& a Se Ee RT ee eee eas ae ee ee ee a ee ES 1) Ee ee ee oe eg va ee ESN Reet, iat ote Se : \H 762 Hee ie HOOKER’S f 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 SIR WILLIAM T. THISELTON-DYER, K.0.M.G., C.LE., LL.D. M.A. F.RS. HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD DIRECTOR, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. NO. VL: OR VOL. XXVI. OF THE ENTIRE WORK. Part I. 2601-2625, June 1899. Part II. 2626-2650, May 1900. ParRT III. 2651-2675, August 1900. Part IV. 2676-2700, February 1901. DULAU & CO. 87 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON es * 1901. = 7 S01, - ¥ of =) ig Rae VOL. VIL—PART I] | (JUNE. HOOKER’S | ICONES PLANTARUM; | FIGURES, WITH DESCRIPTIVE CHARACTERS AND REMARKS, | OF NEW AND RARE PLANTS, | SELECTED FROM THE 1 KEW HERBARIUM. FOURTH SERIES. EDITED FOR THE BENTHAM TRUSTEES BY SIR WILLIAM T. THISELTON-DYER, K.C.M.G., C.LE., LL.D., M.A., F-.R.S. Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. PS Pe ee ee ee SR Garis Basehor SS ai oe Se ee a VOL. VIL. , OR VOL. XXVII. OF THE ENTIRE WORK. DULAU & oe 87 SOHO eaceee LONDON. ee i F 18 ‘ PU 2601. Puate 2601. SECALE AFRICANUM, Stapf. GRAMINER. Tribe HorDE. §. africanum, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; affine S. montano, spiculis paulo minoribus, glumis plerumque plus minusve inequalibus, valvarum nervis magis distinctis, carinis omnibus tenuiter brevissimeque spinuloso scabris diversum. Culmi graciles, ultra 14 ped. alti, leves, internodiis superioribus exsertis. o/ia (superiora tantum nota) glabra, oo vagine arctze ; ligule brevissime, obtuse ; laminz Pap i = tee, ad 6 poll. longe. (vel aristulam) brevem et scabrum attenuate, in carinis tenuiter bre- vissimeque spinuloso-scabre, inferior plerumque paulo brevior. Valve lineari-oblonge, in aristam tenuers scabram rectam 3-3} lin, longam S. cereale, Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap. p- 23 ; Fl. Cap. ed. i. p. 440; ed. Schult. p. 118: Travels ii. p. 168. Durand et Schinz, Consp. FL. Afr. v. p. 937 (in nota). Soutn Arrica: Cape Colony, Calvinia Div., “ Lowermost Rogge- veld,” near Wilhelm Stenkamps Farm (Elands Fontein of Burchell’s map, about twenty miles south-east of Calvinia), Thunberg. Thunberg says in his Travels ].c.: “These (the lowermost Rogge- veld) as well as the ethers Se have been so named from a kind of rye which grows wild here in abundance near the bushes.” Curiously enough it has net been sillectat again since Thunberg’s times. Burchell (Travels, i. ha 256) says : ‘I saw none of the wild rye which has been said to be so abundant as to give the name to this district, but this might ee ewing tu the season of the visited this district in nip ‘when grasses like this oeuke naturally have disappeared. It might be s uggested that S. africanum 18 @ variety of JS. cereale, which had peels gr tee by the farmers an then run wild ; but rye varies very little altogether, and, so far as I am aware, ever in a way w ich would oa se n the differences that characterise the new species described above SERGES IV. VOL. VII. PART I. “ 2 and the three following plates were drawn from the original hunberg’s herbarium h the whole of Thunberg’s South African grasses at our disposal for purposes of comparison.