Puate 2701.

HEMICYCLIA PORTERI, Gamble.

EupHorBIACE®. Tribe PHYLLANTHE.

H. Porteri, Gamble (sp. nov ) ; H. | — ohn quoad folia

similis : meri, Thwaites,

foliis integerrimis acuininatis, floribus pienid distincta

Arbor parva vel frutex 20-30-pedalis, dioica, ramulis pallide fulvis

lenticellis multis albis ornatis. Foliabreviter petio ata ete acuminata,

coriacea, integerrima, apice retusa, 2-3 poll. longa, 1-1} poll. lata, basi

inequalia, supra nitida, glabra, subtus reticulata, glabra vel secus

ostam glandulis aureo-tomentosis ornata, venis primariis lateralibus

curvatis prominulis utrinque 5-6. Flores masculi 5-7 lin. diametro,

in ramis infra fol ] in axillis foliorum fasciculati, pedicellis 3-4 lin

longis, ad basin bracteis minutis munitis e noti ala

a intus etiam precipue secus nervos ee pire 0

Sere -—25, glabra, circa discum centrale argine

um affixa, filamentis 4 lin. longis, sachet eae sarki

Senoibadtiratitix ‘deliscanti bus

Inp1a: Warsanad Valley, ine an District, Madras, at about

2,000 feet, H. J. Porter, April 18

This small tree is found growing gregariously in moist soil near

to have been con one tes is used for posts and rafters, and much

esteemed.—J. S. Gams

. 1, a flower-bud showing estivation ; 2, andrecium and disc; 3, anthers. All

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Puate 2702.

CHISALPINIA ROSTRATA, JN. £. Brown.

Lecuminosm. Tribe CaH¥sSALPINIE®.

C. rostrata, V. HL. Brown (sp. nov.) ; species ab omnibus hucusque

sngeteae sepalo inferiore rostrato distinctissima.

oe secingrorete 8- pedali s. Rami aculeati, cortice cinereo ; ;

ol]. longi, mul ri. actee caduce, submembranaceex, orbiculate,

a. emarginate, aristate, profunde concave, Tubree, | puberule.

n. longi

brunnee, polline ium ovatum, compressum, 6-ovulatum,

glabrum ; stylus Bitten filiformis. Legwmen 14 nec longum, 10 lin

latum, oblongum, oblique truncatum, turgidum, glabrum

South Arrica: Figured and described from specimens of a plant

cultivated in the Botanic Garden, Durban, Natal, raised from seed

received from Delagoa Bay, Wood, 7934.

This species differs from all the others ie present known in having

the lower sepal very distinctly beaked. r. Wood states that it has

not yet perfected seed at Durban.—N. E. pasied

Fig. 1, ra are bract from base of pedicel ; 2, flower-bud ; 3, upper petal; 4, a

lateral petal ; 5, cium; 6, lower portion of andreecium and gyneceum in section ;

7, pod. Pull peter 7 enlarged

Pl 2708

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PuLaTeE 2703.

LEPINIA SOLOMONENSIS, //emsi.

APOCYNACEA,

L. solomonensis, /Zems!. (sp. nov.) ; species quam L. taitensis, Decne

fere omnibus partibus major, foliis abrupte acuminatis, coroll tubo

breviore.

Arbor usque ad 15 ped. alta (Comins), ramulis floriferis crassis,

novellis glabris. Folia alterna, petiolata, coriacea, oblonga vel oblongo-

lanceolata, cum petiolo 4-8 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata, abrupte

primariis numerosissimis rectis tenuissimis. Pedunculi oppositifolii,

quam flores breviores, apice furcati, pauciflori, pedicellis brevissimis

crassis rigidis. lores vix pollicares, Calycis segmenta parva, ovalia,

= ; ; ; ;

nfra faucem inclusa, filamentis brevibus puberulis. Ovariwm glabrum,

4-loculare, loculis uniovulatis, sty io incluso. Fructus s carpella : A aaades

interdum 3), uno sepe casso, | tipitata,

apice tantum connata et cruciatim cits cum stipitibu us usque

8-9 poll. longa, monosperma, parte seminifera circiter sesquipollicari,

indehiscentia, demum fibrosa. Semina in quoque carpello solitaria,

fusifurmia vel oblonga, in longitudinem sulcata, transversim rimulosa,

testa tenui ; albumen corneum ; ventre fer e ad m edium impressum ;

embryo rectus, tenuis, fere cylindricus, cokbialensbaa radice brevioribus.

hier aay Pics Cristoval, &. B. Comins, 132; chiefly New

gia, Officers H.M.S. Penguin, 1894-5 (fruit associated with

oe of Corhaas ; ealeat locality, W. Micholite.

Specimens of this singular plant were first sent to Kew in 1890 by

Archdeacon Comins, and it was thought it might be the ori;zinal and

only described species, L. taitensis, Dene., which is not represented by

an authenticated specimen at either Kew or the British Museum. The

species inhabiting the Society and Solomon Islands are certainly very

closely allied, but there are differences which seem to justify separating

them rather than risk combining two under one name. The distribu-

tion of ‘the genus is remarkable, “for, so far as I am aware, it ‘sam not

been found between Tahiti and the Solomon Islands, which are

separated by 50° of longitude, equal to about 3,300 miles in the lati-

tudes of these islands.—W. Borrinc HemsLEy

Pik Be , a flower-bud ; 2, a a Paras — — of corulla laid open, gil

achment of stamens ; 4, a ri eed; 6, a section of the sam

7. pon ryo. dl except 4 and 3 ts a

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Piate 2704.

CUSCUTA HYGROPHILA, 1. H. W. Pearson.

CONVOLVULACE®.

C. (§ Eugrammica) Hygrophile, YW. H. W. Pearson (sp. nov.) ; C.

chinenst, Lamk., affinis, sed calyce haud carinato, calycis lobis obtusis-

simis vel rotundatis, squamis multo minoribus differt.

Caules filiformes. Spica compacta, umbellata, umbellulis 5-6 breve

pedunculatis paucifloris instructa. Flores globosi, 1-1} lin. diametro.

incluse, }—} lin. longe. Ovarium globosum, apice fovea alta lataque

instructum, siyli 2 (rarius 3) subulati, subequales, ovario breviores ;

stigmata capitata, leviter lobata. Capsula obconica, apice alte de-

pressa, 1—2- (rarius 3-) sperma, circ. 1 lin. longa. Semina subangu-

laria, complanata, minutissime tuberculata, 4 lin. diametro. -

Matay Peninsuta : State of Johor ; Johor Bahru, Ridley, 9161.

ns group Obtusilobe, which, like the other divisions of the

Australian C. australis, R. Br., from which it is easily distinguished

by its dry fruit, fewer and more flattened seeds, smaller scales, and

finer stems.

This is interesting as being the first species recorded tee cos

Malay Peninsula, no specimens having hitherto been received a

m the country to hoe er and south of the Khasia Hills aid

Silhet.—H. H. W. Pear

Fig. 1, calyx and pistil; 2, corolla, showing also the scales and stamens; 3, cap-

sule surrounded by corolla and calyx; 4, different views of seeds. All enlarged.

PLaTE 2705.

VITEX MOOIENSIS, H. H. W. Pearson.

VERBENACESH. Tribe VITICER.

V. mooiensis, H. H. W. Pearson (sp. nov.); a speciebus africanis

omnibus panicula terminali pialuio guia:

Arbor humilis, ramis subangularibus sulcatis glaberrimis vel novellis

minute puberulis. Folia opposita, rarius subopp , simplicia,

membranacea, elliptica vel ov basi cuneata, apice obtus a vel

subacuta, marginibus integra vel rarius ad deitate:

serrata, glaberrima vel rarius in nervis te pubescentia vel scabrido-

minu

pubescentia, venis primar os lateralibus undulatis utrinque 3-5 patenti-

adscendentibus distinctis, 3-1 poll. longa, 5-7 lin. lata, petiolis tenuibus

glabris 2 -3 lin. longis, su a ta. me |—3-flore, edunculis 3—

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oppositis minute pubescentibus instru ; bractesz: lineari-subulate,

circa 1} lin. longe. Flores breviter “pedicellat, “albidi. Calyx per

anthesin subcampanulatus, ad medium subequaliter 5-sectus, glandu-

losus, minute puberulus, prominenter nervatus, 2-2} lin. longus, mox

paulo accrescens ; segmenta oblonga, subacuta, 4-3 lin. lata. Corolla

subbilabiata, 4 lin. longa; tubus brevis, curvatus, extus obscure

uberulus, intus supra medium villosus, circa 2 lin. longus ; labium

glo

tenuis, glaber, apice ‘brovicer bitidus. Drupa pyriformis, glabra, e

calyce paulo accrescente exserta, 3 lin. longa, 15-2 lin. lata. //, 4. W.

Pearson in Dyer, Flora Capensis, v 212.

Soutn Arrica: Natal ; near the Mooi River, Gerrard and McKen,

1238.

Var. Rudolphi, H. H. W. Pearson (var. nov.). Rami novelli

pukescentia fulva vestiti. Folia verticillata vel opposita, pubescentia,

petiolis pubescentibus suffulta. Calyx =p pubescens, dentatus,

tubus 1-14 lin. longus ; dentes circa } lin. long

Soutn Arrica: Delagoa Bay; Ressano Garcia, in stony places,

R. Schlechter, 11935.

This species is the only known African member of the group

Terminales. It is undoubtedly related to Premna somaliensis, Baker.

It is however here placed in Vitex on account of its 5-lobed, subbilabiate

corolla and its campanulate accrescent calyx.—H. H. W. "PEARSON

Fig. 1, 6 enclosing the fruit; 2, corolla, showing the insertion of the stamens ;

3, anthers ; 4, ovary and style. All enlar arged,

PuatTe 2706.

PENTAPHRAGMA ALBIFLORUM. J/. I. W. Pearson.

CAMPANULACEE. ‘Tribe CAMPANULE.

P. albiflorum, 77. H. W. Pearson (sp. nov.) ; valde affinis P. aurantiaco,

Staph a qua fois glabris majoribus, bracteis majoribus, floribus albidis

presertim differ

Herba sucosa, circa 1 ped. alta ; caulis crassus, fistulosus, oe

Folia membranacea, ovata vel elliptico-ovata, 7-9 poll. longa, 3-5 poll.

lata, basi aliquanto inzqualia, breviter attenuata, apice obtusa, mar-

ginibus sinuato-crenato- duaitaiin glaberrima, pinnatim nervata, nervis

lateralibus primariis utrinque 3-5, subito adscendentibus, nervulis

circa 2 lin. longe, filamentis latis circa 1 lin. ongis. Stylus crassus,

sulcatus, 1 lin. longus ; stigma oblongum, incrassatum, sulcatum, 3—1

lin. longum. acca immatura fusiformis, glabrescens, circa 1 poll.

longa

Borneo: Bungal, on the north-east coast, Lobb.

This species, like the other members of this small genus, has a

marked cyrtandraceous habit, and its true position is only apparent when

in the Malayan region P. begoni Srp Wall., is 1 da bund ot in

the southern portion of the Malay Peninsula. P. macrophyllum, Oliver,

f w ea, a grandifiorum, Kurz, fro Moluccas, are

contined to these areas respective P. aurantiacum, Stapf, and

species are Boy no om the N.E. corner of Borneo ; the a

from Mount Kinabalu at an elevation of 6,000 feet—H. H. W.

PEARSON

. 1, ealyx-lobe, seen from without ; 2, Soe of an hermaphrodite flower showing

ihiensntia ‘and pistil; 3, anther. All enlarge

5 ty

PiLate 2707.

LYSIMACHIA TRIENTALIOIDES, Hemsi.

- PRIMULACER.

L. trientalioides, Hemsi. (sp. nov.) ; species ex affinitate L. par

formis, Franch h. (t. 1982 hujus operis), a a qua differt imprimis foliis

multo numerosioribus anguste lanceolatis.

Herba perennis, glabra, habitu ac statura Trientalis europea,

rhizomate plurica ali. Caules simplices, graciles, 4—8 poll. alti, infra

i nudi

apicem preter folia pauca squamiformia 1, olia in apicibus

caul conferta, sessilia, demum m subcoriacea, anguste Janceolata vel

lineari-lanceolata, 14-25 poll. longa, maxi 6 lin. lata, utrinque

sbi vix betas glandulis validis immersis crebre instructa ; ven

imme imze ores terminales v seudo-terminales,

umbellatim Soiigeitt circiter 6 lin. diametro, pedicellis brevissimis

Calycis segmenta anguste la eolata, acuta, glandulosa lobi

ovato-oblongi, simple “lamenta fere ad medium connata, glabra

Ovarium gl i es Aria ae hed or 4 L. paridi

CHINA: the Min river, 25 miles above aes Province of

Binchiociy Piber Province of Kweichau, Perny.

The late Mr. A. Franchet’s original description of L. paridiformis in

the publication ee covers the plant here figured as well as that of

Plate 1982. Following = — he adds : Planta valde variabilis

uoad foliorum rashes etu

a stenophylla,—Folia 7 9, veiiciiiaka: anguste lanceolata, longe

acuminata,

B iglaae —Folia 4-6, verticillata, elliptico-ovata, breviter acu-

minata

But I would restrict the name paridiformis to his (3 tects to

which it aptly applies, and treat his a stenophylla as a distin t species

under the name adopted. This appears justifiable, Bursa a and ;3

equal the whole, and a name of the whole is not applicable to a.—

W. Borrinc Hemsie

Fig. 1, calyx and pistil ; 2, corolla laid open and stamens ; 3, capsule and part of

calyx. All enlarged.

Piate 2708.

BRETSCHNEIDERA SINENSIS, Hemsl.

SAPINDACER,

Bre f

qua foliis piserais pinnatis, Pct racemosis, etc., differ re whe ee

ex aflinitate Ungnadie, Endl., pane floribus amplis racemosis, petalis

ecristatis episepalis, etc., differ

Flores, ut videtur, vere ee, Calyx late Nise rains

pasa: '5- lobulatus, extus puberula, intus pubescen tala 5,

inzequalia, postico minore, unguiculata, medio calycis pee uaa

glabra i ade i i

ium pubescentibus, antheris dorsifixis. Orarium sessile, pubescens

3-loculare, loculis 2 -ovulatis ; stylus cline stamina paullo superans

ultra medium pubescens. Ovula subcollateralia, ab axi pendula.

9-18 poll. longa, ra penta subtereti qracil : "volioke Heat

opposita vel inferiora alterna, breviter petiolulata, contigua, vix coriacea,

leviter oblique oblongo- lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, 3-6 poll. longa,

et usque ad 2 poll. diametro, acute acu uminata, basi rotundata vel

interdum fere acuminata, integra, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis

lateralibus utringue 10-15, venis — rabepaa a Flo

speciost, albo-rosei, circiter 2 poll. diametro, i comos terminales

erectos rigidos 12- 15 poll. longos dispositi, contigus,, Leet diver-

gentibus 6-12 lin. longis ; bractere minute, citissimo deci

Cuina : Mengtze, Yunnan, in mountain forests, A. Henry, 10540 ;

Sasating: Yunnan, at 5,000 ft., A. Henry, 11651,

This highly ornamental tree at first suggests Leguminose and the

tribe Cassiex rather than Sapindacex ; but the number of stamens,

associated with the structure of the ovar y, seems sufficient to indicate

i iop of the petals high up in the ca yx-tube

and the absence of a disk are characters which distinguish it from its

nearest allies. So the nt is unknown, and the ovary is

only known in quite a young state. S genus was named in honour

of Dr. Emil Bretschneider, and specimens of it were exhibited at a

meeting of the Linnean Society, runes 18, 1901. Some particulars of

oy)

s characteristics and affinities appeared in the Gardeners’ Chronicle,

$901, p. 291. De B

May 4 ; p. retschneider, whose scholarly attainments

and writings in ection with the Flora of China are well known,

ha e

replied under date of February 26 :—‘ Let me state that I highly

appreciate the honour done to me, and that I feel very proud of finding

my name commemorated in the Flora of China and in connection with

s vast botanical explorations.’ Early in May news reached

this country of the death of this eminent sinologist—W. Borrine

HEMSLEY.

Fig. 1, section of a flower showing the insertion of the petals and stamens;

2, anthers; 3, cross section of ovary; 4, longitudinal section of ovary.—AU en

larged.

Puate 2709.

HERMANNIA JOHANSSENI, JX. £. Brown.

} Srercutiaces. Tribe HermMAnniex.

. Johansseni, V. EL. Brown (sp. nov.) ; species distinctissima ex

afinitate 2 comose, Burch., a qua differt, inter alia, calyce ovoideo nec

globos

Fruticulus 8-9 poll. altus, basi lignosus et ramosus. Rami erecti,

simplices, subgraciles, dense stellato-tomentosi, luteo-albidi, e medio

vel infra ad apicem floriferi. Folia petiolata, utrinque stellato-

bothenteans griseo-viridia ; petiolus 14-4 lin. longus ; lamina in.

longa, 2-4 lin. lata, elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, ‘sets, basi

late cuneata, plicata, crenato-dentata. Stipule 2-3 lin. longe, q-13

lin. latee, lanceolate, acute, utrinque stellato-tomentose. lores in

axillis foliorum geminati, secundi. Pedwnculi axillares, 0-2 lin. longi,

dorso ultra emeeag i ee eae ; Seeder Pane rmis. Stam ina

Souta Arrica: Calvinia om at Brand Vley, Johanssen, 7.

A very ea species, not very similar to any other, but it should

be placed near H. comosa, Burch. It is remarkably floriferous, all or

nearly all is: flowers on the plant being open at the same ti e

etals, as is usual in the genus, are twisted to the right in one ‘flower

and to the left ir in the other flower of each pair.—N. E. Brown.

rome 2, a flower with calyx and corolla remov ed; 3, a petal; 4,

stamen, * rsal v ; 5, the pistil, with the base of the staminal tube Rae ous

6, a tuft of “sig " enlarged.

PLATE 2710.

BABIANA SPATHACEA, Gawler,

Irtmpaces. ‘Tribe Ix1em.

B. spathacea, Gawler ex Sims in Bot. Mag. sub t. 539 (nec Bot.

Mag. t. 638) ; “goal: in Dyer, Fl. Cap. vi. p. 108. Sean spathaceus,

Linn. f. Supp p- 96; Thunb. Diss. no. 55; Thunb. Prod. p.9 ;

Thunb. Fl. va i. p. 208, et ed. Schultes, p. 52.

Folia linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta, subplicata, molliter piloso-

ot eis ars vel interdum subglabra, 4-9 poll. longa, 2-6 lin. lata.

S ecta, stricta, simplex vel basi pauciramosa, 2-3 poll. longa,

sabe multiflora. Bractee 9-15 lin. longze, 3 lin. late, lanceolate,

longe aristato-acuminate, complicate, yaline, uninerves,

nec striate, glabree, albze, nervo in aristam rufo-brunneam excurrente.

Bracteole 7-8 lin. longer, 14-2 lin. late, bracteis similes. Peri cose

erectum, glabrum ; tubus i3 poll. longus, Been apice ampliatu

procurvus, purpureus ; lobi subsequales, lin. longi, 14 lin. lati,

oblongi, obtusi, albi, inferiores basi ae notati. Stamina exserta ;

anthers 2-3 lin nge. Ovariwm 13-15 lin. longum, trigono- -turbi-

natum, glabrum ; — exsertus, filiformis, apice breviter trifidus

stigmata res di lata

Soutu Arrica: Calvinia Division; in Bokkeland (Onder Bokke-

veld) and the dry regions of Hantam, Thunberg; Brand Vle ey,

Johanssen, 14.

This is one of many eed South African plants found by the

older snllestiirs which hav e long escaped the notice of subsequent

travellers. I

interest, the more so as Mr. Johanssen also collected Hriosphera

known from the specimens collecte un

abiana spathacea, Gawl., is one of the m ne distinct species of the

genus, the long dense spike, long-tubed flowers, and membranous hyaline

bracts serving to distinguish it at once from all o Unfortunately

the name B. spat was give awler to two distinct plants.

When the genus Babia originally established at the place quoted

above (which reference has been overlooked by all subsequent Shae

Gen. p. 151), Thunberg’s — was indicated = aay to it. t

two years later, Gawler figured (Bot. Mag ) as B. spathacea

other species, which 8 sed as Gladiolus

spathaceus, Thunb. ; but it is utterly different from soca v= t his

figure exactly ag with calis s

rium named B hacea, and one motlncted. in Little

k n ag.

t. 638 is perfectly distinct from both B. disticha and B. mucronata,

I propose that it should bear the name B. Gawleri.—N. E. Brown.

Figs. 1 ei , bracteoles; 3, anthers; 4, upper part of style and stigmas; 4, ovary.

Ail enlarged

Puate 2711.

URNULARIA BECCARIANA, Stap/.

(With dissections of U. flavescens, Stapf’)

ApocyNAce®. Tribe LAnpDOLPHIE®.

Urnularia, Stapf (gen. nov.). Calyx parvus, 5-partitus, eglandu-

losus, segmentis rotundatis. Corolla urceolari-hypocrateriformis, tubo

Semina in pulpa carnosa nidulantia, sparsa, ovoidea vel oblongo-

ovoidea, ventre profunde valaeba. eats longitudinaliter angustissime

multisulcata ; aloumen iene; copiosum, forma et sculptura semini

conforme ; cotyledones plane, foliacee, radicula longiuscula.—

nervia, nervi

nian Pikes in paniculis aseilleoribate brevibus laxis multifloris,

ibus

beccariana, Stapf, Frutex ope cirrorum apice ramosoru

scandens, glaber; rami juniores subco ompressi vel abeiindveasg iat

supra canaliculatus. Panicule laxwe, ad 1} poll. longe comet is

ramulisque demum magis minusve divaricatis gracilibus wen ind ovatis

minutis ; pedicelli ad 1 lin. longi. Calya ad } lin. altus, segmentis

rotundatis vel ovato-rotundatis albo-ciliolatis. Corolla in alabastro

maturo magis minusve conica, 3 lin. longa; tubus subglobosus ; lobi

tubo equilongi vel paululo breviores, late ovati, obtusi. Séy/us cum

stigmate 4 lin. longus. Willughbeia sp. Benth. in Benth. & Hook.

Gen, Plant. ii. p. 691. Ancylocladus beccarianus O. K. Rev. Gen.

1, p. 412 (nomen) ; Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. p. 98.

Borneo: Sarawak, forests of Bintula, Beecari, 3764; Baram,

Hose, 24.

Urnularia is allied to Willughbeia and Chilocarpus. It differs from

panicles, and, to judge from the only fruit known so far (see below

under U. ovatzfolia), in the very different structure of the s

Willughbeia possessing exalbumiaous seeds with large 2 Die thick

cotyledons. So far as the seeds are concerned t ew genus

approaches Chilocarpus very closely, with this exception, ‘that the testa

and the albumen are finely but deeply grooved on the back, the

e€ a

= gs Chilocarpus. Urnularia comprises at present five ah viz.

EO ag ae (Willughbera flavescens, Dyer

Brit. Ind. i 25), U. javanica, Seu (W caer aes javanien “BL ),

U. hick wii Rtapt described above, and tw cies from

Borneo, the descriptions of whic ‘are given "bel flow f

pletely open. It will also be seen from this figure that the mouth of the

eben of Py = geen is cai furnished with ‘small lobulate tubercies’

. ¢, nor have I been able to find such

tenses in » Witughein oblonga, pee This is placed in FI. Brit.

ext to W. flavescens ; but it seems to me to be a typical

Witupicn ea

In n explanation of fig. 6 on pl. 2711, I might remark that I found

the ovules of the two placentas of U. beccariana completely interlocked

and sometimes so cemented together, that, except in very thin sections,

the placentas would rathe e their base when I tried to

separate them. The outer integument was always very conspicuous by

its dark brown or almost black “colourin ng.

oblongifolia, Stapf (sp. nov.). Frutea scandens, glaber ; rami

— uniores subcompressi vel quadranguli, tandem teretes, ad nodos

paululo nodosi, cortice fusco. Folia oblonga, subabrupte obtuseque

in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wissensch. Anst. xvii. (1899) p. ‘145 (quoad

spec. Beccar.) non Blume

Borneo : Sarawak, Mount Matang, Beccari, 2272.

U. oblongifolia differs from U. javanica in the leaves being larger

(3-4 in. by 1}-1§ in. Boyt of 2-3 in. by $-1} in.), more distinctly

oblong, more rounde he base, and long acuminate with more

numerous, straighter pay more prominent nerves, in the more delicate

panicles and in the almost obtuse anthers. It yields, according to

Professor Beccari, a good sort of rubber.

ovatifolia, Stapf (sp. nov.). Frutex eRe glaber ; rami

juniores subcom ig ressi, mox teeta ad nodos vix nodosi, cortice badic.

nonnunquam cirros rsus ramosos hamatos abeuntes.

apic

Folia ovata “i ovato-elliptica, etateanes breviterque vel obscure

ra a acumine Bee te basi rotundata, 25- . oll. longa, 14-2}

Fructus globosus, 2 poll. dimetiens. Sem -6 lin.

Borneo : Sarawak, near pues Haviland, 2302.

e flowers are described by Dr. oT as having a pink turgid

fis aii a yellow limb.—Orro Sta

a ; fi rig gi : longitudinal section of a flower; 3, a corolla-lobe ;

n anther; 5, front view of the same; 6, cross sou dl 7 ovary

of tacos Gusnsitane. Be 7, flower and bud of U. flavescens, ans

tc Re

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Puate 2712.

PARVATIA DECORA, Dunn.

BERBERIDACER. Tribe LARDIZABALEX,

P. decora, Dunn (sp. nov.); a P. br runoniana, Dene., specie adhuc

unica, pedunculis sabuniioris fH distincta

Frutex scandens (Hancock), veg striatis, sinks pallidis. Folia

trifoliolata, petiolo alato, alis decurrentibus : ; foliola subcoriacea, supra

glabra, nitentia, infra pra lveabenitla. glauca, marginibus revolutis,

elliptica, 2—4 poll. longa, igen acuminata ; petioluli laterales 3 poll.

longi, terminales 1-14, poll. lon ngi. Flores masculi carnei (Hancock) ;

pedunculi 1-2 ne Tong in fasciculis axillaribus collecti, uniflori vel

nonnunquam basi ima ramosi, bracteolas paucas minutas ferentes,

perulati ; feline j ons Sepala 6, ovata, longe acuminata, 6-9 lin.

longa, stamina excedentia. Petala 6, 1-2 lin. lo onga. Stamina 5-8 lin.

t , anthera

ai =

Cuina : Yunnan, glen near Mengtze at 3,700 feet, and on mountains

sieve ‘the Red River at the same altitude. W. Hancock, 241, 242.

Parvatia brunoniana inhabits the mountains of Eastern India from

Khasia to Tenasserim , extending to the N.E. to Szemao, just over

the Chinese frontier. The discovery of the above new species at

Mengtze extends the range of the seme in an easterly direction for a

distance of about 150 miles.—S. T. Duy

Fig. 1, a male flower from which the sepals have been removed ; 2, a section of the

same showing the rudimentary pistil. Both enk arged,

Puate 2713:

CLEMATIS PTERANTHA, Dunn.

RANUNCULACEH. Tribe CLEMATIDE.

. pterantha, Dunn (sp. nov.) ; C. yunnanensi, Franch., affinis, sepalis

alatis distincta.

Frutex scandens, preter inflorescentiam glaber, a _

ulcatis, canali centrali perforatis. olia trifoliolata,

dentia ; foliola papyracea, ovata, 3-5 po ga, wna fore se

dentata. lores in apice pedunculorum brevium axillarium cum bracteis

collecti, pedicellis sparso hirsutis, alabastris globosis, Sepala alba

A, Henry), 4, ovata, alis tribus membranaceis dorso provisa, extus

glabra, intus pubescentia, margine tomentosa. Stamina barbata,

filamentis 5—7-plo antheris longioribus. Ovarium stylusque hirsuta.

Fructus ignotus.

Curna : Yunnan, Szemao, mountain forests to the West, at 5,000 feet,

A. Henry, ‘12452.

This species was, when discovered, the only member of the genus

having dorsally winged sepals. mong Ducloux’s plants, however,

which were recently presented to “onde by Dr. Henry and collected in

e region, is another undescribed species, having — same

peculiarity, but otherwise distinct rate the above.—S. T. Dun

Fig. 1, a sepal seen from the outside; 2, a stamen; 3, an achene, AU/ enlarged.

PLate 2714:

ILLICIUM MICRANTHUM, Dunn.

MaGnouiacesz. Tribe WINTERES.

I. micranthum, Dunn (sp. eet ; ab J. parvifloro, Michx., stamini-

bus pluriseriatis fructuque divers

Frutex vel arbor parva, 4—15- site (A. Henry), glabra, ramulis

flavidis. Yolia subcoria aii su ubtus pallida, lanceolata, acumina

25-5} poll. longa, basi cuneata, ve conspicuis, petiolo brevi Flores

solitarii, axillares cum fol ere in verticillos approximati, pedicellis

ovata. Petala flava vel aurantiaca (A. Henry), interiora 4—5 lin. longa,

stamina se excedentia, Stamina 12, biseriata. Ovaria 7-8. Fructus

8-10 lin. dia

Cuina : Yunnan, Szemao forests and mountains to southward at

4,500- 5,000 feet. Henry 12108, 12108a, 12224 24, 12224a, 122248,

12224c. ee

The specimen of star aniseed sent by Dr. Henry in 1886 from

Patung under No. 1079 is exceedingly like the fruit of the above

species, but as none of the following specimens of /Jiciwm collected by

him in that neighbourhvod can be referred here, it may be the fruit of

some allied species.—S. T. Dun

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, an eriaer sect dorian page 3, one of As innermost petals

and thre rat 4, a stame ; pistil; 6, fruit; 7; a . All except 6

enlarged.

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Puate 2715.

SCALESIA RETROFLEXA, //ems/,

Compositz. Tribe HELIANTHOIDEA.

S. retroflexa, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species ad 8. incisam magis accedit,

oe foliis crispato-pinnatifidis recurvatis, paleis altius trifidis lobis

Frutex 6- ae (Habel), Ramuli floriferi graciles, villosuli, inter-

nodiis brevissimis. lia ad apices ramulorum conferta, longe gracili-

“whan tielata, sina eae, cordato-ovata vel oblonga, cum petiolo

3- onga, complicata, alte crispato-pinnatifida, “hispida, simul

pilis aoe secHli bie instructa. Capitela in axillis foliorum supremorum

brevite er pedunculata, homogama, discoidea, multiflora, 7-9 lin. diametro.

fere equantes, Receptaculi palee alte trifide, lobis acutis hispidulis,

flores fere eequantes. Corolla extus puberula. Achenia glabra, calva,

GALAPAGOS ARCHIPELAGO : Indefatigable Island, Dr. Habel, 1868.

