HOOKER'S ICONES PLANTARUM; OR, FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS, OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, SELECTED FROM THE KEW HERBARIUM. FOURTH.SERIES. EDITED FOR THE BENTHAM TRUSTEES BY DANIEL OLIVER, F.R.S., F.L.S. EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN ITY COLLEGE, LONDON : LATE KEEPER OF THE HERBARIUM AND LIBRARY, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. (Under the QutBority of the Director of Be Ropaf Botanic Gardens, Kem. VOL. IV. [| OR VOL. XXIV. OF THE ENTIRE WORK. PART I. 2301-2325, May 1894, ParT II. 2326-2350, November 1894. ParT III. 2351-2375, April 1895. Part IV. 2376-2400, June 1895. Mo. Bot. Garden, 1896. DULAU & CO. 37 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. 189 VOL. IV.—PART I] HOOKER’S ICONES PLANTARUM: | | | FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS, | OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, SELECTED FROM THE KEW HERBARIUM. | | | : ) FOURTH SERIES. | 2 | EDITED FOR THE BENTHAM TRUSTEES BY DANIEL OLIVER, F.R.S., F.L.S. EMERITUS PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON: LATE KEEPER OF TILK HERBARIUM AND LIBRARY, ROYAL ROTANIC GARDENS, KEW. Qinder Be @utBority of the Director of Be Ropa Botanic Gardens. Kew VOR. TY: OR VOL. XXIV, OF THE ENTIRE WORK. bye DOL. Avala DULAU & CO. 37 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, 1894. nore __SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. PRINTERS, NEW-STREET SQUARE, LONDON. Price Four Shillings. —S nee, J Ly oy, As im mason ‘S> a et4 ry >} 3 5; oe : PiatTeE 2301. POLYGALA BUTYRACEA, Heckel. POLYGALACES. 4° -elongatis virgatis hirto-pilosulis, foliis elongato-linearibus apice atte- fimbriato-cristata, petalis posticis carina paullo brevioribus apice obliquo obtusis v. obtusiusculis, ovario obovato-elliptico apice retuso glabro, styli marginibus integris, capsula elliptica emarginata angustissime marginata, seminibus oblongis compressiusculis apicem basinque versus arce albido-pilosulis. P. oleifera, Trewb in Versl.’s Lands Planten- twin, 1888, 46 (without description). B. W. Tropical Africa ; Sierra Leone, or the interior from thence, Hart, Scott-Elliot (No. 4072, cultivated near Kitchom) ; culti- vated, S. Leone and indigenous in the Timné and Koranko country, fide Heckel (I.c.). Professor Heckel, to whom we are indebted for a specimen enabling us to identify his plant with other examples in the Kew Herbarium, Tropical Africa,’ was the first to describe and call attention, in the memoir cited above, to the economic value of this plant as affording in 1ts seeds on pressure a fatty matter ‘of excellent quality and of very agreeable taste” Professor Heckel says (/.c.) that the only Polygala described at the date of his publication ‘qui réponde de loin’ to his plant is £. rarifolia, D.C. But this species belongs, as shown in the ‘ Flora of Polygalacearum’ (Geneve, 1893), regards as a distinct species which he calls P. Baikiesi. Professor Heckel gives the indigenous name P. butyracea as Maloukang or Ankalaki. Mr. Scott-Elliot calls it Black Beni-seed. + a detailed account, and analysis, of the ‘butter’ afforded by the seeds, see Professor Heckel’s memoir, which I only know as a separate issue, extracted from the ‘ Bulletin of the Geogr. Society of Marseilles.’—D. OLIVER. Fig. 1. Lateral view of flower. 2. Samo, sepals removed. 3. Seed. 4. Pistil. All enlarged. SERIES IV. VOL. IV. PART I, B ~ DATk PD Sy 2 ve fom ; 8 My a ME OR gy te Ky Giz Wiz SM tang rg pk ak M.S. del et lith PLate 2302. IRIS THOROLDI, Baker. Irntipacem. Tribe Morexes. W786 Apogon) Thoroldi, Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc.xxx. 168; hum milis, fibris radica numerosis graciliter cylindricis, caulibus brevissimis -|~ incrassatis longitudinaliter 3—5-nervosis glabris v. minute papilloso- | scaberulis, spathe valvis plus minus membranaceis, floribus pallide _ luteis, perianthii tubo sursum age dilatato, segmentis exterioribus _obovatis plus minus barbatis unguem adscendentem gradatim _ angustatis, Shanes interioribus i biempatste erectis exterioribus vix - brevio ribus. 4 Has. Central Tibet, W. W. Rockhill, alt. 17,800 feet, Surgeon-Capt. . ] W. G. Thorold (No. 116, } bis). Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 1- 13 lin. lata. Perianthii tubus 12-14 lin. longus, limbus 9-12 lin. longus ; r. Baker regards this as a well-marked novelty belonging ‘to th 3 group of beardless Irises with a produced perianth-tube. Its other near neighbours are J. Rossii, Baker, of Corea and Northern ein and J. Ludwigii, Maxim.,a plant of the Altai mountains.’—D, Oxiver. Fig. 1. Anther, back and front, 2, Stigma and bipartite crest. Enlarged. is A : Li Ny, aN Se Coe Oa Nel i me aS T= = ~! ad Lg TINS arent ~ABeT KS Sali 7: aw on “ - . ==} M7 : ' ‘ ; S eS i Nie rj i iY LSS, Pp ge dj a =< eZ Pr Ff» \\ MS. del kth. 2s alia aca > Pouate 23038. DARWINIA SCHUERMANNI, Benth. Myrracem. Tribe CHAMHLAUCIE®. incurvis corolla dimidio brevioribus, stamincdiis subulatis, ovulis ¢. 6-8 prope basin cavitatis ovarii oblique insertis, stylo longe exserto. Schuermannia homoranthoides, F. v. Muell. in Linnea, xxv. (1852) 387 ; Genethyllis Schuermanni, F. v. Muell. Frag. i. 12. Has. South Australia, near Port Lincoln, Wilhelmi. Folia }-} poll. longa. Flores 5-6 lin. longi. Fig. 1. Leaf, upper side. 2, Under side of same. 3. Flower and sheathing bracts. 4. Vertical section of flower. 5. Stamen and staminodes, frunt view. 6. Back view of two stamens. _A// enlarged, » Sa PL 2304, Se = te |. Tt ae pees Ww ie uD sok & he pe: ads Chk ni WS y ph 7d, . . Ng ae ¥ 5 tL Wy Wyle} es oo yes ot . é MGS ~ @ NaN = — pe ix Y —— = ; Piate 2301. CALOPHACA DEPRESSA, Oliv. Leauminos&. Subtribe AsTRAGALER. C. (Chesneya) depressa, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; fruticulosa, depressa, cano- tomentosa, foliis 5-7-10-folio atis, imparipinnatis, foliolis alternis oblongo- v. obovato-ellipticis vy. terminali obovato-cuneato, mucronu- Has. Kashmir, Prov. Baltistan, Gilgit Expedition, 6,000 feet, Dr. Giles (No. 385), Indus Valley near Katzura, 7,000-8,000 feet, Duthie (No. 12083). Folia 4-1 poll. longa, breviter petiolata ; foliola 2-3 lin. longa, brevissime petiolulata. Flores ¢-3_ poll. longi, breviter pedunculati, axillares, folio seepe breviores ; pedunculo sericeo-villoso, Legumen 4-5 lin. longum, 15-2 lin. latum. Perhaps more nearly resembling C. parviflora, Jaub. et Spach, than any other species in this herbarium, but the flowers are solitary and very much smaller than those of C. parviflora, besides a very different calyx ; the legume also is much smaller.—D. OLIvEr. Fig. 1. Calyx laid open, showing diadelphous stamens. 2. Vexillum, 3. Ala. 4. Carnal petal. 5, Pistil. 6. Seed. Al enlarged, ay, a 2 Cy ~ A £Y he i ne #; if “ds ,% S ste S Ly, o \B.5 fl) 3 A * ‘S/) Tor by Vite oy 83) iY > Puate 2305. MELICSMA HERBERTII, Role. SABIACER. floris ferrugineo tomentellis, floribus subsessilibus, fructibus obovoideis endocarpio osseo. Has. West Indies ; St. Vincent, Messrs. Herbert H. & G. W. Smith (Nos. 830, 1837). from Formosa to J apan. None is known from Africa, and very few in the New World. MM. oppositifolia, Griseb., of Cuba is the only West Indian species in the Kew Herbarium.—D. Oxtver. _Fig. 1. Bud. 2. One of larger petals and opposed staminode. 3. Squamiform, bifid, smaller petal and opposed stamen. 4. Pisul. 5. Transverse section of ovary. 6. Fruit and its pedicel. 7. Longitudinal section of fruit, showing intruded endo- carp. All enlarged, PL 2306, 2 % f S 4 tn Ye on < Se = b, «gi a Wi tay A ead % + Ses het : ~ r s 2 < ba Basra a Yeu BA eay A 4 Katy; : Tals, ’ 4 Ose, fa fe ee SW A a SAIN An ARIE NN BOTS Soe aa We ” f isa 5 Mae SS Ne <1 Wee + 1. R77 ES \ \ ae a 9 WN | A od See ik I SAN wi Fal \ av SS A? AN CNG Kijg, Sy WANG ( Ew) AWN os 7 CONF YQ ? a — Pe WAS NN Sy } IN 2x. . Se u SWE ik = Vs . “~~ "ae SA Seo = + < o i Traugy SS: —s va yx f VA : yf a : tp ES us , Ly PP; % y/ SER MS deletlith Tanacetum tripinnatifidum Oliv PiateE 2306. TANACETUM TRIPINNATIFIDUM, Oliv. Composirz. Tribe ANTHEMIDE®. T. tripinnatifidum, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; herba erecta 2-4-pedalis caule costato glabro v. prope nodos pilis sparsis villosulo, foliis caulinis sessilibus bi-tripinnatipartitis segmentis linearibus rigidiusculis setoso- apiculatis glabratis v. pilis sparsissimis gerentibus, capitulis mediocribus multifloris hemisphericis pedunculatis homogamis in cymis 3-7- cephalis dispositis, pedunculis apicem versus involucrisque plus minus ibn involucri bracteis exterioribus lanceolatis acuminatis interiori- > angustatis apice truncatis pappo scarioso ovario 3-4-plo breviore inequaliter inciso v. 5-6-partito segmentis acute deutatis coronato. Has. Kashmir, Prov. Baltistan, alt. 9,000—10,000 feet, Duthie (No. 12128). Folia inferiova caulina 5-6 poll. longa, pinnis primariis 1}—2 poll. longis ; segmentis ultimis 4 lin. latis. Capitula 5-6 lin. lata. The foliage of this plant is very similar to that of T. millefoliatum, F. & M., and of some forms of 7. longifolium, Wall. In habit it is allied to T. setaceum, . & S. (sub Pyrethro).