"HO OKE R’S ICONES PLANTARUM, OR, FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS, OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, SELECTED FROM THH KEW HERBARIUM. FOURTH SERIES. EDITED FOR THE BENTHAM TRUSTEES 4 W. T. THISELTON-DYER, C.M.G., C.LE., LL.D., M.A,, F.B.S. Director Royal Gardens, Kew. VOL. V. OR VOL. XXV. OF THE ENTIRE WORK. Part I. 2401-2425, November 1895. Part II. 2426-2450, January 1896 PART III. 2451-2475, May 1896. Part IV. 2476-2500, July 1896. DULAU & CO. 87 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. 1896. -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.B.S., ence EMERITUS i ee OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON: LATE KEEPER OF THE ARIUM AND LIBRARY, ROYAL BOTANIC spn KEW. Qinder Be ButBority of te Mirector of Be Ropaf Botanic Gardens. Her. VOL. V. OR VOL, XXV. OF THE ENTIRE WORK. Mo. Bot. Garden, 205 te Nat Rat et * DULAU & CO. 37 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. 1895. Price Four s hi Sead: PL 2401. “MS.del, eblith Vatica ridleyana, Brandis. Puate 2401. VATICA RIDLEYANA, Brandis. DipreRocaRPACEs. ‘Tribe VarTicex. V. ridleyana, Brandis (sp. nova) ; arn preter inflorescentiam ohms Sait coriaceis elliptico- oblongis ,costa cum nervis secundariis utrinque 5-7 p ntibus, nervis tertiariis 6 reticulatis, floribus longiuscule _pedicellatis, petalis lineari-oblongis subfalcatis, staminibus 6 breviter rostratis, stylo brevi, stigmate capitato, fructu elongato Er tans breviter et ent: rostrato. basi calyce incrassate in urato Tas. cae Changi (No. 2758a) by the stream Chandukay (No. 4449), Ridley hia 3-5 poll. longa, 13-2 poll. lata ; petiolus 5 poll. longus. Inflorescentice rami calyx pet ale u tus pilis stellati beralk Staminum filamenta 5 interiora longiuscula, basi valde dilatata, exteriora 10, brevissima. Fructus 2 poll. longus, pericarpium crassum, exocarpium molle, endocarpiua durum fere lignos sum. A big tree in dense jungle, often near streams, flowering, like many other species of Vatica, before it has attained its full size. Flowers white, fruit brown and firm. Squirrels and monkeys eat the endocarp, which j is of the consistence of soft bark. A ey remarkable for its long, obliquely 7 warty fruit. f The lea are easily distinguished from those . Scortechina, which comes nearest, by the small number of secondary and the absence of intermediate nerves. The in eo also, calyx and DIS. petals, are more finely pubescent.— D. Bra Fig Bud. 2. Flower, the peta's and ea in front removed. 3. Petal. 4. Detached stamens and vertical section of ovary, 5, Pistil—adl enlarged. SERIES IV. VOL. V. PART I. oN ns eS: Lot a ‘ . . Sa. : ¥ eee es SSS a of ei MSdelethth Shorea rigida, Brandis Piate 2402. SHOREA RIGIDA, Brandis, Diprerocarpacem, Tribe Suorex. 8. rigida, Brandis (sp. nov.) ; arbor ingens, ramulis petiolisque verrucoso-scabris, novellis stellato-tomentosis, foliis rigide coriaceis tomentosum angustato, stylo tenui glabro stylopodium vix squante, obtus Has. Singapore (garden jungle), Ridley (No. 6393), Folia 5-6 poll. longa ad 2 poll. lata ; petiolus # poll longus. Calycis fructiferi segmenta tria majora lineari-oblonga, obtusa, basi angustata, 10-nervia, 4—5 poll. longa. Fructus % poll. longus. Cotyledones crass, carnose, major bifida ; radicula brevis. Attains 180 feet, with a tall clean stem. Foliage light green ; flowers creamy white in great masses ; wings of fruiting calyx red- dish brown. Flowers in J uly. This species belongs to the small section of Shorea with inappendi- culate anthers which now comprises 6 species of the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. Some of these, like S. leprosula, Miq., have 15 stamens, while others (S. sericea, rigida) have a large number.— D. Branpis. 1. Portion of leaf showing stellate indumentum. 2. Expanded ie Fig. pa 3. Same enlarged. 4. Stamen. 5. Vertical section of ovary. KHacept fig. 2, enlarged. M.S. del, et lith Piate 2403. DIPTEROCARPUS BOURDILLONI, Brandis. DIPTEROCARPACES. Tribe DIPpTEROCARPES. D. Bourdilloni, Brandis (sp. nov.) ; arbor pon — stipulis petiolisque dense fulvo-tomentosis, foliis tenuiter coriaceis aisgpeetiond petiolatis ellipticis breviter acuminatis, subtus seis in nerv venisque pilis longis paucis stellatis brevibus plurimis tectis, Siotibes agnis, calycis tubo glabro turbinato late 5-alato, — duobus linearibus ‘tubum superantibus, petalis _lineari- — extus velutinis, staminibus 30, antheris hastatis, valvis s equalibus, arista antheram vix wquante, fructibus obovoideis abst mis _nitidis, segmentis duobus linearibus longis, tribus obtusis fructum equantibus. Has. Evergreen forests on the Periyar river, in North Travancore, at 200-500 ft. above sea-level, Bowrdil/on. a 8-12 poll. longa, 5-7 poll. lata, nervi secundarii utrinque 15-20, tertiarii plerumque beedlat interdum reticulati ; petioli 15-2 poll. longi. Fores 2-pollicares. Calycis fructiferi segmenta longiora Fructus 14 poll. longus, alis 5, fructus diametrum dimidiu zequantibus An a tree, 150 feet high, with a straight trunk, 5 fee diameter. Wood not good, but used for dug-out canoes (Bourdillo oe Leaves corresponding exactly to those of — species were in 1868 t Ca apaleay D. Bourdilloni is closely allied to D. insignis, Thw., of Ceylon. D. Bourdilloni differs, however, in the shape of the leaves, their hairy — and longer — The wings of the fruiting- calyx also are different.—D. Bra Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Flower. 3. Anther, back and front view. 4. Base of calyx and ovary, tite stage. 5. Vertical section of ovary. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 enlarged. q Ramisia brasiliensis, hv. 4 } f ; Puate 2404. RAMISIA BRASILIENSIS, Oliv. NyctaGiInE&. Tribe LEUCASTER. Ramisia, Glaziou in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. 1887, 697. Flores exinvo- lucrati, ebracteolati, hermaphroditi. Perianthium floriferum profunde 4- fidain, tubo medio contracto inferne turbina 2-costato ovarium cingente, segmentis limbi erectis induplicato- pint ; perianthium fruc- tiferum accrescens, segmentis limbi explanatis, oblongo- lanceolatis, mu- cronatis, subiequalibus. specie 2 leviter r perig gyne, “fere ad basin tubi inserta ; filamenta complanata ; ze, loculis | dehiscentibus induplicatim apilieitis, dorso inferne carnoso-incrassate. rium liberum, oblique ovoideum, tomentellum ; stigma subsessile, cbliqaumn eorecrset solitarium, e basi cavitatis ovarii erectum, cam- pylotr Y or me eee ramulis Jleauosis teretibus, svelte ‘iegidaes neo glabratis. Folia a lata, me ranacea v. tenuiter coriacea, elliptica, sthea v. obtuse acutata, Scsés cuneata v. leviter rotundata, gu str glabra, subtus appresse subargenteo- v. brunneo-lepidotis. Flores viridescentes sepius in fase ciculis _— Joris v. racemulis axillaribus Seeviier padialiatts extus lepidotis .& 3 >= S Ri ©. Q& | =) = E. brasiliensis, Oliver (sp. wnica). Has. Brazil; Minas Geraes, Glaziow (No. 15,385); R. Janeiro, near Catteni (No. 16,320 ; No. 14,221 near Rio). Folia 2-5 (sepius 24-34) poll. longa. Flores 6-7 lin. longi : perian- gees fructiferum 14 “poll. latum ; segmenta ‘gg pope t ‘poll. longa, 3 poll. lata ; tubus infra constrictionem 15-2 lin. longus atq. latus. Unfortunately, I have not cinotaangn in finding well-ripened seeds 0 this very interesting Lait but there can be no doubt of its Soule and that it is a near ally of Mecchohaohae. Spreng. and Lewcaster, Chois. to the former of which genera I was at first disposed to refer it. It differs from Reichenbachia in its much- pipe sar deeply divided ee and distinct Baek ill of its stamen It _— very e tube constricted around the ovary, and m ella til, It is, however, diandrous, and the ovule (and doubtless the fruit) is clearly Nycta agineous. ether we have here a suggestion of phyllogenic relationship with Eleagnus may be a question worthy of consideration. As M. Baillon, /.c., simply cites a MS. generic name (only) of M. Glaziou for this plant, with a full, bat not formal, description of it, I po thought it expedient to give a description in the usual form.— . OLIVER. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Detached scale of its indumentum. 3. Vertical section 0 of flower. 4. Stamen, back and front view. 5. Accrescent limb of perianth—all enlarged. taste een nr caine ene observe M. Baillon speaks of the stamens as hypogynous. I have re- -examined a flower with regard to this, and can only confirm the description as given abov PUL 2405 Lysimachia grandifolia, Hems] Puate 2405. LYSIMACHIA GRANDIFOLIA, Hemsl. Primutace&. Tribe LysimAcHIE®. L. grandifolia, Hems/. in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 107. Herba bipedalis, caule erecto glabrato, foliis alternis longiuscule petiolatis ellipticis v. ovato- -ellipticis acutis basi leviter rotundatis margine laminz petiolique pilosulis costa _Subtus nervisque prim aris sparse setuloso pilosis versus angustatis filamento 2-3 plo longioribus, staminodia 0, ovario _ Subgloboso glabro, stylo ovario 3-plo longiore, ovulis numerosis. Has. Northern Siam, /. H. Smiles. Folia 44-64 poll. longa, 2-34 oe lata ; ae ]- “25 poll. longus. Flores 3-3 Fi poll. diam. ; pedicelli 3-1 poll. lo Dibderreceria: the protean character ot the genus Lysimachia whether in respect of general habit, foliage, or inflorescence, unable to cite ae species known to me in the Kew Herbarium to _ which this curious species offers a general resemblance, unless, indeed, ha L. oe Ph. of Chili, ‘and that is sufficiently distinct.— Fig. 1. Part of calyx and ovary. 2. Corolla laid open. Enlarged. ~ a) aa ot cq, © ~ c = 5S = © G Ke A. Puate 2406. DANIELLA THURIFERA, Benn. Lecuminos&. Tribe AMHERSTIEX. /) Has. Sierra Leone, Dr. Daniell, M. ‘ Molollle ; ; pan: _ Heudelot ; Nigritania, Barter _ Arbor 50- 150-pedalis. Folia alterna, abrupte pinnata, petiolo communi subtereti 2-14 poll. longo ; foliola 13-74 poll. longa, subtus rete venarum conspicuo, plus minus pellucide punctate ; petio ulus 2-6 lin. longus. Panicula multiflora, ramis alternis patentibus recurvisve ; edicelli 3-6 lin. longi ; bractez caducissime obovate v. oblonge 4-3 poll. longe ; bracteolee geminate, caducissime, tenuiter coriaceze a poll. longe. Calya tubo 3-5 lin. tomate limbi segmenta 5 poll. ey Petala lateralia et antica rudimentaria. Legumen 2-25 poll. lon 614-13 poll. ia endocarpio secedente. Semen funiculatum, Pritants hilo dilatato Py known also as van Thiévr in an note by Mr. Melville on the tree and its resin is given in the ‘ Miscellaneous N nent ag ee to vol. 25 (1839) ‘of Lindley’ hs “Botanical Register, and a note in MS. {to be peculiarly adapted to resist ‘the usual effects of “poet and wet.’ He says ‘only t the iat and loftiest trees flower, and that on the . Bart { Mann,* we have ect material from Lagos and the Yoruba region, indicating one or Ost as yet undescribed allies affording the Ogea, Wjea, or Oguja gum-resin. Of these we hope soon to have adequate iintorad for Peertption. —D. OLIVER. Fig. 1. Flower, calyx-segments removed. 2. Posterior petal, 3. Anther. 4. Pistil, the ovary laid open. All enlarged. nn’s Fernando Po speci men I referred in my Flora, si to D. thurifera, but on tes examination I think it agrees with D. oblonga. It has Sania stamens, connate at base, besides other differences from D. thurifera, Benn. Ft 24 ee Sums 9595, 2S Sa XS SED veal Va COR, M.S. del, et lith. XIS canescens, Oliv. Lz Heterop Puate 2407. HETEROPYXIS CANESCENS, Oliv. LYTHRACE. 