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OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS,

SELECTED FROM THE

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PiatTeE 2301.

POLYGALA BUTYRACEA, Heckel.

POLYGALACES.

4°

-elongatis virgatis hirto-pilosulis, foliis elongato-linearibus apice atte-

fimbriato-cristata, petalis posticis carina paullo brevioribus apice obliquo

obtusis v. obtusiusculis, ovario obovato-elliptico apice retuso glabro,

styli marginibus integris, capsula elliptica emarginata angustissime

marginata, seminibus oblongis compressiusculis apicem basinque versus

arce albido-pilosulis. P. oleifera, Trewb in Versl.’s Lands Planten-

twin, 1888, 46 (without description).

B. W. Tropical Africa ; Sierra Leone, or the interior from

thence, Hart, Scott-Elliot (No. 4072, cultivated near Kitchom) ; culti-

vated, S. Leone and indigenous in the Timné and Koranko country,

fide Heckel (I.c.).

Professor Heckel, to whom we are indebted for a specimen enabling

us to identify his plant with other examples in the Kew Herbarium,

Tropical Africa,’ was the first to describe and call attention, in the memoir

cited above, to the economic value of this plant as affording in 1ts seeds on

pressure a fatty matter ‘of excellent quality and of very agreeable

taste” Professor Heckel says (/.c.) that the only Polygala described at

the date of his publication ‘qui réponde de loin’ to his plant is £.

rarifolia, D.C. But this species belongs, as shown in the ‘ Flora of

Polygalacearum’ (Geneve, 1893), regards as a distinct species which

he calls P. Baikiesi. Professor Heckel gives the indigenous name

P. butyracea as Maloukang or Ankalaki. Mr. Scott-Elliot calls it Black

Beni-seed. + a detailed account, and analysis, of the ‘butter’

afforded by the seeds, see Professor Heckel’s memoir, which I only

know as a separate issue, extracted from the ‘ Bulletin of the Geogr.

Society of Marseilles.’—D. OLIVER.

Fig. 1. Lateral view of flower. 2. Samo, sepals removed. 3. Seed. 4. Pistil.

All enlarged.

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IRIS THOROLDI, Baker.

Irntipacem. Tribe Morexes.

W786 Apogon) Thoroldi, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc.xxx. 168; hum milis,

fibris radica numerosis graciliter cylindricis, caulibus brevissimis

-|~ incrassatis longitudinaliter 3—5-nervosis glabris v. minute papilloso-

| scaberulis, spathe valvis plus minus membranaceis, floribus pallide

_ luteis, perianthii tubo sursum age dilatato, segmentis exterioribus

_obovatis plus minus barbatis unguem adscendentem gradatim

_ angustatis, Shanes interioribus i biempatste erectis exterioribus vix

- brevio ribus.

4 Has. Central Tibet, W. W. Rockhill, alt. 17,800 feet, Surgeon-Capt.

. ] W. G. Thorold (No. 116, } bis).

Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 1- 13 lin. lata. Perianthii tubus 12-14 lin.

longus, limbus 9-12 lin. longus

; r. Baker regards this as a well-marked novelty belonging ‘to th

3 group of beardless Irises with a produced perianth-tube. Its other

near neighbours are J. Rossii, Baker, of Corea and Northern ein

and J. Ludwigii, Maxim.,a plant of the Altai mountains.’—D, Oxiver.

Fig. 1. Anther, back and front, 2, Stigma and bipartite crest. Enlarged.

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DARWINIA SCHUERMANNI, Benth.

Myrracem. Tribe CHAMHLAUCIE®.

incurvis corolla dimidio brevioribus, stamincdiis subulatis, ovulis ¢. 6-8

prope basin cavitatis ovarii oblique insertis, stylo longe exserto.

Schuermannia homoranthoides, F. v. Muell. in Linnea, xxv. (1852)

387 ; Genethyllis Schuermanni, F. v. Muell. Frag. i. 12.

Has. South Australia, near Port Lincoln, Wilhelmi.

Folia }-} poll. longa. Flores 5-6 lin. longi.

Fig. 1. Leaf, upper side. 2, Under side of same. 3. Flower and sheathing

bracts. 4. Vertical section of flower. 5. Stamen and staminodes, frunt view.

6. Back view of two stamens. _A// enlarged,

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CALOPHACA DEPRESSA, Oliv.

Leauminos&. Subtribe AsTRAGALER.

C. (Chesneya) depressa, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; fruticulosa, depressa, cano-

tomentosa, foliis 5-7-10-folio atis, imparipinnatis, foliolis alternis

oblongo- v. obovato-ellipticis vy. terminali obovato-cuneato, mucronu-

Has. Kashmir, Prov. Baltistan, Gilgit Expedition, 6,000 feet, Dr.

Giles (No. 385), Indus Valley near Katzura, 7,000-8,000 feet, Duthie

(No. 12083).

Folia 4-1 poll. longa, breviter petiolata ; foliola 2-3 lin. longa,

brevissime petiolulata. Flores ¢-3_ poll. longi, breviter pedunculati,

axillares, folio seepe breviores ; pedunculo sericeo-villoso, Legumen

4-5 lin. longum, 15-2 lin. latum.

Perhaps more nearly resembling C. parviflora, Jaub. et Spach, than

any other species in this herbarium, but the flowers are solitary and

very much smaller than those of C. parviflora, besides a very different

calyx ; the legume also is much smaller.—D. OLIvEr.

Fig. 1. Calyx laid open, showing diadelphous stamens. 2. Vexillum, 3. Ala.

4. Carnal petal. 5, Pistil. 6. Seed. Al enlarged,

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MELICSMA HERBERTII, Role.

SABIACER.

floris ferrugineo tomentellis, floribus subsessilibus, fructibus obovoideis

endocarpio osseo.

Has. West Indies ; St. Vincent, Messrs. Herbert H. & G. W. Smith

(Nos. 830, 1837).

from Formosa to J apan. None is known from Africa, and very few in

the New World. MM. oppositifolia, Griseb., of Cuba is the only West

Indian species in the Kew Herbarium.—D. Oxtver.

_Fig. 1. Bud. 2. One of larger petals and opposed staminode. 3. Squamiform,

bifid, smaller petal and opposed stamen. 4. Pisul. 5. Transverse section of ovary.

6. Fruit and its pedicel. 7. Longitudinal section of fruit, showing intruded endo-

carp. All enlarged,

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PiateE 2306.

TANACETUM TRIPINNATIFIDUM, Oliv.

Composirz. Tribe ANTHEMIDE®.

T. tripinnatifidum, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; herba erecta 2-4-pedalis caule

costato glabro v. prope nodos pilis sparsis villosulo, foliis caulinis

sessilibus bi-tripinnatipartitis segmentis linearibus rigidiusculis setoso-

apiculatis glabratis v. pilis sparsissimis gerentibus, capitulis mediocribus

multifloris hemisphericis pedunculatis homogamis in cymis 3-7-

cephalis dispositis, pedunculis apicem versus involucrisque plus minus

ibn involucri bracteis exterioribus lanceolatis acuminatis interiori-

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angustatis apice truncatis pappo scarioso ovario 3-4-plo breviore

inequaliter inciso v. 5-6-partito segmentis acute deutatis coronato.

Has. Kashmir, Prov. Baltistan, alt. 9,000—10,000 feet, Duthie

(No. 12128).

Folia inferiova caulina 5-6 poll. longa, pinnis primariis 1}—2 poll.

longis ; segmentis ultimis 4 lin. latis. Capitula 5-6 lin. lata.

The foliage of this plant is very similar to that of T. millefoliatum,

F. & M., and of some forms of 7. longifolium, Wall. In habit it is

allied to T. setaceum, . & S. (sub Pyrethro).—D. Oxiver.

Fig. 1. Receptacle, part of involuere removed. 2. Floret. 3. Anthers. 4. Style-

branches, 4/] enlarged,

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Puate 2307.

CERATOSEPALUM DIGITATUM, Oliv.

TILIACER.

dentia, infra medium affixa. Fructus . utex ramis erectis,

virgatis. Folia alterna, petiolata, profunde 5-T-partita, segmentis

oblongo-ovalibus oblanceoiatisve, acutis, dentato-serratis, supra pilis

stellatis scabrida, subtus stellatim cano-tomentosa. ores im cymis

paucr- v. plurifloris pedunculatis terminalibus et in axillis superioribus

dispositi, bracteolati , bracteole lineari-subulate.

Has. Tropical Africa ; neighbourhood of Lake Tanganika, A.

Carson (No. 1).

C. digitatum, Oliv. (sp. wnica). Rami floriferi erecti_ 14-2-pedales,

tomentelli_ et stellato-hirsuti, basin versus excepti foliiferi. Folia

nsent it is regarded as h

name is too applicable to the present plant to be wasted.—D. OLIVER.

Fie. 1. Stellate hairs of indumentum. 2. Sepal, showing apical appendix. 3. Petal.

+. Stamen, back and front, 5. Vertical section of ovary. All enlarged.

MS adethth

_ Trachymene saniculefolia,

Piate 2308.

TRACHYMENE SANICULZFOLIA, Stapf.

UMBELLIFERS. Tribe HyprocoTyLem,

Stapf. (sp. nov.); perennis, rhizomate pro-

basi longe prostrato ‘adscendente, internodiis interdum folio longiori-

bus, foliis longe petiolatis cordato-rotundatis plerumque transverse

latioribus 3—5-fidis segmentis obovato-cuneatis 3-lobulatis lobulis acute

3 (2-4)-dentatis, cum petiolo glabris v. laxe setoso-pilosis, scapis quam

foliis longioribus, involucri foliolis linearibus v. lineari-lanceolatis

floribus wquilongis v. eisdem brevioribus, pedicellis compressi flor

longioribus, calycis dentibus parvis deltvideis, petalis albis ellipticis

obovatisve, fructibus a latere valde compressis late cordato-rotundatis,

mericarpiis equalibus v. sudequalibus glaberrimis exalatis jugis inter-

mediis tenuissimis.

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, 7,000-11,000 feet, Lowe, Burbidge ; 7,700-

13,400 feet, Haviland.

Folia petiolo 2-5 poll. longo, lamina 2-1} poll. lata. Seapz 3-10

poll. longi. Umbelle 2-1 poll. diam. Fructus 1—} poll. latus.

é

humilis, Hook. f. in ‘Tcones Plantarum,’ 304), of Victoria and Tas-

Fic. 1, Flower and compressed pedicel. 2. Petal. 3. Stamens, 4. Fruit. Al

enlarged,

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Piate 2309.

BEGONIA INOSTEGIA, Stap/.

BEGONIACES.

Petiolis inflorescentiaque breviter et parce crispule hirsuto inferne

glabrato, foliis longe petiolatis circ. 9-nerviis late et oblique cordato-

B. (§ Petermanni ) inostegia, Stapf (sp. mov.) ; caule ut etiam

' :

hotom

conformibus, floribus pedicellatis, sepalis 2 albis ovatis v. elliptico-

Ovatis, petalis 0, andrecio oblongo-ovoideo, staminibus pluribus in

toro elongato insertis, antheris obovatis, inflorescentia feminea ex axilla

folii summi orta in spec. nostro fructifero tantum biflora, capsulis longe

pedicellatis recurvis, capsulis obovoideis alis 3 basi ultra loculos pro-

ductis, placentis bitidis, seminibus minutis breviter cylindricis laxe

reticulatis,

Hap, Borneo, Kinabalu, 6,000 feet, Haviland (No. 1190).

Folia 5-6 poll. longa, 4-5 poll. lata ; petioli 1-32 poll. longi. Stipule

~7 lin, longe ; nervis excurrentibus elongatis lamina interdum 2-3-

Plo longioribus. Pedicelli Ji. masc. 1-2 lin. longi; fl. fem. 13 poll.

longi, Capsula 5-6 lin. longa, alis 1-1} lin. latis.

° excurrent nerves of the stipules are very singular. B. inostegia

me a B. borneensis, A. DC., in habit and floral structure.—

- Srapr,

la cl 1. Staminate flower. 2, Anther, back and front view. 3. Seed. All en-

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Piate 2310.

ANERINCLEISTUS CORDATA, Stapf.

MELASTOMACE®. Tribe OXYSPORER,

A. cordata, Stapf (sp. nova) ; frutex, ramis dense fulvo-tomentellis,

foliis petiolatis late rotundato-ovatis basi breviter cordatis apiculatis

membranaceis 7—9-nerviis supra In nervis setulosis preterea setulis

obtusis inappendiculatis, ovario vertice coronula 4-loba lobis emargina-

us ornato, capsula turbinata 4-valvata, valvis deorsum visis triangu-

laribus emarginatis.

Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, Penokok, 3,500 feet alt, Haviland

(No. 1281).

folia 5-9 poll. longa, 35-65 poll. lata; petiolus dense tomentellus

15-4 poll. longus. Panicula semipedalis ; pedunculus c. 4 poll. longus ;

pedicelli calyci eequilongi v. breviores. Calya 15 lin. longus.

The leaves may not be quite equal in each pair ; the petioles at any

rate are unequal in the only pair remaining attached in our specimen.—

Srapr,

0.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Same, part of calyx-limb, petals and stamens removed.

3. Petal, 4, Larger, and 5. smaller, stamens, _All enlarged.

PL 231

Blastus Co sniauxii, Stapf.

Pirate 2311.

BLASTUS COGN IAUXII, Stapf.

MELAstTomacrEm, ‘Tribe OXYSPORER.

B. Cogniauxii, Stapf ; Ochthocharis parviflora, Cogn. in DC. Monogr.

(Melastomacew) vii. 481.

Has. Borneo, Sarawak, Beccari (No. 1403); Haviland (No. 540),

Kinabalu, 4,000 feet alt., Haviland (No. 1280).

Frutex, ramulig gracilibus puberulis glabratisve crassitie penne cor-

vine, lia consimilia v. in eodem jugo paullo asymmetrica, petiolata,

Ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolata acuminata, basi cuneata 5-nervia nervis

interdum minute furfuracea, 4~7 poll. longa, 1-2} poll. lata ; petioli

furturaceze 3-11 poll. long atq. late ; pedunculus 4-1 poll. longus,

pedunculi secundarii graciles sepius 3-5-flori, patentes. lores albi,

tetrameri, parvi, brevissime pedicellati ; bracteze minute. _Calyx hemi-

Sphierico-campanulatus, primum parce gland@losus deinde glaber,

denticulis brevibus deltoideis.

There is no doubt that Ochthocaris parviflora, Cogn., is a true Blastus.

It has four stamens with anthers of the same form as those of

Bb. cochinchinensis, and bears the very characteristic discoid glands

of this species on the under side of the leaves, petioles, younger

branches, and inflorescence ; these are numerous on the youngest

parts as to form a continuous furfuraceous covering.—O. STapr.

Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Expanded flower. 3. Petal, 4. Stamen. 6. Ovary and style.

6 Capsule, All enlarged.

| imeria Woodro Wii, Stapf.

Phate 2312.

DIMERIA WOODROWII, Stapf.

GRAMINER. Tribe ANDROPOGONES.

D, Woodrowii, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; geet 3-6-pollicare, culmo gracili

paucinodo plerumque ramulos 1-2 edente vaginis involuto demum ad

Internodii summi basin geniculato in nodis pilorum fasciculo ornato,

sub anthesi strictis demum circinatim involutis glabris, rachi subundu-

lato, Internodiis spiculis brevioribus, pedicellis distinctis, spiculis sub-

allo b i

um mucronulata, IV. quam IT. paullo breviore acute reviterque

bidentata inter dentes aristata hyalina, arista exserta, palea nulla,

caryopsi lanceolata.

Has. India : Rutnagherry District, South of Bombay, Woodrow ;

near Goa,

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: d to D, pubescens, Hack., et D. fuscescens, Trin., but é

distinct in the spikes which, in a ripe state, are much incurved, forming

Spica explicata 3-1 in., pedicelli 4—} lin., spicula 1? lin., caryopsis

In. ng.

Services to Botany of Mr. G. M. Woodrow, formerly of the Royal

ardens, Kew, now Lecturer on Botany in the Poona College of

Srapr.

4 ip 1. Spike in its circinnate stage. 2. Floret. 3. Palea, side and front views.

» “lowering glume. 5, Stamens, 6. Pistil. All enlarged,

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Puate 23138.

MELANOCHYLA BECCARIANA, Oliv.

ANACARDIACES. Tribe SEMECARPER.

plurifloris, calyce campanulato crasso limbo qua ubo- 3-4-plo

reviore segmentis crassis ovato-deltoideis valvatis subvalvatisve tubo

intus glabro ore leviter constricto, petalis alte perigynis calycem

Has. Borneo, Sarawak, Beccari (No. 2546) var. breviflora, Sarawak,

Haviland (

No. 814).

To {this curious genus, founded by Sir Joseph Hooker, upon four

Malacca species collected by Maingay, in his ‘ Flora of Brit. India,’ 11.

38-9, and to which no addition was made by Professor Engler in his

monograph of Anacardiacex, Dr. Stapf has added several new species

his elaboration of the Haviland Bornean collections. He has also

identified as congeneric the plant here figured, presented to the Kew

Engler (De Cand. Monogr.

—D. Otiver,

nck LPiwe, 9 Same, longitudinal section, 3. Petal. 4, Stamens, back and

nt Views. 4// enlarged,

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Piate 2314.

THAMNEA DIOSMOIDES, Oliv.

BRUNIACES.

terminalibus 5-meris, segmentis calycinis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis

Scariosis rubro-brunescentibus ovario 6-plo longioribus, petalis albidis

basi rubescentibus cum lamina elliptica acutiuscula longe et anguste

unguiculatis, ovario breviter turbinato glabro longitudinaliter 10-suleato

biloculari ovulis in utroque loc. 5 v. 4 pendulis, fructibus bracteis invo-

lucrantibus 2-3-plo brevioribus breviter cylindraceis 10-sulcatis basi

styli persistente brevi coronatis, pericarpio osseo.

Has. South Africa ; eastern slopes of the Skurfdebergen near

Gydouw, Bolus (No. 7479) ; Rocks above the Tulbagh cataract,

chlechter (No. 1662).