Most of the species of peed described by Sir Joseph Hooker

(Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 2 13) were founded on single speci-

mens, or single sheets of specimens, which belonged to the late Pro-

fessor Henslow, and are now in the University Herbarium at Cambridge.

Through the kindness of Professor Nacghali Ward the specimens were

lent to Kew for purposes of comparison with other material, and

advantage has been taken of the sai to figure four of them in

succeeding plates.— W. Borrina HemsLey

Fig. 1, an_involueral der seen from the outside; 2, ditto, seen from the a

3,a Sis seen from the o ; 4, ditto, seen from the inside ; 5, a flower ; 6, anther

7,8 stigma. dl enlarge hea

Prati 2716:

SCALESIA INCISA, Zook. /.

Composita. Tribe HEeLianrHoIpEs.

8. incisa, Z/ook. f. in sta ee nn. Soe. XX. p. ee a S. retroflewa,

Hemsl. , foliis minus hirsut tis minus dissectis applanat s rectis, involucri

bracteis angustioribus, fadepeasit paleis obtuse jobunke, etc., differt.

GaLapacos ArcHiPELaGo : Chatham Island, Charles Darwin, Sep-

tember 1835.

Figured from the original specimen in the Cambridge Herbarium,

lent for the purpose by Professor Marshall Ward. This, S. retroflexa,

Hemsl., and S. Baurti, Rob. & Greenm. (Am. Journ. Se. i. pea

p- 141), are all very closely allied ; and it was in this connection, i

consequence of enquiries from America, that I undertook the sevens:

gation of the genus.—W. Borrine HEMs.ey

Fig. 1, a pale seen from the ratorray ; 2, ditto, seen from the inside; 3, a flower;

ne ia» 5, stigma, All enlarged

PLATE 2717.

SCALESIA PEDUNCULATA, Hook. ff.

Composirz, Tribe HELIANTHOIDE.

S. pedunculata, Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soe. xx. p. 211 ; ab omni-

bus speciebus capitulis discoideis hujus generis hactenus cognitis

longitudine pedunculorum et magnitudine capitulorum facile distin-

uitur,

GaLapacos ARCHIPELAGO; James Island, Charles Darwin, October

1835.

Designated a tree by Darwin in a note accompanying the specimen

in the Cambridge Herbarium. This is mentioned because this species

is described by Hooker in the place cited as Hriecabrio We have

seen no other specimens.—W. Borring Hems_z

Fig. 1,a pale seen from the inside; 2, a flower; 3, anthers; 4, stigma. All en-

larged.

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PuLaTeE 2718.

SCALESIA AFFINIS, //ook. Ea

Composit. Tribe HELIANTHOIDEA.

S. affinis, Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc. a ie 212; inter speci

radiatas es. pnp aiusilitinas, sed differ cipue picliseata setialia

brevibus vel subnullis, capitulisque duplo rani ces latioribus campanu-

latisque

GaLapacos ARCHIPELAGO: Charles Island, Charles Darwin, Sept.

1835

n from specimens in the Cambridge Herbarium, the only

fig ai seen. The differential characters are extracted from

the Solos cited above.-—W. Borrinc HEmsLey.

Fig. 1, a ray-flower; 2, a pale; 3, a disk-flower; 4, anthers; *, stigma, Al/

enlarged.

PLATE 2719.

SCALESIA DARWINII, J/ook. /.

Composirm. Tribe HELIANTHOIDES.

8. Darwinii, Hook. f. in Trans. Linn. Soc p- 211; species

foliorum forma S. atractyloidi eae sed pilis Sonigtuscali vestita et

capitulis multo majoribus differ

GaLapacos ARCHIPELAGO: James Island, Charles Darwin, Oct.

1835

Drawn from specimens in the Cambridge Herbarium, the only o

we have seen. Darwin notes that this species was m fee of

James Island, where it formed woods of very straight trees in the

having been collected in Charles Island by Dr. G. Baur. They also

" describe (loc. cit. p. 141) a new species, S. Baurit, from Duncan

Sana’, collected in August 1891.—W. Bormne Hemstey.

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, anthers; 3, upper part of style and stigma. Al enlarged.

PuatTe 2720.

HAZARDIA DETONSA, (Greene.

Composita. Tribe ASTEROIDER.

H. detonsa, Greene, Pittonia, i. 29; species //. cane Sea

simillima, a qua differt (tide pend foliis firmioribus argute serra tis.

CairorniA : Island of Santa Cruz, E. L. Greene.

Some years ago Dr. Ed. Palmer collected Specimens of a shrubby

composite in Guadalupe Island, off the coast of Lower California, which

the late Dr. Asa Gray at first regarded as the ‘hts of a new genus,

but subsequently described (Proc. “Amer. Acad. xi. p- fe under the name

of Diplostephium canum. Since then Prof. E L. Greene

Franceschi, and others, have collected some closely allied plants i in the

smaller islands of Santa Cruz and San Cl four or five

degrees further north. Prof. Greene has dealt with them in ths lace

cited above, where he founds the genus Hazardia and describes three

species, namely, //. cana, H. detonsa, an serrata. Since then

several other quite distinct species have been added to the genus

u ave some doubts about the specitic distinctness of the three

insular forms described as such by Prof. Greene. Sp fuller material,

ould be united ; but that point can only % miles by examining a

large number of specimens. On the other hand, a plant collected by

A. W. Anthony in San Clemente — distri ates — the name

cana, seems to be quite distinct.—W. Bortinc Hems.ey.

Fig. 1, one of the innermost bracts of the involucre; 2, a ray- flower a disk

flower; 4, a pappus-bristle ; 5, anthers; €, stigma and part of style. ail ondebjele

O.Stapf anal:

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SYMPETALANDRA BORNEE NSIS, Stapf.

LrEguMiInos&. Tribe DIMORPHANDRE#,

Sympetalandra, Stapf (gen. nov. .). Calyx campanulatus, Jatus,

breviter 5-lo bus, obis in alabastro primo imbricatis. Petala 5, eequalia,

rmi. Legumen ignotum -—Arbor parra, glabra. Folia paripinnata,

2-juga, foliolis coriaceis pellucido punctatis oppositis. FI pareve

Aeconed pedicellati, racemosi, racemis densis axillaribus et extra-

aribus versus apices ramorum et terminalibus in paniculam

sallacase, Bracteze minute ; bracteole nulle.

S. borneensis, Si tapf (species unica). Ramuli cortice brunnei vel

clioloaicion Folia bijuga ; foliola oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata

utringue subacuta vel subacuminata, fe BA in. eens 1-2 in. lata, coriacea

shad

2-33 in. longus, basi modice tumidus, eee in subulam productus ;

petiolali crassiusculi, 4-6 lin. longi. Racemi pedunculati, 2-5 poll.

ong, ad 7-2 poll. nudi, — — incrassata, stricta; bractez

vate, persistentes, vix } lin. ; pedicelli ad # lin. longi, plerumque

wevinred Calyx a n. longus, “obi a vel subacutis, pellucido-

vel subacuta, con neava, pelluc ido- cata Filan men a rosea, episepala

1}-1f lin. longa, epipetala 1]-12 lin - longa ; anthere vix 3 lin. lon

Ovarium stipite diseum cupularem vix excedente glabro oblongum,

superne rufo-villosum

Borneo : Sarawak, near Kuching, by the river, Haviland, 1628.

The distinctly imbricate zstivation of the lobes of the gamosepalous

calyx and the bars — nguish this genus from the Mimosee as defined

at present, and t to the affinity with the small tribe of Dimor

phandree in Cambie. It can, however, not be said to be closely

1, di sore of a ; 2, flowe risen seen ina pty tg zestivation ;

8 Hower; reareinar. pclae cf the same; rolla; 6, a stamen All

rged.

PLaTE 2722.

JULIANIA MOLLIS, Hems/.

Ordo NaturaLis ?

J. mollis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; pecie unica Mexicana hactenus

dette foliis undique molliter villosis et foliolis ovato-oblongis per

totam longitudinem crenatis differt.

Ramuli floriferi crassi. olia decidua, in apicibus ramorum con-

imparipi stig cit petiolate, cum petiolo 3-4 poll. longa,

s mn

’

juvenilia sal albido-villosa ; foliola opposita, sessilia vel

subsessilia, be. oO oe pga vel ovato-o longa, leviter inzequalia, 1-14

ll. 1 cuta, basi rotundata vel subcordata, ab apice usque

ad basin alte crenata, venis primariis rectis per crenas excurrentibus.

Flores maseula , in amenta osita in axillis foliorum supe-

riorum solitaria dispositi; amenta gracilia, pendula, 2— longa,

foliis coetanea vel precociora, infra medi zter bracteolas minutas

a. Perianthium ys: artitum ; segmenta lineari-lanceolata, acuta,

extus pilos Sta a ple gg llo breviora,

antheris ioopitudinalitse dehiscentibus, su pilis paucis

munitis. Flores feminei ac fructus hujus ‘pees Seis

Mexico: Barranca of Guadalajara, Jalisco, at 4,000 ft. C. G.

Pethats, 6871.

This and the following plate are published with the view of eluc

insufficient, because he had neither female flowers nor perfect fruit.

ur material is not much better, but it comprises three distinct co

A second species, J. Huaucui, was published (Bot. U.S. Expl. Exp

i. p. 371) by the late Dr. A. Gray ; also from very imperfect material,

Matthews, and Canta, in the same district of Peru, McLean. There

can be no doubt mms the two published species being pegtnr a and

they are very dist or is there any doubt about J. mollis,

Hemsl., = diferent from the original J. adstringens, Schlecht.—

W. Borrinc Hemsi

Figs. 1 and 2, male flowers; 3,astamen. Al/ enlarged.

Puate 2723.

JULIANIA ADSTRINGENS, Schlecht.

Orbdo NatuRALIs ?

J. adstringens, Schlecht. in Linnea, xvii. (1843) p. 746 ; a J. molli,

Hemsl., foliolis supra medium multo latiorib1s fa Be medium edentatis

facile distinguitur. Hypopterygium adstringens, Schlecht. in op. cit.

p. 635,

Ex1co: Valle Grande, ae of Michoacan and Guerrero, at 450

metres, es Langlassé, 319

There can be little doubt about this being the species described so

fully and exactly by Schlechtendal, although he describes the leaves of

the sterile branches as abrupte subcaudato acute acuminata, ith

regar fer to the nature of the fruit, whether inferior or superior,

whether two of the seed-vessels spring from a common involucre or

Schlechtendal some sixty years ago. It wi seen that the seed-

vessels are in pairs, and there are indications of some rudimentary

enveloping organs at their base their apex are remains of styles,

and possibly also of perianth-lobes ; but we cannot be sure of their

nature. The seed-vessels examined have three collateral or parallel

cells, and one imperfect seed was found.

One can only suggest that this singular genus will prove the type =

a new natural order having affinities with the Burseracez,

figured as a tree from twelve to twenty feet = Pages a ml "~ juice

and a bark like that of the cork-oak.—W. Borrinc HxmsLe

Fig. 1, apex of fruit ; 2 and 3, cross sections of the same; 4, a seed, Ad enlarged.

PLaTe 2724.

EMBELIA SAXATILIS, Hens.

MYRSINACER,

E. saxatilis, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; inter species sinenses repentes foliis

longe calloso-dentatis insignis.

vel oblongo-lanceolata, cum petiolo 6-15 lin. longa, utrinque attenuata

. ;

inclusis. Sepala ovata, acuta, } lin. longa. Petala sublibera, obovato-

oblonga, vix acuta, circiter 14 lin. longa, pulverulenta vel papillosa,

glandulis precipue linearibus predita. Genitalia glabra. Bacca globosa,

24-3 lin. diametro.

Cuina: Mengtze, Yunnan, creeping on wooded cliffs at 8,000 feet,

A. Henry, 9793.

Cuina: Mengtze, Yunnan, growing in mountain forests at

8,000 feet, creeping on the ground, A. Henry, 11160.

ese also has long- and short-styled flowers with short and long

mens respectively. I should have regarded them as both fertile,

in F aieoen degrees perhaps, as in Primula ; but it is a point that

cannot be settled from the material under examination.—W. Borrine

HEMSLEY.

Fig. 1, portion of the margin of . leaf ; 2, a flower ; 3, a part of a calyx and pistil ;

4,a petal and stamen. A/l enlarged

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Puate 2725.

EMBELIA POLYPODIOIDES, Hemsl. et Mez.

MYRSINACER,

E. polypodioides, Hems/. et me ez in ae izbl. k. Bot. Gart. Berl,

iii. (1901) p. 108 ; inter species sinenses repentes vel scandentes

ramulis foliiferis elongatis, foliis “dis — brevissime petiolatis grosse

crenatis conspicue ‘insigniterque venosis, pseudo-umbellis 2—3-floris vel

interdum floribus in axillis foliorum solitariis, facile distinguitur.

Frutex ferrugineo-hirsutus, Pi precipue in ramulis, fere setosus,

ramulis gracillimis, supra frutices ac arvores scandens. Jolia dense

disticha, superficiebus vertioalied, brevissime petiolata, oe

cordato-oblonga vel cordato-lanceolata, ea a lin. longa, inferiora inter-

dum minora et fere orbicularia, basi lev cordata, a apice hence,

margine paucicrenata, crenis latis calloao: ae enticalaiy utrinque preter

costam glabra vel cito glabrescentia, conspicue nigro-punctata, et

subtus insigniter elevato-venosa. Pseudo reali axillares, brevissime

peduneulate, 2 —3-flore vel interdum floribus solitariis ; ; pedicelli graciles,

1-1} lin. longi, parce glanduloso-pilosuli ; bracteole minime. Sepala

subcarnosa, ovato-oblonga, #-1 lin. longa, obtusa, margine glanduloso-

precipue supra glandulis rubris immersis instructa. n@ exserta

vel inclusa. Ovariwm te chat stylo brevi tantum vin acca

globosa, circiter 2 lin. diametro.

Cuina : South of the Red River from Mammei, at 6, ee ft.; Feng-

aieata at 7,500 ft. ; and forests south-east of Mengtze 00 0 ft.—

all in the Province of Yunnan. A. Henry, 10060, 100604, Ha 10060s.

is is a very remarkable eee in the shape, crenation, vena-

and position of the lea Assuming the branches to grow he

the reavteas of the leaves are in the same vertical plane.-—W. Borrina

LEY.

Fig. 1, portion of a leaf; 2, a flower; 3, a part of a calyx and pistil; 4, a fruit ;

5, a section of the same. AU en larged.

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PhLate 2726.

CAROLINELLA HENRYYI, //emsl.

PRIMULACER.

Carolinella Hems!. Genus novum habitu et capsula calyptratim

dehiscente a Primula recedens.

Calyx anguste wont pacha! — tec 5-lobatus, lobis

erectis acutis. Corolla bene evolut visa ; tubus s eylindricus,

rectus, supra medium inftatis ‘ habese: : " ianvan 5, eequalia,

inclusa, tubo a affixa, filamentis brevissimis ; ; anthere lineari-

oblonge. Ovarium oblongo-ovoideum ; stylus filiformis, inclusus, basi

indurata Sedat aaster Capsula ovoidea, polysperma, corolla marcescente

coronata. Semina inzequalia, sepius irregulariter cuneata, angulata,

levia, peltatim affixa, longe funiculata.—Herba perennis scapigera,

undique glabra, rhizomate subhorizontali. Folia omnia radicalia,

coriacea, longe vel longissime petiolata, lanceolata, maxima circiter 15

lamina sapissime longior. Sc capi erecti, graciliusculi, per totam longi-

tudinem nudi, quam folia sepissime longior es, Flores parvi, 10-20 ac

iden scapi fasciculatim conferti , pedicellr graciles, 2-5 lin. longi ;

acteole linesres, quam pedicelli circiter dimidio breviores.

C. Henryi, Hemsl. (species unica).

Cuina : forests south-east of Mengtze, Yunnan, at 5,000 feet,

A. Henry, 10735.

This genus is dedicated to the memory of Caroline, the late wife of

r. A. Henry, who accompanied him ea China in 1891, and was with

him successively at Shanghai i and in Formosa. rs. Henry assisted to

some extent in collecting, but delicate Haadids necessitated change, and

she first contd to Japan, “where she made a small collection of plants

around A , near Kobe. Subsequently Mrs. Henry went to Denver,

Colorado, aicinpanied by Miss M. Henry, now Mrs. A. 5. OL

Mailoor, in the Nilghiris. These wake ladies made : oP tage

on of Colorado plants, a set which is t

enry grew gradually worse, and died in “1894, Perfect af foes

of Garotinela are still wanting, but I fear we may have long to wait,

because the seed from the Kew specimens has not pencchaned: —

W. Borrine Hace

1, rhizome with bases of leaves and = as 26 2, a flower, the corolla withered ;

3, withered corolla _ = showing sta 4, pistil ; 5, cross section of ovary

6, capsule; 7, seeds ; mbryo. AB danest hy. 1 enlarged,

SERIES IV. VOL. VIII. PART IL. sg

Text

MS. delet hth.

PuLate 2727.

HARTIA SINENSIS, Dunn.

TERNSTR@MIACEX. Tribe GorDoNIER.

Hartia, Dunn. Genus novum ex affinitate Schima, Reinw., a qua

staminibus altius monadelphis, fructu acuminato, em ibryone recto

differ

ubebata nutmerosa, corolle basi adnata, alte mo pod tba ;

there versatiles. _ Ovariwm 5-loculare ; styli 5, connati; 0

basi <i a i 4-5, baer anatropa. Capsu/a acuminata,

a culari g

slits : albumen copiosum ; a ot fetes: cotyledonibus orbicularibus

planis quam radicula infera brevioribus.—Arbor 20-30-pedalis (A.

Henry). Folia ener coriacea, supra glabra, infra reticulata, sparse

licarthus cymbiformibus infra sericeis. Flores solitarii, pollicares,

pedunculis brevibus axillaribus ; bracteole 2, ut sepala petalaque externe

sericee. Calycis lobi inegquales, imbricati, rotundati vel acuti, minoribus

dentatis, sinibus in fructu apertis. Petala alba (A. Henr ), ovata,

margine crenulata, staminibus longiora. Staminum tubus partes eorum

liberas et corolle me ioe cequans. Styli ad sso airs entes. Capsula

7-9 lin. longa, 6 lin. diam. Semina 1-3 lin. dia

HINA: Yunnan, south of Manmer in the Red River valley, at

6,000 feet, and in the Szemao forests, at 7,000 feet, A. Henry, 10465,

10465a.

The genus is related to Stuartia, Linn., and to Schima, Rein

It is distinguished from both by the more extensive cohesion of its

stamens ; from the former in addition by its more numerous seeds, and

from the latter by its acuminate fruit, more copious albumen, and

straight embryo.

he leaves of this = have peculiar boat- — petioles, which

enclose successively the growing point of the stem

is at Henry’s suggestion that the genus is dedicated to

Sir Robert Hart, Bart., G.C.M.G., Inspector-General of the Chinese

Maritime Customs, without whose help and encouragement these and

so many other scientific a by members of his staff could never

have been made.—S. T. Dun

Fig. 1, a petal; 2, portion of andreci ewe 3, pistil; 4 and 5, seed; 6, section of a

seed, showing embryo, Ali except fig. 4 enlarged.

PLATE 2728.

RADERMACHERA PENTANDRA, LHemsl.

2 BIGNONIACER.

R. pentandra, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); a R. sin Hemsl., omnibus

hia majoribus, corolla late scaipantuta seaiaahes perfectis 5

differ

Arbor 20-pedalis, ramulis ultimis crassis rigidis creberrime lenticel-

s Folia

latis squamuloso-pulverulentis, medulla copio manifeste

amplissima, maxima probabiliter pluripedalia, maxima visa circiter

tripedalia, cum impari bipinnata vel inter infra medium tripin-

nata, circiter quadrijuga, jugis distantibus yea beacpecter, petiolo com-

ni valido; foliola petiolulata, coriacea, ovato- ta, maxima

bsque petiolulo 9 poll. longa, seepi ) fede integra, acute

acuminata, basi cuneata vel gl ma, supra

lales dis ‘ f

campanulatus, “cireit ter ongus latusque, ae lobatus,

esi ; ; :

a. er

simeque lobatus, fructifer auctus Ovarium glabrum, cylindricum,

angustum, circiter ll. long m; ovula numerosissima, multiseriatim

coriaceis 3-4 lin. latis. Semina 5-7 lin. longa, cotyledonibus planis.

Cuina: Mengtze, Yunnan, at 5,000 ft., A. Henry, 10909.

In Bentham and Hooker’s ‘Genera Plantarum’ —

Zoll. et Mor., is treated as asection of Stereospermum, Cham., but most

subsequent writers on the order have agreed in restoring it to peneite

rank ; an ink there are good grounds for the separation. In

of ‘ie aac ee figured ceems to be as complete as in Oroxylum

indicum, Vent. Wight (Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 1341) figures Stereospermum

chelonoides, DC. as pentandrous, but all other etoaty consulte : fi

and describe the stamens as didynamous.—W. Borrinc Hxmsi

Fig. 1, portion “ coher and the five equal stamens; 2. ovary and disk; 3, cross-

ais of ova ry 3 4, portion of placenta; 5 and 6, seeds ; 7,embryo0. All except figs.

4 and 5 enlarged,

PL 2729

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—

M.S del. et lth.

PiaTe 2729.

TEPHROSIA CLEMENTI, Skan.

LEGUMINOSA.

T. Clementi, Skan ay wov.) ; inter species australienses foliis digi-

tatis facile distingue

Suffrutex 3-6 poll. altus, radice lignosa mace yeni’ Ramuli erecti

vel patentes, angulati, persistenter argenteo- vel brunneo-pubescentes.

Folia digitatim 5-7- foliolata, foliolis lanceolatis vel splancenitis mucro-

natis 4~15 lin. longis 13-3} li lin. latis supra Juteo-viridibus inconspicue

oll.

longi ; stipule aciculares, 3-4 | c terminales, stricti,

Jaxissimi, bracteis subulatis 2-2} lin. longis instructi es breviter

pedicellati. Calyx 1 lin. longus, d pubescens, dent angustis

subequalibus tubo paulum longioribus. Coroll lin. longa bere

rubr 1 purpurea, vexillo orbiculari dorso dense se

lineare, circiter 1 poll. longum, dense brunneo- jalan, aa:

spermum,

RTH-WESTERN AUSTRALIA: between the Ashburton and Yule

Sin Clement

7’. Clementi has no close ally among the already known Australian

species, It is probably most nearly related to the African 7’. lupini-

folia, DC., but is a much smaller plant, and may be easily listingvished

from it by the long, narrow oe and the longer calyx-teeth.—

Skan

Fig. 1, a Aiea 2, ; Aes 3, a keel-petal; 4, andrecium; 5, pistil; 6, open

pod; 7,a All en

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PLATE 273

DIPLOPELTIS ERIOCARPA, Hems/.

SAaPINDACEx. Tribe DoponEex.

riocarpa ems. =o nov. — ; aD. Huegelii, Lindl., differt petalis 5,

ovario D hrastages dense pilo

Frutex 1-2-pedalis, dense ramosus, omnino molliter hirsutus vel

villosus, ramulis floriforis graciiuseulis agers quam foliis multo

brevioribus. /olia sessilia, crassa, vix riacea, obovato-oblonga,

]- 1} poll. longa, pinnatifida vel subbipin nati, segmentis bernie

seepius cuneatis apice tridentatis. ores polygami vel mon

circiter 6 lin. diametro, anguste asc ret se pedinellatd Sopala

ig ovalia, hirsuta Petala semper 5, orbicularia, breviter unguicu-

lata. Stamina fl. mase. 8, itt declinata, apr eequantia vel paullo

posticus, crassus, aie? bilamellatus, lam ely sitestou breviore

denticulata. Ovariwm hirsutum, biloculare (an s 2), poker

biovulatis ; stylus elongatus, applanatus, sursum cu

arg loculis nay Diplopeltis Huegelii, var. (2) etnias

nth. Fl. Austral. i. p. 456.

Norra-West Austrauia ; Between the Ashburton and De Gray

rivers, Dr. BE. Clement.

Bentham doubtingly referred this to D. Huegelii, Endl., but he had

only a single specimen from Nichol Bay, eee V4 "F. Gre ory.

vation,

its being a different species. In all the dient pipsiidn of this genus

éunuwaleed, the petals are given as four with the place of the fifth vacant.

In all of Clement’s specimens es flowers appear to be always penta-

eile W. Bortinc Hemsie

Fig. 1, a malo flower; 2, disk of the male flower; 3, a female flower, the petals

sinered, 4, longitudinal section of ovary. All enlarged,

EGG @T Fe

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Puate 2731.

IONIDIUM FLORIBUNDUM, Walp.

: VIOLACE®,

= age cae Walp, Rep. ii. p. 767 ; Benth. Fl. Austral. i. p.

102;

affinitate J. brevilabris, sed glabra, pedunculis bifloris,

floribus auple sajorbes

Frutex glaber, erectus, 1-2-pedalis, caulibus ramisque cigs

diveaiiociin quam foliis brevioribus. Folia sessilia, linearia, rigida,

marginibus incurvis, sepius 5-9 lin. longa, apice recurva, m ta,

stipulis minutis cito deciduis. Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, gracillimi,

seepissime biflori, cum floribus folia vix superantes ; bractee bracteo-

1 ‘ :

West AUSTRALIA : Gaeee R. Helms.

The specimens here figured of this very variable species were received

from Mr. Alex. Morrison, cose to the Department of Agriculture,

Perth, West Austra lia. They w e at first supposed to belong to an

undescribed species, and the Sedceipaiie only covers the plant figured.—

W. Bortine Hemsiey

Fig. 1, portions of stem leaf, with stipules; 2, tip of leaf; 3, a flower; 4 and 6,

petals ; 6, andrecium; 7, gyneceum, All enlarged,

PL 2782

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M.S. deLet hth.

Sarto

PuatTe 2732

LACHNOSTACHYS VERBASCIFOLIA, 7. Muell.

VERBENACER.

L. verbascifolia, 7. Muell. Fragm. ch Austral. vi. p. 158 ; Benth.

Fi. Austral. v. p. 38, floribus pentamer

West AustraLtia: Cue, Victor. Herbarium of the Bureau of

Agriculture, W. A. :

This, one of the most singular ae in the Australian Flora, was

also received through Mr. Alex . Morriso

The genus Lachnostachys, Hook., was founded in the Icones Plant-

arum in 1842, and two species are figured: Z. albicans,

referred to Amarantacee. Afterwards, F. arheares describing (Fragm.

Phyt. Austral. i. p. 241) another species, under t of Wa leottia

pour lobes are not developed between the items ens. Briquet (Engler

& Prantl, Natiérl. Phanzenf. iv. 3. A. p. 164) has, by a slip, substituted

the name Lachnocephalus for Lachnostachys, so that the latter name

does not appear in the index to the work cited.—W. Borrine Hems.ey,

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, calyx laid open rods. attachment of stamens on the rim 0

the corolla 3, a branched hair; 4, pistil a ag sk; 5, longitudinal section of an

ovary ; , cross-section of the same. Adl iia way

Piate 2733.

LEUCONOTIS ELASTICA, Becc,

A POCYNACER.

L. a Becc. Nelle Foreste di Borneo, pp. 358, 562, 563, fig. 59 ;

ab omnibus speciebus hucusque descriptis foliis amplis ellipticis vel

late Bligdon- oblate abrupte cuspidato- acuminatis, nervis utrinque

-3 patulis subtus eximie conspicuis et sub margine arcuato-connexis

distincta

- niores crassi, glaberrimi, exaistando nigrescentes, magis

rnicosi, internodiis 2-3 poll. longis. Folia elliptica vel

late elliptico oblonga, utrin rotundata, api brupte cuspidato-

acuminata, 5- . longa, 71-3 ll. lata, erasse coriacea, glaberrima,

in alabastra vernice induta, supra exsiccando entia vel nigres-

centia, lucida, subtus magis ™m nusve glauca, costa et nervis lateralibus

utrinque 2 margine arcuato connexis supra immersis subtus

prominulis eximie conspicuis ; petioli robusti, 1 poll. longi, paris

cujusque linea transversa elevata co Inflorescenti ni-

culate, ohn ae multo rapabegres minute pu le, demum

intus eglandulosis. Corolla flava ; tubus ad 5 lin. longus, e basi latiore

cylindricus, glaber ; lobi rotundato-ovati, 2 lin. longi. Anthere supra

ium insert, os attingentes, 1} lin. longe. Ovariwm gla-

rum, 2-loculare, loculis pauciovulatis. Fructus ovoideo-globosus,

baccatus, dense verrucosus, 14~2 poll. longus. Semina (haud plane

moe circiter 4, rt ad 6 lin. longa ; cotyledones foliacee basi

ata ; radicula ‘bre

Borneo: Sarawak, Bintulu, Beccari, 899, 2291; near Kuching,

Haviland, 3063.

Beccari, 3708 (/.c. p. 562), also from Sarawak, comes very near

L. ela stica ; ut its leaves taper more gradually towards the acumen,

and hav or 5 nerves on each side. he internodes of the leat-

m .

L. elastica is, according to Beccari, an excellent rubber plant.—Orro

STAPF.

Pi ig. 1, a flower-bud; 2, the — in longitudinal section; 3, an anther; 4, pistil ;

5, cross-section of ovary. Al/ enlarged.

SERIES IV. VOL. VIII, PART II. G

PU 2734.

M.S delet hth.

PuaTe 2734.

DIURANTHERA MAJOR, Zemsl.

Livtacez. Tribe AsPHODELES.

Diuranthera, Hemsl. Genus novum a generibus “he affinitatis

differt staminibus sreraantibins, antheris basi bicaudatis

D. major, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; a D. minore, H. CO. Wri ight (infra),

statura, foliis n multo latlocious pas latis flaccidis recurvis, floribus

majoribus, antherarum caudis acutis recedit

Herba scaposa, aa nage eta! Folia pauca, subcarnosa,

late finearia vel lingulata, maxima visa pedalia, crispato-undulata,

Scapus erectus, pauciramosus, bracteis quam floribus brevioribus

angustis acutissimis. lores albi, glabri, circiter 2 poll. diametro,

geminati vel terni, singillatim evoluti, breviter pedicellati, pedicellis

medio articulatis. Perianthii segmenta similia, sed interiora angustio

: i a : dj

linearia, acutissima, a, cescenti ‘tamina aricata,

quam perianthium breviora, filamentis filiformibus 3a longatee,

curvatee, basi bi a Ovarium sessile, 3-loculare, loculis circiter

12-ovulatis ; stylus valde declinatus, apice recurvus, stigmate parvo

Capsula trialata, loculis sepius dispermis. Semina orbicul om-

ressa, circiter 13 lj la basi biauriculata, funiculo inter

Pp 4 in.

auriculas posito ; testa crustacea, nigra, punctulata ; embryo clavatus,

in albumine carnoso centralis et oblique positus, radicula hilum

spectans

WESTERN CHINA : raised from seed pctohes: by Mr. E. H. Wilson

for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, who presented Kew with a living

plant, from Wick our drawing and dencriphcter were made.

