. parce setulosis, foliis breviter petiolatis subcoriaceis ellip-

Sapera obtusissima cotyledonibus fere sequilonga, albumine carnoso

tenui. N. anthophylla, Baill. in Bull. Soe. Linn. Paris. 198; Pavetta

101.

Hap. Madagascar, var. foliis glabris glabratisve, Central Madagas-

car, Parker, and in a collection chie rom Betsileo-land, Baron

(No. 148) ; var. foliis hirtis, Central Madagascar, Baron (No. 751).

Folia 1-2 (sepius 14-14) poll. longa; 3-1 poll. lata, vel, in forma

angustifolia, 4-5 lin. lata. Calyx fructifer lobo foliaceo 4 poll. longo ;

Corolla 3-3 poll. longa.—D. OLiver.

Fig. 1. Detached flower. 2. Corolla, laid open. 3. Anther. 4. Calyx-tube more

advanced. 6. Longitudinal section ot ovary. 6. Seed, All more or lesa enlarged.

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Piate 2273.

PAURIDIANTHA CANTHIIFOLIA, Hk. qe

Rupracez. Tribe Mussx=npgEz.

P. canthiifolia, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant. ii. 70; frutex ramulis

gracilibus strigillosis, foliis oblongo-ellipticis petiolatis acuminatis

Has. Fernando Po, Mann (No. 167).

Frutex 12-15-pedalis. Folia 14-2-poll. longa; petiolus ,—}-poll.

longus; stipule }-poll. longe. Flores y1;—y!)-poll. longi.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Vertical section of ovary. 3. Corolla, laid open, 4. Seed.

Ad enlarged.

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PuaTe 2274.

ZYGOON GRAVEOLEN S, Hiern.

Rusiacez. Tribe Garpeniea.

Z. graveolens, Hiern in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. iii. 114; arbuscula, ramis

albidis teretibus divergentibus glabratis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis v.

8ericeis cinerascentibus tubo brevioribus, corolle subrotate extus

lamentis brevibus, stylo elongato exserto superne leviter incrassato

obsolete bidentato inferne parce pilosulo, disco carnoso basin styli

circumcingente.

Han. East Trop. Africa, Zambesia, Tette, Shiramba and Cataracts

of the Shire, Kirk.

Polia 1}-14 poll. Jonga, 4-7 lin. lata ; petiolus 1-3 lin. longus.

Flores 4-5 lin. diam.

The leaves are probably rather larger when fully matured. In our

dried specimens they are very dark in colour, while the near y black

flowers strongly contrast with the pale or creamy indumentum of the

minute calyx-teeth and bracts. As in the case of Rhabdostigma

(‘Te. Pl.’ 2275), our only specimens were collected by Sir John Kirk

Over thirty years ago. None of them are in fruit,—D). OLIvar.

ig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and style. 3. Corolla, laid open. 4, Vertical section

of ovary. All enlarged,

Pl 2276.

_Rhabdostigma Kirkii Hk f

PuaTE 2275.

RHABDOSTIGMA KIRKII, Hook. f

Rosracez. Tribe ALBERTER,

- Kirkii, Hook. f. in Gen. Plant. ii. 109; arbuscula glaberrima

ramis tetragonis, foliis ellipticis v. oblongo-ellipticis obtusis vy. obtuse

acutatis, basi in petiolum angustatis, tenuiter coriaceis nervis primariis

lateralibus haud conspicuis utrinque 6-7, stipulis late deltoideis acutis

Has. East Tropical Africa, Quiloa, Kirk (No. 105).

Folia 3-4 poll. longa, 1}-1} poll. lata; petiolus 3-4 poll. longus.

Stipule 4-} poll. longe atque late. Flores 3 poll. diam.

The foliage and twigs dry a dark reddish- or purple-brown. _No

Specimens of this plant have reached us since those originally received

rom Dr., now Sir John, Kirk, twenty-five years ago. The ripe fruit

is not known. I observe that M. Baillon in his ‘ Histoire des Plantes,’

vii. 431, reduces this genus to Galiniera. The ovules are solitary in

our plant; the general facies is not that of Galiniera, and until the

seeds are forthcoming, t of which is ruminated in

Galiniera, I think Rhabdostigma should be maintained —D. Outver.

Fig. 1. Bud, showing wstivation of corolla. 2. Ovary in longitudinal section and

style. 8. Corolla laid open. 4. Anther. All enlarged.

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PLATE 2276.

BREWERIA HEUDELOTII, Baker.

ConvoLvuLAcEx. Tribe ConvoLyuLEZ.

B. Heudelotii, Baker MSS. in Herb. Kew.; alte scandens, glabra,

ramis carte elongatis teweibite, foliis submembranaceis petioltis

brevioribus late ovato-rotundatis, ovario ovoideo basi disco carnosulo

adnato incrassato apice parce pilosulo, sepalo exteriore fructifero amplo

rotundato membranaceo tenuiter venoso basi auriculato-cordato

auriculis rotundatis imbricatis, sepalo Seam opposito minore ovato-

cordato, interioribus tribus omnino occultis

AB. W. Trop. Africa ; holes Soa Heudelot (No. 864); Sierra

Leone Boundary Commis Berria, near Falaba (No. 5 230) ; ; and

Bigiis, Talla Hills (No. 5 018), Scott. Elliot.