_ Folia circa lineam longa, sub lente papilloso-scabriuscula ; superiora

Involucrantia ¢. 3 lin. longa. Fores 6-8 lin. longi. Petala, lamina

cum ungue, 5-6 lin. longa. Filamenta gracilia, glabra ; anthere anguste

ae basi sagittatee. Stylus simplex, gracilis, staminibus fere xqul-

ongis,

The leaves have the minute dark brown or blackish, at length de-

diosmoides 18

near allied to 7’. wniflora, Sol. The habit and ericoid more or less

adpressed foliage are as in that species, but the flowers are many times

anger; as in 7. uniflora they terminate the main branches and

short leafy axillary shoots, and are produced so freely that, with the

elegant habit of the plant, it specially commends itself as suitable for

ornamental culture, Although Mr. Bolus’s specimen is in fruit, I cannot,

without too much injuring the specimen, indeed without a — ye

n

of the ripe pericarp, the lower half of which consists, in the interior, *

be united with it.—D. OLIver

5 ie. 1. Attached leaves. 2. Leaf, inner face. 3. Flower laid open. 4. Petal.

* Mongitudinal section of ovary. 6. Fruit. Ad enlarged.

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Poate 2315.

IMBRICARIA SECHELLARUM, Oliv.

SAPOTACER.

I. Sechellarum, Oliv, (sp. nov.) ; glabra, foliis tenuiter coriaceis

oblongo- v. obovato-ellipticis apice obtusis integris v. retuso-emarginatis

basi late v. rotundato-cuneatis subtus costa prominente, pedicellis vix

bus extus cano-tomentellis, petalis exterioribus oblongis alte bifidis,

Interioribus ovali-lanceolatis apice attenuatis integris, staminodiis

dense villosis, bacca globosa levi, 5-loculari.

Has. Seychelles ; Mahé, Horne, Button, Estridge, Griffith.

Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 21-33 poll. lata; petiolus $-1} poll. longus.

Pedicelli 3-1 poll. longi. Fructus 23-3 poll. diam. Semina compressa,

acutata, 12 poll. longa, # poll. lata, } poll. crassa ; albumen carno-

sum ; embryo semine eequilongus atq. -latus, radicula inferiore cotyledo-

nibus planis basi rotundatis multo breviore.

For excellent fruiting specimens in fluid we are indebted to T. Riseley

Griffith 248q., C.M.G., Administrator at the Seychelles ; upon these

Miss Smith’s figure is based. Our vy flowers, from Mr. Estridge,

or

aps J. coriacea, DC., of Madagascar, which, apart from the

absence of staminodes, diffe

dm

ves.

ur plant is the ‘Bois de N atte’ of the Seychelles, referred to by

* Da 1 95. The leaves of

I. maz

b

y » aker, igs

the finest timber trees, becoming (1871) very scarce. ‘There are very

ew large trees of it now, and these are in the most inaccessible parts

of the OLIVER

Fig. 1. Detached f Is and stami-

soy A Owers. 2. Outer sepal. 3. Inner ditto. 4. Petals an :

bisa mM within. 5. Detached petal. "6. Anther. 7. Pistil. 8. Seed. 9, Vertical

“ction of seed showing embryo. Parts of the flower enlarged.

PL 2316.

SHY

Sar ES a

SSIS aS

Pruate 2316.

ARDISIA MEGAPHYLLA, Hemsi.

MyRSINACE®.

A. megaphylla, Hemsley in Kew Bull. 1894, 6 ; arbuscula erecta

glaberrima, caule sepius simplici foliis ad apicem congestis coronato,

ped.

e

paniculis ad apicem rami aggregatis elongato-pyramidatis pedicellis

Semiuncialibus levibus solitariis v. subumbellatim is basi

articulatis, sepalis (in fl. cor. elaps.) ovato-rotundatis obtusis v. sub-

apiculatis ovarii basin arcte cingentibus, fructibus globosis levibus,

embryone cylindrico curvulo cotyledonibus brevissimis.

_ Has. Fiji Islands, Horne (No. 429); Viti Levu (one or two miles

inland on the south side of the island), Yeoward.

Mr. Horne calls this plant a shrub with a ‘single stem unbranched,’

and with leaves of a ‘dark metallic green.’ Mr. Yeoward says ‘The

Same islands, and to A. scrobiculata, Seem., of New Caledonia. In the

dimensions of its noble leaves it must exceed any of its congeners. The

corollas are fallen in our specimens.—D. OLIVER.

Fig. 1. Calyx and enclosed pistil. 2. Vertical section of same. 3. Detached calyx-

Segment. 4. Fruits. 5. Vertical section of same. 6. Section of seed, showing

curved terete embryo. Parts 0 f flower and sections of fruit and seed enlarged,

Pl

Pg

np

Bo ke

SFB SG EE eee eae ie ng

R oP Eraore

eS 5 ay See

Oberoma biairita, Hkf.

MS delalth,

Prate 2317.

OBERONIA BIAURITA, Hook. 3

ORCHIDE®. Subtribe MALAXER.

0. biaurita, Hook. J. (nov. sp.) ; acaulis, foliis 2-3 lineari-ensiformibus

acutis subfalcatis carnosis, scapo brevi ad basin bracteolato, bracteis

minutis setaceis, floribus minimis sessilibus, sepalis obtusis dorsali ovato

Has. Singapore, Ridley (No. 364).

Folia 2-3 evoluta, 2-5 poll. longa, 4-5 poll. lata, basi squamis

_foliaceis instructa, enervia, recta v. lente curva. Scapus unacum

Spica gracili decurva 2-4-pollicaris ; flores conferti, subverticillati, ad

2'o poll. diam. 3 bracteze glabree.

soins Is shown at fig. 2, whose terminal lobe is suppressed, and the

teral are Produced upwards, together forming a semicircular sinus

4round the column.—J. D. H.

Figs, 1, 2, and 3, Various forms of lip. All enlarged.

SERIES IV, VOL, IV. PART I.

VS dd ctith

Oberomia ciliolata Hi f:

Piate 2318.

OBERONIA CILIOLATA, Hook. f.

OrcHIDES. Subtribe MALAXER.

rmibus obtusis equitantibus, scapo erecto,

cato subpectinatim irregulariter dentato.

Has. Singapore, at Krangi, Ridley.

C

4-4 poll. lata, fere recta, a basi late equitante sensim in apicem obtusum

i Ub,

e

elongatus, ad basin bracteolatus. ores =, poll. diam., vix verticil-

0. ciliolata is a very well-marked species of the caulescent Oberonias,

and 1S nearest to O. anceps, Lindl., ditfering in the more slender raceme,

entire lanceolate bracts, and lip.—J. D. H.

Fig. 1. Flower, 2, Lip. 3, Capsule. All enlarged.

Puate 2319,

HABENARIA GIBSONI, Hook. f.

ORCHIDER. Tribe OpHRYDER.

8

Fact, laciniis linearibus falcatis obtusis, labello 3-partito laciniis

Haz. The Concan ; near Kyreswur, and at Kandalla, Gibson.

Eoutis 8-12. pollicaris, crassitie penne anatine, infra medium

: eh Folia 4-6-pollicaria. Racemus 6-8-florus ; bracteew 1-1}

S uminata, etala adscendentia. Calcaris os inappendiculatum

Anthera lata, loculis paullo divaricatis, tubulis adscendentibus. Stig-

vel seme projecti crassi; rostellum parvum triangulare

0

P H. Gibsoni rena H. digitata, and may prove to be a very large

ket of that common Indian species, but it wants the curious erect

gula at the mouth of the spur in that plant.—J. D. H.

Fig. 1, Petal, 92. Lip. 3. Column, 4d enlarged.

MS del et Lith.

= Habenaria concinna.Hk f.

Piate 2320.

HABENARIA CONCINNA, Hook.f.

ORCHIDER. Tribe OPHRYDER.

H. (Hologlossa) concinna, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 155 ; pumila,

“sing gracili folioso foliis parvis sursum decrescentibus, infimis sessili-

uplo angustioribus, labello a basi latiore lineari v. ineari-lanceolato

obtuso Sepalis zequilongo, calcare ovario zquilongo incurvo acuto,

Set Khasia Hills, alt, 5,000 ft., J. D. Hooker and 7’. Thomson ;

arke,

_ Herba 4-8-pollicaris, Radix e fibris crassis fere tuberosis. Folia

interdum fere imbricata, infima 1-1} poll. longa, obtusa, superiora acuta.

Spica 2-4-pollicaris, subdensiflora ; bractez 4 poll. long, ovato-lanceo-

late, acute: ; i

lateralia obtusa reflexa I-nervia. Petala sepalo dorsali eequilonga,

oe, 1-S-nervia. Labellum angustum. Anthera magna, loculis sub-

Tremotis, divergentibus, tubulis 0 ; rostellum triangulare.

A very distinct little species of the section Hologlossa, with the habit

of sect, Peristylus, but differing from the latter in the reflexed latera

“pais. The stigmatic processes so frequent in Habenaria are entirely

absent in H. concinna.—J. D. H.

Fig. 1, Flower, 9, Lip and column. Both enlarged.

gecundiflora, Hkf.

Habenaria

wees isi teh e ee Sea Reet Titadstheeel at

apes isi sit EeTeCELe LEC Tace es Hy

“papaetze

“alana

Fans eee er ae ae

Puate 2321.

HABENARIA SECUNDIFLORA, Hook. Js

ORCHIDER. Tribe OPHRYDER.

H. (Dipyla) secundiflora, Zook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 165 ; pumila,

tuberibus subglobosis, caule erecto v. recurvo, foliis paucis linearibus

acuminatis lateribus complicatis, spica densiflora, bracteis lineari-

lanceolatis inferioribus flores secundos longe superantibus sepalis

lanceolatis 1-nerviis, lateralibus petalisque angustioribus falcatis erectis,

Has. Subalpine Himalaya ; Kumaon, alt. 9,000-10,000 feet, Duthie :

Sikkim, alt. 14,000 feet, J. D. Hooker; Chumbi (Tibetan Sikkim),

King’s collectors,

Herba 3—5-pollicaris, gracilis. olia 2-3, cauli fere wequilonga, basi

vaginantia, Spica 1-2-pollicaris ; flores rosei, ad } poll. lati. Sepala

et petala in laminam erectam conniventia. Labellum decurvum.

Th

ureeolata (Clarke in ‘Journ, n. Soc.’ xxv. 73, t. 30, Diphylax

wreeolata, Hook. f. in ‘Te. Pl, t. 1865), is striking, but superficial. ‘The

coalescence of the glands of the pollinia is what occurs in some sections

of Orchis and in Aceras, and being foreign to Habenaria is a further

reason for regarding Dipyla as a distinct genus.—J. D. H.

Ie. 1. Sepals * al 8. Petal 4. Tap

5. Column, with ‘tegell iewe of the Sidstice aa apart and lying parallel to

Processes of the stigma. 6, Pollinia. Al enlarged.

: Habenama Griffith, Hk f

ne

ee. ill

Pate 2322.

HABENARIA GRIFFITHII, Hook. Si

| OrRCHIDES. ‘Tribe OPHRYDE.

H. (Dithrix) Griffithii, Hook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 197 ; caule gracili

paucifoliato, foliis ellipticis lineari-oblongisve acutis obtusisve, spica

fl

stigmatis area infra antheras late quadrata. H. decipiens, Hook. f, Fl.

Brit. Ind. vi. 165 (not of Wight). Herminium, Grif, Notul. iii. 270 ;

Ie. Pl. Asiat, t. 285, f. 1.

Hap. Afghanistan, Grifith ; Kurrum Valley, Aitchison ; N.-W.

India, Edgeworth; Lahul, Thomson.

Herba 6-8-pollicaris, tuberibus parvis oblongis. Caulis erectus v.

flexuosus, olta 1-24 poll. lon a, sive membranacea, inferiora sub-

petiolata, Spica 1—2-pollicaris ; flores 2 poll. lati, albi.

A very curious plant, the flowers of which I have repeatedly ana-

lysed without Satisfactory results, because of their very soft tissues.

n each side of the anther he regards, no doubt rightly, as sterile

stamens. I was quite unable to detect the ‘fureation of the clinar

drium into a rostellum,’ which he describes, and which is probably in

dried Specimens shrivelled up and not discernible.

n-

. When describing this plant under the name of Habenaria decipiens

m the ‘Flora of British Tndia,’ I was under the impression that

- decipiens of Wight was the same as J/. longicalearata, A. Rich. with

Which, and LH. montana, Wight (not A. Rich.), it was confounded

Wight’s Descriptions, Icones, and Herbarium. I have disen-

ea these plants at vol. vi. p. 197 of the ‘ Flora of British India.’—

“Set Flower, 2 and 3, Lip. 4. Front, and 5. back, view of anther, ll

=

i

4

3

?

4 |

oa satin ~\

ie Ke, - eetiews)

PR, ed

2

PLate 2323.

DIZYGOTHECA NILSSONI, J. £. Br.

ARALIACER. Series Panacex.

Dizygotheca, V. BE. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1892, 197. Calyx

5-dentatus. Petala valvata. Stamina 10, 5-adelpha (sed primo

induratze, rugulose ; albumen equabile.—Arbor parva, glabra, caule

semplici, inermis. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, digitata, 9-11 -foliolata ,

Joliola elongato-oblonga leviter sinuata, glabra, apice obtusa v. retusa, basi

a

10. radiatis, umbellulis longiuscule pedunculatis, pedicellis cum flo

~Ceengaaag Petala viridi-lutea. Anthere albide. Bacce atrovio-

ace,

D. Nilssoni, V. £. Br... c. (sp. unica) ; Plerandra (Pentadiplandra)

Vieillardi, Baill. in Adans. xii. 136.

_ Has. New Caledonia, Pancher, Vieillard (fide Baillon, 1. ¢.). Caulis

‘~10-pedalis. Petioli 18-20 poll. longi; petioluli 2-3 poll. longi.

Foliola 9-13 poll. longa, 2-3} poll. lata. Injlorescentia circa 18 -20

poll. diam. ; rami primarii 8-9 poll. longi; pedunculi secundarii 2-3

poll. longi ; dia

# poll. diam

This interesting plant, of which a living specimen was received at

Kew in 1880 from M. Linden, flowered for the first time in November

1891, and was published with a careful description by Mr. N. E. aoe

axeey

Owever, wha e same plant described by

ahah ig cannot doubt to be th P avaible? te

as a new subgen eas

Pentadiplandra ; his name, like Mr. Brown’s, pointing to the ery at

‘ve character of the andrecium, which consists apparently or live

SERIES IV. VOL. IV. PART 1. :

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SSS

MS delet ith

ymbosa, Bolus.

Nestlera cor

Puate 2324.

NESTLERA CORYMBOSA, Solus.

Compositz. Tribe INuLoIDER.

N. corymbosa, Bolus (nov. sp.) ; fruticulus pedalis vel ultra ; ramis

teretibus adscendentibus, inferne nudis, cicatricibus foliorum delap-

Sorum parce verruculatis, superne tantum foliosis, foliis alternis con-

fertis obovato-oblon gis, subobtusis, margine inflexis, superne tomentosis,

subtus glabris nitido-viscosissimis, 1-nerviis, incurvo-erectis, corymbis

)-7-capitulatis, pseudo-terminalibus, at enim ex pedicellis annotinis

Han. South Africa : Karroo, hills near ‘Touws River Railway

Station,’ alt. 850 metr., 7. Bolus (Herb. No. 7355).

Folia 3-5 lin, longa. Capitula glabra 3 lin. longa ; pedunculi breves

tata, ore minute 5-dentata. Anthere basi caudate, caudis setiformibus

oe... Loppus (disci) setis inzequilongis, setis longioribus paucis

(5 4) rigidiusculis, barbellatis, caducis, brevioribus hyalinis complanatis

* angustissime paleaceis interdum incisis.—H. BoLvs.

There is but choice of difficulties in assigning this plant to any

described genus as at present defined. Mr. Bolus inclined to refer it

to Rosenia, but comparison with our figure (‘Ic. Pl.’ 2228) of the

original Species of that genus, with its more or less scaly receptacle

Fig. 1 Leaf ; rtially exposed.

he. » Upper surface. 2. Ca itulum, the recepiacle partially

Ray-floret. 4. Dise-toret. 5, ince 6. Style-branches. A// enlarged.

=

MS deletlith.

3 OLY,

S

lophila paten

Hel

Pate 2825.

HELIOPHILA PATENS, Oliv.

CruciFER&. Tribe SisyMBRIER.

valvis maturis purpurascentibus levibus leviter convexis 1-2-spermis,

stylo persistente recto siliqua zquilongo, pedicellis patentibus gracillimis

siliqua 3—-5-plo longioribus.

Has. Cape of Good Ho e, near the village of Piquetberg, 7. Bolus

(No. 7530). : “ prise

ti

purpurascentia. Petala calyce 2-plo longiora, obovata integra, basi

angustata brevissime unguiculata, calyce 2-plo longiora.

oblanceolatum v. oblongo-obovatum, stylo brevius, 1- v. 2-ovulatum.

aDdout an inch above the root, the long patent pedicels of ~

small elliptical pods, and, so far as our specimens show, the undivided

very narrow leaves.—D. OLIVER.

' Be. 1. Sepal. 2. Petal. 3. Stamens and pistil. 4. Pistil. 5, Fruit, laid open.

Seed. 7. Embryo. All enlarged.

: VOL. IV—PART IL] : (NOV.

HOOKER’S

ICONES PLANTARUM;

FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS,

OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS,

SELECTED FROM THE

KEW HERBARIUM.

FOURTH SERIES.

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Piate 2326.

PENTALONCHA HUMILIS, Hook. /.

Rusiacez. Tribe Muss2npDes.

Haz. W. Trop. Africa, Sierra del Crystal, Mann (No. 1734).

Herba 1-2 pedalis, Folia 3-5 poll. longa, 13-23 poll. lata ; petiolus

3-4 poll. longus ; stipule 4 poll. longe. Flores 4-5 lin. longi.

‘ The ovary is described as 5-locular : Ido not find it so, but certainly

- and also 3-locular in the few flowers at my disposal for analysis.

i as L

ott first noted by Miss Smith in preparing her drawing for our

lith ph.—D. Oniver.

Fig. 1. Flower i isti ion of ovary

. - 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Pistil. 4. Transverse section

eransverse section of fruit. 6 Seed. 7, Section of seed, showing the embryo

enlarged. ‘

SERIES Iy, VOL. IV. PART II,

PLatE 2337.

TEMNOPTERYX SERICEA, Hook. f.