—D. Oxiver. Fig. 1. Receptacle, part of involuere removed. 2. Floret. 3. Anthers. 4. Style- branches, 4/] enlarged, Pl 2307. 2) i MS.delet kth. Ceratosepalum digitatym Oliv 4 Puate 2307. CERATOSEPALUM DIGITATUM, Oliv. TILIACER. dentia, infra medium affixa. Fructus . utex ramis erectis, virgatis. Folia alterna, petiolata, profunde 5-T-partita, segmentis oblongo-ovalibus oblanceoiatisve, acutis, dentato-serratis, supra pilis stellatis scabrida, subtus stellatim cano-tomentosa. ores im cymis paucr- v. plurifloris pedunculatis terminalibus et in axillis superioribus dispositi, bracteolati , bracteole lineari-subulate. Has. Tropical Africa ; neighbourhood of Lake Tanganika, A. Carson (No. 1). C. digitatum, Oliv. (sp. wnica). Rami floriferi erecti_ 14-2-pedales, tomentelli_ et stellato-hirsuti, basin versus excepti foliiferi. Folia nsent it is regarded as h name is too applicable to the present plant to be wasted.—D. OLIVER. Fie. 1. Stellate hairs of indumentum. 2. Sepal, showing apical appendix. 3. Petal. +. Stamen, back and front, 5. Vertical section of ovary. All enlarged. MS adethth _ Trachymene saniculefolia, Piate 2308. TRACHYMENE SANICULZFOLIA, Stapf. UMBELLIFERS. Tribe HyprocoTyLem, Stapf. (sp. nov.); perennis, rhizomate pro- basi longe prostrato ‘adscendente, internodiis interdum folio longiori- bus, foliis longe petiolatis cordato-rotundatis plerumque transverse latioribus 3—5-fidis segmentis obovato-cuneatis 3-lobulatis lobulis acute 3 (2-4)-dentatis, cum petiolo glabris v. laxe setoso-pilosis, scapis quam foliis longioribus, involucri foliolis linearibus v. lineari-lanceolatis floribus wquilongis v. eisdem brevioribus, pedicellis compressi flor longioribus, calycis dentibus parvis deltvideis, petalis albis ellipticis obovatisve, fructibus a latere valde compressis late cordato-rotundatis, mericarpiis equalibus v. sudequalibus glaberrimis exalatis jugis inter- mediis tenuissimis. Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, 7,000-11,000 feet, Lowe, Burbidge ; 7,700- 13,400 feet, Haviland. Folia petiolo 2-5 poll. longo, lamina 2-1} poll. lata. Seapz 3-10 poll. longi. Umbelle 2-1 poll. diam. Fructus 1—} poll. latus. é humilis, Hook. f. in ‘Tcones Plantarum,’ 304), of Victoria and Tas- Fic. 1, Flower and compressed pedicel. 2. Petal. 3. Stamens, 4. Fruit. Al enlarged, Pl Begonia ino Stedia Stanf. M.S delet hth. Piate 2309. BEGONIA INOSTEGIA, Stap/. BEGONIACES. Petiolis inflorescentiaque breviter et parce crispule hirsuto inferne glabrato, foliis longe petiolatis circ. 9-nerviis late et oblique cordato- B. (§ Petermanni ) inostegia, Stapf (sp. mov.) ; caule ut etiam ' : hotom conformibus, floribus pedicellatis, sepalis 2 albis ovatis v. elliptico- Ovatis, petalis 0, andrecio oblongo-ovoideo, staminibus pluribus in toro elongato insertis, antheris obovatis, inflorescentia feminea ex axilla folii summi orta in spec. nostro fructifero tantum biflora, capsulis longe pedicellatis recurvis, capsulis obovoideis alis 3 basi ultra loculos pro- ductis, placentis bitidis, seminibus minutis breviter cylindricis laxe reticulatis, Hap, Borneo, Kinabalu, 6,000 feet, Haviland (No. 1190). Folia 5-6 poll. longa, 4-5 poll. lata ; petioli 1-32 poll. longi. Stipule ~7 lin, longe ; nervis excurrentibus elongatis lamina interdum 2-3- Plo longioribus. Pedicelli Ji. masc. 1-2 lin. longi; fl. fem. 13 poll. longi, Capsula 5-6 lin. longa, alis 1-1} lin. latis. ° excurrent nerves of the stipules are very singular. B. inostegia me a B. borneensis, A. DC., in habit and floral structure.— - Srapr, la cl 1. Staminate flower. 2, Anther, back and front view. 3. Seed. All en- rg i SERIES ty, VOL. IV. PART I. a ae 3 " 5 \ Q4 \ \ cy \ > \ *% -_ (O “hie pe cordata, 01 Anerincleistiuc eG Zi oT P 4 4": en NE | . Fi ee f =, od —< Oi pe ees r 2 * + aig Neh % rt 4 : “a 44 oa Ba a ee JL Pte MS. deletith _ Piate 2310. ANERINCLEISTUS CORDATA, Stapf. MELASTOMACE®. Tribe OXYSPORER, A. cordata, Stapf (sp. nova) ; frutex, ramis dense fulvo-tomentellis, foliis petiolatis late rotundato-ovatis basi breviter cordatis apiculatis membranaceis 7—9-nerviis supra In nervis setulosis preterea setulis obtusis inappendiculatis, ovario vertice coronula 4-loba lobis emargina- us ornato, capsula turbinata 4-valvata, valvis deorsum visis triangu- laribus emarginatis. Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, Penokok, 3,500 feet alt, Haviland (No. 1281). folia 5-9 poll. longa, 35-65 poll. lata; petiolus dense tomentellus 15-4 poll. longus. Panicula semipedalis ; pedunculus c. 4 poll. longus ; pedicelli calyci eequilongi v. breviores. Calya 15 lin. longus. The leaves may not be quite equal in each pair ; the petioles at any rate are unequal in the only pair remaining attached in our specimen.— Srapr, 0. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Same, part of calyx-limb, petals and stamens removed. 3. Petal, 4, Larger, and 5. smaller, stamens, _All enlarged. PL 231 Blastus Co sniauxii, Stapf. Pirate 2311. BLASTUS COGN IAUXII, Stapf. MELAstTomacrEm, ‘Tribe OXYSPORER. B. Cogniauxii, Stapf ; Ochthocharis parviflora, Cogn. in DC. Monogr. (Melastomacew) vii. 481. Has. Borneo, Sarawak, Beccari (No. 1403); Haviland (No. 540), Kinabalu, 4,000 feet alt., Haviland (No. 1280). Frutex, ramulig gracilibus puberulis glabratisve crassitie penne cor- vine, lia consimilia v. in eodem jugo paullo asymmetrica, petiolata, Ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolata acuminata, basi cuneata 5-nervia nervis interdum minute furfuracea, 4~7 poll. longa, 1-2} poll. lata ; petioli furturaceze 3-11 poll. long atq. late ; pedunculus 4-1 poll. longus, pedunculi secundarii graciles sepius 3-5-flori, patentes. lores albi, tetrameri, parvi, brevissime pedicellati ; bracteze minute. _Calyx hemi- Sphierico-campanulatus, primum parce gland@losus deinde glaber, denticulis brevibus deltoideis. There is no doubt that Ochthocaris parviflora, Cogn., is a true Blastus. It has four stamens with anthers of the same form as those of Bb. cochinchinensis, and bears the very characteristic discoid glands of this species on the under side of the leaves, petioles, younger branches, and inflorescence ; these are numerous on the youngest parts as to form a continuous furfuraceous covering.—O. STapr. Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Expanded flower. 3. Petal, 4. Stamen. 6. Ovary and style. 6 Capsule, All enlarged. | imeria Woodro Wii, Stapf. Phate 2312. DIMERIA WOODROWII, Stapf. GRAMINER. Tribe ANDROPOGONES. D, Woodrowii, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; geet 3-6-pollicare, culmo gracili paucinodo plerumque ramulos 1-2 edente vaginis involuto demum ad Internodii summi basin geniculato in nodis pilorum fasciculo ornato, sub anthesi strictis demum circinatim involutis glabris, rachi subundu- lato, Internodiis spiculis brevioribus, pedicellis distinctis, spiculis sub- allo b i um mucronulata, IV. quam IT. paullo breviore acute reviterque bidentata inter dentes aristata hyalina, arista exserta, palea nulla, caryopsi lanceolata. Has. India : Rutnagherry District, South of Bombay, Woodrow ; near Goa, # lin. lo : d to D, pubescens, Hack., et D. fuscescens, Trin., but é distinct in the spikes which, in a ripe state, are much incurved, forming Spica explicata 3-1 in., pedicelli 4—} lin., spicula 1? lin., caryopsis In. ng. Services to Botany of Mr. G. M. Woodrow, formerly of the Royal ardens, Kew, now Lecturer on Botany in the Poona College of Srapr. 4 ip 1. Spike in its circinnate stage. 2. Floret. 3. Palea, side and front views. » “lowering glume. 5, Stamens, 6. Pistil. All enlarged, —_—— MS del et ith > ra rca as U beccariana chyla Melano Puate 23138. MELANOCHYLA BECCARIANA, Oliv. ANACARDIACES. Tribe SEMECARPER. plurifloris, calyce campanulato crasso limbo qua ubo- 3-4-plo reviore segmentis crassis ovato-deltoideis valvatis subvalvatisve tubo intus glabro ore leviter constricto, petalis alte perigynis calycem Has. Borneo, Sarawak, Beccari (No. 2546) var. breviflora, Sarawak, Haviland ( No. 814). To {this curious genus, founded by Sir Joseph Hooker, upon four Malacca species collected by Maingay, in his ‘ Flora of Brit. India,’ 11. 38-9, and to which no addition was made by Professor Engler in his monograph of Anacardiacex, Dr. Stapf has added several new species his elaboration of the Haviland Bornean collections. He has also identified as congeneric the plant here figured, presented to the Kew Engler (De Cand. Monogr. —D. Otiver, nck LPiwe, 9 Same, longitudinal section, 3. Petal. 4, Stamens, back and nt Views. 