PLATE 2501.

FURCRHA MACROPHYLLA, Baker.

AMARYLLIDEX. Tribe AGAVE.

F. macrophylla, Baker (op. nov.) ; species ex affinitate F. cubensis

et /, Sellow, sed multo maj

Caudex brevis, 1-2 ped. altus. Folia dense rosulata, ensiformia,

rigide coriacea, viridia, 6-7 ped. longa, medio 3-5 poll. lata, basi 2 poll.

lata et 1} poll. crassa, e medio ad apicem et basin attenuata, prope

ong

mentis valde incrassatis. Ovariwm cylindricum, glabrum, sursum

attenuatum, | poll. longum. /ructus oblongus, trisuleatus, 2 poll.

longus et 1 poll. diametro.

West Inpies or Cenrrat AMERICA.

This plant ae known only from the Bahamas. Leaves of it w:

sent to Raw. in 1889 by Mr. J. H. Hart, F.L.S., Superintendent of dis

Royal Botanic Gardens at Trinidad, who had reneived them from the

Bahamas, through Sir ‘William ‘Robin ison, Governor of the Colony and

g :

islands. When fully developed, the plant is of a very striking

character. It is the largest species of Hurcrwa known. So far it

has not been cultivated for its fibre. Dr. Morris also brought with

him ek apne plants, which are now under cultivation at Kew

J.G.B

oe about 2. ved natural size; 2, leaf; 38, bulLil; 4, flower from

the nth h oved; 6, stamen; 6, pistil; 7, capsule.—l, 4,

whi R rem

5 and 6 cnlaaks 2 Golley 3 and 7 natural size.

SERIES IV. VOL. VI. PART I. B

Pl 250%

| H.Bolus del US,

Nemesia Bodkini, Bolus.

PuatTe 2502.

NEMESIA BODKINII, Bolus.

SCROPHULARINEE. Tribe HEMIMERIDES.

N. Bodkinii, Bolus (sp. nov.) ; corolle og late aperta, tubo calca-

reque valde inflatis a congeneribus distin

scendentes, oppo-

Folia seniilia: “vel in Sing petiolata,

lanceolata vel linearia, acuta, grosse dentata, crassa, 2-1 poll. longa,

acemt terminales, laxe pauciflori, pedicellis ebracteatis, 6-8 lineas

longis. Corolle tubus inflatus, fauce hiante ; labium superius majus,

tegerrimum ; calcar conicum, inflatum, majusculum apice emarginatum,

li subaequilongum, tubo cum calcare 8 lin. longo. Capsula

generis, matura haud v

Carr Cotony: south-western region, on mountain slopes with a

northern aspect, above Tulbagh Kloof, at 1,000-1,200 ft., Bodkin ;

Bolus, 8401.

The very open throat, inflated tube, and unconstricted continuous

spur, sets seem to separate this plant from the majority of the species

Bot. Mag.

f this gen But it is connected by WV. strumosa, Benth. (

t. 7272) which exhibits similar peculiarities, though in a less degree.

The flowers are remarkable in their colour, being of so dark a red-

purple as'to be nearly black. We are in debted for its desea to

rof. A. Bodkin, of Cape Town.— Harry Bowuvs.

a flower detached; 2, ditto, pent corolla removed and the two ee pt

Fig. 1 :

ar lobes ae bend . the co ch 4, the same laid open; 6, stamens in

tion; 6, o f the shorter stamens; 8, calyx pte im-

e longer and 7 0

Satan icabpiie 9 oe 10, different oatis: ayy) except 1,9 and 10 enlar rged,

et hth.

M.S. del.

are

Jorstenia

Puate 2503.

DORSTENIA ARABICA, J/emsi.

Urticace®. Tribe Morex.

. D. arabica, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; D. radiate proxima, sed differt foli-

orum delapsorum cicatricibu creberrimis, foliis basi cuneatis bullatis

supra nitidissimis, receptaculis minoribus.

Caulis erectus, simplex, carnosus, circiter 4 poll. altus et 1 poll.

srassus, apice tantum foliiferus, infra folia tuberculatus, id est foliorum

stipularum et nculorum delapsorum cicatricibus obliquis con-

fluentibus valde incrassatis confertissimis ornat olia petiolata,

subecarno ique minute sparseque papillosa, oblanceolata, cum

a diamet

.Stellato-lobata, lobis circiter 8 angustissimis cum dentibus brevissimis

alternantibus. lores masculini et feminei mixti. Fructus ignotus.

SourH-East ARABIA : without special locality, Bent.

\_ Readily distinguished from the only other species from the region—

)D. radiata, Lam. (Kosaria, Forsk. Fl. Zigypt. Arab. p. 164, t. 20) and

‘smaller receptacles ; ; and the latter is an altogether larger and different

plant. Both agree in ri fleshy stems and stellate receptacles.—

W. Borrtna HeEms.i

Fig. 1, a ei deed $i tubercle gate from we enlarged — scars of stipules,

jeaf and — cle combi neil; 8, a receptacle; 4, the same in a mor oo d

stage; 5, tip of one of the lo es; 6, a portion of ie flowers; 7 le

flower ; 8, a pistil. zag? enlarged,

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Puate 2504.

ERYNGIUM LONGIPETIOLATUM, JLemsi.

UMBELLIFER.

E. longipeticlatum, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species inter EZ. longiramewm

et L. scaposum medium tenens, differt imprimis foliis radicalibus longe

petiolatis oblongis basi cuneatis

Perenne? undique pane omnino inerme, Radix crasse fibrosa.

Caulis erectus, pauciramosus, foliiferus, 1-2} ped. altus, 2-3 lin. dia-

metro, oligocephalus. olia radicalia et caulina inferiora Jonge petiolata

a olo interdum usque ad te ae longo), crassiuscula, anguste ovato-

incurvee, superantes. Calycis dentes angusti,

ovati, sabspinoso-npieult "Sifdibar 4 lin. longi. Petala non visa.

arpella circiter 1 onga, precipue supra medium squamis yore:

obtecta, stylis nt gat recurvis ; vitte sepius 5, quarum 2 ad co

missuram, parv

xico: near San Cristobal, Chiapas, at 7,000 to 8,800 feet,

Nilson 3151.

This and the following seven plates illustrate, to a small extent only,

the sche om in habit, foliage, and gt Ss abn by the Mexican species

of Eryngium.—W. Borting HEmsi

Fig. 1, a bract; 2, a pale; 3, a fruit; 4, a mericarp; 5, a cross section of

a mericarp. ng enlarged.

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PiLate 2505.

ERYNGIUM PAUCISQUAMOSUM, Jemsi.

UMBELLIFER®.

E. paucisquamosum, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species elegans, gracillima,

ex aflinitate Z. Ghiesbreghtii, a quo differt foliis crassioribus oblongis

crenatis, involucri bracteis numerosioribus contiguisque.

Perenne, ut videtur stoloniferum, undique glabrum. Caulis erectus,

Serge 9-24 poll. altus, fere nudus, apice 3-5-cephalus. Folia

crassa, subearn rnosa, Jetreienen 4 ot caulina inferiora lo onge petiolata, —

pedunculis terminalibus nudis. IJnvolucri bractee 7-10, sepius 9,

crasse, rigid, oblongo-lanceolate, 2-4 lin. longe, subacute, integree

vel rarissime bidenticulate, demum reflexe, cyanee. alee e basi lata

sca:

tivum), absque calycis dentibus circiter } lin. longa, squamis paucissimis

instruct ; vitt uarum 2 ad comm issuram, minutissime ; styli

calycis dentes superantes, divaricati.

Mexico: mountains near Tlapancingo, at 6,000 to 8,000 ft.

bien. "2083 ; 3 Summit of Sierra Madre, at 9,000 to 10,200 ft., M% alin,

213.

The specimens cited above are all in the United States National

“Herbarium at Washington ; and complete drawings of the specimens

‘ :

need of revision.—W. ae Pace

Fig. 1, a pale; 2,a fruit surmounted by the ealyx-lobes ; 3, a mericarp showing

the narrow commissure ; 4, a petal ; 5, cross section of fruit, one pase aborted.-—

All enlarged.

PL 2506

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PLATE 2506.

ERYNGIUM BEECHEYANUM, Jook. et Arn.

UMBELLIFERS.

E. beecheyanum, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. Voy. p. 295 ; ex aflini-

tate #. Carline sed ramosius, capitulis numerosis iiasebes, paleis

flores vix excedentibus

Caulis erectus, 14-2 ae altus, a medio corymboso-ramosus, apice

dichotomo-ramosus, undiqu e glaber, rainulis pedunculisque gracillimis.

Folia radicalia et caulina Pid ee desunt ; caulina superiora sessilia

parva, 1-2 poll. longa, anguste bipinnatisecta - suprema palmatisecta,

= Sonne -dentata. Cap itula numerosa, distincte pedunculata, ovoidea,

5 lin. longa, apice ob paleas paucas auctas breviter comosa. neolucri

-12, rigid, lineari-lanceolatz, 4—8 lin. long, spinoso-

ie Geatoain, integree vel medio bidenta ate. Palee flores paulo superan-

tes, vix rigid, lincari- subulatee. Calycis dentes ovati, apiculati, circiter

4 lin. longi. Petala non visa. Carpella oblonga, absque calycis den-

2 5

tibus circiter } lin. longa et 3 lin. lata, eleganter denseque papillosa,

papillis minutis globosis Se an al vittze sepe 7, minute ; styli

Mexico: Jalisco, Peace: Tepic, Barclay; Santa Maria, near

a Hahn, 400; Oaxaca, Ghiesbreght ; Michoacan, Altami-

ano, 24.

At first sight this might be taken for a slender form of Z. Carline,

elar. ; but apart from its slenderness and the more numerous heads,

the involucral bracts are entire or only bidentate, the pale are rela-

— and absolutely shorter, and the scales or papill on the fruit are

very different. Z. beecheyanum was founded on very imperfect ma-

terial, and it was only by very critical comparison that its identity

eee by several other naa species having been confused

ith it.—W. Borrine Hens

Fig. a bract; 2, a pale; 3, a flower in an advanced stage ; 4, a mericarp;

5, a Sal: . a cross section of a mericarp,— Ad/ enlarged.

Pt 2507

MS. del et: Lith.

Eryngium Spiculo sum, Hers] |

Puate 2507.

ERYNGIUM SPICULOSUM, Hemzsl.

UMBELLIFERZ.

E. saovnntagen Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; E. comoso simile sed ramosius,

multo minus rigidum, foliis caulinis subpalmatisectis, carpellis spiculis

minutis ramosis ornatis.

Caulis erectus, ut videtur 1}—2 ped. altus, gracilis, superne dichotomo-

ramosissimus, undiqu e glaber, ramulis pe edune culisque pro genere gra-

dentate. Pale subulatee, ae flores superantes. ores distincte

pedicellati. Calycis dentes scariosi, ovati, ge, circiter # lin,

gi. Petala apice fimbria gene Pad ti @ vix 3 lin onga, oblonga,

fere lente spiculis minutis sis densissime venkat a; vitte sepe 9,

sat conspicue ; styli eabicls devia longe superantes, divaricati.

Mexico: brah locality, Ocampo; Michoacan, Hahn; both in

the Paris Herba Estado - sep mie ff, Altamirano, 18; ; in the

United States N stds) Herbari

This is one of the poet oe species in a genus abounding in

singular and elegant for It is exceptional, so far as my investiga-

ions go, in having distinetly sedseallate flowers, and the beautital

appendages sol the fruit are quite unlike those of any other species

known to The description and _figur re prepared from

specimens oa de Paris Herbarium, kindly len nt by Prof. Bureau for

a intended monograph of the Mexican species.—W. Borrina

EMSLEY

Fig. 1, a pedicellate flower with pale or bracteole; 2, a petal; 3, eross section

of a mericarp.— All enlarged,

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PiLate 2508.

ERYNGIUM SPARGANOPHYLLUM, Hems!.

UMBELLIFERA.

E. sparganophyllum, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; species insignis, —

foliis linearibus longissimis, involucri heats paleis simillimis

Caulis erectus, ut videtur ah i supra medium bis terve di-

trichotomo- -ramosus, foliis ad ramificationes paucis parvis bracteiformi-

-4 ped. longa, mollia, spongiosa, aculeis paucissimis minimis exceptis

ermia, striata, siccitate arcte olu apitula pauca, oblongo-

ovoidea, 6 onga, distincte pedunculata. Involucri bractee

tibus ; pale flores paulo excedentes. Calycis dentes ovati, apiculati,

fructiferi late patentes, circiter # lin. longi. Petala non visa. Carpella

b ;

iid aidates ad angulos squamis magnis laxe cellularibus spongiosis

ornata, inter angulos squamis minoribus vestita, ee calycis dentes

persistentes superantibus divaricatis ; vitte parve, ad commissuram 2,

inter jugum dorsale et 2 lateralia solitarie. —E. isha A. Gr.

Pl. Wright, ii. p. 65, non Cav

New Mexico: Las hos Springs, near the Sierra de los Animos,

Wright, 1103.

his is so very distinct, and so very different from E. ts ais

Cav., that one wonders rs why it was referred to that species.—W. Bor-

TING HemsLey.

Fig. 1, portion of leaf rear! one of the few minute marginal prickles; 2, a

bract ; 33 a pale; 4 schon fe com missaral view of a mericarp; 6, section of a

— ; the apparent inge d conditio nis owing to the section being carried through

ome of the cached ay pualinsé. —Ali enlarge ed.

Puate 2509.

ERYNGIUM CRYPTANTHUM, ems.

UMBELLIFER.

eryp tanthum, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species nana, te

capitulis parvis, involucri bracteis confertis flores superantibus

Planta, ut videtur, biennis, vel saltem monocarpica, undique glabra,

ramulis erectis di- vel trichotomis. /olia tenuia, vix coriacea, radicalia

rosulata, sessilia, oblongo- spathulata, 1-2 poll. longa, spinuloso-dentata,

albo-marginata, caulina 1 minora, paucilobata. Capitula pauca, graciliter

lata acute, flores pen superantes. C are entes minute, ovate, 1-4

lin. longe, minutissime apiculate, demum incurve. Petala apice in-

ames fimbrinta Carpella oblonga, 5-% lin. longa, undique regulariter

o o-squamosa , stylis divaricatis ; vitte minute, ad commissuram

2 ad vallonuiek solitarize vel ¢ gemina ate vel obsoletw.—E. be eecheyanum,

m. Bot. Voy. Herald, p. 294, non Hook. et Arn

Nortu-west Mexico : Sierra Madre, Seemann, 2135.

a s not even closely allied to the species with which Seemann

associate od it ; and is remarkable for the very small flower-heads con-

seaed within the bracts of the involucre.— W. Botrinc Hemstery.

Fig. 1, a capitulum in bio on section ; 2, a bract; 3,a pale; 4 and 5, flowers in

an advanced st age; 6, a mericarp; 7, a a pe etal; 8, cross section of a mericarp.— Ali

enlarged,

SERIES IV. VOL. VI. PART I. c

PuaTE 2510.

ERYNGIUM GALEOTTII, Jems,

UMBELLIFERE.

E. Galeottii, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species ex aflinitate Z. ents kor

most, a quo differt imprimis foliis lanceolatis et peecoker bracteis acu

ieato- dentatis.

erenne’? glabrum, subinerme, radice tuberosa, tuberibus cylindricis.

Caules subsimplices, graciles, 14-2 ed. alti, 1—3-cephali. olia

' 7 :

Calycis lobi oblongo-lanceolati, longe cuspidato-acuminati.

Styli elongati, divarienti. Carpella ro non visa) subtriangularia

VETO

ique squamosa, peor secus angulos longioribus acutis.—£. »

ape

563 ;

cephalum, Willd. 2? Hemsl. in Biol. Centr. -Am., Bot. i.

Chiesbreghtit, Coult. et Rose in Contrib. U. S. Nat. Herb. iii. p- 299,

Mexico : Cordillera of Oaxaca at 7,000 to 8,000 feet, Galeotti, 2767 ;

Pringle, 4746.

I find that Schlechtendal and Chamisso (Linnea, v. p. 207) reduce

E.m microcephalum, has to £. Bonplandi, Delar., the type of which I

have since seen in the Paris Herbarium. It differs in’ havi ing small

ovate-oblong leaves, very short, entire bracts, pavillose carpels, and

remarkabl ng, reflexed styles. £. Ghaesbreghtii, a differs

strikingly in having cordate leaves.— W. Bortina HemsLe

Fig. 1 , a bract; 2, a pale; 3, a flower; 4, a petal; 5, a stamen; 6, cross

section of a mericarp. —All enlarged.

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Puate 2511.

ERYNGIUM COLUMNARE, J//ems/.

UMBELLIFER®.

E. columnare, //ems/. (sp. nov.) ; inter species elt pee foliis

Sisto lanceolatis ob receptaculum valde elongatum insigni

ne? omnino glabrum, caulibus erectis circiter 18 =

: m

gre, pungentes, demum reflex. Pale lanceolate, pungentes, flores

superantes, incurve. Calycis dentes ovato-oblongi, brevissime apicu-

lati. Styli longissimi, suberecti. arpella trialata, alis apice pro-

elo vitte sepe 5, quarum 2 commissurales.—Z. pectinatum,

. Pl. Hartw. p. 38, vix Presl.

Mexico : tak locality, Graham, 217 ; Bates.

This is one of four or five clea ee species which have been referred

_ In various herbaria and books to HZ. pectinatum, Presl., of which I

have seen no wi atlicated x Speen ; bu i perfect descrip-

tion, I am rather confident t the p plant cannot be that

species. In the description of £Z. secretes Pres] r. iv.

P find : ‘involucri foliolis . basi sols pea -dentatis’ and

‘valde t ad E. bromelicefolium’ ; nare much more

Fig. 1, a pale; 2, a young fruit; 3, cross section of the same.— All enlarged.

PL 2512.

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——

Cetagiass:

Janne Ain

Puate 2512.

CALVARIA MAJOR, Gerin. /.

SAPOTACER.

C. major, Gerin. f, Fr uct., a, p. 116. ¢. 200 ; inter Sapotaceas

affines ob semen horizontale insigni

Arbor ramulis floriferis crassis novellis cito glabrescentibus. Uy

ad apices ramu co , distincte petiolata, petiolis ferrugineo-

puberulis 6—12 lin. ee coriacea, to-oblonga, 0. ga,

pressa subtus eleva or us ramulos elongato: folia

taicdonlat, breviter pedicellati, 3-4 lin. 1] ala 5, ¢

coriacea, fe eo-pubescentia, rotundata, valde imbricata. Corolle

tubus brevissimus ; lobi 5 rotundati. Stamina 5, inclusa, glabra, stami-

n : ee tenuia, induplicata, intus leviter pil stamina

pau rantia. Ovariwm hirsutum, 5-loculare, ovula in quoque

teal ois aria. Fructus pyriformis vel ovoideus, circiter 25 poll.

ongus, l-s us, perica tenul carnoso-fi en horizon-

tale, hilo maximo inferiore ; testa c se researemmg densissima, vasis fibrosis

perforata et intus fibrosa ; albumen parcum ; embryo m magnitudine fere

albuminis, horizontals axilis, cotyledonibus orbietlaitbies planis, radi-

cula brev

Maur : Montagnes des Immortelles, = oe communicated

by Dut: hgh ee special locality, W. Sco

This is the ‘ Bois de Natte,’ or at least one of the trees bearing that

ins. It is also called the ‘Tambolacoque,’ and it is

Gert: he erory

ou viii. ¥e 179). Baker (Flora of Mauritius, p. 193) places Cah ,

varia major as a synonym of Siderorylon grandiflorum, A. 6

but his description of leaves and flowers was drawn up from

present. Calvaria is probably as distinct a genus as many others in

the order, and no harm can result from temporarily restoring it. The

solitary horizontal seed is remarkable.

wo or three years ago Prof. Newton sent to Kew, through Mr.

Gertn. f., but fu e

o the species named C. hewangularis, Gertn. f., which has not been

identified with any existing tree.—W. Borrinc Hemsiey

Fig. 1, ae a ae 2, portion of corolla with stamens and staminodes

sti

Ww ¢ see

aeowiong: ng the pies inner layer of the testa; 11, a similar ——— elow the cavity

et ed the albumen and embryo, showing pe of the vascular bundles which

vo sae ae oe 6 the inner testa eed, from which the outer testa

oved, seen from above; 13, an yr from below; 14, embryo.—

ie “shir 16 6 enlarged ene rest natural size.

Piate 2513.

ALOE NUTTII, Baker.

Littacem, Tribe ALONE.

Nuttii, Baker (sp. nov.) ; Cooperi cogs, differt

perianthii tubo elongato oblongo, fois wate angustioribu

Herba acaulis. Folia linearia, neds hone re: vix carnosa

immaculata, facie canalicul lata, deo 3-4 lin. —. den tibus

marginalibus minutissi oe Samninge validus, simplex, e , Ses

quipedalis. Aacemus subdensus, cylindricus, 6—9 poll. ry pedicelli,

ascendentes, apice cernui, articulati, inferiores 12-1 . longi;

ractex ovate, scariosze, dg cerns 6-9 lin. longee. Perianthiune cy-

lindricum, pallide rubrum, 15-16 lin, longum, tubo ee segmentis

linearibus apice viridibus t abe paulo longioribus. Stamina h ypogyna,

perianthio paulo breviora, filamentis filiformibus, whthsseis parvis oblon-

is. Ovariwm ampulleforme ; stylus subulatus, elongatus, stigmate

minuto, capitate. Capsula oblonga, perianthio multo brevior

East CENTRAL Arrica : Fwambo, south-east of Lake icioae

A. Carson; W. H. Nutt.

This new Aloe belongs to a group having acaulescent rosettes of

dasealy fleshy narrow leaves, which is represented by six species

olony and three in piety ica. The asntaie of Aloes

Africa now amounts to nearly gia a every new

district ‘that i is explored yields new y apecist —J. G. B

Fig. 1, portion of leaf; 2, flower; 3, anthers; 4, pistil— 47 enlarged.

he wa i reeled ogre We Tieye ce Ne #n er CT a eae Re UD es ETE Seon sl esi ae Ses eee

sees

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Piate 2514,

ECHINOPS BROMELI@FOLIUS, Baker.