Rupsiacez. Tribe Mussanpex.

staminibus prope v. supra medium tubi insertis, filamentis brevissimis,

antheris anguste linearibus mucronulatis, fructu subgloboso apice

truncato vestigiis limbi calycini coronato, pericarpio septisque tenuiter

crustaceis. Hiern. in Oliv. FV. Trop. Afr. iii. 78.

Haz. W. Trop, Africa, Sierra del Crystal, Mann (No. 1427).

Folia lamina 6-14 poll. longa, 2-3) poll. lata ; petiolus 1-2 poll.

longus ; stipule 1-1} poll. longe. Flores 1-14 poll. longi; calycis

segment di

entorum lamin ad #-1 poll. longe. Fructus 4-2 poll. diam.

nas the Sierra del Crystal, where some peculiar forms not

im Dumber, and narrowly linear. Whether the enlarged lamina of

Some of the calyx-segments is coloured or herbaceous, I cannot clearly

may: OLIver.

rig. 1. Corolla laid open. 2, Pistil, the ovary in vertical section. 3. T

Section of Ovary. All enlarged,

a

s, Oliv ; ’

ny

Stenomeris borneenst

MS de}, et hth.

PLatTe 2328.

STENOMERIS BORNEENSIS, Oliv.

D10scoREACES.

8. tana Benes (sp. nov.); dioscorewformis, glaberrim, foliis

arcuatim 7-nerviis cordato-ovatis ovatis vel su uperioribus ovato-lanceo-

latis graciliter acuminatis, cymis axillaribus, breviter agents v.

subsessilibus plurifloris, floribus viridescentibus pedicellatis lato-

infundibuliformibus ore leviter constrictis gL adscendentibus

inearibus carnosulis rigidiusculis apice haud a minatis mucronulatis

bo brevi

trivalvi, seminibus compressis adsecendentibus Mani alatis ala oblique

trunca cata, embryone ut videtur minuta basilar

_ Hap. Borneo ; Sarawak, near Kuching, Haviland (No. 1664).

Folia petiolata lamina 4—5 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata ; a 1}-2

ies ga, A po: a

om longus. FE Spee ee Sy 4,3, poll. longa. Fructus 10 poll.

gus, + 1 poll. latus. Semina, ala inclusa, 4-1 poll. longa, ala

exclusa 3 ts poll. lon ety

The only species of this singular genus which has been described,

_ * Taras I have ascertained, since the original publication of org

Se. Nat.’ Sér. 3., xviii. 320),

_ Coscoreefolia by Dr. Planchon (in ‘An

SS. Cumingiana, described by Sign. Beccari (*‘ Nuovo "Gort rn.

ater in the Kew Herbarium,

t by Beccari is represented by

Me eeetert ) 01 Se. .o anee si epee eer eeeead | -; eS pas OSes elk See ees chee +8).

os File ee = Fe. ¥ é ef : 37

qe

te: borneensis

k fles ai vt abropty oe | Ped

he singular dilatation of the filiform fey on packet

Specimens. Sign. Beccari gives a careful analysis of this appendix in

his plate of S. oe erred to above.— , OLIVER.

* . and 0

—— a 6. Ver a

the base.

spa FE

PiatE 2329.

PTYCHOPETALUM ANCEPS, Oliv.

OLACINES. Tribe OLACER.

P.enceps, Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 347, var. 8; frutex v. arbuscula

glaber, ramulis ultimis compressis angustissime bialatis, foliis hisies

: i seplus p

-

cori

minus rotundatis, venis lateralibus primariis utrinque 6-7, racemi

re

ost acuminatis, calyce obsoleto, petalis liberis anguste ineari-

ceolatis acuminatis intus prope medium barbatis, staminibus c. 8,

per paria i ovario

“aad suleato fere ad apicem solido in stylum angustato, fructu

lon Soideo, Semine solitario pericarpio tenuiter ¢ ,

situdinaliter sulcato transverse leviter areolato, albumine carnoso,

émbryone minuto. .

AB. W. Trop. Africa, River Bagroo, Mann (No. 838) ; speci.

ath collected at Grand Bassa by 7. Vogel, the type eres”

esi anceps with leaves rounded and narrowly cordate -

»48 perhaps identical, but scarcely adequate for comparison.

. 3-4 poll. longa, 3_]1 poll. lata. Bractee 2-3 lin. longe.

Poll. longi. Fructus § poll. longus.

Bxceptin ig ae F he style, and

g that the ovary is gradually narrowed into the sty ®;

Petals (and buds) are ae the flowers are simular those

; lin length.—

P. neti

D, — The paired adnate stamens are unequa

Fj Hee

1. Flower. 2. Petal and adnate stamens, 3. Pistil. <All enlarged.

Puate 2330.

PIYCHOPETALUM PETIOLATUM, Oliv.

OLACINER. Tribe OLACEA.

2

i

;

af

=

|

4

P. petiolatum, Oliv. F7. Trop. Afr. i. 347; frutex 12-15-pedalis

slaber, ramulis teretiusculis v. ultimis compressiusculis, foliis petiolatis

- wvato-ellipticis lanceolatisve acuminatis basi rotundatis v. late cuneatis,

ow Sin racemis brevibus interdum 1—2-ramosis axillaribus dispositis,

: bracteis minutis ovato-rotundatis, calyce obsoleto, petalis oblongis

Sthosulis apicem versus recurvis demum liberis intus prope medium

batbatis basi et dorso glabris, staminibus 5-7 petalis oppositis et eisdem

Seog eeeris ovatis v. ellipticis dorsifixis, etn apice gare.

“Anne nari glabro i i ilongum subi

“ augustato, glabro inferne sulcato in stylum xq gu

| m3) W. Trop. Africa, Kongui and Muni rivers, Mann (Nos. 1746,

Folia integra, tenuiter coriacea, 21-4 poll. longa, 1-14 poll. lata,

us utrinque 3-5 ; petiolus 1-2 lin. longus. lores 2-24

3 alabastra obtusa.

Dried

et Meret OTs || basa bo tee pee

Piate 2331.

PILOCARPUS MICROPHYLLUS, Stap/.

p Rutacez. Tribe ZANTHOXYLER.

iH

Has. Brazil. Glaziow (No. 13417).

Poli ; oe

a poll oan 2-4 poll. longa; foliola circ. 1 (-1}) poll. longa,

Expanded flowers are wanting ; the advanced buds in our eae

Michie 3° inch in diameter. The raceme is probably from y

sam m length. The only fruiting-carpel seen, picked out oh a

_ Sinple of the leaves sent to the Kew Museum as a new ‘Jaborat ‘h

ey neers. Evans, Sons & Co., of Liverpool, measured about 3 me

as ngth and breadth.—D,. Oxtver.

: are 1. Bud. 9. Detached petal. 3. Stamens and pistil. 4 Pistil and adnate

2 disk. 5, Detached fruit-earpel. All enlarged,

cas

Eee

RP a Beas Oo or A eae A oe

ihe.

ein y ied Oe

Pl 2332,

ae stm Op ey

RN ee

a

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LOY

iA SN

ci}.

Ty

FAL So

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Re

; Dike

S¥h

oe

wes :

MS delet hth

ee OPSOVhila biovulata Stanf.

Piate 2332.

GYPSOPHILA BIOVULATA, Stapf.

CARYOPHYLLACEX. ‘Tribe SILENER.

Has. Persia ; mountain above the great naphtha springs of Daleki,

heat Bushire, Stapf.

Fruten 1] }-pedalis, dense intricatus, hemisphericus. Pedicell

“I poll. longi. Bractew parve, ovales v. lanceolate. Calyx } poll.

ngus,

The two ovules are borne on an erect basal placenta, about half sar

length of the cavity of the ovary, each on its short divaricate funicle.

The general habit, form of the leaves, delicate calyx and biovulate

ne of this plant, constitute a somewhat exceptional type amongst the

“Gypsophilee.—O, Srapr.

pig 1. Calyx. 2. Petal. 3, Stamen. 4, Longitudinal section of ovary. 5

acentary stipes. Al] enlarged,

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PuiaTeE 23583.

POLYTOCA COOKEI, Stapf.

GRAMINEX. Tribe Marne.

florens ? ), culmo 3-pedali vel altiore Jevi ad nodos annulo pilorum

} hd ° . . . = bs i rt

*ujusque fasciculi (i.e. primario) elongato plus minusve exserto n por"

masculam ceteris abbreviatis in spicas spurias mixte ;

. 3 . * -

Posit subtendentibus plus minusve reductis superioribus in sp@ an

Xas superne apertas demu sepe explicatis se -caudatas ve

acutissi i

nicula mascula

i elongata patule pubescente in articulos secedente, spiculis geminatis

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Puate 2334,

SARCANTHUS GILBERTI, Hook. f.

ORCHIDE®. Subtribe SARCANTHER.

minutis persistentibus floribus pedicellatis 3z-Ppoll. latis, sepalis ovatis,

Petalis angustioribus oblongis, labello 3-lobis sepalis equilongo, lobis

lateralibus triangularibus acutis, terminali oblongo concavo obtuso,

calcare incurvo labello eequilongo, anthera incurva longe cornuta,

Polliniis didymis canalicule filitormi elongate affixis, glandula minuta.

Hap. Tenasserim 3; at Moulmein, Gilbert ? (Hort. Bot. Calc.).

Caulis 1-1}-pollicaris, crassitie penne anserine. Folia rigida,

carinata, }-poll, lata, late viridia, lobis terminalibus acutis v. obtusis

Intu Seepe retusis. Scapus unacum racemo 3-9-pollicaris, interdum

] s

» bas :

calcare pallido, intus 2-partito. Columna brevis, rostello prominente.

Anthera basi globosa, dein in rostrum gracile incurvum acutum producta.

Sarcanthus Gilberti belongs to the group of this genus with a short

<M and loriform leaves, and is most nearly allied to S. Parishii, Hook. f.

(Bot. Mag.’ t. 5217), which has longer leaves, with very unequal,

rounded terminal lobes, golden yellow sepals banded with red, a very

short triangular mid-lobe of the lip, a much shorter anther, and the

Pollinia are stipitate on a much broader straighter caudicle.

Plate is from a drawing in the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens,

7 J. D. Hooxzn.

Fig. 1 Flower : : : ing the septum and

: - 2. Lip and column. 3. Section of lip, showing Sep

ote the base of the ad umn. 4. Top of column with the anther arching over the

um. 6, Anther, All enlarged,

PL 2335.

Rear — SAY)

Prate 2335

CLEISOSTOMA KUNSTLERI, Hook. 3

ORCHIDES. Subtribe SARCANTHE.

C. Kunstleri, Hook.f. (sp. nov.) ; caule brevi, foliis 6-10-pollicaribus

loriformibus apice breviter bilobis lobis rotundatis, pedunculo erecto

ogee Tamisque puberulis, ramis alternis patenti-recurvis ad basin

fere floriferis, bracteis minutis, floribus + poll. latis breviter pedicellatis,

Sepalis lineari-oblongis obtusis petalis angustioribus, labello parvo

Has, Malaya Peninsula ; at Perak, Kunstler (Hort. Bot. Calcutta).

ae is 2-8-pollicaris, crassus. Folia 1-1} poll. lata, carinata, pal-

€viridia. Pedunculus foliis equilongus v. longi

crassitie penne corvine ; i di

P :

decurva, Labellum sepalis equilongum v. brevius.

4 Kunstleri approaches nearest to C. ramoswmn, Hook. f. F7.

ie indl.), which has broader ob

od ° callus below the column is pubescent within e

J drawings in the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, Calcutta.—

- D. Hooxsr.

Fig. 1 Flowe Sing, Pe . ; f the column.

: r. 2. Lip laid open, showing the calli at the base 0}

. Front, and 4. side, aa A of salen. 5. ‘saibee, 6. Pollinia. Al enlarged.

SERIES IV. VOL, IV. PART II.

Piate 2336.

DIOSPYROS BILOCULARIS, Oliv.

EBENACES.

D. bilocularis, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; arbor floribus pedicellisque exceptis

os foliis petiolatis coriaceis late ellipticis v. obovatis obtusis

us

versus incrassatis, calycis 4-partitis segmentis rotundatis dorso et

Margine cum pedicello ferrugineo-pilosulis, corolla 4-fida crassiuscula

Superante biloculari, ovula in utroque ulo

Pendula, fructibus oblongo ellipsoideis apice brevissime apiculatis,

Mohospermis, pericarpio haud crasso coriaceo epicarpio !

ap i. ruguloso glaucescenti-purpureo oculo armato minute pap loso-

wWerculato, albumine insigniter radiatim ruminato.

Ha. Sin ic Garden, Ridley

»_SIngapore, in the Jungle by the Botanic Garden,

(No, 2755). Received also from the same locality in 1882 with female

flowers in bud,

Arbor, ramuli teretes leves. Folia 3-5 poll. 1 13-23 poll. lata ;

: ( —5 poll. longa, 1{-27 po 3

. 2-# poll. longus. Pedicelli 4 poll. longi ; hypocarplum fructi-

oats longum, poll. latum. Calyx fructiferus vix

teat 2

rescens ; segmentis patentibus, tempore florifero erectis.

“ This curious Diospyros would seem to be the type of a new eae

N Foy genus. It has the symmetrically ruminated albumen ©

pA and the geminate ovules of $ Cargillia, but a 9-celled ovary.

€ flowers I do not know.—D. OLIvER.

Fj oe i cacti ed.

Fig. enlannt 2, Same in longitudinal section, 3. Transverse section of 6¢

Pl 2387,

-_ Tabernanthe lboéa Baill.

Piate 2337.

TABERNAN THE IBOGA, Baillon.

APOCcYNACE®. Subtribe TABERNEMONTANES.

bo ate

Baill. in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, i. 782 ; frutex glaber, ramis

inatis

€Stivatio Soe

ne :

acuminatis ogee tortis, antheris supra medium

uniloculari pl a aos ovarlo integro basi biloculari medio et supra

sntis parietalibus multiovulatis.

Has, W ‘

Grif ane wroPical Africa ; Gabon, No. 943) ;

B case ; , Mann (No. ) ; Cape Lopez,

(No. 5950). ellay ; Congo, Comm. Dr. H. Mueller ; Angola, Welwitsch

Folia 3-51

55 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata. lores 1 poll. longi.

First diserim;

8¢ :

ful, thon gh -oagemest by Dr. Baillon (/.c.) but its position left doubt-

wt onsen of contact with Zabernemontana and other

for the

co .

to mplete consolidation of the carpels one wou

i : was sent to Kew by

name of ‘ Bocca root

a febrifuge.’

that it is the

,

i

It is d *

People, aa as having a large bitter root,

dent qu’on a disent enivrante, aphrodisiaque,

n’éprouve aucun besoin de sommeil.’ Dr. Baillon in his

he Gaboons is a ‘ plante

ud,

aol 6. "Sint dg fog and gland. 3. Corolla-tube laid open. &- Anther.

ged, verse section uf ovary near the base. 7. Same near the middle.

Pl 2338

macrocarnpa Oliv.

Icacina

PiateE 2338.

ICACINA MACROCARPA, Oliv.

OLACINEX. ‘Tribe IcAcINEz.

subt

fasciculatim congestis in paniculis ramosis ferru ineo-pubescentibus

cum ramulis divaricatis dispositis, calycis cupuliformis lobis deltoideis,

labris intus haud carinatis crassiusculis, filamentis lineari-

fractu ellipsoideo, pericarpio crasso endocarpio tenui lignescente, semine

Solitario, albumine copioso oso, em i nper

brevissima obtusa, cotyledonibus tenuiter foliaceis undulato-plicatis

albumine brevioribus, plumula conspi igeria macrocar

Pierre, Flor. Forest. de la Cochinchine (Olacinées), Fasc. xvi. (1892).

et G Has. W. Tropical Africa, Fernando Po, Mann (No. 43); Libreville,

aboon, Klaine

Folia 6-10 poll. longa, 3-4} poll. lata, costa nervisque primariis

pees exceptis glabra v. parce sean . petiolus {—3 poll.

. Panicule laxe intricate 5-6 poll. longe atque late. Fructus

8 poll. longus, 14-2 poll. diam. pericarpio } poll. crasso. Semen

: 2? poll. longum, raphe conspicua.

: “ta Pierre, who has received the same, or a closely allied, species

a f m the Congo, of the fruit of which he has favoured me with a care-

. ead elaborate analysis, has published lant as generl-

a , ly distinct from the original Jcacina

. ge as extending 80 feet, at a height of 8 or 10

Mt Ss . ., rem

fe eenchee of ae re joaco, L.), which name

plant the petals are

Ber} the base.—

Fig Tas * 1 and ovary. 2

3g. Bud and remains of two flowers with calyx and sah

6, feet" back und front. 4. Upper portion of ovilys i. a all enlarged.

- 7. Same in longitudinal section. Excepting fruit and seed, ?

ie 8. |

Leptaulus ies ino Benth.

Piate 2339.

LEPTAULUS DAPHNOIDES, Benth.

OLACINE®. Tribe ICACINE.

" Has, W. Tropical Africa, Bagroo River, Mann (No. 806), Sibange

: (No. on the Gaboon, Soyaua (No. 164) ; Monbuttu-land, Schweinfurth

No. 3464) ; Sierra Leone, Scott-Elliot.

Folia (4+ —) 4-5 1 » petiolue 1-4 pole

—) 4-5 poll. longa, 14-12 poll. lata ; petiolus q-¢ P

jongus. Flores 4 poll. todake peo e 5-6 lin. longus, basi calyce

Mutato persistente stipatus,

at doer «os dices --- 9-11 poll. longis.

- macrophylla (an species distincta ?), foliis 9-11 poll. tongis,

4 poll. latis, Rorikha shecustitiaas lobis calycinis lanceolatis, tubo

role valide sulcato, fructu oblongo-ovoideo apiculato 1-1} poll. longo.

Has, Mount John, Kongui River, Mann (No. 17 81).

A shrub with the facies of some of the axillary-flowered species of

macro gost inserted

hg rophylla. The flowers of Leptaulus are extra-axillary, but mse h

spechc tt the level of the petioles. M. Baillon describes ancl

_esnlblgan curious genus in ‘ Adansonia’ (iii. 375, adnot.)

ae t.—D. Oxiver,

4. Longitudinal section of

Pein

ea . . Ow A . . « ;

ary, ay enlarged, Pistil. 3. Corolla laid open

Carpodinus uniflorus, Stapf.

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Puate 2340.

CARPODINUS UNIFLORUS, Stapf.