4// enlarged, Pl 2314. MS. del et ith 5 / <8] hamnea diosmoid EH Piate 2314. THAMNEA DIOSMOIDES, Oliv. BRUNIACES. terminalibus 5-meris, segmentis calycinis oblongo-lanceolatis acutis Scariosis rubro-brunescentibus ovario 6-plo longioribus, petalis albidis basi rubescentibus cum lamina elliptica acutiuscula longe et anguste unguiculatis, ovario breviter turbinato glabro longitudinaliter 10-suleato biloculari ovulis in utroque loc. 5 v. 4 pendulis, fructibus bracteis invo- lucrantibus 2-3-plo brevioribus breviter cylindraceis 10-sulcatis basi styli persistente brevi coronatis, pericarpio osseo. Has. South Africa ; eastern slopes of the Skurfdebergen near Gydouw, Bolus (No. 7479) ; Rocks above the Tulbagh cataract, chlechter (No. 1662). _ Folia circa lineam longa, sub lente papilloso-scabriuscula ; superiora Involucrantia ¢. 3 lin. longa. Fores 6-8 lin. longi. Petala, lamina cum ungue, 5-6 lin. longa. Filamenta gracilia, glabra ; anthere anguste ae basi sagittatee. Stylus simplex, gracilis, staminibus fere xqul- ongis, The leaves have the minute dark brown or blackish, at length de- diosmoides 18 near allied to 7’. wniflora, Sol. The habit and ericoid more or less adpressed foliage are as in that species, but the flowers are many times anger; as in 7. uniflora they terminate the main branches and short leafy axillary shoots, and are produced so freely that, with the elegant habit of the plant, it specially commends itself as suitable for ornamental culture, Although Mr. Bolus’s specimen is in fruit, I cannot, without too much injuring the specimen, indeed without a — ye n of the ripe pericarp, the lower half of which consists, in the interior, * be united with it.—D. OLIver 5 ie. 1. Attached leaves. 2. Leaf, inner face. 3. Flower laid open. 4. Petal. * Mongitudinal section of ovary. 6. Fruit. Ad enlarged. TUT}: MS delet lith, Poate 2315. IMBRICARIA SECHELLARUM, Oliv. SAPOTACER. I. Sechellarum, Oliv, (sp. nov.) ; glabra, foliis tenuiter coriaceis oblongo- v. obovato-ellipticis apice obtusis integris v. retuso-emarginatis basi late v. rotundato-cuneatis subtus costa prominente, pedicellis vix bus extus cano-tomentellis, petalis exterioribus oblongis alte bifidis, Interioribus ovali-lanceolatis apice attenuatis integris, staminodiis dense villosis, bacca globosa levi, 5-loculari. Has. Seychelles ; Mahé, Horne, Button, Estridge, Griffith. Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 21-33 poll. lata; petiolus $-1} poll. longus. Pedicelli 3-1 poll. longi. Fructus 23-3 poll. diam. Semina compressa, acutata, 12 poll. longa, # poll. lata, } poll. crassa ; albumen carno- sum ; embryo semine eequilongus atq. -latus, radicula inferiore cotyledo- nibus planis basi rotundatis multo breviore. For excellent fruiting specimens in fluid we are indebted to T. Riseley Griffith 248q., C.M.G., Administrator at the Seychelles ; upon these Miss Smith’s figure is based. Our vy flowers, from Mr. Estridge, or aps J. coriacea, DC., of Madagascar, which, apart from the absence of staminodes, diffe dm ves. ur plant is the ‘Bois de N atte’ of the Seychelles, referred to by * Da 1 95. The leaves of I. maz b y » aker, igs the finest timber trees, becoming (1871) very scarce. ‘There are very ew large trees of it now, and these are in the most inaccessible parts of the OLIVER Fig. 1. Detached f Is and stami- soy A Owers. 2. Outer sepal. 3. Inner ditto. 4. Petals an : bisa mM within. 5. Detached petal. "6. Anther. 7. Pistil. 8. Seed. 9, Vertical “ction of seed showing embryo. Parts of the flower enlarged. PL 2316. SHY Sar ES a SSIS aS Pruate 2316. ARDISIA MEGAPHYLLA, Hemsi. MyRSINACE®. A. megaphylla, Hemsley in Kew Bull. 1894, 6 ; arbuscula erecta glaberrima, caule sepius simplici foliis ad apicem congestis coronato, ped. e paniculis ad apicem rami aggregatis elongato-pyramidatis pedicellis Semiuncialibus levibus solitariis v. subumbellatim is basi articulatis, sepalis (in fl. cor. elaps.) ovato-rotundatis obtusis v. sub- apiculatis ovarii basin arcte cingentibus, fructibus globosis levibus, embryone cylindrico curvulo cotyledonibus brevissimis. _ Has. Fiji Islands, Horne (No. 429); Viti Levu (one or two miles inland on the south side of the island), Yeoward. Mr. Horne calls this plant a shrub with a ‘single stem unbranched,’ and with leaves of a ‘dark metallic green.’ Mr. Yeoward says ‘The Same islands, and to A. scrobiculata, Seem., of New Caledonia. In the dimensions of its noble leaves it must exceed any of its congeners. The corollas are fallen in our specimens.—D. OLIVER. Fig. 1. Calyx and enclosed pistil. 2. Vertical section of same. 3. Detached calyx- Segment. 4. Fruits. 5. Vertical section of same. 6. Section of seed, showing curved terete embryo. Parts 0 f flower and sections of fruit and seed enlarged, Pl Pg np Bo ke SFB SG EE eee eae ie ng R oP Eraore eS 5 ay See Oberoma biairita, Hkf. MS delalth, Prate 2317. OBERONIA BIAURITA, Hook. 3 ORCHIDE®. Subtribe MALAXER. 0. biaurita, Hook. J. (nov. sp.) ; acaulis, foliis 2-3 lineari-ensiformibus acutis subfalcatis carnosis, scapo brevi ad basin bracteolato, bracteis minutis setaceis, floribus minimis sessilibus, sepalis obtusis dorsali ovato Has. Singapore, Ridley (No. 364). Folia 2-3 evoluta, 2-5 poll. longa, 4-5 poll. lata, basi squamis _foliaceis instructa, enervia, recta v. lente curva. Scapus unacum Spica gracili decurva 2-4-pollicaris ; flores conferti, subverticillati, ad 2'o poll. diam. 3 bracteze glabree. soins Is shown at fig. 2, whose terminal lobe is suppressed, and the teral are Produced upwards, together forming a semicircular sinus 4round the column.—J. D. H. Figs, 1, 2, and 3, Various forms of lip. All enlarged. SERIES IV, VOL, IV. PART I. VS dd ctith Oberomia ciliolata Hi f: Piate 2318. OBERONIA CILIOLATA, Hook. f. OrcHIDES. Subtribe MALAXER. rmibus obtusis equitantibus, scapo erecto, cato subpectinatim irregulariter dentato. Has. Singapore, at Krangi, Ridley. C 4-4 poll. lata, fere recta, a basi late equitante sensim in apicem obtusum i Ub, e elongatus, ad basin bracteolatus. ores =, poll. diam., vix verticil- 0. ciliolata is a very well-marked species of the caulescent Oberonias, and 1S nearest to O. anceps, Lindl., ditfering in the more slender raceme, entire lanceolate bracts, and lip.—J. D. H. Fig. 1. Flower, 2, Lip. 3, Capsule. All enlarged. Puate 2319, HABENARIA GIBSONI, Hook. f. ORCHIDER. Tribe OpHRYDER. 8 Fact, laciniis linearibus falcatis obtusis, labello 3-partito laciniis Haz. The Concan ; near Kyreswur, and at Kandalla, Gibson. Eoutis 8-12. pollicaris, crassitie penne anatine, infra medium : eh Folia 4-6-pollicaria. Racemus 6-8-florus ; bracteew 1-1} S uminata, etala adscendentia. Calcaris os inappendiculatum Anthera lata, loculis paullo divaricatis, tubulis adscendentibus. Stig- vel seme projecti crassi; rostellum parvum triangulare 0 P H. Gibsoni rena H. digitata, and may prove to be a very large ket of that common Indian species, but it wants the curious erect gula at the mouth of the spur in that plant.—J. D. H. Fig. 1, Petal, 92. Lip. 3. Column, 4d enlarged. MS del et Lith. = Habenaria concinna.Hk f. Piate 2320. HABENARIA CONCINNA, Hook.f. ORCHIDER. Tribe OPHRYDER. H. (Hologlossa) concinna, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 155 ; pumila, “sing gracili folioso foliis parvis sursum decrescentibus, infimis sessili- uplo angustioribus, labello a basi latiore lineari v. ineari-lanceolato obtuso Sepalis zequilongo, calcare ovario zquilongo incurvo acuto, Set Khasia Hills, alt, 5,000 ft., J. D. Hooker and 7’. Thomson ; arke, _ Herba 4-8-pollicaris, Radix e fibris crassis fere tuberosis. Folia interdum fere imbricata, infima 1-1} poll. longa, obtusa, superiora acuta. Spica 2-4-pollicaris, subdensiflora ; bractez 4 poll. long, ovato-lanceo- late, acute: ; i lateralia obtusa reflexa I-nervia. Petala sepalo dorsali eequilonga, oe, 1-S-nervia. Labellum angustum. Anthera magna, loculis sub- Tremotis, divergentibus, tubulis 0 ; rostellum triangulare. A very distinct little species of the section Hologlossa, with the habit of sect, Peristylus, but differing from the latter in the reflexed latera “pais. The stigmatic processes so frequent in Habenaria are entirely absent in H. concinna.—J. D. H. Fig. 1, Flower, 9, Lip and column. Both enlarged. gecundiflora, Hkf. Habenaria wees isi teh e ee Sea Reet Titadstheeel at apes isi sit EeTeCELe LEC Tace es Hy “papaetze “alana Fans eee er ae ae Puate 2321. HABENARIA SECUNDIFLORA, Hook. Js ORCHIDER. Tribe OPHRYDER. H. (Dipyla) secundiflora, Zook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 165 ; pumila, tuberibus subglobosis, caule erecto v. recurvo, foliis paucis linearibus acuminatis lateribus complicatis, spica densiflora, bracteis lineari- lanceolatis inferioribus flores secundos longe superantibus sepalis lanceolatis 1-nerviis, lateralibus petalisque angustioribus falcatis erectis, Has. Subalpine Himalaya ; Kumaon, alt. 9,000-10,000 feet, Duthie : Sikkim, alt. 14,000 feet, J. D. Hooker; Chumbi (Tibetan Sikkim), King’s collectors, Herba 3—5-pollicaris, gracilis. olia 2-3, cauli fere wequilonga, basi vaginantia, Spica 1-2-pollicaris ; flores rosei, ad } poll. lati. Sepala et petala in laminam erectam conniventia. Labellum decurvum. Th ureeolata (Clarke in ‘Journ, n. Soc.’ xxv. 73, t. 30, Diphylax wreeolata, Hook. f. in ‘Te. Pl, t. 1865), is striking, but superficial. ‘The coalescence of the glands of the pollinia is what occurs in some sections of Orchis and in Aceras, and being foreign to Habenaria is a further reason for regarding Dipyla as a distinct genus.