4 Be canescens, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; arbuscula, on novellis inflorescen- pane leviter cano- pubescentibus, foliis elo ngato-ov ralibus acumiatis nox supra hla parce pellucido- punctatis, cymulis compactis in paniculis bre li pale seieribua. dispositis, eosin brevissime pedicellatis 4- vy. 5- eris, capsula vix aut leviter exsert Has. Transvaal, Barberton, at Rimer’s Creek, Galpin oe 518). Arbuscula 25-pedalis. Folia 34-6 poli. longa, ?-1} poll. lata; detiolus } poll. longus. Calyx breviter campanulata, oF ti obtuse leltoideis. Petala “rotundata, subsessilia, leviter concava, parce pellu- ride punctata, estivatione late imbricata. tamina medio calycis ubi inserta, petala superantia ; filamenta subulata, glabra, exserta. Ovarium turbinatum, apice depressum, biloculare; stylus ovario equilongus ; stigma capitellatum. Capsula subglobosa, loculicide bivalvis, valvis latis retusis. Semina plurima, angulata. Hitherto this this interesting genus, which Professor Baillion approximates Crypteronia, has been represented by the original species figured by he - Piotesior Harvey (Thes. Cap. pl. 128). Mr. gs oh s excellent cimens just received have much in common with HH. nat lensis, ary. differing i in the ampler foliage, with the lateral ‘oping primary veins ‘of the leaves directed forward at an acute angle, the slight dumentum canescent in young shoots and sie sleeennes. more sessile i staints petals, and in the very slightly exserted - —D. OLIVER. Fig. 1. Portion of Peay bx argin. 2. Flower. 3. Same laid open, the petals moved, 4. Petal. 5. Fruit, enclosed in calyx. 6. vat section of ovary. U enlarged. oye EIS YR el HAW es ASA. ORNL SSS fk pee SEL Ne ii a. by See” rae A Mg Tete oa. if, = ait got sits Ne. cnnol ne ere, % SIT eS — oo ’ < on, PST Ae SES Ey ~ SET LASS) || SUE AS ! ) Lt pee a) avy ; : : \" ot \ ¥) i? wees SF | na waN at tee TAS a a cS te Y Wipe: POCO ee , Ao INES 9 SS i DLS oe " aS ~ - -MS8.del et hth. pisocarpa, Oliv. oO ne fa Qo Ey ‘@) <2 PLate 2408, COMOROA PISOCARPA, Oliv. Rutacesz. Tribe AURANTIER. Comoroa, Oliv. (gen. nov.) Flores 4-meri, ut videtur abortu uni- sexuales, Calyx cupuliformis v. breviter campanulatus, 4-fidus, lobis rotundatis. Petala hypogyna, 4, oblonga, obtusa, basi filamentis adnata, wstivatione imbricata. Stamina isomera, petalis zquilonga ; filamenta anguste linear ria, complanata ; anthers. ovate, dorso infra medium pendulum, exalbuminosum, cotyledonibus plano convex is, radicula supera, brevissima, truncata.—Arbuscula (1) glaberrima, ramis teretibus levibus. Folia alterna, petiolata, unrfoliolata, lamina basi articulata, oblongo-ovalis, interdum apice leviter acuminata, obtusiuscula, bast v. axillaribus plurifloris (axillaribus sepius folio multo brevioribus) sessilibus v, brevissime foto oaien sepe fasciculatim glomerati , brac- lets minutis late ovatis Has. Comoro Islands : ‘iy "on or Great Comoro, collected by natives for Dr. (now Sir) John Kir This plant has for many years remained pst a amongst the doubtful Rutacee of this herbarium. Although we do not possess female flowers, yet with excellent specimens in “trait and thins bearing staminate flowers, I think we are justified in naming it. Our leaves are all 1-foliolate with a conspicuous articulation near the apex of the petiole ; possibly triphyllous forms may occur curious point in the floral structure is the achesion of the base of the petals to the filaments, so that the corolla is quasi-gamophyllous—a rare nore if indeed it occurs at all in this section of Rutacez, unless it n Atalantia monophylla, in which the petals sometimes adhere to the Pens: tube. rudimentary pistil in the antheriferous flowers is by no means minute, but I find the basal portion solid without trace of cavity or ovules ; it is central and symmetrical.—D. OLIVER. Fig. 1. Bud, 2. Pistillate flower, petals removed. 3. $. Corolla and stamens. 4, dense. All enlarged. Ja a Pr iis = Ty. ‘ é ‘ “ . r pet ty cenlnseretin, SL MS.del, et lith woinie Daphnopsis Beta, Taub. Piate 2409. DAPHNOPSIS BETA, Jaubert. THYMELZACER. leaned reflexisve tubo intus dense hirsuto, , ptamminibas Ga fl. quasi- hermaphroditis) biseriatis breviter exsertis, squamis h hypogynis,'c, 5-40 brevibus subulatis Ses si vel per paria coalitis ihe) ovario libero ellipsoideo dense lana Has. S. Brazil, near Rio, Glaziou (No. 11,481, No. 19,813). lng cum petiolo (}-2 poll. longo), 3}-5 poll. longa. Raceme 4-1} poll. lo it to the same genus. If Vans »ra be maintained as distinct from Daphnopsis [ iar say Bosca should certainly fall into the latter, as indeed the in the ‘Gen. Plant.’ (iii. 195) hints. The sisaiinate flowers which r have exauninsd contain an apparently well-developed Ovary, with a solitary anatropous pendulous ovary, but th wie ee ba! leaving the pina recurved base of the pedicels.—D. Ou Fig flower. Ovary cf same with hypogynous seales. 3. 2 flower. g 4, Dray ‘of mane. 5. Ved oo section of ovary. 6. Seed. gsc ve SERIES IV, VOL. V. PART I. M.S.del et Eth * Pelrocosmea : grandif lora, Hems! Puate 2410. PETROCOSMEA GRANDIFLORA, JHemsi. GESNERACEX. Tribe CyRTANDRES. staminibus 2 filamentis brevibus incrassatis hirsutis, antheris magnis, loculis connectivo incrassato hirsuto sejunctis, ovario hirsuto, stylo hirsuto gracili bis curvato, id est rursum prorsum curvato, capsula ignota. AB. Western China: Mongtse, Yunnan, crevices of limestone precipices at 6400 feet alt. Hancock (No. 115). folia maxima cum petiolo 6 poll. longa ; lamina 3-2} poll. longa. Pedunculi 1-2 poll. longi. Calyets segmenta 14-2 lin. longa. Corolla 1-1} pol). diametro ; labium anticum 10-12 lin. latum. Mr. Hancock describes the flowers of this charming little plant as cobalt-blue. The only other known species is P. sinensis, Oliv., in ‘Icones Plantarum,’ t. 1716.—W. B MSLEY. Fig. 1. Calyx and ovary. 2. Base of corolla, with stamens and stamino/es. Enlarged. M.8.del, et lith Medinilla serpens, Stapf. Puate 2411. MEDINILLA SERPENS, Stap/. Merasvoioek Tribe DissocHATE. §. Heteroblemma) serpens, soe A (sp. nov.); foliis ws ai raphe ae! vel rotundatis abrupte breviterque acuminatis latis membranaceis 7-plinerviis nervis basi Superne ut vene transverse prominulze subfurfuraceis, petiolo pte éequilongo vel breviore plus minusve setuloso vel glabrato, flor ibus fasciculis 3-5- iv ris e ramis vetustis et junioribus, “pedicellis gredilibas ut calyx campanulatus truncatus dentibus subulatis limbi margini impositis ddesttiaia’ ornatus patule setosis. Has. Borneo : Sarawak, near Kuching, Haviland (No. 551). Folia ad 9 poll, longa, ad 7 poll. lata ; petiolus ad 6 poll. longa. Pedicelli ad 4 poll. longi. Calyx 2 lin. longus. Corolla 34 lin. longa. Anthere 34 lin. longe. The section Heteroblemma was established by Blume on Medinilla alternifolia, Bl., from Sumatra ; but subsequent writers, including Cogniaux, do not seem to have taken any notice of it. The recen t collections of Dr. G. D. Haviland, however, show that. it is not an which climb by means of aérial i Apia and often large leaves, the transverse venation 0 hich is more marked than in most other MJediniiie. The flowers come in bundles, generally from old branches, as is often the case in the us, and do not differ in any essential point from those of typical Spaces of sist a They are, however, as Blume has already noticed, charac- i of the anterior lobes of the ape ., from Sarawak (Beccari, 4016), M. lorata, Stapf, w which j is gared on — 2417, and M. flagellata, the description of which rs Sten her M. (§ iis flagellata, Stapy"(sp. nov.) ; ramis vetustis ver- SERIES IV. VOL. V. PART I. D PL 2412 M.S.dél, et bth. , Oliv. ~ 3 ee ES ro Ra Oo O : 5 ga o) Puate 2412. ORTHMA CORDATA, Oliv. VaccINIACER, Tribe THIBAUDIES. brevissime petiolatis coriaceis 5 is ovato- v. elliptico-oblongis subacutis v. breviter obtusiuscule acuminatis basi cordatis subt reecipue in ¢ nervisque parce pubescentibus glabratisve, racemis subulatis, cea superne lave incrassatis apice path mara tubo basi intruso limbo quam tubo paullo longiore segmentis ovato- lanceolatis acutiusculis, corolla tubulosa infra medium sensim dilatata ore angusta fere truncata lobis brevissimis erectis ovato-rotundatis wstivatione induplicatim plicatis, staminibus ime corolle insertis corolla 3-4 plo Ath ineoe loculis antherarum apice brevissime liberis poro truncato dehiscentibus Has. South America ; Columbie, between Ogana and Pamplona, 6000 ft., Kalbreyer (No. 10 59). Folia 4-7 poll. longa, 2-2? poll. lata. Racemi semipedales. Flores viridi-rubescentes, 1-1} poll. longi. Filamenta libera, complanata, apice angustata, dorso ebay hirsuta ; antheree oblong, prope basin aftixe. Ovariwm 5-loculare ; ovula « ; stylus rectus, gracilis, glaber ; stigma capitellatum ; ian styli basin circumcingens breviter annu- latim elevatus. Prantl, Cc cettan, Ericacer, 54.—D. O11 2. Transverse section of apex of . Vertical section of calyx and ov front and back Fig. ‘corolla, slowing estivation. 3. Corcilavlobes laid open. 4, Stamens, lews, All enlarged, , | SWE SO rial hy — aes ) 1 Gurke pa Bentham - issocar L . Puate 2413. LISSOCARPA BENTHAMI, Giirke. ‘STYRACE ?’ L. Benthami, Giirke in Engl. and Prantl, P nzenf., Styracacee, p- 180. Arbuscula glaberrima, foliis breviter petiolatis ovali-oblongis ‘ ongo- v. ovato-ellipticis obtusiusculis basi cuneatis v. leviter rotundatis coriaceis nitidis tenuiter venosis, floribus sordide luteis in racemis brevibus plurifloris folio multe brevioribus fasciculatim dis- positis, bracteis parvis ovato-rotundati iaceis deciduis pedicello brevi sublongioribus, bracteolis geminatis basi ovarii insertis persistentibus, fructibus ovoideis 2-1-spermis, pericarpio carnosulo in sicco crustaceo nitido, rotinndaatic anr Has. South America: Amazonia, near San Carlos, and on the Guainia ; Spruce (Nos. 3108, 3504). Arbuscula 18-20-pedalis (Spr.). Folia integerrima subtus opaca, 4-6 poll. longa, 14-22 poll. lata ; petiolus $—t poll. longus. Inflores- centia 2-1 poll longa. Alabastra 5—% poll. longa, Calyx tubo carnoso contorto-imbricatis. Corolla 4-fida, tubus cylindricus limbo fere wquilongus ; segmenta limbi ovato- vy. obovato-elliptica obtusa tempore florif. patula, in alabastro erecta, estivatione contorto-imbricata. Zubum staminiferum epipetalum, apice 8-lobatum, lobis lanceolatis, contorto- xX corneum ryo subteres, albumine fere dimidio brevior. I have left this remarkable plant where Mr. Bentham placed it— in Styracee—althoug think its affinity may rather be with ni Ebenacee, of which it has the general facies and horny albumen. Mr. Bentham (in ‘Gen. Plant.’ ii. ; the fruit also is crowned b the persistent coriaceous contorted segments of the calyx-limb, not ‘calyct impositus’ (le Mr ntham has evidently taken the too small to enable me to clear up the relation of what I have called the staminiferous tube to the anthers. I take it, however, that the anthers are free from the_tube, though sometimes, in bud, not readily separable. The description given by Herr Giirke would seem to have been taken from the ‘Genera,’ and not from original observation, or the inaccuracies referred to would have been detected.—D. Oxtver. Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Longitudinal section of calyx and inferior ovary. 