Apocynacem®. ‘Tribe CarissEz&.

ae 18 primum cure pubescentibus mox glabratis, foliis oblongo-

sabe obtuse acuminatis basi angustatis pallide viridibus nerv

libus utrinque 6- ipso margine arcuatis subtus prominuli

bracteolis late ovatis obtusis ca yce brevioribus pubescentibus, lobis

ey bracteolis consimilibus, corolle puberule segmentis linearibus

Patentibus tubo equilongis, staminibus supra medium tubi inserts,

°vario tomentello,

Has. W, Tropical Africa, Sibange Farm on the Gaboon, Soyaus

(No. 269),

a 6-9 poll. longa, 13-2} poll. lata ; petiolus } poll. longus.

€s 1 poll. diam. ; corolle tubus $—% poll. longus.

ntted to yield ‘ very fine india-rubber.’ C. parviflorus, Stapf, would

. to be the nearest ally of this plant, also growing on the Gaboon,

its flowers are very much smaller.—D. OLIVER.

view .: Bud and bracteoles. 2. Corolla laid open. 3, Anther, front and back

* 4 Pistil. 6. Transverse section of ovary. All enlarged.

PL 2341,

MS delet ith,

Sinociadie Rentham: Baill.

Pirate 2341.

ECTINOCLADUS BENTHAMI, Baill.

Apocynaces®. Subtribe EvecnitTIDEz.

AB, ;

Leone eR ropical Africa, Old Calabar, W. C. Thomson ; Sierra

Elliots (No. 4440) Commission, near Mofari, Scarcies River, Scott-

F olia 3 :

flavidi ae ene -$ poll. lata ; petiolus, 1-1 poll. longus. Flores

longi ri, in cymulis folio multo brevioribus. Folliculi 5 poll.

Lgl, angusti

5 sti. loan, s ‘ . .

D. eat Semina (immatura) pollicaria, coma fere equilonga.—

Fig. 1. F

Open, Tont calyx-lobes and corolla removed, sho

3. A wi ‘stil. 2. Corolla laid

uther, anterior and lateral views. 4. Seed. = Pace

Figs. 1-8 enlarged.

MS del etiith,

Puate 2342.

BAISSEA LAXIFLORA, Stap/.

APpocyNAcEs®. Subtribe EUECHITIDE.

an subequilongis dispositis, bracteis minutis lanceolatis, pedicellis

cr, ce 2-6-plo longioribus, corolle tubo obconico minute pubescente

calyce +-plo longiore, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis tubo longioribus.

Has. W. Tropical Africa, Old Calabar and Muni river, Mann

(Nos. 1756, 2258).

Folia 21-31 poll. longa, 3-1 poll. lata ; petiolus 31% poll. longus.

Flores semipollicares, Sepala ovato-lanceolata + poll. longa. Corolla

Profunde 5-fida. Stamina basi corolle tubi inserta ; filamenta brevis-

ma ; anthere conniventes, basi sagittate, appendiculis vacuis com-

Pressis utrinque leviter incurvis. Carpella plus minus coalita ; ovu

plurima.—D. Oxtver.

we 1. Calyx laid open, showing pistil. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Anther, back

front views. 4, Transverse section of ovary. All enlarged.

4

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Piate 2343.

BAISSEA BRACHYANTHA, Stapf.

APpocyNACEs. Subtribe EvECHITIDES.

Haz. W. Tropical Africa ; Bagroo river, Mann (No. 854).

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

lamina in foliis angustioribus in petiolum attenuata. Injlorescentie

Pedunculi 3-1} poll. longi. lores expansi } poll. diam.

The lateral nerves of the leaves are about twice as numerous as in

B. lax; ora, and the flowers are much shorter and smaller, though the

Inflorescence is not quite so compact as represented in our plate. In

nd species I find the carpels more or less distinctly connate.—D.

ER.

Fig. 1. Cal 4s lyx- nts removed.

: yx and pistil. 2. Calyx and ovary, two of the calyx-segme

. Corolla laid open, showing id at of the stamens. 4. Anther, front and back

ws. 5. Longitudinal section of ovary. All enlarged.

SERIES IV. VOL. IV. PART Il.

firma, Bl.

*

Willughbeia

SESS NN ERAS ite

M.S. del et Lith

Prats 2344.

WILLUGHBEIA FIRMA, Blume.

APpocyNACEsH. Tribe CarissEz.

. firma, Blume, Mus. Bot. i. p. 154 ; frutex alte scandens ramis pro

parte cirriferis, foliis oblongo-ellipticis breviter obtuseque acuminatis

basi acutis coriaceis nitidis nervis subpatulis 12-14, cymis congestis

subsessilibus multifloris, pedunculo atque pedicellis florum fecunda-

oblongo-globosa, Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 624.

Hap, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago, from Sumatra to Borneo.

Various collectors.

Folia 3-54 poll. longa, 13-21 poll. lata. Calyx vix } lin. longus.

Corolle tubus vix } lin. longus.

® figure was drawn from specimens sent in spirits by. Mr.

Leembruggen in the Lampong’sche Districten, Sumatra. According to

iy the plant yields a good sort of india-rubber. It appears from the

material at Kew that there are several varieties of Willughbeia Jirma,

sia of which are known by different native names, but their dis-

hennation would require careful observation on the spot. I take,

ibe the form figured here to be the type of Blume’s species.—

. STAPF,

5 ens 1. Bud. 2. Corolla, laid open. 3. Pistil. 4, Transverse section of ovary.

* “Tansverse section of fruit, 6. Seed. | Except the fruit, enlarged,

Pl 2845.

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Puate 2345.

WRIGHTIA PARVIFLORA, Stap/.

ApocynacE&. Tribe Ecuiripes.

3 R Haz. W. Tropical Africa, near Lagos, Barter, Sir C. A. Moloney,

owland ; Yoruba Expedition, Willson ; Eppah, Barter.

Folia 21-5 poll, | - petiolus 2 Il. longus.

3~5 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata; petiolus }-} po

Corolla aurantiaca, 2 poll. lata. y Wollicaln omnino libera, 14-22 poll.

onga. Semina 4-2 poll. longa.

The seeds of Wrightia are described in ‘Gen. Plantarum’ as

i ndiculata.’ The soft

‘

pice . . . ecomosa, inferne coma decidua appe

Fig. 1. Caly i ; etl da alternatin glands,

: yx laid open, showing pistiJ. 2, Calyx-segment and alterns g

front open. 4. Trifid scale irom mouth of corolla-tube. 6, Anther.

and back views, All enlarged.

Oncinotis gracilis, Stapf.

PuaTeE 2346.

ONCINOTIS GRACILIS, Stap/.

APOCYNACER. Subtribe EvEcHITIDEX.

0. gracilis, Stapf in Kew Bullet. 1894, 124; scandens ramulis

ferrugineo-hirtis teretibus, foliis petiolatis ‘obovato- v. oblanceolato-

ellipticis Apocelnentiens acuminatis basi pots supra costa parce hirtella

omnino i inclusis prope basin coro]le insertis, anguste linearibus lobis

basalibus divergentibus abbaaieele: eeitar ilaatis carpellis apice

pubescentibus basi glandulis 5 carnosulis circumdat

H

(No. 106

Folia 34-4 ae longa, 14-12 poll. lata ; petiolus }-3 poll. longus.

Flores 4 poll. lon

Nearly allied to Oncinotis hirta, Oliv. (‘Ic. Plant.’ 1232), from which

it differs in indut nentum, more distinctly acuminate leaves, mcre

slender buds, and goin acute rather spreading sepals. I have not

seen the fruit.—D. Our

Fig. 1. Calyx laid open, showing pistil, 2. Corolla laid open. 3, Anther, lateral

and fut views. All enlarged.

AB. Received from the Lagos Botanical Station, H. Millen

).

aides

Euphorbia Abbottii, Baker.

-

Puate 2347.

EUPHORBIA ABBOTTII, Baker.

Evrnorsiacez. Tribe EuPHORBIER.

lateraliter isuipes ssis carina obtusis, seminibus slobeat albido-

marmoratis.

Has. Indian Ocean ; Aldabra Island, Dr Abbott.

Fo lia cum petiolo marginato 2-25 poll. Jonge 3 ? poll. lata. Bractee

1s~yzy poll. longe. Capsula 4 2 poll. dia

This is one of tte te new species collected i in Aldabra by Dr. W. L.

Abbot tt, an American naturali st, who visited the island in 1893, and

who kind] cha ineanSeabia his botanical material to the Royal Gardens.*

1s allied to other species of this se ection, which appears to be ——

0 Madagascar and the Western eine of the Indian Oc

aah ER.

Fig 4. Taveliees dnd bracts. 2. Part of involuecre laid open, showing margina al

aes ‘i incised segments, 3. in mee bracteole. 4, Stamen and itsstipes. 95.

Involuere and bracts with capsule

* Vide ‘ Kew Bulletin,’ 1893, 154, and 1894, 146,

Pl 2348.

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PLaTeE 2348.

RHYNCHOCALYX LAWSONIOIDES, Oliv.

LYTHRACE.

graciliter et longiuscule unguiculata ; lamina rotundata v. deltoideo-

cordata undulata v. plicata margine dentata calycem subzequantia.

Stamina isomera perigyna petalis opposita, westivatione inflexa ; fila-

menta subulato-filiformia ; anther late elliptic, 2-loculares, longi-

tudinaliter dehiscentes, dorso prope basin affixe. are ino

rum compressum, 2—loculare in stylum fere equilongum angustatum ;

ovula plurima, horizontalia, sub-biseriata ; stigma terminale indivisum.

Fructus . . —Arbuscula glaberrima, ramulis di-trichotome ramosis,

subteretibus. Folia tenuiter coriacea, opposita, breviter petiolata, ovalia

v. oblongo-elliptica, obtusa v. obtusiuscula, margine integra anguste

revoluta. Inflorescentia paniculata, panicule multiflore terminales v.

m axillis superioribus disposite, JSolia sepius superantes. Flores parvi

graciliter pedicellati ; bractece obsolete.

R. lawsonioides, Oliv. (sp. nov.)

3124)" Natal ; edge of the Bush near Murchison, J. M. Wood (No.

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

Panicule 2-3 poll. longe atque late. Pedicelli alabastris zequilongi.

Flores t poll. lati ; calycis segmenta temp. florifero reflexa.

Of this interesting plant, sent to Kew about nine years ago by Mr.

din bud and flower, we still are in want of fruiting specimens.

The isomerous stamens, singly opposed to the petals and the bilocular

Compressed ovary with numerous horizontal axile ovules, I think,

entirely justify its discrimination as a new generic type. The general

acres of the plant is quite that of Lawsonia inermis..—D. OLIVER.

od alte Bud. 2. Flower expanded. 3, Anthers and subtending petals. 4. Petal,

na opened. 6. Stamen, 6. Longitudinal section of ovary.— Ali enlarged.

Greyia Flanigani. Bolus.

Puate 2349.

GREYIA FLANAGANI, Bolus.

SAPINDACEH. Tribe MELIANTHE.

subinequalibus imbricatis oblongis retusis glabris, disco cupulari ex

a i : *

sensim attenuato.

Has. Cape Colony (South-eastern Region), exposed rocky slopes

near Komgha, alt. 2,000 ft., fl. Nov., H. @. Flanagan (No. 328).

Folia ad 2 poll. longa et lata; petiolus 8-10 lin. longus. Racemi

et pedicelli 3 poll. longi. Sepala 24-3 lin. longa. Corolla 8-9 lin.

4 , ‘

longa, 7 lin. lata. Disci ceupularis lobi 34—4 lin. longi.

5S

(tab. 6040), as also from G. Radlkoferi, Szyszylowicz (in ‘ Polypetalee

Rehmannianz,’ p. 49) in the disk, the lobes of which in G. Planagant

are subulate acute and more or less toothed but destitute of the glan-

dular disk which terminates the lobes in the two former species. The

are almost precisely similar in form and indumentum to those of our

Plant. We are indebted for excellent specimens to the collector, who

has detected many novelties in the rich region explored os

H. Bouvs,

Fig. 1, Flower, the petals removed. 2. Petal. 3. Anther. 4. Transverse section

of ovary,—D. Oxtver,

Pl 2350.

- MS.del et lth

me. __—-Holalafia multifora. Starf.

Piate 2350.

HOLALAFIA MULTIFLORA, Stapf.

APOCcYNACER. ‘Tribe EUECHITIDES.

- multiflora, Stapf in Kew Bullet. 1894, 123 ; co scandens

vato- Vv.

sali ovario Bilocidact multiovulato.

W. Tropical uli Fernando Po, Mann (No. 1164) ; Rio

as Bey, Cameroons, Johns

Frutex scandens 40- eae Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 2-35 poll. lata,

linea ee juncta ; petiolus }-4 poll. longus. Flores expansi,

l- wd a poll. dia

We have here a case analogous to that of Tabernanthe oe oo

divaricating terminal panicle it corresponds nearly with Alafia lan-

dolphioides. The anthers are those of the ee not of the

Carissex to which rpenetnt pelongs.—D. OutveR.

yx and pistil. 2. Same, two sepals removed to AagsecPe the ovary. 3.

Fig. 1. Cal

Corclin-tube laa pen. 4, Anther, back and front views. Transverse

ections ot the pone All enlarged.

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Piate 2351.

DACTYLOCLADUS STENOSTACHYS, Oliv.

MELAstomMace®. Tribe MEMECYLER.

Dactylocladus, Oliver (nov. gen.). Calyx late campanulatus, she

~5-fidus, dentibus deltoideis wstivatione valvatis ; tubus supra ovarium

semi-inferum breviter productus, disco hirtello adnato, Petala Bale smite

tibera, unguiculata, sub sinubus ca ycinis inserta calycem leviter

equilonga ; filamenta complanata ; anthera bilvcularis, fere hemi-

sp Sag carnosula, dorso rotundata, inargine pollinifera, estivatione

inflexa, varium }—2-inferum, placentis (3-5) intrusis sed vix

ssialie ; ovula in loculis incompletis sepius 3 a basi ‘cavdatis adscen-

su

P lanatis eequilonga v. paullo lon ior.—Arbor v. ar! uscula —

cé

mins “an a. olia coriacea, opposita oblong v. obovato-

: in pion nervis pone vanes

— * petrol breves. Flores parvi in racemos terminales spiciformes

pus 3-5-natim lesen: aden pedicelli brevissimi ; brac

minstisssmen cadue

D. =p aime “Oli (sp. stcarieg Internodia superiora ee

= poll. long a 2-3 poll. longa, 1-1} poll. lata ; petiolus ¢ poll.

eneus. oh teak so peduncu lata 5 receat 163 poll. longi. Flores

vy poll. long $1. Capsula 3-2 poll. lor

Has. Borneo : Sarawak, Beecari is 72); Sibu, on the Rejang

river, Seale (2916

A: he affinity of this interesting plant is no doubt with the genus

ma first described by Lh waite, from Ceylon, to which

ai lg added a species from Malacca, and Beccari_ three from

“iploag the latter described by M. Ba iNlon (‘ Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris,’

* -=!-128), which he distinguishes from the type under t the sub-

argent name Naaiandra thers ovules being geminate in ea ach cell,

zeyla

Pum under Lythrariex by — and Gen

t rai - Baillon, however, points 0 t (/.c.) its relationship to

he

American genus Mouriria in the rat inflexed in :estivation,

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Puate 2352.

PETALACTELLA WOODIYI, N. HE. -Br.

Composit. Subtribe GNAPHALIER.

P. Woodii, V. EZ. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 100; fruticulus

nanus intricate ramosissimus, foliis alternis continua. linearibus

fexey . : ‘

ci

a v. Hist iche plumosis, corolla tubulosa superne leviter dilatata

—. brevissimis, antheris anguste linearibus basi minute bidentate

v

- Integree,

Har. South Africa : nae Free State, at an elevation of about

5000 feet, J. M. Wood (No. 813).

di = ueeiacae 3-6 poll. altus. Folia 14-2} lin. longa. Capitula } poll.

iam

Mr. Brown (.c.) regards Don’s genus Petalacte as the nearest ally of

oe plant, ees out the resemblances and differences between them.

F Tn facies it recalls some species of Metalasia. The occurrence of the

emale florets in the axils of ben gienrg pe ree of = pee

own,

a Parallel 5 in the Order.—D. Oxrv

Fig. 1. Leaves, upper and es surfaces. 2. Capitult = 3. Outer es

ages and 9 floret. 4. Style. . Inner involueral scale. 6. 6 floret. 7. Ant

Style. 9. Achene. Ail siiory ed.

SERIES Iv, VOL. IV. PART IIL. :

Pirate 2353.

TRECULIA AFFONA, JW. £. Br.

Urticace®. Tribe ARTOCARPER.

africane magno globoso, bracteis apice squama peltata puberula

ciliata decidua coronatis, Cust ellipsoideis v. oblique ovoideis.

Has, Niger Territory ; Yoruba, Millson.

Folia 34-6 (23-73) poll. oe 13-25 (1-3) poll. lata ; petiolus 3-4

poll. longus. Stipule 4-1 poll. long. Capi pore fructiferum 11-12

poll. diam. Wucule 4-6 lin. longe, ete Tasse.

; %

of the leaves. The fruit-heads of the two species are ba similar ; —

flowering heads of 7. Affona I have not seen. Known as the 4

tree in Nigritania, The seeds are probably used as food, ——

of T. africana.—N. E. Brown.

Fig. 1. Fruit and surrounding connate bracts. 2. and 3. Peltate apical ee of

— ts, 4. Staminate rire + os ote open. 6, Ovary laid open. 7. Embryo.

ngitudinal section 9. Embryo showing the smaller cotyledon, the

a portion of the oat seiyindon Boia Except fig. 1, al geil

OSeissis Rentiy Raker.

PLATE 2304.

ANOGEISSUS BENTII, Baker.

CoMBRETACES.

pion coriaceis

AB. Arabia ; Hadramaut, near Ghail Omar, alt. 2200 feet,

fer (No. 189).

; Folia alterna y. approximatim opposita 7 G1) poll. longa, 6-8 lin.

rato, , petiolus 14-2 lin. longus. Pedwnceule 9-101 in. longi, sepius 1-2-

eati. Capitula florifera } 3 poll. epoieie

A copiously branched tree, with its divaricate branchlets and er

peduncles a fiording neat dull- grey oe eemer arr It 1

dently very nearly allied to a species represen th "kes

Herbarium and tk A SO hitherto, bon Rajputéna “collected by

Lr. Duthie Wo. 4663). In the Indian plant the calyx-limb is is per-

mae and silky. The genus occurs both in India and Africa.—D.