Folia ot Co» a longa, 2-2? poll. — Cale 4-1 poll.

longus. Flores 8-18 lin. longi, pedi icelli 3-4 po ; bracteolee

Opposites ae ‘eal longe. Stamina inclusa nope i‘ sin 5 abi inserta,

wstivatione antheris erectis. Sepalum exterius fructigerum 2 poll.

longum atque latum

Mr. Scott-Elliot’s excellent specimens in flower and fruit enable us

to furnish a satisfactory figure of a very interesting plant, of bien

the inadequate material of M. Heudelot has long beenin this Herbarium.

Its nearest ally is a plant collected by M. Soyaux on the Gaba { (No.

0), which ni in its obovate, narrowly-cordate- img Pow

pubescent beneath (B. mirabilis, Baker MSS. in Herb. B.

Codonanthus, Dake? (Prevostea africana, Benth., Codonanthus ! ”? -alierni.

folia, Planch., in this work, t. 796), is also nearly related, but

nown to us in fruit. I leave this plant and its allies in Breweria,

genus Neuropeltis— D. OLIVER

Fig. 1. Calyx and pistil. 2. Corolla, laid open. 3. Pistil. Enlarged,

SER. IV. VOL, Ill. PART IV. 0

_ Sterculia Barteri MTM

Puate 2277.

STERCULIA BARTERI, Masters.

Srercutiaces. Tribe STercuiex.

§. (§ Firmiana) Barteri, M. 7. Masters in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr.i. 218 ;

arbor 30-pedalis ramis floriferis crassiusculis cortice levi flavescente

obductis, foliis petiolatis memb ranaceis rotundato-cordiformibus bre-

culam quasi terminalem formantibus, floribus pedicellatis, calyce

tubuloso puberulo basi leviter dilatato alabastro apice subclavato

obtuso, lobis 5 tubo multo brevioribus ovatis, tubo intus fere ad basin

annulo setuloso-piloso instructo, columna staminea tubo paullo breviore,

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Has. W. Trop. Africa; Nigritania; Nupé, Barter (No. 1,085) ;

Abeokuta, Rowland.

Folia 6-10 te longa atque lata; petiolus 24-4 poll. longus. Pani-

cule 3-8 poll. longe. Flores covcinei 4- 8 lin. longi. Carpella fructifera

2-24 poll. longa, 9-10 lin. lata.

This is very a ae as the only Tropical African representative

of the section Firm of Sterculia. For copious flowering specimens

we are indebted to “De. Rowland. Foliage and fruit we previously

had from Barter.—D. Ottver.

Fig. 1 ages flower. 2. Longitudinal section of flower, the upper part of the

ealyx removed. 3. Back view of an anther. 4. Carpels at time of flowering. Al/

enlarged,

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Puate 2278.

STERCULIA MUREX, Hemsl.

Srercuntacesz. Tribe STERCULIEZ.

8. Murex, Hemsl. in Kew Bull. 1893, 155; foliis digitatim 7-folio-

latis longe petiolatis, petiolo teretiusculo irtello, foliolis oblongo-

‘ # : : : ‘

utrinque (in spp. exsiccatis) venulis parum elevatis minu latim-

reticulatis subtus molliter supra scabriuscule stellato-hirtellis, floribus

¢ in paniculis lax emiformibus tomentellis apices versus ram

sphericis dorso spinis validis mumerosis ineequilongis patentibus

recurvisve armatis et breviter fastigiatim v. stellatim hirtellis, intus

levibus circ. 8-10-spermis, seminibus compresso-obovoideis ellipticisve

nigrescentibus sublevibus, hilo parvo, testa crustacea, albumine

Has. South Africa, Transvaal, //. Medley. Wood (No. 4,710) ; #. E.

Galpin (No. 1,072).

Petiolus 3-6 poll. longus. Foliola majora 54-6} poll. longa. Car-

pellum apertum circiter 6-9 poll. diametro, spinis 4-1} poll. longis

instructum. Semina circ. pollicaria.

This species, so remarkable in its large, strongly-armed fruit-carpels,

is, with the exception of the rare and very local S. Alerandri, Harv.,

probably the most southern representative of the genus in the African

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described, but that species is quite distinct from S. Murex in its

glabrous blunt leaflets.—D. OLIver.

Fig. 1. Fragment of leaf. 2, 3, and 4. Detached stellate hairs of indumentum.

5 and §. Andrecium from above and below. 7. Detached anther, from back.

8. Seed. 1-7 enlarged.

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Phyllagathis elliptica, Stapf

Puate 2279.

PHYLLAGATHIS ELLIPTICA, Stapf.

Metastomacex, Tribe SONERILEA.

P. elliptica, Stapf (sp. nov.); herba erecta v. e cauli repente

radicante ascendens, superne dense hirsutiuscula et imprimis ad

nodos setis longis flexuosis vestita, a subequalibus petiolatis ob-

Ovatis v. obovato-ellipticis basi obtus margine serrulato-denticulatis,

diculatis postice breviter calcaratis, ovario ut in P. ‘unto capsula

subhemispherica subtetragona valvulis 4 retuso-truncatis, basi

reliquiis calycinis sess a 8- lobatis ‘bball iepiis ’valide

medio costatis cireumdat

Has orneo ; rials damp localities, 4,000~—5,000 feet. Low,

Bisson ( (No. 1 286).

A very well-marked species more nearly allied to P. ——o

sip than to other Bornean species hitherto described.—O. Sra

. Detached flower, petals removed. 2. Anther. 3. Ovary and style, calyx-

a iad. 4, Fruit. All enlarged.

Phyllagathis uniflora, Stapf.

LATE 2280.

~stYLLAGATHIS UNIFLORa«a, ~ ...