3. Corolla i i Apex of laid open. 4. Anther. 5. Transverse section of ovary. 6. Fruit. . 7. eX same, showing the persistent limb of the calyx. 8. Seed. 9. Longitudinal section of same, showing the embryo. wecpting fig. 6, enlarged. PL2414 ~ U &/ 4 GELSS, & bt) s rs MS.del, Stapfanal. Driessenia scorpioidea, Stapf. Puate 2414, DRIESSENIA SCORPIOIDEA, Stap/, MELASTOMACEe. Tribe Oxysporem. D. (§ Scorpioides, sectio nova inflorescentia paniculata ramis vel ramulis eximie scorpioideis) scorpioidea, Stapf’ (sp. nov.) ; caule quad- rangulari fusco glanduloso-furfuraceo, foliis oppositis paulo inequalibus late ovatis vel ellipticis basi breviter vel obscure cordatis apice breviter abrupte acuminatis integris 7-9 nervibus venis transversis distinctis subhorizontalibus supra sparse glandulosis subtus glaucescentibus vel fulvescentibus dense glandulis minimis nitidis vestitis, petiolo longius- culo lateraliter compresso supra liculato f glanduloso-furfuraceo basi ad 2 poll. nuda (i.e. longiuscule pedunculata) ; pedicelli ad 1 lin, longi. Calyw 1-1} lin. longus. Petala 3 lin. longa. Capsula 1} lin. diam. The structure of the flower and fruit is quite that of Driessenia axantha, Korth, or D. microthrix, Stapf; but the panicles are larger than in any other species, and, above all, distinguished by the dis- tinctly scorpioid arrangement of the flowers. oreover, the whole plant is more or less densely covered with minute glands, whick consist of four cells in cross position. They are particularly numerous and minute on the lower surface of the leaves, which therefore appear uinose. Another species of the same section is represented by a specimen collected by Dr. G. ID. Haviland on ‘conglomerate sandstone’ in primeval forest at Bongsitu, Sarawak, at an altitude of 800 feet, nuluflora Stanr - sa, ge) r @ cy a0) 8 i = MS ad), Stapfanal. Puate 2415. HEDERELLA MULTIFLORA, Stap/. MELAsToMACE®. ‘Tribe DissocHaTE. Hederella, Stapf (gen. nov.) ; Jlores 4-meri. Calycis glabri vel tomentosi tubus ovoideus vel obe conicus ; cca truncatus. Petala oblonga ovata vel ‘Annosolabe, acuta. Stam a 8, inequalia, episepala majora fertilia, rarius sterilia, epipetala minora sterilia, rarius fertilia, vel 4 episepala ; antherex basifixe, oblonge lanceolate vel lineares, obtuse vel subrostrate, 1 i-porose ; conn ectivo basi — haud petiolata, ovata, coriacea, integerrima, 3-5-nervia, venis transversis nulls vel obscuris paucis. Flores pedicellati, i in 8 breviter v. longe pedunculatis rarius paniculatis rarius solitarii, semper axillares vel e ligno vetusto. é H. multiflora, ge ee nov.); spe Lene oppositis yeeher ee late ovatis basi indatis vel subcordatis acuminatis, umbellis axillaribus longe einicinlatis cae padioitaten ad 10-floris » pedi- ae calyce duplo longioribus, calyce ovoi ideo, petalis in alabastris in u racilem contortis lanceolatis roseis, staminibus 8 episepalis Riwaiihen obtusis caleare triangulari, epipetalis babi! nncealats obtusis calcare longiusculo subulato, ovarii vertice glabro conico. Has. Borneo : Sarawak, Matang, alt. 1600 feet, et) on a tall tree, Havila nd, Folia ad 3 poll. longa, ad 2 poll. lata; petiolus 1-1} poll. — Pedunculus ad 2 poll. longus ; pedicelli ad 5 lin. longi. Calyx 3 a Petala ad 3 lin. | ongi. esides HH, aha agnniise figured overleaf, I refer to this genus gti ‘the following two spec H. tetrandra, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; ramorum apicibus foliis admodum juvenilibus atque inflorescentiis junioribus ferrugineo-furfuraceis fi “a bilobo lobis subulatis postice triangulari-calearato, ovario vertice glabro haud producto ope septorum 4 cum tubo calycino connato. Has. Borneo: Sarawak, Beccari (No. 304); Niah, Haviland and C. Hose (No. 233). oll. longa, ad 1} poll. lata 3 petiolus #~14 poll. longus. aad 3 p Pedunculus 3-2 poll. longus ; pedicelli 9-j poll. longi. Calyx 34-4 longa. lin. longus. Petala 5 lin. H. Forbesii, Stapf (sp. nov.); partibus juve ilibus ferrugineo- furfuraceis exceptis glabra, ramis flexuosis vetustis verrucosis grossé s, umbellis in r rami abbreviatis globoso-nodosis breviter pedunculatis paucifloris, pedicellis longis gracilibus, calyce quadrangulari-campanulato limbo subpatulari, o : ealycino connato. Has. New Guinea : Sogeri District, Forbes (No. 457). Folia ad 3 poll. longa, ad 2 poll lata ; petiolus 4-3 poll. longus. Pedunculi § poll. longi ; pedicelli ad 1 poll. longi. “Calyx 3-3} lin. longi. Petala 3-4 lin. ongi. Antherce episepalee cum connectivo 35 lin., epipetale 2 lin. longee. : One of the species described was pla viz. D. quintuplinervis—to sagittata, Bl., and D, Cummingii, N aud., p genus where the calyx is so distinctly less campanulate or ovoid, and beco Lemna Sea ‘ i 3 ovary after fertilisation has taken place ; and those species of Dissocheta at least with which Cogniaux places D. guintuplinervis have the long d known which follow the same type. As to the affinity of the genus Malanthos (un = axilla, dvd0s = flower), I believe it lies more with Medinilla than with Dissocheta.—O. Srapr. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Calyx-tube and ovary, vertical section. 3. Larger, and 4. Smaller anthers. Ad/ enlarged. quintuplineryis. ue co Be o Cy Mm of (eB) a PE hee foes PiateE 2416. HEDERELLA QUINTUPLINERVIS, Stap/. Menastomaces&. Tribe DissocumtTEeR. scandentibus ?) junioribus is alternis, late ovatis calyce late conico-campanulato dense furfuraceo-tomentoso, petalis ovatis acutis in alabastro in conum brevem acutum contortis, stamini- bus 8, valde ineequalibus episepalis tantum fertilibus, antheris lanceo- Has. Borneo: Sarawak, Beccari (Nos. 1802, 3274); Matang, Haviland. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata ; petiolus 1 poll. longus, Pedicelli 3-4 lin. longi. Calyx 3-4 lin. longus.—O. Srapr. Fig. 1. Calyx-tube and ovary, vertical section, 2, Hair from calyx. 3. Petal. 4. Larger, and 5, Smaller anthers. _Ad/ enlarged. oy \) - Medinilla lorata Stapr Puate 2417, MEDINILLA LORATA, Stapy. MELAsToMACE®. Tribe DissocHeTEx. Has. Borneo : Sarawak, Kuching, Haviland (No. 1785). Folia ad 1 ped. longa, ad 2 poll. lata ; petiolus 2-2} poll. longus. Pedicelli 10 lin. longi. Calyx 2 lin. longus. Petala 4 lin. longa. Anthere 3 lin. longe. See the note under I. serpens (pl. 2411).—O. Srapr. Fig. 1. Calyx-tube and ovary, vertical section. 2. Petal. 3. Anther, lower figure in side view. Ald enlarged. Stapf | a, okeri, thiandra Ple my : = Pirate 2418. PLETHIANDRA HOOKERI, Stap/. P. Hookeri, Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc., ser. 2, vol. iv. 163 ; frutex glaberrimus, foliis brevissime petiolatis crasse coriaceis quintuplinerviis late ellipticis obtusis v. retusis basi plus minus rotundatis, floribus axillaribus breviter pedicellatis 3—5-fasciculatis, calycis urceolato-cam- panulati limbo truncato integro, petalis 6 obovato-ellipticis acutis, staminibus 26-30, antheris linearibus basi emarginatis interdum postice obsolete calcaratis. Has. Borneo: Kinabalu, 6600 feet, Haviland (No. 1169). mt crassiusculi, teretes, cortice cinereo-albido. Folia 3-4 poll, 1.) interiori i coalitis ; petiolus crassus 1-2 lin. longus. Flores rosei, 4 poll. diam. ; pedicelli 2-3 lin. longi. Ovarium inferum, 6-loculare, vertice in medio leviter depressum ; septa tenuissima ; placentze bitide, ex angulo Superiore ortz. Bacca (immatura) globosa, limbo calycino coronata, To this species and P. Motleyi, Hook. f., on which the genus was founded, three more species may be added from Dr. Haviland’s collec- tion. They are : Has. Borneo: Sarawak, Rejang, Sibu, //aviland (No. 545), Folia ad 6 poll. longa, ad 2% poll. lata ; petiolus 1 poll. longus. Pedicelli ad 5 Nin. longi. Calyx et petala 24 lin. longa. rx SS Sr a4 4, ZEN AGO) ( \ Sy Bo we eee oe re Tr Se MS.del, et lith. st i | ¢ Puate 2440. POGOSTEMON FORMOSANUS, Oliv. Lapiats. Tribe SATUREINEA. P. formosanus, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; parce strigilloso-pubescens v. gla brescens, foliis longiuscule petiolatis rhomboideo-lanceolatis ovatisve acutis v. seanerpenta is basi cuneatim angustatis lobato- (interdum pro- subulato-lanceolatis ciliatis, corolle lobis wquilongis 2 lateralibus labii a ceteris obtusioribus et paulo latioribus. sp. Formosa: Benkinsing (No. 70); Ape’s Hill, Takow : (he 1178), Dr. A, Henry. Folia supra et subtus precipue in costa renmgne parce strigillosa, ied. poll. longa, 14-3 poll. lata ; petiolus 1-1} poll. longus. "Flores ilacini. Nearly allied to Pogostemon Patchouli, Pell. (P. heyneanus, Benth.), from which it differs in the nearly uninterrupted spikes, the component cymules of which are tiga but distinctly pedunculate, with their flowers directed upwards, not radiately divergent as in the sessile cymules of P. Pachouli and in the small, short, and fea bracteoles, besides the more acute lobing of the leaves. Dr. Henry describes the root as having a ‘ peculiar, strong odour.’—D. OLIVER. . 1, Detached flower and bracteoles. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Ovary and base cr he tube. 4, Style. 5. Nucules. 6. Detached nucule, showing inner angle. All enlarged. _ Peridiscus lucidus, Benth, Puate 2441, PERIDISCUS LUCIDUS, Benth, BIx1ne& ? P. lucidus, Benth. Gen. Plant. i. 127; ramulis teretibus pate foliis amplis petiolatis coriaceis ov. vato- obl ongo- v. interdum obova tusiuscul Has. On the borders of Brazil and Venezuela: on the Uaupés and Upper Pacimoni, Spruce (Nos. 2843, 3389), Arbor 50-80-pedalis. Folia 4-9 poll. longa, 2-4} poll. lata ; ye: 6-8 lin. longus ; stipule caducw. Racemi 1-1} poll. longi. Flor hermaphroditi v. masculi. orn seem to be insect-punctur ey are ovoid, obovoid or ellips- and narrowed below into a short, stout, but distinct, stipes ; the pericarp already of almost bony hardness. Dr. Warburg, in Engler rantl, Natirl. Pflanzenfam. (Flac scar phprte 54), describes it as one- saded: the seed as exalbuminous and t o curved ; adding, that, on the ground of these seminal aren the plant would seem referable rather to Jernstramiacee than to Flacourtiacee. In this es by a late Mr. Spruce. n the meantime it may well remain where Mr. Bentham, without any note of doubt, left it.—D. Oxrver. Fig. 1. Flower. 2, Grovp of stamens. 3. Anther, front - back views. 4. Pistil, with Pe disk. 5. Vertical section of ovary. Aé/ enlarged. Pl 2442. Le E Y : 2 : a 4 § eve) O 2 if if Ne Rte StS RR ef hee ea gas tS et ENS BSS ee a Rees See gee Puate 2442, TRIPOGON PAUPERULUS, Stapf. GRAMINEX. Tribe CHLORIDER. T. pauperulus, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; annuus, nanus, glaber, ih ee fim tenuibus, foliis spiculas superantibus vel sequantibus, vaginis in bus inter lobos setaceo-aristatos arista subgeniculata infra genu contorta instructis, paleis oblongis in carinis ag antheris 3 minutis subglobosis, caryopsi angustissime cylindric AB. India: Crest of the Western Ghauts near Poona, on old stems ce Ficus glomerata, with mosses and Utricularia aoe Fa ekg Woodro Gramen 2-24 poll. altum. Spicule aristis exceptis circa 4 lin. longe ; gl. i. 2 lin n., gl. ii. ad 3 lin., gl. iii, 25-3 lin. (ad ariste basin) longa, arista ad 5 lin. lon nga. Evidently allied to Tripogon a Jaub. and Spach, but distinct in the symmetrical outer glume, and the different armature of the Fist gage parila the much ade and shorter middle awn baer . capillatus, it seems to grow in moss.