Fig. 1. Detached flower. 2. Calyx-limb and stamens. 3, Young fruit; the ovary

ed,

laid open. Ail enlarge

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STATICE TERETIFOLIA, Baker.

PLUMBAGINES.

_S. teretifolia, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 334 ; S. cylindrifolie

simillima, differt : bracteis superioribus obovato-rotundatis plus minus

truncatis calycis tubo cylindrico sequilongis.

Has. Arabia; Hadramaut, Lunt (Nos. 75, 98, and 235).

bractex interiores fere orbiculares floribus breviores coriacee anguste

hyalino-margin alyx tubo hispidulo v. fere glabro, limbo exserto

1. Transverse section of leaf, 2. Detached flower. 3 and 4. Outer bracts.

Fig.

5. Innermost bract, 6. Pistil. AU enlarged.

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PLATE 2356.

SPH ROTHYLAX ABYSSINICA, Warming.

PoposteMAce®. Tribe EvpoposTEMEs.

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conformi costis 8 latis de eplanatis notato, stipite aes ae rigido

3-4-plo longiore. Anastrophea abyssinica, Wedd. in DC.

n 9.

Has. Abyssinia ; near Gaffat, Schimper, 1863 (No. 1181).

Caules fluitantes 4-10 bell ~ ; thalloidei 14-4 poll. diam.

Dr. Weddell regarded

think

the view taken in ‘Genera Plantarum’ that it is di androus, with the

ordinary ‘ bilocular’ anthers, clearly the fates one. mien OLIVER.

2. The —s ape es with ~~ spathella.

Fig. “legis Oa —— stipes. ed,

o flowers, not yet emerge

rs Ant Same, laid open

om the cory Poet "ur enlarged.

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ANGOLA FLUITANS, Wedd.

Popostemacez. Tribe MARATHRER.

fluitans, Weddell in DC. Prodr. xvii. 300; ramis_primariis

fluitantibus elongatis lete viridibus nae foliis’ eins dichotome

laciniatis angustissime linearibus filiformibusve, floribus in cymulas

pauci- v. pluri-flores vin ker — hice niie oe er

Singulis prim primum in spat. sila pedicella ellin clausa

reconditis dein exsertis, squamellis ae ered ee 3 (v. 4) filan

tis basi ene plus min nus coalitis, antheris late coblege-liptcs

Angola, River Quanza, in the Cambambe rapids, J. J.

Monteiro 1872.

Rami primarii 4-14 ped. longi. Folia 1-2} poll. longa.

S now more than twenty years since the late Mr. ap penene _

mitted excellent specimens of this rare Podostemad to Kew of

which I forwarded to the late Dr. Weddell, who had toes ale

engaged on the Order for the ¢ Prodronas His description of

the plant was in time to appear in the same volume as an addendum

It a not since, so far as I am aware, been gathered by any collector.

r. Monteiro describes it as occurring very sparingly on rocks in

f s ;

and watery. I follow Dr. Warming (in Engler and Prantl, ‘ Pflanzen-

o:. ci pinaoremm te in referring Angolea to his tribe Marathreze

Flower with ruptured dagen s still present. 2. Same, ge aarp

Fig. 1.

mei ner, back and front vie 4. Longitudinal section of fruit. Seed. A

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PLATE 2358.

ZYGOPHYLLUM AMBLYOCARPUM, Buker.

ZYGOPHYLLER.

latis, squamis lanceolatis acutis v. apice sesig es filamento paullo

brevioribus, antheris ellipticis basi bidentatis, stylo pilosulo, ovulis

utr oculo paucis v. interdum solitariis fae tibus longe

capsula glabrata turbinata obtuse pentagona, carpellis apice

obtusis dorso ecarinatis,

Has. Arabia ; 3 Hadramaut, 200-300 ft. alt., Lwnt (No. 51).

Folia cum petiolo 3—§ poll. longa. Flores 1-21 poll. diam. Capsula

3-4 lin. lata, 3 lin. lon nga.

Very oe allied to Niagara album, L., which is variable in its

indumentum and, to some extent, in the fruit, but with the lobes of

he cabin acute or distinctly eoled. After pee ener with a con-

siderable series of this species in this Herbarium, there seems no

alternative but to regard the Hadramaut arin as distin The flowers

Mr. Lunt describes as cream-coloured.—D. OI

Fig. 1, Stipules. 2. Transverse sey of leaf. 3. Flower laid open, petals and

Stamens removed, . Petal. 6. Sta and ba sal seale, back and front views

Tuit. 7, Det tached lobe of same. "8. s with funiculate seeds attached after

removal of wall of ovary. All enlarged,

a ey SS OE Pee Rawls 7 FIC ase Woe tees,

eis te

Puate 2359.

XEROTIA ARABICA, Oliv.

CARYOPHYLLACER. Tribe PARONYCHIEm.

Xerotia, Oliv. (gen. nov.). Flores bags eae parvi, breviter pedi-

cellati v. subsessiles. Calyx persistens, 5-fidus, segmentis carnosulis,

2 exterioribus ceteris paulo rion ovato-oblongis obtusis con-

cavis anguste marginatis, 3 ra a oblongis obtusis late mem

branaceo-marginatis. rian 5 (an interdum pauciora ’) _Perigyna

Stamina 5, perigyna rer sepalis opposita 5 ; Aah subulata com-

planata ; anther re ovato- v. lanceolato-oblonge versatiles per vettrna!

longitudinaliter aed teseuten filamento zquilo Sas varium liberum

ovoideum l-loculare ; stigma subsessile obscure 3-lobulatum ; ovula

6-7 basilaria. Capsula breviter exserta oblongo-ovoidea 3-6-sperma

crassitie penne corvine levibus cano- puber ulis mow glabratis. Folia

pauca opposita oblonga carnosa plus minus complanata ——

cano-puberula, 1-4 lin. longa. Flores in cymulis pauci- v.

unilateralibus qwasi- -axillaribus sessilibus v. pedunculatis haan

bractece minute deltoideo-ovatae scariose.

X. arabica, Oliver (sp. unica).

Has. Arabia; Hadramaut, sandy plains between Gahfyt and

Sibeh, Lunt (No. 82).

ssisgeage nearly — both to genera of Polycarpee and Illecebracee

as left in the ‘Genera Plantarum’ of Bentham and Hooker, I am

ence, the name of this genus in the enumeration Mr. Lunt’s

"ys 1on, made during Mr. Bent’s expedition, is given as Xeractis.—

- OLIVER,

hia 1. Detached os of inflorescence. 2. Vertical section of flower, the hig ry

moved, 3. Caps . Same laid open. 5. Seed. 6. Embryo. All enlarg

mbering the — which beset workers on t ise $ group, into one page ¥ agence

fl ra losis Plantarum,’ 1499), describing Dr. Anderson’s Spherocoma un : xis

generic name Psyillothamnus, having regarded the calyx ei Anderson) as involuera

4 :

Puiate 2360.

HELIANTHEMUM ARGYREUM, Baker.

CISTINE.

H. (§ Eriocarpum) argyreum, Baker in Kew a, 1894, 329 ;

fruticulus incanu us, ramis divaricatis heen foliis par is alternis v

suboppositis lanceolato- oblongis acutiusculis arge ae preuentier Bi

arcte revolutis costa subtus inter margines revolutos ela

stipulis minutis lanceolato-subulatis petiolo equilongis, racemis pau

et dissiti-floris, pedicellis sepius calyce brevioribus, sepalis 2 suieceatiad

lineari-lanceolatis interioribus ellipticis 5-nerviis 3-plo brevioribus,

petalis obovato- -oblongis calycem superantibus, ovario globoso dens

albido. tomentello, stylo erecto curvulo.

Has. Arabia ; Hadramaut, 4000 feet alt., Lunt (No. 213).

Folia 2-3 lin. longa. lores flavi 4 4 poll. diam.—D. OLIVER.

i Fig. 1. Two leaves, Sas their stipules. 2. paps section ofa leaf. 3. Bud.

Petal, 0. Sta amen, back and front view. 6. Pistil. 7. Transverse ‘section of

Ovary. All enlarged,

SERIES IV, vor, IV. PART III. z

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PLaig 2361.

EUCOMMIA ULMOIDES, Oliv.

TROCHODENDRACE (Prantl).

_ _E,. ulmoides, Oliver in Icones Plant. 1950 ; floribus preecocissimis,

masculis pedicellatis i in axillis squamarum cata aphyllacearu um solitariis,

staminibus cire. 8 (6-10) receptaculo nudo insertis, filamentis brevissi-

mis, antheris elongato-linearibus obtuse tetr gonis api connectivo

China (in addition to localities cited under Plate ee

“ Sze-Chuen, District of Tchen-Kéou-tin (cultivated), £.

arges.

The botanical museum of the Jardin des Plantes having recentl

favoured us with excellent specimens of this singular plant, collected

b Farges, with staminate and pistillate flowers, which were

wanting when I published the genus, it is desirable that an additional

plate from the new material should be g given in ‘Icones Plantaru rum,’

in which previously only fruiting specimens were represe ean-

: ime, moreover, Professor Baillon has informed me that Eucommia

identical with his Huptelea Daviliana, published in ‘ Adansonia,’ Xi.

(1875), 305. At the time of publication of Eucommia I could not

venture any serious suggestion as to its a

howe ever, be any doubt that its nearest ally is

ay eae / regard it as rightly — to that genus, from W

ith i : albumen in length, a cee ovary

with bitid stigma, presenting ev a ranc

Pellary ai md ally the cry, appearance of peculiarity of its

unbrane se caoutchoue- containing cells, deseri by

n. Tran

carpels, the pistillate flowers, which are on a separate nike

manner show no trace of stamens. Professor Bailfon (/.c.) descri

* FP —— ao Li whom I submifted fi ts of Euptelea (dry), informs me

ragments of Eup

that he cannot fin either — petiole, or lamina of leaf, any of the capac

cells élinractorielie of Buco

rthia latifolia. E

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Puate 2362.

SCHWEINFURTHIA LATIFOLIA, Baker.

SCROPHULARINES, Tribe ANTIRRHINE.

majore late ovato acutiusculo basi obliq : rdato ceteris ovato-

tbiicactatis corollz labio superiore marginibus reflexis, 2 hg

palatum bigibbum glanduloso-pilosulum trifido, lobo medi

elliptico lateralibus angustiore.

Has. Arabia; Hadramaut, Mokalla, 200-300 feet alt., Lunt

(No. 58),

Folia 1-1} poll. longa, Z-13 poll. lata, isa eS ae

petiolus @-t poll. longus. Pedunculi pilosi 5 poll. a "Sas ers

albido-flavescentes labio corolle superiore purpurascente, 4

longi. Sepalum posticum # poll. longum. De.

The affinity of this plant is with 8. ahi emer ee core:

spherocarpa, Benth.), of the dry region from Scinde g

D. Oxtver.

iews. 4. Pistil.

Fig. 1. Calyx. 2. Corolla laid open, 8, Anthers, back sad: sr0nt Wie

Ali enlarged,

Puate 2363.

CISTANCHE ROSEA, Baker.

OROBANCHACES.

floribus cca ier alabastros superantibu us, bracte teolis SEARED

angustis, calycis lobis obtusis anticis tubo brevioribus ovato- ellipticis,

‘ so i-

buliforme dilatato incurvo, filamenta exserta glabra bas il

tubi corolle in eit ovario lanissalele: oblongo cum sigs elongato

exserto glabro

Has. Arabia ; Hadramaut, near Mokalla, alt. 200 feet; parasitic on

roots of Pluchea Diescoritis, Lunt (No. 62).

Spica florifera 9-12 poll. longa. Flores 14 poll. longi. Anthere

dorsifixze, albo-lanate, inappendiculate.

This fine Cistanche is perhaps more nearly allied to C. tubulosa —

no other species, but the squamz and bracts are more obtuse

Fig. 1. Calyx and bract. 2. Corolla laid open. 3, Anther. 4. Stigma. 5. Transverse

Section of ovary. Al enlarged.

Qe =a 5 SS

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SS

Pirate 2364.

VELLOZIA ARABICA, Baker.

Satcoioes Tribe VELLOZIEX.

V. (Xerophyta) arabica, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 342 ; herbacea,

breves sepe formans vestigiis fibrosis foliorum

delapsorum fibrosis vaginantes, foliis radicalibus v. quasi radicalibus

a mi

Has, Arabia ; Hadramaut, 4000 ft. alt., Lunt (No. 205).

Radix: fibr rosa, fibris primariis slongatis ramulos breves laterales

“then iden Caules interdum 4-1} poll. longi. Folia 1-3 poll.

onga, y’s—} poll. Hee Pedunculus 1-2 Looe longus. Flores albi v.

carnosi es poll. dia

The Ss ally od ia species is, I think, V. humilis, Baker, of

S.E. Africa.—D. Out

Fig. 1, Apex of = 2, Anthers, back and front views. 3. Ovary, style and

stigma, “All enlarged

PLaTE 2365.

LITTONIA OBSCURA, Baker.

Liniacez. Tribe UvVULARIES.

lanceolatis acutiusculis basi

Has. Arabia ; Hadramaut, Lunt (No. 280).

Cormus 4, poll. diam. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, flores seepius superantia.

Perianthium 4-5 lin. longum. Anthere lineari-oblonge extrorse,

filamentis subulatis longiores, infra medium dorso aflixe. Ovula

biseriata, c. 18-20 in utroque loculo.

Fig. 1. Transverse section of leaf, showing strongly involute margins. 2. Leaf of

Perianth. 3, Flower, the perianth removed. 4. Stamens, back and front view.

All enlarged,

Puate 2366.

CIRCA ASTER AGRESTIS, Maxim.

GENUS ANOMALUM AFFINITATIS DUBIA.

: C. agrestis, Maximowicz, in Mél. Biol. xi. 346 ; herbula annua

simplex glabra, caule (hypocotyledoneo) erecto pellucido, cotyledonibus

persistentibus lineari-oblongis uninerviis, foliis 5— quasi verticillatis

cuneato-ovatis repando-serratis basi in petiolum gracilem sepius

“censuses angustatis membranaceis subtus glaucescentibus, flori-

eniq

ctu sepe 2-3-plo longioribus, fructibus monospermis lineari- v

oblongo-fusiformibus cetis uncinatis plus minus obsitis.

China: Prov. Kansu, Przewalski ; Western Himalaya,

Kumaon, Strachey and Winterbottom, Duthie.

Caulis gracilis 1-4 poll. longus, fasciculo solitario centrali fibrova-

sali percursus. Cotyledones persistentes evolute 5-6 lin. longe, | lin.

latee, Folia, cum petiolo, 4-12 poll. longa, exstipulata. Sepala minu-

tissima oblonga vy. lanceolata, persistentia. Petala 0. Stamina

h na 2 (v. 1 altero tum an Carpella 1-2-4, sepius

a

papillosum, coloratum ; ovulum solitarium, pendulum, orthotropum,

breviter funiculatum. Caryopsis 2 lin. longa: albumen copiosum ;

embryo teres radicula infera.

This singular plant was first gathered by General (then Captain)

Strachey, and drawings prepared from his material by Sir Joseph

Hooker for publication, together with the specimens, were unfor-

who transmitted specimens to Kew in 1881. Since then it has been

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PLATE 2367.

PIPTOCALYX MOOREI, Oliv.

MonIMIACEz.

P. Moorei, Oliv. in Benth. Fl. Austral. V. 292 ; frutex scandens

ramis grecilibus cum inflorescentia costaque foliorum ferrugineo- hirsutis,

pilis laxe appressis, avs nh Siege petiolatis punctatis ovato-lanceolatis

inatis nervis lat utri

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sessili dense papilloso aviter obliquo, ovulo ~ golitaxio prope apicem

cavitatis latiuscule et igh inserto pendulo anatropo.

Has. Australia: N. 8. Wal les, Hastings River, C. Moore ; New

England, Stuart (fide Mueller, Frag. Phyt. Austr. x. 106).

Frutex scandens 30-40- -pedalis. Folia 4-5 poll. longa, 13-1? poll.

lata ; aor 4-3 poll. longus. Kacemus terminalis 1— 14 poll. longus,

aris brey

Our material of this interesting plant is still very imperfect, though

2 recently reinforced by fragm ents of inflorescence broug

Kew for identification by Mr. E. ™. Holmes, F.L.S., who informs me

pat the leaves are being imported into Hamber as a substitute for

“ai aad they are said to be obtained ‘ 200 miles inland from

urne,

flowers have much in common with those in 7'rimenia, Seemann, 0 "

Fiji Islands, the anes of ‘eu also are minutely punctate, thoug

hot ay bitter—D. O11

ig gar of leaf, showing the marginal nerve. 2 and 3. Bracts. ee

ot salir th. 5. Staminate flower, one rs of anth remaining. % : and

Ka and front views, 7. Hermaphrodite flower, perianth removed, 8. Ovary

Sessile Stigma, 9. Teabitiatinal section of same. All enlarged.

Piate 2368.

HUMBOLDTIA DECURRENS, Bedd.

Lecuminosz. Tribe AMHERSTIER.

H. decurrens, Beddome in Herb. Kew cum doser.; arbor 40-50-pedalis

novellis cinnamomeo-tomentellis, foliolis sz ius 4-6-j -jugis, petiolo

communi inter foliola alato, foliolis tenuiter coriaceis subsessilibus

elongato- ovali- v. lanceolato oblongis acuminatis basi obtusis v. inter-

i nd i i

lanceolatis v. ovato-lanceolatis acutis basi infra insertionem in appen-

icem majusculam oblique ovatam v. reniformem productis, racemis

brevibus axillaribus solitariis geminatisve sane interdum vix supe-

rantibus tomentosis, petalis 5 calycem subsequantibus.

Has. Indian Peninsula ; Travancore, near Colatoorpolay, Beddome,

Bourdillon

Foliola 6-15 poll. longa 14-4 poll. lata, inferiora seepe minora ; i

15-24 poll. lon Br ovatee alabastris breviores, deci

Ele cymbiformes connatz apicibus ape “<p ovatis, pedicels,

cum tubo calycino, temp. florifero squilon em breviores.