—O, Srapr. Fig. 1, a spikelet ; 2, a pale; 3, a lodicule. A// enlarged. PLATE 2602 BRIZOPYRUM CILIARE, Stapf: GRAMINESH. Tribe FESTUCES. ciliare, Stapf; spiculis parvis, valvis secundum margines exiinie ip ciliatis, ciliis tuberculis impositis uniseriatis, ab omnibus speciebus generis distincta men annuum. Culmi fasciculati, geniculati, ascendentes vel Pe tenues, 4-6 poll. longi, glabri, leeves, 2-3-nodi, ad paniculam vaginati vel internodiis intermediis paulo exsertis. Jolia tenuiter ad marginem redactz ; laminz anguste lineares, 1—3 poll. longe, circiter 3 lin. late, sepe convolute, subflaccide, summa paniculam longe excedens. Panicula spiciformis, oblonga, nei interdum lobata, 4-G lin. longa, 2-3 lin. lata ; thachis r mique teretes, leves, hice brevissimi ; pedicelli ad } lin. longi. Spice le perlate, ovate, turgide, 13-14 lin, lon ngze, 3-6-floree. Glumee la te, ovate, acute vel subacute, ad 1 lin. longee, 5-nerves, tenues, marginibus albis latissimis, inferior in dorso herbaceo hispida pilis e tuberculis ortis, superior subglaber. Valve ovate (a latere) subobtusx, 1 lin. long secundum margines serie ciliorum rigidorum tuberculis impositis munite, ceterum glabre, firmiuscule, apice purpures, subcompresse, nervis tenuibus. Pale late, obtuse, carinis sca is. odicule minute, sparse mepaer ee Anthere 1} lin. longe. Daciylis ciliaris, Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Ca ap. p. 22 ; . Cap. ed. i. p- 429 ; ed. Schult. p. 115; non Linn., nec Nees, in Linnea, vii. (1832) p. 322, Soutn Arrica : Cape Colony, without precise locality, Thunberg. This is a very distinct species and quite different from Lasiochloa muaris Kunth. which this author took to hunberg’s Dactylis - Linneeus’s Dactylis ciliaris (Mant. ii. p. 185) is a perennial with setaceous, perfectly glabrous blades, a small obovoid, capitate panicle, and glumes equalling more or less the Mog which are, apart from a white beard at each side of the base, glabrou ie lla tbe 2,a spikelet; 3, lower glume; 4, ek glume; 5, a valve; 6,4 a as "a lodicu ; 8, an anther; 9, a pistil, Ald enlar arged SERIES IV. VOL. VII. PART I. ; KE —7 . ———— ee a Puate 2603. BRIZOPYRUM GLOMERATUM, Stapf. GRAMINES. Tribe Festucex. B. Spenepegee Stapf; affine B. oblitero, Stapf (Demazeria obli- tera, Hemsl.), abitu erecto, glumis valvisque acutioribus vel mucronatis tenuius nervosis, lodiculis longe ciliatis, antheris plus quam duplo majoribus diversum m perenne, cespitosum innovationibus intravaginalibus numerosis. Culmi suberecti, graciles, ad 1 ped. alti, glabri, hertits nets internodiis exsertis. Vagine foliorum arcte, glaberrime, albidis latissimis. Vals ve ovate (a latere) errata abrupte mucro- nate, 1-14 lin. longe, sub-firme, secundum margines ciliate vel fere undique a basi ad medium pilosee, pilis tenuibus acutis, nervis tenuibus. Palee late, obtuse, carinis scabris vel inferne ciliatis. Lodicule longiuscule ciliate. ” Ant ere 4 lin. longe. Poa glomerata, Thunb. Prod. Pl. Cap. p. 22; Fi. Cay. ed. i. p. 423; ed. Schult. p. 113. Kunth, Enum. PI. i. i. p. 363, Sourn Arrica: Cape Colony, without precise locality, Thunberg. Why this species was quoted as a synonym of TJetrachne Dreger Nees, by Nees and subsequent authors, is difficult to ap rte as there is nothing in Thunberg’s description to justify it.