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Metastomacez. Tribe SoNERILEA.

trin

adpresse rufo-hirsutis triplinerviis cum nervulis arcte intramargin-

obpyramidata tetragona ornato, capsula hemispherica obtuse tetragona

glaberrima albida valvulis breviter bilobis, seminibus oblique ovato-

oblongis granulatis nitidulis.

Has, Borneo; Kinabalu, 6,000 feet, Haviland.

Herba adscendens 2-1 ped. alta. Folia majora 1-1} poll. longa,

} poll. lata, minora majoribus imillima minima brevissime petiolata ;

petiolus 4-2 poll. longus. Pedicelli crassiusculi 1-14 lin, longi.

Cupsula 2-24 lin. longa—O. Svarr.

Fig. 1. Detached flower. 2. Anthers. 3. Capsule. 4. Valve of capsule. 5. Seed.

All enlarged,

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Puate 2281.

STPOLISIA LANUGINOSA, Glaziou.

Compositm Subtribe EvUVERNONIE.

Sipolisia, Glaziou MSS. in Hb. Kew. (gen. nov.). Capitula multiflora

i i geregata. Involu-

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tis—Frutex ut videtur, ramis cum lana argentea densa indutis. Folia

alterna sessilia ovata v. ovato-lanceolata acutata subintegra v. obscure

crenata utrinque dense stellato-tomentosa v. subtus lanata. Rami capi-

tuligeri awillares ut videtur, aphylli densissime lanati apice sub capitulis

exterioribus glomeruli cum bracteis amplis foliaceis ovato-lanceolatis

instructi,

8. lanuginosa, Glaziow (sp. unica).

Has. Brazil, near Diamantina, Minas Geraes, Glaziou (No. 19,470).

Folia 8-12 poll. longa, 3-5 poll. lata. Rami axillares florigeri

1-2 ped. longi. Bractew exteriores 4-6-10 poll. longer. @ merult

24-4 poll. diam. Involueri 1-1} poll. diam.

In the generic name of this noble Composite M. Glaziou commemo-

rates the services to science of the Abbé M. M. Sipolis, Director of the

Seminary of Diamantina, ‘qui m’a toujours guidé avec une extreme

bonté dans la plupart de mes excursions 4 |’intérieur de la province

de Minas ; l’entomologie Ini doit une foule de découvertes precieuses,

et la science en général beaucoup de services.’ On the whole, perhaps,

It is as nearly allied to Proteopsis as to any described genus of

Vernoniacer, unless it be to some of the Lychnophores, the genera

of which are, I fear, too artificially distinguished. In he same

collection with our present plant, M. Glaziou sends another lanate

plant with the aspect entirely of a Lychnophora (L. villosissima, Mart. )s

but the capitnla are in terminal ovoid spiciform heads, and the indi-

vidual capitula may contain from twelve to twenty florets, The

tion, with a figure, in this work.—D. OnivErR

Fig. 1. Involucral scale. 2. Portion of receptacle with squame. 3. Bud, pappus

partially removed. 4. Expanded floret, pappus removed. 9. Seta of pappus.

6. Anthers. 7. Style-branches. 8. Achene. Lnlarged.

= Eremanthus purpurascens, Oliv.

PuLate 2289.

EREMANTHUS PURPURASCENS, Oliv.

Composira. Tribe VERNONIACES.

Janatis, scapis lanatis folio brevioribus, glo mispheerico,

bracteis paucis foliaceis oblongis albido-tomentosis involucratis,

10-costato, pappo purpurascente ovario 4—5 longiore.

Has. Brazil, Minas Geraes, Glaziou (No. 19,464).

Folia 1-1 poll. longa, 3-3 poll. lata, Glomerulus 1 poll. diam.,

Scapus $~3 poll. longus. Bractew exteriores ? poll. longi, involucri

bracteole 5~6 lin. longe.

The nearest ally of this species would appear to be ZH. eriopus,

Baker, a species known to me only. from description.—D. OLIVER.

Fig. 1. Involucral scale. 2. Floret. 3. Seta of pappus. 4. Anthers, 5. Style.

Enlarged,

MS. del, et ith.

Vangueria nigrescens, Scott-Elliot

PLATE 2283,

VANGUERIA NIGRESCENS, Scott-Elliot.

Rusiicez, Tribe VaNGuERIER.

V. nigrescens, Scott-Elliot, MSS. in Herb. Kew. ; inermis, glaber-

rima, ramis gracilibus teretibus, foliis ee oblongo-ellipticis

obtuse acuminatis venis primariis utrinque 5-7, cymis axillaribus

plurifloris breviter pedunculatis bractalin folio multo brevioribus,

racteis ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis sepe obtusis me embranacess

internodiis. inflorescentiz longioribus, calycis limbo 5-partito,

corolle insertis segmentis multo brevioribus, ovario 5-loculare,

stigmate ip ellipsoideo

Hap frica. Sierra Leone Boundary Commission,

near Palabe’ aio 5 "786) and Kafogo (No. 5,610), Scott-Elliot.

Folia (in spp. exsicc.) nigrescentia, membrancea, 24-3} poll. longa,

1-1} poll. lata; petiolus }~2 poll. longus ; stipule deltcidez, apiculate

V. acuminate, basi connat Pedunculi 4 poll. longi ; bractez

lin. longer. Calya segmentis 2 poll. longis. Corolla segmentis cum

caudis 6-7 lin. longis

Very ar eok from the only species with wi corolla-lobes

described j ‘Flora of Tropical Africa,’ V. velutin gee with

densely ne leaves and inflorescence, and 7 auciflora,

So far as I can judge from the specimens, the copious inflorescen

and conspicuous flowers of this species make it a desirable plant for

stove cultivation.—D. OxtvEr.