Sepala 4, oblonga, equilonga. Petala a elo v. ovalia, un-

ob

stipite ad tubum pars de lateraliter adnato ; stylus evolutus superne

glaber ; stigma capitatum. re 31-5 poll. longum, apicem

versus 1- 1; poll. latum, tomentellum

This is the Humboldtia referred to by Col See ae in his

‘Forester’s Manual of Botany for Southern In dia,’ p. X He de-

scribes it as a very large tree, but had not then procured it in a flower or

ruit. Mr. Bourdillon, to whom we are indebted for recent speci-

mens, speaks of it as a tree of 40-50 feet, the trunk 1 foot in diameter,

and very common near Colatoorpolay. It is distinguished at once from

other species we a by the conspicuously alate rachis of its

leaves.—D. Our

A 1. Flower and nate bracteoles, the anterior SS removed.

il, 6. Long:-

con

- Petal. 3. Flower, the opens and calyx-limb removed. Pist

frase section of ovary, All enlarged.

Piate 2369.

PTEROCARPUS SOYAUKXII, Jaubh.

Lecuminose. Tribe DALBERcine.

P. Soyauxii, Taub. (sp. nov.) ; arbor ramulis teretibus cortice et

— rugoso-rimoso obtectis, novellis as petioli inflorescenti

es ferrugineo-tomentellis, stipulis non visis, foliis ra aria

foliolis alternis plerumque ils 13 distincte petiolulatis lineari-oblongis

vel interdum subobovato-oblongis apice obtuse producto leviter emar-

marginatis utrinque glaberrimis, infloresce is pyramidalibus panicu-

latis, floribus longe graciliterque eadiasa pedicello infra calycem

bracteolis 2 alabastrum subequantibus caducissimis munito, uti calyce

subtubuloso-campanulato bre reviterque dentato pilis ferrugineis sub-

we vexillo calycem duplo superante late rotundato sub.

to su in utrinque breviter d i

Has. West Trop. Africa : eager Sibange Farm, Seyaux (No.

fl. No. 59 fr.) ; Top. At ns, N. W. of Kumba, Preuss (No. 167 ret

Arbor ad 30-metralis. Folia ane communi 25- -6 poll. longo ;

foliola Supra in sicco nitidula costa im nerv iis sub-

parallelis prominentibus, secundariis oroedtole-cuklonlals subtus

egret nitidulis, costa in novellis inferne ferrugineo-tomentella

venilla subequantes, } poll. late, ungue 3} lin. longo ; carine petala

awe ungue 5 lin . attingentia. Legumen (non plane dhabasis stipite

4 poll. longo, diam: cirea 24-35 poll. Semina ignota.

Tree of the virgin forest 80-90 ft. in height, furnishing a Bar- or

Red-wood used by the natives asa dye. It is readily distinguished from

Puate 2370.

ACHILUS SIAMENSIS, ems.

SciTaAMINES. Tribe ZINGIBERE.

chilus, Hemsl. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 39. Flores minuti, in

axillis bracteolarum sae. sessiles, unisexuales, ut videtur, vere

monoici. Flores 3 : yx cylindrico-tubulosus, obscure trilobatus.

Corolla calycem dit nition superans, alte Bahausee lobis ovato-oblongis

obtusis. Staminodia nulla. Stamen unicum ; filam ntum filifo shat

antheree exserte loculi paralleli, oakiirai, connectivo non producto

inappendiculato. lores ? : Calyx tu bulosus, cylindricus, brevissime

3-lobatus. Corolla cylindrica, calycem paullo superans, etiam obscure

trilobata. Staminodianulla. Stylodia 2, filiformia, ovarium 1-loculare,

neg parietalibus, ovulis numerosis ; ; stylus filiformis. Yructus

otus

Herba annua, nana, gracilis, caulibus sear Folia gramin-

oidea. Inflorescentia terminalis, nutans é spicis paucis, densis.

distantibus, graciliter pedunculatis sistens, et bracteis amplis pore

‘nate. Flores bracteolis distichis arcte complicatis etiam coloratis Jere

seo inferiores ?, supremus vel superiores 2.

Achilus si iamensis, Hemsl. l.c. ; ; puberula caulibus 2-3-foliatis, foliis

“Sst longe vag inantibus, vaginis apertis ciliolatis apice trans sversim

ula,

longitudinalter venosis venis rope marginem connexis, ahr:

rotundatis latioribus quam longis, floribus papillosis, ovario ruguloso.

Has. Siam : open Ree on Mount Putsum, near Nam Kawng, at

about : 2000 feet, /’. H. Smiles.

Caules 6-9 poll. alti. Folia a vagina 2 poll. longa. IJn-

Pieecniia 13-2 poll. longa. Bractee 6-9 lin. longe. Bracteole ex-

teriores complicate circiter 3 lin. disnnsen Fi mpi ;3—4 lin, lon ngi.

e new genus alluded to (‘ Bulletin,’ /. . as forming part of

a small collection from pper Siam, collected by Mr. F. H. Smiles, of

the Royal Ordnance Survey. From his note accompanist the speci-

purple-red and the very small cylindrical flowers yellow ; but he, not

being a botanist, ie not correctly discriminate between the bracts and

the flowers. Achilus is remarkable in having unisexual ‘iowa and ong

igre the a slabsence of labellum ma of staminodia of any kind.—

2. Pistillate flower. vs Py ary

Detached lower portion of inflorescence.

bi 5. Staminate flow All

Fig. 1.

with style and stylodia. 4. Same, the ovary laid open.

enlarged,

PuateE 2371.

CALOSTEMMA ALBUM, 2&. Pr.

AMARYLLIDACES. Tribe AMARYLLE®.

album, #. Br.. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. errs foliis Ao v.

oblongo- “ellipticis obtusiuscule acutatis nonin aceis longe petiolatis,

lamina utrinque 5-6-nervi venulis ultimis aaeeslll obliquis sub-

ili a i tha i

ecto

Segmentis lineari-lanceolatis, pedicellis flore seepius brevioribus, peri-

anthii tubo ee wh etc limbo subequilongo segmentis plus minus

patentibus an seepiu 14 stamini-

bus perianthio brevonbus, antheris oblongis medio affixis, filamentis

anguste subulatis in tubu m (2-24 lin. lon ngum) tubulari infundibuli-

formem coalitis m margine cum entibus lanceolatis integris v. breviter

bifidis filamentis alternantibus, ovario l-loculare, ovulis 2-3 fere e basi

cavitatis adscendentibus

Has. North Australia: Turtle Island, Gulf of Carpentaria, 2.

Brown.

Folia 4-8 poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata ; petiolo ad 6-10 poll. longo.

Scapus 3-1} ped. longus. Umbella 14-2} poll. diam. Flores cum

Ovario infero c. 10 lin. ia gi.

We figure this rare plant at the suggestion of Sir F. v. Mueller.

It has never, so far as I am aware, been collected a second time, and

our figure i is ‘from s specimens collected by R. Bro wn, and presented to

: a Eurycles, the leaves pe rhaps narrower than those of B. Cunning-

‘amir, Ait., but otherwise identical in venation. It mi ight be better

to regard it as a ELurycles with two cells of the ovary suppressed

‘ Pflanzenfamilie en,’ Asha ae p- 111, to Dr. Baillon’s observation

6 Calostemma does not deve elop a norual embryo in the embryo-sac,

ut ete which grow towards the marine —D. OLIVER

A and 2, Outer and inner perianth-segments, 3. Corona and stamens. 4.

pex cof iy 5. Ovary, laid open. Al/ ed mgs

SERIES Iy, VOL. IV. PART III.

Prats. 2372.

PHYLLANTHUS PANICULATUS, Oliv.

EvupHorBiAcE&. ‘Tribe PHYLLANTHE.

P. paniculatus, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; arbuscula 15-20-pedalis, glabra,

foliis amplis membranaceis ellipticis v. ovato-ellipticis breviter obtuse

acuminatis basi late cuneatis v. rotundatis nervis lateralibus primariis

utrinque c. 5-7 rete venularum subtus prominulo, inflorescentia laxe

paniculata ramis gracilibus divaricatis, pedicellis solitariis v. sepe 2-9

fasciculatis gracilibus, bracteis minutis, perianthii laciniis 6 biseriatis

subequilongis exterioribus ellipticis interioribus obovatis, fl. ¢ stamini-

bus 3 monadelphis, antheris liberis erectis ovato-lanceolatis acutis

Has. Polynesia: Solomon Islands, Faro Island, Guppy (No. 247).

Folia 7-8 poll. longa, 34-4 poll. lata ; petioli breves. Panicula

rts F

P

7-9 poll. longa; pedicelli 4-9 lin. longi; flores albidi. Capsula

globosa, 3-sulcata, levis, }-2 poll. longa atg. lata.

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

4. Transverse section of ovary of immature fruit. 6. Seed. All enlarged.

Tylophorop sis heterophylla, N.E. Br,

Puate 2373.

TYLOPHOROPSIS HETEROPHYLLA, VX. #. Br.

ASCLEPIADE®, Tribe CyNANCHES,

ta pr lis rg 3 .

petiolaribus folio brevioribus cymulas paucifloras 1-3 erentibus, pedi-

cillis fori su quilongis, corolle rotate segmentis lanceolatis obtuse

is do

per us

Tylophora heterophylla, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss. ii. 41, tab. 71; Vince-

toxicum heterophyllum, Vatke in Linnea, 40 (1876), 212.

Has. Trop. Africa: Abyssinia, Schimper.

Folia magnitudine maxime varia, inferiora 2 poll. longa cum petiolis

1} poll. longis, folia superiora 8-14 lin. longa, petiola 2-3 lin. longa.

Flores 5-6 lin. diam.

Mr. N. E. Brown having published his plant (together with a

the figure ci e in

e

alternating with the adnate lobes of the corona, as noticed by Mr.

town.—D. Oxtver.

Fig. 1. Flower, 2, Gynostegium. 3. Pollinia, All enlarged.

:

:

=o SEPT ee Tee

Puate 2374.

TRICHOLHNA MONACHYRON, Oliv.

GRAMINER. Tribe PANnicez.

; glum 1 :

distante parva oblongo-elliptica obtusa basi fasciculo pilorum cincta,

gl. ll. acute carinata apice scariosa bidentata inter dentes graciliter

aristata 5-nerve carina medio et infra longe ciliata, gl. iii. florifera

: Cape Verdes, St. Jago, Hooker; St. Nicolao, Bolle ; St.

Vincent, perhaps introduced, fide Krause ; (7 E. Trop. Africa, Abyssinia,

Schimper, Nos. 218, 2310).

Culmus 1-2-pedalis. Folia 2 (v. in spp. Nub. 3) lin. lata. Spicule

3 lin. longee.

Rhynchelytrum grandiflorum, Hochst. (in ‘ Flora,’ 1844, 249), is very

near to our plant, and perhaps might have been rightly reduced as

synonymous, but in view of the much larger spikelets T have hesitated

to cite it formally as such. Both Rhynchelytrum and Monachyron

were reduced to T'richolena by Hackel (Engl. and Prantl, ‘ Pflanzen-

familien,’ ii. Gram. 36), and Dr. Baillon has also pointed out their

identity in ‘Bull. Soc. Linn. Par.’ They are all three reduced by him

more villous glumes,—D. OLIVER.

Fig. 1. Junction of lamina of leaf with its sheath. 2. — pee

staminate floret. 4. Anthers, 5. Hermapbrodite flower. an ie

glume and palea of same, 8. Stamens and pistil, 9. Pistil. UZ enlarged.

_ Galpinia transvaalica, N.E.Bp

Piate 2378.

GALPINIA TRANSVAALICA, N. E. Br.

LyTHRACEX.

G. transvaalica, V. £. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 346 ; arbuscula

glabra, ramulis intricatis ultimis tetragonis, foliis oppositis v. suboppo-

P

branaceis longitudinaliter unicostatis margine undulatis lobis calycinis

o longioribus, staminibus isomeris exsertis s oppositis medio

Z medium tubi calycis insertis, filamentis «stivatione inflexis

Has. South Africa: Transvaal, French Bob’s Hill, Berbersu™

2600 feet alt., Galpin (No. 889).

Arbuscula 15-pedalis. Folia 13-2} poll. longa, gsc —

petioli 1-2 lin. longi. Calya 14-2 lin. latus. Petala 2} in. longa.

The affinity of this plant, as Mr. Brown points out, is —

American genus Diplusodon, in which the stamens may be ee os

agrees with Rhynchocalyx (‘Ic. PI.’ 2348), which, however,

materially in the calyx and petals, and more especially in the ovary

and placentation.—_D. OLIVER.

ti He. 1. Calyx. 2. Flower laid open. 3. Stamens, back and front views. 4, Ver-

leal section of ovary. 6. Transverse section of same. All enlarged.

VOL. IV.—PART IV.] (JUNE,

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FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS,

OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS,

SELECTED FROM THE

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Gerbera parva NEB

Prate 2376.

GERBERA PAR VA, XV. £. Br.

Composita. Tribe MurTIsIAcEx.

G. parva, V. FE. Brown in Kew Bullet. 1895, 27; herba concinna

acaulis, foliis longe et graciliter petiolatis lamina late ovato- elliptica

obtusa basi cordata re epando-denticulata supra fere omnino glabra

babtus breviter et — Sea tomentella, i oes 2-4-plo longiore

Supra medium plus minus tomentoso apicem versus sepe squamulis

paucis subulatis spe tea ‘oa disco equilongo ecriaenak saints

purpureo | tinctis biseriatis cum paucis brevioribus lineari-o longis

redacto v. fere obsoleto, floribus disci cum labiis subequilongis, pappi

ei uniseriatis basi brevissime coalitis ovario longioribus scabridis

Has. South Africa ; in the Drakensberg, a damp place by Bushman’s

river, 6000_ 7000 feet, Evans (No. 57).

Folia cum petiolo 14-2} poll. longa, era 4-3 poll. longa, 4-6 lin.

lata, capus 34-4} poll. longus. Capitula florifera, cum radiis, {-1

Poll. diam. Anthere basi caudate, apice in nappa membranaceam

obtusam product

An elegant little s t first,’ according

toes very like Bellis perennis a

“ r. Eva 3 perhaps m ay a resembling Bellis rotundifolia or

ellidiastrum Michelit. It. was only found in one locality.—D. OLIVER.

Fig. 1. Ray- ios k-floret. 4. Stamens.

5. Style. wih aang Seta of pappus of same. 3. Disk-flore

SERIES IV. VOL. IV. PART 1¥,

-. Sebwea Evansii. N.EB

Puate 2377.

SEBHA EVANSII, X. £. Br.

GENTIANACE®. Tribe EXAcez.

Parvo ovoideo obtuso breviter producto coronatis basi bifidis, ovario

biloculari, stylo is longiore infra medium biglanduloso, stigmate

capitato bilobulat

Has. South Africa ; in the Drakensberg, Cooper (No. 2761), Tyson

ae ile Evans (No. 56); on rocks at an elevation of 6000-

aac 2-3-pollicaris. Folia 2-3 lin. lata: Flores }-3 poll. diam.

Of this charming littie plant, so different in its prostrate habit from

its congeners, the excellent specimens sent to t e Kew Herbarium by

. Evans enable us to furnish a satisfactory ot Mr. Evans

describes it as ‘a lovely little plant growing in den

“Seek of flowers ti adding that “it is well deserving of

, Our

5 Ve. 1. Calyx. 2. Corolla laid open. 3 Anther, back and front. 4. Pistil,

* “Tansverse section cf ovary. All enlarged.

Puate 2578.

CRUDIA SENEGALENSIS, /lanch.

Leecuminos&. Tribe AMHERSTIE.

anguste turbinato limbo 4-partito segmentis tubo multo longioribus

imbricatis deni vis, stamit amentis

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| A apr W. Trop. Africa; Senegambia, Heudelot ; Eppah, Barter ;

| un river and Fernando Po, Mann ; Lagos, Millen.

Folia 4-1 pedalia : folio’ iora 3-6 poll. | - petiolulus 1-2

: pedalia ; folio’a superiora 3-6 poll. longa ; pe

i longus. Racemi 4-6 poll. longi ; pedicelli 6-8 lin. longi. Legumen

2-45 poll. longum, 2 poll. Jatum.

knowledge of this species is now completed by the op of

ur

€xcellent speci ; flower from sent by

yy) specimens in fruit as well as . is clearly

= imens. ‘Che legume is much longer and flatter One

which, moreover, they are closely tawny-tomentos®.""*

i ; ‘stil: ovary

‘8 1. Detached flower, 2. Anther, back and front view. 9: Pistil; the

F

laid open. All enlarged,

Didissandra Innéines Hen

Pirate 2379.

DIDISSANDRA LONGIPES, Hemsl.

GESNERACEX. Sub-tribe DipyMocARPER,

cymis 2-3-7. floris, pedicellis ae sepius ee um "9 3. i

Jongioribus, bracteis parvis anguste tineanibee calycis glabri 5-partiti

sugmentis vali. lanceolatis acuminatis, corolla e eh e 8-10- plo lon ongiore

ventricoso- infundibulariformi, labio superiore quam inf. breviore late

et obtuse hi ato-bilobato, inferiore porrecto 3- ret lobis subequali-

bus rotundati

Has. China; Prov. Yunnan, ‘in of shady rocks in a dark

limestone ees ; Mongtse, Hancock (No. 50).

Folia cum petiolis 14-3 poll. ae lamina. 2-4} poll. pee 13-2

poll. lata. Pedunculus 5-15 poll. longus ; pedicelli ea: poll. longi.

alyx segmentis temp. florifero } po oll, temp. fructif. 4 poll. longis.

Corolla 2-24 oll, longa, Stamina didynama, inclusa, filam ventis incurvis

apice inappendiculatis, antheris per par ia apice ¢ coherentibus, loculis

late- 2d dah v. rotundato-ellipticis basi leviter divergentibus. a

lineare parce hirtum in stylo elongato attenuatum ; placentis a

bilamellatis, | lamellis revolutis facie interiore tantum ovuliferis. Stylus

aplce dilatatus ; stigma bilamellatum. Capsula linearis, bivalvis,

compressa, 2 1 poll. lon nga, 2-3 lin. lata. Semina minuta, lineari-ov valia,

utrinque angustata inappendiculata.