D. a. -(. a ve hic ; Paradisea minor, H. C. Wright, in

Kew Bulletin, 1895, ae |

WEsTERN CHINA: Seven: Yunnan, at 6,000 feet, W. Hancock, 94.

The characters upon once this genus is founded may seem rather

slight, but nad J. G, Baker, whose knowle edge of the Liliacex is

probably unsurpassed, agrees s that it is as distinct as many others, and

that it saaid be difficult, as an alternative, to decide what existing

genus to place it in. The rege recall those of some of the Melasto-

mace, and especially those of some of the species of salen tel

figured i n Baillon’s Histoire Naturelle des Plantes de Madagascar,

tt 378-382. The seeds are very peculiar, but unfortunately —

were not obtained until after the plate was printed off—W. Bor

HEMSLEY

Figs. 1 and 2, anthers in different positions; 3, cross-section of ovary. All

enlarged.

PL 2735

| MS deleting.

PuatTe 2735.

ARCHIDENDRON SOL ENSE, //ensi.

Lecuminosm. Suborder Mimosex.

= fe ce Hemsl. (sp. n ; ab A. incurvato, Laut. et K.

, pinnis ineequalibus, foliolis tenia, venis primariis r numero-

Biota diversum.

rbor 20-pedalis, trunciflora. Folia aavagstin, ampla, glabra, pari-

bipinnata, petiolo communi tereti, perfect viso ; pinne bijuge,

Fi oli ote Sore iter petiolulata, tenuia, fere membranacea, ovata, 3-6 poll.

longa, interdum leviter obliqua, obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel

interdum ai oiarrest integra, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque cir-

citer 7, vi

ligno Getet tGaaiena) 3-4 poll. longi, circiter 5-6-flori. Flores prope

apicem eg conferti, breviter pedicellati, cum staminibus circiter

bipollicare alyx coriaceus, per a anthesin tubulosus, bs oon

a, i

usque ad 6 poll. longa, dorso alte lobata, cito dehiscentia. Semina

nigra (Com?ns) ut videtur anguste ovoidea sed perfecta non visa.

Sou LOMON IsLanps : ‘only one tree known near the village of Madoa,

Ulawa,’ C. B. Comins, 249.

Archdeacon Comins, who has sent so ~ interesting plants to Kew

from the Solomon Islands, states that the natives ¢ all this tree Az

aco

fair representation of the pods, but perfect seeds are still wanting. The

leaf, too, is not quite sas, wanting the lower part of the “petiole.

Hansemannia oblonga, Hemsl. (Kew Bulletin, 1892, p. 125), is another

tree of this affinity from the same source.—W. Borrine HeEMmstey.

ee ‘ a era dytied kag lower aid of the errors 2 and 3, quite young etn

anded flower; 5, gynzc with pa of calyx and corolla a, and one of

the tse fall. length ; “es an ovary ; 7 a pies it ie a eo "al ne 5 and 6 watersst

Puate 2736.

THOMASSETIA SEYCHELLANA, Hemel.

TERNSTREMIACER,

Thomassetia, Hems?. Genus novum nulli propinquum, inter Tern-

streemiaceas ob staminodia insigne

flores hermaphroditi. Nats 5, imbricata, rotundata, margin

minute denticulata. Petala 5, contorto- imbricata, nunc idniatioreiin

nune dextrorsim obtegentia, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, libera, glabra.

Stamina 5, petalis om ares pt ea paulo excedentia ; filamenta

carnosa, ima basi inter e staminodiis leviter coherentia ;

an ntheree basi cordiformes, i inter ee basins longitudinaliter dehis-

centes. Stami nodia circiter 15, dentiformia

Caso hnssctits oak Hie se ens cum eet 3-5 po oll. pee obtusa

vel rotundata, basi subrotundata, margine cartilaginea, interdun

obscure remoteque crenato- undulata, ihe pallidiora, venis primariis

lateralibus utrinque circiter 10 in siccis sat con mspicuis. Pedunculi

. axillares, compressi, circiter pollicares, recurvi, apice breviter bifurcati.

Flores flavo-albi ei 9-12 lin. diametro, in asciculos duos divergentes ad

peduncult apicem aggregati, distinete pedicellati. Fructus bipolli-

caris, stamin odiie auctis suffultu

T. seychellana, Hemsi. (species wnica).

SEYCHELLES : summit of Mount Sebert, Mahé, at 1,800 feet,

ae: Pio wit So:

The specimen nape is all that I have seen of this lta tree.

The figure of the fruit is from a drawing by Mr. Thomasset, the

collector of this seid about fifteen other plants from the sate island

received at Kew for determination from the late Dr. Schimper, of

asle. Mr. Thomasset is the caveats S iecics of the Cascade

Estate, in Mahé, which includes a considerable tract of original furest.

Fortunately for science, Mr. omasset intends to preserve this

interesting vegetation, and also to investigate thoroughly the natural

history of the island.

s and alm

certainly the same species. It belongs to the Wallich collection, is

numbere i f

erbaria has been made in vain, and Major Prain, who has kindly

searched the Calcutta herbarium, has also been unsuccessful. Wallich’s

evident in our imperfect specimen. The embryo, too, was described

from his drawing.

The singular inflorescence, five stamens, and the presence of stami-

nodia, which persist and grow out, are characters which render it

difficult to determine the exact position of the genus; but I think

there is no alternative as to the natural order.—W. Borrina Hems.ey.

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, the same, from which some of the parts have been removed

to show the five stamens; 3, pistil and staminodia ; 4, longitudinal section of the

ovary ; 5, cross-section of the same; 6, a fruit. All except 6 enlarged.

PU 2737

BY 2

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MS. delet lith.

Piate 2737.

CRY PTOTANIOPSIS VULGARIS, Dunn.

UMBELLIFERS. Tribe AMMINER.

ryptoteniopsis, Dunn. Genus novam Zuamminearum ab affinibu

consociatione umbellarum as multiradiatarum et umbellulis

irregularibus pauciradiatis differt

Calycis dentes breves vel ad tertiam partem fructus accedentes

vel rier ie, (tala in acumen inflexa vel plana. Fructus ovatus vel

oblon a latere compressus, ad commissuram sepe angustam con-

siricel | exapela teretia ; juga primaria equalia, distantia, plus minus

prom minula, nonnunquam obscure scabrida; vitte an in quoque

valleculo et rarius etiam sub jugis. Carpophorum ee setae Semen

teres Her ve perennes. Folia pn wiee vel natim eee ss

saahintaian radiate, nonnungquam racemos simu sae Involueri

bracteee nulle vel pauce ; involucelli bracteole sepius 3.

C. vulgaris, Dunn (sp. nov.). Herba perennis, Sesquipedalis. Rhizoma

obliquum, 1-2-caule, radicibus carnosis cylindricis. Caules cavi,

auciramosi. Folia radicalia 1-2-ternata, 6-12 poll. longa ; foliola

papyracea, fon eip glabra, in ee et infra in venulis setulosa, ovata,

acuta, sepe 2—3- oe vel -partita, }~4 poll. longa, grosse crenato-serrata,

aa Ta a api iculatis. Folia ‘iacsloind similia sed minora et brevius

petiolata vel sssilin, Umbelle caules ramosque a 15-30-

radiate ; radii in fructu cof cee, bracte ez pauc

106755 ;

Omei, 4,000 to 8,000 feet, Faber, 60, 627, 632; Hu upeh, Chienshih,

Henry, 5384, 5444, 54444, Patung, Henry, 5406.

The name Cry yptoteniopsis was first used by Franchet (Bull. Soe.

Philom. Paris, sér. 8, vi. p. 119) to designate a group of Huamminee

Cryptotenia in habit, but intermediate between Carum and Pinwinella.

distinguishable from one anothe he number of vitte and other

characters, and from other genera partly by the relative size of the

sepals and by the shape of the petals. In all these respects Crypto-

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, an umbellule of fruit; 3, a mericarp; 4 and 5, cross-sections of

americarp. All enlarged.

PL 2738

M S.del.et lith,

Puate 2738.

MILLETTIA PACHYCARPA, Benth.

LecuMminos®. Suborder PapiLionace®.

M. pachyearpa, Benth. Pl. Jungh. p. 250, in nota; Kurz. For. Fl.

Brit. Burm. p. 353 5 pedunculi ore fructifest” aerials seepe

pedales et ultra, sepissime legumen unicum gerentes ; legumen sepe

unispermum, orbiculari-compressum, 13-2 poll. diametro, interdum

plurispermum, 9-10 poll. longum ; semina reniformia, castanea

CHINA : Szemao, Yunnan, at 4,000 to 4, sited = A. Henry, 13000

and 13530. Also in Eastern India and Bur

This plant has been figured on account of the + scan descrip-

tions of its pod and seed, which are remarkable in the genus, and

suggest some alterations in generic limits. But this would involve

an investigation of a large number of species —W. Borrina HEMsLry.

Fig. 1 patil ene bo and longitudinal ce of args 2, standard ; 3, a

kee

petal ; 4, a wing-petal ; 5, andreecium ; 6, a pod; 7and 8, seeds. Figs. 1 ‘faa

6-8 natural sie

SERIES IY. VOL. VIII. PART II, H

PL 2739

MS. del et Lith.

I ii i le

PuatTe 273

CARLESIA SINENSIS, Dunn.

UMBELLIFERE. Tribe AMMINER.

Carlesia, oie tote novum ex affinitate Siz, Linn., et Pimpi-

nelle, Linn, a primo habitu folii lisque dissectis, a undo nes

polyphyllo, diandibiar | oabyeie conspicuis, carpophoroque obsoleto differt.

Calycis dentes prominentes. Petala basi contracta, acumine longo

inflexo, quasi biloba. St, tylopodia conica, a dorso compressa. Fructis

oblongo-ovatus apice vix contractus, patente teres ; mericarpia

adix crassa, apice cylindrica, Jibris plurimis coronata,

multicanlie Caules, 2— 4 poll. longi, striati, ramosi, polyphylli. Folia

icalia multa, persistentia, caulium longioran dimidium paullo

excedentia, tripinnatisecta, lobis linearibus acutis margine inrolutis ;

petiolt laminas equantes, basi breviter vaginantes. olia caulina

conformia, minus dissecta, brevius petiolata. Umbelle 10-20-

radiate, 15 poll. sub anthesi ad 4 poll. in fructu late; involucri

bractee multe, lineares vel nonnunquam divise. radiis setulosis

excess, lineares, acute. Calycis dentes lineares, 3-4-plo fructu

breviores. Petala alba. Styli erecti, — io cequales.

ructus dense hirtellus, sine calycis déntibus 14 hin. I

C. sinensis, Dunn (species unica). beer bu dubia Athamanthe

zi Hemal. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii.

Cuina: Shantung, frequent on rocks at 1,000 to 2,000 feet eleva-

tion in — Chefoo Mountains, Maingay 49 ; Faber 234.

Maingay’s specimen is so fragmentary that its affinities could not

be determined for the Index Flore Sinensis, It bears several per-

here is a special appropriateness in the dedication of this genus

to Mr. W. R. Carles, C.M.G., F.R.G,S., late H.M. Consul-General] for

Tientsin and Peking, because his botanical explorations in China,

which have resulted in the discovery of many new and interesting

plants, began at Chefoo, where he has twice been stationed in different

official capacities.— 8. T. Dunn.

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, a fruit; 3,a mericarp; 4, a cross-section of the same, All

enlarged.

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Puate 2740,

SIEBERA DEFLEXA, Benth.

UMBELLIFERS.

Siebera deflexa, Benth. Fl. Austral. iii. p. 355; Hemsl. in Gard.

Chron. 3rd series, xxx. oie tae Tikchyaeis banka 1 urcz. in

Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1849, ii.

West AUSTRALIA : paces ea. communicated by A. MMor-

Tis0Nn.

This little shrub has been ph gor on account of its producing an

edible tuber. Some months ago . Morrison, botanist to the

Department of Agriculture, Perth, We st Australia, sent the tuber

its forming tubers, or, at ‘Teast, of the tubers being paeoninir i with

the plant. The tubers are known to the aborigines as * yuke,’ and in

a later communication Mr. Morrison states, in answer to my ‘tages

that he did not know whether the plant propagates itself from the

i i n any bud

e would endeavour to obtain further specimens. It is oe an

unusual boii for a woody plant to form separate tubers.—W. Borrine

HeEmMsLe

Note.—Since the above was passed for the press further material

has been received from Mr. Morrison. It consists of four plants, two

suspect, therefore, that the tuber is the first product of germina-

tion, and the statement that the tubers are formed in strings is pro-

bably due to some mistake. W. B. H.

Fig. 1, diagrammatic sketch by Mr. Morrison, showing that the tubers are formed

in strings ; 2, base of a stem pe tap Aol des ng scar ning it had been oh geiied cm

a tuber; 3, tube ; 4, leaves; 5, a male; 6, a fertile flower; 7, the same with pet

and stamens poof 8a es rr except 1 teaduoedy oa 2 and 3 (natural 5

enlarged,

Ft 2741

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Puate 2741,

EXCCCARIA BENTHAMIANA, Hemsi.

EUPHORBIACER.

E. benthamiana, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species ex affinitate Z. Agallocha,

L., a qua foliis multo majoribus crassioribus et floribus femineis in

— distinctis recedit.

simplices vel pauciramose, 1-3 poll. longe, densx, multiflore ; bractez

semicyathiformes, triflor, flore centrali | pedicellato, lateralibus sessili-

us. Perianthium triphyllum, phyllis 4 lin. longis acutis. Stamina

3, perianthium superantia. lores jfeminei solitarii fn bini (an

semper?) distincte pedicellati. Perianthium triphyllv dorsiven-

trale, phyllo postico interiore, phyllis lateralibus antice non obtegenti-

us, sinu uniglanduloso. Ovariwm glabrum, 3-loculare, stylis validis

recurvis Pessoa bas. Capsula tricocea, crust acea, tarde dehiscens.

emina ovoidea, 24~3 lin. longa ; embryo diametro seminis fere zquans.

Stillingta lineata, * var, densifiora, Baker, Fl. Maurit. & Seych. p. 314 ;

‘wceccarie species nova, Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen . Pl. ii. p. 334.

SEYCHELLEs : without locality, Wright; Mahé, 800 to 2,000 feet,

Horne ; Mount Sebert, Mahé, Thomasset.

Mr. J.G. Baker, with imperfect material before him, referred this plant

to Stillingia lineata, but, as pointed out by ntham, it is a species of

Excecaria, allied to HE. A gallocha, It is however very distinct in

foliage, in the bracts of the male iciticeessenisls and in the periant

of the female flowers, which has both edges of the Srome segment

pind by the lateral segments, which, in it turn — meet at

e base, with a gland in the sinus.— W. Bormye Hemsnr

Fig. 1, part . paprtonpessdi 2, cluster of male flowers from which the bract has

heen removed ; male flower; 4, an advanced ie e flower, incorrect as to the

perianth ; 5, fi ee 6. a seed; 7, the same enlarged; 8, section of the same showing

the embryo, Fn: 5 and 6 natural size; all the rest enlarged.

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Pirate 2742.

CLITANDRA ORIENTALIS, KX. Schum.

APOCYNACES.

C. wore ey K. Schum, in Engl. Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afr. Teil C.

a C. Meenas Benth., pee paniculis multifloris, corollz

et Bieri bone distin

Frutex inflorescentiis exceptis glaberrimus, ramis gracilibus cortice

brunneo multilenticelloso tectis. Molia oblonga vel oblanceolata, obtuse

utrinque prominentibus ; petiolus 3-4 lin. longus. Inflorescentie axil-

lares et terminales, composite paniculate, multiflore, contracte, vix

1 poll. ites ai subpedunculate, tenuiter ae bractez ovate,

i i li

ula ;

lobi lineari-oblongi, tubum a saplens vel paulo breviores. <Anthere

orbiculari-elliptice, minime, } } lin. haud attingentes ; filamenta tenuia

antheris paulo breviora. Ovarium glabrum, subovoideum ; stylus brevis ;

stigma capitatum, subconicum, apiculo 2-lobo brevi ; loculi ob placentas

a basi ad apicem coalitas 2 ; ovula in utraque placenta 9-12, 3-seriata.

allier, f. auth ublianen in Jahrb. Hamburg. Wissensch. Aunstalt,

) 3. i

GeRMAN East Hones Bukoba on Lake Victoria, Stwhlmann,

31.

Parke ae very seas to C. cymulosa, Benth., fro rra Leone, the

species on w the genus was established. It d es it in the

rather narrower leaves with a more raised venation, in th y-flowe

the very ogee anthers. It has been eee out by Bentham in

m ct

2-locular, adding ‘ placentis valde promin inentibus (medio tamen haud

junctis 1)’ There is no doubt that the placentas project in most species

very much—so much so, indeéd, that cull sometimes give, seen in

cross-section, the impression of being fused into a septum, and in C. cir-

f the ovary, the result being a perforated septum. In C. orien-

talts this fusion has gone a step far become complete. The

species is, however, in other respects so closely allied to C. cymulosa

that there can be no doubt whatever about its pgenasls with this

eek the complete or incomplete partition of the ovary —e evi-

dently of no great taxonomic value in this group.—Orro Sra

Fig. 1, a flowerbud ; 2, a flower in longitudinal section; 3, part of calyx, seen from

within; 4, ananther; 6, pistil; 6, cross-section of ovary. All enlarged.

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Corrigenda.

oe a the text accompanying Plate 2743 was printed, further material of

Seige burmanica has been recefved at Kew, consisting of excellent specimens

sanite d by W. Boxall in — same locality. _From thes se specimens — Mr. Boxall’s

tPh

oS it appears in height, with

leaves uch as five etek long and over — coors ep pire on

5-8 se shay: nerves on each side. The flowers are w-white in a fresh but

yellew when dry, and crowded in Ft foals of 512, or sales ak ier ia Jong

slender branches.— Otto Srapr

Puate 2743a.

PARADOMBEYA BURMANICA, Stapf.

STERCULIACES. Tribe DoMBEYE.

Paradombeya, Stapf Genus novum affine Corchoropsi, Sieb. & Zucc.,

et Pentapeti, L., ab illa ovarii, ab hac andreecii structura, ab utraque

ovulorum numero differt.

‘Calyx fere ad basin 5-partitus, herbaceus, glaber, receptaculis

subcutaneis mucilagine repletis abundans, segmentis valvatis. /etala

ineequalilatera, late obovata, truncata, marcescentia. Stamina per-

15, terna cum staminodiis ligulatis mucilaginiferis episepalis

alternantia et cum iis basi in annulum coalita ; filamenta e basi paulo

a filiformia ; mg re late — vel Shae ger Pi gerne baer

ella Ost

tibus ; weer 0 elongatus, pin fester incrassatus, 4—5-sulcatus et

subinteger. Fructus me —Frutices (7) Folia alterna, Paige

angusta, serrata vel crenata. lores fasciculati, — s, flavi;

pedicelli verticillatem 3- hence et ad bracteolas artieulat

P. burmanica Stapf (sp. nov.) ; caulium nageioat ioe i Gece

crispulis, bracteolis subpersistentibus, ovario 5-locular

Ramuli linea latiuscula crispo-puberula notati, ceterum glabri.

Folia lanceolata, serrata, acumi inata, basi rotundata, ad 2} poll. longa,

Calycis segmenta leaker hl rane vel iceureuie, 24 i:

teriora (uniuscujusque phalangis intermedia) breviora, Jcstapiaes vix 5 lin.

longe. Staminodia 3 lin. longa. Ovarium 5-locular

Burma: Upper Shan States, at Supmut, 3,500 feet, H. H. Hilde-

brand.

e diagram of the flower of Paradombeya is practically the same as

that of Pentapetes ; but the staminal tube is very short, the filaments are

much longer, the ovary cells easily separable from each other, and the

number of ovules in each cell only two, not many. The general habit,

the shape and texture of the leaves, and the character of the rather

scanty tomentum point likewise to Pentapete es as a near ally. Para-

dombeya approaches at the same time rather closely to Corchoropsis.

This differs, however, in having normally [0 fertile stamens and

numerous ovules in jae ell. "The fruit of ieee ato is a long,

cylindric, 3-locular capsule: The

t the

cell suggests, of course, a fruit of a structure different from that of

is i

a, @ In man les O two ovu In

each cell, but the staminodes are here (always ?) episepalous, and

the habit is quite different. Melhania again has epipetalous staminodes

like oo but only five perfect stamens and a very distinct habit.—

Orro Strap

Fig. 1, floral diagram ; 2, a flower; 3, a petal; 4, part of the andrecium; 5, pistil.

Ali enlarged.

PuatTe 27438.

PARADOMBEYA SINENSIS, Dunn.

P. sinensis, Dunn (sp. nov.) a P. burmanica, Stapf, caulium foliorum-

que indumento stellato, bracteolis caducissimi is, et ovario biloculari

distin

Folia ovata, undulata et crenulata, longe acuminata, basi rotundata,

4-5 poll. longa, 13-2 poll. lata, — stellata primo tecta, mox glabra,

: nd :

= ‘ i g

5 — Staminodia staminibus duplo i ng petalis paullo

breviora. Ovarium depresso-globosum, 2- Ate loculis faciliter

pepasabilibis, stylo quadrisulcato duplo brevi

Cuina: Yunnanfu, Ducloux, 480.

This species was collected in a locality about 500 miles N.E. of that

of the Shan plant. It resembles the latter very aapnl in wm but

differs in its two-celled ovary. Such a. variatio the number of

ovarian cells within the same genus is not without: sisal among

the Dombeyer, for Dombeya itself includes species with 2- and 5-celled

ovaries.—S. T. Dunn

Fig. 6, an expanded flower ; 7, part of the eo 8, cross-section of an oyary ;

9, longitudinal section of the same. All enlarged.

Puate 2744.

PARAPODIUM CRISPUM, ¥. £, Brown.

ASCLEPIADACER, Tribe CynANcHE.

P. crispum, V. EZ. Brown (sp. nov.) ; a P. costato, EB. Sit foliis

angustioribus crispatis breviter petiolatie facile ditioguita

Herba perennis, 5-8 poll. alta. _Caulis erectus, va ae bifariam

ubineu

crispato- undulata. Ombetice ad hae laterales, arte we, 3~4-

flore. Peduneuli 1-25 lin. longi. Pedicej]i 3-4 lin. longi. Sepala

3-4 lin. longa, 3 lin. lata, lansichets at: acuta, glabra. Corolla

glabra ; tubus are lin. longus, globoso-campanulatus ; lobi 2-24 lin.

longi, Jals lin. lati, ovato-lanceolati, subacuti, basi concavi, apice

recu Coronee lobi corolle tubo inferne adnati, superne liberi,

Scahavatas oblongi, 13-14 lin. lati. Colwmnq staminum breviter

s tipitata, conica ; antherze appendices oblong®, acute, conniventes, ad

apicem crateriformem styli attingentes. —Pachycarpus ek aati ges

ey.in Herb. Drége, a, non descript. jin Comm. Pl. Afr. A

p. 213.

Soutn Arrica: on the Sneeuwberg Range, near Graaf Reinet at

4,100 feet, Bolus ; on grassy hills near secre at 4,000 feet, Drége

for about sixty years, one of them collected by Drege and distributed

under a wrong name ; the other, collected by Burke in 1841, is named,

South African Asclepiadaces, and has had the ees of seeing

Drége’s herbarium, eed cae —— xxl, Beibl. 54, p. 3) that

Drége’s specimen of Parapodium costatum is identical oh Asclepias

orbicularis, Schltr. (Typist settles Dietr.). If this is the

case, the plant cannot be represented under its right name in hap s

herbarium, as the description of Parapodiwm costatum does not at “all

agree with Xysmalobiwm orbiculare. But the peculiar and very dis-

tinct structural characters of Parapodiwm seem not to have been

understood by Schlechter, since — Jahrb. xx., Beibl. 51, p. 41)

he has redescribed Parapodiwm costatum, E. Mey., as the type of a

sai genus, under the name of Diboawia lurida.

e position of Parapodium, in my opinion, should be immediatel

the Aysmalobium, some species of which the fold of Parapodium

now known much resemble in habit.—N. E. Bro

z.1, part of corolla and corona, seen from within; 2. androecium and corona,

seen eek without ; 3, a pair of pollen-masses, Ad/ enlarged,

PLATE 2745-2746.

PICRALIMA KLAINEANA, Pierre.

ApocyNaces®. Tribe PLUuMERIOIDER.

P. klaineana, Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 1896, 1278 (species

UNH

Arbor 30-80 ped. alta, ramulis robustis epee neti nigri-

i s rupte acum

cantibu longa, magi inusve a nata, basi

rotundata vel subacuta, 54-7 poll. longa, 2-3 poll. lata, dubwbe a,

s ervis secondariis utrinque circiter 20, interdum tertiariis

upra nitida vi

parallelis similibus interjectis, sub i ‘™margine arcuatim connectis,

venis prominulis areolas elongatas nervis subparallelas eee

petiolus robustus, canaliculatus, ad 6 lin. longus, a excavatus

glandibus sti a atus. Pedunculus robustus, 21 poll. longus ; fasckees

minutze ve ulle ; pedicelli 4—6 lin. longi. Sepala ovato- -oblonga,

obtusa, 3 lin. eta, nitidula, intus basi multiglandulosa. Corolla alba ;

tubus carnosulus, 7-9 lin. longus, extus glaber, intus versus medi

longa ; testa coriacea, levis; endosperma copiosum, carnosum.—

K. Schum. in Engl. & Pra ntl, ‘Panacea, Nachtr. p. 284, Ergiinz.

; 5. 60 :

et in De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot.

Sér, 2, i. fase. i. p. 39; De Wild. & Durand, oo Dewévreane in

Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. Sér. 3, fase. ii. p. 15%

TROPICAL bebe and et Arrica : Upper Guinea, Old Calabar,

vobb. Cameroon m Bay, Mann, 710. : boon, Mount Bouét,

near Libreville, Jolly, oF : Klaine, 299, Con o Free State, Middle

and Upper Congo Region, Lukolela, Dowie: 847. Lokandu,

Dewevre, 1113.

When I described this species as Tubernemontana nitida nearly

eight years ago, I was already aware of the ve heterogeneous

character of the ge nus Jabernemontana as generally understood - ; but

having then no time to examine it critically, T preferred to refer ne

plant figured here to Tabernemontana in ~ wide sense of most

authors. Pierre has since made it the t of a new genus. On

urther examination and after a general revision of the group of

rnemontanoide

that of the Tabernemontanoidex that Hapdeiee cannot even be

referred to this tribe. It occupies, in fact, a rather isolated position

in the Plumerioidex, oir saa a approaching he Landolphia group more

than any other. —Orto St

Prater 2745.

Fig. 1, a flower-bud ; 2, pistil and of calyx; 3, section of corolla showing

attachment of stamens; 4, an anther ; 5, cross-section of ov ary. All enlarged,

Puate 2746,

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AINSLIZA ELEGANS, Hensl.

Composirz. Tribe MurTIsiacez.

elegans, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter species scaposas statura majore,

ioe crassis cordiformibus sreibieie Sossamon tomentosis et inflores-

centia ramosissima flaccida, distinet

He perennis, scaposa, erecta, 3-4 ped. alta. Yolia longissime

petiolata, subcoriacea, maxima absque petiolo 6 poll. longa, ambitu vere

iformia, apice nunc rotundata nunc acuminata, remote calloso-

S minusve strigillosa, de rescentia, subtus (in siccis) albo-

tomentosa vel fere lanata, in venis et ad margines fulvescentia ; petioli

sque ad 7-8 . longi, teretes, dense fulvo-villosi, pilis longissimis

diu persstentibusque Scapt graciliusculi, cito glabrescentes, infra

medium simplices, nudi vel interdum folio unico prediti, supra medium

nic 1 multiramosam fla m ampliati, ramulis pedunculisque

gracillimis. Capitula numerosissima, pendula, angusta,

ari

lobis Sian: Achenia villosa ; pappisete plumose, corolle tubum

zequantes

Cuina : Mengtze, Yunnan, at 7,000 to 8,000 feet, Henry, 9108,

9108 a

ern China is the centre of this beautiful _ os the French

missionaries and Dr. A. Henry between them have ed upwards

of a dozen at igvame undescribed species. A. elegans, Heal. in some

respects closely resembles A. ramosa, Hemsl. (Journ. Linn. Soe. xxiii.

p- aah but the ere has a aks flower-stem and a rigidly erect

panicle.—W. Bortina J1emsLE

g. 1, an involucral bract ; 2, a flower; 3, anthers; 4, upper part of the style.

aa Dien d.

Pate 2748,

HAMADRYAS SEMPERVIVOIDES, Sprague.

RANUNCULACER,

madryas ie ake, Sprague (sp. nov. Si } a ceteris speciebus

aifert habitu rosulato, sepalis petalisque glabris

Radicelli fibrosi, crassi, adventitii. Caulis simplex vel bifidus,

1-1} poll. longus, subtus | foliorum basibus vestitus. Folia sessilia,

. lon

Scapus foliis occultus, 8 lin. longus, 1-florus. Flores masculos non Vidi.

Flores feminei : sepala 5-6 deltoideo- wabalat 15 lin. longa, }—3 lin.

lata, scariosa ; petala circa 7, lineari-subulata, 4 Tin. longa, supra basin

callo ened instructa. OQvaria bie: inn in stylum uncinatum

Ach

attenu cheenia basi postice produc

8. Paraconra : on lava rocks in Cordilleras, J. B. Hatcher, February

1897.

A most distinct species showing typical adaptation to high mountain

conditions. Mr. Hatcher was attached to the Princeton Scientific Ex-

pedition to Patagonia, and the specimens of Hamadryas rite eieemot

and a few other plants were sent to Kew for identification by P

G. “gq oemn of the Princeton University, New Jersey, U. 3 i

T. A. Spr

Fig. 1 — surface of leaf; 2, lower surface of the same; 3 and 4, flowers; 5,

receptacle ; 6 , @ sepal ; 7, a petal ; 8, 9, and 10, carpels. piedids except fig, 3

Puate 2749.

PERICHLHNA RICHARDI, 7. Buill.

BigNoniacex. Tribe TEcomEs.