Composit. Tribe CynarompEx.

E. bromeliefolius, Baker (sp. nov.) ; a speciebus omnibus hactenus

cognitis differt foliis linearibus longitudinaliter creb sis.

Herba perennis. Caulis strictus, simplex, erectus, validus, glaber.

shih fe ; “8 poll

Folia caulina sessilia, contigua, ascendentia, linearia, 6

eee hae pier :

erectis tubo brevioribus. Anthere@ lineares, basi profunde sagittate.

Achenia brevia, pilosa, pappo coroniformi, paleis apice liberis truncatis

iliatis.

East Centrat Arrica : Nandi, Séott Elliot, 7001.

This very curious new species of Echinops was gathered by Mr.

Scott Elliot on his expedition to explore Mount uwenzori, on his

route between Mombasa and Uganda, at an elevation of probably 6,000—

7,000 feet above sea-level. Of the species already known in Tropical

Africa it comes nearest the Abyssinian JZ, longifolius, A. Rich.—

J. G, Baker,

Fig. 1, portion of leaf; 2, a one-flowered capitulum and involuere ; 3, portion of

receptacle; 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, bracts of involucre: 9, corolla ; 10, achene with pappus ;

11, pappus, unrolled; 12, three stamens; 13, style-branches.— 4 enlarged,

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Puatés 2515 and 2516.

TACCA VIRIDIS, Hemsl.

TACCACE.

ridis, /emsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter species foliis divisis foliis pal-

SGistisactin distincta.

Herba perennis, pin glaberrima. Folia ampla, herbacea, longe

petiolata, rugulosa, supra nitida, alte palmatisecta vel subpeda atisecta,

ed. diame :

sque a metro, segmenta primaria sepius 5 grosse lyrato

pinnatifida, lobis paucis latis angulatis acutis ; petiolus crassus, subteres,

acie leviter canaliculatus, 11-2 ped. longus. Scapus Noses folia

superans. Jnvolucri iii foliacew, 3-4 poll. Jonge, 2 recurve et apice

acute lo eter e #, lanceolate, acute flores longe ieee antes.

Bracteole (“ pedie elli sterile auctorum nonnullorum) filiformes,

deorsum crassiores e naliculate, elongate, peda es. pendentes

lores numerosi, tide "Peddicelli numerosi, recurvi, confertissimi,

umbellam formantes. J —— seymenta carnosa, ovato-oblonga,

i ic a. e

incurva et ge arcte conniventia, persistentia. Ovariwm vertice

3-foveolatum et glandulis stipitatis nectaviferis instructum, stigmatis

lobis petalodels bilobatis arcte recurvis subtus uniporis. acea

viridis, carnosa, ovoidea, circiter 5 poll. longa, prominenter 6- costata ;

semina numerosissima, longitudinaliter multicostata, rugulosa, in pulpa

viscosa irregulariter immersa.

pia. Presented to Kew by Messrs. James Veitch & Son in 1895.

ti is s peokahly from the Malayan Peninsula.

ee fruit of this was not obtained until after the plate was printed

off. “e is abe similar to that of 7. pinnatifida, Forst.—W, Borr

HeEms.i

‘Plate 2 bed be ies 1, section of bracteole; 2, a flow eb 3, vertical section of a

ower ; @ stamen attached to perianth; 5, hooded connective containing

the pal A Beeman 6, a lobe of the stigma showing the pore.— All enlarged,

— MS.delar ken

3 Coelarthrion Brandisii, Hook f. es

Puate 2517.

COELARTHRON BRANDISII, ook. fe

GRAMINEE. Tribe ANDROPOGONER.

C. Brandisii, Zook. f., Fl. Brit.-Ind. vii. p. 164; species unica.

g rtis. Loliorum vagine arcte, glabre ; ligule breves, ovate,

obtuse, glabre ; lamine lanceolate, utrinque acuminate vel acutie,

bifida, glabra, 3-nervis, e sinu aristata, arista gracili geniculata

columna torta fusca, seta albida ; palea minuta, ovata, obtusa, glabra,

hyalina. Spicula pedicellata inermis, pedicello complanato lineari vel

clavato-lineari ciliato.

Burma: high ground, generally where there is teak, Brandis.—O,

STAPF.

Fig. 1, two pairs of spikelets; 2, glume i, seen from inside; 3, sessile spik

“ee ate wis sa re

kelet,

with glume i removed; 4, glume ii; 5, glume iii; 6, glumeiy ; 7, palea; 8, tlower,

showing only one stamen ; 9, lodicule,—All enlarged.

MS.del et hth

Efulensia clematoides, C.H Wright. aS

Puate 2518.

EFULENSIA CLEMATOIDES, ©. H. Wright.

PassIFLORACER. Tribe PAssIFLORER.

Efulensia, C. H. Wright (gen. nov.) ; flores eis | pou _ Calyx

5-partitus, lobis imbricatis. Petala 5, imbric mplex,

segmentis ‘pluribus filiformibus basi breviter caine ” Shaniad 5,

filamenti asi in annulum brevem connatis. Ovarium sesile,

uniloculare, placentis 3 parietalibus ; stylus tripartit ata

capitata.—Frutex scandens, Folia alterna, trifoliolata, eee eglan-

dulosis. Cirrhi sled ioe axillares, Inflorescentia supra-axillaris,

paniculata, multiflora

E. clematoides, C. 1. Wright (sp. unica) ; caulis fruticosus, ating

levis. oliola ovata, brevissime mucronata, coriacea, 34 poll. lon

2 poll. lata ; petiolus 25 poll. longus ; petioluli 1 ae longi. Cirrhs

literque papillose, extus glabre. Filamenta plan ona multo

longiora ; anther dorsifixe. Ovarinm epee: Fidaovelatina:

Fructus ignotus.

West Tropicat Arrica: Cameroon region, Efulen, G. LZ. Bates,

422.

This genus is most nearly allied 2 = West African Crossostemma,

Planch., with which it agrees in hav g a uniseriate corona, 5 stamens

and a sessile ea ta t differs in ite” compound leaves and divided

style—C. H. Wr

Fig. 1, flower; 2, portion of corona seen from withi in; 3, two stamens and pistil;

4, it view rot young stamen ; 4, section of ovary. —All enlar. rged.

MS ddetlth

Anona Prestoei, Hemsl.

ORS,

Oe Senha

CORO

ecokeese

ine ¢ seeete iY a

ea! ere LAY

COR

M. 5 del. et ith.

Anona Prestoei, Hemsl.

Puates 2519 and 2520.

ANONA PRESTOEI, Jems.

ANONACE,

A. Prestoei, Hemst. (sp. eae I seen foliis amplis fructu fibroso-

lignoso magno spheroideo insign

Arbor ramulis floriferis cito = sab beeps pallide brunneis sxpe

crebre lenticellatis. olia_ brev petiolata, subcoriacea, ovato-

prominentibus ; petiolus incrassatus, 3-6 lin. longus. Fores solitarii,

subsessiles, extra- axillares, dense breviterque ferrugineo-tomentosi,

in. | teri

valvata, ovato- lanceolata, obtusa, 3 interiora paulo minora, tiebitinta:

Stamina numerosissima, filamentis brevissimis, connectivo apice expanso

subecapitato minute papilloso. Carpella numerosissima, puberula.

fructus fibroso-lignosus, spheroideus, circiter 4 poll. diametro ; ; carpella

l-sperma, connata, apice libera, velutina, acuminata, canaliculata ;

semen compresso-obovoideum, marginatum.

TropicaL AMERICA: cultivated specimens from Trinidad, Prestoe ;

Specimens of this remarkable tree were first received in 1883, from

Mr. H. Prestoe, then superintendent of the Trinidad Botanic Garden,

: n

The ‘stent rot har! Mr. J. H. Hart, has completed the

material. It is very near the Mexican A. involucrata, Baill. in foliage,

but it wants the enveloping bracts, at least in the stages in which it it

ed at K i

is represented at Kew, and it is thought desirable not to risk c

fusing two species under one name. Baillon does not describe 1h

singular fruit.— W. Borrrne een

Plate 2519: fig. 1, the three inner petals; 2, the innermost petal.— Both

natural size.

Plate 2520: fig. 1, a flower from which the B ema vote been removed ;

mens; 3, Is Di a seed; 5, section of the which the testa hae oa

remored ; 6, port jon of testa showing some o Meier jections which the

ruminated appearane of the albumen.—Al/ more or vias rh ati except 4, wohish is

natural si

SERIES IV, VOL. VI. PART I. D

del. et ith.

glottis amazonica, Benth.

Saco

PLaTE 2521.

SACOGLOTTIS AMAZONICA, JMart.

HUvMIRIACE.

S. amazonica, JMart. Nov. hen et Sp. Pl. Bras. ii. p. 146; £7. Bras.

xii. 2. p. 449, t. 95; inter affines ad S. gabonensem proxime accedit,

differt i imprimis sepalis vertice panduns, fructu oblongo-ovoideo

Arbor novellis omnino glabris, ramulis floriferis gracilibus, inter-

nodiis quam folia multo brevioribus. Folia distincte petiolata, lamina

longus, exocarpio vix carnoso nica rpio crasso osseo cavernis magnis

iscente.

, vel abortu gees in quoque loculo solitaria, elongata, angulata,

6-10 lin. lon

TRINIDAD : — forest, a Crueger ; J. H. Hart. Also in the

delta of the Amazon, Martia

The phage? hone fruit of this tree was known to European writers

nearly three uries ago. Clusius seems to have been the first to

describe and yin it, in his Zxoticorum Libri Decem, lib. ii. cap.

(1605). It is remarkable for the numerous sa resin-chambers in the

endocarp. Dr. D. Morris has given a tory of it in Nature, liii.

pp- 64-66 (1895). Wi Poletes Hems

. 1, a flower ; sod epal ; andreee

section of ovary ; 7, a fruit; 8, a bruit Sedan of mits crear coe ony Maire) 3

9, one of the divisions to which the fruit finally breaks up ; seed.—

1-6 enlarged, 7-10 natural size.

eta BRRE AON

oes TT

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. ‘ fi er

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: ¥ re

*, Ps eer

, seis?

MS. del et lith.

_ Tradescantia orchidoph lla, Rose et Hemsi.

PLATE 2522,

TRADESCANTIA ORCHIDOPHYLLA, fose et Hemsl.

CoMMELINACEX.

T. 0 rchidophylla, Rose et Hemsl. (ep. nov.) ; T'. fuscate similis sed

foliis orbicularibus sessilibus differt

Herba acaulis, paucifolia. Folia iis Orchidis spectabilis similia (fide

Jones), supra terram applanata, sessilia, membranacea, purpureo-macu-

lata, fere orbicularia, 2-4 poll. diametro, puberula, longitudinaliter

15-17-nervia, nervis pallidis alternis tenuioribus. /Vores circiter 8 lin.

diametro, 16-20, fasciculati, graciliter pedicellati, pedicellis puberulis

perfecta, filamentis filiformibus nudis, connectivo late ampliato anther-

arum loculis discretis. Ovarii loculis 2-ovulatis. C apsula ignota.

Mexico: in dar woods below Colima, tee fe Colima,

M. E. Doan, 467, in fy United States National Herbari

I have only seen a single specimen of this remarkable species of

Tradescantia. In habit it resembles 7’. fuscata, Lodd. (Pyrrheima

oes pe Hassk.), a Brazilian species cultivated early in the century ;

it is at once heen aa by its sessile, orbicular leaves.—

W. Botting HemsLe

a flower, natural size; 2, the same, enlarged; 3, views of a stamen,

ates 4, pistil, enlarged.

Pl 2523.

“anaes ©

ethos =

rth as a ee

MS.del. ethth.

Noctosceptrum natalense, Baker.

NOTOSCEPTRUM NATALENSE, Baker.

Liniacez. Tribe HEMEROCALLIDES.

ense erie in Fl. Cap. vi. 285); habitu et foliis omnino

N. natal yp

_ rum —— um angolensium, recedit perianthii tubo segmentis

triplo longi

Herba perennis, acaulis, glabra. Folia rosulata, lanceolata, acuta,

coriacea, distincte multinervia, pedalia vel ong ipedalia, medio 9-12

lin. lata. sduitiacbss validus, foliis s equilong ‘pica densa, cylindrica,

semipedalis, in. dia cteze ovate perenne persistentes, flori-

bus br a Pe campa: 5 re ; 2 tin: gum,

segmentis ovatis obtusis be subtriplo brevioribus. Stamina hypogyna,

distincte exserta, filamen Ass% ormibus, antheris parvis oblongis.

Ovarium globosum, stylo ert lat

Nata: Klip river country, Mrs. Katherine Saunders ; Wood,

3895.

enus WVotosceptrum has entirely the habit of Kniphofia, from

which it differs by its npr bell-sha rianth. When I originally

described in 1877 the two Angolan species eels by Welw —

I did not separate ek from Kniphofia. This was done by

Bentham, when he worked out the order for the Gens Plantatain?

None of the species have been brought into jong and this is the

first time the genus has been figured. —J. G. Bake

Fig. 1, bract; 2, perianth; 3, pistil.—Aul enlarged.

nore eal Ua ras aio ae Beat ara Totes 2 ait pay aa a ee eee hid a cites one Rae SL be Ree i a iat ta

MS.del. At ith.

_ Balsamodendron Playfairii, Hook. Ae

PuaTE 2524.

BALSAMODENDRON PLAYFAIRII, Hook.

BURSERACEE.

. Playfairli, Hook. f. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 326; ut videtur

cata sbi odong sete glabra, foliis trifoliolatis sroviaains qelitiatil

endocarpio lev

Frutex ramosus, spinosus, circiter 6 ped. altus, ramis tortuosis, cor-

tice cinereo ; ramuli laterales foliiferi vel floriferi abbreviati, seepe in

spina acutissima terminantes. Folia pauca, pseudo- aes ed maxima

9 lin. longa, foliolis crassis integris lateralibus sepe minuti:

tetrameri, 2—25 lin. diametro, brevissime pe oe pedicellis basi brac-

teis minutis squamiformibus instructis. Calycis lobi deltoideo-rotun-

dati, quam petala multo breviores. Petala staisiie superantia, spathu-

lata vel oblongo-spathulata, undulata. Stamina 8, alterna breviora,

cum disci glandulis alternantia, longiora glandulis dorso adhere entia,

J wet &

East Arrica : Somali coast, Playfair.

This plant yields the Hotai gum-resin. As the above synonymy

shows, it has been refe rred to two ot ther species. Ina set of admirable

mmunica’ rector of Kew by h, are some

marked Hildebrand, n. 1382 (1875), whic author identifies, in the

place cited, wi airii, but it has relatively long petioles, often

toothed leaflets and a rugose or tubercle , is t a

that figured in Bentley and Trimen’s ‘ Medicinal Plants’ as B. Myrr.

As stated in the Kew Bulletin 1896, p. 87, this appears ng closely

allied to B. (Commiphora) Schimperi. —W. Borrine HEmst

‘ig. 1, leaves ; a flower ; 3, a petal; 4, stamens, disk and pistil; 5, disk and

pistil; 6 es 7, imi 8, fru it from which a a portion of exocarp has been removed

showing the smocth e ndocarp ; 9, section of a fruit showing the aborted orules.—

All more or par enlarged,

- MSdedetit.

Asperella Duthiei, Stapf. eee - os

PLATE 2525.

ASPERELLA DUTHIEI, Stap/.

GRAMINEX. Tribe HorpDE®.

A. Duthiei, Stapf in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. p. 375; affinis A.

Hystrici et A. sibirice, sed spiculis onifloris ab utraque diversa. ;

preeterea differt ab A. Hystrice spica graciliore, nec rigide stricta, et

ab A. sibirica foliis angustioribus firmioribusque glumarum nervatione

magis distincta aristis multo brevioribus.

Perennis Caulibus alte vaginatis glabris circa 3 ped. altis. Foliorum

a te) ta e u

longiore. ea coal aber Sihage Lodiculee Sbavates, pilosule.

Ovarium superne pilosu

IND Tihri Parhwal, 7,000-8,000 feet, J. F. Duthie, tk des

Cu i +: Chieu south-west Hupeh, A, Henry, 5918.—O. Sra

Fig. 1 ligule; 2, rhachilla hee ae terminal glume; 3, a r of

spikelets ; a flowering glume; 4, pal 6, a lodicule; 7, Papen en-

larged.

VOL. VI.—PART II] (MAY.

HOOKER’S

ICONES PLANTARUM;

FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS,

OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS,

SELECTED FROM THE

KEW HERBARIUM.

FOURTH SERIES.

EDITED FOR THE BENTHAM TRUSTEES BY

Ww: T. THISELTON-DYER,

@.M.G., C.LE., LL.D., M.A., F.B.S.

Director, Royal Gardens, Kew.

VOL. VI.

OR VOL. XXVI. OF THE ENTIRE WORK.

DULAU & CO.

37 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON.

. | _ ERRATUM :

I the letterpress to plate 2512, p. 2, line eleven from the top, for

Moa read Dodo. ae as :

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— Stilbe mucronata,N.E Br |

Puate 2526,

STILBE MUCRONATA, JX. E. Brown.

V ERBENACES.

§. mucronata, V. E. Brown (sp. nov); S. phylicoidi affinis, sed

foliis reflexis subtus tomentosis facile ign tur.

=o marginibu usque ense v. villoso- tattiatia dorso infra apicem oo bri

Corolle tubus mMeaibuliformis, 13-1 lin. longus, utrinque glaber, lobi

ao 1 lin. longi, in basi } in. lati, erecti, lineari-attenuati, acuti,

ra dense villoso- barbati. Stamina 4, e sinibus corolle enata, 1} lin.

ie Ovarium glabr rum, uniloculare ; stylus fere 2 lin. longus,

glaber. Ovula 2, e basi ovarii erecta.— hylica mucronata, E, Mey. in

Drége Zwei Pfl. Docum. p. 84, nomen tantum

uTH Arrica: Lowrys Pass, Stellenbosch Division, at 1,000-2,000

feet, Burchell, 8221 ; ; Drege. Houwhoek Mountains, Caledon Division,

at . 400 feet, April, 1895, Bolus, 8409 ; between Palmiet River and

s Pass, Burchell, 8172. —N. E. Bro OWN.

de 1, af, seen from ath; 2, flower and bracts; 3, bract; 4, corolla laid

open ; Mga 6, pistil ; as Dagission! section of ovary. All enlar gd.

SERIES IV. VOL. VI, PART II. E

PL 2527.

es =... Cadaba termtitatia, NEBr 7 — a

PLATE 2527

CADABA TERMITARIA, J. £. Brown.

CAaPPARIDEX, Tribe CAPPARE®.

C. termitaria, V. £. Brown (sp. nov.) ; C. — — differt

floribus majoribus apetalis et neptiete androphoro adna

Ramorum cortice cinereo, ramuli horizontaliter patentes, 5-25 poll.

longi, dense albido-pulverulenti. Folia _petiolata, coriacea, “obovato-

apicem gynophori adnata, filamenta 34-4 lin. longa. sage Bk es

19 lin. longum, curvatum. Mectariwm posticum, 6 lin. longum, 24-3 lin.

latum, androphoro omnino adnatum, ovato-oblongum, valde compres-

sum, ore obliquum, basi rotundatum saccatum.

Sourn Tropica, Arrica: Mashonaland, at 4,300 feet, Hartley ;

Marshall.

much compressed nectary, adnate to the me in which character

it differs from all the other species of se gen rom CU. natalensis,

nd.—figured in Harvey’s 7hes. Cap. i. t. 60—it is distinguished by

its larger flowers and much shorter se as wel y the adnate

nectary s discoverer, Mr. G. hall, notes on his label

that it ‘grows only on the large ant- heaps m ade by termites’ and that

it is the ‘ eae, plant of the butterfli ies Toratéles Wallengrenii, pee

and ha, Wal.’ By an hia crite the flowers were drawn

inverted peaitiatis —N. E. Brown

Fig. 1, a sepal ; 2, a flower, sepals removed ; 3, anthers. A// enlarged,

M.Sdel.et Lith. : .

Bulbine mesembryanthemoides, Haw.

PuatTe 2528.

BULBINE MESEMBRYANTHEMOIDES, Haw.

LILIACcE2.

ae saeco een des, Haw. in Tilloch Son tit 1825, p. 31;

es: insignis foliis subterraneis ab omnibus disti

Tubera } poll. oe 2}-4 lin. crassa, oblonga, pee carnosa, sim.

plicia vel subpalmatifida. Folia 2-3, omnino nisi quod apices emarcidi

terram perrumpunt, subterranea, }—1} poll. longa, 2-3 lin. crassa, crasso-

carnosa, pagina altera plana, altera valde convexa, sacra! viridia, glabra.

Pedunculus nee tenuis, erectus, glaber, parte nuda 2-3 oll. longa,

parte florigera 4-14 poll. longa. Flores 2 2-6, laxe racemosi, lutei. Bractewe

4-1 lin. longe, ovate, acuminate, me embranacem. Podicelli 2-44 lin.

longi, filiformes, glabri. Perianihts segmenta 2-2} lin. longa, glabra,

exteriora circa § lin. lata, lineari-oblonga, obtusa, interiora 1-1

lata, elliptico- lanceolata, obtusa. Staminum filamenta pilis capitatis

barbata. Ovarium globoso-trigonum, glabrum ; ro lus filiformis, glaber,

stigmate simplice. —Schultes Syst. Veg. Vii. p. ; Kunth Enum. iv.