This fine species clearly belongs to Mr. Clarke’s genus s Didissan di mre

80 far as its technical characters ; go; but the genus, with the ad eee

made to it | ap the date of Mr. Clarke’s ‘Monograph of ae retin

is not ave natural sei and perhaps its species might without v1

be distribuyed between Didymocarpus and Chirita, allowing ag

senera to include both diandrous and didynamous _ ok of

Unguishing them by the form of the corolla. M. Baillon sin ae pena

“teas genera » and Didissandra, in Rottlera, Vahl, the ee ‘Gen.

hich name, x think, is te be regretted on the grounds given

nt.’ ii, 1029

Tn our dried specimens the under side of the ey riggs Ee to

or more uniformly pale yellow, the upper side an nd pene“ OLIVER.

aay Clearly very ornamental and worth introducing. ns.

tame

ent of s' me

- 1. Part of calyx and pistil. 2 Perec showing attachm 5. Ovule, A

Sainac. lack and tront view. 4. ‘Transverse section of ovary:

enlarge od,

SNS" ed ite aoe eel ga

Piate 2580.

ARGOSTEMMA CONCINNUM, Jemsl.

Rusiacez. Tribe HepyormpEs. |

A. concinnum, Hemsley in Kew Bull. 1895, ined. ; herbula uniflora

humilis 1-2-pollicaris caule erecto filiformi glabro, foliis 4 pseudo-verti-

campanulato limbo brevi 5-tido, segmentis ovato-deltoideis _acutis,

A Pp Nee rent

Sian Northern Siam ; moss-covered rock, Pu Kaw, near

ock, c, 6000 ft., Smeles,

, Molia 4-14 poll longa, 1-1} lin, lata, Flores albi, centro macilla

“indi notati, 2-1 poll. diam. —

bears, about midway

s distinct traces of a

“om Wanum, Bl., and its allies, carefully described by Mr. Be i

‘ general remarks under that species, in ‘ Plante Javanice

P- ¥3.—D. Oxiver,

es

leaf, showing the under surface. 2. Expanded flower

Pk 1. Portion of

YX. 4. Stamens, 5, Staminal tube laid open. Ald enlarged.

‘

ron Hancockii. Hemsl.

lododend

Puate 2381.

RHOD

2 ODENDRON HANCOCKII, Hemsl.

E :

RICACEH. Tribe RHODOREZ.

obovato-elli .

ipticis basi

ee macula flavi

a a filamentis paps seber epee: Bers

. omentell 0, S tylo lakes 18, ovarlo 6-(5-)sulcato

AB. Chi mi ae

63 ina ; P

Hancock (No 188. Mongtse, in a mountain glen, alt

olia persistenti

t

pol. tong entia, 4-8 poll. longa, 1}-3} poll. lata ; petiolus 4-4

Ka |P 4 ll eye " j : basi at-

x. Coroila 4-44 poll. diam. ; segmen

poll Bak nian Y

igma Btu. 14-2 poll. longa. Pistillum 2 poll. longum ;

This r

of emarkabl

ba eden doe oa — belongs to the relatively small division

‘ted rom the axil which the inflorescence is not strictly terminal,

“ragga ; of one or more of the uppermos t

Maximowiez, ee one ttion hodorastrum OF

Ht species with ugh M. Franchet in adopting this section inc

persistent leaves. It is allied to R. pittospor' ;

i Franch., which is the

“ ;

“ati ut differs the

cc r tube of the corolla and included stamens.

roducti i

: ies well deserving

Fig. 1

of ovary. Calyx and

’ ovary

sp hi ais sel fe 2, Anther, back and front yiew. 3.

on to

our gardens.—D. OLIVER

Transverse section

u "te

z we —— SE am

=e

p. Peet gl

a

Q phiop ogon clavatus, Wr.

Puate 2382.

OPHIOPOGON CLAVATUS, Wright.

HiEmMoporAce®. Tribe OPHIOPOGONE®.

0. clavatus, C. HW. Wright in Kew Bullet. 1895, inet.

thizomate cataphyllis scariosis sparse vestito fibras radicantes emit n

oblanceolato-oblon ga ohivon vy. lat ta basi in petiolum use. 8

attenuata, longitudinaliter 7—15-nervosa nervis peer ba

apicibus interdum leviter galeatis, antheris linearib 8 — 3-4-plo

ongioribus, stylo elongato perianthii segments fere equilonge. ie

Has, China ; Prov. Hupeh, in Bamboo woods, Dr. A. Henry (6065).

: : ran Flores

Folia petiolo incluso 4-5} poll. longa, Jamia 5-7 lin. lata.

rubentes 9-10 lin. lati.

: WS

A pretty species, deserving introduction into our era

on mountains at an elevation of 6000 feet. Its nearest i ae

a dwarf but acute-leaved species, of which a specimen

been received at Kew from Northern Siam, conee hh

it is related also to O. draceenoides, Hk. f, of the Eastern

D. Oxtver.

i sow, & Pistil. 40

Fig. 1. Flower and bract, 2. Anther, back and front view

enlarged,

Brandisia racemosa Hems

a Ye

oy seis ;

oe SOS,

SECO

Puate 2383.

BRANDISIA RACEMOSA, Hemsl.

ScROPHULARINEE. Tribe CHELONEZ.

B. racem °

osa, Hemsl. in Kew Bullet. 1895, ined. ; frutex ramis ut

jolatis ovato-

. ;

terdum

Pedicellati :

dentibus bie .. superioribus parvis linearibus, calycis campanulati

gibboso-arcuata labi posticis latioribus, corolla calyce 5-6-plo longiore

emarginato v. b abio postico quam antico fere duplo longiore apice

. breviter obtuse 2-lobato lateralite

Sa af Chi * * a .

(No. 1 44), ina ; Prov. Yunnan, in shady copses, Mongtse,

Folia 11

_ fota 13-2) poll. longa v. superiora florifera

2 “9

lin, lon

longus. Flores 14 poll. longi punicel; ome

r compresso.

Hancock

minora ; petiolus 1-3

lle labium anticum

Stamina

didynama, 2 i

og a, antic paullo longiora. ‘

sega basi divergentibus pe sien ovoideum

; ovula plurima, oblonga Vv. linearia ; stylus apice exsertus.

ies of this

Fig. 1

beck snd (022 laid open, and pisti ens. 1 enlarged

Pi ea pen, and pistil. 2. Corolla laid open, and stam

nt view. 4. Ovary, longitudinal and 5. transverse sections. All .

< Jasminum Primulinum.Hemsl.'

Puate 2384.

JASMINUM PRIMULINUM, JZemsl.

OLEACES. Tribe JASMINER.

fats corole tubo. br

emato-ellipticis tubo longioribus, stylo breviter exserto.

; Soe China ; Prov, Yunnan, Mongtse, in hedges and copses,

cock (No, 6),

ay opposita ; petiolus 1-3 poll. longus ; foliola lateralia 1-1} ew

‘tol. terminalia 14-21 poll. longa. Bractee inferiores parve, -

Mate, in tmedize majores elliptic: breviter petiolate, superiores ovales

spe

8®. Corolla 14~1? poll. diam.

Uk

ed in the larger leaves, sometimes fairly, if not abet

wenrin t r. Hancoe

: $s introduction into British horticulture.—D. OLIVER.

81. Fra, > laid open and

Sment of leaflet, showing setulose margin. 2. Calyx lai 4

"ary, 3 Corolla-tube laid Open, i Apex of style and stigma. All enlarged.

SERI :

my, VOL. IV. PART ty.

Draped al,

i Codonop Sis convolvulacea, KurZ.

Pirate 2385.

coD

DONOPSIS CONVOLVULACEA, Kurz.

CAMPAN ;

ANULACER. Tribe CAMPANULEZ.

5-partito segmen-

tis la

neeolati .

Olatis acutis, corollw. rot 5 :

x, rotate 5-partite segmentis pa

Hap, Chi

5 vAB. China ; :

5500-6500 feet Sel rov. Yunnan, Mongtse, in mountain pastures:

, Hancock ; Hotha, Anderson.

ous. Flores

Folia 3

-]1

gol di 2 poll. longa, 2-6 lin. lata ; petiolus as poll. long

3.) via, basi late et subito dj basifixee ; filamenta

Oculare, semisu subito dilatata carnosula intus pilos

perum ; stigma 3-lobum, lobis oblong

material : indeed,

ly as d

eepl Bi

ply lobed in C. pedunculosa, Franchet, which is a larger,

vidence of voluble habit.

is doubtless the case

ee

a. Pisti] and

stamens, 2, Stamen detached, from inner side. Enlarged.

PuatTe 2386.

ADINA GALPINI, Oliv.

Ruspiacesz. Tribe NAUCLEEZ.

A Galpini, Oliver (sp. nov.) ; arbor glaberrima, foliis 4-natim ver-

ticillatis coriaceis eloneato- ovali-oblongis obtusi lis basi in petiolum

Has. So. Africa ; Transvaal and Swaziland, Galpin (No. 1213).

; ; Arbor 30-90 ped. alta, ramulis strictis obsolete tetragonis. Folia in

Tanulis floriferis 41-6 onga, 4—# poll. lata, novella vernicosa.

a

— poll. 1 ,

- *tlunculi 4-11 poll. longi. Capitula globosa # poll. diam.

*. 4. Galpini is clearly a congener, an

‘phalanthus spathelliferus, Baker (Journ. Bot. 1882, oy Hanes

rt, which ditfers in its long peduncles and muc . vA

; 1e ovules are not solitary in the Madage D ts

Sch genera now stand, be removed fro ee dt ur

i Welnfurth’s No, 238 (ser. iii.) fr ar-Fertit is also eae i

Neue, aillon, I observe (Hist. Pl vii. 494), sinks ee he

es ied. §=6oIn th s, however, I am able to_follow : the rather

; — Cephalanthus as generically distinct. I cannot, sual as to

a heed state of the flowers in our specimens, speak seperate

F d i tion

wit 1. Bracteole. 2. Detached flower. 3. Corolla laid open- 4. Vertical sec

ee All enlarged, :

=

:

Piate 2387.

STROBOPETALUM CARNOSUM, W. F. Br.

ASCLEPIADE®, Tribe CYNANCHE.

§. carnosum, WV. EF. Brown in Kew Bullet. 1894, 390; suffrutex

prostratus v. laxe scandens, glaber, foliis petiolatis carnosulis ovato- V.

oblongo-ellipticis v. fere rotundatis obtusis retusis v. acutis mucronatis

1 rotundatis v. in ramis sterilibus macrophyllis plus minus cordatis,

Hloribus axillaribus, in cymis subsessilibus pauci- Vv. plurifloris dispositis,

pedicellatis, corollee tubo calyce 2-plo longiore tubuloso-campanulato

intus argenteo-sericeo segmentis limbi linearibus apice oblique acutatis

gil

tubo longioribus, coronz squamis lanceolatis ad medium gynosteg

adnatis apice liberis dorsaliter compressis antheris fere wquilongis.

- South Arabia, El Hami, Schweinfurth (Exped. Riebeck, No.

Rami seepe elongati, teretes. Folia in ramis sterilibus 1-2} ae

lone” 3-14 poll, lata; in ramulis floriferis seepius minoribus 4-1} poll.

onga, +-§ poll. lata; petiolus 1-7 lin, longus. ee minute,

nceolatee. Pedicelli 1-2 lin. longi. Flores viridescentes, e>panst

i} poll. diam.

lished ag are laterally nom peer Swobnee ie. 336) together

the two Species.—_D, OLIVER

ny i Same the

. Bud. 2. Expanded flower. 3. Gynostege with corona. #

lobes removed. 5. Pollen. Ald enlaryed.

MS. del, et ith.

3

fo

ral

rs

he

g

0

0

0

0

&

Q

eM

bs

5

@

2:

=

Piate 2388.

MUSSANDOPSIS BECCARIANA, Baill.

RUBIACES.

M, beccariana, Baill. in Adansonia, xii. 282 ; arbor inflorescentiis

i brevissime acu-

ee 5

a. inconspicuis, pedunculo semicylindrico, stipulis interfoliarib

res mam terminalem includentibus mox deciduis, cymis laxe

pedicellis floram alarium longus

e 0

deciduo lobis stigmatis brevibus rotundatis crassis intus excavatls,

Seminibus parvis utrinqu ‘oducti pa

. e in alam productis, emDry .

Fey non. Oreaghia fagrzeaopsis, Scortechint in Journ. of Bot. 1884,

Has. Malacca, Maingay (Nos. 835, 1692) ; Merlimau, Malacca, a

Derry (No. 1044): epi Boa iS Sarawak, Borneo, 08h

cara (Nos. 358, 1176, 2651).

Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 3-5} poll. lata ; dunculus 4-1} poll seis

g anicula ad 6 sols Fenee sate daly 14-2 lin. me pe

‘. jaceus 1-1} longus latusque. Corolle segmenta 1)- 2 lin. longa,

tn. lata. Capsula 3 lin. longa.

As Baitlon and Scortechini have sam CE a a

piuseendop sis represents the New World genus Calycop agp xe

d World. Since Baillon’s publication, howeve _ ne

: upeh, China, has been described by Professor D Oliver ee

Ie. Plant.’ 1823) under the name of Emmenoptery®s sie” ch the

come at least as near to Mussendopsis as to Calycophy lum, 8 ie

: te tube is more developed than in Calycophyllum, and ed we mee

aa of the corolla-lobes is apparently not contorted but imbrica

TAPP,

; A nt, 2. Corolla.

nad Soar, aig ne Or me

All enlarged.

: L

3 oe 1, Cymule with one expa

ary and style. 4. Petal

tudin e tal.

al, and 7, same, transverse section.

4 PLate 2389.

STEMONA ERECTA, Wright.

RoxBURGHIACES.

Serecta, C. HW. Wright in Kew Bullet. 1895, ined.; herba erecta 1-2

Lg

Is glabra, caule angulato

Perian

cum ia a 2

basi fonnectivo in appendicem anthera longi

vari cavitatis erectis.

Aa. China ; Nanking, C. Schmidt {No. 1541, Hb. Fe aber).

Folia 2-21 poll, longa, 1 poll. lata. Perianthii segmenta 6-7 He.

_, This plant is evidently a near ally of S. sessilifolia, Migq., of Sg,

mt in “Somoku Zusetsu,’ vol. i, Tab 55 (im the es om the

; tt be in the latter species the peduncles are longer, and

a developed foliage-leaves.—D. OLIVER.

Be 1. Poria i we

—)**erlanth, laid open. 2. Stamen, back and front view.

Metical section, All isan:

Ovary. 4. Same,

, Baker.

f;

utils

Piate 2390.

MASCARENHASIA UTILIS, Baker.

Apvocynace®. Tribe EcnrripE2.

Milis, Ba aker (sp. nov.) ; fruticosa, glabra, fo foliis breviter petiolatis

gis obtusis subcoriaceis_nitidis basi cuneatis, floribus in nodo

oblique ovatis obovatisve acutatis flore expanso pat

in tubo inclusis, folliculis cylindricis kevibus.

North Madagascar, Rev. R. Baron (6370).

ie os poll. longa. Calyx 3 lin. longus.

constrictus 10-11 lin. longs 5

poll. fructus immaturus 3- Si-po

Preading, erect shrub found in the i aaa eat

Calyx, 4 open, and pistil. % Corolla-tube, laid open. 8 Aather,|

Fo nh ee ae ee ee ee Pr

TSG Seen eee oe

fe] Rr Ae eee rN kt] ee og l

SA as coe ed tat ia i Si eal as

Bene epee ie yo

re

Sees tee

LPN ly Fee eee RTE lg ee ee ae a Pee eee

Pirate 2391.

GMELINA UNIFLORA, Stapf:

VERBENACES. Tribe VITICES.

hs uniflora, Stapf. (n. sp.) ; arbor parva ramulis apicem versus parce

vo-furfuraceis caeterum glabris, foliis late ellipticis vel obovato-

i inatis basi rotundatis abrupte

ampliato ad 4 5-lobato extus albo-glanduloso et sparse rufo-pil

atque pilosula tubo a basi sensim dilatato labio supero bilobo quam

inferum multo breviore, labii inferi lobo interme

ongiore, ovario apice pilosulo 4-loculari, ovulis in 1

ab apice pendulis, stigmate simplice acuto.

Has. South Borneo, Banjermassing, J. Motley (No.

oculis solitariis fere

1204).

Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 3-4 poll. 1

Bisbrescens, ad 1 ‘IL ongus. lus ful 5, 4 poll.

hgus, apice bibracteatus ; bractex ovate, ac

1 n. longe. Calyx sub anthesi circiter 8-9 lin. longus. Corolle tubus

poll. longus, labium inferam 4 lin. longus.

_ This is a very remarkable species of Gmelina. It differs from all

its congeners in its solitary flowers. he caly. .

‘~ The ovary of the single

any other species except (. hainanensis, Oliv.

ted was completely 4-celled, but it was already

i h

0

are visibl , ‘ally below. Our figure of the

ple on both faces, but more especi sie a el seiger

siond is from a single one, rather impe

PF,

v Fig. 1. Calyx and bracteoles. 2. Pistil. 3. Vertical section of ovary. 4. Trans-

erse section of same, All enlarged.

wv

ae

* . d

of | a, : in wf Fe "i ra ere,

=, Lh) % * a i

é i "

wr) ~ 7

Oy | A ic i fe 7

oa 3 ties ; frit?

‘ oO} Mel SRS a = ee a

oy, vy is ; ie ct s. ‘ tae

; : Vee?

ie ; er!

sie

Bay

met}

4,

(Se 5

Pees

oN

meee Teemochiesna Grfiths Hk f.

ee ne, ee ee

Phatr 2392.

THNIOCHL#HNA GRIFFITHII, Hook.f.

CONNARACER. Tribe CneEsTIDEA.

Paniculis fulvo-hirtis axillaribus e basi ramosis folio multo brevioribus,

calycis 5-partiti segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis apice anguste imbricatis

filamentis subulatis glabris complanatis basi vix coalitis, antheris

ovoideis basifixis mucronulatis, carpellis 5 liberis parvis sessilibus

oblique ovoideis vy. ellipsoideis apice seepe rostratis fusco-tomentellis

intus glabris.— Flora Brit. Ind. ii. 55.

Hap, Malacca, Griffith, Maingay.

Folia, 5-10 ; : inalia 3-6 poll. longa, 1}-23

y+ poll. longa ; foliola terminalia poll, lor ;

Poll, lata ; foliola inferiora. 14-3} poll. longa, cum petiolulis brevibus

“tng vix excedentibus. Panicule 4-2 poll. longe ; bracteis geting

oblongo-lanceolatis, cymbiformibus, pedicello multo brevioribus. C@

Pella tructifera 3-1 poll. longa.