Fig. me a of calyx. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Pistil, ovary in vertical sec-

ae ovne ee-tion of ovary. Al/- * ”

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PLatTeE 2284.

STRYCHNOS BARTERI, Svler.

Loganiacez. Tribe EvLocanics.

eisdem brevioribus sepissime ebracteolatis, sepalis 4 ovato-rotundatis

breviter late apiculatis v. obtusis, corollm 4-fidz segmentis lineari-

glabro, staminibus exsertis, bacca globosa oligosperma, seminibus com-

pressis ellipticis, embryone albumine fere squilongo cotyledonibus

planis subcordiformibus radiculw rects eequilongis.

W. Trop. Africa, Onitscha, Nigritania, Barter (Nos. 1,247,

1,759) ; Sierra Leone Boundary Commission, Madina, Limba Country,

Scott-Elliot (Nos. 5,569 ; 5,659).

Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 1-13 (-2) poll. lata; petiolus 3-} poll. longus.

Cirrhi geminati, pedunculati, pedunculus 1} poll. longus. Cyme con-

geste 3-1 poll. diam. Flores 2}-3 lin. longi, albi. Bacca crustacea,

1-1} poll. diam.

There are some slight differences between the Niger and Sierra Leone

specimens, The inflorescence of the latter is not quite so compact,

and the sepals are connivent over the ovary; but this is after the fall

of the corolla, and is probably the case in the Niger plant

corolla is more densely pilose in the specimens from Sierra Leone.

This plant is clearly a very near ally of Strychnos densiflora, Baillon

o

find any note of the size of the fruit in S. densiflora.—D. OLIVER.

Fig. 1. Flower and bracteoles. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla laid open. 4. Pistil. 45, Fruit.

6. Seed. -7, Longitudinal section of same. Analyses all enlarged.

SER. IV. VOL Wf. PART IV. af

Aggie Barteri, Hk:fil.

PLATE 2285.

AIGLE BARTERI, Hook. hk

Rotacez. Tribe AURANTIEZ.

Zi. Barteri, Hook. fil. MSS. in Herb. Kew. ; arbuscula spinosa

glabra, spinis rectis s gracilibus axillaribus petiolo seepius brevioribus,

foliis petiolatis trifoliolatis, foliolis membranaceis obovato- y. oblongo-

ellipticis obtusis seepe emarginatis basi in petiolulum angustatis obscure

undulato-crenatis pellucide glanduloso-punctatis, racemis pauci- v.

pluri-floris axillar ibus y. quasi terminalibus, staminibus ¢. 15-20,

isco crasso ovari basin cingente sulcato ovario Pe ered Vv. ovoideo-

aoe latiore, ea ovarii 8, ovula in loculis 12-

B. Trop. West Africa, Nigritania, ‘Ogbomorham,’ Barter

Oe. 3 Sut Y aboot, Rowland.

poticlnli Gist centr.) 4-4 bale lon ngi. ies cemt 3 I, tones

pedicelli breves. Cal lyz obscure et late rotundato-lobulatus. Petala

<i a imbricata, Stamina 13-20, libera. Bacca globosa

Cortice ligneo

r. Barter describes the fruit ‘as sys oh asa shaddock, inet

ed tneatabe. Calabashes are made o is isa ote ar ally

a8 pointed out by Sir J. Hooker in the Ke w Her barium, in its more

globose ovary, larger lobed disks, and fewer cells of the ovary, to

which differences may be added the fewer stamens and more o setae

o> usually not, as in 47. Marmelos, more or less narrowed to a

Obtus

Whether goed a ee specifically or not, the occurrence of

an Algle in Nigritania, differing from the Bael chiefly in the floral

cha: acs diseintiotied is of much interest.—D. O11

oe). Del 9. Peel: §& Andie 4. Detached stamen. 5. Pistil and

cium.

disk. 6, icnavecs section of ovary. All enlarged,

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PLATE 2286.

HELICHRYSUM DENSIFLORUM, Oliv.

Composirz. Subtribe Gnarnatirg.

receptaculo nudo floribus ut videtur omnibus , corolla breviter

5-dentata inferne anguste tubulosa, acheniis subteretibus levibus pilis

nunutissimis albis dissite notatis, setis pappi caducissimis paucis

rigidiusculis barbellatis ovario paullo longioribus.

Has. South-East Trop. Africa, N yassaland, Buchanan (No. 933).

Folia cum petiolo 2-2} poll. longa, = poll. lata. Cyme terminales

Congeste, 25-3 poll. late.

f the few species of Helichrysum with this form of inflorescence

—that is, with few-flowered capitula closely disposed in compac

Cymes—I find none like our present plant, which is also notable in

its shrubby habit, with stout stems, leafless below. It is one of the

many interesting novelties for which we are indebted to Mr. J.

Buchanan, 0.M.G., of Blantyre.—D. Oxiver.

Fig. 1. Capitulum. 2, 3. Involucral scales. 4. Floret. 5. Seta of pappus.

6. Anthers. 7, Ovary, corolla removed, and style. 8, Achene. All enlarged,

Pl 2287.

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PhLate 2287.

COMMIPHORA CARY FOLIA, Oliv.

BursERACER.

C. caryefolia, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; glaberrima, foliis imparipinnatis,

foliolis lateralibus 3-5-jugis oblongo-lanceolatis basi plus minus

io .

rotundatis apicem versus angustatis acutiusculis

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sessilibus y, subsessilibus, drupis ellipsoideis pericarpio exteriore

primum carnosulo demum j alvi secedente, pyreni

ellipsoideis leviter compressis osseis, basi carnosulis quasi-arillatis,

monospermis (loculo altero abortivo). .