—J. D. H. Ie. 1. Sepals * al 8. Petal 4. Tap 5. Column, with ‘tegell iewe of the Sidstice aa apart and lying parallel to Processes of the stigma. 6, Pollinia. Al enlarged. : Habenama Griffith, Hk f ne ee. ill Pate 2322. HABENARIA GRIFFITHII, Hook. Si | OrRCHIDES. ‘Tribe OPHRYDE. H. (Dithrix) Griffithii, Hook. J. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 197 ; caule gracili paucifoliato, foliis ellipticis lineari-oblongisve acutis obtusisve, spica fl stigmatis area infra antheras late quadrata. H. decipiens, Hook. f, Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 165 (not of Wight). Herminium, Grif, Notul. iii. 270 ; Ie. Pl. Asiat, t. 285, f. 1. Hap. Afghanistan, Grifith ; Kurrum Valley, Aitchison ; N.-W. India, Edgeworth; Lahul, Thomson. Herba 6-8-pollicaris, tuberibus parvis oblongis. Caulis erectus v. flexuosus, olta 1-24 poll. lon a, sive membranacea, inferiora sub- petiolata, Spica 1—2-pollicaris ; flores 2 poll. lati, albi. A very curious plant, the flowers of which I have repeatedly ana- lysed without Satisfactory results, because of their very soft tissues. n each side of the anther he regards, no doubt rightly, as sterile stamens. I was quite unable to detect the ‘fureation of the clinar drium into a rostellum,’ which he describes, and which is probably in dried Specimens shrivelled up and not discernible. n- . When describing this plant under the name of Habenaria decipiens m the ‘Flora of British Tndia,’ I was under the impression that - decipiens of Wight was the same as J/. longicalearata, A. Rich. with Which, and LH. montana, Wight (not A. Rich.), it was confounded Wight’s Descriptions, Icones, and Herbarium. I have disen- ea these plants at vol. vi. p. 197 of the ‘ Flora of British India.’— “Set Flower, 2 and 3, Lip. 4. Front, and 5. back, view of anther, ll = i 4 3 ? 4 | oa satin ~\ ie Ke, - eetiews) PR, ed 2 PLate 2323. DIZYGOTHECA NILSSONI, J. £. Br. ARALIACER. Series Panacex. Dizygotheca, V. BE. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1892, 197. Calyx 5-dentatus. Petala valvata. Stamina 10, 5-adelpha (sed primo induratze, rugulose ; albumen equabile.—Arbor parva, glabra, caule semplici, inermis. Folia alterna, longe petiolata, digitata, 9-11 -foliolata , Joliola elongato-oblonga leviter sinuata, glabra, apice obtusa v. retusa, basi a 10. radiatis, umbellulis longiuscule pedunculatis, pedicellis cum flo ~Ceengaaag Petala viridi-lutea. Anthere albide. Bacce atrovio- ace, D. Nilssoni, V. £. Br... c. (sp. unica) ; Plerandra (Pentadiplandra) Vieillardi, Baill. in Adans. xii. 136. _ Has. New Caledonia, Pancher, Vieillard (fide Baillon, 1. ¢.). Caulis ‘~10-pedalis. Petioli 18-20 poll. longi; petioluli 2-3 poll. longi. Foliola 9-13 poll. longa, 2-3} poll. lata. Injlorescentia circa 18 -20 poll. diam. ; rami primarii 8-9 poll. longi; pedunculi secundarii 2-3 poll. longi ; dia # poll. diam This interesting plant, of which a living specimen was received at Kew in 1880 from M. Linden, flowered for the first time in November 1891, and was published with a careful description by Mr. N. E. aoe axeey Owever, wha e same plant described by ahah ig cannot doubt to be th P avaible? te as a new subgen eas Pentadiplandra ; his name, like Mr. Brown’s, pointing to the ery at ‘ve character of the andrecium, which consists apparently or live SERIES IV. VOL. IV. PART 1. : SN) ENC (hN Se bo a i ar ‘4 < ty () “ 2] id AS ay © ENS Te S Pn oe SSS MS delet ith ymbosa, Bolus. Nestlera cor Puate 2324. NESTLERA CORYMBOSA, Solus. Compositz. Tribe INuLoIDER. N. corymbosa, Bolus (nov. sp.) ; fruticulus pedalis vel ultra ; ramis teretibus adscendentibus, inferne nudis, cicatricibus foliorum delap- Sorum parce verruculatis, superne tantum foliosis, foliis alternis con- fertis obovato-oblon gis, subobtusis, margine inflexis, superne tomentosis, subtus glabris nitido-viscosissimis, 1-nerviis, incurvo-erectis, corymbis )-7-capitulatis, pseudo-terminalibus, at enim ex pedicellis annotinis Han. South Africa : Karroo, hills near ‘Touws River Railway Station,’ alt. 850 metr., 7. Bolus (Herb. No. 7355). Folia 3-5 lin, longa. Capitula glabra 3 lin. longa ; pedunculi breves tata, ore minute 5-dentata. Anthere basi caudate, caudis setiformibus oe... Loppus (disci) setis inzequilongis, setis longioribus paucis (5 4) rigidiusculis, barbellatis, caducis, brevioribus hyalinis complanatis * angustissime paleaceis interdum incisis.—H. BoLvs. There is but choice of difficulties in assigning this plant to any described genus as at present defined. Mr. Bolus inclined to refer it to Rosenia, but comparison with our figure (‘Ic. Pl.’ 2228) of the original Species of that genus, with its more or less scaly receptacle Fig. 1 Leaf ; rtially exposed. he. » Upper surface. 2. Ca itulum, the recepiacle partially Ray-floret. 4. Dise-toret. 5, ince 6. Style-branches. A// enlarged. = MS deletlith. 3 OLY, S lophila paten Hel Pate 2825. HELIOPHILA PATENS, Oliv. CruciFER&. Tribe SisyMBRIER. valvis maturis purpurascentibus levibus leviter convexis 1-2-spermis, stylo persistente recto siliqua zquilongo, pedicellis patentibus gracillimis siliqua 3—-5-plo longioribus. Has. Cape of Good Ho e, near the village of Piquetberg, 7. Bolus (No. 7530). : “ prise ti purpurascentia. Petala calyce 2-plo longiora, obovata integra, basi angustata brevissime unguiculata, calyce 2-plo longiora. oblanceolatum v. oblongo-obovatum, stylo brevius, 1- v. 2-ovulatum. aDdout an inch above the root, the long patent pedicels of ~ small elliptical pods, and, so far as our specimens show, the undivided very narrow leaves.—D. OLIVER. ' Be. 1. Sepal. 2. Petal. 3. Stamens and pistil. 4. Pistil. 5, Fruit, laid open. Seed. 7. Embryo. All enlarged. : VOL. IV—PART IL] : (NOV. HOOKER’S ICONES PLANTARUM; FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS, OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, SELECTED FROM THE KEW HERBARIUM. FOURTH SERIES. EDITED FOR THE BENTHAM TRUSTEES BY | DANIEL OLIVER, F.B.S., sg L.§. 2 EMERITUS Rasim OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON: LATE KEEPER OF TRE BARIUM AND LIBRARY, ROYAL BOTANIC sailemae EEW. Qnder Be QYutBority of the Director of the Ropaf Botanic Gardens, Ber. VOL. IV. OR VOL. XXIV. OF THE ENTIRE WORK. Senet eset rhe ee nie DULAU & CO. 87 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. ten gos es + ie - ae Sys * , ? .— s s \ , ) \ Mb 3 i, ie aa] a E 1G Pe — Pentalonc Piate 2326. PENTALONCHA HUMILIS, Hook. /. Rusiacez. Tribe Muss2npDes. Haz. W. Trop. Africa, Sierra del Crystal, Mann (No. 1734). Herba 1-2 pedalis, Folia 3-5 poll. longa, 13-23 poll. lata ; petiolus 3-4 poll. longus ; stipule 4 poll. longe. Flores 4-5 lin. longi. ‘ The ovary is described as 5-locular : Ido not find it so, but certainly - and also 3-locular in the few flowers at my disposal for analysis. i as L ott first noted by Miss Smith in preparing her drawing for our lith ph.—D. Oniver. Fig. 1. Flower i isti ion of ovary . - 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Pistil. 4. Transverse section eransverse section of fruit. 6 Seed. 7, Section of seed, showing the embryo enlarged. ‘ SERIES Iy, VOL. IV. PART II, PLatE 2337. TEMNOPTERYX SERICEA, Hook. f. Rupsiacez. Tribe Mussanpex. staminibus prope v. supra medium tubi insertis, filamentis brevissimis, antheris anguste linearibus mucronulatis, fructu subgloboso apice truncato vestigiis limbi calycini coronato, pericarpio septisque tenuiter crustaceis. Hiern. in Oliv. FV. Trop. Afr. iii. 78. Haz. W. Trop, Africa, Sierra del Crystal, Mann (No. 1427). Folia lamina 6-14 poll. longa, 2-3) poll. lata ; petiolus 1-2 poll. longus ; stipule 1-1} poll. longe. Flores 1-14 poll. longi; calycis segment di entorum lamin ad #-1 poll. longe. Fructus 4-2 poll. diam. nas the Sierra del Crystal, where some peculiar forms not im Dumber, and narrowly linear. Whether the enlarged lamina of Some of the calyx-segments is coloured or herbaceous, I cannot clearly may: OLIver. rig. 1. Corolla laid open. 2, Pistil, the ovary in vertical section. 3. T Section of Ovary. All enlarged, a s, Oliv ; ’ ny Stenomeris borneenst MS de}, et hth. PLatTe 2328. STENOMERIS BORNEENSIS, Oliv. D10scoREACES. 