—O. Sra ligule; 2 and 3, spikelets; 4, lower ake oa 5, upper glume (flattened ote 6, a Filve i out) ; 7, a valve (side view) ; 8, a pale; 9, a lodicule; 10, a pistil, All enlar. PL 2604, WG, WY [ZZ ‘4 \ Uf 1 MI fo (J) A) aa Al ZA Wes Ny BV) f A ee i» YS SN) ars NY ya pe sh | Wy 1% ea terest Cts ana Puate 2604. ACHNERIA CAPILLARIS, Stap/. GRAMINES. Tribe AVENE. A. capillaris, Stapf; affinis A. awree, sed annua, glumis acutioribus tenuioribus pubescentibus valvis pro ratione brevioribus glabris diversa. Gramen annuum. Culmi nye e — geniculata ascendentes, irci a pore perforatis munite. Panicula obovata vel su mle midalis, onga, 3—4 poll. lata, tandem effusa, iterum trichotome ramis 2-natis apicem versus spiculigeris filiformibus vel capillaribus glabris vel ad axillas pilosis levibus preter tubercu ae ae eras ta. el 8 hyaline, tenuiter pubesce sae yah Valve late ovato-oblonge glabre, 5-7-nerves, nervis scnuibias sub apice convergentes valvis subequales. Lodicule glabre, minute. Anthere 3 lin. longe. Holcus capillaris, nai Fl. Cap. ed. i. p. 412; ed. Schult. p. 110 (excl. diagn.), non Prodr. p. 20. Sorghwm capillare Roem. & Schult. ii. . 840. Andropogon ti) aia, Kunth, Rev. Gram. I. p. 166; Enum. I. p. 510. Sourn Arrica: Cape of Good Hope, Thunberg. This grass does not seem to have been collected since Thunberg,~ nor is there any evidence that subsequent writers have seen peci- men. As, moreover, Thunberg’s diagnosis and description of this plant partly contradictory, it is no wonder Schultes, as well as Kunth, were misled in their endeavours to find a place for it in Andropogoner. Hackel (Monogr. Androp. p. 651) has — l.c., £ flosculo hetshap ito nition, masculo aristato’ asi ‘ glumis glabris,’ whilst in the Selene no mention is made of the * Caeg bey Schlrche be tternelum, #11370, hu aha a-~ MBS. 2 hpi are of the florets, and the glumes are described as having losa.’ As the description agrees otherwise very well with the aires named Holcus capillaris im his herbarium assume that Thunberg drew up ne diagnosis from a different plant, perhaps a Holcus or Aira.—O. Sta Fig. a ligule; 2, a spikelet; 3, the 2 florets ; ~ a valve (flattened pie : 5, an es floret ; 6, pale o of an upper floret (5 and 6), showing the minute con tion of the rhachilla at the base ; 7, alodicule ; 8,a il. All enlarged. PU 2605. | Ant N\ SX Wis, Puate 2605. DEYEUXIA SCLEROPHYLLA, Stapf. GRAMINE&. Tribe AGROSTIDES. D. sclerophylla, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; nulli speciei arcte affinis, glumis valvaque rigidis, arista e sinu orta distincta, potius sectionem novam Sclerodeyeuxiam sistens Gramen dense Pp abigh innovationibus intravaginalibus. Culm stricte erecti, 1-2} ped. alti, glabri, leves, pleramque 2-nodi, inter- 1-2 poll. ong parce ramulosi vel simplices, a basi spiculigeri vel inferne plus minusve nudi, filiformes, leves vel superne scaberuli ; pedicelli laterales circiter 1 lin. ongi, ceteri sepe multo longiores, 1 plus minusve glauco-purpurascentes, 34 lin. long; rhachille processus 1 lin. longus, plumosus. Glume subxquales, lanceolate, mucronato- acuminate, carinate, subcoriacee, 3-nerves, omnino scabride. Valva a lanceolata, 24 lin. longa, firma, omnino scaberula, sub-7-nervis, a hi ; : : aryopsis lineari oblonga, 1 lin. paulo longior, a dorso compressa ; embryo parvus ; hilum 4 caryopsis cequans. New Guinea: Mount Scratchley, 12,200 feet, Giulianetti. The mes are as rigid as those of Ammophila, and the valve, though conus is still firmer than in any other Deyeuaxia I have seen. The leaves are very like in structure to the leaves of Ammophila arenaria, but the blades are more com ‘ e awn springs from the sinus of the valve, whilst it is, I believe, always dorsal in the true 2 Deyeuxias, and reduced to a subterminal mucro or quite absent in Ammophila. This insertion of the awn in connection with the rigid the ovary top conspicuously appendaged. The great similarity of the structure of the blades of Deyeuwia sclerophylla and of the other grasses of Giulianetti’s collection from Mount Scratchley, with the exception of icrolena, is very singular, and indicative of great (probable periodical) dryness of the air.