Has. South Africa, Natal, Wood (Nos. 1,046, 1,409, 4,095).

Kaffraria, near Komgha, Flanagan (No. 1,107).

Folia 10-14 poll. longa, petiolata ; foliola membranacea 25-4 poll

longa, 2-11 poll. lata. Panicule 14-4 poll 1

Segmentis ovatis, sstivatione valvatis. Discus adnatus tubum calycis

vestiens. Petala flavescentia, perigyna, calycis tubo inserta, ovata,

apice (in alabastro) mucrone incuryo, deinde obovato-elliptica, recurva,

acu S i

ta. Stamina biseriata, perigyna, margine disci inserta. Ovarii

rudimentum (in fl. 3) minutissimum. Dru @ $3? poll. longa,

Pyrenis } poll. longis osseis, basi carnoso-incrassatis rubris y,

aurantiacis,

of the lateral branches of the inflorescence, which has the appearance

of 4n interrupted spike with congested flowers. (C. erythrea, Engl.,

the origina Hemprichia of Ehrenberg, from the Red Sea, has much in

common with our species, and the uzzling description of the fruit

given by Ehrenberg is quite intelligible on examination of that here

figured” He describes the pericarp as ‘ sesquiplex, externum coriaceo-

om, . . | 84 4-valve, deciduum; internum dimidiatum,

letissime rubrum, succulentum, . . , arillum mentiens, pyrenas basi

* Indeed, Wood’s specimen No, 1,409 is cited by Engler as C. Harveyi.

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PHYLLOSTACHYS HETEROCLADA, Oliv.

Graminez, Tribe Bameusea.

P. heteroclada, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; 1-3-pedalis, culmis foliiferis strictis

gracilibus ramosis glabris internodiis sepius 14-2} poll. longis sub-

calibus simplicibus v. ramosis aphyllis sed late bracteatis dense

fastigiatis, bracteis in inflorescentiis radicalibus late ovato-rotundatis

graciliter multinerviis apiculatis faseiculos floriferos subsequantibns

gluma florifera lanceolata acuminata ecarinata dorso apicem versus

China, Szechnen, Dr. A. Henry (No. 8,833) ; and in a collec-

tion from West Szechuen and the Tibetan frontier, chiefly near

Tachienlu, 9,000-13,500 feet alt., Pratt (No. 384).

Rami aphylli dense floriferi adscendentes 10-12 poll. longi; pedun-

euli bracteis 2-3 poll. ongis vacuis arete amplexieaulibus vaginati ;

ractes) primarie florifere 1 poll. longe, 11. lL. late. Folia

14-2 poll. longa, 5-7 lin. lata, vagina fasciculo spicularum fere eqni-

longa, Anthere exserte, lineares, obscure mucronulate, basi breviter

Sagittate anricalis obtusiusculis. Stylus 3-fidus, brachiis gracilibus.

Lodicule 3 obovate vy. rotundata, ciliate.

r. Henry was aware. Our plant is related to Phyllostachys nidu-

laria, Munro, in ‘ Gardeners’ Chronicle,’ 1876, ii. 774 (undescribed), a

amboo then cultivated at Florence. The upper florets of each spikelet

“appear to be staminate.—D. Otiver.

, Fig. 1. Spikelet. 2. Empty glume. 3. Flowering glume. 4. Palea. 5. Lodicule.

°. Anther. 7, Pistil. Ail enlarged.

PLATE 2289,

RUBUS LOWII, Stapf.

Rosacez. Tribe Russa.

R. Lowii, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; inermis, ramis teretibus nigrescentibus

pilis sparsis tomentellis tandem glabratis, foliis 3- (interdum 1-) folio-

latis, foliolis breviter petiolulatis ovato-ellipticis v. f. terminali majore

plus minus obovato basi cuneato, acutis v. breviter acuminatis

duplicato-serratis nervis primariis plus minus impressis subtus plu

minus Sparse sericeo-pilosis, petiolis sina eakellia stipulis lanceolatis

Sepius integris, floribus axillaribus solitariis, pedicellis nutantibus

“ed pilosis, calycis tubo basi late rotundato v. trancato parce piloso

s eee : :

ni

piloso, acheeniis circ. 200 oblique ovoi ideis foveo lato-reticulatis glabris

natis

Han. Borneo, Kinabalu, 9,000-13,000 feet, Low, Haviland.

Foliola 3-13 (-24) gee to lateralia minora; petiolus 6-10 lin.

longus, Pedicelli #-1 poll. longi. lores §-? poll. diam. <Achenia

irs lin. longa, stylo aides 2 lin. longo.

Allied to Rubus nutans, Wall., and R. alpestris, BI. ; differing from the

former in its more erect fr uticose habit and fetioulats fruit-carpels,

from the latter in the absence of — broader leaflets with impressed

nerves and solitary flowers—O. Sta

Fig. 1. Petal. 2. Stamen, back and front. 3. Ripe carpel. AVI enlarged.

PL 2290.

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Myrtus flawda.

PiatTe 2290.

MYRTUS FLAVIDA, Stap/.

Myrraces. Tribe Myrren.

ternisve brevissime pedicellatis, calycis tubo villosulo turbinato lobis

ovato-deltoideis tubo subsquilongis, ovario biloculari, ovulis in

utroque loculo 10-14.

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, 5,500-7,700 feet, Haviland.