—O. Strap Fig. 1. Ligule. 2. gees with two lower florets. 3. Flowering glume, side view. 4. Same, back view. 5. Palea. 6: Stamens, 7. Caryopsis. Ail enlarged. SERIES IV. VOL. V. PART It, . } } es Cu { 3 i : ees ; ¢ an Q a é) » < .y AS Ati QIK nN Y S & +) \ M.S. del et lith ymetra trinitensis, Oliv. aii OO i Puate 2443. CYNOMETRA TRINITENSIS, Oliv. Lecuminos&. Tribe CyNOMETRE. C. trinitensis, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; foliolis unijugis plus minus coriaceis valde inzequilateralibus oblique ovato- v. oblong go-ellipticis obtusiuscule apiculatis glabris, florum fasciculis axillaribus sessilibus multifloris, u pilosulis bractea aie ribus, calycis segmentis 4 longitudinaliter 1-ovulato, legumine subgloboso v. leviter oo aglmade pericarpio tenuiter crustaceo obscure papilloso-verrucoso sublevi Has. W. Indies: Trinidad, Crweger, Prestoe, ke. Arbor mediocris, corona densa ; ramulis glabratis crassitie po corvine, : sins pendulis. oliola brevissime Ppsaar ng 3-45 poll. longa, 1}—2 poll. lees petiolus 4-6 lin. longus. Fasciculi forum 1 -l} poll. diam. Calycz tubo brevissimo. Stamina repeats de breviora ; ; anthere parve, versatiles, late elliptice. Legwmen 1-1} poll. diam, This fine species has long been in the Kew Herbarium, but no hitherto nape determined, and the recent receipt of cecallent ioe from specimens in the Paris Herbarium), but Mr. Bentham did not confirm this, and thought it might ghee to be C. americana, Vog. Dr. Schumann some years ago kindly c ark i a specimen for us with Vogel’s type, and found it « quite differen It resembles C. ramiflora, L., of India, but the fruit is ear different.—D, OLIVER. Fig, 1. Gone with bract and bracteoles. 2. Petal. 3. Anther, front mes back views, 4. Carpel, the ovary laid open, 65. Fruit. 6. Embryo. Except 5 and 6, rged, PU 2444. S Monospora, Baill. Xymalo PLATE 2444, XYMALOS MONOSPORA, Baill. MOoNIMIACE. Xymalos, Baillon in Bull. Soc. Linn. Par. i. 650 (1887) : (char. hicemend.). Flores dioici. Perianthium fl. g 4—6-partitum, segmentis rotundatis ovatis v. lanceolatis, ineequilateralibus, extus hirtis. Stamina oo ere subsessiles late elliptic v. obovate, inappendiculate, biloculares, longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Ovarii rudimentum 0. Peri anthium fl. 9, 4-v. 3-fidu tmodia non vidi. Ovariwm obovoideum vy. turbinatum, glabrum, - | pellucido-punctata, costa subtus et nervis primariis validis, Flores in racemos axillares petiolo longiores pubescentes dispositi ; bractee ovate v. oblonge ; flores 9 scepe 1-2-bracteolati. X. monospora, Baillon, lc. ; Xylosma ? monospora, Harv. Thes. Cap. vi, 52. tab. 181; Toxicodendron acutifolium, Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvii. 214, Has. South Africa: Natal, Cooper, Gerrard, Wood ; Transvaal, Nelson ; Orange Free State, Cooper ; Kaffraria, Barber ; Victoria East, 7'yson ; Amatola range, Hb. MacOwan. Folia 4-4% poll. longa, 1-1 poll. lata ; petiolus }-2 poll. longus. doubt as a species of , Seeds were received last f Prof. Macowan of Cape Town, which omplete our knowledge of it, and confirm my original impression, noted per’s speci- mens received man ago, that its affinity is rather with y yea Monimiacee than with either Flacourtiacee or Luphorbiacee, with which it has been hitherto associated. Its nearest ally known to me cae a ee ea M.S. del, et ith, Philhpsia fruticulosa. Rolfe Puate 2445, PHILLIPSIA FRUTICULOSA, Rol/e, ACANTHACER. Tribe RvuELLIER. suborbicularia, interdum obscure crenato-lobulata. Flores axillares, solitarti, subsessiles, bibracteolati, bracteolis minimis carnosulis lineart.. lanceolatis, P. fruticulosa, Rolf, l.c. (sp. wnica). Has. Somaliland: Golis Range, Mrs. Lort Phillips. Folia 2-5 lin. longa, 2-4 lin. lata. Calyx 5-7 lin. longus. Corolle tubus 9 lin. longus ; limbus 3-2 poll. diam. Capsula 5-6 lin. longa. Allied to the African genera Satanocrater and Physacanthus, but very distinct in habit.—R, A. Roure. Fig. 1. Calyx and bracteoles. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Anther, back and front views. 4, Ovary with base of calyx-tube. 5. Capsule. All enlarged. ~ M. Hyoscyamus leptocalyx, Stapf | Puate 2446, HYOSCYAMUS LEPTOCALYX, Stap/. Sonarickil Tribe HyoscyamMEez. H. leptocalyx, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; perennis, a basi pluricaulis, caulibus flaccidis anfractuosis papilloso-hirsutis, foliis longipetiolatis deltoideis vel subreniformibus grosse dentatis ciliolatis, floribus solitariis axillari- bus longipedunculatis, calyce cupulari tenui ad medium 5-lobo lobis Has. Kurdistan : in fissures of rocks near Mardin, Sintenis (No. 1000 of 1888). Fig. 1. Calyx, 2. Corolla. 3. Calyx-tube laid open, showing capsule. 4, Seed. All enlarged. Mtg a, Stapf’ SSS =: itp SEE Ly : —— BO§ / = = A, Woodrowia diandr my ee = = 4 5 == : ~ : = Deen SS NT i a —— —- ita. i 3 3 z a ‘ss J Puate 2447. WOODROWIA DIANDRA, Stap/. GrAMINEH. Tribe AGROSTIDES. l-nerves vel i. sub apice sub-3-nervis, ii. r angustiorque ; iil. flo- rens, secunde subsequilonga, hyalina, l-nervis, apice biloba, arista inter lobos tenui, geniculata ; palea hyalina mt Styli distinct, stigmatibus anguste plumosis, lateraliter exsertis. Caryopsis tenuiter _W. diandra, Stapf (sp. unica); culmis ramosis gracilibus ad nodos pullorum annulo adpressorum ornatis laevibus, internodiis intermediis summis interdum dilatatis apertisque, Jaminis anguste linearibus, setaceo-attenuatis summis admodum redactis vel omnino suppressis ti o * “4? genu flavescente, palea plicata explanata obovata e lata, lodiculis latis ineequaliter lobulatis, caryopsi flavescente glabra. Has. India : Poona Distr., Mawal, Woodrow. Gramen 11-2 ped. altum. Foliorum lamina inferiorum 3-4 poll. longa, 1-2 lin. lata. Panicula 2 poll. longa ; rhachis communis 3-4 lin. longa ; pedicelli ad 4 lin. longi. Spicule lin. longee ; aristze columna 2 lin. lorga, seta 3-4 lin. longa. Caryopsis 3-3°5 lin. longa. Woodrowia is allied to Garnotia, Brongn., and it particularly resem- The principal differences the h The thickening of the dorsal portion of the glumes i. and ii. varies re- a stout spongy keel, PL2498. SA \ I \ = . i __ S\ a | seeing = oO. Samadera Bidwillii Puate 2449, SAMADERA BIDWILLII, Oliv. SIMARUBES. parce hirsutis, filamentis liberis late dilatatis intus fere apicem ligula hirsuta instructis apice abrupte angustatis, ovariis hirtis apicibus in stylum confluentibus, stigmate breviter -lobulato.—Hyptiandra Bidwillii, Hk. f. in Gen. Pl. i. 294 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, i. 374. Has. Queensland: Wide Bay, Bidwill. rbuscula verosimiliter, ramulis ultimis crassitie penne corvine. Folia alterna, petiolata, 3-44 poll. longa, 6-9 lin. lata ; petiolus 2 lin. longus. Alabastra ovoidea v. subglobosa ; flores c. 2 lin. diam. Petala xstivatione coutorta v. interdum petalo unico omnino incluso, Anthere breviter oblonge. Discus crassus. Representing the fruit, we have two detached carpels communicated Sir F. v. Mueller, from Endeavour River, under the above name. They are about 5 lines in length, with a broad basal sear of attachment. e outer pericarp is pubescent, thin ; endocarp thinly crustaceous } seed solitary, with papery testa, exalbuminous ; radicle short, exserted, ovoid ; cotyledons obovoid, plano-convex, fleshy. should scarcely have ventured to reduce this rare plant to Sama- dera (although in floral structure I find no more important difference than the height on the filament to which the characteristic hairy ligule extends, and its abrupt constriction just below the anther), were it not that Mr. Bailey, Queensland Colonial Botanist, has kindly communicated WU, ‘ Suppl. iti. 12), which agrees with our plant in having the leaves narrowed into their petioles unlike typical Samadere, but with in- florescence and flowers characteristic of the Indian —_ on : ; ~ Ouiver. Fig. 1. Flower, petals and stamens removed. 9, Petal, %. Stamens, inner and outer views, 4, Vertical section of a lobe of ovary. All enlarged. \ ! et y ; 5 ee ) Tb 2 \ > AW on a ' ca erected sn iy aha " M.S.deletlith iuhlhttate cn enmage te eo a baileyana, Oliv. as yamader —, ct Puate 2450. SAMADERA BAILEYANA, Oliv, SIMARUBEX. 8. baileyana, Oliv. ; arbuscula glabra, foliis coriaceis oblanceolatis breviter obtusi ] inatis idatisve basi in petiolum angustatis, Has. Queensland: Mt. Bellenden-Ker, 4000 ft. alt., Bailey. Folia in ramulis floriferis 5-9 poll. longa, 14-2} poll. lata ; petiolo 6-9 lin. longo. Flores 6—9 lin. diam. ; pedicelli 4 lin. longi. From the description and figure given herewith it will be plain that this plant is specifically distinct from S. Bidwilli figured on the pre- ceding plate.—D. Oniver. Fig. ee 9. Petals and stamens removed, 3, Stamens, inner and outer Views, ; 1. Flower. 4. Detached lobe of ovary. A) A, M.S. del.etlith Piate 2451. PLATYKELEBA INSIGNIS, V. £. Br. ASCLEPIADEX. Tribe CyNANCHES. anthere breves, apice memb quoque loculo solitaria, oblonga, pendula. Stigma breviter rostratum.— Fraticulus aphyllus, ramis floriferis erectis, simplicibus v. parce ramosis gracilibus glabris, cortice carnosulo, Umbelle pauciflore, ad nodos sessiles. Flores majusculi, purpureo-venosi. P. insignis, V. Z. Br. luc. (sp. unica). Has. Central Madagascar, Baron (No. 973). Rami in spp. exsiccatis circa 1 lin. diam., 8-12 poll. longi. Pedicelli 15-3 lin. longi. Calyeis segmenta ovata, obtusiuscula. Corolla circa 6-8 lin. diam. The flowers of this interesting plant are very similar to those of Oxystelma ; in our specimens they are all expanded, but would appear as though in estivation the corolla were either very narrowly — or valvate. The corolla is prettily pencilled with radiating purple lines.—D, Oniver. Fig. 1. Flower from which the corolla has been removed. 2. Sepal seen from within with basal glands. 3. Anther, dorsal view, coronal lobe removed. 4. Anther Seen from within. _A/l enlarged. SERIES Ivy, VOL. V.. PART. IIt. ‘Schizoglossum connatum,N. E. Br. Prate 2452. SCHIZOGLOSSUM CONNATUM, J. £. Br. ASCLEPIADE®, Tribe CyNANCHER. Has. South Tropical Africa : Fwambo, south of Lake Tanganyika, Carson (No. 17). Caulis bipedalis, circa 1 lin. diam. Folia 2-2} poll. longa, }-1 lin. lata. Pedicelli 14-2 lin. longi. Sepala lanceolata, acuminata, patentia, I-13 lin. longa. Corolle lobi 3 lin. longi. Mr. Brown points out the resemblance in the habit of this plant to S. interruptum, Schlecht., and S. angustissimum, Schum., differing from these and other known species of the genus in the cohesion of the tips of the corolla-lobes ; a feature characteristic of some species of Cero- pegia and Braohystelma.—D, OLIVER. Fig. 1. Section of leaf. 2. Flower. 3. Corona, 4. Inner view of corona. 5. Staminal column, corona removed. 6. Pollinia. All enlarged. ig » » J nt No NS NV bell \) Anisopus Manni, N.E.Br. Piuate 2453. ANISOPUS MANNII, X. £. Br. ASCLEPIADE®. Tribe MARSDENIEZ. carnose, triquetre, medio per totam longitudinem gynostegio adnate. Stamina prope basin corolle affixa ; anther apice membranaceo- breviter exsertus ; stigma bilobum.—Frutex volubilis, Jere omnino glaber. Folia petiolata, opposita, membranacea. Umbelle axillares, sepe opposite, altera pedunculata altera sessilis. . Mannii, V. Z. Br. lc. (sp. wnica) foliis ovatis v. late ellipticis subito acuminatis basi rotundatis, umbellis plurifloris Has. W. Tropical Africa : Corisco Bay, Mann (No. 1862). Frutex volubilis, 12-15 pedalis. Folia 2}-3 poll. longa, 1}-1} poll. lata ; petiolus 6-9 lin. longus. Pedicelli 2-4 lin. longi. Probably a near ally of Marsdenia, which, Mr. Brown points out, it resembles in its inner corona, while it has the outer corona of Lept- adenia.