—O, Srapr. Fig. 1, a ligule; 2, a spikelet ; 3, a floret, with the continuation of the rhachilla; 4,a pale; 5, a grain, back view ; 6, the same, front view. _A// enlarged. PU 2606. Y | INNS ) ay Ni (j Ae ne MG WAN VR y) NS iG CNG | WW AW gies CH PS EX Gp WA ie amen (i x AS Ww ASIN : Ke APSA [S Ain EM AW, SV EN fs Vis aN N/ Wf lps K Sess \ x < NEG 1 es | J BY y Ne 7 AN “al —< aN Si WA E\} O.Stapf anal. MS. del, etlith. Piate 2606. DANTHONIA OREOBOLOIDES, Stapf. GRAMINES. Tribe AVENE. D. ig ag gt ak ance affinis D. exigue, Stapf pauciflora, Buch. : Triodia exigua, Kirk), sed minor, tenuior, ae ae pene exsertis integris acuminatis dis- tincta. Gramen cespites densissimos 1 poll. vix altiores formans, innova- tionibus creberrimis cum culmis floriferis fasciculetis. Cw mi floriferi cata ; vaginez arcte, laxe striate ; ligule pilorum brevissimorum serie notatz ; lamine tenuiter setaceo- Subulate, acute, 4 poll. longe, curve, eves. Spicule solitarie in culmorum apice, albide, 15 lin. longer, circiter 3-flore ; rhachilla parce pilosula. Glume sequales, ovato ane icriggs oir vel obtuse, ima basi obsolete 5- -nerves, ceterum |-ne Valve oblonge, integre, breviter acuminate, vix 1} lin, ead. ah pe utrinque penicillis minutis ornate, 7-nerves, nervo medio interdum in mucronulum ae callo minuto bar- bulato obtuso. Palea valvam subequans, carinis superne scabris. Lodicule glabre. Anthere } lin. longe. pn glabrum. New Gunga: Mount Scratchley, 12,200 feet, Giulianetti. T have no doubt that oe is the grass which Sir Ferdinand von Miiller described in Trans. Roy. Soc. Vict. i. 2. pp. 38, 39, and named provisionally Seems oreoboloides. Fig. 1, a part of the a 2,a ligule; 3, a spikelet; 4, a valve i out) ; 5, a in (side view); 6, a pa ale; 7, a lodicule; 8,4 pistil, All enlar PL 2607 _ MSdeLetlith PLaTe 2607. POA PAPUANA, Stapf. GRAMINEX. Tribe, Festuce®. Poa papuana, Stapf (sp. nov.) ; affinis P. minimiflore, Stapf, sed foliis minus tenuibus rigidioribus scaberulis, spiculis paulo Psat valvis acute acuminatis quam palea levi paululo brevioribus divers Gramen dense cespitosum, innovationibus aesae- 9 intravaginalibus. ulmt erecti, acshagd 3-4 poll. alti, leves, ad medium “vaginati, internodiis summo excepto gee gee, bas, athe paucis. Folia ad cast congesta, interdum subflabellata, glaberrima ; vagine arcte, rinatee, striate ; ligule acutissime, ad 1 lin. longer, hyalinz ; lamine acutate, 15-3 poll. long, rigide, erect, scaberule, imprimis ad margines at ¢ arinas, preeterea seepe minutissime tuberculate. Pani- cule oblong, 7-9 lin. longe, stricte, rami inferiores uaoutatl ioe geminati, simplices, 4— l-spiculati, stricti, oblique erecti, fili orm scaberuli, in axillis glanduligeri ; pedicelli a. lin. longi, ramis Similes. Spicule 1—flore, o plonge, acuminate, n. paululo ace virides, vel purpureo- -fuscescentes, interdum a Or ; processus brevis. Glwme ovate, acute, vel acuminate, dorso basique herbacez, in carina scaberulz, inferior mediam spiculam sequans, 1—3-nervis, superior ecules longior, latior, 3-nervis. Valve