Folia 4-3 (-1) poll. lon a, basin versus 1} oll. lata; petiolus

3-1 lin. Bt ms fm RA ‘tamina ee Stylus filiformis,

stigmate punctiforme. Bacce calyce persistente coronate, globose,

13-2 lin. diam.

A remarkable species, and the first of the genus known to us from

the Archipelago. Its habit is similar to that of M. myricoides, ELS...

or M. microphylla, H.B., of South America, Our specimen from the

loftier Station, with more coriaceous revolute-margined leaves, ap-

proaches the New Caledonian M. rufopunctatus, Brongn.and Gris, and

Perhaps M. Metrosideros, Baill., of the Bellenden-Ker Mountains,

Queensland.—O. Srapr.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Same farther advanced. 3. Longitudinal section of same.

4. Fruit, with persistent connivent calyx-lobes. 5. Seed, All enlarged.

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Driéssenia

Puate 2291.

DRIESSENIA GLANDULIGERA, Stapf.

MEtastomacex. Tribe OXYSPORER.

D. glanduligera, Stapf (sp. nova); herba 4-pedalis, foliis longe

petiolatis ovato-ellipticis breviter acuminatis basi cordatis sinu angusto

“ : ;

terea p :

paniculis parvis axillaribus petiolo glanduloso-setigero multo reviori-

bus, floribus breviter pedicellatis ternatim dispositis, calycis tubo

m pedic ; 1

subulatis, petalis albis late ovatis acutis, staminibus zqualibus antheris

ureis linearibus obtusis basi antice appendicibus binis filiformibus

flexuosis postice calcare simili sed breviore auctis, ovario vertice

Coronula breviter 4-loba pyramidata ornato.

Has, Borneo, Kinabalu, 5,000 feet alt. Haviland (No. 1,174).

Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 2-34 poll lata; petiolus 13-35 poll. longus.

Panicule cire, ] poll. longer ; bractes oblongee v. lanceolate, parve.

See remarks under the following species.—O, Sarr.

Fig. 1, Bud. 2. Vertical section of ovary and calyx-tube, 3, Glandular hairs.

4. Petal, 5, Anther, Ai] enlarged,

Puate 2299,

DRIESSENIA MICROTHRIX, Stapf,

MELAstomacesz. Tribe OXYSPORER.

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valde asymmetricis ovato-oblongis -lanceolatisve longe et oblique acu-

minatis basi cuneato-rotundatis int gerrimis 5-n is transvers

floribus parvis in cymulis axillaribus subsessilibus 10—15-floribus petiolo

Subequilongis dispositis, calycis hemispherico-cupularis glabri den-

caratis ovario vertice coronula pyramidata breviter 4-lobata persistente

Coronato, capsula calyce circumdata 4-valve.

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, alt. 3,500 feet, Haviland.

Folia 8-10 poll. longa, 25-3 poll. lata; petiolus 3-4 poll. longus.

Pedicelli 3-} poll. longi, calyce duplo longiores ; bractee miuutissime.

One leaf of each pair seems to be reduced to a mere rudiment in

this Species, in which, as in the preceding (D. glanduligera), the

anthers are nearly or quite equal, and linear and obtuse, not rostrate

a8 in the original species of Korthals (D. azantha). In other species

they agree in all essentials with the type.—O. Swarr.

ig 1. Flower. 92. Petal, 3. Glandular hairs. 4. Ovary and calyx-tubo,

5. Fruit and persistent calyx, All enlarged.

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Polycline psyllioides, Oliv.

PiatE 2293.

POLYCLINE PSYLLIOIDES, Oliv.

Composirz. Tribe ANTHEMIDER.

slong ca angustum, subulatum, paleaceum; pale:

longis v. obovato-ellipticis flore paullo brevioribus, concavis v. leviter

cymbiformibus, obtusis, apicem versus eroso-fimbriatis. Corella tubo

cylindrico, parce glanduloso-papilloso, superne in infundibuliforme-dilac

tato, limbo 5- fido, segmentis lanceolatis recurvis. Ant basi minute

identates Vv. brevissime sagittate, auriculis per paria coalitis, apice

mi pitti

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connectivo membranaceo ecokukaes pr roducte. Styli ra

recurvi, obtusi v. subtruncati. Achenia subcylindrica v. plus m

obovoidea, sepius leviter compressa, nigrescentia, calva v. disco minnio

brevissime fimbriato coronata.—Herbe er erecte, glabre, caule aptero,

heer ‘Folia alterna, linearia, indivisa. Capitulorum glomeruli ad apices

ram solitarti, er Sates communi conico, capitulis singulis

eaterioribus bractea suffultis

P, peyllioides, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; eanlibus erectis, rigidis, eostatis

foliis nearibus y. superne leviter ng obtusiusculis basi sens!

Shbtitetin aoheendig transversim rugos

. East Tropical Africa, cna Lieut. O. S. Smith.

ba }- (-1}-)pedalis, glaberrima. Folia 194 poll. longa, latiora

Ped lata. Glomeruli i pedunculati, subglobosi poll. d

ee with the above is, no doubt, - plant oe I dese wis pear

in the ‘Journal of the Linnean Society,’ xxi. 1 Jon

tg etapa collected in Masailand, on the Kapté platesn, res Mr.

It may be diagnosed thus

nus

Oliv.; glomerulis compactis hemisphericis, acheeniis

ellis.

P, grac Cilis,

levibus parce et minute hirt ne

9-3 po

Caules 14-ped. Folia — linearia utrinque angustata, 2-3 p

lon nga. Glomeruli 4 poll. d

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Pate 2294,

POTENTILLA PARVULA, Hook. ee

Rosaczaz, Tribe Porenritten.