Perichlena Richardi, H. Baill. in Hist. Pl. 50; K. Sch. in

ae u. Prantl a iv. 3 B. P 232 gon hte ecient

communis 1-2 poll. longa, sulcata ; foliola 2-3-juga, elliptica vel

elliptico-oblonga, obtusa vel retusa, 1}-2} poll. longa, 7-15 lin. lata,

coriacea, ir etd reticulato-venosa, supra servant subtus pallidiora

margine reflexa, venis utrinque 6-7 acutis ut nervo medio Peace

vel in cymorum racem

dentibus 5 subeequalibus tubi + 1 sequantibus. Cor il tate us arcuatus,

calycem subduplo superans, intus subter filamento rtionem pilis

-alata, basi sata

anthere ad m be a: lobis subter insertionem ‘paralllis ‘ec

connectivo hears «ikke expanso bituberculato ; stam ium minutum

vel deficiens. Discus annularis, margine undulato, j jay ventute depresse

conicus ad ovarium appressus. Ovarium 2-loculare, ovulis in orden

a ze acute intus et margine puberule. Fructus oblongo- Jlanceolatus,

laber, septo parallele ie kgm loculicidus. Semina margine

palin 10 lin. longa, + lin. lat

MapaGascar : eed of Diego Suarez, Richard, 124, 166 (1837), in

the Paris Seabarit

A very isolated genus of Tecomex. Baillon (Hist. te va peed places

it next to Kigelianthe, from which it differs in the nature of t calyx

and disc, and by its 2-seriate ovules ; this seems om be te gph pe

affinity. Perichlena has, of all the Bignoniacee, the most strongly

bilabiate corolla, the only genus approaching it in this respect being

Tynnanthus (Bignonier) from tropical America, We are indebted to

Professor Bureau for the loan of the type specimen, Richard 124, from

which the present figure is taken.—T, A. SPRAGUE,

Fig. 1, calyx laid open showing pistil; 2, base of corolla with stamens; 3 and 4,

anthers ; 5, longitudinal section of the be fully developed ovary and disc ; 6, jiaestienion

of ova ry ; 7, part of a fruit; 8, a seed. Al! enlarged vacept 7 and 8.

Pl 2750

M.S. éel et ith

PLATE 2750.

PROTARUM SECHELLARUM, Engler.

ARACER. Tribe ARINEA.

P. Sechellarum, Lngler Jahrb. xxx., Beibl. 67, p. 42 ; species unica.

Herba tuberosa. Foliwm solitarium, inflorescentia coztaneum, cata-

is ocppti sessile lateraliter com-

Flores masculi: stami

pressum seam i erent eM con:

SEYCHELLEs : Cascade Estate, Mahé, Thomasset.

a very remarkable and anomalous genus, which does not fit

The material from which this plate and a were prepared was

presented to Kew by Mr. H. P. Thom The specimens described

by Engler were ornine in the same eal by the late Dr. W.

Schimper.—N. E. Bro

Fig. 1, spadix from which the favatige? has — removed - male flowers seen from

above ; 3, side view of a male flower; 4, female flowers n from above; 5, ovary;

€, longitudinal section of ovary. Fg. 1 natural size, the pee enlarged,

The impression of the “Teones’ is 1

Cio

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LAT ecm

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| VOL. VITI.—PART nt} {[NOVEMBER.

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

SIR WILLIAM T. THISELTON-DYER,

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

HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD

DIRECTOR, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW.

VOL. VIII.

OR VOL. XXVIIL OF THE ENTIRE WORK.

37 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON.

Pl 2797.

(A 5

erefs=

PU 2752.

MS.del.et ith.

Puates 2751 ann 2752

ANIBA MEGACARPA, J/ems/.

LAvuRINES.

A. megacarpa, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); species fructus magnitudine

insignis.

Arbor interdum ultra 60-pedalis (Hart) preter pape Nagi

omnino glaberrims, ramalis ultimis secon crassiusculis rigidis rectis,

Folia ad apices r. ru eviter petiolata, siti, coriacea,

obovata, obovato- reine oi ata vel in terdum fere elliptica,

3-5 poll. longa, apice rotundata vel subito pans ouanmtes, basi

conspicuis. ores minuti, unisexuales, in panioalas ubabatle axillares

1-2 poll. longas dispositi, pedicellis breviss ssimis. Bractee bracteoleque

minut, oblong vel ovate, Seshheers citissime decidue. Perianthium

glabrum, globosum vel pyriforme, 1-1} lin. diametro, lobis inflexis

ubus eae ovarium omnino includens ; lobi 6,

us,

aucto grosse lobato 2 poll. diametro semiexsertus, pericarpio incrassato.

Semen no ; cotyledones alte peltatim affix, corculum omnino

includen

TrtntDAD : Guasso and Tabaquite, collected by Dannouse. Trinidad

eviaetan, 6786.

Mr. J. H. Hart, = peice of the Botanical ming in

Trinidad, sent fruiting specimens of this tree to Kew in 1900, and

again in 1901, together with case young lowees and sciutes of the

parts of th flower as observed by him in the fresh state. Notwith-

tanding all the trouble he took, I am not quite certain abou hd t e

composition and structure of the andrecium. Mr. Hart adds that

this tree yields a valuable timber, called ‘ Laurier matac’ in the patois

French of the colony.— W. Borrina Hemstey.

Puate 2751.

1, a cluster of flowers ; 2 and 3, bracteoles from the same; 4, flowers

need stage; 5, a section of one of the same; 6, the same from which the

psa pam ngited have been removed; 7, one of the outer stamens or staminodia

in a very early stage; 8, one of the intermediate series; 9, on he inner series

10, Someaistitel section of ovary. Ali enlarged

Priare 2752,

Fig. 1, a very young fruit; 2, longitudinal section of the ig ie Jongit tudinal

section of the cupule of a ripe ‘fru it; 4, longitudinal section of the ; 5, embryo ;

6, the same appt showing the peltately attached seta: Au, except Sig. 2,

natural st.

SERIES IV. VOL. VIII, PART III, I

Puate 2753.

ELEIOTIS TRIFOLIOLATA, 7. Cooke.

—

Lecuminosz. Tribe HepysaREm.

E, trifoliolata, 7. Cooke in Flora Pres. Bomb. (1902), p. 342 The i

distinctissima, foliis trifoliolatis, foliolis basi attenuatis nec corda

et calycis dentibus longioribus ab Z. sororia, unica specie bisitiacne

descripta, differt

Herba annua, prostrata. Caules plures, ceespitosi, gracillimi, usque

ad 18 poll. longi, obscure triquetri, glabri. olia 3- foliolata ; petioli

‘ubaiteess 6-12 lin. FOr, sige stipule 2} lin. longe, ‘Hineari-

basi attenuata; nervi et vene subt conspicui ; stipelle 2 sub uno-

quoque foliolo, subulate. IJnflorescentia primo in summis pedunculis

aggregata, demum in racemum laxum pauciflorum elongata. Pedunculi

axillares vel terminales, pilosi, parte infra flores 1 vel 2 bracteis scariosis

instructa. Pedicelli filiformes. loruwm bracteee magne, striate, ovato-

orbiculares, breviter acuminate, ciliate, unaquaque bractea duos flores

yn Calyx 4 lin. longus ; dentes triangulares, tubo paullo breviores.

rolla 15 lin. longa ; vexillum emarginatum. Ovens Dal —

indies stipitatum, 1- raro 2-ovulatum ; stylus inflexus,

incrassatus. Legwmen 3-33 lin. longum, cymbiforme, iawhes vale

scentibus, ikea: suleatum

Inpia : Presidency of Backes: near Badami, August 1892, 7. Cooke.

e plant, which, so far as is known, has been found only at

A rar

Badami, near the station of that name on the Southern Maratha

Railway in the oereeraeed of Bombay. It flowers during the cold

season.—T. Coo

. 1, a cluster of flowers ; 2, a flower; Tn calyx Jaid open, and section of padi

containing two ovules; 4, sta nda rd; 5, aw g-petal; 6, a keel- te net! AL andrecium ;

8, uniovulate ovary—the usual cond, tion ; 9, ioe fruit. Ali en

Pl 2754

f *

pa TS sept

MS delet lath.

Piate 2754.

BRACHYSTELMA JOHNSTONI, JN. £. Brown.

ASCLEPIADACEH. Tribe CRROPEGIE®.

B. Johnstoni, V. £. Brown (sp. nov.) ; species ab omnibus hactenu

descriptis corollw lobis longissimis supra densissime albo-villosis dis.

tinctissima,

Herba 9 9 bt ane alta. Caulis ramosus, compressus, puberulus. Folia

opposita, 4-14 poll. longa, 1-2 lin. lata, linearia, acuta, subsessilia,

longus, eC arena lobi baal 2 lin. iat in danas socal filiformes

3 poll. longas attenuati. Corona exterior cupularis, 10 dentata,

atropurpurea ; Gentes intus ad apicem retrorsum barbata. Corone

interioris lobi 4 lin. longi, lineari-oblongi, obtusi, antheris incum-

bentes.

British East Arrica : 0 srs Protectorate ; at Fort Ternan in

Nandi district, Sir H. Johns

A most distinct and remarkable species ; the very long woolly tails of

the flowers, which are clustered at the top of the stem, give it a very

unique appearance. —N. E. Bro

Fig. 1, sepal seen from the inside, biglandular at the base ; 2, coronal body; 3

lobar of the outer series of the corona; 4, pollen-masses. All enlarged.

Pl. 2755.

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Wetted Bich dh

Hanhart unp.

PuLate 2755.

LANDOLPHIA KIRKII, Dyer.

Apocynacem. Tribe PLUMERIOIDER.

Landolphia re ae in Kew Report, 1880, pp. 39, 42; Stapf

in Flora Trop. Afric 55; L. Heudelotit affinis differt corollis

minoribus, ovario gates: ted nervis numerosioribus.

Arbuscula cirrhis ramosis scandens, cortice rugoso-tuberculato,

novellis ramulisque primum velutinis, ramis deinde glabris nigres-

centibus albo-punctulatis. olia lanceolata vel oblongo- ad lineari-

lanceolata, 1-4 poll. longa, ad 14 poll. lata, he attenuata, inter-

dum acuminata et basi rotundata, breviter petiolata, membranacea,

supra lete viridia et Aste subtus pallidiora et ts eal nervo medio

boiacnes nervis lateralibus patentibus prope margi tomosan

tibu ymee terminales, fusco pubescentes, vel Laapitar ‘paiune atee

et iecke thyrsoideo- -corymbosx, pedunculo deflexo 2-5 poll. longo, sien

Sepala ovato-elliptica, obtusiuscula, carinata. Corolla tubo silane

superne dilatato calyce duplo longiore, lobis tubum subsequantibus

linearibus acutis externe puberulis. _Anthere oblonge, acute.

stigmate cylindraceo bifido. Fructus pee: ad 3 poll. Jongus.

Semina plurima, angulata, diametro ad 9 lin.—Z. elastica, Vatke ex

Dewévre, Caoutch. Afric. Monogr. Lanlsiph, p- 45; L. polyantha,

K. Schum. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. p. 452; Vahea Kirkii, Sadeb. in

Jahrb. Hambur _ uence Anstalt, ix. i, (1891), p. 226; V. elastica,

ce. p. 46.

TropicaL East AFRICA : Hoge East Africa to the Shire Highlands,

where the typical form gro

The development of the important india rubber trade of East Africa

was entirely due the energy and sagacity of Sir John Kirk. As

early as 1868 he sent specimens of the present species and rubber made

from it to Ke This is collected in a way s perhaps unique in

ch i

any rubber-yielding plant. Some of the milk from a wound is gine

to coagulate. The pellet so obtained is applied to a fresh cut, ‘and

being turned with a rotary motion, the exuding milk i is drawn off like

silk from a cocoon.’ It is said that by working hard one person can

collect 5 Ibs. of rubber per diem. According to Sir John Kirk, Landol-

phia Kirkii ‘yields os best rubber of the enema coast.’ a os “

uce the natives to collect it. ‘Every on

engaged in the inetd and the experiment in consequence sill :

But it eventually ‘ created a new trade for all those classes pees mea

of subsistence came to an end’ with its suppression.—W., T. THIsELTon-

Dyer.

Fig. 1, a flowering branch—na/ural size ; 2, a flower-bud ; 3, an expanded flower ;

4 and 5, ‘entra 1 and dorsal view of anther ; 6, gynzceum-—all enlarged ; 7, fruit—

cae al s

PL.2756.

bet

eae

ree

Hanhort inp.

W. Hood. Fitch hhh

PLATE 2756.

LANDOLPHIA PETERSIANA, Dyer.

ApocynacEx. Tribe PLUMERIOIDE®.

Landolphia petersiana, Dyer in Kew Report, 1880, p. 42 ; Stapf, Flora

Trop. Africa, iv. p. scandenti affinis differt corollae tubo quam

lobis multo breviore, folioram nervis minus numerosis

Arbuscula ope cymarum cirrhiformium scandens, novellis ramulisque

us minusve ochraceo-velutinis, ramis nigrescentibu p is

Folia oblonga vel oblongo obovata, 15 1. longa, ?—2 poll. lata, apice

obtusiuscula, a ] vissime acuminata, basi obtusa, interdum

utrinque plus minusve rotundata, chartacea, supra saturate- subtus szepe

flavido-viridia, crebre reticulato. venulosa, utrinque sparsim puberula

deinde glaberrima. Panicula longe pedunculata, laxe thyrsoidea,

pedunculo 2-5 poll. longo, ramis paucis patentibus, deinde deflexis,

capitulis ferrugineo- -pubescentibus. Flores sessiles, capitatim congesti ;

alabastra } poll. longa. Sepala lanceolata, acuta. oroll tubo

canescenti inferne dilatato, lobis tubum subwequantibus lineari-lanceo-

latis acutis giabris margine fimbriatis. Anthere lineari-oblonge,

Fructus globosus, ad 2} poll. diametro, denique le a

onga.—L, 8 candens vars. petersiana, rotundifolia et china

niana, Hallier f., Kautsehuklianen Be ahrb. urg. Wissen

Anstalt XVil. (1890), 3. Beih. ‘cn 83 ; Aneylobothrys "petersiana ‘et

A. ro tundifolia, Pierre in aris

lughbeia petersiana et W. senensis, “Blotesch i in Peters, Reise Miusssiabs

2 .

Bot. i. pp. 281, 282

Tropica, East Arrica: British pestle Africa to the mouth of the

Zambesi, iors the typical form was fou

The rubber of Landolphia petersiana does not coagulate sponta-

neously on exposure to the air like that of Z. Kirkii, ‘the juice being

some other way similar to that used in Madagascar or the Brazils.

The product is said, however, to be of an inferior quality. —W. T.

THISELTON- DYER

Fig. 1, a flowering branch—xatural size; 2,a flower; 3, a stamen; 4, a pistil—

all salads 5, fruit —natural size.

Puate 2757.

SAPIUM STYLARE, Muell. Arg.

Evupuorsiacex. Tribe Crorone.

S. stylare (§ Emmenostylum, sect. nov.), Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxii.

119 ; a speciebus omnibus mihi cognitis lamina foliorum basi

culata recedit.—Hacecaria stylaris, “Muell. Arg ). Prodr. xv. 2,

p- 1204. Sapium biglandulosum var. moritzianum in Herb. Mu us.

Brit. non Muell. Arg., vide sub tab. nostr. 2647.

VENEZUELA: near the former German colony of Tovar, south-west

of Caracas, A. Fendler, 1231 ; C. Moritz, 1775. Ecuapor: eastern

side of the Andes, H. Jwmelle.

A representation of this species, which is most nearly related to

sl., plate 2647 of this work, is here given, because what

e sam

side of the Andes of Ecuador and yielded caoutchouec of inferior

quality. Only leaves were sent, but they are so exactly like those of

typical S. sigiore: including the ‘pasal auricles, that I think the identi-

fication is beyond doubt. “The leaves were sent under three names :

caucho blanco, caucho verde, peo by sgioee morado ; yet they are quite

indistinguishable from each o an rof, Jumelle (Revue des—

ture

Ecuador, where it is never found below about 3300 ft., and asce

to upwards of 8000 ft. It flourishes best and eee ged _ greatest

quantity of rubber at elevations above 5000 ft., wher n

temperature ranges from 57° to 61° Fahr. Further asic het will

be found in the publication cited.

It may be useful to add here some aad nee to what is known of the

species of Sapiwm of the Western Province of Ecuador. Dr. Pau

Preuss, formerly director of the Botanic Ga ae. Victoria, Cameroons,

was depu y the Berlin Colonial- Twirtochaftiiohea Koaitics to visit

America in the ete of tropical agriculture, and in his excellent

report, Hapedition nach Central- wn Siid-An nerika, he describes and

figures the species of api ae et with in Western Ecuador, He states

(p. 385) that he met with three species of Sapiawm, two of which inhabited

the lowlands, and the third exclusively the highlands. The last is by

far the most valuable, he adds, furnishing the _ true caucho blanco

Colomb The two species of the lowlands are the source of the

caucho andullo sie or cauchillo, and — the name palo de leche,

milktree, in common. The highland species was Patrese referred

by Preuss to 8. verwm, Hemsl. (plate 2647 of this work), and the other

q . 12), wh

that they will ettescly prey’ to be forms of one and the same species—

‘welche beide sich auch j edenfalls nur als Formen einer und derselben

Art herausstellen w tan.

Through the kindness of Dr. I. Urban, the Assistant Director of the

Berlin Botanic Garden, Preuss’s specimens have been sent to

comparison, and, so far as one can decide from leav es os I ere

the highland species is correctly referred to my S. verwm , Which is the

only one besides S. stylare known to me as having persistent ae

In this connection it Paioald be mentioned that the Bri tish Museum

specimen cited in the letterpress to plate 2647 as Sapiwm bi glandu-

losum, var. moritzianum, Muell. Arg., is not that plant, but typical

S. stylar

With aid to S. utile and S. decipiens, they are caper the

same, and the species should bear the former name. It is distinguished

ute

“From the foregoing it seems now an established fact that S. stylare

and S. verwm both extend from Colombia to Ecuador, and Apt the

latter ial i a superior quality of rubber—W. Borrinc Hemst

Fig. 1, portion of a branch, bearing stipules and base of petioles ; 2, portion of a

leaf showing the auricled base of the blade and the two glands o n the petiole; 3, a

portion of the male part of an inflorescence; 4, one of the ie glands of a brac-

eole; 5, a frnit : 6, a section of the same ; 7 and 8, seeds, All, cacept fig. 7,

nlarged.

ct “etna

Pity eee

M.S. delet lith.

Puate 2758.

TRIPLOCHITON JOHNSONI, C. W. Wright.

TRIPLOCHITONACEA.

. Johnsoni, C. H. Wright; a 7. scleroxyloni, K. a floribus

hermaphroditis, antheris bilocularibus, ovulis 4—6, differ

Arber alta, ligno molli. Folia palmatim 5—lobata, 5 poll. longa,

minuta ; petiolus 3 poll. lorgus. icule axillares, petiolis breviores,

cymose, circa ore, bracteis deciduis ? a partitus, 7 lin

, inque dense appresseque rufo-sericeus ; | ti, acuti,

valvati, patentes. Petala obcordata, basi late unguiculata, 7 li ga,

a, utrinque pilosa, alba, bas rophorum

1-2 lin gum, pubescens. Stamina circa 20 ; filamenta filiformia

libera vel basi brevissime connata; anthere 1 lin. longs, dorsifix,

oblonge, curvatee, loculis 2 Anduplioatis demum e connectivo revolutim

dehiscentibus ; staminodia 5 , late ovalia, concava, glumacea, uninervia,

glaberrima, 1h lin. longa. "Carpella 5, ad apicem gynandrophori, a

agecageg velata, libera, oblique lanceolata, 1 lin. longa, rufo-pube-

centia ; stylus subulatus ; ovula 4-6, ad suturam ventralem affixa.

West Arrica. Gold Coast: Anum, W. H. Johnson, 813. Native

Owa wa.’

name ‘

K. Schumann (in Fng/. Bot. Jahrb. xxviii. p. 330) gives as a deecnagt

of this genus ‘antheris monothecis,’ but in the present plant the two

flat cells of the longitudinally curved Seance are folded Saeirs so as

to lie side by side ; dehiscence takes place by longitudinal slits close to

the connective on the ventral side, and the wall of both anther-cells

I consider it better to place this plant in ck aastatac than to make it

the type of a new genus.—C. H. Wricut

Fig 1, gynandrophore bearing stamens and scarious staminodes which conceal the

Hii Te with portions of calyx and two petals at the base; 2, front view of a petal;

3, side view of the subpeltate ret of the petal; 4, an anther; 4, cross section of

the same; 6, pistil and some of the scarious staminodia; 7, a carpel in longitudinal

section. "All, except fig. 2, rot ita

PL 2759

_ M.S. del et ith.

Pl 2760

-MS.del. et hth.

Puates 2759 and 2760.

VATERIA SEYCHELLARUM, Dyer.

DIPTEROCARPES®. Tribe VATERIE,

V. Seychellarum, a 98 in Baker, Fl. Maurit. p. 326 ; foske Bot. xvi

. 103; Brandis, Journ. Linn. Soe. xxxi. 44; ; species habitu

re. ceylanicce, a ae “iffert petiolis longioribus, gianinibas indefinitis,

sepalis haud reflex

Arbor 80-100 ae alta, ramulis petiolisque canitie fulva obtectis,

denique glabriusculis. lia elliptica vel obovato-oblonga, ad 9 1.

subtus prominentibus, petiolo tereti, ad 4 poll. longo, stipulis ignotis.

Racemi ee 14-2 poll. longi, pauciflori. lores breviter pedicellati,

glabriusculi, } poll. ope Sepala ovata, obtusa, fructu minime accreta,

nequaquam recurv etala obovata, erosa, apice m avi nibusque

incurvis. Siattna' ‘perplura, apiculo brevi munita ; anther valvis

exterioribus majoribus. Ovarium glabrum. ructus globosus rng

metro sesquipollicaris, calyce persistente suffultus, pericarpio fibros

Semina in fructu prec ermin otyledones carnose, petio-

voles orbiculares, ad basin auriculate, plano-convexe, externe radiato-

cate, ra iculam iucurvam crassam complectentes.— Vateriopsis

Bejck ellarum, Heim, Recherch. Diptérocarp. p. 94.

SEY s: near Port Glaud, Mahé, J. Horne; Mahé, without

weet hasnt H. P. Thomasset

This interesting species is the most tele a of the order as

now usually lim ited. The une expected o e of so marked an

Indo- Malayan type on a distant island composed "of bebe rocks is a

act of great interest in geographical bot Tt was discovered in

1874 by Mr. John Horne, FLS., Tate ‘Director of Gardens and

resin, formerly used for incense. The tree is now becoming scarce and

‘large trees are now only found near Port Glaud (erroneously pao

7ox-DYER.

PLATE 2759.

Fig. 1, a flower-bud ; 2, section of a flower from which the sepals and petals have been

remoy “ey 3and 4, different views of an anther; 5, cross-sectionofanovary. Al enlarged.

Prate 2760.

Fig. a fruit; 2, the e, from which a portion of the pericarp has been

Blak OO 3-5, ped iaiet pore in different stages. All natural size.

PL 2767

MS.deLetlith

PiLateE 2761.

EURYA OBLIQUIFOLIA, JHemsl.

TERNSTREMIACER.

E. obliquifolia, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; a spe vapid sinensibus mihi

cognitis foliis brevissime petiolatis basi obliquis differ

7” parva vel frutex 10-pedalis, ramis floriferis graciliusculis

rectis "eanloas: hirsutis. Folia disticha, subsessilia, vix coriacea,

oblongo- lanceolata, 14-4 poll. longa, maxima 1} poll. lata, longe

binive dae os et fru as s maturus in eadem goer Treviakions

pedicellati ; aa oe similes sed minores. Sepa/a puberula,

rotundato-oblonga. tala obovato-oblonga, infra medium coalita,

demum, saltem in rey recurva. Stamina circiter 15, quam petala

tertia parte breviora, filamentis filiformibus glabris. Ovarinm glabrum,

3-loculare, stylo glabro breviter heen * petala excedente. Bacca

ovoidea vel fere globosa, circiter 24 lin. diametro maximo, glabra.

Semina numerodsa, compressa, circiter 4 lin. pave ts punctulata,

basi cayernula vacua instructa ; embryo axilis, curvatus

CHIN mountain forests south-west of Mengtze, at 5000 feet,

A, Sued, 10914, LODL4 A.

Another new cig of the same affinity from the same district

my be described

E. Henr nryi, Hemsl. ; ab. E. obliquifolia, ies foliis basi rotundatis

differt ; ab Z£. distichophylla, Hemsl. ( our nie inn, Soc. xxiii. p. 77

Bories glabris petalis subacutis differt

Arbor 10-pedalis (A. Henry). Rami florifert elongati, gracillimi,

recti, dense s etuloso-hirsuti. Folia disticha, seo sime petiolata,

coriacea, anguste lanceolata vel interdum in eodem ramo oblonga vel

ovata, 3-3 poll. longa, 3-8 lin. lata, longe scommnnth obtusa, basi

rotundata, vel interdum utrinque rotundata, obscure arcteque denti-

culata, subtus secus costam et in margine plus minusve setulosa ; costa

supra impressa, subtus elevata. Flores feminei glabri, 23-3 li

diametro, 1-3 in foliorum axillis, brevissime pedic ellati. Bracteole

sepalis similes, minores. ag ts ae subacu a, quam peta a multo

viora. etal

CHINA: mountains to the east of ici at 7000 feet, A. Henry,

132,

Fig. 1, a male fl wer; 2, a section of the same; 3, a female flower: 4. a section of

the — 5, a fruit; 6, a seed; 7, a section of ‘the same showing the embryo. All

enlarged

Pl 2762

Bey

7 (ka

Nisan iF

Oey,

M.S. delet lith.

PLATE 2762.

POLYADOA UMBELLATA, Stap/.

ApocyNnacEs. Tribe PLUMERIOIDES.

P. umbellata, Stapf, in Fl. Trop. Afr. iv. part i. p. 103 ; ab altera

specie —* foliis majoribus, nervis magis remotis, ovulis numerosi-

oribus differt.

abe 24-30 ped. alta, ligno durissimo ; ramuli novelli admodum

compressi, exsiccando nigrescentes vel rufo »-fuscescentes, adulti lenti-

cellis sparsis verruculosi. Jolia ate vel lato-oblo one breviter

gue infra admodum prominente, nervis secondariis utrinque circiter

10-14 obliquis ultra rsticrsiies rectis utrinque (imprimis vero infra)

prominulis, venis inconspicuis ; petiolus —{ poll. longus. /Vores in

fasciculis subsessilibus, rarius "distine te pedunculatis, terminalibus vel

pseudoterminalibus multitloris vel in inflorescentiis umbelliformibus

congestis ; pedicelliad 1} lin. longi. Calyx resinosus ; sepala rotundato-

ovata, fc) tusa, coriacea, intus glandulis numerosis cylindricis obsita,

; Pie

; Eh lat et,

Kautschuklianen i in “J ahrb. Hamburg. Wissensch. Anstalt, xvii. (1899),

3. Beih. p. 190.

Wrst AFR ICA : oo Ibadan Forest, Punch, 12 ameroons,

8; Ca

Mbanga Mountai gl aang f, 2300 feet, Staudt, 130 ; ; Bipinde,

500 feet, Zenker, 1707, 729.

Elliotiz. T have already called attention to it tego ‘Journ. Linn. Soc.’

xxx. Loe ie Ae ; but as the material then at my disposal was very

oly

adoa are the eerie position of the inflorescences, the submembranous

g. 1, portion of calyx and interior — ae — of corolla, paar inser-

ef stamens and pistil; 3 and 4, anthers in different position; 5, nae r part of

pick and stigma ; 6, longitudinal section ei capa to show ovules

PL 2763.

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semi

pore

NTS:

Puate 2763.

ANDROTIUM ASTYLUM, Stapf.

ANACARDIACES. Tribe MANGIFEREA.

Androtium, Stapf. Genus novum Buchananie arcte affine, sed

antheris incurvis apice ob connectivum dilatatum bilobum quasi

auriculatis, stigmatibus sessilibus distinctum

Flores hermaphroditi (?), 5- rarissime 4-me Calyx brevis, seg-

mentis subrotundis imbricatis. Petala iio imbricata, patula vel

apice demum recurva. Stamina 10 feataat me 8), basi disci extus

inserta ; filamenta iat eat i el subulato- hineatia incurva ;

u ngens. Carpella 5, libera; unicum fertile subglobosum,

dense tomentosum, stigmate subobliquo subterminali sessili inter pilos

occulto, cztera sterilia, solida, oblonga, extus curvata , pilosa ; ovulum

a b )

reticulata, ‘petiola ata. Flores parvi, breviter eotoatlen in ‘panicu as

breves multifloras axillares conferti.

astylum, Stapf eee unica). Rami juveniles dense fulvo-

Be etbes hi citissime glabrati, teretes. Folia elliptico-oblo nga, breviter

et suboblique acuminata, basi subacuta, 15-4 poll. longa, 1-2 lage lata,

in gemma subtus dense fulvo pubescentia, citissime glabrata, matura

coriacea, nitida, nervis secundariis utrinque 9-10 uti eecatees

4 lin. longi. Calyx 4 lin. longus ; segmenta ciliolata, laxe pube-

scentia. Letala cahnitita, viridula, vix 1 lin. longa. Anthere }-} lin.

longe. Drupa semipollicaris

Borneo : Sarawak, near Kuching, Haviland, 2860.

Androtium (évip and ériov) has quite the facies of a Buchanania, of

which it has also the peculiar structure of the gynzceum in common.

It differs, however, from Buchanania in the curiously shaped, strongly

inflexed anthers, and in t essile sti bar:

rs, which

After the fall of the corolla

the fertile carpel soon outgrows the barren ones, losing at the sam

time the hairs when the stigma becomes visible. It had, however, in

the flowers I examined, the appear; f ntary organ,

I found, in fact, among the more advanced carpels or young fruits

up to I lin. long, only one in which the ovule had started growing into

a seed.—Orro Srapr.

_ Fig. 1, a flower ; 2, petals and portions of the andrecium and disk ; 3, portion of

disk separated ; 4, a stamen ; 5 and 6, pistillodia; 7, fertile earpel; 8, section of the

same showing the ovule; 9, a fruit; 10, an embryv, All, except fig. 9, enlarged.

PUL 2764

M.S. delet lith.

PLATE 2764.

EUCORYMBIA ALBA, Stap/.

APOCYNACER, Tribe TABERNEMONTANOIDES.

Eucorymbia, Stapf. Genus novum ex affinitate tosgpaioe! a

sed calyce mox deciduo glandulis intracalycularibus

annulum confluentibus resiniferis, estivatione corolle deterred. ‘sti

mate elongato cylindrico indiviso distinctum.