oblonga, acute acuminate, 1 lin. paululo longior, in apice et ad mar- angustissime hyalinz, ceterum herbacem, zves, ob nervos guelensis, Hook. and P. antarctica, Stapf (Triodia ae Hook. £.). In my pa er on the flora of Kinabalu (7’rans. ann. Soc., ser. 2, iv. p. 247), I have pointed out that the grass which I then escribed a Deyeuxia epileuca was “a very marked species, the affinity of which lies rather with some Australian sec (of Deyewxia) than with any others, though it is far from being closely connected ” and that “the spikelets come, perhaps, nearer to those of D. gunniana, Benth.” ; but I was then “still doubtful as to the true systematic position ” ’ of the grass (/. c. p. 105). The discovery of Poa papuana and P. rape eile has given me now the key to it in the direction fr flora are evidently the same grasses which Sir Ferdinand von Mueller enumerated as Festuca pusilla (Trans. Roy. Soc. Victoria, i. pt. 2, p. 38).—O. Srapr. Fig. 1, a ligule; 2, a ean 3, a floret with the continuation of the rhachilla ; 4, a ad gales out); 5, apale. All enlarged. Piate 2608. POA MINIMIFLORA, Stapf. GRAMINES. ‘Tribe, Festuce®. Poa minimiflora, Stapf (sp. _nov.); affinis Pow epileuce, Stapf (Deyeuxia epileuca, Stapf), sed foliis tenuiter setaceis, paniculis uberioribus, spiculis minoribus diversa. Gramen dense ce-pitosum, innovationibus intravaginalibus = Cu/mi erecti, gracillimi, 3-5 poll. alti, leves, glabri, ad m edium dense pn, range internodiis paucis summo excepto brevi bus subbasalibus. basin congesta, glaberrima, levia ; vagine arctz, laxe striate ; Gauls yalin 15-3 poll. long, } lin, late ———), rigidule, erecte. Panicule lineari-oblonye vel lineares, 3 #-1 poll. longe, subcontract, stricte, rami solitarii vel geminati, stricte-erecti, inferiores 3-4 lin. ongi, parce ramulosi vel ad racemum redacti, ut rhachis filiformes, ees in 1-2-flore, oblonge vel ovate, vix i ; leete virides vel cupreo-purpurascentes, variegatz ; rhachille processus longi- usculus, glaber. Glumce ovate, subacute, dorso acer, in carina scaberule, inferior mediam spiculam sequans, 1—nervis, ee, longa, antice plus minusve sulecata; embryo minutus; hi lum punctiforme New Guinea : Mount Seratchley, 12,200 ft., Giwlianetti. O. Starr. Fig. 1, a ligule; 2, a one- flowered spikelet ; 3, floret of the same, with the con- tinuation eh the vinchilin : ; 4, a two-flowered spikelet; 5, a trey: flattened from the ; 6, a grain, side view; 7, the same, front view ; 8, same, eross section. All enlarged. PL 2609. PuaTeE 2609. CROSSOTROPIS GRANDIGLUMIS, Rendle. GRAMINE®. Tribe CHLORIDE®. Crossotropis, Stapf in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. p. 317. Spicule 3-9-flore, lateraliter compress, subsessiles, subdistichx, in panicule mis rigidis; rhachilla tenuis, supra glumas et inter valvas s breviter aristate, membranacew, 3-nerves, nervis lateralibus sub- marginalibus subpercurrentibus rigide ciliatis ; callus parvus, pilosulus. Palee anguste, 2-carinatw, valvis paulo breviores. Lodicule cuneate, parve. Stamina 3. Ovariwm glabrum; styli distincti, gracillimi; stigmata plumosa, lateraliter exserta. Caryopsis oblonga, a dorso admodum compressa, concava vel plana, valva paleaque plerumque plane, ligule hyaline. Panicula contracta vel patula ; rami strictt a basi spiculigert. Spicule approximate vel remote, summa terminalis. C. grandiglumis, Rendle in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. ii 2, p. 226; a speciebus generis cxeteris duratione perenni et habitu peculiari differt. truncate, ad # lin. long ; Jamine lineares, breviter acutate, interdum subpungentes, 1-2} poll. longs, 14-2} lin. late, plane vel subulatim con- SERIES IV. VOL. VII, PART I. i , p-. 