P. (§ Polyphylle) parvula, Hook. f. MSS. in Herb. Kew.; caule ab-

breviato foliorum vetustorum stipularum reliquiis sericeo-lanatis dense

obsito, foliis pinnatifidis multifoliolatis, foliolis inferioribus gradatim

is, pe

*quilongis, bracteolis involucelli late ellipticis sepalis ovatis eequilongis,

tubo calycis cum pedunculo sericeo-piloso, petalis obovatis aureis,

staminibus binis sub utroque petalo, thalamo dense sericeo, carpellis

glabris breviter oblique oblongis.

Han. Borneo, Kinabalu, 11,000 feet, Low, Haviland.

Folia 3-5 poll. longa, v. in speciminibus nanis 1-2 poll. longis ;

foliola majora 3-} poll. longa. Stipule petiolo 3-adnate oblong,

4-6 lin. longe, acute, extus sericer, intus glabre. Flores 4-} poll.

m,

The nearest ally of this species is P. Mooniana, Wt.—O. Starr.

Fig. 1, Stipular base of leaf, 2. Portion of leaf, showing intercalated smaller

“egments. 3. Fruiting calyx. 4, Petal. 5, Stamens and carpels, 6. Detached

carpel. All enlarged.

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PLate 2295,

STRANVAISIA INTEGRIFOLIA, Stapf.

Rosacez. Tribe Pomen.

S. integrifolia, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; frutex, ramulis novellis hirto-

tomentosis demum glabratis, folis petiolatis oblongo- v. oblanceolato-

_ ellipticis acutis y, : ievi acuminatis integris coriaceis subtus glabris

Supra nitidis in nervis primum tenuiter sericeo-pilosulis margine

ciliolatis dem omnino glabris, corymbis terminalibus hirsuto-

tomentellis multi#iogia foliis brevioribus, calycis turbinati hirsuti lobis

eae acutiusculis, petalis albis rotundatis, staminibus cire.

0, ovari misupero, stylis apice liberis leviter incrassatis

tinct, res hts os vertice hemispheerico e tubo

calycino breviter exsert

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, 11,500-13,000 feet, Haviland.

Folia 2-3 poll. longa, een lin. lata; petiolas 3-4 poll. lon

Corymbi 20-40. flori, 1-14 poll. lati; pedunculi } poll. longi, hirti,

pedicelli 1-3 lin. longi. F aa }-} poll. diam. )

Allied to §. glaucescens, Hh, and to a Chinese plant which may

be 8. Davidiana, Decn.—O. Sta

, Fig. 1. Flower, ag and stamens removed, calyx-tube laid open.

8. Fruit, Au enlarg

2. Petal,

Pl 2296.

Polyosma Hookeri, Stapf

Puatre 2296.

POLYOSMA HOOKERI, Stapf.

Saxirracea, Tribe Escattontes.

Vv. obovatis eae wise coriaceis Ls ris margine anguste

i i ia vix superantibus,

dentibus deltoideis

brevibus, petalis en lineari-lanceolatis extus precipue basin

us minute flavido-sericeis intus piloso-sericeis, filamentis pilosulis,

frnctibus ellipsoideis calyce persistente coronatis.

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, 8,000-10,500 feet, Low, Haviland.

Folia 1-13 poll. longa, }-1 poll. lata, agen multo minora ;

petiolus 3-2 poll. longus, Pedicelli $-} poll. longi, apicem versus

2-3-bracte olati; bracteolse aes Flores 1-1} poll. longi. Fructus

nigricans levis 45 lin. lon

This interesting species is very distinct from its er capa in its

large flowers and abbreviated inflorescence.—O. Sra

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Same, the petals removed. 3, Petal, inner face. 4, Stamen,

back and front. 5, Fruit, laid open. All enlarged,

Pl 2297.

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PiLate 2297.

PLEUROSTYLIA CAPENSIS, Oliv.

CELASTRINEX. Subtribe Evonymes.

P. capensis, Oliv.; arbor ramosissima glaberrima, ramulis gracilibus

foliis oppositis v. su boppositi s tenuiter coriaceis breviter petiolatis

ae oblongo-ovalibus obtusis basi in petiolum angustatis integer-

mis v. obsolete repando-crenatis, cymis axillaribus breviter pedun-

Selatis pauci- v. plurifloris umbelliformibus, ovario ovoideo in centro

disci crenulati imposito 1-loculari 4-5-ovulato, fractu obovoideo (v.

immaturo oblique clavato-oblongo), stigmate sessili infra medium

lateraliter notato monospermo, semine exarillato subgloboso, albumine

copioso carnoso, embryone viridi longitudine fere seminis, icu

brevi. Cathastrum capense, Twrez. in Bull. Mosc. 1858, i :

Has. South Africa; Kaffraria, near the Kei River; woods near

Komgha, Flanagan (No. 623); Forests in Krakakamma, Zeyher

aaa No. 2); Kwelegha, Hutchins ; Gerrard (No. 1 hes

_ Folia jae Be C ) ee ys 3-3 (-2) poll. lata.

gi

~ Setiinigsaime imbricata. Stamina 5, sub m suche disci inserta ;

filamenta carnosula, glabra, petalis equilonga ; ant eT OVO cider.