Calyx mediocris, herbaceus, intus basi glandulis numerosis carnosis

usve in annulum fusis copiose resiniferis cinctus ; la 5,

imbricata, elliptica, obtusa ac inzequalia, anthesi perfecta

vel prius dua. Corolla hypocrateriformis ; tubu (a

ad tertiam partem) graciliter cylindricus tune sensim ampliatus, a

medio latiuscule cylindricus, ore nudus ; lobi perlate obovati, sub-

i i, dex

obliqui, ampli, trorsum obtegentes, subrecti amina 5, paul

infra medium inserta, inclusa ; anthere callo lineari-oblongo insidentes,

vix conniventes, a stigmate fere tote libere, lanceolate, acuminate,

basi 2-lobx, loculis ima basi prominentibus, appendicibus solidis corneis

connectivi pedi tota fere longitudine adnatis eocum sulcum formantibus,

pede ipso ima basi barbato. Discus annularis, brevissimus, subundu-

latus. Carpella 2, libera, in stylum comer oe stigma

eylindricum, obscure pentagonum, obtusum, integr basi annulo

viscoso instructo et ejus ope connectivi wen ubi- bax alates aggluti-

natum ; ovula numerosa, plur copie sisson ignotus.—Frutex

glaberrimus, Folia ppostia, papyracea, petioli utringue

linea elevata transversa hy gona tipi cataribes nullis, glandulis

axillaribus minutis. nflorescentiz terminales, cymoso-corymbose,

laxiuscule, 5-7-flore, breviter pedunculate, fordus amplis conspicuis

albis loiginboals pedicellatis

E. alba, Stapf (sp. il Rami graciles, — fistulosi. Folia

oblongo elliptica, breviter vel brevissime abru inata, basi

a parallels : petioli subgraciles, circiter 6 lin. longi. Corymbi

2-3 in ramulorum apicibus ; ec ad 2} poll. longi; bracteze

esha pedicelli demum ad 1} poll. jong), graciliusculi. Sepala,

2-34 lin. longa. Corolle tubus~ 1g ad 2 poll. longa, inferne } lin.

superne 2! lin. dimetiens ; lobi 14-1} poll. longi, ad 1} poll. lati.

Anthere 4h lin. longi, connectivi dorso pilosulo.

Bor Sarawak, near Kuching, Haviland, 2300; Saribas,

Pactnars ‘ol jaar 1572.

Although the fruit of Zucorymbia is unknown, it is evident from

all the other characters that it belongs to the Tabernemontanoidee.

It resembles Callichilia, a genus from tropical West Africa, in man

w i ca

early deciduous, as in Orchipeda and Voacanga, but the sepals are

free to the base and fall singly, and the ring of intracalycular glands

remains on the torus. The dextrorse estivation is also ver charac-

teristic. It occurs, in the tribe of Tabernzemontanoides, outside of

Eucorymbia only in the section Anartia of Ervatamia,—Orto Srarr.

Fig. mete disk, ring of intracalycular glands and two sepals ; 2, anther, front

view. Both enlarged.

Pl 2765

Ca!

SE A /

MS. dal etlith

PLATE 2765.

ERYNGIUM CRASSISQUAMOSUM, Hemsl.

UMBELLIFER.

E. (§ Ss meagnedony pro) ceca lnc (sp. nov.) ; ab EF. pec-

tinato, Presl, capit minoribus numerosioribus, involueri bracteis

multo minoribus ae carpellorum pontine majoribus differt.

Herba ut videtur saltem 2-3 ped. alta. Caules graciliusculi, recti,

rigidi, striati, supra medium alternatim ramosi, ramis terminali bus

- 1 tet

vel alternis linearibus longioribus 9-10 lin. vont asi seepe state

minuta ornatis ; caulina prope basin paucispinosa, inferiora longissime

caudata. Capitula numerosa, globosa vel ellipsoidea, seepius 6—9 lin.

diametro maximo, ore striatis vel suleatis, Jnrolucri bractee

circiter 9, rigidwe, 6-15 lin. longe, deflexe, integre. Palee rigidissime,

uam

longiora. Styli breviores vix divergentes. Carpella pertingeh non visa)

undique squamis magnis crassis spongiosis vestita ; vitte dorsales 5,

commissurales 0 7—£, pectinatum, Seem, Bot. Voy. Herald, p. "94, non

Presl.

Mexico: Sierra Madre, Seemann, 2136.

name Sierra Madre has been given i elds pape ranges of

)

mountains in Mexico, and old and n are nif in this

res Th ra Mad of emai journ . is , Or

age partly in Sina In the ‘ Royal Atlas’ the mountain range

the confines of North ‘Sonora and Chihuahua bears this name, as

pe a range in Guerrero, where E. W. Nelson collected.

Eryngium crassisgquamosum, Hemsl., is one of several species which

have been taken for EZ. pectinatum, Pres, Particulars on this point

are given in the letterpress to plate

The Mexican and Central Seriont species of Eryngium may be

roughly classified by their leaves into four sections, namely: 1, Znermes ;

2, Setosu-dentate ; 3, Aculeate ; 4, Spinescentes ; the last being more

robust and rigidly spinous than section 3

The following briefly ic inte species belong to the Spinescentes,

and are similar to £. er se ate Hemsl., , especially in having

narrow, undivided voliieat bract

E. Palmeri, Hemsl. (sp. nov.).

Herba 4-5 ped. alta inflorescentia subternatim ramosa, caule gracili-

usculo. Folia radicalia fere linearia, 1-2 ped. longa, remotiuscule

spinosa, spinis oppositis vel alternis sepe sotantes minuta basi ornatis ,

caulina pauca, multo minora, basi spinis confertis. Capitula subglobosa,

9-12 lin eect Involucri bractee circiter 9, inzequilonge, fere

acicnlares, edentate, longiores bipollicares. alec flores excedentes

Pet.

etala apice denticulata. Carpel/la (matura non visa) squamis acutis

tita.

Mexico: Rio Blanco, Jalisco, Palmer, 681.

Pringle’s 7623, Hills near Guadalajara, Jalisco, and Nelson’s 4003,

near Sct cemes ango, Jalisco, are ska sg y this species, but I have before

nly drawings of the spec

E. loon, Hemsl. (sp. os

Species #. Palmeri, Hemsl., similis sed gracilior, minus rigida, foliis

usque any apicem pei Fons spinis sepius binis subequalibus. Cap itula

pauca, globosa, 9-12 lin. diametro. Involucri bractee circiter 7, lanceo-

late, 2-3 lin. longe. Petala apice "eciiolata. Carpella immatura

squamis acutis omnino vestita.

co: Near Tepic at 5000 feet, Welson, 4174. Specimen in =

Hates States Siete Herbarium ; drawing of the same at Kew.

W. Borrinc Hemst

Fig. 1, a pale; 2, a flower; 3, a very young fruit; 4, a petal; 5, cross section of a

very young mericarp. All enlarge ed.

Pl 2766

M_5.del et hth

Puate 2766.

ERYN GIUM PECTINATUM, Presi.

UMBELLIFER.

E. (§ Spinescentes) pectinatum, | Presi, ex DC. Prodr. iv. p.

6 ;

inter species vis, involucri

bracteis angustis alte plurispinosis sat distincta.

Herba erecta, glabra, circiter 3 ped. alta, caule 3-4 lin. diametro,

ase alternis vel terminalibus ternis monocephalis. Folia rigida,

nnatim spinoso-lobata, lobis vel spinis longioribus sesquipollicaribus ; ;

radivalia 10-15 poll. longa, absque spinis usque a in. lata, supra

nudis. Involucri bractee sepius circiter 7—9, rigidissime

longe, reflexee, utrimque 1- vel 2-spinose, spinis 2-4 lin. longis. Palee

rigidissim, mucronatz, flores excedent Calycis dentes “late ovati,

apiculati. Petala apice denticulata. Stamina quam petala inflexa

multo longiora. Styli divergentes, quam stamina ane Carpella

(matura non visa), apice tantum =i OR teiRENE 3 Vitte 5, quarum

commissurales, vel 6, 3 commissurales

Iexico: in terris Mexicanis Raison Haenke ; Forét del

Desierto Viejo, Vallée de sey res , Bourgeau, 1177 ; near Ozumba,

State of Mexico, Rose & Hay, 5

Through the courtesy of Dr. je ieee von Beck, Professor of Botany

in the German Univers rsity at Prague, I have been able to examine the

original specimen of £. pectinatwm, Presl, and compare it with the rich

i and

trict, and Rose & Hay’s is the one figured. £. p tinatum is one

the most distinct species of the group ‘to which it eer but Lodsiniat

have named at least half-a-dozen different species canara the

name being more or less applicable to the leaves in each instance.

E. pectinatum, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p, 38=2. columnare, msl.

Te. Pl. t. 2511. . pectinatum, Coulter et Rose in Donnell Smith

* Admirably executed, almost facsimile drawings of this and many other —

received on loan have been made by Miss M. Smith for the Kew collection

Enum. Pl. Guat. ii. p. 29= 2. guatemalense, Hemsl. infra. = Lhe

Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald, p. 294; Hemsl. Biol. Cent . Bot

561, quoad specimen a cl. Seemann lectum= Z, piatenomnne

Hemsl. t. 2765.

The following species belong to the Spinescentes and are similar t

£. OS aie Presi, especially in having spinously lobed involucral

brac

E. guatemalense, Hems!. (sp. nov.).

Herba robusta, neeaig ore pluripedalis, pay juxta gor atesGmez

circiter 9 lin. diame Folia radicalia 1-2 ped. longa, absque spini

usque ad 9 lin. lata, aes totam longitudinem regulariter spinosa ; spin:

sepius 6-9 lin. longee, intervallis sepius 4-6 in. longis, basi spinula

minuta ornate. Capitula numerosa, hemispherica, maxima 1} poll.

diametro. Involucri bractee circiter 10, sat — integre,

usque ad 1} poll. long. Palee flores parum exceden

GUATEMALA : mountains near Hacienda de Chancol, at 11,000 feet,

Nelson, 3654; San Rafael, Zacatepequez, at 6500 feet, Helmrich.

E. stenolobum, Hemsi. (sp. nov.).

Herba 3-4 pedalis, caule 3-4 lin. diametro, supra medium trifurco,

ramis iterum trifurcis monocephalis. Folia angusta, fere linearia,

: ane

fere squalibus tenuibus | — os subglobosa, 9-12

5, ineequales, anguste, maxim 13-2 poll. as seepius trifidee, lobis

etl

vel spinis lateralibus multo 5 yaonsaton ore ced

a at non visa) ad a subset, emi squamis parvis.

Vitte 6, quarum 3 commissurales.

Mexico : Cuernay. Morelos, Rose & Hough, 4393.

Bi op oops in United States Ne pilot Herbarium ; drawing of the same

t Kew

E. monocephalum, Cav. Jc. Pl. vi. t. 553, p. 35.

Mexico: Sierra de Pachuca, Hidalgo, at 10,000 feet, Pringle, 8217.

Specimen in the United States National Herbarium ; ‘drawi ing of the

same at Kew.

This ot ea is included, because several other species have

been comments for

saa related to Z. ca AN Be ‘Heuid ., differing in i narrower

leaves, deflected involucral bracts, and relatively longer pales.—

Botting HeEmstey.

Fig. 1, a pale ; 2, a flower ; 3, a piers —— the commissural face ; 4, a petal ;

5, eross section of a mericarp. Add enlarged

PU 2767

M.S.del.et lth

PuaTeE 2767.

ERYNGIUM MEDIUM, JH/emsi.

UMBELLIFER.

E. &s conaateel medium, pean (sp. nov.) ; species ex attinitate

et £. serratt, a priore involucri bracteis fere semper

dictate pall Soa earn a placed involucri bracteis flores

exce iselistius distincta

Herba glabra, erecta, circiter sesquipedalis, caulibus gracilibus

preeter inflorescentiam simplicibus. Folia radicalia fere linearia,

3-8 poll. longa, spinoso-lobulata, sone Jobulos usque ad 3 lin. lata,

tte obuli e ati 2-3 lin. i

latim pauciramosa, ramulis pedunculisque gracillimis, capitulis seepius

ternis. IJnvolucri Bacio circiter 8, rigide, anguste lanceolate,

4-6 lin. longz, spinoso-acuminate, szpissime integre sed interdum

unilateraliter 1-dentate. Capitula subglobosa, 2-3 lin. diametro,

haud comosa. alee lanceolato-subulate, flores paullo excedentes.

Flores minuti, vix 5 lin. diametro. Calycis dentes oblongo-ovati, apicu-

lati. Petala apice: integra. Carpella immatura tantum visa, pauci-

squamosa, squamis uniformibus.

Mexico: near San Julian, Chihuahua, at 7000 to 8000 feet,

E. W. Nelson, 4929.

have seen only one specimen of this species, which in foliage

res ome forms of #. serratum, Cav. For a proposed rough

classification the Mexican and Central American species of

Eryngium, see the letterpress to plate 2765.—W. Boriinc HemsLey.

Fig. 1, a pale; 2, a flower; 3, a mericarp; 4, a petal, A enlarged.

PL 2768

— MS.del evi

PLATE 2768.

WAHLENBERGIA BREVIPES, Heimsl.

CAMPANULACE.

W. brevipes, JZems/. (sp. nov.) ; species habitu W. Meio

Reichb., sed forma florum subsessilium ab ea omnino recedit

erba prostrata, ut videtur perennis, fere undique glabra. Canes

numerosi, gracillimi, elongati, 1-2 ped. longi, compressi, angustissime

bialati ; internodia quam m folia breviora vel. longiora. olia primaria

alterna, longe petiolata, membranacea sepius rotundato- ee inter-

dum basi subcuneata, maxima 6 lin. diametro, sed se inora,

serrulato-denticulata, pilis paucis minutis conspersa ; sansts lamina

sequante vel breviore. /Vores purpurascentes, 4-5 lin. diametro

axillis foliorum primarium subsessiles, foliis 2 secundariis parvis sub-

oppositis suffulti. Calycis tubus longitudinaliter 10-angularis, secus

patentibus. Stamina inclusa, glabra, filamentis filiformibus ima basi

leviter dilatatis. Ovariwm 3- loculare, multiovulatum ; stylus puberulus,

exsertus, trifidus, lobis recurvis. Capsula ignota

Cutna : forests south-west of Mengtze at 5000 feet, A. Henry,

10941.

This pretty sae oe plant is so like Pratia begoniefolia in

general appearance that it was Pita or a congener before the

flowers were examined. “Ww. TTING HEMSLE

Fig. 1, a flower; 2, the same with the corolla removed; 3, a stamen. All

enlarged,

Piate 2769.

GLUMICALYX MONTANUS, Hiern.

ScROPHULARIACES. Tribe DiciTaLes,

Glumicalyx, Miern. Genus novum subtribus Ludigitalearum foliis

alternis, calycis segmentis 5 glumaceis, corolle labio postico sub-erecto

atque staminibus 4 a consortibus distinguendum.

Calycis segmenta 5, oblongo-spathulata, inter se wqualia, rigide

glumacea, erecto-incurva, apice glanduloso- mr lateribus inclinatis

i 1 i lat bus calyce

anticum trilobum, patens, postico paulum longius ; lobi omnes rotundati,

, vel marginibus s subincurvis, posteriores altius connati ; eestivatio

4, didynam ze i

U b

breviter exserta, glabra ; filamenta complanata, erecta, corolle tubo

— posteriora longiora uno margine corolle tubo adnata, anteriora

breviora facie corolle tubo adnata ; anthere ovales, leviter curve,

ifixee, stadlunntai uniloculares, posteriores minores, breviter exsertze

subhorizontales, parce polliniferee, anteriores majores, primum sub-

eve, minimum. Discus hypogynus, parvus, carnosus, glaber, unilate-

ralis, Ovariwm ovale, ootusum, biloculare, septo contrarie ah eke om-

Us turus =

proximata, crenato-serrata. Flores ‘eiettan sat numerosi, parvi, bracteati,

subcapitati, in ee abbreviatam feciaansestes devandatale sa ta

Caulis a ee ns, su si sabpaaiien confertim foliosus, basi

sublignosus, superne pilis albidis Weevabins turgidis reclinatis pubescens,

olia obovata, apice o rotu a, b atiuse versus

cuneata, sessilia, tenuiter carnoso- coriacea, glabra vel minute glandulosa,

erecto-patentia, sparsa 3-44 lin. longa 1}—2 lin. lata, secus dimidium

superius crenato-serrata. Flores 3—4 lin. “longi ; capitula circiter 7} lin.

diametro. Bractee rotundo-obovate vel ovales, sessiles, plonicen,

oe, moneaiick Senay glandulosee, nitide, 2-2} lin. longs,

primum concave, tandem subplane. Calycis segmenta minute laadu-

losa, lin. ‘ie orolla 3-34 lin. tei ochroleuca (crcmea)

marginibus aurantiacis ; tubus gla be er, si ae lin. ae ; lobi at lin.

longa. Anthere circiter 1 lin. longer. Pollen seittae ros Tad dia: am.

Ovarium $ lin. longum } lin. latum. Stylus 21-24 lin,

ouTtH Arrica: Kalahari region ; Or. range River Colony, on the

slopes of the Mont-aux-Soure mount ain, 7000 to 8000 feet alt.,

January 1894, only two or es specimens seen, Flanagan, 2018.

The genus stands nearest to Digitalis and a differing from

the former by its suffruticose habit, from the latter by its crenate-

serrate leaves, and from both by the texture of the calyx-segments, the

mode of insertion of the filaments, and the entire not bilobed apex of

the style. Among South African genera it is most closely related to

different, and the leaves are sessile.—W.

Fig. 1, a bract; 2 and 3, Coaataae views of a flower; 4, a sepal; 5, diagram of the

estivation of the lo bes the rolla; 6, corolla laid open, showing the attachment

of the stam ens; 7, pis 8, cross mesion of ovary, showing that the placentas

searcely meet in the prddl All enlarged.

Puate 2770.

XYLOPHRAGMA PRATENSE, Sprague.

BicnoniacEx. Tribe BiGNONIEX.

a qua differt fructus valvis brevioribus, crassioribus, in duas

Xylophragma, Sprague. Genus novum ex affinitate Saldanhee,

partes

findentibus.

Calyx tubulosus, truncatus. Corolla infundibuliformis, intus prope

staminum insertionem puberula. Stamina antherarum lobis fere

horizontaliter divaricatis rectis, connectivoque lato. Ovarium breve,

stylo juventute tetraquetro, Discus parvus, cupuiaris. Ovula pro

loculo 6—-8-seriatim affixa. Fructus valve lignose, crasse, demum

thaigitodinaliter fissee.—Frutices scandentes vel volubiles, Peruvice orien-

talis Brasilieque incole,

Xylophragma pegs iho Tecoma pratensis, Bur. et K.

Schum. in Engler u. Prantl Pflanzenf. iv. 3. 238. Bignonia

pratensis, Poepp. ea Bur. en i Schum.in Mart. F L Bras. viii. 2,

Saldanha pratensis, Bur. et K. Schum

Perv : Tarapoto, in sylvis, as 4232.

Xylophragma id icinhoes Sprague (species altera). Bignonia

myriantha, Cham. in Linnea, vii. (1832), p.684. Tecoma myriantha,

DC. Prodr. ix. p. 2 990. Sa Idanbeea myriantha, Bur. in Vidensk. Meddelel.

naturhist. Foren, 1893, p. 104; Bur. et K. Schum. in Mart. Fl. Bras.

viii, 2, p. 255.

S. Brazit, Sellow.

Saldanhea is one of the three genera separated by Bureau and

Baitlot, on the discovery of their fruits, from Cuspidaria, DC., and a

first included on ly the two species S. pater ah Bur., and S. conferti-

a, Bur., both from Brazil, to which Otto Kuntze ry eey Gen. ii. p. 480)

added a third, S. seemanniana, from Panama and Trinidad. These

three are the ‘only undoubted species of pees which we have

seen. In 1893 Bureau transferred Bignonia myriantha, Cham., to

Saldanhea, and finally in the Flora Hranhionsis Bureau and Schu-

mann added SS. pratensis and two doubtful species, S. heterocalyx and

S. bracteata ; at the same time, however, Schumann pointed out the

close affinity of S. myriantha and S. pratensis = each other, and

observed that, till the nature of their fruit w s known, it would

remain 1 doubtful iarats they really belonged to the genus a

The v of the fruit of S. pratensis (Spruce, 4232), p — in

the Kew et hawed at once ae new genu ‘Wood gee to

be created to receive that spec and S. my? panhe: Additional

anther lnkox: Wiesced style, a the large number of rows ee

ovules in each chamber of the ovary. The stricture of the wood is

essentially the same as in csaehgtu According to Spruce the main

stem of _Y. pratense measures a foot i n diameter, and the ae

thea are purple, have a jas like that of the Primrose.—T. A

Spr:

Fig. 1, pertion of corolla showing attachment of stamens; 2, pistil and disk ;

3, transverse section of ovary. dll enlarged.

-PL2772

MS. del et th.

Piates 2771 anp 2772.

PARAGONIA PYRAMIDATA, Bur.

BiegnonracE&. Tribe Bicnonies.

Paragonia 2 elo ep Bur. in Vidensk. Meddelel. naturhist. Foren.

1893, p. 104; A. Schum. in Engler u. Pra ssl ier iv. 3 B.,p. 219;

Bur. et K. Sohith; in Mart. Fl. Bras. viii. 2, p. 182.

Bignonia pyramidata, Rich. t. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. i. (1792)

P. 110. B. laurifolia, Vahl ane Am. ii. oe 44(1 796). B. ehretioides, Cham.

n Linnea, vii. (1832) p. 7 B. rupestris, Gardn. in ook. Lond,

Joa. Bot. i. (1842) p. 79. ‘B. lenta, Mart. ex DC. Prodr. ix. p. 159,

partim. B, martiusiana, DC. Prodr.ix., p. 156. B.Sinclairii, Benth. Bot.

Voy. Sulph., p.129. Tabebuia pyramidata, De. ‘Prodr.ix. ,p. 214. Temno-

cydia lenta, Mart. ex DC. 1c. p. 159, partim, T. elliptica, Mart, ex DC. 1c.

pp. 156 et 176 (haud Bignonia elliptica auct.aliorum). Pachyptera um-

belliformis, DC.1.c. p. 1 P. dasyantha, DC. 1.c. p. 176. oe (?)

surinamensis, Mig. in spiel an xviii. (1844) p. 250. abideea

dichasia, Donn. Sm. in Coult. Bot. Gaz. xx. (1895) p $Bpetes

unica,

TropicaL America: Mexico, Atoyac, Kerber, 178 ; Tabasco, Playas

de Paso ancho, Rovirosa, 241. Guatemala, Escuintla, J. Donn. Smith,

2048. Honduras, San Pedro Sula, C. Thieme (J. Donn. Sm , 5393) ;

Ruatan Island, Gaumer, 86. Costa Rica, Tucurrique, Tonduz, 12799.

Trinidad, Fendler, 519; Port of Spain, Lockhart, 169. Colombia,

Panama, "Seemann, 400 ; ‘Cuming, 1179 ; Panama, Sinclair ; Cundina-

marca, Jervise. Pern, “Monteries: Pears. Bolivia, Coroico, Pearce.

Demarara

Jenman, 487 ; im egirotta French Guiana, Poiteau. Dutch Guiana,

Miquel ; Hostmann, 211. Brazil, Rio Trombetas, Spruce, 537 ; Prov.

Rio de Janeiro, Oardact: 78 ; 7’ woedia, 1347 ; Glaziou, 6720 ; Burchell,

2138. Paraguay, Bellavista, Hassler, 8418.

Var. tomentosa, Bur. et t K. Schum., Brazil, Burchell, 6362.

bl ae illustrate better than the species under consideration

the nik aoe ich prevailed in the Bignoniacee prior to the revision ~

Originally described from Guiana under the name Bignonia pyrami-

data, this plant now possesses fourteen other synonyms, three of which

are here reduced for the first time, while the remaining eleven have

been verified. It actually appears in De Candolle’s Prodromus as

seven distinct species belonging to three different genera, but, singu-

larly enough, has not previously been figure

When in fruit the finely warted convex valves of Paragonia pyra-

midata afford a ready means of identification ; in flower, it apd be

Sag ppranitees is that by Schumann in the Flora Brasiliensis. The

present figure is of im Thurn’s Corentyne he specimen, except the

fruit, which is Joana 1341.—T. A. Spra

Prate 2771.

Fig. 1, calyx laid open, showing pistil and disk; 2, part of corolla, showing

lets of stamens; 3, anther from the back; 4, transverse soction of ovary.

All enlarged.

Pate 2772.

Fig. 1, a fruit; 2,aseed. Both natural size.

Pirate 2773.

BAMBUSA OLDHAMI, Munro.

GRAMINES. Tribe BAMBUSEX.

B. Oldhami, mae in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1870), p. 109;

affinis B. kingiane, Gamble, spiculis duplo m+ sole antheris

mucronatis, i minus diviso, ‘foliis minoribus distin

Frutee ad 50 ped. altus, ramosissimus. Culmi stricte-erecti, basi.

diametro pluripollicares, fistulosi, — ae pallide virides, demum

lutescentes arum delapsarum cicatrices

annulatim prominentibus ; rami 2. fie gh solitarii, graciles vel

crassiuscull, hae See. innovationum ad vaginas latas 6—1U poll.

0 mox emarcidas densissime tenuiterque striatas intus nitentes

]

acuminate, basi ro tundate, innovationum ey p seth ramulor

5 poll. long, ille ad 12 he ad 1} poll late, supra neat subtas sub-

lauce, infra primo sepe pubescentes, deinde glabrate juniores

ovate, magis minusve acuminate vel stan ad 9 lin. longe, multinerves,

glabree, margine tenuiter ciliate. Palew valvis paulo breviores, bicus-

g idate, intra et extra carinas ciliatas plurinerves Ledicule plerumque

2 oblong, ciliate, 15 onge. Stamina 6 ; anthere mucronate,

mucrone pilis minutis abies. Ovarium eavitie stipitatum, ovoideum,

ut stylus ad vel fere ad medium 3-fidus, longe pilosus, stigmata

plumosa.

Formosa : Tamsui, Oldham, 648 ; Takow, cultivated in a

for the edible shoots, Henry, 1955. South Formosa, Mari

The drawing was made from specimens, communicated by Dr.

F. Franceschi of the Southern ae ioe Acclimatizing Association,

Santa Barbara, California. According tv him, this bamboo, which

)

and Mar ab ove

o be practically identical with them. The original of B. Oldhami

differs slightly in so far as the branches are “considerably thicker

a t th

of some of them is of the same kind as in the other specimens.

B. Oldhami has, like the allied B. kingiana, more the habit of a

Dendrocalamus, but the floral characters are those of Bambusa, as it is

understood at present. I may mention here : connection with this

resemblance, that a part of Hance’s 1050 at Kew, which is quoted

unro under Dendrocalamus, is in fact a Bambusa, so similar

to B. kingiana that the small flowering branchlet of which it consists

cannot be distinguished externally ae it.—Orro STAPF

1, top of sheath and base a blade; 2, two florets, laid open; 3, an anther ;

4,48 arate, 5, pistil, All enlarged

PLatTeE 2774.

RHOPALOCARPUS LUCIDUS, Bojer.

RHOPALOCARPACER.

quence of the original description having been entirely lost sight of,

and partly in consequence of all subsequent descriptions being more or

] i e me h

existing in the libraries of Kew, the Royal and Linnean Societies, but

not the one containing Bojer’s description. For a copy of this Kew is

indebted to M. Casimir de Candolle of Geneva, and it is reproduced

below with a few corrections of obvious misprints, but otherwise as

copied.

‘Rhopalocarpus (Boj.) qui in Hort. Mauritiano nomen Rapolocarpus

male scrib. Ord. Tiliacearum !

‘Rh. alabastris globulosis magnitudine pisi minimi, appresse pilosis.

Calycis sepala 4, orbiculata, concava, subhyalina, ante evolutionem

epali iori i i i

sepalis 2 exterioribus 2 a involventibus, demum reflexis caducis.

Corolle petala 4, sepalis alterna, linearia, tortuoso plicata, albida, basi

longe angus uamosa, cum sepalis caduca na circiter 40,

toro brevi et sub o erasso colorato inserta, fila tis sub-

patentibus subulatis luteo-viridibus tarde deciduis. Ant medifixe,

zontales, ovate, utrin tu ee, facie superna plane,

2-loculares, pollinis globosi ulosis. Ovariwm 1, superum 1-locu-

lare (rarius 2-locul.) loculis 1-ovulatis, disco Jato, ad ortum albo-pilosum,

pilis rigidis post is lignosis evadentibus. Stylus stam

osum, coriaceum, sed facile fractum. Endocarpium in fructu por-

rents opaco-gelatinosum nuci adherens, in sire maturescente (ex

succo) testaceo-luteum, ex succo proprio productum, liberum, aut

ssim pericarpio adherens. Nux Solida, sitttadine latior, reniformis,

transverse posita, nigra, infra m umbilico strophiolato donata,

juxta ieiattetiien pedunculi adherens, cet. libera in cata.

Alb orneum ; processibus plurimis lignosis nigris in albumine

immersis. Cotyledones foliacex, tenues, in foramine albuminis multi

plicate. Embryo inferus r in regione umbilici situs. Radicula

alterna, petiolata, elliptico- ovalia, integ ra, lucida, glaberrima, penni-

nervia. Stipula intra a<illam acum nata, ‘decidua. eesti terminales,

arvi, pedicellis verticillatis. / budias sphericus, spinosus, Aseulum

oa aspectu zmulans, ae ulus solidus, foltiearte apice

accrescens, cum fructu spinoso exacte forma clave antique exhibens,

unde nomen pai (Rhopalon) dave, (karpos) fructus.

‘Rh. lucidus (Boj.). Caule arboreo, foliis elliptico-ovalibus retusis,

mucrone brevi calloso, margine subcartilagineis integris lucidis claber-

rimis, nervis mediis latis albidis, lateralibus tenellis, stipulis intra

axillas solitariis acuminatis deciduis, flores terminales, parvi, pedicellis

sentte illatis, basi bracteis latis abbreviatis persisten ntibus, fructus

spherici spinosi l-loculares 1-spermi, nuces reniformes, nigrs

‘Arbor 068 25 pedalis, trunco brevi recto, cortice levi, ‘ligno albo flexili.

ami veteres recti, juvenes align 3 sagen v. y. pendull, teretes, cinereo-

elbivapiee vided: albo-puncta amt Folia

alterna, elliptico- ovalia, ovata v. © ie vata, integra, retusa v. emarginata,

interdum call cronata v. mutica, crassiuscula, haud coriacea, sub-

: inata, utrinque

3 poll. longa (inclus. petiolo tenello 7 Ber pollicem lata, interdum

minora, vetera margine chartacea ; ne mediis latis supra planis,

subtus convexiusculis, albidis (ex sicco af Pinietent ibus) venis tenellis

vix conspicuis. Stipula unica axillaris, tri seeds: acuminata, petiolo

de tatem

duplo breviora, decidua. Flores ad extrem ]

foliis breviores, ie fugacei. Pedunculi pais, be v. axillare

raniulosi v. simpli apice pedicellis ternis quaternis vorticillatim

umbellatis strictis wahtnoenn 6-lin. longis glabri sl is

orbiculata, vix lineam diametro, concava, viridi-lutea. Petala linearis;

basi angustiora, er a oe albida, — sepalis duplo longiora,

caduca, (Stam. Anth. Ovar. Styl. ut n gen.) Spinis fructus crebris

monies duris acerosis lineam ei assim Stele si Fruc

maturus exsuccus albidus, l-spermus, rarissime 2-sper

Mapacascar: sandy plains in Bombatok Bay, Western Coast

Bojer, 1824. Since cultivated at Mauritius, Kew, Ca a and other

places. Kew possesses one of Bojer’s original specimen:

Some passages in the foregoing description are not very clear, and

in some cases it either does not agree with that observed, or does not

cover the whole range of variation observed in the various organs.