8. tana Benes (sp. nov.); dioscorewformis, glaberrim, foliis arcuatim 7-nerviis cordato-ovatis ovatis vel su uperioribus ovato-lanceo- latis graciliter acuminatis, cymis axillaribus, breviter agents v. subsessilibus plurifloris, floribus viridescentibus pedicellatis lato- infundibuliformibus ore leviter constrictis gL adscendentibus inearibus carnosulis rigidiusculis apice haud a minatis mucronulatis bo brevi trivalvi, seminibus compressis adsecendentibus Mani alatis ala oblique trunca cata, embryone ut videtur minuta basilar _ Hap. Borneo ; Sarawak, near Kuching, Haviland (No. 1664). Folia petiolata lamina 4—5 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata ; a 1}-2 ies ga, A po: a om longus. FE Spee ee Sy 4,3, poll. longa. Fructus 10 poll. gus, + 1 poll. latus. Semina, ala inclusa, 4-1 poll. longa, ala exclusa 3 ts poll. lon ety The only species of this singular genus which has been described, _ * Taras I have ascertained, since the original publication of org Se. Nat.’ Sér. 3., xviii. 320), _ Coscoreefolia by Dr. Planchon (in ‘An SS. Cumingiana, described by Sign. Beccari (*‘ Nuovo "Gort rn. ater in the Kew Herbarium, t by Beccari is represented by Me eeetert ) 01 Se. .o anee si epee eer eeeead | -; eS pas OSes elk See ees chee +8). os File ee = Fe. ¥ é ef : 37 qe te: borneensis k fles ai vt abropty oe | Ped he singular dilatation of the filiform fey on packet Specimens. Sign. Beccari gives a careful analysis of this appendix in his plate of S. oe erred to above.— , OLIVER. * . and 0 —— a 6. Ver a the base. spa FE PiatE 2329. PTYCHOPETALUM ANCEPS, Oliv. OLACINES. Tribe OLACER. P.enceps, Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 347, var. 8; frutex v. arbuscula glaber, ramulis ultimis compressis angustissime bialatis, foliis hisies : i seplus p - cori minus rotundatis, venis lateralibus primariis utrinque 6-7, racemi re ost acuminatis, calyce obsoleto, petalis liberis anguste ineari- ceolatis acuminatis intus prope medium barbatis, staminibus c. 8, per paria i ovario “aad suleato fere ad apicem solido in stylum angustato, fructu lon Soideo, Semine solitario pericarpio tenuiter ¢ , situdinaliter sulcato transverse leviter areolato, albumine carnoso, émbryone minuto. . AB. W. Trop. Africa, River Bagroo, Mann (No. 838) ; speci. ath collected at Grand Bassa by 7. Vogel, the type eres” esi anceps with leaves rounded and narrowly cordate - »48 perhaps identical, but scarcely adequate for comparison. . 3-4 poll. longa, 3_]1 poll. lata. Bractee 2-3 lin. longe. Poll. longi. Fructus § poll. longus. Bxceptin ig ae F he style, and g that the ovary is gradually narrowed into the sty ®; Petals (and buds) are ae the flowers are simular those ; lin length.— P. neti D, — The paired adnate stamens are unequa Fj Hee 1. Flower. 2. Petal and adnate stamens, 3. Pistil. LOY iA SN ci}. Ty FAL So IR y. Re ; Dike S¥h oe wes : MS delet hth ee OPSOVhila biovulata Stanf. Piate 2332. GYPSOPHILA BIOVULATA, Stapf. CARYOPHYLLACEX. ‘Tribe SILENER. Has. Persia ; mountain above the great naphtha springs of Daleki, heat Bushire, Stapf. Fruten 1] }-pedalis, dense intricatus, hemisphericus. Pedicell “I poll. longi. Bractew parve, ovales v. lanceolate. Calyx } poll. ngus, The two ovules are borne on an erect basal placenta, about half sar length of the cavity of the ovary, each on its short divaricate funicle. The general habit, form of the leaves, delicate calyx and biovulate ne of this plant, constitute a somewhat exceptional type amongst the “Gypsophilee.—O, Srapr. pig 1. Calyx. 2. Petal. 3, Stamen. 4, Longitudinal section of ovary. 5 acentary stipes. Al] enlarged, —— ~~ 53 a —— —~ " — te ee Sia ae Se

2 oF. Ss +n 2 S wy ° o = @ < ble ct is) be | oS @ jor we © 5S — eS a °o < oO ea % wa a. oo om + de = a4. “st of e 8 @ Ce Sarcanthus Gilbert] Hkf Puate 2334, SARCANTHUS GILBERTI, Hook. f. ORCHIDE®. Subtribe SARCANTHER. minutis persistentibus floribus pedicellatis 3z-Ppoll. latis, sepalis ovatis, Petalis angustioribus oblongis, labello 3-lobis sepalis equilongo, lobis lateralibus triangularibus acutis, terminali oblongo concavo obtuso, calcare incurvo labello eequilongo, anthera incurva longe cornuta, Polliniis didymis canalicule filitormi elongate affixis, glandula minuta. Hap. Tenasserim 3; at Moulmein, Gilbert ? (Hort. Bot. Calc.). Caulis 1-1}-pollicaris, crassitie penne anserine. Folia rigida, carinata, }-poll, lata, late viridia, lobis terminalibus acutis v. obtusis Intu Seepe retusis. Scapus unacum racemo 3-9-pollicaris, interdum ] s » bas : calcare pallido, intus 2-partito. Columna brevis, rostello prominente. Anthera basi globosa, dein in rostrum gracile incurvum acutum producta. Sarcanthus Gilberti belongs to the group of this genus with a short aS i,

) ae 7 = Ph A) ct ee oO ete te a owe pe 2 os ce ° om = 3 ct ~e 2, w oe ea Co cS Z, wa b | : s st. g | A apr W. Trop. Africa; Senegambia, Heudelot ; Eppah, Barter ; | un river and Fernando Po, Mann ; Lagos, Millen. Folia 4-1 pedalia : folio’ iora 3-6 poll. | - petiolulus 1-2 : pedalia ; folio’a superiora 3-6 poll. longa ; pe i longus. Racemi 4-6 poll. longi ; pedicelli 6-8 lin. longi. Legumen 2-45 poll. longum, 2 poll. Jatum. knowledge of this species is now completed by the op of ur €xcellent speci ; flower from sent by yy) specimens in fruit as well as . is clearly = imens. ‘Che legume is much longer and flatter One which, moreover, they are closely tawny-tomentos®.""* i ; ‘stil: ovary ‘8 1. Detached flower, 2. Anther, back and front view. 9: Pistil; the F laid open. All enlarged, Didissandra Innéines Hen Pirate 2379. DIDISSANDRA LONGIPES, Hemsl. GESNERACEX. Sub-tribe DipyMocARPER, cymis 2-3-7. floris, pedicellis ae sepius ee um "9 3. i Jongioribus, bracteis parvis anguste tineanibee calycis glabri 5-partiti sugmentis vali. lanceolatis acuminatis, corolla e eh e 8-10- plo lon ongiore ventricoso- infundibulariformi, labio superiore quam inf. breviore late et obtuse hi ato-bilobato, inferiore porrecto 3- ret lobis subequali- bus rotundati Has. China; Prov. Yunnan, ‘in of shady rocks in a dark limestone ees ; Mongtse, Hancock (No. 50). Folia cum petiolis 14-3 poll. ae lamina. 2-4} poll. pee 13-2 poll. lata. Pedunculus 5-15 poll. longus ; pedicelli ea: poll. longi. alyx segmentis temp. florifero } po oll, temp. fructif. 4 poll. longis. Corolla 2-24 oll, longa, Stamina didynama, inclusa, filam ventis incurvis apice inappendiculatis, antheris per par ia apice ¢ coherentibus, loculis late- 2d dah v. rotundato-ellipticis basi leviter divergentibus. a lineare parce hirtum in stylo elongato attenuatum ; placentis a bilamellatis, | lamellis revolutis facie interiore tantum ovuliferis. Stylus aplce dilatatus ; stigma bilamellatum. Capsula linearis, bivalvis, compressa, 2 1 poll. lon nga, 2-3 lin. lata. Semina minuta, lineari-ov valia, utrinque angustata inappendiculata. This fine species clearly belongs to Mr. Clarke’s genus s Didissan di mre 80 far as its technical characters ; go; but the genus, with the ad eee made to it | ap the date of Mr. Clarke’s ‘Monograph of ae retin is not ave natural sei and perhaps its species might without v1 be distribuyed between Didymocarpus and Chirita, allowing ag senera to include both diandrous and didynamous _ ok of Unguishing them by the form of the corolla. M. Baillon sin ae pena “teas genera » and Didissandra, in Rottlera, Vahl, the ee ‘Gen. hich name, x think, is te be regretted on the grounds given nt.’ ii, 1029 Tn our dried specimens the under side of the ey riggs Ee to or more uniformly pale yellow, the upper side an nd pene“ OLIVER. aay Clearly very ornamental and worth introducing. ns. tame ent of s' me - 1. Part of calyx and pistil. 2 Perec showing attachm 5. Ovule, A Sainac. lack and tront view. 4. ‘Transverse section of ovary: enlarge od, SNS" ed ite aoe eel ga Piate 2580. ARGOSTEMMA CONCINNUM, Jemsl. Rusiacez. Tribe HepyormpEs. | A. concinnum, Hemsley in Kew Bull. 1895, ined. ; herbula uniflora humilis 1-2-pollicaris caule erecto filiformi glabro, foliis 4 pseudo-verti- campanulato limbo brevi 5-tido, segmentis ovato-deltoideis _acutis, A Pp Nee rent Sian Northern Siam ; moss-covered rock, Pu Kaw, near ock, c, 6000 ft., Smeles, , Molia 4-14 poll longa, 1-1} lin, lata, Flores albi, centro macilla “indi notati, 2-1 poll. diam. — bears, about midway s distinct traces of a “om Wanum, Bl., and its allies, carefully described by Mr. Be i ‘ general remarks under that species, in ‘ Plante Javanice P- ¥3.—D. Oxiver, es leaf, showing the under surface. 