—D. OLIVER. Fig. 1. Bud. 2. Corolla laid open, revealing the staminal column. 3. Corona. . Lobe of corona from the inside. 6. Staminal column, corona removed. 6. Pol- linia. All enlarged. Per FETT TS Fiekile Las ‘Stauranthera chiriteflora Oliv. MS. delet ith. Pirate 2454. STAURANTHERA CHIRITAFLORA, Oliv. GESNERACE®. ‘Tribe CyRTANDRER. S. chiriteflora, Oliv. (sp. nov.) ; herba ee oe folio altero nano stipuliformi, folic majore tenuiter membra aceo sre ovato-oblongo oblique pili vibus sparsissimis instructo subtus glabro, pedunculis axillaribus folio. brevioribus pubes- centibus, flor ibus racemoso-cymosis, pedicellis sepius geminatis ebrac- ‘| ; inferiore trilobato lobis omnibus ovato-rotundatis obtusis, ovario ovoideo glabro plane biloculare placentis bifidis undique shares: capsula globosa apice tarde bivalvatim dehiscente, pericarpio tenui Has. Chin ongtse, Yunnan, ‘ina dark, damp glen under shady precipices, ates Hanon (No. 51). Folia 5-7 poll. longa, 14-24 poll. lata, basi late ping v. semi- cordata. Pedicelli ebracteati 6-9 lin. longi, pubescent Calyx late campanulatus, 5-fidus, segmentis subzequalibus ov 50s, " obtusiusculis sinibus haud licatis. Corolla uncialis, calyce 8-10-plo longior. Stamina perfecta 4, inclusa, basi corolle inserta ; anther in coronulam coherentes, loculis soatiwsist ibus divaricatis. Discus annularis, parvus. Stylus longiusculus, Secor persistens, post fructus dehiscen tiam basi fissus ; stigma bilobatum. ructus globosus, vix exsertus; semina numerosissima, ovali- use ‘ It is not without hesitation that I refer this fine plant to Stawran- thera. It has indeed the anthers and globose capsule of that genus, but the sondliat is that of some species of Chirita ; the ovary and capsule are genuinely bilocular, and the dehiscence of the latter is, at least in one example, which may, however, have been aged in ret ipo by two valves from above. Besides there is no tendency to t the base of the corolla, as in S. grandiflora, and the style, itagh pacer is long and slender. The leaves, excepting that they are sessile, are similar to those of Stauranthera, and the inflorescence resembles that of S. umbrosa The alternative would be to erect this plant into a new genus, but in view of the artificial character of many already described and the influx of two forms from Eastern Asia I prefer to leave it as above,— . OLIVER. Fig. 1. Calyx laid open and pistil. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Views of anther. 4, Section of shad 5, Capsule in calyx from which one lobe has been cut off. 6, Seed. All enla larged, > at Se ee . Ae | AM As Cb . ; a -Puate 2465. PEN TADESMA BUTYRACEA, Don. GuTTIFERR. Tribe MoronNoBEx. yracea, Don, Gen. Syst. i. 619; foliis coriaceis nitentibus signe ec dirsitin ellipticis Ania v. oblanceolatis breviter acuminatis v. obtusiusculis, venis primariis numerosis parallelis, floribus amplis Speciosis ad apices oa (3-5-7) aggregatis, pedicellis validis seepius deck sepalis 5 coriaceis 2 exterioribus brevioribus ovatis 3 interioribus petala squantibus ellipticis, petalis oblique obovatis basin versus incrassatis, staminibus indefinitis 5-adelphis, filamentis mox ntheris bus, superne nn adnatis 2-locularibus elongatis loculis angustissimis, 0 ideo in stylum validum equilongum apice 5-lobatum an poets ovulis in loculo plurimis superpositis, baccis marr corticosis ovoideis oligo- v. polyspermis.—O iver, FU. Trop. Afr. 1. Hak Ws: cree Africa : Sierra Leone, southward to the equator, various collectors Arbor 30-70 pedalis, glaberrima. Folia 5-8 poll. longa v. in ramis sterilibus 10-12 poll. longa, 1}-2} poll. lata ; petiolus 3-9 lin. Jongus. Flores 3-4 poll. so ee sepala rere 1}-1} poll. longa; petala 2 poll. longa; stamina petala ea ea ; ovarium 9 lin. longum. Bacca ad 6-poll. Sse va: poll. dia This is the ‘ Butter and Tallow’ tree of Sabine’s paper on the ‘ Edible Fruits of Sierra Leone,’ in the Transactions of the Horticultural Society, v. (1824), 457; the ‘Kanya’ of Prof. E. Heckel in his monograph, Les Kolas Africains ; and the ‘ Kamoot’ tree of the Rev. J. A. tary of a are J owers as ‘terminal, solitary and leaf, with some microscopical sections of tissues, are figured by Heckel (l.c.). The seeds vary in form considerably from mutual of Heckel.—D. Oui Fig. Sancses ens. 2. Vertical section of pistil and lower part of andrecium tions =e the ovary at different levels, the latter the higher. 4. Boole: and 4 “All sri 5 enlarged MSddetit Ba aS oO O ae 5B 5 Fe fy 3 = 5 “ ‘g ” tH Puate 2466. ISCHNOCHLOA FALCONERI, Hook. Va GRAMINES. Tribe ANDROPOGONER, ee Hook. f. (gen. nov.) Spicule minime, uniflore, per aria in spicam term inalem simplicem disposite, ambe herm- longe pedicellata 1. lineari-obl » Subcor riacea, dorso o 6- » apice truncata, hyalina, marginibus incurvis, carinis ciliolatis ; ii “Splae obtusa, truncata, 3-nervis, apicem s a exserta. Lodicule oe sop = 3, antheris oblongis. Styli breves, , i ie sulcata. a longe pilosa, pe bese gracillime, pauciflore, pedunculis vaginis foliorum inclusis; rachis filiformis, 0 thease marginibus incrassatis, inarticu- lata. Spicule virides, remote. S. Falconeri, Hook. f (sp. wnica). Has. North-Western Himalaya, growing amongst moss, Falconer. Caules 6- et tvctacas subramosi, undique foliosi. Folia 3-9 lin. longa, plana, acuta v. acuminata, nervis tenuibus vaginis sulcatis. Spice 1 3-1 poll. longe, pedunenlo eapillari. Glwma i. ee lateralibus percursis, ceteris infra apicem glume evanidis; ii. nervis lateralibus infra apicem glume cum intermedio percurrente anastomosantibus. A very remarkable grass, with the habit of an Arthraxon, strongly resembling A. micro ophyllu us, but differing totally from that grass in structure and in the inarticulate attened rachis of the simple spike, in the bisexual awned pedicelled spikelet, and in the absence of the third glume of that genus. Unfortunately the specimens are unaccompanied Fig. 1. Ligule. 2. Portion of Sin. gent ge sessile and pedicelled spikelets. 3. Glume i. of sessile spikelet sp and 5. Glumes ii. and iii. of ditto 6. Anther, 7. Ovary and toaiecton. a pe a LY AD A hnidinipstninlinanahale M S.del, et ith Oreosolen unsuiculatus Hemel. PLate 2467. OREOSOLEN UNGUICULATUS, Hemsl. ¢ ScROPHULARINER, iculatus Hemsl 0. ung » Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; O. Wattit simillima sed corolla valde inequaliter bilabiata sat diversa ; assi i rosse crenato-dentatis a basi 5-7-nervis nervis venisque crassis laxe reticulatis subtus presertim conspicuis, floribus paucis in axillis folio- h ilil ] i omentia br ; oblongis obtusis, staminibus 4 vix exsertis, staminodio brevi subulato e labio superiore prope sinum enato, ovario glabro stylo filiformi stamina superante. Has. Central Tibet: chiefly from Gooring Valley, 30° 12’ N., 90° 25’ E., at about 16,500 feet, Sz. George R. Littledale, July and August 1895. olia maxima 2 poll. diametro. ores circiter pollicares. Corolle labium superius inferius fere duplo superans, not be overlooked.—W. Borrine Hems.ey, Fig. 1. A flower. 2, Anthers, 3. Ovary. All enlarged. Pl 2468. hy ZEN Lf i ENS z q M.S.del.ethth Corydalis Bower1, Hemsl. ee \~ ine gia Piate 2468. CORYDALIS BOWERI, Hemsl. FUMARIACER. Corydalis Boweri, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 108 ; ceespitosa, pusilla, undique glabra, caule dense ramoso, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis bi-ternatisectis segmentis ultimis integris vel emarginatis, foliis caulinis spathulato-flabellatis multilobulatis vel alte fimbriatis ovarium amplectentibus, ovario 4-ovulato stylo stamina sequante stigmate trilobato, capsula oblongo-cylindrica seepius 4-sperma pedun- culo arcte recurvo stylo persistente capsule arcte recurvo, Has. Central Tibet : Gooring Valley, 30° 12’ N., 90° 25° E., at about 16,500 feet, St. George R. Littledale, J uly and August 1895, Herba 1-2 poll. Folia radicalia cum petiolo elongato 12-18 lin. longa ; caulina 4-12 lin. longa. Flores circiter 4 lin: longi. Capsula 1{-2 lin. longa. Pedicelli fructiferi circiter 15 poll. longi. When I first described this plant (Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 108) I noted its close affinity with C. mucronifera, Maxim. (Fl. Tang. i. . 51, t. 24, figs. 19-21), and further investigation inclines me to the belief that it will prove the same, though the details of the flower are not the same as those given by Maximowicz.—W. Borrina HEMSLEY. Fig. 1. Radical leaf. 2 Upper part of canline leaf. 3. Branch. 4. Flower 5. Sepal. 6. Calyx and pistil. 7. Phalange of stamens. 8. Capsule. 9. Seed. All enlarged. SERIES IV. VOL. V, PART III. 0 Sedum rotundatum, Hemsl. Pl 2469, ——— Oe ee te ae ~~ a - > EE a ee ee ieee en. eae Puate 2469. SEDUM ROTUNDATUM, Hemsl. CRASSULACE, 8. (§ Rcaperne hire ee Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; glabrum rhizomate crassissimo colorato multicauli, caulibus subcarnosis ‘erectis simplicibus, internodiis quam “folia brevioribus, foliis sessi seed carnosis oblongo- rotundatis vel interdum vere orbicularibus integris vel interdum tantum visis) rubris parvis, sepalis carnosis brevibus ovato-oblongis obtusissimis, petalis fisaiboes obtusis, filamentis filiformis, carpellis fatuis validis. Has. Central Tibet : Gooring Valley, 30° 12’ N., 90° 25’ E., at about 16,500 feet, St. George R. Littledale, July and August 1895. Rhizoma 1 poll. crassum. Caules ot 6 poll. alti. Folia 4-1 poll. diametro, Cyme fl. masc. vix . diametro. Sepala 1 lin. longa. Petala 2-24 lin, longa. This is most nearly allied to Sedum Rhodiola, ie which it differs in having orbicular entire leaves.—W. Bortinc Hem Fig. 1, Flower, enlarged. 2, The same from which the petals and stamens have been removed, much more aad showing the glands and empty carpels. ccs aeaieeeeceememmene eee Pl 247 M.S del. et ith. Neveta dern] PRLS Ee gs parece ey | Puate 2470. NEPETA DECOLORANS, Zemsl. Lapiatz. Tribe NEpretex. N. decolorans, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; fere omnino sericeo-hirsuta, albida, caulibus brevissimis adscendentibus, internodiis 2-3 inferioribus folia excedentibus, foliis radicalibus non visis, caulinis crassis mollibus rugosis venis crassis conspicuis brevissime petiolatis vel sessilibus rotundatis d feriore bifido dentibus omnibus acutis, corolla labio superiore bilobato lobis seommrct labii inferioris lobis lateralibus dentiformibus, stamini- bus ribus longioribus labium squantibus, 2 anterioribus vix e tubo cares nuculis glabris oblongis. Has. Central Tibet : Gooring Valley, 30° 12’ N., 90° 25’ E,, at about 16,500 feet, St. George Littledale, July and August 1895. Caules 2-3 poll. longi. Folia caulina inferiora 2-4 lin. diametro, maxima | poll. diametro. Calyx circiter 4 lin. longus. Corolla 8-9 lin. longa. This closely resembles WV. pharica, Prain (Journ. As. Soc. Beng lix. p. 306), from the same region, alike in habit, foliage, and the dis. tinctly two- lipped calyx ; ste the leaves are thinner, less rugose, less coarsely crenate ; the flowers are larger, and the upper lip of the calyx is three-toothed, with shiek cat teeth, The flowers when moistened stain a deep blue.