For instance, the sepals are sometimes 3+3 with 3 petals, and the

ovary is 2—3-celled with 2—4 ovules in each cell.

e seed is indeed very setae. It isa depressed spheroid, broadly

ribbed with shallow, narrow furrows, and the attachment to the peri-

a circular projection corresponding to the chalazal point from which,

and other points of the testa, nipple-like and club-shaped masses of

tissue grow into the horny albumen. The minute embryo with

foliaceous, lobed and undulated cotyledons occupies a cavity at the

base

Eh opalocarpus has been doubtfully referred to the Tiliacez, Cap-

The late Dr.

paridacee, Ternstreemiacee, and Flacourtiacee. Baillon,

who described two additional s species—A, triplinervius * Adanithin,

x. [1871], p. 106) and & thonlirtiotisi (¢ Bull. Soc. Linn. Par.’ i. [1883]

least four species in the Kew oe one of which is probably

R. thouarsianus, Baill. The others a

R. similis, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; foliis iis R. lucidi, Bojer, simillimis

sed fructu verruculoso non echinato differt

CenTrRaAL Mapacascar: Rev. R. Baron, 3361.

R. longipetiolatus, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; a R. triplinervio, Baill., foliis

amplis fructu grosse verrucoso recedit.

Ramauli oo sericeo- ema ay Folium unicum visum longe

petiolatum, c m, , fere orbiculare, 5-6 poll. —

margine ical ton, sis suena tum, basi vix cordatum, a ope

icem trinerve, venis conspicue veticala kin’ petiolus teres, 2 + po

longus. Fructus compressus, didymus et 2- locularis vel eabglobewus et

1- locularis, immaturus usque me 1} poll. latus, undique grosse irregu-

lariterque spongioso-verrucosu

Nortn Mapaaascar : Rev. R. Baron, 6479.

Flo are wanting of all the five species known except the

cdiginad: RE lucidus. For the fresh specimens used in preparing the

to Maj i

, Caleutta, who took much trouble to

procure flowers and ripe fruit.—W. Borrina Hems.ey.

Fig. 1, portion of B ashy with the base . a petiole and interpetiolar stipule (or

connere stipu eS a tetramerous calyx; 3,a petal in which the mucilaginous (?)

a en i

base of the e style e igdateral in consequence of ‘The development o

the same laid open, csi the one seed and an almost cbbitewated 1 robe ait aie

large projection on es ne is part of the pees cnlasety ges ot Ah eupper

part of the removed t n from the outside; 12, the

seed from which the te besa r ved, showi aetbe ase ; rte Nes ane sake

the top with the stopper-like chalazal p: - 15, vertical section of a ; ho

- sais gree tissue from the chalazal end and other points, and the small embryo in

avity;* 16, embryo. All, except 10, 13, and 14, more or less enlarged :

15, slightly ; 16, very much.

* The shading of ene ek tae failed in the printing, so that this darker tissue has

the appearance of cay

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PLATE 2776.

CAROLINELLA CORDIFOLIA, Hemsl.

PRIMULACES.

ordifolia, Hemsi. (sp. ahs ; a speciebus hucusque cognitis foliis

eis cordatis omnino differ

Herba perennis, scapigera, novellis plus minusve ferrugineo-

tomentosis, demum fere undique glabra. olia longe petiolata, papy-

racea ; etiolus gracilis, an -semiteres, enguste “alat tus, 3-9 poll.

longus ; Jamina papyracea, elliptico ov pate. vel rotundato cordata, lobis

basilaribus obtegentibus, margine setaceo- denticulata et obscure

lobulata, supra glabra vel cito “glabrescentia, subtus precipue secus

venas ferr ugineo-puberula, costa subtus elevata, venis plimariis

diametro, 7 -8 lin ongi, cymoso-racemosi, cymis fructiferis elongatis,

graciliter pedicellati, peclicellis brevioribus bracteis linearibus suffultis

dimorphi, alii staminibus altius affixis stylo brevi consociatis, alii

staminibus medio tubo affixis stylo elongato consociatis. Calyx minute

puberulus, tubulosus, 5-costatus ; lobi angusti, acutissimi, erecti, tubo

paullo breviores. orolla sparsissime ‘minuteque puberula, hypo-

craterimorpha, limbi lobis subquadratis erosis sinu unide nticulato.

Orarium glabrum. Capsula calyptratim dehiscens, ora demum fim-

briata. Semina ignota.

Cuina; Mengting mountains, Yunnan, in forests at 7500 ft.

A. Henry, 10890.

have figured this second species of Carolinella in order

Soha the generic character (given under plate 27 26) which, after all

amounts to vy tle more than the calyptrate capsule, as distinguished

ei as rimu

nswer te inquiries, Dr. Henry wrote :—‘ The Carolinella, with

ree cordate leaves, was collected by me in sad corel = Mengting,

south of the Red River, in a direction somewhat south-west of

Mengtze. This was the extreme limit reached rag me ona weap I made

south of the Red River, after crossing the great range, which is the

watershed between the Red and the Black iver, in a densely wooded

virgin forest country. I turned back after descending two or three

miles of the southern slope of the range, exactly at the point where

T discovered this plant. It grew on the side of the bank down the

mountain, in the shade of an immense tree with a trunk eight feet in

diameter, and in other similar shaded places.

A third species from the same source is :—

C. obovata, LHemsl. (sp. nov.) ; foliis oblongo-obovatis facile dis-

tingaitur.

ba perennis, acaulis, scapigera, fere omnino glabra, Folia

breviter petiolata, ag ¢ Semus venosu-rugulosa, oblongo- obovata vel

obovata, cum petiolo 1-6 poll., sepissime 3— £ poll., longa, maxima

supra medium 2 poll. lata, apice late rotundata, basi cuneata vel

erecti, teretes. lores rosei, circiter 5 lin. diametro et gi,

cymosoumbellati, cymis 5—10-foris, graciliter ee pedicellis

gt ores ore te bracteis parvis linearibus sutfultis, dimorphi

ut specie preceden Calyx glaber vel cito platens, breviter

itis tata 5-costatus, i ntibus acutis tubo equa alibus. Corolla ypo-

Pserimsephs, limbi lobis bilobulatis. Ovariwm glabr um. Capsula

ignota.

Curna; on cliffs in forests south-east of ener Yunnan, at

5000 ft., A. Henry, 10626, 10626 a, and 10626 B

It is probable that a thorough study of the Primulacexe of China

will lead to further generic alterations.—W. Borrinc Hems.ry.

Fig. 1, section of a long-styled flower 7 C. cordifolia ; 2, section of a short- styled

flower; 3, cross section ot an ovary ; 4, basal part of an old eapsule ; 5, young fruit.

il enlarged.

VOL. VIII.—PART IV.4 [JANUARY.

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

SIR WILLIAM T. THISELTON-DYER,

K.C.M.G., C.LE., L.D., Sc.D., M.A., F-B.S.

HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD;

DIRECTOR, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW,

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PLate 2776.

CALANDRINIA GRANULIFERA, Penth.

PoORTULACACE.

C. granulifera, Benth. I. Austral. vol. i. p. 176; species ramulis

fructiferis recurvis et capsula nigra nitida poro apicali dehiscente

insignis.

Herba monocarpica, 2-4 poll. alta, a basi multiramosa, glabra, ramis

gracillimis, /olia carnosa, radicalia rosulata, spathulata, integra, 6-8

lin. longa, caulina pauca, similia sed minora. Flores numerosi, albi,

circiter 4 lin. diametro, unilateraliter cymoso-racemosi, breviter pedi-

cellati, bracteis minutis cito deciduis, cree a ovato-rotundata, circiter

llin longa. Petala sepius 7, angusta, 14— = longa, acuta Stamina

petalis duplo plura. Semina numerosissima, aa poll. diametro

t AusTRALIA : Dedari, twenty-four miles west of Coolgardie, at

atioak t ,400 feet above sea- -level, G. H. Thiselton-Dyer.

r. Bentham described this plant from rather advanced specimens

eatiectat by Drummond on the Swan River. He states that the

capsules are usually indehiscent, but after being steeped in water for:

some time they open at the top by a circular pore. There are also

indications that they split into two or three valves at a later stage.

Plates 2776 to 2783 were drawn from specimens collected between

Perth and Coolgardie, in 1903, by Mr. G. H. Thiselton-Dyer, son of the

Director of Kew. Mr. Thiselton- Dyer, who is a mechanical engineer,

and was engaged on the official tests of the pumping machinery for the

Coclgxedia Water Supply, makes no pretension to botanical knowledge,

but in the very little leisure he had, he succeeded in drying a collection

of about two hundred species of plants, Having no means of transport-

ing large parcels, and acting on advice, he confined himself almost entirely

to small and chiefly inconspicuous plants, which constitute a Host inter-

esting element in the flora of West Australia, This llection

a number of curious plants, including two new genera baie a con-

siderable ber of new and very rare species. Some of them had been

collected previously by Dr iels and Dr. E. Pritzel, though the

descri re tually published. To these gentlemen, who

made very extensive collections during 0-1902, as well as to

8. Le Marchant Moore, who also collected in the same region, I a

greatly indebted for assistance in determining a r of doubtful

i I Iso to record here the valuable assistance

e€ ave

received from Mr. L. Farmar in comparing this and other Australian

collections.—W. Borrina HeEmstey.

Fig. 1, a flower; 2,a petal; 3, part of the stamens; 4, pistil; 5, capsule laid

open showing the insertion of the seeds; 6, a seed; 7, section of the same, showing

the embryo, A ad.

SERIES IV. VOL. VIII. PART IV,

Piate 2777.

ERICHSENIA UNCINATA, Hemsl.

Lecuminoss, Tribe PopAtyriex.

ichsenia, Hems/. Genus novum inter ceo et Daviesiam

sed apolie calycis forma, mara leacg a diffe

Calyx grea tose ; lobi leviter SR Be rotundati, tubo duplo

biu ib

breviores ; la superius xstivatione interius, loborum marginibus

contiguis vilvatie’ ; labii inferioris lobus intermedius omnino exteri

Petala omnia unguiculata ; vexi lu pointy ; ale dolabriformes ;

de elope aha fo Folia alterna, simpli cia, ds bree atiplata

Stipule bracteiformes. Flores mediocres, racemosi, bractea

E, uncinata, Hems/. (species unica). Frutex nanus, a basi ramosus,

ut videtur, vagans et forsan interdum major quam specimina sub oculis.

Caules ramique glabri, teretes, graciles, virides. ‘olia pauca, teretia,

maxima semipollicari , apice uncinata tel, purpureo-striati,

mollibus herbaceis. Calyx pilis longis albis sericeis dense vestitus,

oblique campanulatus, subbilabiatus, petalis plus quam dimidio brevior ;

lobi_ rotundati labii superioris rabie? res. Petala, preter vexillum,

. een glabra, omnino inclusa ; filamenta filiformia.

ari brum, obliquum, oe filiformi curvato incluso ; ovula 2,

pabcctiakeralia, distincte funiculata

West AustratiaA: Railway between Cunderdin and Dedari,

G.I. oo

s genus is named after Mr. Frederik Ole Erichsen, with whom

Mr. Thissite on-Dyer was associated as assistant at the official tests of the

mping machinery for the Coolgardie Water * Supply. This gentleman

Ve ae 776.

here is s always some risk in establishing a new genus ‘in such a

natural bo wi as the Leguminose, but the present plant is a very

distinct one, and, su far as I can Measet had not pawusly been

collected.—W. Borrine Hemsie

Tee ig. * a olsen’ and stipules — - branch ; 2, calyx laid open and pers

stamens removed; 4, ard; 5, a wing-petal; 6, keel spread o

: ciel wees laid open. AU pk ang

Puate 2778.

PEYLLOTA GEORGII, J//emsl.

Lecuminosm Tribe PopaLyRiex.

P. Georgii, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; species ex aftinitate P. igi,

F. Muell., a qua foliis dimidio idapeitea apice inermis differt,

mollia, SBIeBce 1-2 lin. longa, secu rete gel at obtusa

stipule nulle in ramorum apicibus densissime capitat

brevissime pedicellati, aureo-purpurei, 4-5 lin. longi ; Oage: bibrac-

teolati, bracteolis anger mene brevioribu sericeo-

similia, dolabriformia, apice rotundata. Stamina inclusa, ima basi

coherentia, filamentis filiformibus glabris, antheris conformibus.

Ovarium breviter stipitatum, pilosum, biovulatum, stylo filiformi

glabro incluso, Ovula distincte funiculata, ut videtur, estrophiolata,

egumen ignotum

West AustraLiA: Railway between Cunderdin and Dedari, G. H.

e absence of seed it is difficult to determine whether this

plant au be referred to Phyllota or Pultenea ; but the absence

of stipules, the slight cohesion of the stamens, the distinctly stipitate

ovary, e apparently ecarunculate ovules point to the former

Bonin as characterised in Bentham and Hooker’s ‘Genera Plan-

arum.—W. Borrinc Hemstey,

1, a leaf seen from below; 2, calyx laid open and pe 3, standard ; 4, a

vin petal 5, a keel-petal; 6, half of the stamens; 7, ovary in section. All

enlarged.

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PLATE 2779.

VERTICORDIA ROEI, £nd.

Myrracee. Tribe CHAMELAUCIE®.

V. Roei, Endl. in Ann. Wiener Mus. der Ni aturgesch, vol. ii. (1838),

p. 194; yietdes a V. insigni foliis parvis crassis concavo-convexis

recedit,

utes nanus, giaber, ahs ramosus, ramis gracilibus. Folia

profunde plumoso-fimbriata. Petala 5, quam sepala breviora, crassiora,

ovalia, aia dentata vel simpliciter fimbriata. Stamina 10, brevis-

sima, cum staminodiis palmatifidis ee alternantia. Ovarium

10-costatum, esa oa'e infra medium tomentosum, uniloculare, a

brevissimo. Ovula 2, placentz basilari Serre collaterniees ails

r Australia : Railway between Cunderdin and Dedari, G. H.

ri lest -Dyer

ponenea bin, Austral. vol. iii. p. 28) dealt with Verticordia Roei,

Endl., as ‘ appearing to be only a small-leaved variety’ of V. insignis,

Endl., ak with more complete materials there is no doubt that it is

apecifically different. The late Sir Ferdinand Mueller called Seaton

to this fact when sending a specimen from the sources of the Blackwood

River, collected by Miss Cronin, in 18 t I cannot find that he

published anything about it. In the Botany of the Elder Expedition,

ueller and Tate (Zrans. Roy. So lia, vol. xvi. pa

[189 4), a specimen of this species is referr ig

This was collecte P. A. Gwynne, es north-east from

Esperan ay r also a specimen in the Ke rba

from the Oldfield Range, collected by G. Maxwell. An original

specimen, collected . Roe, is labelled ‘ Interior, 8.W. Australia.’

Kew now possesses JV. Rovi from five different and distant localities,

and all the specimens agree in character, except that the one from the

Blackwood River has unusually eis g pedicels. —W. Borrine Hemstey.

Fig. 1, a pair of leaves — to branch; 2, a edge) etnies by bracteoles ;

’ ealyx-lobes two of the xed outer series and o the inner erect series ;

a petal; 5, one of the tas aE 6, stamens and stam inades Yi Siiabeiins 8, pistil ;

ry section of ovary, showing attachment of the ovules, “Au enlarged.

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MICROMYRTUS ERICHSENII, Hemsl.

Myrtackm. Tribe CHAMELAUCIES,

M. Erichsenii, Hems!. (sp. nov.) ; species M. Drummondii simillima

sed ab ea pedicellis quam folia brevioribus floribus minoribus et sta-

minibus 10 recedit.

Frutex glaber, dense — ramis virgatis. Jolia ericiformia,

conferta, oblongo-clavata, 3-14 lin. longa, appressa, concavo-convexa,

subtus carinata, crebre nigro-punctata. flores albi, circiter 1 lin.

diametro, ad axillas solitarii, breviter pedicellati, pedicellis apice

articulati. Calycis tubus 5-costatus ; lobi minimi, rotundati. Petala

orbicularia, circiter 5 lin. diametro. Stamina 10, alterna sepalis oppo-

sita minora. varium l-loculare; ovula 2, ad apicem placent

sliformis a basi ad apicem loculi adscendentis collateraliter pendula.

ructus indehiscens. Semen unicum. Embryo semini conformis ;

coty ae minime ; cotyledones ac hypocotyledon reflexe, radicula

crassissima.

vt AustraALiA: Dedari, twenty four miles west of Coolgardie,

Als i ,400 feet above sea- lev el, G. H. Thiselton-Dyer.

The full description of this plant leaves it a “igi —

whether it is specitically different from Jf. Drummondii, B he

same thing was collected by R. Helms, of the Elder Exploring Bxpedi

tion, 1891, at Gnarlbine (about 121° E. long. and 31° §. lat.), and by

Pritzel (n. ” 863) east of Southern Cross. These eee are all in the

same inland district, while Drummond’s specimens are from the Swan

iver. The filiform basal placenta is not shown in our figure, having

been at first ov gem in these exceedingly small structures.—

Botting Hemsi

a leaf; 2, a flower; 3, the same, from which two of the petals have been

ile Bd 4, stamens ; 5, section of ovary, showing ovules; 6, embryo. Ali enlarged.

PLATE 2781.

THISELTONIA DYERI, Hemsl.

—

Composirz, Tribe Heticuryses.

Thiseltonia, Hems?. Genus novum ex affinitate Pithocarpe, sed

involucri bracteis omnibus latis tenuissimis glabris et antheris ecaudatis

iversum.

Capitula homogama, multiflora, discoidea, floribus omg mae

omnibus, ut videtur, fertilibus. Jnvolucrum hemisphericum ; bract

multiseriatze, imbricatm, omnes tenues, ecostatee, viter chguivdlates

serierum 2 exteriorum breviores, cordiformes, rubescentes, ceterze

albze, ovatie. Receptaculum fere planum, nudum. Corolle regulares,

ulose. Antherw oblong, apice connectivo producto membranaceo

appendiculate, basi obtusiuscule beled Rai mucronate. mit dents

apice gate. barbellati. Achenia calva Reaper nant.

gracillima, ramosa. Folia alterna, subulat Capitula sereninali,

distincte salaneatity Flores minuti, numerosissimi,

T. Dyeri, /Zemsl. =e ee

fere filiformibue Pr abla Dales ina gi Folia lineari-

subulata, semiteretia, maxima 6-8 lin. longa, vix acuta. Capitula

6-8 lin. diametro. Involucri bractee interiores lamina alba petaloidea,

unguiculo scarioso perlucido medio costa viridi instructe orolle

tubus sursum leviter dilatatus, glandulosus ; limbi lobi ovato- Janceolati,

acuti, Lea . Achenia minuta, oblonga (matura non visa) puberula,

Pere

West AustraLiA: Dedari, twenty-four miles west of Coolgardie,

at 1, 400 feet above sea-level, G. H. Thiselton-Dyer.

oe ri seeigher in the accompanying plate is the only one

he absence is important in classification, though re

not sure that shots ai is best placed next to Pithocarpa, with which

it agrees in the i cral bracts being very numerous and arranged

in many series, and sh aving no pappus. The very minute flowers

are difficult to examine in a dr ied, pressed condition, as the glandular

corollas stick together in an almost solid mass.—W. Borrina Hemstey.

Fig. 1, a 0 attached to a branch; of the outer bracts of the involucre 5

3, one of the conte anya nates ¢ af the phasis 4, a flower; 5, anthers; 6, style-

arms. <All enlarged,

PuaTe 2782.

VERREAUXIA DYERI, £. Pritzel.

GooDENIACER.

Vv. tie E. Pritzel (sp. nov.) ; ex affinitate V. Reinsanites Benth.,

sed tomento villosiore tlavescente cinereo na ulto copiosiore, et in

foliis et in inflorescentia calycibusque diversa.

Frutex erectus, pauciramosus, circiter ped. altus, sed spe

multo humilior florens, omnino densissime Scenes cinereo villoso-

tomentosus. /olia in partibus superioribus sub inflorescentia con-

ferta, obovata vel oblonga, basi attenuata, 1-2} poll. longa, dense

adpresse flavescente cinereo-tomentosa. Rami spicigeri paulo ramosi,

dense villosi. Spice elongati, interrupte, sed efoliate, apice densiores.

Flores subverticillate aggregati, subsessiles ; : bract eole breves. Calyx

ciliatum. Ovulum sca, basi affixum. ok ¥

WEs ear 14: Waranzering, Helms. ; Marmion, eighteen miles

south “Of Menzies, L. Diels, 5191 ; railway between Cunderdin and

Dedari, G. H. Thiselton-Dyer.

Dr. Pritzel writes 5 ini ny validity of this species as distinct

from J. -peslge tae Benth., the numerous i pedotsee of the latter

in the erbarium from he Swan River, Champion Bay, and

Murchison Bae nding have, be least, a very “different appearance.—

Bortine Hem

Fig. 1, an expanded flower ; 2, pistil in section, showing the ovule and two calyx-

lobes attached ; 3, dorsal L view of a corolla-lobe ; 4, dorsil and ventral views of an

anther; 5, upper part of style with portion of indusium removed, AU enlarged.

PuLaTE 2783.

MICROCORYS DIELSII, Hemsi.

Lapiatz. Tribe ProsTantrHEeREe.

Microcorys Dielsii, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; _— a IM. barbata foliis

complicatis et floribus multo majoribus differ

Frutex ramosus, ramis gracilibus rigidisque minute puberulis.

Folia opposita, breviter petiolata, rigidiuscula, lineari-faleata, 4-1 poll.

longa, arcte complicata (saltem in siccis), puberula, apice br reviter

uncinata. Sores wae solitarii, distinete ‘Pedicellat circiter

5-dentatus ; dente erecti, pier ata he ser longiores. Corolla

deuslete coat ; labium inferius trilobatum, lobo intermedio

majore obcordato, ‘omnibus crenulato-undulatis. Stamina di-

dynama, inclusa, antica longiora ; filamenta basi dilatata, barbata ;

anticorum anthere inequaliter biloculares, loculis connective applanato

separatis ; posticorum anther unilcculares, connectivi appendice appla-

natocristato. Discus oo. Nucule juveniles apice pubescentes,

stylo filiformi glabro inclus

West Auvustratia: Railway between Cunderdin and Dedari,

G. H. Thiselton-Dyer.

the differences in the stamens appear to no more than specific

value. age reer is a the best define ious of the group. ~

W. Bortine Hemsi

Fig. 1, tip ofa folded 3 2, bracteoles, part of calyx, disk, and pistil ; 3, corolla

laid Sick showing attachm t of stamens ; ; 4, anther and upper part of the filament

of one of the anterior pr ; 5 and 6, anther and upper part of the filament of one

of the posterior stamens. Al enlar arged,

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PuaTE 2784.

LINDERA AROMATICA, Brandis.

LAURACES.

L. matica, Brandis (sp. nov.); species LZ. assamice, Kur

i ea we, He ie oo ab illa antheris 4-locularibus, ab hac foliis

— distin

Frutex glaber, erectus, valde aromaticus. Jolia baer ices coriacea,

basmaciargs integerrima, lamina 2-6 poll. longa, petiolo $—3 poll. longo,

nervis secundariis utrinque 6-10, arcuatis, ~ debi libus, intermediis ac

tertiariis reticulatis. Flores masculi albi ; : epee eee glabri,

4-6 lineas longi, in ay fasciculati vel breviter racemo Umbelle: in-

volucrate, 5- (rarius 4-) flore, involucri bracteis 4 persstentius basi

minute pilosis, ceterum glabris, pedicellis sericeis. Sepala 14-2 lin.

longa, hyalina, intus dense pilosa ; anther 4- Gexcieiints shane 2-)

loculares, introrse ; filamenta pilosa.

Flores feminei ignoti. Drupe subglobose, in racemis brevibus axil-

sum ; cotyledones carnose ; radicula supera

Burma: Hills east of Toungoo at 2,000 ft., and Donat ol between

the Thaungyin and Haundrow valleys at 4, 000 ft., D. Brandis

e 4-celled anthers * would, at first sight, iis this species in

Liteon In t e, however, LZ. citri ; msl citri-

at, me, Benzoin citriodorum, Si Zuce.), ought also to

removed from L ese two species, with of others,

: se a number

belong to that section of Lindera which has penninerved entire

leaves, and which eventually it may be convenient to establish as a

distinct genus.

The following are some of the more prominent East-Asiatic species

of this group :—

A. Bracts of involucre 4, large concave, persistent until the flowers

open or longer.

a) Anthers 2-celled, leaves deciduous.

1. L. precox, Blume, umbels 3—5-flowered.

* The upper pair of ant in LZ. aromatica is sometimes yery minute, giving the

appearance of 2-celled anther

(b) Anthers 2-celled, leaves persistent.

2. “9 assamica, Kurz, umbels 10-14-flowered. 3. LZ. Meissneri,

te) Anthers 4-celled.

4. DL. citriodora, Hemsl., leaves deciduous, umbels 5- flowered. Siebold

(Museum He i. 366) mentions it under Aperula (anthere rap asad 9

matica, Brandis, leaves persistent, umbels 5-flow

Near (his, oe distinct, are, 6: A shrub or small tree, SP oseen.

5-6,000 ft., Henry 10439, 11395, 11395 A; Hancock 244. Umbels

and flowers cone er arte sgiadgaaest Male only known. 7.

shrub, Ton

Balansa 558, 3430 ; ee only kno

5. Bracts of involucre narrow, ae deciduous,

(a) Umbels many-flowered, leaves deciduous.

8. L. umbellata, Thunb. 9. ZL. sericea, Blume.

Umbel

10. LZ. glauca, Blume, leaves poms 11. LZ. communis, Hemsl.,

leaves persistent.—Dirtricu Bran

Fig. 1, invol two flowers and bases of the pedicels of three others ;

2. a stamen teed a bu a 3 a petal and a stamen of te 0 uter series ; 4, dorsal view

of the same sta pay a Sete of the inner series; 6, rudi imentary pistil from a

male flower. 4’ {1 aati arged

PL 2785

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PLatE 2785.

- LIRIODENDRON CHINENSE, Sarg.

MaGnouiacE&. Tribe MAGNnoLie®.

L. chinense, Sarg. Trees and Shrubs, vol. i. part 3 (Nov. 14, 1903),

p. 103, t. 51; The Chinese Tulip-tree, Hemsl. in Gard. Chro On.

Nov. 28, 1903, p- 370; L. sp. nov., S. Moore in Journ. Bot. vol. xiii

(1875), p. 225; L. Tulipifera, var. ?chinense, Hems/. in Journ. Linn.

Soc. vol. xxiii, (1886), p. 25; L. Tulipitera var. sinensis, Diels in

sede + Bot. Jahrb. vol. xxix. (1901), p

ies a L. Tulipifera floribus dimidio minoribus, petalis angus-

sashes j aeecmentinng carpellorum op ca: tardius soluta et carpellis

maturis apice rotundatis rectisque differ

Caixa: Lushan mountains, See Kiangsi, Shearer, 1875 ;

Maries, 1877 ; Chienshih, Paokang, Hupeh, A. Henry, 5836, 8s 36 A,

5836 B, 1885- 1889 ; Western Hupeh, 1049, Be He. Wilson, 1900 ;

Chenkoutin, Eastern Szechuen, R&. P. Farges

The Chinese Tulip-tree has been gradually aie to Western

botanists. Shearer pabey foliage; then Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons

at the same time announcing a fuller description in this place. Shortly

~gieaatoleden Professor Sargent’s figure and description reached Kew,

but as our drawings were already cents and they in some particulars

of L. Tulipifera. Dr. Henry’s 5836 B gee of leaves nig a young

tree, the largest being a foot across.—W. Borrinc Hemsie

Fig. 1, back view of an anther ; 2, front view of the same; 3, a young fruit; 4, a

ripe fruit ; 5, a detached carpel ; 6, lower part of the same, from “grea the wall has

been re emoved, geen ing the seeds. Figs 3 and 4 natural size; the rest more or le

enlarged.

PuLateE 2786.

SWIETENIA MAHAGONI, Jacg., var. PRASCOCI-

FLORA, Hemel:

(Planta juvenilis florigera.)

Meuiace®. Tribe SwIkETENIEx.

S. Mahagoni, oe Enum. Syst. Pl. Carib. p. 7h artes oh

Hist. Carol. vol. ii. p. et t. 81; Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 2, p.

Encyel. vol, iii. R ‘678 (Mahogoni) ; C. ‘DC. in DC. ae pve

vol. i. p. 723, t. 8, f. 11 (Mahog

nte plures 6-10 poll. altw, florigere in Horto Botanico

Trinitensi educate in Herbario Kewensi conservat nt. Cali.

simplex, gracillimus. olia alterna, graciliter petiolata, simplicia,

tenuia, glabra, infima minora, elliptica, utrinque rotundata, cetera

lanceolata, 2- 3 poll. longa, basi rotundata, apice acumi . oe

ci in foliorum superiorum axillis solitarii vel 2-5 aggregati, graciliter

pedicellati, 2-3 lin. dia , pentameri, glabri. Calycis lobi orbicu-

lares, interdum fere liberi, petala equantes. Petala orbicularia, erecta

Tubus stamineus campanulatus, 10-dentatus, petalis pa evior ;

anthere 10, breviter exserte, cass vel po imperfec Discus

nullus. pte rudimentare, solidum, stylo brevissimo, ‘stigmate

amplo capita

The specimens ee this remarkable instance of ener ious

flowering were sent to w in 1896 by Mr. J. H. Hart, F.LS.,

Superintendent of de Royal Botanic Gardens, Trinidad, cn a clue

to their identity ; otherwise we might, = aps, have remained ignorant

of the fact up to the present time. A complete investigation and com-

parison leaves no doubt that these ae are “really juvenile

ts.

eet to our questions Mr. Hart writes: ‘The conditions under

skins they were raised were of the ordinary type ; the seed was sown

in boxes rather — It is probable that at some stage they suffered

from want of water. I cannot remember exactly what ‘became of the

plants, but I distinctly remember their taking on normal growth.’