. 568; Baker in Flor. Cap. vi. p. 365. pe aint mesembry-

anthemoides, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, p. 136.

Sourn Arrica : among shrubs near the ghee River, Uitenhage

Diviniin, Zeyher, 1068 ; Albany Division, Bowker

nage this curious plant Professor P. Macowan, who has sent

iad to Kew, w rites : am sending you a little postal- box contain-

ing Bulbine mneembryanthemoides from Wolve Fontein. It is not

easily detected ; the two swollen leaves lie almost underground, and at

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, the same with two of the ign Pon, sah removed ; 3, apex

of style sad stigma; 4, transverse section of ovary. enlarged

SRY

atest

R=.)

Da Cuet

Wey)

ith.

MS.del. et

Pentzia virgata, Less.

PiuaTE 2529.

PENTZIA VIRGATA, Less.

Composirz. Tribe ANTHEMIDE.

P. virgata, Less. — Comp. p. 266; P. globose affinis, differt

involucri squamis obtus

Frutex 6-12 poll. altus, bie seg Rami canescentes. Folia

| airs parva, 1-5 lin. | , 4-3 lin. lata, pinnatisecta vel trifida,

canesc ; lobi utrinque 23 Jineares, obtusi. a ad apices

i=)

scarlose tubulosa, subcompressa, supra mediu arum

dilatata, brevissime 5-dentata, glandulosa. Pappus 4 lin. longus,

oblique tubulosus. us, irregulariter dentatus. <Achenia

§ lin. longa, obliqua ane _cotuloides, DC. Prod. ee P. 138. Chrysan-

TH AFRICA: common, es ay in te regions, from Little

Namaqualand nat Worcester Division to Albany and the Orange Free

Sta

is is much relished by sheep, and on as a fodder plant in dry,

me eda where few other plants will succeed. It is said to impart

culiar and agreeable flavour to mutton. ie further particulars see

Sev Bulletin, 1896, p. 129.—N. E. Brown.

Fig. 1-3, various forms of leaves; 4, bract from the involucre; 5, a floret;

6, anthers; 7, style branches and stigmas ; 8, an A eee All enlarged.

PL 2580

9a nea eeeeeneereemetiee mame emma ame

M_S.del. et Lith

Crassula acinaciformis, Schinz

Puate 2530.

CRASSULA ACINACIFORMIS, Schinz.

CRASSULACEA,

C. ac naditormis Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 204; species

habitu aloiformis diitinetined ma

Caulis erectus, cum inflorescentia 4-5 ped. altus, robustus, 1-1} poll.

crassas, apice dense foliosus, basi nudus. Folia 10-18 poll. longa,

recta vel leviter falcata, sessilia, e basi ad api gradatim attenuata,

acuminata, glabra, subflaccida, minute cartilagineo-serrata, utrinque

ridia, nec glauca. lores parvi, citrini s ymbosi, breviter

3 lin. longus, glaber, usque ad medium 5-lobus ; lobi longi, ovati,

acuti. Petala 13 lin. longa, } lin. lata, oblanceolato-oblonga, obtusa,

glabra, apice dorso minute tuberculata. Stamin : uilonga

Squame hypogyne } lin. longe, cuneato-obcordate, quam carpella

— i breviores.—C. aloides, N. E. Brown in Kew Bull. 1896,

p- 1

SovurH Arrica: Houtbosch, Transvaal, Rehmann, 637 5; hillsides,

in damp places near Barberton, at 2,000-4, 000 ft. Galpin

his plate was prepared from a plant raised at aa from seed, and

dried specimens, sent by Mr. Galpin.—N. E. Bro

Fig. 1, margin of leaf; 2, a bracteole; 3, a flower; 4, pistil and hypogynous

scales. All enlarged.

PL 2531.

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Pl 2582.

IS of ow

ieween

A il

MS.del. et hth.

Euphorbia grandicornis, Goebel.

Puates 2531 and 2532.

EUPHORBIA GRANDICORNIS, Goebel.

EUPHORBIACES.

(§ Diacanthium) grandicornis, Goebel, Sie ee Schilder.

pp. re , 09 et 63, Ff 26, 29, et 30; inter species spinis lotigts

validis i insignis.

nie vote succulentus (exemplum in horto Kewensi cultum 6—pedale),

Sl ramosus, spinosus, aphyllus. Rami 3-6 poll. diam., constricto-

artical alte 3-4 costati, glabri, virides, nee glauci. Articuli 2-5

_ longi, in ambitu reniformes vel subsagittato- ovati. Coste ale-

aes 14 —3 poll. late valde compress, marginibus induratis albo-

cinereis instructe, Nodi biformes, steriles et florigeri alternantes ;

rudimentare integens. (Glandule | lin. longe, 14 lin. late, transverse

oblong, integre, rotundat, lutescentes. Sguwame faucis glandulis

alter eet 2 lin. longe et late, subquadrate, apice breviter fimbriate.

Flor magoulini, bracteolis membranaceis lacerato- a

sethencixti ss doubert, Deutsches Gart. Mag. xvi. p. 291 cum i

Soura Arrica: Umfolosi River, Zululand, Stone.

from al ts very one stout spines. volucres appear to be

entirely unisexual, at I have examined being male, without a

trace of a female dower within them. At their base, however, com-

pletely concealed under the bracts are two very rudimentary lateral

involucres, in each of which a very young a wer was foun

which possibly under natural conditions may develop and fructify, but

in the Kew plant has not Be so; the whole Ci sconenes falling off

after the pollen is shed.—N. E. Brown.

Plate 2532: Fig. 1, inflorescence ; 2, longitudinal section of an 7 3, part

of an involucre showing the glands and the scales at the throat ; scale from the

throat of the involucre ; 5, bracteoles ; 6, male flowers. Al! enlarge oe

Pl 29383.

Ficus heteromorpha, Hemsl.

PL 2534

WS. del etlith

Ficus heteromorpha, Hemsl.

AES Gg

PuatTes 2533 and 2534.

FICUS HETEROMORPHA, Hemsl.

Urticaces. Tribe ARTOCARPE.

F. (§ Eusyce) ose rane ons Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter species sinenses

ob folia per-variabilia insignis

Frutex a \ ped. fructificans, sed interdum arborescens, usque ad 2

ped. altus, ramis floriferis fructiferisque glabris vel cito glabrescentibus,

cortice rubescente. Folia sepius longe graciliterque petiolata, tenuia,

lanceolata, oblonga, ovata vel elliptica, cum petiolis usque ad 9 poll.

longa, integra, paucidentata, obsolete trilobata, infra medium distincte

constricta vel interdum alte trilobata, sinibus latis, lobo terminali

multo majore, basi cuneata, rotundata, vel cordata, apice gradatim vel

masculint longe Sedeollats triandri. Flores gallipari sessiles, site

globoso stipitato. Flores feminei sessiles, ovario sessili, stylo bre

CurINna : various localities in the provinces of Kiangsi, hk and

Szechuen, A. Henry, 1933, 3439, 5924, 3965, 5541, 6362, 6550, 7443 ;

T. L. Bullock, 227, 228 ; A. £. Pratt, 719

The leaves of this species are exceedingly variable, but there is

almost always a trace, though sometimes very obscure, of the lobing

which is so fully developed in the principal figure in plate 2533. There

is less variability in the receptacles, which are always sessile, and the

smooth bark is usually of a a colour. Mr. Bullock’s 227

high. the other hand, his 7443, which is very much like Mr.

Bullock’s "298, of which a leaf is represented i in plate 2534, is described

as a tree twenty feet high, though this may have resulted from an

error. All the other numbers, where dimensions are given, are small

shrubs.—W. Borrinc HemsLey

be 2533 : a principal pe and the dissections of the male and gall flow

are from Mr. Henry’s 6362, and the upper o of the detached peg “es nea the ewer

his ines Tie. v3 a male ip caine 2, section of the same; flower; 4,a

gall flower; 5, section of the same enclos ag Cynips ; 6, eau yao Seorys 7443 ;

7, pistil; 8, fruit; 9, embryo. A/Z enlarged.

Plate 2534: The branch bearing female flowers is Mr. Bullock’s 227, and the i

i om th he

sections are : detached leaf on he right is his 228, which

ed as the same species as 227 ; the detached leaf to the crags is Mr, "Henry's 3065.

a 1, a female receptacle; 2, section of the same; 3, female flower; 4, pistil, All

en larged.

e Ficus iangiana,Hemsl. 4

PiuaTe 2535

FICUS KINGIANA, /Hemsi.

Urticacem. Tribe ARTOCARPER.

F. ($ Sicydium) kingiana, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species ex affinitate

F. sikkimensis, a qua differt foliis supra scabridis et pedunculis longi-

oribus.

Frutex vel arbuscula 15-20-pedalis, ramulis fructiferis confertis

gracillimis glabris, internodiis quam folia multo brevioribus. Folia

sca

in.

ngi. Bractee ad os receptaculi neue 4 appresse. Fives masculini

anthii segmenta gbleneu; ovario io duipitata: Flores Seminer stipitati,

ovario sessili.

Formosa : Tamsui, Oldham, 547, 548 ; Kelung, Ford, 40; Takow,

Henry, 708, 708a ; Banki insing, Henry, 166 ; South Cape, Schmiirer,

hb. Henry, 925, 1337.

It is doubtful whether this species should not be placed in Dr. G.

King’s section Paleo eg and near /. gibbosa, Bl. ; but the pseudo-

hermaphrodite flowers appear to be exc ceedingly r rare, — in other

respects it strongly resembles F. sikkimensis, Miq.—W. Borrine

HEMSLEY.

The small ep oe the top aa no figures 1-3 are from Mr. Ford’s 40. The

lager branch as well as figure 4 is from Mr. Hen nry’s 708a. Figures 5-8 are from

ing 1397. Fe g. J, male re rere tacle; 2, section of the same; 3, a male

fiower ; gall fi ). female recepta acle. den ‘eae of the same; 7, a female

tlower; % vintal vis the miachecst Jigures enlarged

MS.del et lith

Ficus stenophylla,Hems!l.

PLate 2536.

FICUS STENOPHYLLA, Hemsi.

Urticaces. Tribe ARTOCARPER.

F. (§ Eusyce?) stenophylla, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; species foliis a

a F. pyriformi receptaculis breviter pedunculatis spheroideis differ

Frutex paucipedalis, jam a 2 ped. altus fructificans, glaber vel

glabrescens, ramulis gracilibus internodiis brevissimis. Folia _brevis-

te)

inconspicuis. eceptacula feminea tantum visa, subsessilia, vel

breviter pedunculata, conoidea vel spheroidea, 4-5 lin. diametro,

glabra vel leviter puberula. Jnvolueri bractee minute, rotundate,

pee entes. Bractee ad os receptaculi exteriores suberecte.

HINA: Hainan, A. Henry, 8716; Szechuen, on the Min River,

E. on 446; Hupeh, yanks localities, A. Henry, 2963, 4350,

4350, A.

It is with some amount of misgiving that this has been separated

om riformis, Hook. et Arn, though by a combination of

characters it is easily iintiagalahes, at least so far as the material

under observation is concerned. -W. Borrina Hewstey.

The ig branch and figures 1-6 are Mr. Henry’s 8716, and the remainder his

446. Fig. 1, female receptacle; 2, section od the same ; 3, a flower; 4, pistil; 5, ripe

achene in section; 6, embryo. All enlar arged

Omphalea. megacarpa, Hemsl.

PuateE 2537.

OMPHALEA MEGACARPA, Hemsl.

EupHorBIACE&. Tribe CroTrone&.

0. mega ral ts Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; foliis membranaceis lanceolatis,

fructu maxim

carnoso albido omnino vestita ; testa crustacea, brunnea, verruculosa ;

bumen copiosum, oleiferum ; embryo centralis, cotyledonibus latis

planis orbicularibus

West Inpigs : Tobago, Dr. M. Gilloway. There are seeds in the

Museum from the same island, communicated by Mr. M. A. Gillespie.

There are also cultivated specimens from Trinidad, J. H. Hart, and

Grena roadway. The latter 9 that he is informed

that it ce wild in the mountains of Grena

r. Broadway, Curator of the Botanic Garden, Grenada, notes that

the * srt : are edible. Mr. Gillespie states that the negroes use the

sa dru aith i 1 i

: r. Ha ndent 0.

Trinidad, believes, from pra ‘al experienc, ‘that the seed will afford

a valuable and safe, bland wade The albumen is the part em-

dg ed. The seed bears the name of Hunter- -man’s nut in Trinidad.

a little uncertain whether ais pulpy layer covering the

aitacedah testa is of the nature of an aril, or merely a soft layer of

the testa itself ; our material bein Srunsiicderel to a its develop-

ent. Mr. Hart has tested this pulp and found that it contains

fifty per cent. of starch. The seeds of O. diandra, L., are very much

like those of O. megacarpa, but the foliage is very different. I have

not succeeded in finding an adequate description of the fruit and

eed species. Besi

and tropical American species, the genus is represented in Mada-

gascar, the Malay Archipelago, and Eastern tropical Australia.

—W. Borrinc Hems.ey.

Fig. 1, a leaf of medium size; 2, a 2-seeded fruit, a portion of the pericarp re-

moved, showing one of the hemispherical seeds as it appears when enveloped in the

aril; 3, a seed from which a portion of the aril has been removed; 4, a seed from

which the whole of the aril has been remoyed; 5, a section of the same showing the

embryo. Adi natural size.

M.S.del et lith

Machilus Thunbergil, Sieb & Zucc

—

PuatTE 253

MACHILUS THUNBERGII, Sieb. & Zuce.

LAURINES.

M. Thunbergii, cape me Zuce. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. no. 704 ; Hemsl.

in Journ. Linn. Soe i. p. 377 ; inter species sinenses calyce fruc-

tifero aucto reflexo —— nda,

Arbor 20-30-pedalis (fide Henryi) ramulis foliis floribusque

undique glabris vel cito Sees olia ad apices ramulorum

baidaats, ‘distincte petiolata, rigide coriacea, lanceolata, 2-5 poll. longa,

obtuse acuminata, basi eata, subtus pallidiora, sed vix glauca

Flores 4-6 lin. diametro, racemosi, racemis laxis paucifl sl -

vationum enascentibus folia subequantibus ; pedicelli graciles, 4-6

lin Pervanthii segmenta ovato-lanceolata vel nceo rite

vix acuta. Stamina perfecta 9, antheris 4-locellatis, 3 sigan

extrorsis. Ovarium glabrum. Bacca globosa, 5-6 lin. diam

Eastern Asta: Hongkong and Chekiang westward to ans, in

China ; also in Formosa, Japan, and the Corean Archipelago.

Shavings of the wood of this tree yield a mucilage, when soaked

in water, Tila 3 is used by Chinese ladies in ‘ bandolining’ their hair.

Dr. E. Bretschneider (Votes on some Botanical Questions ipa re

with the Export Trade of China, 1880, p. 14) mentions et shav

as being exported from Canton to Peking under the name of meio

kao pao hua (i.e. cosmetic glue shavings), and their peotutile source

as Sterculia senang dare In 1895 G. M. H. Playfair, Esqr., H.B.M.

Consul at Ningpo, sent to Kew specimens in leaf of a tree, called tiao

chang, which he had collected in the mountains near Ningpo, with the

were identified as Machilus oles ad Sieb. et Zucc., and flowering

specimens subsequently received from the same gentleman confirmed

the identification. Mr. Playfair vee adds, on the authority of

Mr, enry, t ef oa Canton shavings are from the same tree.—

W. Borrinc Hemsi

. 1, an unexpanded siete an expanded flower; 3, andreecium; 4, anther

with its valves closed; 5, the s open ; 6, one of the inner stamens and 2 stipitate

glands; 7, a stami we 8, pistil i in section : 9, embryo. All more or less enlarged.

SERIES IV. VOL. VI. PART Il. F

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MS. del.et lith.

Dracaena Ombet, Kotschy & Peyr

Pate 2539.

DRACH NA OMBET, Kotschy et Peyr.

Liniacez, Tribe DRACEHENER.

D. Ombet, Kotschy et Peyr. Pl. Tinn. p. 47; ad D. Draconem

canariensem arcte accedit

Truncus furcatus, 7-8-pedalis, ramulis ultimis crassis brevibus

divaricatis. Folia dense rosulata, ensiformia, crassa, rigida, sesqui-

pedalia vel bi ia, basi late ovata, dorso deorsum rotundata

minute Poriauthinin Ibidum, cylindricum, 3 lin longum, tu

brevissimo, segmentis linearibus flore expanso Stamina

perianthio paulo breviora, antheris oblongis filamentis paulo brevi-

Boiss. ii. App. ii. :

Easr ee AFRICA : Sara of Anguab, west of Suakin, at

Say, gi ft., Heuglin ; mountains of Erka: nit, west of Suakin, at

, Schweinfurth, 250 ; Sicehitaias of Erythrea, 4,500-6, 500 ft.,

Schein

and the flowers are a favourite food of camels. The igrina name is

Asa-ara and the Tigré name Arob.—J. G. BAKER.

Fig. 1, of leaf; 2, an expanded flower ; 3, stamens; 4, pistil. _4// enlarged

except 1, erik is natural siz e.

Pl 2540

—_

Impatiens Flanaganz, HemsL

Puate 2540.

IMPATIENS FLANAGANA, Hemsl.

GERANIACES. Tribe BaLsaAMINER,

I. Flanagane, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); ab I. capensi, species sola ex

Africa australi hactenus cognita, magnitudine et plant et florum valde

differt.

Perennis? 14- 2-pedalis, undique de caulibus ut videtur simplicibus

vix carnosis , intern nodiis brevissim Folia alterna, longe petiolata,

entata crenis apiculatis. ores circiter bipollicares, racemosi ; racemi

axillares, laxi, longe graciliterque pedunculati, folia longe duseicaisti:

Se ; an ica et 2 lateralia similia, lanceolata, acuta ; sepalum

curvatum. Peta/a lateralia valde ineequaliter

Mukate, pom ae na Filamenta basi apiceque leviter coherentia.

Capsula immatura elevata, circiter pollicaris, gla

Sourn Arrica : Woods on the banks near yi mouth of the St.

John’s river, Pusdaleed, Mrs. Flanagan; Bolus, 8729.

The number of species of Jmpatiens now known to inhabit the

mountains of tropical Africa is considerable, but the very distinct

Be eae a

limits of Cape Colony. It is named after Mrs. Flanagan, the first

discoverer, and wife of Mr. H. G. nee = an ardent botanical explorer

of South-Eastern Africa.—W. Bortina HeMsLEy

, a flower-bud in an advanced stage; 2, spurred sepal ; 3, outer petal from a

wae 7. ’andreecium, All enlarged.

2547

it “ey 7a

SEIT I Z,

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of OK

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MS. ddl ethith.

Mairia coriacea, Bolus.

Puate 2541.

MAIRIA CORIACEA, Bolus.

Composirz. Tribe ASTEROIDER.

M. coriacea, Bolus (sp. nov.) ; inter species fo ligne sc foliis

amplis crassissimis et scapis numerosis distinctiss

caudice inerassato fusco-lanato. Folia 2 vel 3, ie nm

deorsum attenuata, integra vel interdum apicem us obscu

lobulata, superne gl , inferne interdum araneoso-lanata, demum

glabrescentia, venis distantibus prominentibus. Scapi 4-6, seepe mono-

cephali, 2-4 poll. alti, atque bractez lineares purpurei, tomentosi.

nvolucrum turbinatum 9-12 lin. diametro, bracteis 2-3 seriat

exterioribus lanceolatis, interioribus linearibus, omnibus denticulatis

acutis purpureis tom i lores disci flavi, involucru ulo

crum 15 vel fere 2-plo excedentes

Sour Arrica: Houw Hoek, Caledon Division, Cape ream at

1,100 to 2,500 ft., Bolus, 6940 ; Schlechter, 7440.—H. Bot

Fig ray-flower; 2, a disk-flower; 3, pappus of ray-flower; 4, anthers; 5,

ieyie of dete: Ail enlar. ‘ged.

MSdeletlith.

Glossostemon.

Bruguieru, Desf.

PuatTe 2542.

GLOSSOSTEMON BRUGUIERI, Desf.

STERCULIACEH. Tribe DoMBEYE.

a cpcnae Desf. in Mém. Mus. Par. iii. p. 238, t. 11; species

Herba ‘ apiece! robusta, undique stellato-pubescens, scabra, ramis

crassis angulatis canaliculatis, internodiis brevissimis. /ol/ia alterna,

crassa, papyrac a, longe etiolata, rotundato-cordata, absque petiolo

usque 10 poll. diametro, multilobulata atque dentata, valide palminer-

via, sete ; ae teres, cenaies, 2-6 poll. soe Stipule lineari-

ming

sepe circiter 30 staminodiis igu atis Sea a seimanAitots plus

minusve dade filamentis glabris inequalibus, rium 5-locu-

lare, multiovulatum, dense echinulatum atque stellato-pubescens,

stylis brevibus in unum a apsula Magna, cum spinis circiter

3 poll. longa, spinis ch coe rmata, demum loculicide dehiscens

Semi i i in. longa, testa

radicula brevi.—Dombey arabica, Baker in Hook. Te: Pt t

Sourn Arasta: Interior of Hadramaut, Hirsch, 170. Mesopo-

TAMIA : in the desert around Kerkuk and at the foot of Mount Tell

Kokab, Haussknecht ; Aucher ; barren sandstone in the Hamrir range,

between 60 soy 70 miles north of Bagdad, Mockler. WxEstERN Persia :

Dizful, Lo

Kew is indebted to Rear-Admiral R. W. Blomfield for excellent

specimens of this interesting plant, collected, or procured, by Colonel

albumen tenuissimum ; “cotyled ones foliacez, ae ee + ipaa

460.

ner et tt AN NN" emt a ee

Ste a macnn

Mockler, H. B. M. Consul-General at Bagdad. Ripe mh was pre-

viously unknown. The plant figured in plate 2460 as a Dombeya,

proves, as Dr. G. Schweinfurth pointed out to us, to be x pee state

of Glossostemon, which, however, is better placed in the Dom yer than

in the Buettneriex. It has none of the special pes ageing a

the latter group, and the fruit is not like that of a

group, though it probably has the beara dehiseene, Toculicidal, <a

Sveatually septicidal, of Dombeya it

This plant bears the name of ies at Bagdad, and some “een

of its uses will shortly appear in the Kew Bulleti in.—W. Bor

HEMSLEY.