Stigma peltato-eapitatam, cum sinu laterali. Fructus 3-} poll. longus,

pericarpio coriac

r. F] cellent specimens of this plant in fruit and flower—

rae we a ted t t o Mr. Bolus—I have little hesitation in

4

bel to Indi d Ceylon, while on

Mavens oe pve ne ta Mr. N. E cath further identified them

i “ j Herbarium, from rrard and

; referred to _Turezaninow’ $

arilliformi tectum,’ she in

P. capensis; nor dows Tulasne, in his careful descri tion of P. pachy-

phlea, tofer to any he af ; he simply describes the seed as destitute

of an arillus.—D.

2. Expanded flower.

and ae Carpe aT wih lateral stigma.

3. Ovary and disk. 4. Lon-

ic we . Same, laid open.

gitudinal section of 6. Same, laid op

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Puate 2298,

PELTANTHERA FLORIBUN DA, Benth.

Locantaceaz. Subtribe AnTonIER,

P. floribunda, Benth. im Gen. Plant. ii. 797 ; arbor, foliis oppositis

ranac is i

petiolatis membranaceis oblanceolato-ellipticis acute apiculatis in

longioris lobis brevibus zstivatione valvatis intus et marginibus

breviter tomentellis, filamentis apice liberis corolle fera zquilongis,

antheris parvis ovato-rotundatis post dehiseentiam peltatim affixis,

ovario ovoideo in stylum gracilem attennato cum stylo parce pilosulo,

stigmate peltato-discoideo, ovulis indefinitis.

Has. Peru, Tarapoto, by rocky streams, Spruce (No. 4,940),

rbor 40-pedalis, ramosa, ramulis teretibus glabratis novellis parce

is. Folia 6-8 poll. longa, 25-2? poll. lata ; petiolus 4-2 poll.

Flores ‘albi, odorati,’ 2-25 lin, longi.

The only specimens of this interesting species in the Kew Her-

arium are the original examples collected b i 7

and first described by Mr. Bentham in the

From the same locality Mr. Spruce sent specimens of a form of the

sume with rather narrower leaves, 14-2 inches broad.—D. Ouiver.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Corolla, laid open. 4. Stamen, back and

front. 5. Anther, after dehiscence. 6. Transverse section of ovary. All enlarged.

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PL 2299.

M.S del, etith

Strombosia pustulata, Ohv-

Pate 2299,

STROMBOSIA PUSTULATA, Oliv.

Otactnex. Tribe Otacez.

S. pustulata, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; glaberrima, ramulis teretibus, foliis

petiolatis oblongo- vy. ovali-ellipticis breviter acuminatis sepe obtusius-

culis costa in mucronem terminante supra (sub lente) minute pustu-

in stylum staminibus squilongum a rupte angustato, cav

ovulifera infera, fructibus subglobosis lobis calycinis marcidis apice

coronatis,

Has. West Tropical Africa, near Lagos, Rowland; Sierra Leone

Boundary Commission, near Kambia, Scott-Elliot (No. 4,733).

Folia 33-4 poll. longa, 15-2 poll lata, subcoriacea ; petiolus 3, poll.

longus. Fructus 3-4 poll. diam.

The only other described Tropical African Olacinea ascribed (with

a ?) to Strombosia in the Kew Herbarium is S. grandifolia, Hook. f.,

of which we have no fruiting specimens. The leaves are much

longer (5-8 inches long) than in 8. pustulata, the lateral nerves con-

Spicuous above and below, with approximately parallel transverse

veins, and there is no bie, : n

upper surface, readily found under a du

bably to moulding of the dry tissues of the leaf over cystolithic con-

cretions.—D. OLIVER

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ig. i leaf, showing upper surface. 2. Flower. 3. Petal and antipose

ri Pep lag gens #7 Pistil. 6. Longitudinal section of pistil.

- Seed. 8. Vertical section of same. Excepting fig. 7, enlarged.

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DIOSPYROS BARTERI, Hiern.

EBENACES.

D. Barteri, Hiern, Monog. Ebenacee, 187; ramulis divaricatis

teretibus patentim hispidis tandem slabratis, foliis brevissime

petiolatis ovato-oblongis v. -ellipticis acute v. obtuse acuminatis basi

cordatis supra glabratis v. ecb! setosis nervis depressis subtus

preec ipue in costa nervisque primariis setoso-hispidis, floribus ¢

axillaribus in fasciculis snbsesiliba sneserntten sesh rar ge

a a pedicellis brevibus, bracteis parvis lineari-lanceolatis, calycis

4.-partiti segmentis aban Bovis seks stabete sora brevioribus,

corolle tubo crassiusculo intus glabro extus inferne tomentello superne

setoso-hispido, staminibus circ. 12 setosis antheris lineari-lanceolatis,

florib solitariis pedicellatis, fructibus ovali-oblongis apice in

rostrum productis di-trispermis, seminibus oblongis plano-convexis

v. trigonis, albumine corneo «quabili

Has. West Tropical Africa, tiie Barter; Western Lagos,

Rowland.

Frutex (fide Barter), ramulis gracilibus. Folia membranacea,

3-5 soll longa, 14-2} poll lata; — olus 1-2 lin. longus. Fructus

1} poll. longus, Semen z) poll. longum

Excellent specimens in fruit, wit

remarkable Diospyros, recently sent to

O give a satisfactory figure. Hiern had but a fragment, with a

Mr.

single fruit, at his disposal for the description given in his Monograph.

—D. Ouiver.

h male flowers in bud, of this

Kew by Dr. Rowland, enable us

2. Longitudinal section of ¢ flower. 3 and 4.

mbryo.

Fig. Detached flower and bracts.

g. Vetac Ower an ae calstgel

Stamens ; anther, back and front view. 5, Em