2. Expanded flower Pk 1. Portion of YX. 4. Stamens, 5, Staminal tube laid open. Ald enlarged. ‘ ron Hancockii. Hemsl. lododend Puate 2381. RHOD 2 ODENDRON HANCOCKII, Hemsl. E : RICACEH. Tribe RHODOREZ. obovato-elli . ipticis basi ee macula flavi a a filamentis paps seber epee: Bers . omentell 0, S tylo lakes 18, ovarlo 6-(5-)sulcato AB. Chi mi ae 63 ina ; P Hancock (No 188. Mongtse, in a mountain glen, alt olia persistenti t pol. tong entia, 4-8 poll. longa, 1}-3} poll. lata ; petiolus 4-4 Ka |P 4 ll eye " j : basi at- x. Coroila 4-44 poll. diam. ; segmen poll Bak nian Y igma Btu. 14-2 poll. longa. Pistillum 2 poll. longum ; This r of emarkabl ba eden doe oa — belongs to the relatively small division ‘ted rom the axil which the inflorescence is not strictly terminal, “ragga ; of one or more of the uppermos t Maximowiez, ee one ttion hodorastrum OF Ht species with ugh M. Franchet in adopting this section inc persistent leaves. It is allied to R. pittospor' ; i Franch., which is the “ ; “ati ut differs the cc r tube of the corolla and included stamens. roducti i : ies well deserving Fig. 1 of ovary. Calyx and ’ ovary sp hi ais sel fe 2, Anther, back and front yiew. 3. on to our gardens.—D. OLIVER Transverse section u "te z we —— SE am =e p. Peet gl a Q phiop ogon clavatus, Wr. Puate 2382. OPHIOPOGON CLAVATUS, Wright. HiEmMoporAce®. Tribe OPHIOPOGONE®. 0. clavatus, C. HW. Wright in Kew Bullet. 1895, inet. thizomate cataphyllis scariosis sparse vestito fibras radicantes emit n oblanceolato-oblon ga ohivon vy. lat ta basi in petiolum use. 8 attenuata, longitudinaliter 7—15-nervosa nervis peer ba apicibus interdum leviter galeatis, antheris linearib 8 — 3-4-plo ongioribus, stylo elongato perianthii segments fere equilonge. ie Has, China ; Prov. Hupeh, in Bamboo woods, Dr. A. Henry (6065). : : ran Flores Folia petiolo incluso 4-5} poll. longa, Jamia 5-7 lin. lata. rubentes 9-10 lin. lati. : WS A pretty species, deserving introduction into our era on mountains at an elevation of 6000 feet. Its nearest i ae a dwarf but acute-leaved species, of which a specimen been received at Kew from Northern Siam, conee hh it is related also to O. draceenoides, Hk. f, of the Eastern D. Oxtver. i sow, & Pistil. 40 Fig. 1. Flower and bract, 2. Anther, back and front view enlarged, Brandisia racemosa Hems a Ye oy seis ; oe SOS, SECO Puate 2383. BRANDISIA RACEMOSA, Hemsl. ScROPHULARINEE. Tribe CHELONEZ. B. racem ° osa, Hemsl. in Kew Bullet. 1895, ined. ; frutex ramis ut jolatis ovato- . ; terdum Pedicellati : dentibus bie .. superioribus parvis linearibus, calycis campanulati gibboso-arcuata labi posticis latioribus, corolla calyce 5-6-plo longiore emarginato v. b abio postico quam antico fere duplo longiore apice . breviter obtuse 2-lobato lateralite Sa af Chi * * a . (No. 1 44), ina ; Prov. Yunnan, in shady copses, Mongtse, Folia 11 _ fota 13-2) poll. longa v. superiora florifera 2 “9 lin, lon longus. Flores 14 poll. longi punicel; ome r compresso. Hancock minora ; petiolus 1-3 lle labium anticum Stamina didynama, 2 i og a, antic paullo longiora. ‘ sega basi divergentibus pe sien ovoideum ; ovula plurima, oblonga Vv. linearia ; stylus apice exsertus. ies of this Fig. 1 beck snd (022 laid open, and pisti ens. 1 enlarged Pi ea pen, and pistil. 2. Corolla laid open, and stam nt view. 4. Ovary, longitudinal and 5. transverse sections. All . < Jasminum Primulinum.Hemsl.' Puate 2384. JASMINUM PRIMULINUM, JZemsl. OLEACES. Tribe JASMINER. fats corole tubo. br emato-ellipticis tubo longioribus, stylo breviter exserto. ; Soe China ; Prov, Yunnan, Mongtse, in hedges and copses, cock (No, 6), ay opposita ; petiolus 1-3 poll. longus ; foliola lateralia 1-1} ew ‘tol. terminalia 14-21 poll. longa. Bractee inferiores parve, - Mate, in tmedize majores elliptic: breviter petiolate, superiores ovales spe 8®. Corolla 14~1? poll. diam. Uk ed in the larger leaves, sometimes fairly, if not abet wenrin t r. Hancoe : $s introduction into British horticulture.—D. OLIVER. 81. Fra, > laid open and Sment of leaflet, showing setulose margin. 2. Calyx lai 4 "ary, 3 Corolla-tube laid Open, i Apex of style and stigma. All enlarged. SERI : my, VOL. IV. PART ty. Draped al, i Codonop Sis convolvulacea, KurZ. Pirate 2385. coD DONOPSIS CONVOLVULACEA, Kurz. CAMPAN ; ANULACER. Tribe CAMPANULEZ. 5-partito segmen- tis la neeolati . Olatis acutis, corollw. rot 5 : x, rotate 5-partite segmentis pa Hap, Chi 5 vAB. China ; : 5500-6500 feet Sel rov. Yunnan, Mongtse, in mountain pastures: , Hancock ; Hotha, Anderson. ous. Flores Folia 3 -]1 gol di 2 poll. longa, 2-6 lin. lata ; petiolus as poll. long 3.) via, basi late et subito dj basifixee ; filamenta Oculare, semisu subito dilatata carnosula intus pilos perum ; stigma 3-lobum, lobis oblong material : indeed, ly as d eepl Bi ply lobed in C. pedunculosa, Franchet, which is a larger, vidence of voluble habit. is doubtless the case ee a. Pisti] and stamens, 2, Stamen detached, from inner side. Enlarged. PuatTe 2386. ADINA GALPINI, Oliv. Ruspiacesz. Tribe NAUCLEEZ. A Galpini, Oliver (sp. nov.) ; arbor glaberrima, foliis 4-natim ver- ticillatis coriaceis eloneato- ovali-oblongis obtusi lis basi in petiolum Has. So. Africa ; Transvaal and Swaziland, Galpin (No. 1213). ; ; Arbor 30-90 ped. alta, ramulis strictis obsolete tetragonis. Folia in Tanulis floriferis 41-6 onga, 4—# poll. lata, novella vernicosa. a — poll. 1 , - *tlunculi 4-11 poll. longi. Capitula globosa # poll. diam. *. 4. Galpini is clearly a congener, an ‘phalanthus spathelliferus, Baker (Journ. Bot. 1882, oy Hanes rt, which ditfers in its long peduncles and muc . vA ; 1e ovules are not solitary in the Madage D ts Sch genera now stand, be removed fro ee dt ur i Welnfurth’s No, 238 (ser. iii.) fr ar-Fertit is also eae i Neue, aillon, I observe (Hist. Pl vii. 494), sinks ee he es ied. §=6oIn th s, however, I am able to_follow : the rather ; — Cephalanthus as generically distinct. I cannot, sual as to a heed state of the flowers in our specimens, speak seperate F d i tion wit 1. Bracteole. 2. Detached flower. 3. Corolla laid open- 4. Vertical sec ee All enlarged, : = : Piate 2387. STROBOPETALUM CARNOSUM, W. F. Br. ASCLEPIADE®, Tribe CYNANCHE. §. carnosum, WV. EF. Brown in Kew Bullet. 1894, 390; suffrutex prostratus v. laxe scandens, glaber, foliis petiolatis carnosulis ovato- V. oblongo-ellipticis v. fere rotundatis obtusis retusis v. acutis mucronatis 1 rotundatis v. in ramis sterilibus macrophyllis plus minus cordatis, Hloribus axillaribus, in cymis subsessilibus pauci- Vv. plurifloris dispositis, pedicellatis, corollee tubo calyce 2-plo longiore tubuloso-campanulato intus argenteo-sericeo segmentis limbi linearibus apice oblique acutatis gil tubo longioribus, coronz squamis lanceolatis ad medium gynosteg adnatis apice liberis dorsaliter compressis antheris fere wquilongis. - South Arabia, El Hami, Schweinfurth (Exped. Riebeck, No. Rami seepe elongati, teretes. Folia in ramis sterilibus 1-2} ae lone” 3-14 poll, lata; in ramulis floriferis seepius minoribus 4-1} poll. onga, +-§ poll. lata; petiolus 1-7 lin, longus. ee minute, nceolatee. Pedicelli 1-2 lin. longi. Flores viridescentes, e>panst i} poll. diam. lished ag are laterally nom peer Swobnee ie. 336) together the two Species.—_D, OLIVER ny i Same the . Bud. 2. Expanded flower. 3. Gynostege with corona. # lobes removed. 5. Pollen. Ald enlaryed. MS. del, et ith. 3 fo ral rs he g 0 0 0 0 & Q eM bs 5 @ 2: = Piate 2388. MUSSANDOPSIS BECCARIANA, Baill. RUBIACES. M, beccariana, Baill. in Adansonia, xii. 282 ; arbor inflorescentiis i brevissime acu- ee 5 a. inconspicuis, pedunculo semicylindrico, stipulis interfoliarib res mam terminalem includentibus mox deciduis, cymis laxe pedicellis floram alarium longus e 0 deciduo lobis stigmatis brevibus rotundatis crassis intus excavatls, Seminibus parvis utrinqu ‘oducti pa . e in alam productis, emDry . Fey non. Oreaghia fagrzeaopsis, Scortechint in Journ. of Bot. 1884, Has. Malacca, Maingay (Nos. 835, 1692) ; Merlimau, Malacca, a Derry (No. 1044): epi Boa iS Sarawak, Borneo, 08h cara (Nos. 358, 1176, 2651). Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 3-5} poll. lata ; dunculus 4-1} poll seis g anicula ad 6 sols Fenee sate daly 14-2 lin. me pe ‘. jaceus 1-1} longus latusque. Corolle segmenta 1)- 2 lin. longa, tn. lata. Capsula 3 lin. longa. As Baitlon and Scortechini have sam CE a a piuseendop sis represents the New World genus Calycop agp xe d World. Since Baillon’s publication, howeve _ ne : upeh, China, has been described by Professor D Oliver ee Ie. Plant.’ 1823) under the name of Emmenoptery®s sie” ch the come at least as near to Mussendopsis as to Calycophy lum, 8 ie : te tube is more developed than in Calycophyllum, and ed we mee aa of the corolla-lobes is apparently not contorted but imbrica TAPP, ; A nt, 2. Corolla. nad Soar, aig ne Or me All enlarged. : L 3 oe 1, Cymule with one expa ary and style. 4. Petal tudin e tal. al, and 7, same, transverse section. 4 PLate 2389. STEMONA ERECTA, Wright. RoxBURGHIACES. Serecta, C. HW. Wright in Kew Bullet. 1895, ined.; herba erecta 1-2 Lg Is glabra, caule angulato Perian cum ia a 2 basi fonnectivo in appendicem anthera longi vari cavitatis erectis. Aa. China ; Nanking, C. Schmidt {No. 1541, Hb. Fe aber). Folia 2-21 poll, longa, 1 poll. lata. Perianthii segmenta 6-7 He. _, This plant is evidently a near ally of S. sessilifolia, Migq., of Sg, mt in “Somoku Zusetsu,’ vol. i, Tab 55 (im the es om the ; tt be in the latter species the peduncles are longer, and a developed foliage-leaves.