Fig. 1, a sone 2 a petal; 3, a staminode and adherent stamens; 4, anthe 3 5,

vary ; 6, one of its numerous appendages, some oat og ch pe into ing “spi nes

on the fruit ; nar cross section of the ova ryo intact; 10, cross

TY;

section of the same with cotyledons partly auiclings 1, pr nein sitet All

enlarged,

-M.5.del etdith.

Hemsl. —

ngium reptans,

Fury

Puate 2548.

ERYNGIUM REPTANS, JHems/.

UMBELLIFER®.

E. reptans, ZZems/. (sp. nov.) ; habitu £. nasturtiifolii, a quo differt

foliis dentatis vel serratis, nec lobatis, capitulis globosis ecomatis

Perenne, glabrum, caulibus paucis gracilibus procumbentibu 2-5

poll. longis. Folta radicalia obovato-spatulata, argute ta atque

aculeata, sed vix rigida, caulina minora ovalia vel Shciiia, “Copte la

lateralia, solitaria, ph calrserants pedunculata, hemispherica, cum bracteis

patentibus 5-8 lin. diametro. Jnvolucri bractee 6-8, lanceolate

ovoideis supremis subacutis omnino vestita ; vitte 9, quarum 2 com-

missurales, minute ; styli erecti, calyeem superantes.

GUATEMALA : Quezaltenango, Bernoulli & Cario, 2745.

This is represented in the Kew Herbarium by two small plants, ee

in the Berlin Herbarium by one from the same collectors. It is no

closely allied to any species.—W. Borrina Hemstry

Fig. 1, a bract ; 2, a pale; 3, a fruit; 4, a carpe!; 5, a transverse section of the

same. “a enlarge d,

ee NE LEE

mdium deppeanum, Ch et penl. . :

PuaTe 2544.

ERYNGIUM DEPPEANUM, Ch. & Sechi.

UMBELLIFER.

E. deppeanum, Ch. et Schl. in Linnea p. 207 ; inter species

armatas foliis brevibus crebre aculeato- dentatis et capitulis parvis dis-

tinguitur.

oligocephalo. Yolia radicalia numeros sa, ilia, linearia, angus ir-

citer semipedalia, 4-6 lin. lata, acutissima, acul -dentata, sed vix

rigida. Capitula subumbellatim corymb interdum ca lateralia,

-4 lin. diametro, graciliter pedunculata. Jnvolucri bractee 7-9,

lineares, 3-4 lin. longe, acutissime sed vix rigide. Pale flores super-

antes, bracteis similes sed basi latiores. Cal. yor 6, suites apiculati.

Carpella semi- ovoidea, absque calycis dentibus vix lin nga, a

angulos tantum paucisquamosa, squamis parvis obtusis ; Pies spe 5,

quarum 2 commissurales ; styli calycis dentes longe superan antes.

Mexico: Cerro Colorado, Schiede & Deppe.

The accompanying figure was prepared from a specimen in the Berlin

Herbarium, which if not actually the type is doubtless the species de-

scribed under the above name. I have not seen any specimen in any

rm a correct judgment as to the amount of variation exhibited by

this and allied species. I am indebted to Dr, Engler, the Director of

the Berlin Botanic Garden, for the loan of the specimens of the Mexican

Fryngia contained in the herbarium attached thereto. Like the other

herbaria that I have seen, it — several forms not met with

elsewhere.—W. Botting Hens

Fig. 1, portion of a leaf; 2, a bract; 3,a pale; 4, afruit; 6, a cross section of the

same, All enlarged.

MS.deLetlith

Eryngium. Schaffnert, Hemsl

Puate 2545.

ERYNGIUM SCHAFFNERI, Hemsi.

UMBELLIFERAE. °

E ri, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; ab E. Es seo caulibus mono-

cephalis et folie oblongis sae petiolatis differt

erenne, glabrum, subscaposum, radicibus crassis. Scapi nudi vel

interdum inferne foliosi, m monocephali, interdum basi Fopeats 6-18 poll.

alti. Folia herbacea, crassa, petiolata, petiolo deorsum vaginante,

oblonga, ovato-oblonga vel ligul , cum I 2-6 poll. longa

bscure crenata. Capitula oblongo-ovoidea, circiter 6 lin. longa

Involucri bractee sepius 7, anguste, 3— we, integre vel infra

medium entatx, rigide, pungentes. Palew e basi lata subulate,

pungentes, flores superantes. Petala apice inequaliter tridentata.

Carpella (matura non visa) paucisquamosa squamis brevibus vix acutis.

Mexico: mountains near Guajimalpan, nan pe 376; in Pine

woods, Nevado de Toluca, at 10,000 feet, Pringle, 4

This is another species which I have only seen in the Kew and

Berlin herbaria. It has been referred to £Z. Bonga the fruit of

which is peeny in plate 2546.—W. Bortinc Hemsi

Fig. 1, a bract ; 2,a pale; 3, a flower; 4, a petal; 5, a earpel. All enlarged.

PLATE 2546.

ERYNGIUM LEPTOPODUM, Hems!.

UMBELLIFERZ.

E. leptopodum, Hems!. (sp. nov.) ; species ex affinitate 2. Bonplandi

sed gracilior foliis breviter petiolatis capitulis oblongis carpellis fere

esquamatis.

Perenne ? omnino glabrum, caulibus erectis 6-15 poll. altis subaphyllis

simplicibus 1-3 fureatis gracillimis fere filiformibus. Folia herbacea,

oe petiolata, petiolo basi vaginante, ovato-oblonga, cum

petiolo poll. longa, basi cuneata truncata vel cordata, “crenata

margine incrassato. apitula longe graciliterque pedunculata, oblonga

x rigid arpella (matura non visa), cum calyce + vix lineam longa,

spies versus paucisquamosa.

Mexico: Real del Monte, State of Mexico, Coulter, 106, 1152 ; Paso

erasing Bhvenber g, 177.

have aaa seen this in the Kewand Berlin herbaria. Itis remark-

able among its allies for oe slenderness and almost complete

absence of scales on the fruit. The dissections of ZL. Bonplandi are

from the type specimen sy ‘ie Pari amiga 1 la belled Santa Rosa,

Guanaxuato, Bonpland.—W. Rorae Hemsi

che. I, a bract ; 2, a pale ; 3, a flower; 4, a petal; 5, a stamen—of LE. leptopodum,

Hem

Fig bract ; 7, a ; 9, a carpel; 10, a transverse section of the

Pirin em E. Pouplendi Dela a ee

“deed ‘Tseyueadey war gukry

PLATE 2547.

ERYNGIUM CERVANTESII, Delar.

UMBELLIFER.

E. Cervantesii, Delar. Eryngor. Hist. p. 4 18, f. 1 (male) ; ex

affinitate #. reptantis, a quo differt foliis radical us oe linearibus

paucicrenulatis, carpellorum squamis biformib

Perenne, glabrum, caulibus numerosis coe kre neg 3-6

poll. longis. Folia herbacea, radicalia linearia vel lineari-spatulata,

1-15 poll. longa, deorsum valde attenuata, utrinque sivetbee 4-dentata,

caulina breviora, 3-5-lobulata. Capitula parva, ‘2S axillaria,

solitaria, brevissime pedunculata. Jnvolucri brac pissime 5

lanceolate, integra, stellate, rigide, pungentes, oe 3 longe

Palee late, flores involventes, acuminate. dentes abrupte

apiculati demum incuryi. Carpe longa, appendicibus biformibus

elegantissimis vestita, inferioribus spiculiformibys pilis minutissimis

uncinatis instructis, superiorihus multo majoribus conicis cavis papil-

losis ; vittee 5, mjnutz ; styli elongati, recuryi.

Mexico: Jacal, in the State of Hidalgo, in grass by ponds, W.

Schumann, in the "Berlin herbarium,

The only specimens I have seen of this species are those referred to

above. It is perhaps easily overlooked, or it may be rare, Has ma ed

trained collectors have botanised in the region where

Delaroche described it from an imperfect specimen ened

Humboldt and Bonpland from Cervantes himself, who had given it the

name of #. viviparum. It is very distinct and different from all other

Mexican species, a nd the scales or appendages of the fruit, which are

of two kinds, passing atk eg rom one to the other, are the most

elegant I have sxamined,—W. Borrinc HeEmsLey.

a brace ti Fal wong pales ; 4, flower; 5, a petal; 6, section of a carpel and

r ; 7, acr oss section of a | about the middle; 8, one of

the Sr plese or sapradeane: ; 9, ong of the lower ditto. All enlarged.

SERIES IV. VOL. VI. PART IT. G

- Cacousia splendens, Hemsl.

Puate 2548.

CACOUCIA SPLENDENS, Hemsi.

CoMBRETACER.

C. splendens, Hemsi. (sp. nov.) ; ex affinitate C. velutine, differt

mprimis racemis ieaginents bracteis amplis luteo-albidis

Frutex scandens, ramulis robustis primum ferrugineo- eee

‘olia superiora alterna, brevissime petiolata, coriacea, glabra vel cito

glabrescentia, oblonga vel 0 ovato-oblonga, 24-3}

acumi imaril

2 ae eee cum staminibus exsertis 15

; pedicelli rigidi, 4-6 lin.

racemosi

longi ;_bract ] 2

Calycis tubus subcyl a oie curvus, a basi fere ad medium crassior

et sulcatus, supra sul eviter constrictus, re infra m

s, infra squamas

parce puberulus ; lobi de tide, cireiter 3 lin.

ala obovoidea, pubescentia, 33-4 lin. lon

are a orice ignotus.

—-C. bracteata, Laws. in Oliv. F]. Trop. abe ii. p. 434, par

West Tropicat Arrica : Cameroon river, @. Mann, 2208.

This and the two plants oy reins in plates 2549 and 2550 were

bra

included by Lawson in his C. teata, an eemed

better to give each a new name thie than eames assign his

name to any one of them.—W. Bortinc Hems.i

1, section of the lower part of a flower opened out showing the caning

ate which shut off the lower part of the calyx-tube as a separate chamber

petal; 3, anthers. All enlarged.

PuateE 2549.

CACOUCIA PLATYPTERA, Welw.

COoMBRETACEX,

C. platyptera, Welw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. p. 24; splen

denti similis sed floribus multo minoribus prearet peda bracteis

minus conspicuis differt.

Frutec scandens, 10-25 ped. altus, ramulis robustis primum

’

b cuminata, “ae leviter oblique cordata, venis primariis

lateralibus utrinque 6-7, F/ores cum staminibus exsertis 1{—15 lin.

longi, racemosi ; racemi laterales vel terminales, 6—12 . longi,

atque flores pedicellique pubescentes ; pedicelli sit issiml ; eres

foliaceze, crass, ovate, aurantiace. alyx ut eple ente.

oll.

Petala ovata, Fructus orients glaber, pentapteras, ih p

diametro._C. bracteata, Laws. in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. ii, p. 434,

partim

WEsT Tropica Arrica: Fernando Po, Barter, 2057 ; Mann, 158 ;

Kalbreyer, 42 ; Golungo Alto, Welwitsch, 1752.

This may perhaps be ted by intermediate forms with

C. splendens, of which the fee is unknown. Should this be so,

Welwitsch’s name, which antedates Lawson’s composite oo by

two years, will be the one to retain.—W. Botrinc HemsiLe

a section of the lower part of the calyx and the ovary; 2, a petal;

3, pi ed 4,a fruit. All except 4 enlarged.

Piate 2550.

CAMPYLOGYNE EXANNULATA, Hems/.

CoMBRETACE.

Campylogyne, Welw. MSS. (gen. nov.). Calycis tubus curvus, infra

medium constrictus, intus esquamatus, dentibus minutis. Petala 5,

os ovata. Stamina 10, inalass vel brevissime exserta, Ovarium

rans, postice usque ad ‘constrictionem cum ealycis tubo adnatus,

Fructus (immaturus tantum visus) pubescens, zqualiter 5-alatus.—

Frutex sarmentosus foliis omnibus oppositis.

C. exannulata, /ems/. (sp. wnica).

Ramuli florentes elongati, recti, graciles (1—2 lin. age cito

glabrescentes, intern otliis quam folia dimidio brevio ribus. Folia omni

opposita, breviter graciliterque petiolata, membranacea, anguste Sais.

oblonga vel lanceolato-oblonga, cum petiolo 2-5 poll. longa, apiculato-

leviter rubescentes,’ circiter pollicares, brevissime pedicellati, in race-

mos breves densos terminales ac Fre ies yeetaent racemi in

lorum apicibus sepius terni, poll. atque flores inte

pu i; bractez foliacez, sty ( I Taceolate, flores fere equantes.

Calycis tubus curvus, infundibuliformis, infra medium tantum glaber,

paullo supra basin leviter constrictus, intus parcissime pilosulus,

esquamatus ; dentes minuti. Peta/a puberula, ovata, circiter 2 lineas

8 hlito

i an se eg 5-alatus.—Cacoucia bracteata, Laws. in Oliv. FL

rop. Afr. fy. a partim ; Cacoucia exrannulata, O. Hottm. in

Linnea, xiii. pl

West Tropica, Arrica: Golungo Alto, at 1,000 te 2,400 ft... Wel-

witsch, 4349; Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 4350.

That Cacoucia platyptera, Welw. and C. splendens, Hemsl. should

have been referred to the same species is not surprising, but that this

zontal scales, forming a sort of diaphragm in the calyx tube in Cacoucia,

and the adherent moma style are rei reasons for separating it

from the genus named.—W. Borrinc Hemsi

Fig. 1, a flower laid open and the ovary in vertical section ; 2, a petal ; 3, stamens;

4, a young fruit. All enlarged, except 4.

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Puate 2551.

LOESELIA CORDIFOLIA, Hemsl. et Rose.

PoLEMONIACE®.

L. cordifolia, Hems!. et Rose (sp. nov.); species elata, ramis

iitecdibes insigniter divaricatis, foliis elie omnibus sessilibus

amplexicauli bus.

Herba patina paucipedalis, cito glabrescens, caulibus ramulisque

gracilibus primum leviter puberulis deinde nitidis b is, inter-

nodiis — foliis longioribus. Folig caulina opposita, sessilia, rigida,

a pol so- vel fere é

ta :

4-5 lin. diametro, in bractearum axillis ad apices ramulorum congesti,

bracteas paullo excedentes ; bractez foliacez, rotundato-ovate, longe

setoso-dentatz, absque setis "2-4 lin. latee ; bracteole minores , oblonge,

supra medium ad ma rginem paucisetose. Calycis dentes acutissimi,

tubum equantes. Corolle tubus cylindricus, quam calyx dimidio

longior ; lobi rotundato-spathulati. Stamina Ered exserta.

Ovarium glabrum, loculis l-ovulatis. Capsula ignot

Mexico: Tepic, Jalisco, Palmer, 1862.

e drawing of this distinct species was made from a specim

belonpiny to the United States National Herbarium, lent, with others,

for the purpose of elucidating the genus. It is nearest to L. amplectens,

Benth., a partial me de of me flower of which is given for

comparison.— W. Borrine Hemsi

Fig. 1, a bract; 2, a flower-bud ; 3, an expanded ng ta 4, anthers ; 5, pistil ;

6, vertical sestiatl of ovary—of LZ . cordifolia, ead. et Ros

ig. 7, an expanded flower; 8, pistil and portion of aye laid open; 9, vertical

section of ovary—of L, amplectens, Benth All enlarged.

SERIES IV. VOL. VI. PART III, I

Puate 2552.

LOESELIA INVOLUCRATA, G. Don.

Potemoniacez. 4%,

if L. involucrata, G. Don, Gen. Syst. iv. p. 448 ; ramulis lateralibus

floriferis elongatis gracillimis fere a bractearum setis brevibus

He rba cito glabrescens, erecta, 1-2 ped. alta, ramosa, ramis

multo minora pao sos alterna, breviter petiolata, tenuia,

rigidiuscula, ovata, maxima circiter sesquipollicaria, — crenulata

vel setoso-crenulata, soesatary Flores pauci ad apices ramorum

lateralium fere capillarium congesti, bracteis dilbicu rigidis in

sone gs pater arcte suffulti. Calyx setulosus, dentibus acuminatis-

Corolle tubus brevis, lobis spathulatis. Capsula glabra, levis ;

semina peed compressa, brevissime alata.

Mexico: Tequila, Jalisco, Palmer, 370 ; Colima, Palmer, 1175.

Soa

Loeselia involucrata, G. Don, and L. ciliata, Linn., were confused

by Bentham (DC. Prodr. ix. p. 319, 1845), and the confusion has

been one by most, if not all, botanists ever since. Indeed, :

has been supposed that they were one and the same species

J. Rose, Assistant Curator of the sims hh 'N seri

Herbarium at Washington, having specim of several species

(including the new one represented on Plate 2551) “indo clservetiin,

suspected the truth, and arrived at a correct apse

has since compared Mr. Rose’s specimens fie e types of the two

2 bape in the British age and with the type aa Hoitzia lupulina,

Hook. et Arn, in the w Herbarium, and verified Mr. Rose’s view

that aon Gites spas, part o ich has been ascribed to

L. baat da a elongs to L. ciliata, ties Gila ciliata, Benth.

Pl. Hartw. p. 325 ; Hoitza lupulina, Hook, et Am. Bot. Beech. Voy.

. 441; Loeselia aristata, gras . Syst. iv ; Hoitzia

aristata, H.B.K. Nov. Gen. t Sp. i ars 167 ; and. early all the

specimens that have been fables ‘ “involucrata belong to ciliata,

The former is apparently comparatively rare, whereas the latter

ranges from North Mexico to Panama, and includes the specimens

wanes sot aie ing numbers in the Kew Herbarium :—Cerro de Pinal,

ERIE VOL. VI. PA

PASSIFLORA FUCHSIIFLORA, Hemsl.

PASSIFLORACER.

P. fuchsiiflora, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; species ex affinitate P. spicata, a

qua differt floribus ad ramos annotinos vel vetustiores fasciculatis,

sepalis petalisque suberectis.

Frutex alte scandens, undique glaber, ramulis ultimis teretibus,

Cirrhi axillares vel supra-axillares, simplic es. Folia longe petiolata,

vix coriacea, ovato-rotundata vel cordiformia, _absque petiolo usque ad .

ramos us

culati 10-30 aggregati (Jenman), pidicaili swelled 3-5 lin. longis.

Calycis tubus cylindricus, leviter ventricosus ; lobi lanceolati, circiter

9 lin. longi, petala paullo longiores. Petala . ‘alah ata, ac

0 tis

anguste ligulatis acutissimis quam petalis imidio peaviowthte

inter - fere basilaris, uniseriata, segmentis irregulariter fimbria

Capsula cylindrico-clavata; semina numerosissima, oblongo- -ovoidea,

caine th arillo tenui omnino involut

British Guiana: Demerara river, /enman, 6540.

r. Jenman describes this as an exceedingly ornamental species ; its

the old wood. The resemblance e flowers to those of so ie

of Fuchsia having include = es such as J, — dens, Hook.,

for example, is very striking —W. Bortinc HEemsLey

Fig. 1, portion of flower laid open ; 2, a filament of the hana corona; 3, a port

of the lower corona; 4, upper Lge of andreecium and Leet a 5, A fruit with

ra remains of the andreecium at the base; 6, a seed en

oped in (f

which the salt has sot removed, All atorgee poate 5, rt is aabat

Puate 2554,

TACHIADENUS ELATUS, Hemsl.

GENTIANACER.

T. elatus, Hemsi.(sp. nov. ; inter species aflines magnitudine foliorum

et longitudine florum insig

rutex 4-5 ped. altus ene undique glaber, caulibus vel ramis

Seine teretibus, internodiis quam foliis brevioribus. olia petio-

longa, acute acuminata, basi subrotundata, distincte trinervia. lores

ad apices ramorum dense cymosi, erecti, breviter _pedicellati, cymis

oblongo-ovoidea, I2l o lin, lon ga, basi subito an gustata sed vix stipitata,

apice stylo ind ; Semina numerosissima, minuta, globosa,

conspicue foveolata.

Mapaaascar: without locality, Gerrard; Humblot, 7; Baron,

6682 ; Curtis.

This is one of a number of Madagascar plants remarkable for the

length of the tube of the corolla. ah «ora siphonantha, Oliv. (plate 2236

of this work), is another example ; a bipnlneieh sesquipedale, Thouars

(Bot. Mag. t. 5113), exhibits a sialic it omenon in the prodigious

length of its spur—W. Borrinc HEMsLE

Fig. 1, upper part of corolla-tube laid ie to show attachment of stamens; 2,

anthers ; 8, ovary; 4, stigma, <All enlarged.

NK a a i . SS SSR

‘a

Ij ie

Puate 2555,

RHIGIOPHYLLUM SQUARROSUM, JAochst.

CAMPANULACES.