—W. Borrine Hews Fig. 1, Flower. 2. Calyx laid open and pistil. 3. Views of anthers. AU enlarged. Polygonum iibeticum, Hemsl. ahi ei. ot as Puate 2471. POLYGONUM (§ ACONOGON) TIBETICUM, Hemsl. PoLYGONACER. P. tibeticum, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; perenne, nanum, undique glabrum, caulibus erectis gracilibus lignescentibus pauciramosis, internodiis : mee ° zequilongis hypogynis, disco inter stamina et ovarium carnoso 8-lobato lobis ovoideis, ovario glabro, stylis brevissimis stigmatibus magnis Has. Central Tibet : Gooring Valley, 30° 22’ N., 90° 25’ E., at about 16,500 feet, St. George R. Littledale, July and August 1895, Caules 1-12 poll. alti. Folia cum petiolo 1-1} poll. longa. Cyme (2 tantum vise) 6-9 lin. diametro. Flores circiter 24 lin. diametro. n. Linn. (§ Cephalophilon), is represented with a similar disc. In the genus, or section, Fagopyrum the stamens alternate with similar fleshy bodies.—W. Borrine Hemstey. Fig. 1. Unexpanded flowers. 2. Expanded flower. 3. Perianth, stamens, and disc. 4. Pistil, Ad enlarged. -M S. del. et hth. > Littledalea tibetica Hamel PE Gs ee: PiLatTe 24792. LITTLEDALEA TIBETICA, Hemsl. GRAMINER. Tribe Festucex. Littledalea, Hemsl. (gen. nov.) Spicule variabiles, 2-8-flore, laxe pani- culate, graciliter pedicellate, rachilla inter flores elongata, glabra, juxta Fanaa at } af “4 2 hd 1.2 z 5 Rhee . vel supremo imperfecto. G/ume 2 inferiores vacux, Ineequales, quam florentes multo minores, ecarinate, obtuse vel truncate, simul emar- rotundate, supra medium hyaline, muticz, ecarinate, demum erose, basi insigniter callose, /-nerves, nervis omnibus vix excurrentibus ; palea multo minor, bifida, bicarinata. Stamina 3. Lodicule 2, tenues, anguste, oblong, integra. Styli brevissimi, stigmatibus late plumosis. Caryopsis immatura hirsuta.—Gramen ut videtur perenne, pulchrum, tibetica, Hemsl. (sp. wnica); culmis simplicibus graciliusculis i ico t: ™m 8 vel demum lacerata, folii superioris admodum redacta, panicule ramulis seepius paribus 4, floribus puberulis purpureis. Has. Central Tibet : Gooring Valley, 30° 12’ IN:, 00° 39 EK. at about 16,500 feet, S¢. George R. Littledale, July and August 1895. Culmi 14-2 ped. alti, Lamina foliorum caulinorum 2-poll. longa, radicalium longior sed culmis multo brevior. Ligula bene evoluta 2 lin. longa. Panicula i Spicule maxime pollicares. Gluma exterior circiter 3 lin. longa, secunda 43 lin. longa. Gluma florens 6-7 lin. longa, aperta 2 lin. lata. Palea circiter 4 lin. longa. This pretty grass is very near Glyceria in structure. Indeed, there areno very decided divergencies ; yet the aggregate of the differences seems to fully justify giving it generic rank.—W. Borrinc Hemstey. Fig. 1. Portion of leaf with ligule. 2. Spikelet. ‘ss Flowering glume. 4. Palea, 5. Lodicules and pistil, All enlarged. Pl 2473 . Cardiogyne africana, Bureau M.S. delet. lith. Puate 24738. CARDIOGYNE AFRICANA, Bureau. Urricacenx. Tribe Mores. C. epee. Bureau in DC. Prodr. xvii, 233; Baill, Hist. Nat, Pl. Madag. t. 294 ; frutex v. arbuscula szpe alte scandens, spinosus, foliis posi ellipticis obtusis integris v. apice minute emarginatis subtus turbinato apice velutino, ovario late elliptico compresso, stylo recto, perianthio fructifero obovoideo-turbinato glabro sed ore lobulato velu- tino, naira ineluso obovoideo _crustaceo levi _nitente apace — rabili papyra plicatis radicllae superam vaginantibus. Has. East Tropical Africa: Zanzibar, Rovuma, Zambesi, and Shiré Valleys, various localities, Boivin, Sir J. Kirk, and later collectors. Rami laterales sepius spinescentibus, spinis rectis v. _ brevioribus Ff : 4 poll. diam. ; bracteole obovate, v. late oblo apice obtuse leviter incrassate, albido-tomentelle. Capitula fructijera lignosa, 8-9 lin. diam. Thestamens being inflexed in eestivation removes this interesting plant from the tribe Artocarpee, under which, in the genus Cudrania, it was first referred in this herbarium, and upon this Sli racter, asso- ciated with free, not consolidated, pistillate flowers (in which latter character it differs from Plecospermum . Bureau founded the genus Cardiogyne, of which this plant is the only described species. Sir John Kirk first called attention to it thirty years ago in the a of the Linnean Society, ix. 229, as affording a yellow dye- ood. The ripe heads of fruit are edible ; in dried specimens they are sidubatel and woody. The fruit and seed, unknown to M. Bureau, are here figured from Zambesi pveranei which we owe to Sir John Kirk. The figure cited above, although a a artistic one, contains exceedingly little botanical detail.—D. Out Fig. 1. Bud, with bracteoles. oe Male flower. 3. Perianth-lobe and stamen, 4, Portion of female flower —the inflated protuberances are reservoirs of colouring matter. 5. Vertical section of female flower. 6. Seed. 7. Two views of embryo. larged, _ Duthiesa bromoides, Hack. ith. S.del. et M. PuatTe 2474. DUTHIEA BROMOIDES, Hack. GRAMINEH. Tribe AVENE. D. bromoides, Hack. in Verhandl. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien, xlv. (1895), 200 ; perennis, basi vaginis vetustis crebris vestita, culmis simplicibus morum linearibus c rior racemo oblongo vel secundo compacto 4-6-spiculato, pedicellis brevibus, t rhachis, scabris sepe bractea hyalina fultis, spiculis circa 5-floris, zquilongis vi rtis obovatis obtuse bilobis 7-1l-nervibus interlobos shai arista a basi ‘ ae carinis setaceo-mucronatis, ovario dense setoso, stigmatibus fuscis tenuiter filiformibus stylo subsequilongs co eg (submatura) lineari- oblonga setosa tes subpersistente super. Has. Kashmir: Liddar Valley, Sonsal nullah, and above Kainmul, 13,000 feet, Duthie (No. 13,155, 13,382). Culmi 14-2} ped. alti. Polvorum innovationum lamina ad 1 ped. longa, culmeorum ad 2 lin. lata; ligula ad 5 lin. longa. roe vacue 54-8 lin. longe, floriferse 54 lin. Gaps arista 1-1} p longa. Another species of this singular genus is D. oligostachya, Stapf. It was described and figured by ‘Aitchison as Avena ($ Crithe) oligostachya, Munro, in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 108, xix. 193, : : ee ; neceum, I think, Duthiea must be placed in s tribe ratlier sain in Feataten, where Hackel placed it.—O, SrA Hig. 1. neta 2. Joint of rhachilla. 3. Sterile floret. : Flowering glume spread open, 5. Palea. 6, Pistil. 7, Caryopsis. All enlarged, _ Coleus leucophyllus, Baker. Puate 2475, COLEUS LEU YLLUS, Baker. Lapuatz. Tribe Ocimomwe®, concavis caducis, corolle tubo basi abliqze medio abrupte refracto, labio superiore erecto obeordato brevi, inferiore elongato cymbiformi Has. South Tropical Africa ; near Mwero, west of Lake Tanganyika, Carson, Caulis 3-4-pedalis. Folia 24-31 poll. longa, 14-13 poll. lata ; petiolus 4-6 lin. longus. Panicula 10-12 poll. longa. Calyx profunde 5-fidus, segmento postico ceteris ovatis longiore lanceolato acuto, 2 Jateralibus acuminatis, 2 anticis paulo minoribus. Corolla 12-15 lin. longa. Stamina inclusa ; filamenta glabra, inferne coalita. A noble member of a genus rather largely represented in Tropical Africa.—D. Oxiver. : ig. 1. Portion of leaf showing crowded oil-glands. 2. Calyx and pistil. 3. Corolla, 4. Views of anther. 6. Fruit with one nutlet removed. 6, Nutlet seen from within. .4// enlarged, The impression of the ‘Icones’ is limited to 250 copies, and the work will not be reprinted. A limited number of copies of the Third Series, comprising 1,000 plates, are offered for sale at £5 each. Application should be made to Messrs. Dutau & ~*~ ae | 37 Soho Square. VOL. V.—PARTIV] [© [JULY. HOOKER’S ICONES PLANTARUM; FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS. OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, . SELECTED FROM TRE KEW HERBARIUM. FOURTH SERIES. EDITED FOR THE BENTHAM TRUSTEES BY W. T. THISELTON-DYER, C.M.G., C.LE., LL.D., M.A., F.B.S8. Director Royal Gardens, Kew. VOL. V. | OR VOL. XXV. OF THE ENTIRE WORK. | DULAU & CO. 37 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. | en 1896. : | iS | ee __ SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. PRINTEHS, NEW-STREET SQUARE, LONDON, Price Four Shiliings. Puate 2477 AMOMUM CEREUM, Jook. fil. ScrTAMINEH. Tribe ZINGIBEREZ. ereum, Hook. fil. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 295 ; rhizomate late oris longe pedunculatis, bracteis ovatis obtusis, corolle lobo dorsali oblongo Bese lanctlatis labello orbiculari-cuneato a lato, connectivi lobo centrali parvo deltoideo lateralibus lanceolatis faleatis, fructu éaipaltictonai glabro haud sulcato, seminibus angu- Has. West Tropical Africa: Sierra Leone, Dr. Daniell. Folia inferiora pedalia, medio 13-2 poll. lata. Corolle lobi 14-2 ‘ee longi. Labellum ie: lin. latum. Fructus siccus 2 poll. longus, 8-9 lin. diam.—J. G. Bax Fig. 1. Dorsal = of corolla. 2. Lateral lobe of corolla. natural size, Fig. 4. Stamen with produced connective and style. 4 and 6 enlar, nT 3. Labeilum. Ali 5 and 6. Piate 2478. AMOMUM CITRATUM, Pereira. ScrraMINEz. Tribe ZINGIBEREZ. lobo centrali minuto orbiculari lateralibus linearibus erecto-patentibus, fructu ovoideo glabro haud sulcato, seminibus obovoideis angulatis. Has. West Tropical Africa : banks of the River Gaboon, Mann (No. 1052). Caulis folitferus 10-pedalis. Folia inferiora 12-15 poll. longa, 2~3 poll. lata. Spice 3 poll. diam. Corolle lobi 3 poll. longi. Labellum 3 poll. longum, 2} poll. latum. Semina 2 lin. longa.—J. G. Baxe Fig. 1. Stamen with produced connective and style. 2. Immature fruit crowned with persistent calyx. 3 and 4. Seed enclosed in aril. 6. Seed with aril unrolled. All except 2 and 3 enlarged. ee iam ie a wi ee - ania eaaal ae Puate 2479. AMOMUM GIGANTEUM, Oliv. et Hanb. SciraMInex. Tribe ZINGIBEREX A. teum, Oliv. et Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 109; rhizomate valido late repente, caule foliifero Tongissimo, foliis oblongis vel “nga cuspidatis chartace is utrinque glabris basi rotun- raat : : centrali magno quadrato emarginato lateralibus lanceolatis crenatis, fructu ovoideo glabro haud sulcato, seminibus ellipsoideis airiitansla nitidis. Has. West pt ce Africa : Corisco Bay and banks of the Gaboon River, Mann (No. 1051). Caulis foliiferus 15-20-pedalis. Folia inferiora interdum bipedalia, 6-8 poll. lata. Corolle : 24 er longi. Labellum 3 — ie 2 poll. latum. Fructus 3 poll. longus. Semina 1} li J. G. Baker. | Fig. 1. Stamen with produced connective and style. 2. Apex of ovary with sslotia and base of s syle, 3. Fruit with bracts. 4 and 5, Seed. Ali except 3and 4 larged. Re Piate 2480 AMOMUM LIMBATUM, Oliv. et Hanb. SciTaMINEZ. Tribe ZINGIBERER. A. limbatum, Oliv. et Hanb. in Journ Soc. vii. 110; rhizomate valido late r repente, caule foliifero Sere foliis lanceo- latis cuspidatis basi inequalibus dorso obscure e ferrugineo-pubescen- tibus, ligulis scariosis truncatis, spicis trifloris subsessilibus, bracteis Sscariosis ovatis arcte imbricatis mucronulatis, coroll lobo dorsali oblongo concavo “atecslibons lanceolatis, labello purpureo obovato- cuneato, connectivo apice truncato lobis lateralibus linearibus ascen- dentibus arcuatis, fructu ovoideo glabro haud sulcato, seminibus ellip- soideis fuscis nitidis. Has. West Tropical Africa: Fernando Po, Mann (No. 1171). Caulis foliiferus 12-15-pedalis. Folia inferiora 9-10 poll. longa, 15-18 lin. lata. Phased lobi 2 poll. longi. Labellum 2 poll. longum et Letar od, G. Fig. 1. Stamen with produced connective and stigma. 