—D. OLIVER. Be 1. Poria i we —)**erlanth, laid open. 2. Stamen, back and front view. Metical section, All isan: Ovary. 4. Same, , Baker. f; utils Piate 2390. MASCARENHASIA UTILIS, Baker. Apvocynace®. Tribe EcnrripE2. Milis, Ba aker (sp. nov.) ; fruticosa, glabra, fo foliis breviter petiolatis gis obtusis subcoriaceis_nitidis basi cuneatis, floribus in nodo oblique ovatis obovatisve acutatis flore expanso pat in tubo inclusis, folliculis cylindricis kevibus. North Madagascar, Rev. R. Baron (6370). ie os poll. longa. Calyx 3 lin. longus. constrictus 10-11 lin. longs 5 poll. fructus immaturus 3- Si-po Preading, erect shrub found in the i aaa eat Calyx, 4 open, and pistil. % Corolla-tube, laid open. 8 Aather,| Fo nh ee ae ee ee ee Pr TSG Seen eee oe fe] Rr Ae eee rN kt] ee og l SA as coe ed tat ia i Si eal as Bene epee ie yo re Sees tee LPN ly Fee eee RTE lg ee ee ae a Pee eee Pirate 2391. GMELINA UNIFLORA, Stapf: VERBENACES. Tribe VITICES. hs uniflora, Stapf. (n. sp.) ; arbor parva ramulis apicem versus parce vo-furfuraceis caeterum glabris, foliis late ellipticis vel obovato- i inatis basi rotundatis abrupte ampliato ad 4 5-lobato extus albo-glanduloso et sparse rufo-pil atque pilosula tubo a basi sensim dilatato labio supero bilobo quam inferum multo breviore, labii inferi lobo interme ongiore, ovario apice pilosulo 4-loculari, ovulis in 1 ab apice pendulis, stigmate simplice acuto. Has. South Borneo, Banjermassing, J. Motley (No. oculis solitariis fere 1204). Folia 4-6 poll. longa, 3-4 poll. 1 Bisbrescens, ad 1 ‘IL ongus. lus ful 5, 4 poll. hgus, apice bibracteatus ; bractex ovate, ac 1 n. longe. Calyx sub anthesi circiter 8-9 lin. longus. Corolle tubus poll. longus, labium inferam 4 lin. longus. _ This is a very remarkable species of Gmelina. It differs from all its congeners in its solitary flowers. he caly. . ‘~ The ovary of the single any other species except (. hainanensis, Oliv. ted was completely 4-celled, but it was already i h 0 are visibl , ‘ally below. Our figure of the ple on both faces, but more especi sie a el seiger siond is from a single one, rather impe PF, v Fig. 1. Calyx and bracteoles. 2. Pistil. 3. Vertical section of ovary. 4. Trans- erse section of same, All enlarged. wv ae * . d of | a, : in wf Fe "i ra ere, =, Lh) % * a i é i " wr) ~ 7 Oy | A ic i fe 7 oa 3 ties ; frit? ‘ oO} Mel SRS a = ee a oy, vy is ; ie ct s. ‘ tae ; : Vee? ie ; er! sie Bay met} 4, (Se 5 Pees oN meee Teemochiesna Grfiths Hk f. ee ne, ee ee Phatr 2392. THNIOCHL#HNA GRIFFITHII, Hook.f. CONNARACER. Tribe CneEsTIDEA. Paniculis fulvo-hirtis axillaribus e basi ramosis folio multo brevioribus, calycis 5-partiti segmentis oblongo-lanceolatis apice anguste imbricatis filamentis subulatis glabris complanatis basi vix coalitis, antheris ovoideis basifixis mucronulatis, carpellis 5 liberis parvis sessilibus oblique ovoideis vy. ellipsoideis apice seepe rostratis fusco-tomentellis intus glabris.— Flora Brit. Ind. ii. 55. Hap, Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. Folia, 5-10 ; : inalia 3-6 poll. longa, 1}-23 y+ poll. longa ; foliola terminalia poll, lor ; Poll, lata ; foliola inferiora. 14-3} poll. longa, cum petiolulis brevibus “tng vix excedentibus. Panicule 4-2 poll. longe ; bracteis geting oblongo-lanceolatis, cymbiformibus, pedicello multo brevioribus. C@ Pella tructifera 3-1 poll. longa. I find the segments of the calyx are slightly imbricate, aging : sand MS. of r. Maingay’s. ‘ Calyx cae Ony: slightly, ' a quite distinctly, imbricated at the tips of the sepals. The cee " Monotypic, has not been hitherto figured, to my knowledge. - OLiver, > 1. : long 1. Detached flower, pedicel and bract. 2. Stamen. 3. Pistil. 4. Carpe gitudinal Section. 4, Seed. Lacept No, 5, all enluryed. SRRIES iy, vor, IV, PART IV, — ong Y Wo : \So> Si — ee mote sg. Puate 2395. ORYZOPSIS OBTUSA, Stapf. GRAMINES. ‘Tribe AGROSTIDER, *quilongis late obovato-ellipticis v. superiore pa Seereceis cymbiformibus inferiore ° superiore 3-nerv, nage forifera anstata castaneo-brunnea nitente coriacea ecarinata ; arcte involvente, arista gluma 2-4-plo longiore, oda gies Yalinis ovatis acutiusculis. +" B. China; Prov. Hupeh, near Ichang (No. citi and Nanto an Dicotaina to northward (No. 3896), Dr. A. Hon Gramen 13-2 ped. altum. Folia supra longi aia 2-24 a lon Spi om? ~3¢ lin, lata. Panicule 4-8 poll. poll. longe. ov glume vacue gl, florifere fere aquilonge, grat “reti- 0. An elegant grass, of ge — allied to the North American ; asperifolia, Wee TV rg. 1. Ligut f flowering glume. 3. Flow ene amg Thee of pe nia mee pall 6. Pistil and lodicules. call arged. Stapf anal. — MS.del, et ith, . Trichopteryx elegantula, Stapf. : PLATE 2394. TRICHOPTERYX ELEGANTULA, Stapf. GRAMINE®. Tribe AVENE. T. elegantula, Stapf; annua pumila debilis basi ramosa, foliorum vaginis striatis laxe pilosis ore barbatis, laminis ovatis vel lanceolatis acutis pilosis—pilis interdum laxis longisque—patentibus vel falcatim recurvis marginibus incurvis, panicula ovata, spicule gluma I. ovata acuta 3-nervi longe laxeque subsetulosa pilis tuberculo insidentibus, gluma IT. ei consimili sed subduplo longi gi inata, gluma III. a m gluma II. paulo longiore longius acuminata subaristulata -nervi vel sub-3-nervi juxta marginem laxe seriatim subsetulosa . palea paucisetulosa florem masculum (?) subtendente, gluma IV. o longa tenuiter hyalina involuta, antheris brev.bus oblongis, ovario Berio, stylis a basi liberis tenuissimis io subequilongis stigmati bus plumosis, caryopsi obovato-oblonga gluma rigescente paleaque lax Inclusa —Arundinella elegantula, Hook. /f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. (1864), 233, Has, W. Tropical Africa, Cameroons Mountains, alt. 6000-7000 ft., G. Mann (No. 2092). Planta 3-4 poll. alta ; culmis gracilibus ad medium vaginatis, i rse pilosulis v. glabratis. Foha 3-6 lin. Ly a reducta. Panicula (ramis inferne additis exclusis) circiter | poll. longa, plerumque ramis honnullis ex folii summi axilla ortis additis aucta, ramulis capillaribus, llis 2-3 lin. longis. gluma IV. basi utrinque pilis albis i. palea oblongo-lanceolata puberula pretereaque orem J subtendente, 1 lin. longa, arista ad 4 lin. longa. Caryopsts ~¥ lin. longa. The structure of the spikelets and florets of this very graceful see a is exactly that of a typical Trichoptery*, although the — _ is more that of some of the smaller South African species 0 anthonia (sect. Pentaschista). I always found the palea belonging to glume ITI. empty, whilst Sir Joseph Hooker describes 1¢.as supporting yma flower ; but the spikelets which I examin -—O. Srapr, 5 hf 1. Leaf and vagina. 2. Spikelet. 3. Third glume. 4. Flowering glum®- * Palea. 6. Stamen. 7. Pistil and lodicules. / enlarged. See “< e. AY: == STS - z ee . ’ S gies o-< she ma SS) > % SSIS — ASE ‘ ‘ x > s . | =SSSAQX Sa - : y ¥ x SaaS ae 2 = vr : : » ES Wea ~ —S 3 Sa a EF — A & ~ a = = = > = ~~. D> y a A a ANY . . ) a ~ > ao — tS ¥ . SQ S\ wt ER SSNs Sy f Z a aa rs a ~ SSS. <> = = ied = Soe “eS SYA cere LA y / ee Mics ee — a Cyathopus sikkimensis, Stapf. : lame, ae a” ae gp? “gj 7 PLaTeE 2595. CYATHOPUS SIKKIMENSIS, Stap/ GRAMINEX. ‘Tribe AGROSTIDEX. — aryopsis ignota.—Gramen perenne, elatum, iis planis. anicula terminalis, pedu neulata, elongata, flaccidula, ramis filiformibus ramulosis. Spicule basi nude cum pedicello apice in cupulam minulam dilatato articulate. Cyathopus sikkimensis, Stapf (n. sp.) ; culmis tota longitudine me ‘ inis linearibus ‘ p vaginatis, foliorum vaginis ampliusculis asperulis, laminis lin ta d pa lanceolatis, antheris oblongis brevibus.—Milium Treutleri, 0. Kuntze (in parte). Has. North Sikkim, Lachoong valley in woods, 11000 ft., J. D. Hooker. Gramen 3-4 ped. altum. Foliorum lamina pedales ad 4 lin. late. Punicula 9 poll. longa. Spicule 15 lin. long. n the ‘Herb. Ind. Or. Hook. fil. et omson,’ as ‘ Hymenac 3). Munro sug in a manuscript note attached to one of the specimens that it might be a new genus allied to Hymenachne. Kuntze identified it with his Milium Treutlert This plant was distributed 1 Ane ( eares whith i + other characte it has very much in common, amongst ot Shere they aze II. are very much like ion Il ea and more distinct towards the apex where they collect and ual the awn, or, in awnless forms, into a very ings * ole tip. The name Cyathopus refers to the cup-shaped top of . O. Srapr. _ Fig. 1. Cupuliform top of pedicel. 2. Same, more enlarged. © pyre ng arrangement of glumes. 4. Spikelet. 5. Third glume, side view. ®- ; open, 7, Palea, 8. Stamen. 