R. squarrosum, Hochst. in Flora, xxv. p. 232 (sp. unica).

Fruticulus a basi ramosus, erectus, 1-2 ped. altus, undique glaber,

ramis rectis rigidis. Folia crassa, coriacea, arcte quadrifariam im-

bricata, sessilia, decurrentia, subr ta, maxima 4 lin. lata, bre-

vissime apiculata, margine i ssata, costa infra elev

cerulei (Bo ad apices ramorum congesti, sessiles vel a

Calycis lobi lanceolato-oblongi, acuti, 2-24 orolle hypo-

crateriformis tubus gracillimus, circiter pollicaris, limbi lobis oblonge-

lanceolatis vix acutis. Stamina inclusa, juxta fauce amentis

brevissimis. Ovariwm Pret loculis enariran ines pes pendulis ;

stylus breviter exsertus

SournH AFrica: mountains between Caledon and Elim, from 700 to

1,000 feet, Bolus, 8525.

So far as we can ascertain, this singular campanulaceous plant had

not been collected since Krauss first discovered it, about the year 1840,

until Mr. Harry Bolus re-discovered it, in the same district, in 1896.

Mr. Bolus’s cil are apparently the only ones in this country.—

W. Borrinc Hemsie

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, vertical section of ovary, with style and part of re a

3, corolla laid open, showing attachment of stamens; 4, stamens. All enlarged.

z 4 ‘ re a

i <

. pP

Wac=

MS.del, ethith.

Puate 2556.

ACIPHYLLA LYALLII, Hook. f.

UMBELLIFERE.

yallii, Hook. f. Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. p. 92, ed maxima parte ;

species foliis radicalibus pinnatis nunquam trifoliolat

Herba perennis, omnino glabra, caulibus subsimplicibus 1-2 ped.

altis. Folia rigidissima, radicalia longe petiolata, | seater foliolis

lon.

sti u

adnate. Flores dioici vel polygami, = umbellas peucinifiotas dispo-

siti. Carpella vix alata, valleculis 1-2-vittatis, commissura 2-vittata.

A figure of this plant has been given here, partly because leaves

of A. Hectori, Buchan. (Trans. New Zeal. Inst. xiv. p. 346, t. xxvii.),

were mixed with the original specimens and included in th descri tion,

er fi

species of the genus. . Kirk, Government Biologist, Welling-

ton, New Zealand, suspected some confusion, and we are now a

clear it up at Kew.—W. Borrina HemsrE

Fig. 1, ot cas -s male flower; 2, a ripe fruit; 3, 4, 5, 6, transverse sections of

earpels. All enlarged

PU 2557.

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ie E A

D AAD

PuatTe 2557.

POUPARTIA FORDII, Hemsi.

ANACARDIACE.

¥i i Hemsl, (sp. nov.) ; species unica Asi incola hactenus

cognita

Arbor pn (vel polygama) 20-40 ped. -— foliis deciduis (ord),

ramulis floriferis crassiusculis glabri Folia imparipinnata, fere

omnino ia distincte graciliterque petiolata ; : Palio 9-13, opposita,

- graciliter petiolulata, tenuia, fere membranacea, ites Ianceolata,

2-4 poll. longa, longe acuminata, integra, subtus glau Flor

pseudohermaphroditi atque masculini, cymoso- eaikentat “ paniculis

angustis quam foliis multo brevioribus. /ores feminei in axillis

foliorum superiorum solitarii, brevissime pedunculati. Stamina 10.

longus.— Rhus sp.? Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 148

Honexone: Wright, 107, 473 ; woods in Happy Valley, Mord, 612.

Imperfect specimens of this tree, ees on the United States

Pacific Exploring Expedition, have lain in herbaria for nearly fifty

years, and Mr. Ch. Fo rd, the Supedintondent of the Hongkong Botanic

Garden, sent good specimens of the male to Kewin 1881. He has

since sent copious material from which the accompanying plate was

prepared. From Mr. Ford’s notes we learn that about 100 trees exist ;

cent. of them are female. We have followed Engler (DC. Monogr.

Phaner. iv.) in retaining the genus Poupartia, previously only known

from Bourbon and Mauritius, and referred to Spondias. The floral struc-

him (loc. cit. t.7) ; but it is difficult to decide which is a best course

when dealing with a single species.—W. Bortinc Hemsi

Fig. 1, a branch bearing pseud fl —. of the under-side

of a = f, showing amas hairs in se nails ; ibe a pseudo-hermaphrodite

flower ; 4, a <a m the same ; 5, genitalia ; 6 va portion fveals inflorescene re; 1,8

male flower ; 8, the diane laid open ; 9,a bran ih; Finastiie eolitaew anita)

es a female flower; 11, barren stamens from female ng tla 12, vert tical section of

13 3 ee section of ovary; 14, a branch bearing fruit; 15, a fruit from which

ary ;

rie epicarp has been removed ; i6, a eed ; 17, embryo. Aut, except 1, 6, 9, 14, 15nd

6, more or hae enlarged

Puate 2558.

STAAVIA DODII, Bolus.

BRUNIACES.

8. Dodii, Bolus (sp. nov.) ; S. glutinose similis, at foliis et bracteis

involucri oblongis retusis planis brevioribus facile recognoscenda.

— 14-2} ped. altus, erectus, ramosus, ramis villosis Stier

foliosis. Folia sparsa, conferta, patentia, oblonga, Pibgeoangss, retus.

apice eallons, glabra, plana, basin versus ciliata, minute albo- stig pillate,

3-4 lin. long Capitula solitaria, discoidea, 1-14 oll. dia Bractee

iscum involucrantes, numerose, patenti- radiantes, silaes obtuse,

glabra, alb, callo deciduo mucronate, ad 9 lin. longe, floribus

multoties longiores. a 2-4, floritus breviores, exteriores ha

Cal ycis lobi erecti, aubadakl acuminati, callosi, longe ciliati, atropur-

purei, petalis fere squilongi, ‘tubo 4-5- plo longiores. Petala patentia,

anguste e ob, acuta, purpurea, basi valde. incrassata, dorso apic

versus barbata. Stamina petalis breviora. Fructus sepe abortu

l-spermus.

Sourm Arrica: On a rocky ridge near Smit eae Bay, on the

Cape Paditecla se 700 feet, ji ‘Wolley- Dod, 2

Described and drawn from living specimens kindly communicated by

the collector, who has made many valuable additions to our knowledge

of the of “igs Sth Peninsula. The plant is a striking one,

being so so near ape Town it iggy dikes escaped the notice of so

many earlier sites *_.H. Bou

Fig. 1, leaves, from one of which the deciduous Lip ncl is absent; 2, bracts of the

involucre; 3,a flower and three bracteoles; 4, hai the e receptacle ; 5, vais ical

section of a flower; 6, portion of the calyx-lim : "7, views of the er and inner

surfaces =e a petal—note the nectary at the base on the inside; 8, stamens; 9, a

ripe fruit ; 10, the same from which the calyx has been edloved: "All enlar rged.

* Kew Lgttnapee sane ts specimens of this ig without locality, communicated

by Admiral Sir F _ Gray, in 1860; Bag also one fro ria late Dr. Lindley, without

either locality or W. Bortine Hem

PL 2559

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Puates 2559 and 2560.

LAPORTEA LONGIFOLIA, Zemsl.

UrticacE®,. Tribe UrRTICcEm.

ongifolia, rao (sp. nov.) ; subarborescens, foliis angustis

fongioehits penduli

Arbor parva ( ti inermis, primum simplicicaulis, deinde pauciramosa

(exemplum in horto kewensi cultum fere 5 ped. altum). Zruneus basi

tantum foliosus. Folia conferta, comam formantia, herbacea, longe

petiolo 3-3 ped. locas 1-3 poll. lata, wouibes basi cuneata, plus minusve

Flores seaseullen cy as asi sessiles ; ~ cule puberule, axil-

lares, geminatz, subternato-ramose, distincte pedunculate, divaricate,

fere ee ae 3-6 poll. longe. Perianthiwm puberulum, sepissime

tetramerum, segmentis ovalibus concavis. Stamina perianthium exce-

dentia, ovario rudimento magno subgloboso carnoso, flores feminei

ignoti.

New Gurnea: Introduced into cultivation by Messrs. J. Veitch and

Sons, by whom the plant, here figured and described, was presented to

Kew.

This gee is only known to us from the cultivated plant described

above. It is sufficiently characterised by the long, narrow leaves with

very numerous and conspicuous lateral veins.—W. Borrinc HemsLey.

Fig. 1, portion of the under side of a leaf, showing superficial glands and hairs

2, a partially expanded male flower; 3, the same fully expanded; 4, anthers. All

enlarged,

Puate 2561.

PITTOSPORUM SPATHACEUM, Burkill.

PITTOSPORE®.

P. spathaceum, Burkill Alvi nov.) ; species P. undulato, Vent. sepalis

connatis aliquatenus simi

Arbuscula (1), ramis gracilibus cortice pallidis levibus. Volia alterna,

a cpa ramorum conferta, obovata, integra, glabra, 24-3 poll. longa,

1-1} poll. lata, apice rotundata vel obtusa, basi in petiolos breves

contracta ; petioli 4-5 lin. longi. Panicula pauciflora, foliis dimidio

brevior ; pedicelli 5-6 lin. longi. Calyx spathaceus, bi tay appen-

diculatus, per anthesin e parte superior ad basin uno latere fissus,

multinervis, 5 lin. lon ngus. Petala \inearia, acuta, ‘Tongitudinaliter

striata, ‘leviter imbricata, in mediis coalita, 6 lin. longa, vix 1 lin. lata.

Stamina 4 lin. longa anthers reves, versatiles. Ovartvum 2-carpellare,

basi dimidiatum, apice in stylum contractum, stigmate quadrilobato ;

placentis contact

“

Tonea Istanps: Vavau, Crosby, 200.

This species is an extreme form, connected with the rest of the genus

through the Au ee P. undulatum. The completely spathaceous

C. , harrower petals, and the obovate boot leaves distinguish it

readily. The colour of “ihe oak appears to have been mauve

purple ; but as no notes accompany th 6 dred aoe it is not possible

to speak with certainty.—I. H. Bur

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, stamens; 3, pistil; 4, cross section of ovary. All enlarged.

SERIES IV. VOL. VI. PART III. L

PLATE 2562.

MICROULA TIBETICA, Mazim.

BoRAGINACER,

M. tibetica, Maxim. Mél. Biol. x. p. 682 (1877); inter hrm

cognitas hujus generis unica quod acaulescens vel subacaulescens e

perennis, hispida, subacaulescens, inflorescentie ramulis

1 4

diametro. Calycis lobi ovati, subobtusi. Corolle tubus brevissimus ;

lobi rotundati, undulati, glabri. Faucis squame 5, minute, rotundate.

Stamina infra squamas inclusa. Stylus inclusus. Nucule varie, plus

minusve tuberculate ac setulose, nunc medio “ep fovea parva immar-

ginata ornate, nune plane.—WMicroula Benthami, C. B. Clarke, in

Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 167 (1883) ; Hook, Ie. PL. t. 2257 ;

Tretocarya pratensis, Maxim. Mél. Biol. xi. p. 272

BET: various localities, chiefly in the western part, from 15,000 to

18, 500 feet, Thompson, Strachey & Winterbottom, Thorold, Deasy &

Z "ike, Wellby & Malcolm, Przewalski.

A second figure of this singular plant has been given, because further

material has proved, as Professor D. Oliver suspected (see the letter-

press to plate 2207), that the original Microula and the original T'reto-

carya are the same plant. Among the specimens collected by Mr.

Arnold Pike, Captain Deasy’s Expedition, are some which bear nutlets

exhibiting the characteristics of the two supposed genera. T'retocarya

therefore must be reduced to Microula, and 7. sikkimensis, Oliv. (plate

2955 of this work) becomes J. sik. raping Hemsl. ere is a third

species, mie tangutica, Maxim., a native alpine regions in Kansuh,

im orth-western China. The question arises, however, whether the genus

s thus petites is tenable or “ay ether it should not be oediaes to

Tichecs sa.—W. Borrinc HEMSLE

Fig. 1, a bracteole; 2, unicellular hair _ th Pt a flower; 4, Lweir and

Sela of ra 5, corolla, laid open; 6, pistil, savaient tage; 7a e fruits

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PHYLLANTHODENDRON MIRABILIS, Hemzsl.

EUPHORBIACE®.

glasopagiin: goes Hemsl. (gen. nov.). Sepala utriusque sexus 5, e

basi ovata orbicularia, concava, caudato-acuminata, glandulis

linearibus Sel Tigulatis alternantia. Stamina 3, centralia, connectivis

supra antheras productis subulatis. Ovariwm 3-loculare, stylis dis-

tinctis divaricatis alte bifidis. /ractws ignotus.

P. mirabilis, Hemsl. (sp. unica). Arbor elegans, 30-40-pedalis, trunco

simplici, ramis lateralibus confertis foliis pinnatis simillimis modo

foliorum ex ordine deciduis. Rami primum puberuli, biformes, id est

steriles et — steriles numerosiores, robustiores, semper simplices,

3-5 ped. longi, plus minusve arcuati et aie foliis majoribus ;

floriferi graciliores, simplices vel ramulosi, supra axillas ramoru

sterilium superiorum enati, suberecti, foliis “ninoribus, parte inferiore

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erdum

poll. longa, acuta vel obtusa, basi cuneata, rotundata vel cordata,

zequilatera vel insquilaters, supra primum puberula, cito glabrescentia,

subtus glauca ; stipulv e basi latiuscula subulate, cito arcte reflexze.

i i ct

precipue in parte inferiore rami, feminei in parte superiore positi ;

masculini olbmitae 3 lin., rgiconee 6 lin, diametro. SP hatiantbics mirabilis,

uell. Arg. i

in DO. Prodr. xv. 2. p. 355.

Sram: the garden of the temple of Wat Cheng, Bangkok, Rod.

Schomburgk.

When arranging some of the manuscripts in the Kew library some

sketches and a description of this remarkable tree by Sir R. Schomburgk

were found, and a short ore resulted in the discovery of some dried

specimens of it, received at Kew in 1863. In his account of

this tree, Sir R. Sanit states that he was informed that it

inhabited the summit of Kow Na gh, a mountain or hill about ten or

twelve days’ journey uP the Menam river. The deciduous branches

misled him, and he arrived at the conclusion that they were pinnate

leaves, bearing desis in the axils of the leaflets. He also, by some

mischance, mixed some pinnate leaves with them, and was led to

believe that he had made a very remarkable discovery.

i lar i

extende Rate Candolle’s Prodromus, is nageable con-

glomeration RE species. Sir Joseph Hooker Pert other rere have

already restored Glochidion. —W. Borrine Hemsie

Plate 2563 : Sterile and fertile anes and eset leaf. Natural size. Fig. 1,

male flower; 2. ; 3, andreee All e¢ ed.

rt bet stack showing habit, a a te “Natwal ae Fi male

ig. 1

r portion of one of the inner segments of the perianth with. ae a the

Fieulste sats of the disk; 3, pistil; 4, cross section of ovary, All enla arged.

PuLate 2565.

LUCUMA HARTII, Hemsi.

SAPOTACER.

. Hartii, Hemsi. (sp. nov.) ; a L. multiflora (supra, t. ea foliis

majoribus, floribus tetrameris sessilibus, fructu majore recedit

Arbor ramis ight crassissimis primum ferrugineo-puberulis.

Folia ampla, apices ramorum onferta, longe petiolata, coriacea,

costam et venas primaria s numerosas, ferrugineo-puberula. /Jores (bene

evoluti non visi) pauci, in axillis foliorum rants ee pointy

serto.

ee 8, e oll. anes! inte rdu rtu Se tied

semina oblongo- peas. hilo angusto, Duby eciuasibin hie bus

TrintpaD: Maraval, Hart, 4324.

According to Mr. J. H. Hart, to whom Kew is indebted for speci-

mens, this tre ee bears the name of ‘contrevent’ in Tri . From

supposed to be

L. multiflora, A.DC., but it proves to be very eo and apparently

previously undescribed. mW. Borrinc HEemMsLe

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, righ laid pie showing the stamens and staminodia; 3,

pst 4, cross tection of an ovary; 5, a fruit in vertical secticn showing two seeds ;

6, a seed; 7, embryo; 6% cross Ae of the same. Jigures 1-4 enlarged ; 5- 8

mio size.

Puates 2566 and 2567.

PACHYLOBUS EDULIS, G. Don.

BURSERACES.

P. edulis, G. Don, Gen. Syst. ii. e 89 ; foliolis 11-17, fructu oblongo

vel anguste ovoideo 2 2 3 poll. longo

Arb r 30 70 5 he =) ral od + @ *1

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tibus. Folia a imparipinnata, 1- 2 ped. etn glabrescentia ; “foliola. coriacea,

breviter petiolulata, valde va nee ovata, oblonga vel lanceolata, 2

conspicuis prope marginem inter se arcuatim conjunctis. Flores diclini

vel polygami imeri

breviores. amina 6, extra discum inserta. varium 2-loculare,

loculis biovulatis. Fructus edulis, drupaceus, abortu monospermus,

oblongo-ovoideus, 2-3 poll. longus, mes crasso endo-

crassissimis carnosis multiformibus deo ; radicula

superior, elongata, recta, hirsuta, inter cotyledonum lobos erecta.—

Canarium edule, Hook. f. in Hook. Niger Flora, p ; Hiern, Cat.

Afr. Pl. Welw. 1, p. 127 ; Canarium Mubafo, Ficalho in Bol. Soc

Geogr ser. 2, p » et sie . Afr. Portag. p. 115;

Canarium Saphu, Engl. Jahrb. XV. p. 9 m figg. in aoe t. 3;

Pachylobus Saphu, Eng). in Engl. & i “Natarl PA. Fam. iii. 4.

p. 243.

Wesr Tropicat Arrica: Island of St. Thomas, G. Don; Old

Calabar, Thomson ; Cameroons, Mann; Preuss; Buchholz ; Calida

Welwitsch, 4482, 4483; Wathen Station or Ngombe, thirty-four

miles below Stanley Pool, Bentley.

Canarium Schweinfurthvi, Engl., a genuine Canarium, having a

thick, exceedingly dense and hard endocarp, has been confused with

Pachylobus edulis, G. She Both trees yield an edible fruit, and bear

are sufficiently alike to deceive a superficial observer,

is evidently very widely spread (Engl. Pfl. Ost. Afr. B. pp- 109, “312,

412, 475), ranging from near the west coast in Angola eastward to

the lakes and northward to Uganda. Pachylobus edulis is cultivated

from St. Thomas and the Cameroons to the Congo, at least ; and it is

i Re

e. By an ov

as the htnge (Stdémmchen) both in Engler’s Jahrbiicher, as cited

above, and in Engler and Prantl’s Watiirl. l. Pfl. Fam. iii. 4. p. 242.—

W. Borin HeEmsiey

Plate 2566: Fig. 1, a cluster of male flowers. Natural size.

Plate 2567: Fig. i, a male flower; 2, a hair from the e same; 3, an ndreeium of the

showing the long hairy radicle — upwards; 13, radicle lying in a groove of one

of the cotyledonary lobes; 14, a single lobe; 15, part cf radicle and slightly

oo plumule of a pevaissa tiie: embryo. Figures 1-6 enlarged ; 7-15 natural

PLaTE 2568.

CARPODINUS DULCIS, Sabine.

A POCYNACEH.

C. dulcis, Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. v. p. 455; a C. parviflora,

Stapf, foliis obscure acuminatis vel acutis a obtusis et pits plerumque

plurifloris differt

Frutex os cirrorum longorum terminalium vel pseudo-axillarium

scandens ; rami primo tenuiter fulvo-hirsuti, mox glabrescentes, cortice

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oblonga, 3-44 poll. longa, 15-2 poll. lata, basi rotundata, ie acumi-

nata, obtusa aaa rarius acuta, _coriacea, primo fulvo- hirsuta, — a-

supra subimpressis ; petiolus 2-2) lin. longus. Cym aillabe, sub-

sessiles, contract, tenuiter fulvo-hirsute, pauci- vel 1-flore ; bractew

oblo

appresse, fulvo-hirsute. Calycis segmenta sublibera, ovata, subacuta,

ciliolata, 14 lin. longa. Corolle aes 3-4 lin. longus, sub fauce dila-

tatus, su gla r; lacinie lanceolate, tubum equantes. Oxrarium

superne fulvo-hirsutum. Fructus siobowah, apiculatus ; semina circiter

n. longa.

West Tropica Arrica: Senegambia, a Sierra Leone,

Vastows, Martello Tower Hill, G. Don ; Bunce Isl: land, in the Lower

se Leone River r, Kirk ; all over the inland country to the head-

rs of the Niger, and eommon on the laterite plateau, Scott Elliot,

4949, "4275a, 4294, 5091, 5127.

According to G. Don, the fruit resembles a lime in size and appear-

ance, and is eaten by the natives, who know it by the name of ‘ sweet’

Pishamin, in contradistinction to the ‘sour’ Pishamin nD, which is Car-

podinus a acida, a eds obscure species, of which there is no authentic

specimen in existence

Carpodinus is distinguished from Landolphia in Bentham and

Hooker’s Genera Plantarum by the position of the stamens, which

are said to be inserted near the base of the tube in Landolphia, and

near the mouth of the tube in Carpodinus ; by the presence of a horny

)

albumen in the seeds of Landolphia, and the absence of albumen in

e grou

having sop rminal (or pseudo- lary) and the other having mainly

axillary inflorescences. The species belonging to the first group repre-

sent what is generally recognised as the genus Landolphia, whilst the

ethene correspond to the genus Carpodinus. Nor is this division purely

artificial ; for the characters afforded by the position of the inflorescence

are always associated with certain conditions in the structure of the

flowers, although they are not so conspicuous or so well defin In

Landolphia the style is generally rather short, in Carpodinus always

long _ the anthers surround the — in both genera, an e

er distinctive character is o y the inflorescence, those of

Landolphi iia being, on the wile Nig Bs Sunred and many-flowered,

red w 8 ow usually very reduced and few to 1-flowered

ilar re i i

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phia and Carine thus revised it seems to be = garwe to transfer

Fig. 1 a flower; 2, calyx-lobes from the inside to show absence of glands; 3

corolla laid open ; 4, stamens ; 5, pistil; 6, cross section of ovary. All enlarged.