2. Apex of ovary with stylodia and base of style. 3 and 4. Seed. Al except 3 enlarged. PL. 24681. ’ RE os ee - me ce ar ee re Sis Seay ieee ain 3 a 3s wy ab G oS 5 : Ee oO : MS. deletlith. Puate 2481. AMOMUM LONGISCAPUM, JHook. fil. SciraAMiInEa&. Tribe ZINGIBERER. A. longiscapum, Hook. fil. in Kew Journ. Bot. vi. 296 ; rhizomate late repente, caule foliifero elongato, foliis lorato-lanceolatis cuspidatis utrinque glabris basi cordatis sessilibus ligulis brevissimis truncatis, caule florifero elongato 1-4-cephalo, spicis paucifloris, bracteis oblongis obtusis, corolle lobo dorsali oblongo concavo lateralibus lanceolatis, labello obovato-cuneato, connectivi lobo terminali parvo rotundato lateralibus lanceolatis falcatis, fructu ampulleformi glabro haud suleato, seminibus angulatis Has. West Tropical Africa : Sierra Leone, Dr. Daniell. Folia pedalia, medio 2 poll. lata. Pedunculus floriferus 1—2-pedalis. Corolle lobi 2 poll. longi. Labellum 2 poll. longum. Fructus siccus 2 poll. longus.—J. G. Baxer. Fig. 1. Stamen with produced connective. 2. Apex of ovary bearing stylodia and base of style. 3. Stigma and upper part of style. 4. Seed. Ali enlarged. 7 Pl 2482 — Seon ripe ete Mees ant PLate 24892. AMOMUM MANNII, Oliv. et Hanb. ScrramMInem. Tribe ZINGIBERER. t a ubello, connectivi lobo centrali late ovato minuto lateralibus patulis linearibus, fructu seminibusque ignotis. 1903)" West Tropical Africa : Corisco Bay, 1° N. lat., Mann (No. Caulis Jolitferus 4-5-pedalis. Folia 6-8 poll. longa, medio 2-24 poll. lata. Corolle lobi 2-24 poll. longi. Labellwm 24 poll. longum, 2 poll. latum.—J. G. Baker. Fig. 1. Stamen with produced connective and style. 2. Apex of ovary bearing Stylodia and base of style. Both enlarged. sa ye: Se SSAS* ~ Ree OASIS ses MAAR, A “ Ss < : “ ~ ss Se = oe a es Sok >>> ms se < eS SS SS SALES Set : a Det ~~ SARA aS 5 Whe . AN SNe SS PN = Sed eet wn : FIRSTS on CO rae le mee Seg arterials bs Pte Ba Cohen Siac . Neste nat NRA ataaheed ean A ee mack “4, Aa Le Nie I Abed p MeN 4 a ee Sy Pag = ae oe SS " yanks = iv ¥ losum, 01 Ph é Amomum PLATE 2488. AMOMUM PILOSUM, Oliv. et Hand. ScrraMINE®. Tribe ZINGIBERER. A. pilosum, Oliv. et Hanb. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 110 ; rhizomate valido late repente, caule foliifero orgyali, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis cuspidatis membranaceis utrinque presertim ad faciem inferiorem angustis sessilibus paucifloris, bracteis oblongis glabris scariosi cuspidatis, corolle lobis parvis dorsali oblongo lateralibus lanceolatis, labello obovato-cuneato luteo parvo, connectivi lobo centrali deltoideo minuto lateralibus linearibus deflexis, seminibus immaturis globosis lineis horizontalibus undulatis notatis. Han. West Tropical Africa : Fernando Po, Mann (No. 1415). Caulis Solitferus 6-8-pedalis. Folia inferiora subpedalia, 2-24 poll. _ Corolle lobi 9 lin. longi. Labellum 1 poll. latum.—J. G. AKER, Fig. 1. A flower. 2. Anther with produced connective and style. 3, Ovary bearing disk-like stylodium and base of style. 4. Seed enclosed in aril. 5 and 6. Seed divested of aril, All except 5 enlarged. PL 2484. v. & Hanb. 1 ubsericeum, 0] Amomum g M.S delet ith. PuatE 2484, AMOMUM SUBSERICEUM, Oliv. et Hanb. ScITAMINE®. ‘Tribe ZINGIBERE. ; : ii. 110 ; rhizo- A. subsericeum, Oliv. et Hanb. in Journ, Linn. mee gh te lor mate valido late repente, caule foliifero ee gerrentes siue: aaa oblongis acuminatis ad vaginam sensim gph bifloris, pubescentibus ligulis parvis rotundatis, Spans se corollz bracteis scariosis apice rotundatis emarginatis latis labello lato con- lobo dorsali oblongo cucullato lateralibus Perea oaithan’ asses voluto, connectivi lobo terminali deltoideo none semninabab eilig deflexis, fructu ampulleformi glabro haud_ sulcato, Soideis nitidis, Has. West Tropical Africa: Gaboon River and Corisco Bay, Mann (No. 1904). : lia, medio 2-2} poll. Caulis folitferus 10-12-pedalis. Folia sae convenes ae poll. lata. Corolle lobi 2 poll. longi. Labellum convoh longa.—J. G. 2 lin. lo m. Fructus siccus 24 poll. longus. Semina Baker, . St Fig. 1. Anther with produced connective and syle 6 tick wut aril: of ovary. 3, 4,5, and 6. Seed; 3 and 4 with aril; 3 and 5 enlarged, odia, and apex le, styl SF ” Allexcigt SERIES IV, VOL, V. PART IV. Pl 2485 1 ba perutilis, Hemsi. See Se Seed - WIR YESS t SAS me fee A EES 3 (oe An M.S.del.et tith ) Puate 2485. ANIBA PERUTILIS, Hemsl. LAURINES. A. perutilis, Hemsl. in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 7; ramulis ultimis Sraciliusculis cortice cinereo primum puberulo cataphyllis numerosis ovato-oblongis obtusis fusco-sericeis, foliis parvis rulis Conica basi fere truncata perianthii tubo valde incrassato corrugato cupuliformi fere inclusa. Has. Colombia: near Medellin, W. Gordon. Folia cum petiolo circiter semipollicari 2}~2} poll. longa. Pedicelli 3-4 lin. longi. Bacca cum cupula circiter semipoll. longa et diametro. This was sent to Kew by W. Gordon, Esy., H.B.M. Vice-Consul at Medellin, under the name of ‘ Laurel Comino,’ and described as producing @ timber valuable for building and cabinet-making. Particulars will be found in the Kew Bulletin, 1894, p. 7 and p. 197.—W. Borrine Hemstey. Fig. 1. Fl } ._ A flower. The same, with some of the perianth-lobes serach” Feeding res of the stamens. 4. The ~— sri €ction, showing the ovary. 6. A stamen. 6. A staminode. AW enlarged. 7. Fruit. 8. Seed. Natural size. ‘ — . ; eas ox at CASES > Za 7 Y ; “ » tS eb, ves Gironniera nitida, Benth. M.S.del. et}ith, Piate 2486. GIRONNIERA NITIDA, Benth. Urticacex. Tribe CELTIDER. floribus brevissime pedicellatis, perianthii segmentis 5 obovatis concavis, drupis axillaribus solitariis ovoideis apiculatis pedunculo semper decurvo longioribus Has, China : Hong Kong, Champion, Happy Valley, Mr. Fords natwe collector ; island of Lantao, Tutcher. Folia coriacea, in sicco cinnamomea, juvenilia parce pubescentia mox glabra, 2-4 poll. longa, 1-2 poll. lata ; petiolus 3-5 lin. longus ; stipule lanceolate, caduce. Filamenta subulata, parce hirtella. Anthere shlipticer, inappendiculate. Ovarii rudimentum, in fl. ¢, hirt Upa i i cotyledones crass, carnose, ut cucullatim amplectente,’ to us, Only Mr. Bentham is cited by Planchon (DC. Prodr. who gives our plant as ‘species non satis (Diag. Pl. Nov. xiii. 29 in Mélanges Biol. ix Fig. 1. Male flower and buds. 2, Front and back views of stamens. 3. Fruit. 4. Section of seed showing embryo. All enlarged. st \ w Ly —hee Ss Deena ee ea: SN SR a HAS 7 Sy Wire MD ; B : ff Nes by +} fe rhs “ ; ‘ wd. ¥ } ; sa {il} a ie ca A (fa > Mi s SENT ESS — be bas at SAC y 2 x = ANF NG Puate 2487. TRACHYMENE CELEBICA, Hems!. UMBELLIFER2. vel adscendentibus e basi come richotomis, foliis radicalibus longe petiolatis crassis herbaceis mollibus i irsuti carpellis valde lateraliter compressis marginatis vittis nu gynophoro indiviso. Has. Celebes: Bonthain Peak at 10,000 feet, A. H. Everett. Caules floriferi 12-18 poll. alti. Folia 13-3} poll. diametro, radicalium _ 3-6 poll. longis. Radii 4-9 lin. longi. Carpella 24-3 lin. onga. This is closely allied to the Bornean 7. saniculefolia, Hook. f. (Pl. 2308), but it is altogether a much more robust plant. With the exception of one species in New Caledonia, the genus is otherwise Australian.—W. Borrine Hemstey. Fig. 1. A bract. 2, A male flower, 3. Pistil. 4. Fruit. 5, Section of a carpel. All enlarged, pg Fool ate S esculentus, NE. Br Piate 2488, PLECTRANTHUS ESCULENTUS, J. £. Brown, Lasiatx. Tribe Ocrmorpex. P. esculentus, V. F. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 12; radice tuberosa esculenta, caulibus demum decumbentibus pubescentibus, foliis (tempore florentis omnino delapsis) sessilibus oblongis obtusis basi Han, Natal, Wood (No. 3633.) Caules subpedales. Folia 13-3 poll. longa, 5-1 poll. lata. Racemi 3-1 Poll. longi. Bractee 1-lin longe et late. Pedicelli 1-2} lin. longi. Calyx 14-2 lin. longus. Corolla 7 lin. longa. This plant is known in Natal as the ‘ Umbondive or Kaffir Potato,’ the tuberous root-stock being much appreciated as food by the Kaffirs. Wood, the Curator of the Botanic Garden, Durban, in 1886.—N. E. Brown. ig. 1. Calyx attached. 2. Corolla, 3. Front and back views of stamen. 4. Young nutiets, _4// enlarged. , N.E.Brown. Plectranthus floribundus M. S.del. et, lith. Piate 2489, PLECTRANTHUS FLORIBUNDUS, NV. £. Brown. Lapiat£. Tribe Octmorpex. P. floribundus, V. FE. Brown in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 12 ; caule elato erecto sublignoso pubescente, foliis (tempore florentis omnino delapsis) sessilibus oblongis obtusis basi obtuse rotundatis marginibus sub- se ei subacutis scabridis pedicellum scabridum eequantibus, see be campanulato scabrido inzqualiter quinquefido dente postico late elliptico obtuso reliquis lanceolatis acuminatis, corolla ealycem plus uplo excedente lu compressa inequaliter bilabiata, tubo basi Has. Natal: Inanda, 1,800 ft., Wood (Nos. 646, 3843). Caulis 2-4. ae parte florifera 1-1} longa. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, 3-1} poll. lata. Racemi 11-21 poll. longi. Bractee 14 lin. longe, 1-1} lin. se Pedicelli 14-2 lin. longi. Calya 3 lin. longus. Corolla 7 lin. long This species is ee related to P. esculentus (Pl. 2488), but it is a rhea plant, with decidedly sessile leaves, having broader and more rounded bases and more prominent venation.—N. E. Brown. Fig. 1, Oalys attached and bracteole. 2. Corolla. 3. Back and front views of stamen. 4. Young nutlets. All enlarged. PLate 2490. LUFFA? BATESII, C. H. Wright. CucurBitacex. Tribe CucuMERINES. minatis sinuato-dentatis puberulis venis ultimis utrinque a densissime reticulatis, cirrhis lateralibus bifurcatis, racemis ] dentibus 5 subulatis tubo inferne inflato, petalis 5 luteis ovatis acuminatis breviter unguiculatis venis primariis 3 basi apiceque convergentibus, staminibus 5, filamentis latis calycis teat insertis, antheris omnibus sinuatim bilocularibus, floribus 2 et fructu non visis. Has. West Tropical Africa: Cameroons River, G. Mann (No. 719); Batanga, G. L. Bates (No. a Angola, 70 miles from Ambriz, on the road to Bembe, Monteir Caules 20 ped. longi (fide G. mabe 9 Folia 7 poll. longa, 5-6 poll. lata ; petioli 1-2 poll. longi. — a 9 poll. longi. Calycis tubus 6-8 lin. longus. Corolla 3 poll. dia This differs from the ca steoga of Luffa in having suffrutescent stems, subcoriaceous lea and 5 bilocular anthers, which last character, as well as the eglandalar yes separates it from the genus Spherosicyos, Hook. f., to which its inflorescence bears some resem- blance. A knowledge of "ae ils inflorescence ee fruit, at present a desideratum, may cause this to be elevated to the rank of a distinct genus, as prop osed in manu script by Dr. Schweinfurth, 08 an allied species sollestad by himself in Central Africa.—C. H. Wricur. . A bud with bracteole on pedicel. 2. Calyx and andreecium, the hollow vis of an former in vertical section, Both enlarged. Senecio Prattii, Hemsl Pate 2491. SENECIO ($ CREMANTHODIUM) PRATTII, Hemsl. Compositm. Sub-order SENECIONIDE. 