So far as I know, nobody has ig any general account of the

precocious flowering of plants and its a. <All fie sonia are

familiar with starved seedlings of pres poet Papaver Rheas, an

numerous other plants flowering when less than an inch high ; but

there are many instances of precocious flowering which are not so

easily explained, and the phenomenon is evidently due to a variety of

causes and conditions. Since I first examined the case here illustrated

I have found records of several similar occurrences, and — colleagues

have called my attention to others. O e I cannot enter into

particulars here, but : hope to treat the fr more fully i in another

place at an early dat

. de Canolle (Ph et Végétale, vol. ii. p. 468) mentions the

case of a seedling rose producing a er-bud aimee following

he adds

the development ‘of the pivisboetiia ihe and he t j’al eu

n fleur dans le jardin de Genéve des pins des Canaries Agés de quatre

ans, et hauts de trois pieds Se quoique cet arbre s éleve j jusqu’a

soixante pieds dans son sol natal.’

nt ew Museum alent is a drawing of a pie coco-nut,

ea three simple, bifid leaves aa a small inflorescence growing

t from shell. At this stage the albumen would hardly be

san

vera at ettiiogd mention the common oak and Ailantus glandulosa

as occasionally flowering in the seed-beds. Mébius (Bvitrage zur

Lehre der wheal “der ean p- se states that they die soon

after the eve is not appear to be without ps sanae

Sargent (Sitea, "vol. viii. t. "39 figures a describes a variety o

Quercus virginiana, from one to two ‘feet high, which is common in the

with a trunk six or seven feet in diameter. Professor Sargent does

not state the age at which seedlings of this variety bear flowers and

fruit.

Another remarkable instance of precocious flowering is described

and illustrated by our friend Mr. Ed. André (Revue Horticole, 1894,

37 ich throw: i

p- is a variety of the common lilac, which hick,

fleshy suckers bearing flowers a few inches above the soil, often before

the a rance of any leaves. The rs are equal in colour, size,

nd fragrance to those produced at the ends of the branches of the

normally developed shrub. It is not merely a casual occurr e

phenomenon is a fixed sehr sd of the race or sport. I presume it

can only be propagated veg el

si ory:

Sir hice Brandis (Te udian Forester, vol. xxv. p. 22) fi

a bam endrocalamus bn Seahee. flowering when only siiietece minke

old ees less dak 00

e most recent contri ‘but ution to the records of this kind is by Dr.

J. C. Costerus (Recueil des Travaux pare Néerlandais, vol.i.p. 128

entitled ‘ Pedogenesis ?’ and relates to the flowering of seedling g plants,

two or three inches high, of Melia arguta.—W. Borrine + Hens

Fig. 1, a flower-bud; 2, a young expanded flower; 3, a petal; 4, andreecium

5, part of andreecium and the rudimentary gyneceum ; 6, a flower from an adult

specimen of S. ST ‘Makaaons: 7, andrecium laid open, showing disk and gynzeceum of

the same. i/ ‘enlarged.

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Puiate 2787.

EUPTELEA DAVIDIANA, Baill.

TROCHODENDRACES,.

E, davidiana, Baill. Adansonia, vol. xi. (875) B 305.

ovata, interdum lanceolata vel fere orbicularia, maxima cum peeo?

semipedalia sed in eodem ramo magnitudine vere! (cape 1-5 poll.)

sepius longe acuteque acuminata, "bait cuneata, margine irregulariter

calloso-serrata, venis primariis lateralibus numerosis conspicuis in

dentes excurrentibus. Flores foliis cozetanei vel precociores, breviter

minum numerus variabilis—7—15 (10-20, fide H. Baillon) seepius cir-

citer 12; ty Sage capillaria, 2—5 lin. longa, quam anther nunc breviora

lon

nunc ra; anthere lineares, biloculares, rimis longitudinalibus

dehiscen nite, decum weekren’ connectivo apice in mucronem “ultra loculos

producto, Pollen globosu weve, 25-30 diametro. Carpella rudi-

mentaria staminibus isomera ve pauciora, cassa vel ovula imperfecta

+ nani Flores feminei infra ju xtaque folia —— fasciculata

lati, padisallis 4-6 lin. lon aminodia near “Ca arpella circiter

6- 12, subuniseriata, ans gracilite rque stipitata, parte ovulifera

obliqua, stigmate sessili, matura circiter semipolicaria, seperniieo

apice ala tenui su ubreniformi ventre ala angusta curvata orn: ta, 1-3-

sperma. Semina ab angulo interiori net ovoidea, Meret ai ‘testa

nitida. Embryo minutus, hilo pro —E. pleiosperma, Solereder

in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Gesellsch. oe XVil. (1899), p- 399, vix Hook.

f. et Thoms. in Journ. Linn. Soe. vol. vii. p. 240, t. 2. Z. ’ Franchetii,

Van Tiegh. in Morot, Journ. de Bot. vol. xiv. (1906), p 272. E. Delavayi

Van Tiegh. loc. cit. p. 273. Non Eucommia ulm iste Oliv., vide Hook.

Tc. Pl. ¢ ‘2361, et Harms in Engler & Prantl Natiirl. Pflanzenf. , Nachtriige

zum iL.-iv, p "159.

Cina: Szechuen: Moupin, A. David; Chengkou, cee 1120;

chiefly near Tachienlu, A. E. Pratt ; Mount Omei at 2 ,500 ft., #. Faber

129 ; South Wushan, ‘A. Henry, 7232, | Yunnan, Delavay, 7349 ;

forests north of Me ngtze, at 7,000 ft., A. Henry, 107 Hupeh :

Hsingshan and Fang, A. Henry, 6455, ési8 Ww. Banas, EE. iW Felton,

1018.

I have described this species of Zuptelea, as I understand it, in con-

siderable detail, because Professor Van Tieghem and Dr. H. Solereder

have come to apie different conclusions, working partly with the same

material. be gathered from the numerous collections cited

above, Kew eel a very copious set of specimens, every one of

which I exa e result is the combination of all the

Chinese specimens under Z. davidiana, from which £, polyandra,

b. & Zuce., the original species, a native of Japan, is easily distin-

guished by its mee toothed leaves and uniovulate carpels. £.

letosperma, o 10ms., a native of Mishmi, North-east of

Assam, is certai nly very near the Chinese Z. davidiana, Baill., but I

think it citesirable to follow Dr. Solereder in combining them. The

imperfect Indian oe are amon | those of a “more robust

With the permission of Professor Ed. Bureau ‘iid through the kind

offices = Mr. J. aera I eae been able to examine the actual os

No. 77, cited by Van tae as belonging respectively to the species

named. Briefly stated, the anthers of #. Francheti are sometimes even

shorter than the filaments, and _ carpels are often biovulate and the

mature ones dispermous. My observations on these and other points

have been verified for me by Miss M. Smit ai and Dr, O. Stapf. I also find

that the filaments of some of the stamens in Delavay’s No. 3749 are

as long as the anthers, and I believe that their relative lengths are t

some extent due to age. In all the numerous specimens examined the

number of ovules or seeds, as the case might be, was variable ; in some

usually one or two, in others usually two o three.

e accompanying plate was ecg prepared from Merced S speci-

mens, numbered 1048, and many more drawings were made than are here

published. Miss Smith opened one Oeaty in which ihe found ily one

ovule ; all the others contained either two or three ovules. I have not

found a single instance of a solitary ovule, but Dr. Stapf, who examined

several ovaries while I was writing the foregoing, found, in seven ex-

amined, one uniovulate, four biovulate, and two trievulate. Most of the

ripe carpels i in Wilson’s specimens are three-seeded.

I may add that the leaves present no essential differences, and both

Dr. Henry and Mr. Wilson, who are familiar with Zuwptelea in a living

state, came independently to the — that all our Chinese speci-

mens belong to one species.—W. G Hemstey.

Fig. A, ct nga bogie ng male flowers, —e in —— of four ; B, a bra

bearing fe ails flowers and young leaves ; C, a branch bearing ripe fruit and rally

develo: ee leaves. all natural siz

Fi ract from a male inflorescence; 2s a male flower; 3, a stam 4,

section Bs a dehisced empty 8 anther; 4, 1 from a male yes 6,a

emale flower; 7, section of a —* — shen car rpel; 8, section of a young, triovu-

late carpel, one o aie cy process of a n; 9, a ripe carpel; 10, a section of a ripe,

one-seeded cz a: a section 0 tek two-seeded carpel; 12, a seed; 13,a

carpe

section of the same, ee the post te embedded in the albumen ; embryo. Adi

enlarged.

PLATE 2788.

RHABDOTHAMNOPSIS SINENSIS, Hemsi.

GESNERACES. Tribe CyRTANDRE,

Rhabdothamnopsis sinensis, HWems/. in Jowrn. Linn, Soc., Bot., vol.

xxxv. p. 517 (species wnica).

wculus debilis, a basi ramosus, ut videtur procumbens, Lonicere

hana sesquipollicaria, basi semper plus minusve cuneata, apice

cuta, obtusa vel rotundata, preter partem tertiam inferiorem crenulato-

Sarate: simul in margine ciliolata, bring wo primum parce puberula,

deinde glabrescentia. lores circiter 1} poll. longi, axillares, solitarii,

graciliter pedicellati ; pedicelli quam folia nunc longiores nunc bre-

viores, ebracteolati. Calycis pubescentis segmenta 5, equalia, lineari-

lanceolata, circiter 3 lin. longa, acutissima. Corolla 14-1} poll. longa,

puberula, intus glabra, tubuloso- -campanulata ; tubus leviter curvatus,

prope basin circiter 2 lin. diametro, sursum sensim dilatatus, 4-5 lin.

diametro, longitudinaliter striatus ; limbus oblique bilabiatus, lobis

rotundatis, iis labii inferioris longioribus. Stamina 2, antica, tubo

inclusa ; filamenta infra medium tubo affixa, dilatata, apice incrassata ;

antherse coherentes, dense barbatee. Discus leviter oblique cupularis.

Ovarium elongatum, stylusque pubescens, distincte biloculare, ovulis

numerosissimis ; stylus filiformis, vix exsertus, stigmate distincte

bilamellato. Capsula pubescens, immatura cum stylo persistente

sesquipollicaris, matura absque stylo circiter pole, valvis tortis.

issima, oblonga vel ovoidea, 4+—} lin. longa, utrinque

apiculata, Siveciab- reticulata.

Cutna: Tachienlu, Szechuen, Pratt, 147; Yunanfu, Yunnan,

Ducloux, 120.

estern China is exceedingly rich in Cyrtandree, many of them

very beautiful. The genus Rhabdothamnopsis was founded on the pre-

sent plant, which in general appearance strongly resembles Rhabdo-

thamnus Solandri, also a monotype and the only representative of

the Cyrtandreze in New Zealand. Structurally it is near Bea and

tr sere ie Borrinc Hems.ey.

g. 1, part of aes disk, and peer 2, corolla laid peat showing the stamens and

seeds. All except 5 enlarged.

PuaTe 2789.

GRISOLLEA THOMASSETII, Hemsl.

< i

OuacacE®. Tribe Icactnes.

. Thomassetii, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; a G. myrianthea, are of 89

sola adhuc cognita, foliis major as uci oblongis venis primari

lateralibus paucioribus, inflorescentia mascula multo minore recedit.

r 30-pedalis, dioica, ut videtur sempervirens, ramis floriferis

crassiusculis foliisque glabris. /olia alterna, exstipulata, petiolata,

coriacea, oblonga vel interdum subovata, 3- onga, sed szpius

oll. longa, apice obtusa vel rotundata, integ mascult

5-7-meri sed seepius 5-meri, minuti, in parvas axillares puberu-

las dispositi, sessiles, bracteis minutis ; calyx ec cupularis, sepius 5-

dentatus, dentibus valvatis obtusis ciliolatis ; ; petala minuta, squami-

formia, calycis dentibus isomera et iis alterna ; stamina a seepius 5, calycis

dentibus opposita iis triplo longiora, filamentis crassis carno osis, eri

extrorsis birimosis ; pistillodium minutum, globosum

circiter 3 lin. longum, apice glabrum, carnosum, papilloso-verrucosum,

stylo brevi coronatum, 1-loculare ; ‘placenta ab loculi apice pendula,

biovulata. /ructus drupaceus, anguste compresso-ovoideus, 1-1} poll.

Semen unicum perfectum pendulum, loculo conformum ; testa tenuis ;

albumen copiosum. £mbryo minutus, hilo proximus ; radicula crassa,

conica, quam cotyledones rectz triplo longior

SEYCHELLES : not uncommon in the forest on the Cascade Estate,

Mahé, H. P. Thomasset, 31 and 54.

ge late Dr. cogye founded this genus ig setstars vol. iv. pp. 211-

219, tt. 3 & 4) on specimens collected by Boivin in the islands of

hie and Nossibé, west of ‘ea age Mr. Thomasset, who is to be

congratulated on the number of noveltie d in the virgin

vegetation of his estate, first sent male Pde only, and we were un-

able to say to what order they might belong. Baillon (Histoire des

lantes, vol. 336) de re es the Madagascar species as ‘arbor

adspectu festa al beted nonnullarum,’ and that was our first impres-

sion of the Seychelles species. However, Mr. Thomasset soon supplied

complete specimens, which led to the erga S = the genus. We

are also indebted to him for the figure of the ripe

Baillon describes the normal male flowers as gretalone and he also

found rudimentary stamens in the female flowers.—W. Bort

HEMSLEY.

g. A, . branch bearing male flowers; B, a branch bearing female flowers.

eels

ig--t, inks flower ; 2, the same seen from above ; 3, front and back views of a

fruit ; ic ved ;

tion of sce showing embryo; 11, embryo, wall ie 7, ‘8, and 10 enlarge

PU 2790

CxS €)

it. uf, Vie

cane

W cay

Puate 2790.

MEDUSAGYNE OPPOSITIFOLIA, J. G. Baker.

TERNSTREMIACER,

- oppositifolia, Baker, Fl. Maurit. & Seych. p. 16; Oliver, Ic. Pl.

ante, t. 1252 (species unica).

wtea ramosus, paucipedalis, undique eam ramis crassiusculis,

Folia

S erodie sepius brevissimis ad ramorum apices conferta,

posita, exstipulata, brevissime petiolata, coriacea, rigida, obovata,

oblanceolata, interdum ovata vel oblonga, 1 ll. longa, apie

. e@

rotundata simul emarginata, basi cuneata vel plus minusve rotundata,

sepius oe remoteque calloso-denticulata, venis ultimis utrinque

eximie minuteque reticulatis. Panicule terminales, trichotome, foliis

ticrionta vel interdum ai Sara longiores ; pedicelli graciles, rigidiueul

3-6 lin. longi, basi osi, articulati, sursum leviter incrassati

bractez bracteoleque ea we. flores rubri, glabri, 4-5 pee

Sepala 5, imbricata, orbicularia, circiter 1 lin. diametro, obscur

gyna, gyneceo breviora, filamentis capillaribus ; anther basifixe,

biloculares, inappendiculate, rimis 2 longitudinalibus dehiscentes.

Pollen globoso-trigonum, triporosum, circiter 20 ,s diametro.

Ovarium seem (seepius 20-25 loculare) loculis angustis,

ellipsoideum, abrum, longitudinaliter costatum, verruculosum ;

carpella complicata, fere ad axin centralem jam per anthesin libera ;

styli validi, infra carpellorum apices subuniseriati, tarde decidui,

laris, crustaceus, verrucosus, oblongus, circiter 4 lin. longus, stylo-

rum basibus coronatus, apertus pileatus vel umbraculiformis, 6-7

lin. diametro; carpella a basi septic src dehiscentia, sursum diver-

gentia, apice persistentia. Semina tantum visum) oblonga,

circiter 14 lin. longa et 4 lin. lata, reticulata circumalata, ala ape ees

supra nucleu um producta ; nucleus circiter 3 3 lin. longus s ett tus ;

funiculi columnze centrali persistentes. Hmbryo ignotus

SEYCHELLES : in exposed places at 1,800 ft., ea J. Horn, 1874 ;

summit of Mount Sebert, Mahé, at 1, 700 ft., H. P. Thomasset, 1903.

Mr. Baker described this singular plant from flowering specimens,

and referred it without doubt to the Ternstreemiacez, and Pro

Oliver followed him in placing it in this order. ow, with the fruit

before me, I cannot suggest any alternative, but it is not closely allied

— nape are exceptional in the genera Marila and Haplocla-

i 1

thi the

in itt sleenas, and a fruit ages septicidal dehiscence from the base,

ach

exceptional in n Archytea. In case the other characters are very

different from those of echt gyne. It has also been suggested that

this genus mig elong to the Guttifere, but the anatomical

characters, the seed, and the fruit are not those of that order

Mr. . Boodle, Assistant in the Jodrell Laboratory, Kow, who has

partially studied the a anatomy of Medusagyne, finds that it differs

from the Gutéifere in possessing no secretory cavities, and in the type

of the stomata; the latter being usually surrounded by four to six

epidermal cells. This type of stomata does not mater ially differ from

sent. The presence of cortical bundles in the stem of Me dusagyne is i

an important deviation from the anatomical characters of both (utti-

fere and Ternstremiacee, but in this point it agrees with the neighbour-

ing Dipterocarpacee. From the last-named order Medusagyne differs i in

Consequently the embryo remains unknown ; but the probabilities

are that the seed is Seeslbsainons —W. Borrine Hemstey,.

Fig. 1, a partially expanded flower; 2, a fully riggers flower; 3, the — from

which the sepals and petals have been removed ; different view of the same; 5,

longitudinal section of a gynzceum, hoot the ave ag t of the ovules ; 6, cross

section 0: ame, showing the thick central axis a erous carpels, which

are almost free from each other, at this stage, up to the mepehon s; 7, an ovule;

, an oyule attached; 9, dehisced fruit; 10 and 1], different views of the same Sine

ffe

a ‘seed ; 13, the same. All exc cept 7, 9, and 12 enlarged ; the adits natural siz

Puate 2791.

ALNIPHYLLUM PTEROSPERMUM, Mais.

STYRACEA.

A. pterospermum, Mats. Bot. Mag. Tokyo Bot. Soc. vol. xv. (1901),

p: 67 (species unica).

rutex vel arbor usque ad 50-pedalis, ramis floriferis crassiusculis

rigidis foliisque pilis stellatis ferrugineo-pubescentibus, annotinis gla-

brescentibus. olia, ut videtur, decidua, alterna, petiolata, cras-

siuscula, oblongo- gate ovata vel obovata, maxima 8 poll. longa,

sepius multo minora, obscure glanduloso- petri eae

subtus pallida, venis peimarits lateralibus numerosis conspicu

albi, oso-racemosi, circiter 1 poll. diametro, stellato- pitheantitea:

Calyc ersten 3 dentatus, dentibus brevibus acutis. Petala lanceo-

lato-oblon tusa, basi pores stamina 10, glabra, fere a

medium in ata, alterna filamentis brevioribus ; anther

dorso affixee, biloculares, rimis longi dinalibus dehiscentes, Ovariwm

liberum, basi constrictu m, styloque puberulum, 5-loculare, loculis pluri-

brevissimis.—A. macranthum, Perk. in Engler. Jahr > vol, xxxi. ree

. 488. — Fortunei, "Hemal. in Journ. Linn. Soe.

(1889), p

Formosa : mountains of Bankinsing, A. Henry, 430 ; Central District,

| seintgee ex oays — moy, Fokien, R. Fortune, 27 ;

Ha ainan, B. C. Hen in for at 4,500 to 5,000 ft., Szemao,

alias, A. Henry, 10593, 11608, "11957, 11957 a

I described this as a doubtful species of Halesia, the fruit

and eee were unknown. Dr. J. Matsumura subsequently obtained

complete specimens from Formosa and established the genus Ina-

; is

rmosa, where, as well as se Hainan, it attains a —— y feet.

Henry’s numerous Yunna specimens are labelled : 10, 15, 30, and

40 ft. high ; but there is no dou ri that all the specimens ‘belong to

one species. “_W. Borrine Hemsi

Fig. 1, portion Ps calyx and pistil; 2, a stellate hair a the calyx; 3, portion of

witli and star oa ched ; 4, a cross section of an ovary ; 5, longitudinal seston

of the same; 6. ‘fru t entire and sehissing; 7, as seed 8, an embryo. ll except 6

enlarged ; the aatoe natural si

ie ee

-f o

G Us

;

PLATE 2792.

JUSTICIA PATENTIFLORA, ems.

ACANTHACEH. ‘Tribe JUSTICIER.

Justicia patentiflora, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; ex affinitate J. vasculosa,

Wall., et illi simillima, differt imprimis floribus patentibus corollz labio

superiore breviore rotundato.

rba perennis, erecta, preter flores glabra. Caules subsimplices,

teretes, usque ad 6 ped. alti. Folia petiolata, tenuia, fere membranacea

lanceolata, usque ad 9 poll. longa, acuminata, vix acuta, deorsum

longe attenuata. lores rubri, spicati, spicis ‘axillaribus terminali-

subito recurvus ; labiu perius fere orbiculare, quam inferius fere

imidio brevius, margine recurvum ; labium inferius intus es reine

zequaliter trilobatum, lobis rotundatis patentibus. Stamina 2, inclusa

vel brevissime exserta, supra medium tubi affixa ; filamenta filiformia,

glabra ; anther oblique biloculares, approximate. Ovarium glabrum,

stylo parcissime puberulo. Capsula ignot

Cura : forests south-east of Szemao, Yunnan, at 5,000 ft., 4. Henry,

412773.

In general appearance the plant figured so strongly resembles the

species with which it is compared that it was at first named J. vasculosa,

Wall.—W. Bortine Hems.ey

Hig- ia aH of ate aa oi corolla removed from ~~ = them ; 2, vomige a

disk, and p stil; 3, a corolla laid open, showing the a achment of t mens ;

4, back a fink views of a an anther ; 6, longitu: linal nies of ovary ad disk, All

enlarged,

PuaTE 2793.

UTRICULARIA ECKLONII, Spreng.

LENTIBULARIACER,

- Ecklonii, Spreng. Syst. Iv. ii. p. 336 ; Stapf in Thiselton- -Dyer,

Flora Capensis, iv. p. UT. capensi affinis, sed corolla multo minore

labio infero breviter 3-lobo diversa.

Herba —— perpusilla, inter muscos herbasque nanas vel in solo

humido reptans, interdum cespitosa ; stolones tenuiter filiformes vel

capillares ; Pion e pedunculi basi vel e stolonibus vel e foliis orta

Folia secundum stolones sparsa vel pa d peduneulorum bases

subrosulat ine anguste spathulato-lineares, sagt 9 ge n

fimbriatis Sasceg ulus filiformis, rectus, Sieg tus,

1-6-florus, floribus dis sears ; bractes ‘practeoleque ovato-lanceo-

late vel Reno 4-2 lin. longe, bractee 1-2 infime plerumque

steriles ; pedicelli brevissimi, tandem fere 1 lin. longi. Sepala orbicu-

laria vel ovato-orbicula aria, ad # lin. longa. Corolla pallide Meek ge

vel alba et purpureo-venosa, palato luteo vel tota lutea, 2-25 lin.

um ov

sepius superans, leviter curvatum vel rectum. Anthere }--1 lin. longe ;

filamenta 4 lin. longa; pollinis grana globosa, 30 » dimetientia, vittis

meridianis tenuibus circiter 6. tigma sessile ; sie ere superum

fm)

vel ultra dimetiens. Semina magis minusve a Aa levia, } lin

longa.—JU. ¢ ie a ea Spreng. Syst. v. p. 723, et aliorum (in parte ; non

Spreng. Syst. i. p. 50); U. Lehmannii, "Benj. in Bot. Zeit. 1845,

, a : é A ey ie

213 (e descriptione); U. ewilis, Kam. in Engl. Bo rb. xxxiii

p- 97 parte, non Oliv.); U. delicata, Kam. 1 c.; hyceras,

Schlecht. in E ii. tirrhinum — 8

. Jahrb. xxv ee 1 BS

Linn. f. Suppl. p. 280; Linaria aphylla, Spreng. Syst. ii

South Arrica: In boggy places or in wet sand, from German

South west Africa to the Cape, eastward as far as N orthern Transvaal

n the north and Graaff Reinet and Uitenhage Divisions in the south,

Sprengel credited his U. ancien eta ‘ foliis linearibus eho

strictis persistentibus ;’ but from a specimen in Sonder’s herbari

named U. Ecklonit by Sprengel himself, it appears that the ee aves

described in this way were the leaves of a dwarf or seedling Cyperacea,

with which the Utricularia had been growing. U. delicata

seems to be merely a particularly dwarf state of U. Ecklonii, while

Schlechter’s U. brachyceras is, in my opinion, a short-spurred state of

the same species, rt s to the variety ‘brevicalcarata Oliv. of U.

capensis. Schlechter’s specimens of U. brachyceras (see fig. 14) were

collected on Packhuis Mountain, Clanwilliam Division. Drég nd

the same form, together with the normal one, near Ellebogensfonteins-

berg, Little Namaqualand.— —Orro Srapr

Fig. 1, wisn 9g be athena 2, i apres with the sexpe bien oa 3, bladder

4, flower, typical form ; 5, calyx; 6, upper lip cf cor olla 7, lower li of sulle:

istil and sate ‘side view; ®, ae oa 10, see : Uy flower, ‘ery small state

(U. delicatula, Kam.) ; and lower lips 14, flower

with short- -spurred ole (0. ata, Schlecht. ). Mall ieee pene a

Puate 2794,

a: UTRICULARIA CAPENSIS, Spreng.

LENTIBULARIACER.

capensis, Soe Syst. i. p. 50; Stapf in Thiselton-Dyer, Flora

Capensis, iv. U. Ecklonit aflinis, sed corolla multo majore

labio infero semi- Sue undulato vel vix lobato avn

Herla terrestris, pusilla ; stolones et rhizoidea ut in U. Eckloniti.

Folia et utriculi ut in U. Ecklonii (vide tab. 2793). DPedunculus fili-

formis vel subcapillaris, 2-8 poll. longus, rectus vel subflexuosus,

: : =a ;

tenue, seepius acutum, rectum vel subcu eaten nabhoeaaes pa

deflexum, labium superum magis minusve xquans. Anthere circiter

: gl. Jahrb, xxii p. 933 0. Sproujelix.

Kam. |. c. p. 100; U. Schinziz, Kam. 1. c. p. 101.

utH Arrica: Western and South-western oes of Cape

Gainey. from Little Namaqualand to Uniondale Divis

Certain flowers from Giftberg and Moddertonteinber have much

of U. capen

however, also perfectly norm mal specimens and intermediate states

among the Giftberg collection.—Orro Srapr

Fig. 1, flowering specimen; 2, portion of a stolon with leaf and bladders;

3, bladder; 4, ower, typical form, sate view; 5, flower, typical form, side view

6, calyx ; 7, stam 8, ne side view ; 9, seed; 10, flower with short- paentees

corolla Al actual excep

B. UTRICULARIA SANDERSONITI, Oliv.

U. Sandersonii, Aceh in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 155; Stapf in

ernie Dyer, a Capensis, iv. p. 431; e grege U. capensis, labio

supero profunde 2 “fido distinctissima.

Herba pusilla, terrestris ; stolones capillares, parce ramosi. Folia

pleraque per anthesin persistentia, rosulata et secundum stolones

sparsa, obovata-orbicularia vel obovato-spatulata, apice rotundata,

ima a

b xi lin. longa, ad 14 lin. lata, plerumque

multo minora; p revissimi vel inam equantes. Utriculi

numerosi, e stolonibus foliisque orti, globosi vel ovoideo-globosi, 2-2

lin. longi, 2-labiati labiis ad margines et in faciebus glanduloso-

bractew infime 1—2 steriles ; pedicelli graciles, 1 lin. longi. Sepala

elliptica vel orbicularia, superum infero longius latiusque, 1 lin,

ra icles ,

; abiu

longum, profunde 2-lobum, lobis ovato-oblongis; labium inferum,

cuneato-suborbiculare, 25 lin. longum ; palatum subbigibbosum, lve ;

calcar gracile, curvatum, 4 lin. longum. Anthere ultra } lin. longe ;

filamenta linearia ; ; pollinis grana elobosa, vitvis circiter 9 meridianis

30 » diametro. Stylus stigma equans, distinctus ; stigmatis labium

superum ovato-oblongum, quam inferum la ne ovatum vel orbicu lare

revius. Capsula ignota. Semina globosa, tenuissime reticulata, } lin.

dienshieisiacoah Treubvi, Kam. in Ann. Jard. Buitenz. 1898 ; ; Suppl. il,

p- 143.

Soutn-East Arrica: On wet rocks in Pondoland and Natal.

e@ were among the specimens collected by Dr. Bolus at the

mouth of St. John’s "River, Pondoland, a few seedling peste vith the

rat still attached to them (see figs. 12 ‘and 15).—Orro Sra

Fig. 11, flowering specimen; 12, young specimen, attached to the seed, with the

scape ati undevelo ped; 13, germinating seed (a, petiole of — ry leaf; b, stolon,

cut; ¢, - mary axis! ; . — 14, bladder ; wae flower ; 16, upper corolla lip;

edi.

Puate 2795.

A, UTRICULARIA SANGUINEA, Oliv.

LENTIBULARIACEE.

U. sanguin eas in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. p. 153 (in parte) ;

Here: in Cat. “Woh w. Afr. Pl.iv. p. 788; Kam. in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii.

p ,

carnosulis, foliis majoribus diutius persistentibus, floribus sanguineis

palato magis aperto levissime tuberculato.

Herba pusilla, terrestris, 4—5 poll. alta ; stolones filiformes, albidi,

ee a ae parce remote ramosi ; rhizoidea capillaria, 2-3

= onga, e pedunculi basi orta. Solia rosulata, ad pedunculorum bases

t secundum stolones sparsa, per anthesin poner mine laminze orbi-

Dane es vel pooch neg cliptiow : seo brev send cuneate 1-2) in. longze,

rnosulze ; petioli vel rosularum bre Utricult

e iatobond bus. ‘winks <a vietclts pt hice numerosi, istics stipitati,

subglobosi, 3 lin tientes, 2labiati, labiis fim edunculu

erectus, filiformis, simp] 2—4-florus, floribus distantibus ; bracte

ate, 4 lin ng racteole lanceolatie, bracteis equilonge ; pedice

a i Sepa eequali nga, rotundato-

s ;

elliptica obtusa. Corolla sanguinea, fulgens, 5-6 lin. longa ; labium

rum ultra 2 lin. longum, obovatum vel e basi lata late oblongum,

iebeeahintt labium inferum late cuneato-rotundatum, 3 lin. longum,

deflexum ; palatum elevatum, leviter 2-gibbosum, gibbissubtuberculatis ; ;

calcar eylindricum, labium inferum potius excedens, descendens. Anthere

5 lin. longee. Capsula globosa, 14 lin. dimetiens. Semina truncato-

obpyramidata vel obconica, facie summa elliptica vel orbiculari,

tenuiter marginata,

Tropica, West Arrica: Angola, Huilla, in swampy pastures and

damp abandoned fields, 5,000 feet, Welwitsch, 259.

The shape of the corolla, as represented by fig. 4, will probably be

found to require correction when better material, ‘preserved i in spirit or

formalin, comes to hand.—Orvro Srapr.

Fig. 1, flowering specimen; 2, rosette of leaves, stolons, and rhizoids; 3, bladder;

4, flower. All enlarged except 1.

BL. UTRICULARIA TRIBRACTEATA, J/ochst.