PLATE 2569.

BASSIA THURSTONII, Hemsl.

SAPOTACES.

urstonii, Hemsi. (sp. nov.) ; inter species polynesiacas foliis

amplis, floribus magnis distincta.

Arbor ramulis floriferis crassissimis. Folia ad apices ramulorum

conferta, distincte petiolata, valde coriacea, obovato-lanceolata, 5-10

poll. longa, apice rotu ndata, basi cunea ata, supra glabra vel cito

glabrescentia, subtus ferrugineo- -tomentosa, venis primariis lateralibus

atque pedunculi circiter pollicares ferrugineo-tomentosi, qua

culi paullo breviores. Sepala 4, crassissima, ovato- nee Corolla

isculars, stylo breviter exserto. /ructus ignotu

Fis1: without locality, but probably from the island of Suva,

Thurston,

The late Sir John Bates Thurston sent the specimens, from which

this drawing was made, to Kew, in 1895, tance with the testa of a

seed of a species of ‘Chelonespermum, probably C. unguiculatum,

Hemsl., on the supposition that they were from the same tree. It was

of the same species ; but further investigation gives rise to great doubt

on this point, as the floral structure is “quite different from that of

majus, Hemsl., the only species of which the flowers are known with

fruit were received together. Further material, however, is required

before the genus can be ae defined. With regard to the

retention of the generic appellation assia in preference to the more

recently adopted Mipe, the latter was simply given in the place cited

—— eh li. App. p. Ae as a native name, 2.¢. “ Illippe Malabaro-

—W. Borrinc HEemsLe

Fig. 1, part of corolla and stamens, one abnormal ; 2, hairs from the inside of the

anrefta and filaments; - a petal; 4, anthers; 5, vertical section of ovary; 6, cross

section of ovary. aR wn enlarged,

Puate 2570.

HEVEA SPRUCEANA, Muell. Arg.

EUPHORBIACER.

H. spruceana, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv 204, n DC.

Prodr. xv. 2, p. 717 ; inter species foliis glabris A Bitte Becre pine

tudine insignis.

venl primariis utrinque circiter 15 atque costa ‘su elevatis

minores, numerosissimi. Perianthii segmenta anguste lanceolata, acuta.

Stamina 10, antheris biseriatis, seriebus disjunctis, columna centrali

verticillatim affixis; columna supra antheras producta, subulata,

saplee basi glandalis 5 ovoideis cincta. Ovariwm pubescens.

Fructus ignotus.*—Siphonia spruceana, Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ.

Bot. vi. ae 370

Nort Brazit : =F ee Spruce, 999.

This has been figured because ae other species, H. pauciflora,

Muell. Arg., a ion a Hemsl., have been confused with it, and

material under observation is insufficient to define these three species

satisfactorily ; but the publication of figures and descriptions of what

we have may assist cultivators and collectors by indicating what is

required to complete the definitions. In the first place it is ao aeons

to refer the seeds represented on oor 2575 (figures 12-15) to their

species with absolute certainty. But as only one of them (H. confusa)

appears to be cultivated in the West Tadeo it is probable that figures

* For analysis of — see plate 2573, figures 14-17.

SERIES IV. VOL. VI. PART I

12 and 13 belong to that species, and 14 and 15 to H. pauciflora. The

leaves sent with the latter point to the correctness of this inlentifestion:

H. confusa, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species inter affines foliis glabris

seato. lanceolatis vel oblanceolatis crassis coriaceis et floribus parvis

albo-tomentosis et ovario glabro distinguitur

Arbor 60 ped. alta, ramulis floriferis crassis. Folia omnino glabra

longe petiolata foliola seepissime oblan se in ramis floriferis usque

ad 9 poll. longa, sed sepius minora, abrupte obtuseque acuminata, basi

ata, supra nitida, costa impressa, s s pallida, venis primariis

acuta. Stamina 10, antheris biseriatis, seriebus appro roximatis, columna

centrali verticillatim atiixis ; columna supra antheras producta, subu-

lata, glabra, basi glandulis 5 minutis cincta. Ovarium glabrum, basi

disco tenui lobato, lobis acutis, cinctum. Fructus . semina irregu-

lariter rotundato-oblonga, bile’ plus minusve trun cata, circiter

pollicaria, purpureo- maculata.— 1. spruceana, Oliv. in Timehri, shang

p- 50, non Muell. ee H. pee et Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xx

p- 20: , et Fl. Bras. xi. 2. p. 300, pro parte ; H. ae Kew iemet,

1878 (1879), p. 39, quand plantam prestoeana

British Gu1ana : without locality, Rod. eat 817 ; Rich.

cin 1381 ; Mazaruni river, Prestoe ; Jenman, 621 ; ; Esseque uebo

river, Jenman, 1332 ; Trinidad Botanic Garden, caRtaded ‘Haré, 3554,

When Bentham pegs Siphonia pauerflora, Spruce (Hook.

Journ. Bot. vi. p. 370) he suggested that specimens in the Ho rentah

herbarium from British Guiana, collected by Schomburgk, Parker, and

Kew Herbarium, and the only course is to retain the names for the

species to which they were originally applied. Parker and eee

ritish G;uiana specimens, mentioned by Bentham, are true H. pauci-

Jjlora, so far as can be determined from leaves alone. Further, ke enman

(725 ‘and 2450) and im Thurn (200) have both collected 1.

on the Mazaruni river, British Guiana. Of the distinct H. guianensis,

Aubl., in which the anthers are 5 only and in one whorl (see pl. 2573,

fig. 9), we have Sy seen + agg: cate French Guiana. The details

of the flowers of H. ¢ onfusa in plate 2574, figures 1-3 ;

and the seed in plate 2575, jaar re} ued 13.—W. Bortine Hewstey.

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PuaTe 2571.

HEVEA BENTHAMIANA, Muell. Arg.

EUPHORBIACES.

H. benthamiana, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 204 ; ad H. dis-

= £ = ; me ihe |

colorem arcte accedit, recedit foliis flori

alabastris acutis, seminibus ovoideis,

Arbor 20-pedalis, ramulis floriferis crassiusculis. Folia longe petiolata,

petiolo gracili terete usque ad 6 poll. longo ; foliola discoloria, distincte

: t : 3 ;

Norru Brazit: Uaupés River, Spruce, 2560. VENEZUELA : culti-

vated, Bovallius.

Mueller Arg. (FV. Bras. xi. 2, p. 301) quotes Spruce’s 3326 under this

species, but the specimens are so ver young that it is impossible to

m V

It is possible, however, that this identification may prove erroneous.’

The specimens were sent as H. brasiliensis, which they certainly are

not.—W. Borrina Hens tey.

Fig. 1, portion of the under surface of a leaf ; 2, flower-buds, the terminal female,

the lateral male; 3, a male flower, with the perianth laid open; 4, andrecium; 5

a female flower, part of the perianth removed ; 6, vertical section of oyary. All

enlarged,

PLATE 2572.

HEVEA MINOR, Hemsl.

EUPHORBIACES.

H. minor, Hems/l. (sp. nov.) ; pro genere omnibus partibus parvis,

seminibus albis immaculatis.

Arbor 15-pedalis, ramulis fructiferis ee ae glabris apice

tantum foliiferis. Folia undique glaberrima, graciliter petiolata,

petiolo terete apice biglanduloso 2}—345- pou. longo ; " foliola breviter

petiolulata, coriacea, concoloria, lanceolata, 14-4 poll. longa, utrinque

attenuata sed vix acuta, costa supra impressa, subtus elevata, venis

pees lateralibus utrinque circiter 15 filiformibus. lores ignoti.

Capsula levis, circiter 1-poll. diametro ; semina levia, immaculata,

triangulari-oblonga, 6-7 lin. longa

Norra Brazit: in low woods on the Casiquiare river, Spruce, 3457.

8 so very distinct in the smallness of all its parts, and parti-

cularly in its small white seeds, that we have hs ‘cnet to establish

it on incomplete material. W. Borrinc Hemsi

Fig. 1, ventral view of seed; 2, dorsal view of the same. Natural size.

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Puates 2573 and 2574

-HEVEH SPECIERUM PLURIUM ANALYSES.

EUPHORBIACE®.

These plates are intended to elucidate the floral structure of

some of the species of Hevea. The drawings were all made from

type specimens, except those representing H. brasiliensis and H.

amgeb es concerning which, however, there is perhaps no doubt, as

they are quite distinct from each other , and have been generally

se eae Unfortunately, flowers of the same stage of development

cou

parison are not so satisfactory as they might be. Many more flowers

were examined than were drawn, and the conclusions arrived at m may

not, in all cases, appear justified by those Seicmate ed ; but finality is

c not distinguish it siliensis, e

ne are often exceeding! minute, and easily overlooked un

fl affor liable characters,

disagh — are probably not absolutely constant. Usually the anthers

are ten in n r, and arranged on a slender column in two contiguous

or sepa pres but in H/. guianensis, Aubl., there are only five,

7 anthers in a broken whorl or whorls.- _W. Bortinc HEeMs.Ley.

H. porgereenr Muell. Arg. ~ Linnea, xxxiv. p. 204. H. janeiren-

sis, Muell. Arg. in Fl. Bras. xi. 2, p. 706. Siphonia brasiliensis, 7. BK.

ov. Gen. et Sp. vii. p. 171 ; Collins, Report on Caoutchoue, pl. 1. (1872).

Brazit : ‘ Province of Rio de Janeiro,’ * Glaziou, 4911 (janeirensis).

Plate 2573: Fig. 1, an expanded female flower and Lud of a male flower; 2, pistil.

Brazit: ‘ Rio de Janeiro,’ * Glaziou, 8921.

Fig. 3, a male flower; 4, andrecium.

pet cer tainly an error, as there is no other record of ny epecies so 5 Tar wiih:

Pickin cultivate d.

Nortu Brazin: Parad, Spruce, 136.

Fig. 5, a male flower; 6, andrecium; 7, a female flower.

H. guianensis, Awb/. Pl. Gui. ii. p. 871. Siphonia elastica, Pers.

Syn. ii. p- 588. H. peruviana, a ubl. Pl. Gui. iv, t. 335, Siphonia

guyanensis, Juss. ex Baill. Etud. Gén. Euph. p. 326.

NCH GUIANA: specimen ex Herb. Mus. Par. 6, without either

locality or collector’s name

Fig. 8, a male flower; 9, andreecium ; 10, pistil.

H. rigidifolia, Muwell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. 203. Siphonia

rigidifolia, Spruce, ex Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. - “(1854) p 371.

Nortu Brazit: on the banks of the Uaupés River, Rio Negro,

Spruce, 2527.

Fig. a a male flower; 12, perianth of female flower laid open, showing the disk ;

13, pist

H. spruceana, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 204. Siphonia

spruceana, Benth. in Hook. Kew Jowrn. vi. (1854) p. 370.

Nortu Brazit: Santarem, Spruce, 999.

Fig. 14, a male flower laid open; 15, andrecium; 16, a female flower laid open ;

17, vertical section of ovary.

H. discolor, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 717. Siphonia

discolor. Spruce, ex Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ. vi. (1854) p. 369.

Nort Brazit: Rio Negro, Spruce, 1171.

Fig. 18, flower buds; 19, a young male flower; 20, andrecium; 21, pistil.

H. confusa pets onan ms Oliv. (pro parte) in Kew

Report 1880. (ssi) ae in Timehri, 1882, p. 50; Jenman,

t on India-rubber ree 1883, pp. 7-11.

vii Guiana : Mazaruni River, Jenman, 621.

Plate 2574: Fig. 1, an expanded female ore the B anicen falling away in a cir-

cumsciss manner, and buds of male flowers ; 2, andres lum; 3, pistil and part of disk

detached.

H. _ seen Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 203. H. spru

Oliv. (pro parte) in Kew Report 1880 (1881), p. 37, et in Timehri,

1882, p. 50: Jenman, Report on India-rubber T'rees, 1883, pp. 7-11.

H. membranacea, Muell. Arg. in Mart. Fl. Bras. xi. 2, p. 299, Siphonia

pauciflora, Spruce, in Hook, Kew opi vi. (1854) p. 370.

British Guiana: Mazaruni River, Jenman, 725.

Fig. 4, pistil and male flowers; 5, andreecium and disk; 6, a female flower; 7,

perianth and disk, or staminodia,

Nortn Brazit: On the banks of the Uaupés River, Rio Negro,

Spruce, 2

Fig. 8, a male flower; 9, andrecium; 10, pistil.

H. lutea, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 205. H. apiculata,

Baill. Adansonia, iv. p. 285. H. peruviana, Lechler, ex Benth. et Hook.

a Gen. Pl. iii. p. 290. Siphonia apiculata, Spruce, ex Baill. Adan-

onia, iv. p. 285. 8. lutea, Spruce, ex Benth. in Hook. Kew Journ.

vi. (1854) p. 370.

Norra Brazit: Near San Carlos on the Rio Negro, Spruce, 3139

(apiculata).

Fig. 11, an expanded female flower and male flower buds; 12, an expanded male

flower; 13, andrecium ; 14, pistil.

Norra Braziz: Mouth of Uaupés River, Rio Negro, Spruce,

2088 (lutea).

Fig. 15, an gree aR flower and male flower-buds; 16, young male flowers ;

1; andrescium ; 18, pis

East Perv: at 2,000 ft., Lechler, 2360 (peruviana).

Fig. 19, female and male flower-buds ; 20, a male flower laid os aah 21, pistil.

Figures ali enlarged ; the flowers uniformly

H. confusa, Hemsl. supra sub t. 2570?

British Guiana: Prestoe, received in 1881.

Figs. 12 and 13, seeds,

H. pauciflora, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 2032

British Guiana: Mazaruni River, im Thurn, 200.

Figs. 14 and 15, seeds.

H. benthamiana, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 2049

VENEZUELA: Bovallius, cultivated on the Pulido estate, Venezuela.

yi 16 and 17, seeds.

All the figures, except 11, natural size.

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PLATE 2576.

HEVEA SIMILIS, Hemsl.

EUPHORBIACE.

H. similis, feabiores (sp. nov.) ; : species ex oe te H. discoloris,

Arg., ribus multo majoribus,

perianthii : eaumtitis lanceolatis acutis tubum fesnanre en

Arbor (?) ramulis ultimis glabris. Folia ad ramorum apices conferta,

graciliter petiolata, petiolo 2-3 poll. longo i biglanduloso ; foliola

distincte petio aries tenuia, vix coriacea, oblongo- lanceolata, 33-5 poll.

onga, acuminata, acuta, basi cuneata, discoloria, supra "glabra

intus extusque pilosula vel pubescentia, demum recurva. Stamina 10,

antheris biseriatis, seriebus disjunctis, columna centrali ipa alge

affixa ; columna gracilis, subulata, supra antheras producta, glabra, basi

glandulis 5 parvis globosis cincta. Ovarium ae medium puberu um

basi glandulis 10 minutis cinctum. /ructus ignotu

Brazi_: without locality, Ferreira, 745.

coe more definite is known of the native country of this <<

He hick um, It strongly onc this i i : foliage, bu =

different i in shape.—W. Bor TTING HEMSLE

Fig. 1, expanded female flower and buds of male; 2, a male flower laid open ;

3, perianth of a female flower; 4, pistil, All enlarged,

SERIES IV. VOL. VI. PART IV. N

Piate 2577

HEVEA DISCOLOR, Muell. Arg. et H. species indeterminata.

EUPHORBIACES.

The figures on this plate are pie two unpublished at eee

numbered respectively 10 and 11, in the Herbarium of t ritish

Museum, copied by permission of is eae for the use o

Neither artist’s nor engraver’s name appears on the engravings, a

no clue to their origin “has been discovered. Even the hit eatin

evidently that of a foreigner, has not been identified. Figures 1-3 are

te n

appears on the sheet, and the words “ folia ‘e sheet in aliis sp. pubentia.”

In this character H. discolor differs from several of the other species of

the genus.—W. Bortinc Hemstey.

Fi ig. 1 lad ti 1d 2 and 3, andreecia, k I

of Hevea. Fi ig. 4, beoicers see 5, two separate carpels of the same ; 6, fully dehiseed

earpel; and 7, a seed, of A. discolr, Muell. Arg. Figures 1- 3 enlar ged ; ;

natural size,

PLATE 2578.

FICUS LAURIFOLIA, Lain.

Urticace®. Tribe ARTOCARPE®.

Ficus oltre oe Lam. ; species F. leucosticte, Migq.,

guianensi maxime ,

rbor 30-pedalis, trunco elevato sine radicibus aereis, ramis erectis

apice dense foliatis. Folia lanceolata, 10 poll. longa, 3 poll. lata,

glaberrima, supra nitida obscure viridia, subtus multo pallidiora, basi

brevi mi

seine “Stamen iS sive antheram al idam squante, con-

nectivo incrassato apiculato. Flores feminini omnes fertiles, bracteolis

3 lineari- Leanna cuspidatis suffulti ; perigonii laciniz basi connatz,

longe cuspidate. Ovariwm stipitatum, oblongo-obovatum ; stylus

Ovarium superans, stigmate valido —. superante saturate

purpureo bicruri, ramis pibecacatt bis recur

Described from specimens cultivated in the garden of Signor H,

Ragusa at Palermo, and in the gardens of Cairo and Alexandria.

It was probably introduced into Egypt from Palermo some thirty

years ago. Whether South America is its lace or not is un-

certain marck (Encye. ii. p. 495) described it first in 1792, a

plant grown in the Jardin des Plantes , and s ns from

e Herbarium of Jussieu are still pr ovine in the Museum of that

institution. In 1806 Willdenow (Sp. Plant. iv. p. 1157) again described

the plant from a specimen cultivate in ia Berlin Botanic Garden,

naming it /'. ma artinicensis ; and Kunth (Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. p. 16)

in 1846 redeseribed it t and renamed it F. rhododendrifolia from

specimens in t me garden. In Steudel’s Nomenclator (ed. 2, i.

p. 637) eed name £. st dee Reinw., is published for this species, as

a nake n 185: 1 (in Martius’s Fl. Br iv. pt.

p. 96) fiat ‘the plant Om amet gma Kunthii, recognising ‘the names

SERIES IV. VOL. VI. PART IV Q

F. martinicensis, F. rhododendrifolia and F. neriifolia as synonyms ; in

1867 (Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. iii. p. 221) he revived Reinwardt’s name

Stead 9

nf Kunthii. Uamarck’s name had thus been completely lost ; it may

ow be ee a and all co names mentioned above must stand as

re a —G, ScHWEINFURT

A Be alyptriform bract esoning the young geminate receptacles; 2, a male

flow with three bracteoles ; 3, the same laid open and bracteoles removed ; re a

fertile female flower and bracteoles. “All enlarged.

PuaTe 2579.

ERYNGIUM ROSEI, H/emsl.

UMBELLIFER.

E. Rosei, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; ad H. scaposum, Turcz., i accedit,

foliis more "Alep idee margine setoso-aculeatis insigniter ‘dill

Herba perennis, subscaposa, undique glabra. J olia coriacea, in-

coed radical she ies petiolata valde inzequalia, oblonga, oblongo-

obovata, elliptica, vel interdum fere orbicularia, absque petiolo { Y ~2

all. in, margine cr =e longeque setoso-acu uleata, venis immersis

obscuris ; ; petiolu is infra medium vaginatus, laminam zequans vel brevior ;

folia aulina auca ad basin ramulorum inflorescentiz tantum, radi-

ediind: similia, sed sessilia et minora. Scapt vel cawes floriferi 6-9

oll. alti, apice sepius 3-ramosi vel potius 3-pedunculati, rarius

1-4 pedunculati, pedunculis seepe bibracteatis. Capitula parva, sub-

globosa, absque bracteis 3-5 lin. diametro. Jnvolucri bractee 9-12,

stellatim divaricatz, crassie, rigide, oblongo-lanceolate vel oblanceo-

late, 6-9 lin. longee, inter se obtegentes, sepius integre, interdum

1-4-dentate, dentibus apiceque aculeatis, supra margineque albide.

Palee rigid, e basi latiuscula lineari-oblonge, vix acute, flores paullo

superantes. Calycis dentes ovati, apiculati sed vix aculeati, circiter

% lin. longi. Petala apice eh remsi eee Carpella (matura non visa

squamis biformibus ornata, squamz in parte superiore majores, lanceo-

late, erectze, ceeteree papilliformes ; aia ut videtur, 5 ; styli suberecti.

Mexico : between Dolores and Santa Gertrudis, and other localities,

Jd. ie 2035, 3456, 3526.

This very distinct species is named after the collector, J. N. Ros

Washington, e drawings were made from specimens lent

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angley. It is r markiblo for the marginal tentacle-like bristles of

the le aves, 5 chante it has in common a rey closely allied South

African genus Alepidea.—_W. Bortinc Hems

Fig. 1, a pale; 2, a flower; 3, a calyx lobe; 4, a petal; 5, a very young mericarp;

6, cross section of the same. | AU enlar. arged.

Puate 2580.

ERYN GIUM TENUISSIMUM, Hemsl.

UMBELLIFERZ.

E. tenuissimum, [emsl. ; F. tenue, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. A p-

293, non Lam. ; omnibus speciebus mexicanis exiguitate recedit.

Caules gracillimi, erecti, subsimplices, circiter 6 poll. alti. Folia

ang

3- - diametro, in axillis foliorum superio rum aw,

breviter pedunculata, Jnvolucri bractex atque palew rigide, linea

subulate, — — superantes. Sepala oblonga, apiculata. Peta a

apice tridenta Ovarium squamis parvis vestitum. Fructus ignotus.

Mexico: Jalisco, Beechey.