I find the segments of the calyx are slightly imbricate, aging

: sand MS. of r. Maingay’s. ‘ Calyx cae Ony: slightly, ' a

quite distinctly, imbricated at the tips of the sepals. The cee

" Monotypic, has not been hitherto figured, to my knowledge.

- OLiver,

> 1.

: long 1. Detached flower, pedicel and bract. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil. 4. Carpe

gitudinal Section. 4, Seed. Lacept No, 5, all enluryed.

SRRIES iy, vor, IV, PART IV,

—

ong

Y Wo :

\So>

Si —

ee mote sg.

Puate 2395.

ORYZOPSIS OBTUSA, Stapf.

GRAMINES. ‘Tribe AGROSTIDER,

*quilongis late obovato-ellipticis v. superiore pa

Seereceis cymbiformibus inferiore ° superiore 3-nerv, nage forifera

anstata castaneo-brunnea nitente coriacea ecarinata

; arcte involvente, arista gluma 2-4-plo longiore, oda gies

Yalinis ovatis acutiusculis.

+" B. China; Prov. Hupeh, near Ichang (No. citi and Nanto

an Dicotaina to northward (No. 3896), Dr. A. Hon

Gramen 13-2 ped. altum. Folia supra longi aia 2-24 a

lon Spi

om? ~3¢ lin, lata. Panicule 4-8 poll.

poll. longe.

ov glume vacue gl, florifere fere aquilonge, grat “reti-

0. An elegant grass, of ge — allied to the North American

; asperifolia, Wee TV

rg. 1. Ligut f flowering glume. 3. Flow

ene amg Thee of pe nia mee pall 6. Pistil and lodicules. call

arged.

Stapf anal.

— MS.del, et ith,

. Trichopteryx elegantula, Stapf. :

PLATE 2394.

TRICHOPTERYX ELEGANTULA, Stapf.

GRAMINE®. Tribe AVENE.

T. elegantula, Stapf; annua pumila debilis basi ramosa, foliorum

vaginis striatis laxe pilosis ore barbatis, laminis ovatis vel lanceolatis

acutis pilosis—pilis interdum laxis longisque—patentibus vel falcatim

recurvis marginibus incurvis, panicula ovata, spicule gluma I. ovata

acuta 3-nervi longe laxeque subsetulosa pilis tuberculo insidentibus,

gluma IT. ei consimili sed subduplo longi gi inata, gluma III.

a m gluma II. paulo longiore longius acuminata subaristulata

-nervi vel sub-3-nervi juxta marginem laxe seriatim subsetulosa

. palea paucisetulosa florem masculum (?) subtendente, gluma IV.

o longa tenuiter hyalina involuta, antheris brev.bus oblongis, ovario

Berio, stylis a basi liberis tenuissimis io subequilongis stigmati

bus plumosis, caryopsi obovato-oblonga gluma rigescente paleaque lax

Inclusa —Arundinella elegantula, Hook. /f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii.

(1864), 233,

Has, W. Tropical Africa, Cameroons Mountains, alt. 6000-7000 ft.,

G. Mann (No. 2092).

Planta 3-4 poll. alta ; culmis gracilibus ad medium vaginatis,

i rse pilosulis v. glabratis. Foha 3-6 lin.

Ly a reducta. Panicula

(ramis inferne additis exclusis) circiter | poll. longa, plerumque ramis

honnullis ex folii summi axilla ortis additis aucta, ramulis capillaribus,

llis 2-3 lin. longis.

gluma IV. basi utrinque pilis albis

i. palea oblongo-lanceolata puberula pretereaque

orem J subtendente, 1 lin. longa, arista ad 4 lin. longa. Caryopsts

~¥ lin. longa.

The structure of the spikelets and florets of this very graceful see

a is exactly that of a typical Trichoptery*, although the —

_ is more that of some of the smaller South African species 0

anthonia (sect. Pentaschista). I always found the palea belonging to

glume ITI. empty, whilst Sir Joseph Hooker describes 1¢.as supporting

yma flower ; but the spikelets which I examin

-—O. Srapr,

5 hf 1. Leaf and vagina. 2. Spikelet. 3. Third glume. 4. Flowering glum®-

* Palea. 6. Stamen. 7. Pistil and lodicules. / enlarged.

See

“<

e. AY:

==

STS

- z ee

. ’ S gies o-<

she ma SS) > % SSIS —

ASE ‘ ‘ x > s

. | =SSSAQX Sa - : y

¥ x SaaS ae 2 = vr

: : » ES

Wea ~ —S 3

Sa a EF — A & ~ a

= = = > = ~~. D>

y a A a

ANY . . ) a

~ > ao — tS ¥ .

SQ

S\

wt

ER

SSNs

Sy

f Z a

aa rs a

~

SSS.

<> =

= ied

= Soe

“eS

SYA

cere LA y /

ee

Mics

ee

—

a Cyathopus sikkimensis, Stapf. :

lame,

ae

a”

ae gp?

“gj 7

PLaTeE 2595.

CYATHOPUS SIKKIMENSIS, Stap/

GRAMINEX. ‘Tribe AGROSTIDEX.

— aryopsis ignota.—Gramen perenne, elatum, iis planis.

anicula terminalis, pedu neulata, elongata, flaccidula, ramis filiformibus

ramulosis. Spicule basi nude cum pedicello apice in cupulam minulam

dilatato articulate.

Cyathopus sikkimensis, Stapf (n. sp.) ; culmis tota longitudine

me ‘ inis linearibus

‘ p

vaginatis, foliorum vaginis ampliusculis asperulis, laminis lin

ta d

pa

lanceolatis, antheris oblongis brevibus.—Milium Treutleri, 0. Kuntze

(in parte).

Has. North Sikkim, Lachoong valley in woods, 11000 ft., J. D.

Hooker.

Gramen 3-4 ped. altum. Foliorum lamina pedales ad 4 lin. late.

Punicula 9 poll. longa. Spicule 15 lin. long.

n the ‘Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. fil. et

omson,’ as ‘ Hymenac 3). Munro sug in a manuscript

note attached to one of the specimens that it might be a new genus

allied to Hymenachne. Kuntze identified it with his Milium Treutlert

This plant was distributed 1

Ane (

eares

whith i + other characte

it has very much in common, amongst ot Shere they aze

II. are very much like

ion Il

ea

and more distinct towards the apex where they collect and ual

the awn, or, in awnless forms, into a very ings * ole

tip. The name Cyathopus refers to the cup-shaped top of .

O. Srapr.

_ Fig. 1. Cupuliform top of pedicel. 2. Same, more enlarged. © pyre

ng arrangement of glumes. 4. Spikelet. 5. Third glume, side view. ®- ;

open, 7, Palea, 8. Stamen. 9. Vistil and lodicules. All enlarged.

=\{h

Nt "

ae

a iy,

, SSS Sh

e/

PLateE 2396.

DEYEUXIA TREUTLERI, Stap/.

Guamrwmas Tribe AGROSTIDEAE,

Deyeuxia iihtel ects Stapf ; perennis, foliorum vaginis inferioribus

laxiusculis minutissime asperulis, laminis lanceol ato-linearibus vel

linearibus suas attenuatis flaccidis subtus asperulis, ligula oblonga,

rigida patula semiverticillis

Plant. 780.

Has. Sikkim, Shimong, 7500 feet, 0. Kuntze; at 10000 feet,

eeutler (No. 486) ; from 7000 to 9000 feet, J. D. Hooker ; Soni

ee! *

12000 feet, C. B. Cla rhe Bi 26044); Touglo, 8000-9000

Culmi ad 3 a ie ad 3 ined = her ie vaginati, superne

asperuli, internodiis 5-7 su accrescentibus. oliorum

vaginee summe ad 9 poll. ee ‘aii » ad 10 poll. longe, ad : at

lin. late. Panicula ad 10 poll. longa, ad § poll. lata. Spicula 1-1}

lin. lon nga.

This species belongs technically to Deyeuxia, although ap

fenus is difficult to point out go rather unsatist mage’ sin Stay, B08

of the spikelet is not unlike of Dey P othing

Kinabalu, but the habit is et conti It ns gree n

whatever to do with Milium. O. Kun ze referred to it also a ie ant,

which was distributed as H. sep i in Herb. _ ri t this plant

Thomson,’ and which is extremely like > it in habit. a u atiheasl :

which is figured i in our previous plate, has gpg witha very

Structure.and is the type of a new genus.— , STaP:

and rachilla.

lodicules. 7. Caryo) pis,

Iume, laid

Tig i. erie Flowering glume & 3. Flowerin be a od

4. Palia. Fase en, 6. Pistil and

dersal view ‘ae? ' enlarged.

/Hemsl.

nguinea

Tabernzemontana a

Priate 2397.

TABERNAMONTANA ANGUINEA, Hemsl.

APOCYNACER,

s rubro-aurantiacis (Comins) elongatis cylindrico-clavatis supra

medium seminiferis bis dextrorsum tortis seminibus oblongis com-

pressis rugosis.

Has. Solomon Islands ; San Cristoval, R. B. Comins (No, 83).

Arbor 20-pedalis. Folia ramorum floriferorum cum petiolo 5-7 oe"

longa et usque ad 2 poll. lata, petiolo 1-1} poll. — be gos pr

poll. Jonge, pedicellis circiter 3 lin. longis. Flores 10-12 lin. longi ot

lati. Folliculi 6-8 poll. longi, et supra medium siccitate 6 lin.

metro. Semina circiter semipollicaria.

: . isti this species,

Much elongated twisted follicles are characteristic of

and from w . Mr. Comins says about them, this is their normal form.

—W. B. Hemstey.

Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Calyx, laid open, and pistil, 3. Anther, back and front view.

5. Seed. 6. Same.—Eacept No. 5, all enlarged.

BeAr VN

NN 4

ao,

=

OR

jG

AQ

\\OYay

¢ megacarpus, Hemsl.

Puate 2398.

STEMONURUS ? MEGACARPUS, Hemsl.

Ovacace®. Tribe Icacinex.

brevissimis dilatatis, connectivo incrassato ultra loculos antheraru

roducto inappendiculato, loculis discretis, ovario 1-loculari, ovulis

2 collateralibus pendulis, fructu drupoideo magno ovoideo monospermo,

endocarpio crasso dense suberoso, semine anguste ovoideo compresso,

raphe lata prominente per totam seminis longitudinem extensa. —

Haw. Solomon Islands ; San Cristoval, 2. B. Comins (No. 89).

Folia 8-12 poll. longa et 4-5 poll. lata. Panicula 4-5 poll. longa

(imperfecta 4). Padicoll 2-3 lin. longi. Flores cireiter 3 lin. diametro.

Fructus absque epicarpio carnoso 3 poll. longus, endocarpio 3-6 lin.

crasso. Semen 2-2} poll. longum.

The genera of the Icacinew, especially those to which the plant

described is most nearly allied, huve been so differently limited by

to decide to which to refer a plant

i of Stemonurus and Gom

by, certain, botanit n Beoe {Uae ip. 118.9

S iordes, ’ esid,

ey ee different, and nearer those

but the inflorescence and stamens are very

of some of his species of Gomphandra, Having to deal with only ae

Species, the question of the genus must therefore remain uncertain.

W. B. Hemsiey.

Fig. 1. Flower, 2. Stamen, back and front. 3. Ovary. : Vertical section of

Ovary, 5, Kndocarp. 6, Seed. Excepting gs 5 and 6, all ex anged.

Pl 2400.

nitra macrantha, Hemsl.(fF)

Prate 2399 (Hower) ; 2400 (fruit),

OXYMITRA MACRANTHA, /ems.

—

ANONACEE.

(§ Goniothalamus) macrantha, Hemsi. (sp. nov.) ; arbor usque ad

. alta apice tantum ramosa (Comins) ramulis primum parce

7 ii iocribus petiolatis

labrescentibus,

corollam fenestratam formantibus, connectivo ultra loculos antherarum

capitato, stylis filiformibus elongatis, carpellis numerosissimis magnis

arcte confertis brevissime stipitatis pyriformibus vel ovoideis apiculatis

glabris minute verrucosis, seminibus in quaque carpella 5-6 orbicu-

laribus compressis tomentosis.

Has. Solomon Islands ; Florida, R. B. Comins (No. 293).

Fe olia 4~—6 poll. longa. Calyx circiter 1 poll. diametro. Petala ex-

teriora usque ad 7 poll. longa, interiora circiter 6 lin. longa. Torus

maturus 1-1} poll. diametro. Carpella 2 poll. longa. Semina 9-10

lin. diametro.

Baillon and other writers who combine Oxymitra, Goniothalamus,

and the Fijian genus Richella have been followed here, as there 1s no

character of importance to separate The present is a somew

anomalous species, the carpels being 5_6-ovulate and, sometimes at

least, all the ovules mature ‘nto seeds. Goniothalamus uvarwuies,

King (Ann. Cale. Bot. Gard. iv. t. 143), is also exceptional in having

Is.

attaining a height of

4-seeded

ng pendent brick-

his as a river-side tree,

ground, and at

k on which the lo

‘7 2 feet of the

intervals of about a foot.—W.- B. Hxwsusr-

Plate 2399.—Fig. 1. Flower, the petals removed. 2. Inner petals. 3. Stamen,

back and front view. 4. Carpel. 5. Longitudinal section of ovary. Seed. 3

; P late 2400,—-Fig. 1. Longitudinal section of 6-seeded fruit-earpel. 2. Seed.

Section of same. 4. Embryo. Figs. 3 and 4 (Plate 2400) enlarged.

INDEX OF SPECIES AND SYNONYMS.

Achilus siamensis, Hemsl. . »

Adina Galpini, Oliv. . S re

Anastrophea pe nica,

Anerineleists cordata, Ste

golea fiuitans 7

ae ogeissus Bentii, Bak

“sinew a: megapili, Hema.

Argost

Avundinellé pe "Hesk: f.

sempre i packs ;

Stapf :

oe inoste a, S Ret ie

Blastus C - ta :

uxii, Staph: .

Brandisia Loauening

Calophaca ag rte Oliv. « +

Calostemma album ;

Carpodi

Cistanche ros

Cleisostoma F Hunatler, i; Hook fe

Codonopsis co

Crudia senega ingehs Pi,

Cyathopus Srtinench, Stapf .

Dactylocladus stenostachys, Oliv. .

Darwinia Se Be >

rwinia Schuermanni, Benth. .

AS bey _— Stapf -

ndra vel

Diospyros bilocularis, O/

Dizygotheca Nilssoni, N. "p Br

ocladus Benthami, Baill. .

> aoennes ulmoides, Oliv. -

Euphorbia Abbottii, "Baker .

Galpinia transvaalica, N. F. Br.

SER. IV. VOL. IV. PART IV.

_ 2375 | Ophiopogon cls

Plate

Lassi rage ye Muell, ..2303

N. E. Br. 2376

usin Saiflors, ‘Stapf . 239i

Greyia Flanagani, Bolus o « 2849

Gypsophila biovulata, Stapf » » 2332

Habenaria concinna. Hook. f. . . 2320

—— decipiens, Hook.f. . . » + 2822

__ Gibsoni, Hook.f. . . « » 2819

____. Griffithii, Hook.f. . . » » 2822

___ seeundiflora, Hook.f. . . « 2821

Helianthemum fe Baker . 2360

Heliophila "erage <5 6) oe

Holalafia multiflora, Sta ff . + 3 ce

Humboldtia ane Vig 5 aor

Ieacina rpa, Olir. » » 2338

finteiaieia ria Sechellaram, Oliv. . . 2315

Iris Thoro’ o + » 2802

Jasminum primulinum, Hemel. . + 2384

macrocarpa, Pierre 2358

pat daphnoides, siebk 2339

Littonia obscura, Baker. + + + 2365

Mascarenhasia utilis, cage 2390

Melanochyla beccariana, » « 288

Meliosma "Herbertii, oon th . « + 2305

Milium Treutleri, 0. K . 2895-

Monachyron villosum, 2374

M beccariana, Baill.

2336

: ' Nestlera corymbosa, Bolus . . + 2324

41 Oberonia biaurita, Hook. f., - 2317

* 9361 | —— ciliolata, Hook. f . 2318

pe ons ay Ouga. « 231!

: novia gracilis . 2446

nag oe Be

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fe INDEX OF SPECIES AND SYNONYMS.

: rate Plate

Oryzopsis obtusa, Stapf . 393 — eee mera a ny Hemsl, . 2398

]

s borneensis, Oliv 2328

— mecrantha, Hemel. A. 2300

(/r.). Reotasceton posse N.E. ‘Br. 2387

Pentaloncba humilis, Hook. f. . . 2326 | Tabernwemontana vein Bg Hemsl. 2397

Petalactella Woodii, NV. E. Br. . . 2352 Tabernanthe I

Phyllanthus paniculatus, Oliv. 2372 | Twniochlena eomehii Hook f 2392

Pi microphyllus, Stapf. . 2 Tanacetum tripionatifidum

oe yx ED 6c te reo Temnopteryx sericea, Hovk. f. . . 2827

Pol dra Vieillardi 1 Aas 2323 diosmoides, Oliv. .

yeala bi + + «+ 230 ymene saniculefolia, 230

—— oleifera, Treub. - + + 2301 | Treculia Affona, N. EK. Br. . . . 235

Poly toca Cookei, Stapf . + «+ « 2383 Tricholena Monachyr n, Oliv . 2374

Pterocarpus Soyauxii, Taub, « »« 2369 | Trichopteryx elegantula, Peg 4 . 2394

Prychopetalum anceps, Oliv, . . 2329 — Lcd ra heterophylla Rich . oats

_ —— petiolatum, Oliv. . . . » 2330 —— Neteropigln, 8

2 Rhododendron Hancockii, Hems/. . 2381 —

Rhynchoealyx law sonioides, Olir. . 2348 | Vellozia arabica. Baker ee aa

Sareanthus 2 ay Hook. f, a a3a4 | Vincetoxicum heterophyllum, e

a oten ll. acai saps Willughbeia firma, BU. . 2344

Schweingirthin latifolia Baker . 2262 Wrightia parviflora, Stapf . oe TiN

fi ree

kg rattle ar patho Wan. 2346 Xerotia arabica, Oliv... . 6 + + 2359

a oy Baker . « 2365

4 emona erecta, Wr. . . « « . 2389 Zygophyllum amblyocarpum, Baker 2358

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