U. tribracteata, Hochst. in A. Ri ich. Tent. vhs Abyss. ii oF 18;

Stapf in Thiselton-Dysr, Flora Capensis, iv. p. 42 jks nis

foliis angustis, floribus Cinwitus, palato minute- fabarculate distincta,

Herba pusilla, — 15-3 poll. alta inflorescentia inclusa ;

stolones tenuiter filiformes, peuneal, interdum cvespitantes ; rhizoidea

numerosa e avingul basi, 3-4 lin. longa. Fol d un-

culorum bases vel spar lerumque sub anthesi evanida; laminz

spatulato-cuneate, 13-3 lin. (rarius ultra) longs, 3 lin. late, sensim in

petiolum longum tenuem abeuntes. Utriculie foliis (imprimis e petiolis)

et stolonibus orti, globoso-ovoidei, ad 4 lin. longi, stipitati, bilabiati,

labiis fimbriatis. Pedunculus erectus, filiformis, simplex , 4-1-florus,

floribus in parte superiori, distantibus ; bractez bracteoleeque lanceolate,

acute, ad 4 lin. longe, bractez infime plerumque steriles ; pedicelli

bracteas sequantes vel demum superantes. Sepala subsequalia, 1}-14

ellipticum. Corolla purpurea, 24-3 lin. longa; labium supe 13-2

lin. longum, obovatum, infra medium constrictum apice rotundatum vel

i Tat , gibbis binis minute tuberculatis saturatius purpureis ;

calear subrectum, late conicum, labium inferum equans vel superans

Anthere 3 i gee; filamenta filiformia. Stylus stigma sub-

2eq, ; stigmatis labium superum oblong vel qu

inferum ndatum amplum duplo brevius. Cap globosa, 1}

lin. dimetiens. Se irregulari hemiellipsoidea vel breviter

obpyramidata, angulata, }—¢ lin. longa, facie a tenuiter vel

obsolete marginata. —U. elevata, Kam. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxiii.

p-. 99

TropicaL Arrica: Abyssinia, in swamps near Selamanka, 8,000 ft

Schimper, 1149 (a. 1862); Shire plain, Schimper, iii. 1943, ‘Somali.

land, £. Cole.

Sourn Arrica: From the Transvaal to Durban (Natal) and the

Bosch Berg (Cape Colony) (see Fl. Cap. 1.c.).

igure 6, representing the base of a flowering branch bearing leaves,

stolons, and rhizoids, and sprung from a stolon, was drawn.

Fig. 5, flowering specimen (Schimper, 1149); 6, flowering specimen with the ae.

eut off above the base erent %; io adder ; 8, flower; 9, pistil and is side view

10, capsule and calyx; 11, seed; 12, embryo. All enlarged excep

C. UTRICULARIA KIRKII, Stapf.

U. Kirkii, Stapf in a -Dyer, Flora Capensis, iv. 428;

U. tribracteate et U. exili simillima, a priore floribus minoribus, ab

altera palato tuberculato distin cta.

Herba 69 eto terrestris, cum pc i 1-5 poll. alta;

stolones poiigae ramosi; rhizoidea capillaria e pedunculorum

basibus ort

Pedunculus erectus, interdum rineeioe Seales (= sen s, floribus

in parte rh se distantibus ; bractee bracteoleque hansen ate.

acute, plerumque 4 lin. breviores, infime steriles ; pedicelli bracteas

subequantes vel tandem paulo superantes. Sepala 1 lin. longa,

obtusa, superum ovato-orbiculare vel orbiculare, inferum ae

Corolla pallide purpurea, 14-2 lin. longa; labium su fra

medium constrictum, supra obovato- -oblongum vel obovato-quadratum,

in Engl. Jahrb. xxxiii. 97, 98 (in parte); U. een var.

Eeklonii, Kam. lc. 98 (in ae °T. exilis var. hirsut ta, Kam

Sie and Zangu ebar, Kirk. Transvaal, Hooge Veld, between

Porter and Frigardatontein, Rehmann, 6599 ; Houtbosch, Rehmann (?).

The plant is not hairy as stated by Kamienski in his description of

b he

U. exilis var, hirsuta. The author may have been misled

presence of an mon aeoneed heres I found in the type specimens of

this variety to cover a portion of the peduncles. The same alga also

occurred under hadlar sonia on the Transvaal specimens.—Orro

STAPF.

Fig. 13, flower. Enlarged.

PLATE 2796.

A, ee LIVIDA, J£. Meyer.

U. livida, Z. ioe Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr. 281 ; Stapf in Thiselton-

Dyer, Flora he Hosa iv. p. 425 ; cum vars. pees ora et micrantha,

Kam. in Engl, Jahrb, xxxiii. p. 94; inter species ad tuberculato

ornatas ‘floribas sapeene tubercuis euceiahes distine

erba tenuis, terrestris, cum inflorescentia 3 poll. ad 1 ped. a Ita 5

ata.

al laveiue ronal vel secun crys stolones sparsa, plerumque sub an-

esi evanida ; lamin foliorum rosularum orbiculares vel obarwatdi

si ~ tee, in petit hecrauxe attenuate, ad 1} lin. longee, enais ra

foliorum sparsorum minores, angustiores, longius petiolate. Utriculi

foliis ciotundbemés orti, brevissime stipi itati, ovoideo-globosi, ri lin.

longi, 2-labiati, ore sivtntbal labiis fimbriatis. Pedunculus rectus ve

flexuosus, filiformis, plerumque simplex, pauci- ad 10-florus, floribus

remotis ‘seoundeim dimidium superius axis floralis dispositis ; bractez

ovate, 4 lin. longee, infime steriles ; bracteole quam bractez angus-

tiores ; : pedicelli ‘bracteas sub anthesi vix superantes, demum ad 1} ‘lin.

longi. Sepala subequalia, rotundato-ovata vel orbicularia, 1-1} lin.

longa, demum leviter aucta. Corolla purpurascens, luteo- variegata,

raro alba, 34-44 lin. longa ; Jabium super in. longum, angustum,

obovatum vel oblongum, basin versus constrictum, subemarginatum

vel integrum ; labium inferum subquadratum, 25—4 lin. um, ple-

calcar rectum vel subrectum, subcylindricum e basi conicum vel subconi-

cum, labium inferum zquans vel superans, eique sepius parallelum

Anthere ae lin. longe ; filamenta e basi latiore filiformia ; pollins

m supe

inferum late ovatum vel orbiculare 3 revius. Oe ike globoss, 1-1}

in. dimetiens. Semina irregulariter Smears bas 2 minusve

angulata, } lin. longa, ages one tenuiter marginata.— U. longecal-

carata, Ben nj. in in Linnea, xx 314 (e descriptione).

SOUTH-EASTERN pape : From the Transvaal to Natal and

5 aes East (see Fl. Cap. 1.c.)

g. 1, flowering specimen ; 2, portion of astolon and leaves ; 3, paper : Desay,

5, anoee "corolla lip; 6, 6, lower mr lip; 7, pistil and stamens ; eon ain ; 9,

seed, seen from the hilum side; seed, oblique tcp view ; 11, em bryo; 1, cross

ites ofan embryo. All pete except 1.

Var. Engleri, Stapf in Thiselton- Dyer, Flora Capensis, iv. p. 426 ;

flores 2-3 versus a xis floralis ; corolle palatum distincte tubercu-

lato-cristatum, calcar labio infero brevius vel ei equilongum.— U. Engleri,

a th ie ngl. Ji ers xxxili, 95 (in parte); U. sanguinea, Oliv. in

Journ. Linn. Soc. x. p. 154 (Burke’s society

SoutH Arrica. Transvaal (see Fl. Cap. l.c.).

Fig. 13, flowering specimen; 14, leaf and tuft of stolons and rhizoids at the base

ofa scape; 15, flower. Ad/ enlarged except 138.

B. UTRICULARIA TRANSRUGOSA, Stap/.

U, transrugosa, gee im Thiselton-Dyer, Flora Capensis, iv. p. 428 ;

U. livide valde affinis, sed floribus majoribus, Jabio infero suborbicular

ad 5 lin. lato patente, lat gibbis transverse rugosis distincta. U. s

guinea, Moore in Journ. Bot. 1903, p. 405, non Oliv

Sourn Arrica: From the Transvaal (see FI. ch l.c.) to Mashona-

land ers Rand, sete

however, peuansgy'd to the ernie of U. transrugosa, as given n above,

and the figures 16 and 17 of ss plate, which were drawn from Galpin’s

specimen, No. 52 0.—OrrTo Sta

Fig. 16, flowerirg specimen ; 17, flower.—16 na/ural size, 17 enlarged.

PLATE 2797.

A, UTRICULARIA FIRMULA, Welw.

LENTIBULARIACES,

U. firmula, Welw. ex Oliv., in Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. (1867),

p. 152; Hiern in Cat. Welw. Afr. Pl. iv. p. 788; Kam. in Engl. Bot.

; n b

372; ab affinibus inter species Africanas (U. linarioidi et U. Wel-

witschit) corollis minutis totis luteis distincta.

Herba annua, tenuis, terrestris, cum inflorescentia ad 8 ll. alta

stolones capillares, magis minusve ramosi ; rhizoidea numerosa, fasci-

orti, ovoidei, ore oblique angusto terminali, in margine superiore pilis

brevibus rigidulis plerumque 4 ornato. Pedunculus filiformis, simplex

ribus 2 i

392

£.

—

j=)

bof ee

subsessile ; labium superum minutum, ovatum vel triangulare, inferum

truncatum, latum. Capsula globosa, vix 1 lin. dimetiens. Semina

globosa, levia, 4 lin. dimetientia, nitidula.

TropicaL Arrica: Angola, Pungo Andongo, in damp woods near

Sansamanda, Welwitsch, 262 ; Mossamedes, in a swam Y spring by the

Chitanda River, 4,000 feet, Baum, 142. British Central Africa, on an

island in the Zambesi, near the Victoria Fa s, Kirk ; Tanganyika

plateau, Fort Hill, 3,000-4,000 feet, Whyte ; Uganda, in wet mud near

Nandi, Scott Elliot, 7039 ; Zanzibar, Kirk.

Kannienski, l.c., also refers to U. Jirmula, a plant collected by

Afzelius in Sierra Leone ; but there is no specimen of his comparable.

to it at the British Museum.

Fig. 1, flowering specimen, branched state (Baum, 142); 2, flowering specimen,

simple state (Welwitsch, 226); 3, rosette of leaves, stolons, and rhizoids at the base

of a scape; 4, bladder bearing leaf; 5, bladder; 6, flower; 7, upper corolla lip;

8, lower corolla lip; 9, stamens; 10, pistil, side view; 11, sced. Ail enlarged

except 1 and 2,

B. UTRICULARIA EXILIS, Oliv.

U. exilis, Oliv. in Journ. eae Soc. ix. (1867) pp. 154; Hiern in

Cat. Welw. "Afr. Pl. iv. p. 78 fam, in Engl. Bot. Jc shrb. xxxiii.

(1902), p. 97 (in parte, saeaiiites eso de exclusis) et in Baum,

genie Sambesi Eaped., p. 372; U. Kirkw et speciminibus parv lis

U. firmule valde similis, ab illa vero nog Savi, ab altera utriculis ore

bilabiato labio utroque fimbriato distincta

Herba perpusilla, terrestris ; stolones filiformes, pone ramosi ;

ases or fo

$-4 lin. late. Uzériculi e foliis stolonibusque orti, subglobosi, 4—3 lin.

longi, 2- labiati ; labium superum late ellipticum, inferum brevissimum,

utrumque fimbriatum. Piece enter capillaris, 1-2 poll. altus, simplex,

raro ramis 1-2 riore auctus, 1-3-florus, floribus dis-

tantibus ; tivestine ns Ledatae subeequales, ovato-lanceolate, 4 lin.

onge ; pedice i bracteas subequantes. Sepala orbicularia ‘vel late

i a. olla lute

elliptica, } lin. 1 la 14-2} lin. longa, alba, el magis

minu purpurascens, p. luteo interdum purpureo-striato ;

atum

quadratum, obsolete undulatum, 3-1 lin. longum; palatum lieve,

obsolete gibbosum ; calcar rectum vel curvatum, e : basi ‘late infundibuli-

formi subito contractum, cylindricum. Anthere } lin. longe. Stylus

infero obovato-quadrato multo brevius. Capsula globosa, lin.

dimetiens. Semina irregulariter hemiellipsoidea, magis minusve

angulata, ;',—} lin. longa.

Tropica Arrica: Angola, Pungo = in marshy or moist

and sandy places, Welwitsch, 254, 255, : 256 ; Huilla, in similar places,

up to 5,000 feet, Welwitsch, 252 , 253 ; Up pper r Kunene basin, between

Hartebeest and Léwenpan, 3,600 ‘fe et, Baum, 116; Amboland,

Olukunda, Rawtanen ; Jurland, near Ghatta’s Seriba, Schweinfurth,

The varieties bryoides and nematoscapa, admitted by Hiern, repre-

sent a more than states differing in the colour of the corolla and

in size.—Orro STAPF

Fig. om! flowering specimen ; 13, rosette of ee stolons, and rhizoids, with t

base of a scape; 14, e nd ofa eye Jon, with a bladder; 15, flower ; 16, upper corolla

lip and ieee; 17, lowné corolla lip; 18, pistil, as view; 19, seed. All enlarged

except 12,

PL 2798

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PLATE 2798.

UTRICULARIA PREHENSILIS, £. Meyer.

LENTIBULARIACE,

U. prehensilis, #. Meyer, Comm. Pl. Afr. “sie i. 282 ; Stapf in

Thiselton-Dyer, Flora Cap. iv. p. 432 ; inter species Africanas utriculis

basistomis instructas corolla 6-8 lin, longa et labio supero sepalum

superum multo superante distincta

Herba gracilis, terrestris ; stolones filiformes, albidi, carnosuli, laxe

intricati ; rhizoidea e pedunculorum basibus orta, breviter copiose ramu-

losa, glanduloso-asperula. Folia secundum stolones sparsa vel pauca

edunculorum basin, plerumque sub anthesi evanida; lamine

Vv .

steriles ; b sited lanceolate vel subulate, bracteas wquantes vel

in. i. ala mem

sum. Corolla lutea, 6-8 lin. longa; labium superum late oblongum,

apice rotundatum vel emarginatum, 21-4 lin. longum, inferum 3-4 lin.

longum late ovatum ; palatum labio supero subparallelum, 2-gibbosum,

scendens, acutum, 3-44 lin. longum. Anthere 4 lin. longer. Stylus

brevis ; stigmatis —— superum brevissimum, inferum bkshraersniar

Capsula e ——S 7 23 lin. longa, Semina oblique ovoidea, dors

tuberculata, 4-} lin. longa.—U. madagascariensis rodr, viii.

p. 20; U. hians, A. DC. Le .p. 25; U. lingulata, Baker, in Journ. Linn.

Soc. xx. p. 216

Tropica Arrica: Angola, Huilla, Humpata plateau in marshy

woods, Welwitsch, 261; Amboella, i in swamps by t oh Kuebe and Longa

Ri ivers, Baum, 303, ,a3; Nyassaland, Ubena, Liangiro —

Goetze, 799 ; lower plateau, north of Lake vate. Thomson. Sour

Arrica : From the Transvaal to Pondoland and Natal (see FI. Cap. l.c.).

Mapaacascar: LEast-Imerina, Andrangoloaka, Hildebrandt, 3726,

Parker, 5483 ; Ambobimitombo forest, Forsyth Major, 241 ; Central

Madagascar, Baron, 4317.

Kamienski, in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xxxiii. (1902), 102, quotes what he

considers as the typical form of U. prehensilis from ‘ Angola (Wel-

witsch, Iter angol. n. 261, Golungo),’ and the variety huillensts from

‘ Benguella (Welwitsch, Iter be nguellense, n. 261, Dist. Huilla).’

Specimens were actually distributed from Lisbon with the inscription

‘Welw. Iter Angolense, 261, Utricularia prehensilis, E. Mey., Golungo

Alto ;’ but there is no such label in Welwit tsch’s collection at the

British Museum, and the supposed Golungo Alto specimens are evi-

analy also from Huilla—Orro Srapr.

Fig. 1, flowering specimen, typical form ; 2, flower; 3, sepals; 4, upper corolla lip;

5, lower corolla lip pO; pisti til and stamibiné; front view ; 7, po olle en; 8, seed; 9, em-

am.

the base; 12 a peduncle with rhizoids and stolons at the base; 13, end

portion ofa vhineld ; 14, bladder, Alt enlarged except 1 and 10,

Pl 2799

M S.del et Lith

Puate 2799.

RHIGOZUM TRICHOTOMUM, Burch.

Bienonrace®. Tribe Tecomea,

Rhigozum trichotomum, Saag ae. i. p. 299; Drege in Linnea,

xx. p. 195; DC. Prodr. p. 234 aynan. exclus., descr. falsa) ;

Sprague in Thiselton- Dyer, Fi Cap. iv. 2, p. 451; non auct. alior. ; ab

&. obovato, Burch., ramis ternatis, foliis andula atis, "alae tubuloso-

campanulato, antheris duplo longioribus et capsula oblonga differt

Frutex oe 3—4-pedalis, ramis ternatim cymosis, ramulis strictis,

oblique erectis. Folia simplicia, subsessilia, fasciculata, oblongo-

ins aa pilosa; lobi se RR Ta 5 lin. eebatiols crenulati. Stam

supra corolle basin inserta, filamentis 4 lin - longis, antheris

potion, lobis inferne liberis parallelis 4 lin. longis. Ovariuwm 1}, lin.

‘apsula age sks naan, circiter 4 — longa, 5 lin. lata.

Semina desiderantur.

Soura Arrica: Bitterfontein, 3,000—4,000 ft., Calvinia, Zeyher ;

the northern exit of the Karree Bergen Poo rt, near Carnarvon,

Burchell, 1572 ; near Petrusville, Philipstown, Burchell, 2680 ; near

Hopetown, Burche ll, 2663/2; on the Orange River, Shaw.

The genus Rhigozwm comprises at least seven species, native of

Tropical and South Africa. Burchell founded the genus on R. tricho-

tomum and &. obovatum (‘ Travels,’ vol. i. pp. 299, 389). Of the former

he says merely : ‘That part of it [the track] next to the Karreebergen

abounded in bushes, three and four feet f that singular shrub

Rhigozum trichotomum, whose stiff branches, constantly dividing and

subdividing, i ost regular manner, int rees, present a ver

re and curious ramification, and have obtained for it the name of

Driedoorn—Three-thorn.’ obovatum he gives the following

diagnosis : ‘ Frutex 6-pedalis. Ramuli alterni horizontales. Folia

obovata.’ The meagreness of these descriptions gave rise to confusion

between the S species, and Fenzl (Denkschr. Bot. Gesellsch. Regensb.

iii. p. 201, t. 5) figured and described as R. trichotomum the true

i. obovatum, Bu rch., a much more widely spread plant ; and in this

mistake he was followed by Bureau (Monogr. Bignon. t. 19), Schumann

(in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3, B., p. 233), and other botanists.

The accompanying figure represents Shaw’s Orange River specimen.

It will be useful to add a in of R. obovatum.

gest cao & a. 1-3} lin, ee iniattin ng 0 ovata vel

Florum pore, pemper pe Calyx breviter campanula atus, 2-24

lin. longus, lobis leviter mucronulatis, costis inconspicuis, tomentellus,

glandulosus. Corolla campanulato-infundibuliformis, 7-8 lin. longa,

lutea, parte cylindrica basali calycem equante, extus superne, intus

ore et infra staminum insertionem pilosa ; lobi suborbicu lares, 4 lin

divergentibus, 1}-2 Jin. longis. Ovarium vix 1 lin. longum. Capsula

elliptico-oblonga, 14-2 poll. longa, a a ee . lata, rostro “5-6 lin. longo.

Semina nucleo orbiculari, ala hyali ~25 lin lata.

Sout Arrica: Between Si nae Fontein and the Vaal River,

Griqualand West, Burchell, 1713; near Hamapery, Bechuanaland,

Burchell, 2487/6. It also occurs in George, Uitenhage, Albany,

Britis affraria, Somerset, Graaff Reinet, and ’Aliwal North.—T. A.

SPRAGUE

R. trichotomum, Burch.

Fig. 1, leaves ye rae out after soaking; 2, calyx and style; 3, the same, part

of ca lyx. removed, ing ovary and disk; 4, stamens; 5, cross-section of ovary :

6, fruit. All aa ’ ype 6 enlarged.

Puate 2800.

MARKHAMIA PLATYCALYX, Sprague,

(With Parts of other Species.)

Bienontacex. Tribe Tecomex.

arkhamia platycalyx, Sprague. Arbor 30-40-pedalis, ramulis

petnageitns novellis dense lepidotis. Folia }-1 ped. longa,

2-4-juga ; foliola breviter petiolulata, elliptico- oblonga vel obovata,

apice breviter abrupte obtuseque acuminata, mucronulata, basi

cuneata, 2-55 poll. longa, i}-2} poll. lata, integra vel serrata, serrulis

minoribus interjectis, utrinque subtus densissime lepidota, glandulis

patelliformibus prope nervum medium inspersis, subtus in axillis

nervus medius valde prominentibus, utrinque 4-5; pseudostipule

foliaceee suborbiculares 3-1 poll. diametro. Panicule terminales et

ongus, postice ultra medium vel brevius fissus, extra pubescens,

denseque Jepidotus, intra indumento sparsiore. Corolla lutea, intra

spicue venosa ; tubus 1}~14 poll. longus, supra campanulatus, parte

basali cylindrica 4 lin. longa, 14 lin. diametro ; lobi —— elliptici,

-7 lin. —— utringue glandulis magni pa elliformibus ornati.

s lin. supra corolle basin inserta, Soenents basi valde

incrassatis furfuraceo-pilosis, antherarum lobis 1} lin. lon iscus

ularis, crassus, 1 lin. altus. Ovarium eblongen, 3} lin. longum

densissime lepidotum, brevissime pubescens ; stylus 1 poll. longus, stig

matis lobis ellipticis « ml bifidis. Canals circiter | ped. longa, 44-5 lin.

lata, minute puberula et —_— valvis nervo medio valde prominente

percursis. Semina 9 lin, longa, 14 lin. lata, nucleo 3 lin. longo.

Dolichandrone platycalyx, Baker in “Kew Bull. 1894, p. 3

GanpA: Near Entebbe, 4,000 ft., Mahon; Usoga, Scott-Elliot,

7208 ; Wimi Valley, 7,000 to 8,000 ft., Scott- Elliot, 7830 ; wi ithout

precise locality, Wilson, 119.

In Uganda the native name of this tree is Zusambia, and it

on the authority of Mr. John Mahon, to yield the finest of local sdintiens:

The only Markhamia with which it is likely to be confused is

M. Hildebrandtii (Dolichandrone Hildebrandtii, Baker), which is

distinguished eg having an uncinate calyx and a more funnel-shaped

corolla (fig,

e genus is s divided into two very natural sections according to the

form of the pseudostipules. In seven of the ten species, including

M. platycalyx, they are foliaceous and orbicular ; in the remaining

three they are conical or subulate, as shown in fig. 8. This character

separates M. /utea and M. tomentosa at the first glance s

species were described by m, under Spathodea, in Hooker’s

‘ Niger * pp. 461-462, where the only character given to separate

Spathodea tomentosa from utea is the ‘soft, rusty d > on tl

er su f the leaves of the fo , contras t u

lous or glabrous leaves of the latter. With the nS bs the additional

material of t cies now in t r , they may be

defined as follows :—WM. lutea has pagar orbicular pseudostipules,

corymbose panicles, a le ae calyx, an row lepidote capsules.

{. tomentosa has conical pseudostipules, sneicd oblong panicles, a

tomentose calyx, and relatively broad, soft pubescent capsules.

Vogel’s specimen from Patteh, on the Quorra, quoted by Bentham

under his Spathodea lutea, is a. glabrescent-leaved form of M. tomen-

tosa. The original description of Spathodea lutea combines some of

the characters of M/. lutea with others of YU. tomentosa.—T. A

SPRAGUE.

1, portion of branch ite leaf and pseudostipules; 2, inflorescence ; Ee portion

of soeatha a, Showing a pace 4 end 4, anther; 5, pistil and disk; 6, stigma;

7, cross a of psendostipules of Markha amia lanata,

K. Schum. ; 9, flower oe OM. Hiddcbrandtit, ee Figures 1, 2, and 9 natural

size ; thea rest enlarge ed.

INDEX TO SPECIES AND

SYNONYMS.

Plate

Aine ene “a 2747

mosa, Hem 2747

Alniphyliam macran mdm,

nica 2791

ospe rmum, Mat 2791

Aneylobotings petersiana, ‘Pierre lt 56

undifolia, Pierre 756

peer ieees beccarianus,

untze. 2711

Androtium ‘astylam, 8 tapf . 276

a megacarpa, Hemsl. 2751-52

Antirr “oo aphyllum, Linn, f. 2793

perula citriodora, Blu 8

Archidendron a acdc Hoist. Diao

Arrabidea dichasia, Donn. Sm. 2771-72

Asclepias orbicularis, Schlecht. « 2144

Babiana riche bogota es age a PED

—— Gawleri rage Panes Yat

= nu croatia, Gaw 2710

r dngiolis, Baker 2710

spat «that

Bambusa kingiana, Gamble

cea S igre i, Mur tens

Ben roe te ‘Sieb. & Zuce.

Bitoni eretoides, —e

ae Ted gre ve igus

si Sracsio De.

m yr ianthay Cham

cepp.

ra He comida, Rich.

ris. Gar CU ae

scl gine i, Ben th.. re

Brachystelma Johnstoni, N. E.

Own. 2754

Bretschneidera : sinensis, Hemst. 2708

Thomas setia sé seyehellana,

Hemsl. 2736

Cesalpinia rostrata, N.E.Brown 2702

Calandrinia granulifera, Benth.

Clematis pter ntha,

Clitandra Barteri, S

ymulosa, Benth

—— Mannii, Stapf

— orientalis, K. chun

Cryptote eniopsis hie ag Sea oe.

Cuscuta australis, R. Br.

aaa on ——) La: Py Nae ater

coma ophile Bd We.

pins, ae Hemsl. .

— Huegelit oes

— iocarpa, Benth.

ei :

Diplostephium ¢ canes,

Diuranther He

mino oT Wri cay

Daikoharne ‘plat ycalyx, Baker

—— Hildebrandtii, Baker

sacar: trifoliolata, T. Cooke. .

belia polypodioides, Hemsl. &

"ios oo Seay

—_— proc umbens, “He

xatilis, Hemsl. . 5

Erichsenia uncinata, Hems 1. ‘

ium columnare, Hemsl.

eomca ee Cav. wis

OD, Hemnsba 6 es

——- pectinatum, Benth. . . .

ulter & Rose. .

—— pectinatum, "Pres to.

INDEX TO SPECIES AND SYNONYMS.

Plate

Eryngium pectinatum, Seem. . 2765

—— stenolobum, Hemsi. «. 2IG6

Eucorymbia alba, Stapf 764

Euptelea davidiana, H. Baill 2787

Delavayi, Van Tiegh. . . 278

ea (hg tui, Van Tiegh. . . 2787

—— pleiosperma, Solereder ScEOE

Eurya roe ae Hemsl. = StL

—— obliquifolia, Hems/. o RIOL

Excrensa renthaaiany, Hemsl. 2741

—— stylaris, Muell. A 2757

seams eee Tina. fs 2710

micalyx anus, Hiern. . 2769

Srsclice Paced, Hemsl. . 2789

Halesia ? Fortunei, Hemsl. . . 2791

Hamadryas —

ea 2748

Hartia sinensis, Dunn eine 2727

—— cana, Greene. . 2720

etonsa, — ¥ . 2720

a, Gre ‘ 2720

Hemieyelin Dialed, ‘Gamble - 2701

rmannia Johansseni, N. #

Town a 2/09

Hunteria um bellata, Hallie f. ~ 2762

oem 4 da adstrin nseese

Schlecht. . 2722-23

lllicium micranthum, Dunn . . 2714

lonidium floribundum, Walp. . 2731

Juliania adstringens, Schlecht. 2722-23

Huaiout, A. Gray sos 4s 2782

i mollis; gk el gh een eee

Justicia patentifiora, Hemsl. . 2792

Lachnostachys — Hook. . 2732

sede er a, Hook. - 2732

citol a, F. M well... . 2732

Tandolphia arts, Vatke . 2755

sae ee SIDS

sia siecoae Dyer . eae ee ee

—— polyantha, K.Schum. . . 2755

scandens, Hallier f.

var. petersiana, Hallier f. 2756

- Mee - rotundifolia, PORE 275

2756

teins eolomonensis, Hemsl. we 9708

———. taitensis, Dene. . . 2703

uconotis elastica, Becc. . » 27383

Linaria aphylla, Spreng. . + 2793

ra aromatica, Brandis 2784

a eo ee 2784

= cifriodora, Hemsl. . . . 2784

eae selene Hemel 2... 2784

TBO. oe eee BIR

RGR 4

ee ean: tine r

Plate

sere Steg Blame sos =, . 2184

——s pine wer se BIBS

ist Thunb. 2784

Liriodendron chinense e, Sarg. . 2785 .

ees AT) sdetentt var. ? chinense

Hemslee=% ere tea X63)

sinensis s, Diels

Tysimachia pari iformis, s, Franch

Ss: Geleeitglontcn, Hems - 2 2108

Markhamia Hildebrandtii,

( ee aety 2800

—- lanata, K. Schwm 2800

800

Microm grins Dronnmondi Benth, rinie

Erichsenii, Hems 2780

Millettia pachycarpa, onthe 2738.

Oroxylum indicum, Vent. . 2728

Pachycarpus gomphocarpoides, BK.

oe BT4e

Pachyptera das yantha, DO. . 2771-72

—— umbe —— oS a : deh 72

Paradisea mi ” OH 2734

Paradom mbeya pockets paar pe

nsis,

Paragonia comers Bur. pte 2

entosa, Bur.

é K. Se 2771-72

neice costatum, E. B. Mey. 2744

— crispum, N. 744

Partin brunoniana, Benes 2712

decora, Dwr 2712

oe aidtorann, H. H. W.

earsor ee 2IO6

curantiac Stapf 2706

@fo seen Wall. 2706

gran orum, Kurz oes 2706

i il ons Oliver . 706

Pecichiane Richardi, ee Baiil. 2749

ier en ess ning: é 2778

ralima klai = Pears . 2745-46

Polyadon Elliotii,. sia ts ee 2762

2762

oma, alien msi take é 2705

Engl. -. 2750

By a ledifolian "Turez. . 2732

eam: messes Hemsl. 2728

ca, Hem ee 28

Rhabiothannopsis sinensis,

emsl, 2788

Rhigozum obvat tum, Burch. . 2799

——. trichotomum, Burch. 2799

Rhombonema lurida, Schlecht. 2744