This species was founded on the single — here figured, and I

have seen no specimen in the various herbaria I have examined =

I could refer to _ . tenue, Hook. et eee is referred t

oleae A. Gray, in the Index Kewensis, but it does not pa r

what authority this reduction was made. It may possibly be a

saved state of some species, though I have been unable to dlasices

the connection. It certainly is not the Texan EZ. Wrightii.—W.

Borrinc Hemstey.

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ERYNGIUM NASTURTIIFOLIUM, Juss.

UMBELLIFER.

E. nasturtiifo'i — Juss. ex Delar. Eryng. Monogr. p. 46 1

species ex affinitate £. spiculosi, Hemsl. et £. Cervantesii, Delon:

priore squamis a te dimorphis, a posterior foliis magis dis-

sectis aculeatis ee multo a diffe

m :

lobi oblongi, apice subpungentes. etala apice minute 5-d

Carpella minuta, infra apicem appendicibus hyalinis spiculiformibus

ornata, circa apicem appendicibus oblongis cavis apiculatis uniseriatis

instructa, columna centralis (rostrum) intra has appendices elongata,

calycem gerens ; vitte 5, minute, intrajugales

Mexico: Acaponeta, Territory of Tepic, J. V. Rose, 1425.

When the drawing for this plate was made, the plant represented

was believed to be specifically ori from £. nasturtiifolium, Juss.

as all the other specimens I had seen were of decidedly prostrate

habit, and the leaves more he Hasan (almost fleshy), and almost

unarmed. But the dissections of the flowers and fruit present no

differences whatever, and specimens were found intermediate in habit

and foliage. This species and #. Cervantesii have an exceedingly

, 388 ; ir P;

384 and 1112 ; Bourgeau, 2070 ; Berlandier, 2196 and 2323. The plant

app ered referred by Hooker and Arnott (Bot. vivetios Voy. p. 293)

to £. Cervantesii, Delar., also belongs here.—W. B G Hens tey.

Pie iN 1, dorsal view of a Sapiens 2, Moris view of a bract; 3, a flower; 4, a petal ;

a young mericarp ; 6, a scale "from the upper part e the frat; 7, a seale from

= lower part of the fruit ; 8, cross ection ofa mericarp, Al? enlar, arged

Piate 2582.

DICRASTYLIS CARNEGIEI, Hemsl.

VERBENACES.

D. Carnegiei, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; florum capitulis parvis paniculatim

dispositis,

Fruticulus dense ramosus, 8-10 poll. altus, undique albo-tomentosus,

saltem in siccis, ramis gracillimis, Folva sessilia, crassa, mollia, lineari-

lanceolata vel anguste oblonga, 4-6 lin. ‘aaa Flores 2-3 lin longi et

diametro, subses ssiles, capitati, capitulis pedunculatis paniculatis

excedens ; lobi equales rotundati, intus extusque hirsuti. Stamina 5,

brevissime exserta, filamentis Lage ris. Ovarium pilis ramosis vestitum,

stylo bifido stamina vix zequa

AUSTR. ress of the north-west, in about 126° long. and

22° 30’ ah, Cae

This is one of a few plants collected _by the Hon. David Carnegie on

his famous journey across the desert in 1896. It was found on the

steep me of whee d over an area covered by two or three days’

trave S pe escribes as resembling that of lavender. An

im rnperict specimen (202), collected by McDougal Stuart on his journey

n the interior of ages iain 1859, may belong to this species, as well

as eur fragmen Ned collected i in the vicinity of Lake Eyre by a

Mr. Andrews, in 1875.—W. Borrina Hems.ey.

a flower; 2, pistil and part of calyx; 8, corolla laid open; 4, vertical

section 3 oo 5, cross section of the same; 6,a branched hair from the ovar 'y:

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ODONTOSPERMUM PYGMAUM, O. Hoffin.

Composirz. Tribe INULOIDE.

0. 2 dros O. Hoffm. in Engl. & stoi ae Pflanzenf. iv. 5,

p. 209 ; ab O. aquatico, Sch.-Bip. differt caule primario vix evoluto

secttidariis brevibus vel brevissimis, foliis duuinees petiolati

Herba annua, erecta, interdum monocephala, cum foliis his

superantibus, 1-5 poll. alta, caulibus crassiusculis dense foliatis.

Folia spathulata, usque ad 3 poll. longa sed sxepius multo breviora,

mollia, cinereo-pubescentia. Capitula subsessilia, post anthesin bracteis

valde hygroscopica. Jnvolucri bractew extern foliacex, herbacew, flores

acer

crass, rigide, flores involventes. Achenia angulata, hirsuta. Pappi

palee circiter 10, fimbriate.—Asteriseus 5 labs Coss. et Dur. in

Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. iv. p- 471 ; Boiss. Fl. Ori t. iii. p. 179. A. aqua-

ticus var. pygmeus, DC. Prodr. vii. p. 28 oe uleya hierochuntica,

Michon, Voy. Relig. en Orient, ii. p. 383 ; Kew Bulletin, 1897,

p. 210

cll Arrica to BALUCHISTAN : inhabiting very dry or desert

regions in Algeria, Upper Egypt - oe Palestine and Baluchistan,

but siigchntly ae found in Pers

The object of figuring this plant was twofold: first to give a

complete representation of it, including leaves, flowers, and fruit,

n to s ce) i

‘Rose of Jericho’ of medieval writers. In habit and ash-grey

colour it is usually easily distinguished from typical O. aquaticum,

which has an even wider range in the Mediterranean region, in-

cluding South Europe, from Spain eastward through Greece &ec.

t we have not succeeded in finding any obvious differences in the

O. pygmeum, but later investigations seem to prove that figure 1 and

the dissections, figures 5— , belc ong to a reduced state of O. aquaticum,

is of

assuming that t they are specifically diff — Figure | is o lant

collected by Porta and Rigo in Spain, Almeria in collibus

aridissimis, solo caleareo) and named sees iscus aquaticus, Mcench,

Jorma pymea, Schultz.’ Whether this name was intended to designate

reduced form of 0. eset as distinguished from O. pygmewim is

uncertain.—W. Bortine HeEmsuey.

g. 1, an entire plant in flower of O. aguaticum (Porta and Rigo, 311); 2, ditto

of a pygmeum in ies t with the raeta closely folded over the ripe achenes (Palestine,

Dammann & Co.) ; 3, the same after being immersed in water a few minutes; 4, a leaf

ao Stocks, cs 4 a ; 6, a ray-flower ; i disk

and p anthers ; 9, stigma — & Rigo, 311); 10, a brac

series of be hearths 11, an achene ;

Fig, 1-4 natural size ; the rest walaigue

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12, a portion of the pappus ascites n & Co.).

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SARARANGA SINUOSA, Hemsl., mas.

PANDANACER.

ed ranga, /Hems/. in Journ. Linn. Soc. x p. 216, 11; et

488; Stapf, loc. cit. pp. 479-437, tt. 7 gees poeta hic

sidatus et auctus). Flores dioici. /lorwm masculinorum spatha

ignota ; spa x elongatus, 14-25 ped. longus, ane, vag paniculatus, ramis

rela ioral bus subverticillatis brevibus (14-5 poll. longis) den-

sissime ramulosis multifloris, bracteis per anthesin jam delapsis ; flores

distinete pedicellati ; perianthium gamophyllum, breve, cupulatum,

margine obscure lobulatu im vel crenatum ; /Stami ina numerosa, libera,

ec . 11: Me et - . od wae

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orum spatha foliacea, folio par vo simillima, sed omnino inermis, circiter

bipedalis ; spadix amplissimus, pendulus, 45 ped. longus, densissime

racemoso-paniculatus, rhachi prope basin usque 43 poll. diametro,

ramulis compressis ; flores breviter pedicellati ; perianthium liberum,

u sum, gamophyllum, truncatum vel irregulariter 3-4-lobulatum,

embryone cenoideo basilari.

inuosa, Hems/. (sp. unica). ae pandaniformis, sed foliis non

ta, trun

divaricatis. Folia ad apices ramorum congesta, Loelaltsi ara cog

crassissima, coriacea, lineari- — ta, i d 10 p ga et 44

poll. lata, preecipue basin et apicem vers atque e in margine ‘et secus

costam aculeis parvis vel minutis parte apice vix acu

n Istanps: Siota, Island of Florida, Comins. Also in several

other aad of this group and in Jobie I., New Guinea.

The accompanying plate and above description practically complete

the definition of the remarkable genus Sararanga, but as only a very

imperfect male inflorescence Te reached Kew, details of the spathe

bracts are wanting. recorded in the Kew Bulletin (1898,

p- 100), the Rev. R. B. — sent a short branch bearing a mature

sees infiorescence (fruiting spadix), and a sword inflorescence in a

very advanced stage and much damaged by insects. It was he also

ally as in Pandanus. The following extracts are from his notes

accompanying the specimens : ‘Having seen the plates and descriptions

of araranga sinuosa . . . I thought I recognised = same, or some-

thing very similar, growing freely on the edges of a swamp, near our

Mission Station tte uke’s, Sicta. I was further jatasented in the

particulars of ths ame given by the officers of H.M.S. “ Penguin

(Kew Bulletin, 1895), with which in the main our specimens seem to

agree. It certainly seems to prefer damp situations, although we have

stem at its base. It rises from Pasitiy to ety feats nd then branches,

more regularly than most Pandanacee, the branches running at an

angle of 45° to 60° from the base line. . The description of the

female flowers and fruit agrees with what T found, but when we come

to leaves I have to point out what I imagine to be a very important

difference. I could detect no screwthread, such as one expects ina

Pandanus, and the leaves run in fours [four lines] each one above its

fellow in a direct line. . . . Female flowers and fruits abounded, but

altogether smaller scale . . . having the typical 4-leaved stem, and so

I hoped I had found what I was searching for ; but all were dried and

much injured by insects, so that I hesitated to gather them. I have

sent the best I could get, and will try for better specimens at another

time of year. I ad no microscope or means of making a more exact

At first these specimens looked hope-

less, but after much washing we got rid of the dead oe and excreta

and found some perfect flowers.—W. Borring HEmsuey.

Fig. 1,a male flower; 2,astamen; 3, a pollen-grain. All enlarged ; the pollen

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Puate 2585.

LIMACIA MONILIFERA, Burkill.

MENISPERMACER.

L. mage iad Burkill (sp. nov.); species L. ecu Hook f. et

Thoms., affinis, differt foliis ellipticis, carpellis basi pilis coronatis,

petalis nullis, cavernulis fructus _— majoribus,

sentais ‘akareions tia en maturi “ae glokoso- -lenticulares,

43-5 lin. diam., quaque eavanichen duas, ii a3 cuspidatz duplo majores,

2 ta diam. tenens. Flores masculini ignoti.

Soromon Istanps: Lalavanola, Island of Florida, Comins, 350.

The natives use the fruits as beads, scraping off the pericarp, and

stringing them through the central cavities. Such a bead is shown in

fig. 7, and a portion of a necklace into which they enter in fig.

Fig. 1, a female inflorescence; 2, a female flower; 3, one of the a tet ark 4,a

staminode ; 5, carpels; 6, a ca el in section; 7, b ead manufacture a fruit ;

, fruit in vertical section ; ransverse section ; 10, portion of a aes made

of beads and Limacia fruits. ge hire 1-9 enlarged.

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RANUNCULUS INVOLUCRATUS, Maxim. et R. SIMILIS,

eee Hemsl. =

RANUNCULACES.

R. involucratus, Maxim. Fl. Tangut. p. 15, t. 22, figg. 7-13.

Nortu-Eastern Tiser: at 14,000 to 14,500 feet, without special

Lialiey, Przewalski ; near Horpa Tso, at 17,300 feet, Deasy & Pike,

817.

imilis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); ad R. involucratum, Maxim. valde

moist, yess sepalis hirsutis, floribus luteis, carpellis dorso carinatis nec

alatis differt.

He Si perennis, carnosa, subscaposa, fere undique glabra, radice

earnoso-fibrosa. Cawlis simplex, erectus, 14-2 poll. altus, uniflorus.

Folia crassa, radicalia 2-3, caulem subequantia, longe’ petiolata,

ina 2-3, simili

superantia. Stamina numerosissima. Carpella numerosissima, ¢ area

dorso carinata, capped ssili. ae involucratus, Hemsl. i

Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. p. 107, v xi

Tiper : sandy earth and sii in eas at 17,500 tee Thorold ;

0’ long. end 34° 50’ lat. at 17,000 feet, ‘Dea y & Pike ; in

about 82° 30’ long. and 35° lat. at 16,649 feet, Welby & Mads lm

I am still somewhat doubtful about these scapose Ranunculi, hin ius

in the first es identified Dr. Thorold’s specimen with R. ‘lobatus,

Jacquem. (“ Voy. Bot.” p. 5, t. 1, B.), taking it to be a reduced state of

5 = agi Subsequently I thought it was R. involucratus, Maxim.;

en came a specimen in Capt. Deasy and Mr. Arnold Pike’s

collectiott (817), figured above, which proved to be yf Maxi-

owicz’s plant. A ihoagh there are certain differences, I am not

sure that they will not “all prove to be #. lobatus, Facquet, the

differences being due to local conditions.—W. Borrinag Hemstey.

Fig. ee egrets involucratus, Maxim. Natural si

Fig. 1 ae = an anther and part of filament; 3, an achene; 4, the same in

section. All dake

Fig. B. is similis, Hemsl. Natural s

Fig. 5, a sepal; 6, anthers and part of filament; i a carpel ; 8, the same laid open.

All enlarged.

Pate 2587.

SENECIO ($ CREMANTHODIUM) DEASYI, Jems.

Compositz. Tribe, SENECIONIDER.

8. Deasyi, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); species ex res Cremanthodii

humilis, Maxim., sed robustior, foliis carnosis integri

erennis, subscaposa, scent eArerh pera carnosis

set

Caules erecti, 2- 3 po irs monocephali, 2—3-foliati. Folia radicalia

carnosa, longe pe » quam eviora, onde elliptica vi

oblonga, absque ible | 5-1 poll. longa, glabia, integra, venis immersis

inconspicuis ; folia ¢ audi a ae i lora vagi inantia, decolorata,

superiora viridia, subtus prim us minusve lanata. Capitula

lanate. /lorwm radii corolle apice rotundate, minute tridentate,

Achenia ovoidea vel oe me glabra ; pappi pili molles, quam corolle

disci fere dimidio breviore

Tiset: Horpa Tso, at 17,500 feet, where there was very little

vuelta of any kind, Deasy & Pike, 827.

Dr. W. G. Thorold collected a single bg (33) of what appears

to be the same species, at an elevation of 17,600 feet. He does not

stony s r. Arnold Pike notes that it was very scarce, and

describes the flower-heads as having a yellow ray and orange centre.—

W. Borrinc Hemstey.

Fig. 1, two sath nig gee seen from the outside; 2, a ray-flower; 3, portion of

a bristle of the pappus ; 4, a disk-flower; 5, anthers; "6, part of style. All enlarged.

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SAUSSUREA WELLBYI, //emsi.

Composit. Tribe CyNAROIDES.

S. Wellbyi, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; ad S. Stellam, Maxim. et S. Thoroldii,

ese accecit, a priore foliis basi lanatis, a posteriore foliis integris

differ

Herba yaonocarpica, ome caule simplici. Jo/ia numerosa

omnia radicalia, herbacea, rosulata, e basi ovata linearia, maxima

oll. longa, vix acuta, taedise infra medium utrinque sericeo-lanata,

Pp edium glabra apitula numerosa, sessilia, arctissime con-

ferta, multifl . Involucri bractez 3-seriatee, oblongo-lanceolate, vix

acute, apice tantum pilis paucis instructie, interiores flore

zequantes, Respacul sete a quam ch nia multo breviores.

lores purpur sete 2-seriatez, interiores plumosz, corollz

appr sete

tubum fere equantes, exteriores multo Liesiired simplices. <Achenia

glabra.

Tipet : between 90° and 96° long., and 35° and 36° Jat., at 14,600

to 16 "300 feet, Wellby & Malcolm

aussurea Wellbyi, Hemsl., is one of a small but exceedingly inter-

esting collection of plants made by Captain Wellby and Lieutenant

Malcolm on memorable jou Tibet to :

distributed in flower during August and September. ’—_W. Bortine

HEMSLEY.

Fig. 1, a single flower-head ; 2, a fl 3. and 4, an outer and an inner bristle

of the pappus; 5, an anther; ‘6, oe al muaid

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PLATE 2589.

SMILAX UTILIS, Hemsi.

Litiacem. Tribe SMILACER.

S. utilis, Hemsi. (sp. nov. ?); ex affinitate S. nies — (Bot.

Maq. t. 7054) differt umbellis simplicibus longe peduncu

Frutex alte scandens, _omnino glaber, aculeis paucis parvis armatus,

caulibus vel

Folia distincte ibaiotes tenuiter coriacea, eal valde

iabi inferi cor

flor, pedicellis brevibus gracilibus. Perianthii segmenta subzequalia,

oblonga, obtusa. Ovariuwm glabrum, stigmatibus subsessilibus. Bacca

ignota.

JAMAICA : cultivated, D. Morris.

This Smilax i is the one cultivated i ind amaica, and believed to be of

mpanying plate was prepared, Kew has received from Mr. J. C,

Willis, the Director of the Ceylon Botanic Garden, specimens of a

male Smilax, which he states was received from Kew as the [culti-

vated] Jamaica sarsaparilla, It is not included in the above descrip-

tion, because there is just an element of doubt of its being the same

species. ‘The leaves might very well belong to S. wtilis, except that in

the flowering branches there is a much greater development of the basa]

or leafy portion of the stipules, and no, or only rudimentary development

of tendrils. And the leaves disartionlate ores before the flowers

expand, just above the point on the petiole to which the stipules are

—W. Botting HEMSLEY

Fig. 1, portion of branch petiole and tendrils; 2,a bud; 3, an expanded female

flower. 411 enlarged.

Puate 2590.

OREOMYRRHIS LINEARIS, /emsi.

UMBELLIFERS.

0. linearis, Hemsi. ; “ ems hactenus cognitis foliis linearibus

indivisis gramineis differ

Herba — dias (2), fere undique glabra, caulibus numerosis

brevissimis. olia (petioli !) om omnia subradicalia, coriacea, rigidiuscula,

5-7, coriacer, oblong, pe edicello S wquantes, concave, apice apiculatie.

Carpella glabra, dlorss = costata, stylis beevineiunis, sillovalie: univittatis,

commissura 2- vittata,

British New Guinga: Mount Scratchley, 10,000-13,000 ft., and

Wharton Range, 11,100 ft., Giwlianetti.

This is one of a number of interesting sented agentes by Mr. A

Giulianetti in the mountains of British New Guinea, and presented to

ew by Sir William MacGregor. <A full eescuet ‘of these plants will

shortly appear in the Kew Bulletin. The genus Oreomyrrhis is common

to the Andes, New Zealand, and yee and this is apparently the

rom

normal. The foliar organs are piers flattened piles (aihinasing

in a minute rudimentary blade.—W. Borrine Hemstry

Fig. 1, cross section of a flower-scape; 2, apex of a leaf, seen from above; 3, the

same from below; 4, an inv kneel bract; 5, a fruit; 6, side view of a single carpel ;

7, cross jest of a earpel. Adl enlar ged.

PU 259).

MS delet lith.

PLATE 2591

QUERCUS CARLESII, Hemsil.

CUPULIFER.

Q. Carlesii, /Zemsl. (sp. nov.) ; Species ex affinitate Q. cuspidate,

Thunb., differt imprimis foliis minus coriaceis glandibus minoribus

spheeroideis

Arbor parva ramulis ultimis glabris vel cito glabrescentibus gracil-

limis. Folia distincte petiolata, tenuia, coriacea, glabra, oblongo-

lanceolata, cum petiolo 2-3 poll. longa, caudato- acuminata, preecipue

supra medium paucidenticulata, subtus pallida, venis utrinque inconspi-

culs. ores feminei spicati, spicis axillaribus folia paullo superantibus.

_ Involucrum al toons nucem omnino includens, demum

irregulariter ruptum uamarum — liberis parvis. Glans

sphe roidea, pisiformis, 314 lin, diam

CuinA : Kushan Temple, Foochow, Fokien, W. R. Carles.

This a is remarkable for its very small acorns.—W. Borrine

HEMSLE

Fig. 1, an acorn; 2, the same with the cup removed. Both enlarged.

PL 2592.

MS.del et ith.

PuatTe 2592.

MOSELEYA PINNATA, Jlemsi.

ScCROPHULARIACES.

ere pote = pe tori Mohd wal ; Hornemannia, Benth. olim in

VC. Prodr. x. non aliorum. Genus a Sibthor

differt foliis Souths frorities sisatoniinda corolla distincte tubulosa

M. pinnata, Hemsl. (species unica).

Herba perennis, pilis paucis appressis vestita. Caules gracillimi,

prostrati, ad nodos radicantes, nodis sepissime 1-foliatis ac 1-pedicellatis.

folia alterna, pears ra petiolata, tenuia, herbacea, circumseriptione

cordato-ovata vel i um fere rotundata, absque petiolo 7-14 poll.

longa, pinnatisecta, procs seepissime 5 obovato-rotundatis lobulato-

crenatis ; petiolus gracilis, 2-5 poll. longus. Pedicelli axillares, solitarii,

ralite

breviora, filamentis filiformibus glabris. Discus carnosus, oblique

cupularis. Ovarium ovoideum, supra medium hirtellum, stylo filiformi

vix exserto; ovula in quoque loculo ge 10. . @ matura

ignota.— Hornemannia pinnate, Benth. D roar, x) pp. 4285

a pinnata, Benth. ; Hook. f. Fl. Brit, Ind. iv. “ 288.

teen woods on ig Great Black Mountain, at 9000 fee

Men “Yun Hancock, 302. Also from Nepal, Wallich ; a

foacks ‘Sikkim, ar 8500 feet, C. B. Clarke, 35,738.