8. Prattii, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; scaposus preter inflorescentiam glaber, foliis omnibus radicalibus crassis subcarnosis longissime petio- latis cordato-oblongis apice rotundatis obscure remoteque _calloso- corollz limbo pins ite or oa breviter iB. achzeniis tinue non visis) ae rian plurialatis. Has. tern China: chiefly near Tachienlu, Szechuen, at 9,000 to 15, 000 ha Pratt (Nos. 492, 548, and 593). sequins “8 15 poll. altus. Yolia cum petiolo 25-6 poll. longa, songs 2-4 poll. longo. Capitula 24-34 poll. diametro. Bractee circiter 6 lin. longe. lores radii 14-2 poll. longii—W. Bortine Hemstey. Fig. A ray-flower. 2. A pappus-bristle. 3. A disk-flower. 4. Anthers. 5. ica of style and stigmas. 6, A young achene. Ail enlarged. _ Rhodocodon urgmeoides, Baker. PiLate 2492. RHODOCODON URGINEOIDES, Baker. Lintace®. Tribe Scriue#. R. Lo ona: Baker (sp. nov.) ; bulbo globoso tunicis exterioribus pallidis, foliis 2-3 synanthiis lanceolatis glabris flaccidis, scapo tereti elongato, floribus pluribus in racemum laxum dispositis, ARCHIE xchat perianthii albi campanulati segmentis ovatis apice tavites cucullatis tubo squilongis vel brevioribus, staminibus prope medium tubi siete filamentis brevibus, serteg Sua as dae seminibus in quoque loculo pluribus nigris applana Has. Central Madagascar: forests of the province of Tanala, rt 4,000 -4,500 ft., Dr. Forsyth Major (Nos. 44 and 445). Also Baro (Nos. 3191, 6754). sibus 1 poll. diam. Folia subpedalia, medio 6-9 lin. lata. Aandi 3 lin. longum. Capsula 4 lin. longa. oanaah is a second species of an endemic Madagascar L pas of which type (R. madagascariensis, Baker) is described and figured in the ihe of the Linnean Society, xviii. 280, t. 8. —J. G. 1. Perianth closed. 2. Perianth cut open to show the stamens. 3. Pistil. 4. oasis 5. Seed. All enlarg SERIES IV. VOL. V. PART IV. eee ee at bE EOE Gg Oem oe Patent ant Ar MS. del. et hth. ® : Stenolirion Ellictii, Baker ee See PLATE 2493, STENOLIRION ELLIOTII, Baker. AMARYLLIDER, Tribe AMARYLLER, Stenolirion, Baker (gen. nov.). Perianthium superum, tubo elon- gato cylindrico, limbi lobis linearibus patulis. Stamina 6, ad faucem satilibus dorsifixis. Ovarium in erum, triloculare, ovulis in quoque loculo pluribus ; stylus elongatus, filiformis stigmate simplice. c- tus ba ina in quoque loculo plura, testa laxa crassius- ’ rmula, margi denticulata. Pedunculus brevis, rcalis. Umbelle pauciflore. Spathe valve lanceolate, membranacee, pedicellis brevibus. 8. Elliotii, Baker (sp. wnica). Has. Central Africa : Urundi, 4,000-5,000 feet, Scott Elliot (No. 8175). Bulbus 1} poll. diam. Folia semipedalia, 4-41 lin. lata. Pedun- culus 3-5-pollicaris. Perianthii tubus 2 poll. longus ; segmenta limbi tubo paulo breviora. Bacca 12-15 lin. diam. This interesting new genus resembles Crinum in habit, but differs both from that genus and Hemanthus in its seeds, whi numerous in each cell as to be angled by pressure.—J. G. BAKER Fig. 1. Margin of leaf. 2 and 3. Seeds. 1 and 3 enlarged, “MS ddan Garnotiella philippinensis, Stapf Puate 2494. GARNOTIELLA PHILIPPINENSIS, Stapf. GRAMINES. Tribe AGROSTIDER. flore i i ae Glume exteriores vacue, subequales, prima mutice, secunda mucronulata, tenuiter hyaline, enerviee ; tertia florens minuta, hyalina, biloba, e loborum sinu aristata, rista geniculata ; palea minuta, hyalina. Sanaa 2. Style distinct Caryopsis ob- longo-linearis, glumis inclusa, libera. Gratien, ut videtur, annuum, folits Jlaccidis planis, Panicula terminalis, pedunculata, angusta, stricta, ramis capillaribus paucis verticillatis vel solitariis. G. philippinensis, Stapf (sp. unica) ; culmis glabris subgracilibus, bris, lig e Has, meng Islands : Miagao, Panay, Vidal (No. 3994). 3-2 Foliorum lamina 4-4} poll. longa, 3— 41 lin. lata. Panicula 1 poll. longa, 6 lin. lata ; rami infimi 4-6 lin. longi ; pedicelli laterales circiter 1 lin. longi. Spicule 1 lin. longee ; ; gluma iii 3 lin. es arista 3 lin. longa. Anthere } lin. longe. Caryopsis lin. longa, 4- + lin. ata. Nearest allied to Garnotia, but the 7 are solitary, not gemi- wh serie is reduced to a flat, nate ; the empty glumes nerveless, and the sa two stamens, d of pedice Fig. 1. Ligule. 2. Branchlet of inflorescence. 3. Upper en 4. Giunsi, co Glume ii. 6. Glume iii. 7. Glume iii. coger Sesame cle. 8. Pale. 9. Stam mens and ni gh 10, Ovary. 11. Grain, side fame, tront view. dil enlary 7a YY CN SS: 2 Dominica, Santa Lucia, St. Vincent, and Trinidad ; various collecto Arb elsa. Folia 3-8 poll. longa. Flores 35-5 lin. longi. Fructus circiter 2 poll. diametro. This handsome and apparently widely spread West Indian tree is very similar to LZ. pauciflora, Achras vitellina, 7’ussac, Flore des Antilles, iv. t. 19), but that has smaller obovate leaves, fewer flowers, and the fruit is figured as six-seeded, seeds having a relatively narrow hilum. The bright yellow fruit of L. multiflora bears the name of ‘penny-a-piece’ or “penny- piece’ in some of the islands.—W. Borrinc Hemstey, Fig. 1. A flower. 2. Portion of a corolla laid open. 3. Pistil. 4, Ovary in sie: _ oped. Fig. 5. Vertical section of fruit shoving the whole aaa 6. Seed. 7. A cotyledon, ddl natural size. a PL 2499 BPE KLE ap am - MS.aelet bth lla crenata, Baker. | y. pie & fae = S Tate 2499. MELAN OPHYLLA CRENATA, Baker. CoRNACE. M. crenata, Baker (sp. nov.) ; suffruticosa, glabra, ramulis teretibus, foliis ec petiolatis oblongis acutis crenatis penninerviis siccitate nigrescentibus basi crenatis, floribus in racemos laxos multifloros terminales dispositis, pedicellis ascendentibus basi bracteis parvis ovatis persistentibus suffultis, ovario turbinato, lobis calycinis parvis ovatis obtusis, petalis oblongis obtusis flore expanso patulis vel reflexis, staminibus petalis brevioribus antheris oblongis filamentis brevissimis, stylis 2-3 recurvatis apice stigmatoso-capitatis, Has. Madagascar : forests of the province of Tanala, alt. 4,000- 4,500 feet, Dr. Forsyth Major (Nos. 118, 296, and 382). Folia 3-4} poll. longa, medio 18-21 lin. lata ; petioli 1-1} poll. longi. Ovarium 1 lin. longum. Lobi calycini } lin. longi. Petala 2 lin, longa. Fructus ignotus. This genus of Cornaces, which is only known in Madagascar, described in the 21st volume of the —— of the Linnean Society, This is the first time that it red. Two species The fruit is st a = ion 1. G. BAKER. was 52. were known previously. Fig. 1. Expanded flower and bud. 2. Anther. 3. Pistil. 4. Ovary in vertical section. All enlarged Puate 2500. BATESANTHUS PURPUREUS, JV. £. Brown. ASCLEPIADEH. ‘Tribe Periproces, onge, apice appendicibus Corpusculoru oblon schaconeie tas terminate, glabre. Pollen ae culorum i Stylus sue breviter me Folliculi_non visi. Paniculie B. purpureus, V. £. Brown (sp. unica) ; glabra, caule subferrugineo parce verruculoso, foliis distantibus petiolatis oblongis vel elliptico- oblongis acute cuspidatis basi cordatis, stipulis interpetiolaribus reflexis dentatis, panicvlis pedunculatis elongatis laxis quam folia multo longioribus ramis inferioribus dichotomis superioribus simplicibus race- moso-floriferis, sepalis ovatis subacutis, corolla magna purpurea rotata profunde 5-loba lobis elliptico-oblongis obtusissimis, ret indistincta annulari lobulis quinque minutis staminibus omnino adnat Has, West Tropical Africa: Efulen, Cameroons, Bates (No. aie oa a : ped. to ramis 2 poll. . Pedicelli 3-7 lin. longi. Sepala 14 lin. longa, i lin. lata. Corolla 14-13 poll. diam., lobis 9 lin. longis, 5-5} lin. latis. Columna staminum | lin. longa et lata. This fine Asclepiad appears to be nearest related to Chlorocodon, with which it agrees in habit and eee but the corona, which is not nie evident, and the staminal column are entirely different.—N. E. Bro Fig. 1. Sepal seen from within. 2. Corona and staminal column. 3. The partly dissected to show the position of pet pollen-carriers, 4. Pollen- pein All enlarged. SERIES LV. VOL. V. PART IV. INDEX TO SPECIES AND SYNONYMS. : late Plate Acridocarpus orientalis, Juss. . . 2432 | Daniella thurifera, Benn.. . . . 2406 socotranus, Oliv.. . . . . 2433 | Daphnopsi Taube 2409 peices lindaviana, Gilg. . 2426 | Desmazeria unioloides, Defl 2448 enoides, Gilg. ee eae 1] a quinquenervia, 464 Alomonphia. srtulifoa, Goer . . 2420 | Dipterocarpus Bourdilloni, Brandis 2403 Aloe m a, Bak . 2423 | Dombey , Baker , 460 yeoman gnc we Peal Oliv. et | Driessenia cir teiagenete Stapf . 2414 an : . 2476 | —— crystal rhe . under 2414 cereum, Hoo as aoe aly / Duthiea emir gy . 2474 citratum, Perera. . . . . 2478 | —— giganteum, Oliv. e¢ Hind... 2479 | Eleocarpus hainanensis, Oliv, . . 2462 i ta ak eek setae ee ae ot Ha . 2482 Garnotiella rb lgg oe steels 2494 sila arene = et Han . 2483 Gironniera nitida, 2: . 2486 subsericeum, Oliv. et Hanh . 2484 Aniba peru, Hemsl. Lies . 2485 Habenaria polytricha, Rudfe. . . 2496 Anisopus Mannii, NV. £. B . 2453 | Halopyrum mucronatum, Stapf . 2448 Arracacia filiformis, Coult is “Rose. 2429 Hederella Forbesii, Stanf .under 2415 + Aster Bowerii, Hemsi. . . 2495 | ___ multiflora, Stapf. . . ee quintuplinervis, Stapf . oe. B46 Baphia borneensis, Oliv... . . . 2456 _ __ tetran 1 i Stapf . _under 241 Batesanthus purpureus, V. £. Brown 2500 F[eteropyxis canescens, Olic. _ 2407 : Bentia fruticulosa, Rol/e . . 2431 Homalopeta etalum a ae Rolfe. 2461 eS Blepharispermum hirtum, Oliv. . 2435 | | Hyoseyamus leptocalyx, : Stapf. . 2446 Brizopyrum mucronatum, Nees. . 2448 — | a iandra Bidwillii, Hook. f.. . 2449 | < ear grendinenl, Bail. & Carallia borneensis, Oliv. . . . 2459 | as Wael > 3 450 panne Se africana, Hh ee pee ‘oleus leucophyllus, Baker . . . 5 | ss Calusttion Wien, Olle! .. samy | Tauin euselien, atte 8 os omoroa is : sats cies ion Tpomeea erinigera, Oliv. _ 2437 sad dare bagebaab - 2468 | Ischnochloa Falconeri, Hook. ral 2466 Deeaplilaiie sirecane: Srap : ge Cyanandrium gut oi ee Sa cee! sess rufum, a ; th 2419 Lissocarpa Benthami, Giirke . 2418 2439 | Lithospermum hancockianum, Otie. 2457 ath , Ole, . wee oe com ense Wedd. _ 2458 Littledulea tibetica, Hemsl. | 2472 Cynoglossu ane : Cynometra Siadeeunte Oliv. . Lucuma multiflora, 4. DC. INDEX TO SPECTER AND SYNONYNS, Mate Laffa Batesii, C,H. Wright. . . 2490 «= Pomutostoma) naquale, Stapf ender 2621 Lysimachia grandifolia, Hemel... . 2406 phytlegs ingles, Staph oa ——e serteliferum, Stapf . . « 2620 ‘erygiella nigrescens, Olir,, . . 2463 Marsdenia efulensia, V. F Brows . sored Medinilla flagetlara. Sent wader 2att ~-—-- lorata, Stapf . ; . 2417 Rexvmicia beasiliensia, Ole . . . 2404 oe Stopf . 4 es 2 MIL) Rhedooodon argineoides, Baker . 2492 ei cork Baker. . 2440 ae ” ones Bees << = So, Neogetia gracilipes, Hemel, : : * 2424 ceeiantiand Bad wil lit, ip SO, Oe ae «ae minor, Meme... . . « 2425 = Santalam feroanderianum, F. Phil, 2430 : Nepeta decolorans, Hemel. . . . 27) Sehinagioneam connatum, N, E. Br. 2452 : duet 4 rotemiatom, Hemel, . « a : O rroimerr his qracilipes, Hemel. « Be pects Prattii. Hemel, ee ee ‘Orecsolen unquiculater, Hemel, . 2467 Shores rights, Ve ee, Ormosia fordians, Ofie. . . . . 2422 Stauranthers chiriteflora, Oli, . 2451 Orthen conlata, Wir,. . . . . 2412 Stenolirion Elliotii, Baker . . . 2493 « © 865 Thriendendron aentifolinm, Booth. 2444 colelacn, ‘ 2110 9436 2448 Tripegen fener ph bas 244s ' i Unicla mucronata, Lb... . . - SB | Woodrowia diandra, Stapf . . AT 2488 2489 under 2419 | Vates megaphyila, Wright . . » 2438 under 2418 — at : monrapore, Ware. . . . 2444 | ee corre Uae Re 7 . 3 : ey " re i ar 3 SPOTTINWOODE AXP Co, XRWSTREET sytane