9. Vistil and lodicules. All enlarged. =\{h Nt " ae a iy, , SSS Sh e/ PLateE 2396. DEYEUXIA TREUTLERI, Stap/. Guamrwmas Tribe AGROSTIDEAE, Deyeuxia iihtel ects Stapf ; perennis, foliorum vaginis inferioribus laxiusculis minutissime asperulis, laminis lanceol ato-linearibus vel linearibus suas attenuatis flaccidis subtus asperulis, ligula oblonga, rigida patula semiverticillis Plant. 780. Has. Sikkim, Shimong, 7500 feet, 0. Kuntze; at 10000 feet, eeutler (No. 486) ; from 7000 to 9000 feet, J. D. Hooker ; Soni ee! * 12000 feet, C. B. Cla rhe Bi 26044); Touglo, 8000-9000 Culmi ad 3 a ie ad 3 ined = her ie vaginati, superne asperuli, internodiis 5-7 su accrescentibus. oliorum vaginee summe ad 9 poll. ee ‘aii » ad 10 poll. longe, ad : at lin. late. Panicula ad 10 poll. longa, ad § poll. lata. Spicula 1-1} lin. lon nga. This species belongs technically to Deyeuxia, although ap fenus is difficult to point out go rather unsatist mage’ sin Stay, B08 of the spikelet is not unlike of Dey P othing Kinabalu, but the habit is et conti It ns gree n whatever to do with Milium. O. Kun ze referred to it also a ie ant, which was distributed as H. sep i in Herb. _ ri t this plant Thomson,’ and which is extremely like > it in habit. a u atiheasl : which is figured i in our previous plate, has gpg witha very Structure.and is the type of a new genus.— , STaP: and rachilla. lodicules. 7. Caryo) pis, Iume, laid Tig i. erie Flowering glume & 3. Flowerin be a od 4. Palia. Fase en, 6. Pistil and dersal view ‘ae? ' enlarged. /Hemsl. nguinea Tabernzemontana a Priate 2397. TABERNAMONTANA ANGUINEA, Hemsl. APOCYNACER, s rubro-aurantiacis (Comins) elongatis cylindrico-clavatis supra medium seminiferis bis dextrorsum tortis seminibus oblongis com- pressis rugosis. Has. Solomon Islands ; San Cristoval, R. B. Comins (No, 83). Arbor 20-pedalis. Folia ramorum floriferorum cum petiolo 5-7 oe" longa et usque ad 2 poll. lata, petiolo 1-1} poll. — be gos pr poll. Jonge, pedicellis circiter 3 lin. longis. Flores 10-12 lin. longi ot lati. Folliculi 6-8 poll. longi, et supra medium siccitate 6 lin. metro. Semina circiter semipollicaria. : . isti this species, Much elongated twisted follicles are characteristic of and from w . Mr. Comins says about them, this is their normal form. —W. B. Hemstey. Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Calyx, laid open, and pistil, 3. Anther, back and front view. 5. Seed. 6. Same.—Eacept No. 5, all enlarged. BeAr VN NN 4 ao, = OR jG AQ \\OYay ¢ megacarpus, Hemsl. Puate 2398. STEMONURUS ? MEGACARPUS, Hemsl. Ovacace®. Tribe Icacinex. brevissimis dilatatis, connectivo incrassato ultra loculos antheraru roducto inappendiculato, loculis discretis, ovario 1-loculari, ovulis 2 collateralibus pendulis, fructu drupoideo magno ovoideo monospermo, endocarpio crasso dense suberoso, semine anguste ovoideo compresso, raphe lata prominente per totam seminis longitudinem extensa. — Haw. Solomon Islands ; San Cristoval, 2. B. Comins (No. 89). Folia 8-12 poll. longa et 4-5 poll. lata. Panicula 4-5 poll. longa (imperfecta 4). Padicoll 2-3 lin. longi. Flores cireiter 3 lin. diametro. Fructus absque epicarpio carnoso 3 poll. longus, endocarpio 3-6 lin. crasso. Semen 2-2} poll. longum. The genera of the Icacinew, especially those to which the plant described is most nearly allied, huve been so differently limited by to decide to which to refer a plant i of Stemonurus and Gom by, certain, botanit n Beoe {Uae ip. 118.9 S iordes, ’ esid, ey ee different, and nearer those but the inflorescence and stamens are very of some of his species of Gomphandra, Having to deal with only ae Species, the question of the genus must therefore remain uncertain. W. B. Hemsiey. Fig. 1. Flower, 2. Stamen, back and front. 3. Ovary. : Vertical section of Ovary, 5, Kndocarp. 6, Seed. Excepting gs 5 and 6, all ex anged. Pl 2400. nitra macrantha, Hemsl.(fF) Prate 2399 (Hower) ; 2400 (fruit), OXYMITRA MACRANTHA, /ems. — ANONACEE. (§ Goniothalamus) macrantha, Hemsi. (sp. nov.) ; arbor usque ad . alta apice tantum ramosa (Comins) ramulis primum parce 7 ii iocribus petiolatis labrescentibus, corollam fenestratam formantibus, connectivo ultra loculos antherarum capitato, stylis filiformibus elongatis, carpellis numerosissimis magnis arcte confertis brevissime stipitatis pyriformibus vel ovoideis apiculatis glabris minute verrucosis, seminibus in quaque carpella 5-6 orbicu- laribus compressis tomentosis. Has. Solomon Islands ; Florida, R. B. Comins (No. 293). Fe olia 4~—6 poll. longa. Calyx circiter 1 poll. diametro. Petala ex- teriora usque ad 7 poll. longa, interiora circiter 6 lin. longa. Torus maturus 1-1} poll. diametro. Carpella 2 poll. longa. Semina 9-10 lin. diametro. Baillon and other writers who combine Oxymitra, Goniothalamus, and the Fijian genus Richella have been followed here, as there 1s no character of importance to separate The present is a somew anomalous species, the carpels being 5_6-ovulate and, sometimes at least, all the ovules mature ‘nto seeds. Goniothalamus uvarwuies, King (Ann. Cale. Bot. Gard. iv. t. 143), is also exceptional in having Is. attaining a height of 4-seeded ng pendent brick- his as a river-side tree, ground, and at k on which the lo ‘7 2 feet of the intervals of about a foot.—W.- B. Hxwsusr- Plate 2399.—Fig. 1. Flower, the petals removed. 2. Inner petals. 3. Stamen, back and front view. 4. Carpel. 5. Longitudinal section of ovary. Seed. 3 ; P late 2400,—-Fig. 1. Longitudinal section of 6-seeded fruit-earpel. 2. Seed. Section of same. 4. Embryo. Figs. 3 and 4 (Plate 2400) enlarged. INDEX OF SPECIES AND SYNONYMS. Achilus siamensis, Hemsl. . » Adina Galpini, Oliv. . S re Anastrophea pe nica, Anerineleists cordata, Ste golea fiuitans 7 ae ogeissus Bentii, Bak “sinew a: megapili, Hema. Argost Avundinellé pe "Hesk: f. sempre i packs ; Stapf : oe inoste a, S Ret ie Blastus C - ta : uxii, Staph: . Brandisia Loauening Calophaca ag rte Oliv. « + Calostemma album ; Carpodi Cistanche ros Cleisostoma F Hunatler, i; Hook fe Codonopsis co Crudia senega ingehs Pi, Cyathopus Srtinench, Stapf . Dactylocladus stenostachys, Oliv. . Darwinia Se Be > rwinia Schuermanni, Benth. . AS bey _— Stapf - ndra vel Diospyros bilocularis, O/ Dizygotheca Nilssoni, N. "p Br ocladus Benthami, Baill. . > aoennes ulmoides, Oliv. - Euphorbia Abbottii, "Baker . Galpinia transvaalica, N. F. Br. SER. IV. VOL. IV. PART IV. _ 2375 | Ophiopogon cls Plate Lassi rage ye Muell, ..2303 N. E. Br. 2376 usin Saiflors, ‘Stapf . 239i Greyia Flanagani, Bolus o « 2849 Gypsophila biovulata, Stapf » » 2332 Habenaria concinna. Hook. f. . . 2320 —— decipiens, Hook.f. . . » + 2822 __ Gibsoni, Hook.f. . . « » 2819 ____. Griffithii, Hook.f. . . » » 2822 ___ seeundiflora, Hook.f. . . « 2821 Helianthemum fe Baker . 2360 Heliophila "erage <5 6) oe Holalafia multiflora, Sta ff . + 3 ce Humboldtia ane Vig 5 aor Ieacina rpa, Olir. » » 2338 finteiaieia ria Sechellaram, Oliv. . . 2315 Iris Thoro’ o + » 2802 Jasminum primulinum, Hemel. . + 2384 macrocarpa, Pierre 2358 pat daphnoides, siebk 2339 Littonia obscura, Baker. + + + 2365 Mascarenhasia utilis, cage 2390 Melanochyla beccariana, » « 288 Meliosma "Herbertii, oon th . « + 2305 Milium Treutleri, 0. K . 2895- Monachyron villosum, 2374 M beccariana, Baill. 2336 : ' Nestlera corymbosa, Bolus . . + 2324 41 Oberonia biaurita, Hook. f., - 2317 * 9361 | —— ciliolata, Hook. f . 2318 pe ons ay Ouga. « 231! : novia gracilis . 2446 nag oe Be R fe INDEX OF SPECIES AND SYNONYMS. : rate Plate Oryzopsis obtusa, Stapf . 393 — eee mera a ny Hemsl, . 2398 ] s borneensis, Oliv 2328 — mecrantha, Hemel. A. 2300 (/r.). Reotasceton posse N.E. ‘Br. 2387 Pentaloncba humilis, Hook. f. . . 2326 | Tabernwemontana vein Bg Hemsl. 2397 Petalactella Woodii, NV. E. Br. . . 2352 Tabernanthe I Phyllanthus paniculatus, Oliv. 2372 | Twniochlena eomehii Hook f 2392 Pi microphyllus, Stapf. . 2 Tanacetum tripionatifidum oe yx ED 6c te reo Temnopteryx sericea, Hovk. f. . . 2827 Pol dra Vieillardi 1 Aas 2323 diosmoides, Oliv. . yeala bi + + «+ 230 ymene saniculefolia, 230 —— oleifera, Treub. - + + 2301 | Treculia Affona, N. EK. Br. . . . 235 Poly toca Cookei, Stapf . + «+ « 2383 Tricholena Monachyr n, Oliv . 2374 Pterocarpus Soyauxii, Taub, « »« 2369 | Trichopteryx elegantula, Peg 4 . 2394 Prychopetalum anceps, Oliv, . . 2329 — Lcd ra heterophylla Rich . oats _ —— petiolatum, Oliv. . . . » 2330 —— Neteropigln, 8 2 Rhododendron Hancockii, Hems/. . 2381 — Rhynchoealyx law sonioides, Olir. . 2348 | Vellozia arabica. Baker ee aa Sareanthus 2 ay Hook. f, a a3a4 | Vincetoxicum heterophyllum, e a oten ll. acai saps Willughbeia firma, BU. . 2344 Schweingirthin latifolia Baker . 2262 Wrightia parviflora, Stapf . oe TiN fi ree kg rattle ar patho Wan. 2346 Xerotia arabica, Oliv... . 6 + + 2359 a oy Baker . « 2365 4 emona erecta, Wr. . . « « . 2389 Zygophyllum amblyocarpum, Baker 2358 PRINTED BY SPOTTAWOODR AND CO, NEW-HTREBT FQUARB LONDON The impression of the ‘Icones’ ia limited to 250 copies, and the work will not be reprinted. 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