The excellent ee a of this plant presented to Kew by W. Han-

cock Esq., of the Imperial Chinese Customs, enable us to figure and

describe it much more rc ally than was previously possible. It is here

restored to generic rank, because it is so very ows rent from all the

genuine ae of Sibthorpia. It is named in ory of the late

Professor H. N. Moseley, F.R.S., who, aiehuaioh sib trained bathe

did pte service = Fatera d on the voyage of the ‘Challenge

W. Bortinc Hem

lg : eee disk and part of calyx ; 2, a hair from the ealyx; 3, a corolla np

air from the corolla ; 5, a longitudinal tangential section through one

the ‘ealig of s ovary ; 6, a cross section of the ovary. All enlarged.

Pl 2593,

MS.deLet bth.

PLate 2593.

ANISADENIA PUBESCENS, Griff.

LINACE,

A. pubescens, Grif. a iv. p. 535; caulibus puberulis per

totam longitudinem foliati

Herba perennis, rhizomate gracillimo, caulibus gracillimis erectis

.. simplicibus 1-14 pe . altis, Folia breviter petiolata, tenuia

fere ranacea, lanceolata, 1-13 poll. longa, acuta, margine leviter

Gadnleta, strigillosa vel setulosa, subtus pallida : stipule subscariose,

ovate, adit, striate, persistentes. Flores carnel vel straminei, circiter

9 lin. diametro, in racemos terminales dispositi , brevissime pedicellati.

Sepala 5, scariosa, lanceolata, acuta, striata, exteriora glandulis longe

stipitatis instruc von Petala unguiculata inter se o tegentia, limbo

rotundato. Stami 5, vix exserta, filamentis basi connatis c

staminodiis filiformibus alternantibus. Ovariwm glabrum, 3-loculare,

stylis stamina paullo sre saves stigmatibus capitatis, Capsula

mihi ignota.

Cuina : Mengtze, Yunnan, on mossy mountains at 5000 to 6000

ft., Hancock, 367 ; A. Henry, 9046.

This elegant little plant was originally discovered by W. Griffith in

the Khasia mountains, where various other travellers have since col-

Pei 7

ancock describes the flowers as cream-coloured, and singularly

eKits and open Ba i Dr. Henry hdicates that they are pink.—

W. Borrine Hems

Fig. 1, portion of the under surface of a leaf; 2, a pair of st ipules; 3, a flower

with the corolla removed ; 4, one of the i ‘ca sepals, which are i gerag iy : ee

5, a portion of the aateel ium; 6, a pistil; 7, a cross sectio the o l

enlarged.

PL 2594.

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PLatE 2594.

REINWARDTIA SINENSIS, Jemsl.

LINACcEs.

sinensis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; a speciebus hactenus cognitis sri

apice rotundatis, petalorum ungue per totam — dinem angu

tissimo subito in laminam patentem expanso differ

Frutex 3-6- -pedalis, undique glaber, dense ramosus, ramulis ultimis

ps rs gracillimis. Folia breviter stage: demum subcoriacea

oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, maxim m petiolo 2 gall longa sed

S ius minora, integerrima, apice ‘sien nade ta, basi cuneata. “Flo ores

albi, in = icibus ramorum pauci, cymosi, breviter pedicellati. Sepala

anguste lanceolata, vix acuta. Petala unguiculata, unguibus

mice pollicaribus angustissimis fere confluentibus ; lami otun

datze, , circiter 6 lin. longe a bre exs

filamentis basi coherentibus, cum staminodiis dentiformibus alter-

nantibus varium gl , 4-loculare, stylis bris stamina

s Ub

zequantibus, stigmatibus parvis globosis. Capsula ansaid ovoideo-

oblonga, septicide dehiscens, 4-valvis ; semina non visa . Borrrn

HEMSLEY.

Cina: Mengtze, Yunnan, on rocky mountains at 5000 ft. A.

Henry, 9081b.

Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2, stamens; vary; 4, cross section of the same;

capsule ; 6, one carpel ; 7, alan seta a ‘the same from the back. A a he a

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PLATE 2595.

ZANTHOXYLUM MULTIFOLIOLATUM, //emsl.

Rutracem. Tribe ZANTHOXYLER.

Z. multifoliolatum, Hemsi. (sp. nov.) ; inter species chinenses foliolis

circiter pollicaribus 10-25-j -jugis insignis.

Frutex vagans vel scandens, aculeis reflexis armatus, undique res

ramulis ultimis graciliusculis. Folia breviter petiolata usque ad

ped. longa, rhachi gracili aculeata. Foliola usque ad 51, sepius circiter

41, jnaebninis petiolulata, conferta, coriacea, lanceolata vel oblo spec aly

poll . longa, marginata, supra m medium obscurissime crena ata,

nigro-punctata, venis immersis inconspicuis. lores > in oa

vn - ‘axillares et cache ons Hoge sopone tee 4 lobi ovati.

Gecesin thie nigris nitidis. ‘ NG Tine

Cuina: Mengtze, Yunnan, at 4500 to 6000 . Hancock, 449; A,

Henry, 9998

meme

Fig. 1, portion of a leaflet; 2,a male flower; 3, a female flower; 4, pistil; 5,a

fruit; 6,aseed. All except 4 enlarged.

PLATE 2596.

MORINGA CONCANENSIS, Vimmo.

MoRINGEAE.

M. ae Nimmo in Graham, Cat. Bomb, Pl. p. 43 (nomen

tan rho Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. peed ay! 311 ; affinis I. pterygospermati,

Gertn., sed foliis fere semper stricte 2 -pinnatis, foliolis majoribus, late

elliptic Me oo sheet capsulis acute triquetris valvis

duris dis

rbo inflorescentiis partibusque novellis ei are glabra. lia

bipinnata, raris: subtripinnata, ad 14 ped. longa ; rhachis primaria

basi incrassata, ut secu undarie, articulata et ad artioulatsnii glandula

tenuissime tomentosus, circiter 4-5 lin. longus segmentis oblongis

albidis reflexis. Petala flavescentia, roseo-striata, spatulato- -oblonga

vel oblonga, inferius ad 7 lin. longum. Capsula stricta, acute triquetra,

inter semina leviter constricta, glauco-rubella, 1-14 ped. longa, valvis

duris 7-8 lin. latis ; semina albida vel pallide fusca, 3-gona, 3-3 poll.

longa, 3-alata, alis oblongis, 4 poll. longis tenuissimis yalinis.—

Brandis, For. Flora, p. 130 ; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 45.

Inp1a : Baluchistan, hills of Lus, Dalzell & Gibson ; Sind, in bi

hills, 5 Stocks, 584; Rajputana, Merwana forests, Duthie, 4 4,584 ;

bee “0 aed antlis; ss above Oodeypore, Golan ; ‘Kutthee 8. RB :

mmin , Law ; in jungles near Pen, Kolaba Distr. -

Weecino : ; Bomba, "Daleoll. Geturne.

There is no doubt that the we nae quoted above from Baluchistan,

Sind, and Rajputana greg o the species described and figured here

In identifying them with ey Concan plant, I have followed Dalzell

d Gibson, Sir Jose ects Hooker, and Sir Dietrich Brandis. I must,

however, remark that the Concan — has rather thinner leaflets and

that its fruit is not known.—O. Sra

a flower; 2, andrecium and pistil; 3, nie section of ovary; 4, cross

section af ovary ; 5, a fruit, half natural size; 6, basal portion, naturel size

ic natural size ; 8, an embryo with one cotyledon removed ; 9, a seed of M. seer erygo-

sperma, natural size; 10, a seed of M, aptera, satire! size. Where not hans

‘ediindead enlarged.

SERIES IV, VOL. VI. PART IV. r

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Puate 2597.

ARTEMISIA PALLENS, Wall. ex Bess.

Composit. Tribe ANTHEMIDEX.

a Papas eters ex Bess. in ethsnis Mém. Soc. Nat, Mose. iii. (1834),

p. ab us speciebus uis sectionis Abrotani —

papttaeain selariocibas Feiseaoele? secpanaii s vel superantibus

intermediis ot hyalino-marginatis persis crassis Serials yh

concavis diversa.

in. longi issec “ty brevius

petiolate Me sind ta summa lineari- eh poets e pao dentata

vel integra. Ca ee ‘globosa 2- 33 on A, cogent In racemos compositos

vel oiatad folia I : a brevissi i

pedunculata vel ob folia ramorum sterilia vel oes Specie pedun-

S |

fae)

-¢

hyalino tenuissime lanato-ciliato, fcteransin pete cucullata, vix ve

paulo breviora, flabellatim venosa, margine hyalino Sige intima

minora, multo tenuiora ; gtr sou um nudum _ flor 8 marginales

minei, reac 1 lin. longi ti, subcamp

wilt

ulam rn paulo breviorem af ecerstch W “ane Contrib. p. 20,

DC. Prodr. vi. p.120. Clarke, Compos. Ind. p- 163. Hook ae Fl, Brit.

Ind. iii. p. 329, A. oer ping, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 61; Fl. Ind. iii.

p- 418; Lcon. ined., non Lam

INDIA: Cultivated in the Bombay ~ Peis Presidencies, Wail.

Cat. 3302; Herb. Wight, 1463; Woodro

and the outermost comparatively shorter —an very similar corollas and

anthers, A. pallens is extremely rare in herbaria, and hitherto has bee

a very obscure — which was placed by Sir J Nera Hooker, 2s “y

e dubi 1eu :

specimen from Bombay n named thus in the Kew Herbarium is actually

lgaris. Roxburgh’s figure, however, represents exactly the state

of A. pallens, which was distributed by Wight under 1463. The

leaves as drawn agree perfectly with those of Woodrow’s specimens,

and the involucre shows distinctly the outer bracts longer than the

inner. Roxburgh describes the plant as “a very slender, suberect,

flaccid, thinly branched under-shrub,” which “in three years has only

attained to the height of one or two feet.” As Woodrow’s specimens

and also Wallich’s (Linnean Society’s herbarium) are evidently annual,

it would appear that A. pallens may, under favourable conditions,

place of this plant 1 cannot well ascertain, “Tt was s introduced into the

Botanic Garden from the interior of Bengal,” whereby he probably

means the Circars, the district where Heyne most likely got the

“ge apn which Wallich quotes under Artemisia pallens, 3302 B.—

O. Sta

Fig. 1, a flower-head; 2, a part of the involucre seen a ee inside ; Be 4, and

5, bracts of the in volucre—outer, intermediate, and inner; 6, a er, fem ale flower ;

7, an inner, male flower ; 8,an anther; 9, upper part of style with brccoai All enlarged.

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PLaTE 2598.

FRAXINUS (§ CRNUS) MALACOPHYLLA, ems.

OLEACER.

F. malacophylla, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter species gerontogeas foliolis

crassis mollibus velutino-tomentosis facile distingui tur

Arhor 15-30-pedalis, diffusa, ramulis floriferis crassiusculis sgrenss

(mientenie fulvis. Folia breviter petiolata, 11-15-foliolata, 6-9 po

lanceolata, oblonga, lanceolato-oblonga vel oblanceolata, usque ad

5 poll. longa, sed seepius minora, interdum leviter obliqua, apice valde

variabilia, ‘ter minale sepe longius et acuminatum. Flores in paniculas

angusta, margine inflexa. Stamina petala vix quanta Capsula

puberula, cum ala spatulata circiter 15-14 poll. lon

Cuina: Mengtze, Yunnan, at 4000 to 5000 feet, Hancock, 311;

As Henry, 9970, 9970

This recy cinead distinct ash, distinct in bis thick, softly tomentose

Mr. W

leaves, was first sent to Kew by Mr. W. ock, and | Subsequently by

r. A. Henry, pars the same locality. = ‘fo liage it is nearer some of

the American casemate than any of those hitherto steers ators in Asia.

W. Borrinc Hemsi

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, a pistil; 3, fruit; 4, section of fruit. All except 3 enlarged,

Sp a) th

Rites ns Me San

Peo aia eh syeeay = &

Sere ee

MS. delet lth

PuaTE 2599.

PETROCOSMEA IODIOIDES, Hemsi.

GESNERACER. Tribe CYRTANDRES,

P. § Anisochilus, Hemsl. (sect. nov.) ; corolle labio postico quam

antico multo minore complicato stylum amplectente

P. (§ sochilus) peers Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ;a P, minore, Hemsl.

foliis Salitt. rotundatis diffe

erba perennis, acaulis, 3-5 poll. alta, scapis seu pedunculis 1—4-

petiolata, hirsuta, la, co ndata, 1-1? p iametro,

crenato-dentata. Pedunculi atque pedicelli graciles, hirsuti. Calycis

segmenta oblongo-lanceolata, vi ix acuta, 2-3 lin. longa, extus hirsuta.

Corolle tubus brevis issimus, labio postico parvo, emarginato, suberecto

stylum exsertum amplectente, late trilobato 7-8 lin. diametro,

lobis rotundatis. Stamina 2, filamentis brevissimis hirsutis. Ovariwm

hirsutum, Capsula oblonga, slpreali, 3-4 lin. longa, glabrescens

Cuina : Mengtze, Yunnan, on rocks at 7000 to 9300 feet, Hancock,

301 ; ve Henry, 10,259.

and P. minor, Hemsl. (pl. 2600) differ from the previously

gieethed species in having a very much reduced, nearly neste upper

lip, which embraces the exserted style—W. Bortinc Hemsie

Fig. 1, three segments of the calyx and pistil; 2, corolla and stamens; 3, cross

section ny ovary. All enlarged.

Puiate 2600.

PETROCOSMEA MINOR, Hemsl.

- GesNERACEH. Tribe CyrTANDRES.

P. (§ Anisochilus) minor, Hems/. (sp. nov. ; ex affinitate P. iodiodis,

Hemsl. a qua differt foliis ovato- lanceolat

Herba perennis, acaulis, undique oe 3-5 poll. alta, pedunculis

gracillimis 1-2-floris folia excedentibus. Jolia longe graciliterque

i tiolo 4-1 poll.

petiolata, tenuia, mollia, ovato-lanceolata, absqu lo 4-1

longa, integra vel obscure crenata. ycis segmenta anguste lanceo-

lata, circiter 2 lin. . Corolle tubus brev stico

parvo ae ies erecto stylum exsertum amplectente, antico chap

circiter 6 lin. diametro, lobis ovoideis. Stamina 2, v

mentis crassis hindi Ovarium hirsutum. Caps a Aaa = FF

lin. longa, compressa, hirsuta, seminibus numerosissimis aN Sa on

W. Borrinc Hemsiey

Cutna: Mengtze, a on rocks at 6000 to 7000 feet, Hancock,

428; A. Henry, 9154.

(fn canscmcnrenss

Fig. 1, portion of calyx and pistil; 2, a corolla and stamens ; 3, a detached

stamen ; a cross section of the ovary. dl enlarged,

INDEX TO SPECIES AND SYNONYMS.

Plate

Aciphylla Lyallii, Hook. f. . 2556

Aloe Nuttii, Baker. . 2513

Anisadenia pubescens, Griff. . 2593

Anona Prestoei, Hemsl. . 2519-20

Anthericummesembry yer emoides

528

Artemisia pallens, Wall. 259

iculata, Roxb. . 2597

« 2525

- panic :

Asperella Duthiei, Stapf ;

As oo pygmaeus

* 3 os BO6o

te - pygmaeus, 0. ern 5

eee ince ‘em ound Hook.f. ae

569

ape Thurstonii, He7;

ine mesembryanthenoies,

ae. . 2528

— Pea oer Laws. . 2548-50

nulata, O.Hoffm. . . 2550

ales 7 slatetarn, Welw. . . 2549

splendens, H. . 2548

Cadaba arise N. E. Br. Gree

Calvaria major mn. f. 512

= pylogyne exanulat, Hemsl. 2550

e, Hook. f 567

——— Muba caatlio ‘ ‘ See

—-.. Saphu got 2567

Carpodinus dulcis, Sabine . 568

Chrysanthemumincanum, Thunb. 2529

Celarthron Brandisii, ae 251

Commiphora Myrrha, E ore 2684

Crassula acinaciformis, 5 Shing 2530

aloides; N. E. Br. 53

Dicrastylis Carnegiei, a Sei

Dombeya ara ‘i

2 ay arabica, 9503

Dracena Ombet, ‘Kotschy. et Peyr. 2539

Echinops bromeliefolius, Baker . 2514

SER. IV. VOL, VI. PART IV,

Efulensia clematoides, C. A.

rt u

Eryngium beecheyanum, Hook. et

. 2506

ae beeche anu mM, "Seem. 509

-—— Cervantesii, Delar . 2547

—— columnare, Hemsl. 2511

ae, pipes teetags Hemst. 2509

eta _ go et Schl... 2544

esi 2510

pecs Gbiesbrenikhes | Cont et Rose 2510

—— leptopodum, Hem. . 2546

——- lo ifolium, : 2508

——- longipetiolatum, Hemsi. 2504

-—— microcephalum, d.? 2510

——- nasturtiifolium, Juss. . 2581

paucisquamosum, Hemsl 2505

——- pectinatum, Bent 2511

———- reptans, Hemsl. . 2543

——— Rosei, Hemsi. 2579

haffneri, Hi ‘ 2545

—— sparganophyllum, Hems/ 2508

m, He 2507

——— tenue, Hook. et Arn, 2580

u 80

—— tenuissimum, Hemsl.. . : 25.

Kuphorbia grandicornis, Gebel 2531-32

Ficus heteromorpha, Hemsl. . 2533-34

— kingiana, Hemsl, . , . . 2535

—-— Kunthii, Miq 2578

laurifolia, Lam. 2578

martinicensis, Willd . 2578

—— neriifolia, Reinw. , , 2578

——=7 ndrifolia, Kunth 2578

—— 8 a, Hemsi 2536

Fraxinus malacophylla, Hemsl. . 2598

Furerea macrophylla, Baker 501

Glossostemon Bruguieri, Desf.. . 2542

Hevea gpiculata, Baill, . . . , 2574

INDEX TO SPECIES AND SYNONYMS,

Plate Plate

Hevea benthamiana, Mwell. Arg. Passiflora pane, OO Hemsl.. . 2553

2571, 2575 | Pentzia cotwloides . 25:

——~ brasiliensis, | Mwell. ce virgata, Les . 2529

Patrosdanion indioides, Hemsl.. . 2599

onfusa, ' Héms i> S570, 2573, re minor, Hemsl. wee 2600

2S Getelor Muell. Arg. 2573, 2575, | Phylica mucronata, E. Mey - . 2526

2577 2 Sea nthodendron mirabilis,

—— guianensi 8, Aubl. SEO

—— janeirensis, Muell. Arg. 2593 Pigdenthus mirabilis, Muell. 2564

—— lutea, Muell. Arg. . 2574 | Pittosporu RL Aa on ma Burk as

— membranace Muell. Arg. Pads Poupartia Fordii, H. 507

—— minor, Hem

Shes a. Kew Rep Quercus Carlesii, Hemsl. . . . 2591

— E aqaaytora, ‘Mell re 2570, ists

= pert 2 3 Ranunculus Se ee Hemsl. pied

-— peruviana, Lechler . : * BT involucratus, Maxi 586

: a rigidifolia, 3 Mull Arg. - . 2573 | —— similis, Hemsl. eee 3586

—— similis, Mi 6 | Reinwardtia sinensis, Hem. sl. 2594

ies epraceaina, iat. Arg. 2570, bit Rhigiophyllum squarrosum, Hochst. 2555

—— spruceana, Oliv. 570, are

Horn slinics i ouastalis Benth. Sacoglottis amazonica, Mart. . . 2521

Sararanga sinuosa, s 8

Impatiens Flanagane, Hemsl.. . 2540 | Saulcya hierochuntica, Mich 2583

K aoa ary sod: saan 588

Laportea I longifolia, Hemsl. . 2559-60 Se o Deasyi eee SOOT

Lim onilifera, Burkill . a | 8 sibthon orpia pinniita,' Bia th. . . 2592

Lideslia. cordifolia, Hemsi. et Rose. 2551 Siphonia Pr t —— ct ph Fae oy |

involue crata, +, Don eoapee 1-22. bra, nsis, H.B.K Hs bre

Lueuma Hartii, Hemsl. . . . . 2565 | —— ainsi, prude oS. 2578

—— elastica, Pers. - . 2573

Machilus Thunbergii, Sieb. et Zuce. pete eae op ensis, Juss. 2573

Mairia na ter Bolus —— lutea, Spruce 2574

Microula Bent “rh whet B. Clarke . 2502 —- paucifiora, Sp 2574

Arai Max : — rigidifolia, Spruce. . . . 2573

Moringa aptera, Gavia. hes toca 9506 —— spruceana, Benth.. . 2570, 2573

concanensis, Nimmo . . . 2596 | Smilax utilis, Hemsl.. . e2c5 BoeO

pterygosperma, Gerin. . . 2596 Staa aavia Dodii, Bolus arene goin rey ray it

Moseleya pinnata, Hemsl. . . . 2592 oa, Bree. S625

Nemesia Bodkinii, Bolus - . 2502 | Tacca viridis, Hemsl.. . . . 2515-6

Notosceptrum natalense, Baker - 2523 Tachiadenus elatus, Hemsl. 2554

Tradescantia orchidophylla, Rose

biel tmesiagrce eevee: 0. et Hemsl. i=, BOae

na - 2583 | Tretocarya pratensis, Maxim. . . 2562

Omphalea 1 megacarpa, “Hemsl.. 2537

Oreomyrrhis linearis, Hemsl. . . 2590 | Urostigma Kunthii, Miqg. . . . 2578

Pachylobus oo G. Don . . 2566-7 | Zanthoxylum multifoliolatum,

—— Saphu, Eng ees B67 Bremate ss o.sg pera mene QB95

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