252. Steud. Syn. Pl. Glum. i. p. 210. Diplachne grandiglumis, Hack. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xi. p. 404. Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 878 Sourn Arrica. Cape Colony : Albert Div., Nieuwe Hantem, stony places, 4,500-5,000 feet, Dréye ; Aliwal North Div., between Witte Bergen and Krai River, 4,500—5,000 feet, Drége. Griqualand West : aa deri Fontein and Night Fontein, Seer 2167. Bechuana- land : ony plains near Groot Kuil, Marloth, 989. Orange Free State : near mee Caledon River, Zeyher, 20 near Winberg, Buchanan, 246. Transvaal: Rustenberg, MacLean ; near Nylenstrom, * Nelson, 99. Natal: sandy valley of Tugela River, "1,000 feet, Buchanan, 279, A minor variety of C. grandiglumis was oo by Mr. A. Rendle, Ic, from specimens collected by itsch in Pungo Andongo (2,709) and in Huilla (7,492). It kes \ apilealate smaller and more delicate than in the type, 25-3 lines long ; flowering ae subhyaline, more prominently awned than in the type, pale hyaline Crossotropis is allied to Triraphis and Leptocarydion, which has ora been reduced to 7'riodia, avery different and natural genus ving 7—9-nerved valves. Triraphis differs in the usually distinctly pedicalict spikelets, which are often arranged in compound and dense panicles and the longer awns, and excurrent side nerves of the valves. Leptocarydion, on the other iad, has dense spiciform panicles, long and finely awned valves, and peculi: ar leaf blades. The true Leptochlow, to which Nees referred C. grandiglumis, differ in the usually very minute spikelets, entire, muticous, broader valves, and mo- tly globose or subglobose grain. Dipla achne, again, to which Hackel referred the Durand & Schin ne and C. arenaria, Stapf pine uae arenaria : ees ; Uralepis arenaria, Steud.), asi Spikelets of a very similar structure. They are both annuals, —O.8 Fig. 1, aligule; 2, a terminal ee 3, lower A eget 4, Pld “alee by a floret a grain with the contiguous thachilla jo joint ; valve a pale a lodicu back view ; 10, the same, front view; at cross satticl of a pice All Ne: © hh. Od: ¢. cert hele pO AL. ; r ye. PU 2610. KS Ne lig > Yin Zr A LAEIIT oe Ue SX d Sy —— 4. |= ‘z a SS Xi SSS ea SS M.S.del,et lth. PLATE 2610. POGONARTHRIA FALCATA, Rendle. 3 GRAMINEX. Tribe EraGrostTex. Pogonarthria, Stapfin Thiselion- -Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. p. 316. Spicule 2-8-flor, lateraliter compress, subsessiles, plus minusve imbricate, secundx, in ramis paniculie subspiraliter dispositee ; rhachilla fragilis, supra glumas et inter valvas articulata, ee apice ciliatis. Glume rigide cesarean Ser l-ner Valve oblonge, rigide membranacex, acuminate, glaberrime, 31 nerves, nervis lateralibus perne evanescentibus alee 2-carinatie, valvis paulo breviores Lodicule 2, minute, delicatule. Stamina 3. Ovariwm glabrum ; styli distincti ; stigmata osa. aryopsis valva paleaque vix rete inclusa, lineari-oblonga, obtuse triquetra ; embryo dimidio cary- opsis brevior; hilum Pog apie —Gram v Er. ‘eine, Rendle in Cat. Afr. Welw. ii. 2, p. 232 (sp. unica). Gramen cespitosum ore vaginarum excepto ‘glaberrimum. Culmi stricti, erecti vel subgeniculati, 1-15 ped. a i, teretes, leeves, circiter 3-nodi, internodiis exsertis. Foliorum vagine arcte, lin. latee, en vel seepius convolute, rigid, subglauce, Ll. "esa obtuso glabro. Palearum carine scabre. _Anthere 4 lin, Caryo opsis 5, oe longa. “Leptochion ‘fale Hack. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iii. p. ae iv. Append. iii. p. 21. Hragrostis sp. Nees in Linnea, xx. me Tropica, Arrica. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Nyika M tains, 4,000-6,000 feet, Whyte. Rhodesia: Leshumo Valley, Holub, 2 Portuguese West Africa : aoe Museque de Luiz Gomes, Welwitsch, 7287, "7367 ; Barro do Bengo, between Quicuxe and Cacuaco, Wel- witsch, 728 87 C ; Pungo Andongo, between Lombe and Quibinda, Wel- witsch, 7408 ; Huilla, between Lopollo and Monino, Welwitsch, 7487. SourH Arrica. Griqualand West: Herbert Division, St. Clair, Douglas, Orpen, 256; Asbestos Mountains, “eae ea 2101. Orange Free State: Olifants Fontein, Rehmann, 3514 ; and grassy hills on the Groot and Klein Vet River, 4,000- 5, b00 rae mena 1840 ; Burke ; near Bloemfontein, Rehmann, 3753. Transvaal : the Bo aly veld, between Eland River and Klippan, Rehmann, B118 : ; near Lydenburg, Atherstone, 72. Basutoland: near Leribe, Buchanan, 128. Natal: by the — River, 600 feet, Buchanan, 242 ; near Umlaas Drift, Wood, 191 Hackel, who described this species under Leptochloa, has already remarked that it differs considerably from all other species of ipa s In fact, the affinity lies with ao to certain species of which it approaches rather closely. —O. Sra 1, a ligule; 2,a spikelet; 3, an sl Ail ps oa joint; 4, termin rhachilla — te: Peg glume ; 6, upper glume; 7, a e; 8, a pale with thachilla joint; 9,a1 ; 10, front view of a ae with A esi ft side view; 12, cross section of a ae "All enlar, arge PL 2617. O.Stapf anal. Puate 2611. LOPHACME DIGITATA, Stapf. GRAMINES. Tribe CHLORIDE. Lophacme, Stapf, in Thiselton- bl Fl. Cap. vii. p. 316. Spicule circiter 6-valves, valvis 2 infimis flores g gerentibus ceteris gradatim minoribus vacuis a rete se invicem peter Sieh subsessiles in ramis panicule Sewatlilind simplicibus s hdigitatis ; rhachilla tenuis, glabra, supra glumas et inter valvas 2 infimas articulata, superne tenax. Glume inzquales, anguste, membranacex, |-nerves, carinate, persis- tentes. Valve florigere lineari-lanceolate, 2- dentate, uam glume contiguz paulo breviores, membranacezx, 3-nerves, nervis lateralibus Superne evanescentibus e sinu tenuiter aristater, callo minute piloso ; val vie vacuse integ gre, in aristam abeuntes, callo nullo. Palee angus- stigmata laxe plumosa, lateraliter exserta. ed be ignota.—Gramen ss (?). oliorum lamine plane; ligule ad marginem ciliatam edacte. oe ae subdigitata e ramis ‘oo gracilibus subspicifor- is compos L. digitata, ae (sp. unica). Culmi graciles, erecti, ultra 1 ped, alti, glabri, leves ; nternodium summum perlongum. Folia culmea glaberrima ; vaiisias preena teretes, leves, summa 5-5} poll. longa ; laminze lineares, acute, subglauce, leves, summe brevissime vel obsolete, inferiores 14 poll. longa, 1-1} lin. ian Panicula 35-5 poll. longa ; axis Ghifoentia, 1 poll. hietine scaberula, purpurascens ; rami 4-5, tenuiter filiformes, 3 44 poll. longi, scaheruli, purpurascentes, a basi vel fere a basi spiculigeri. Spicule infe.iores ‘dissite, superiores lume. \ineari- lanceolate, acutz, glabre, inferior brevior. Valve florigere tenuiter pubescentes, inferne purpurex, superne albe, 11-2 lin. long, dentibus tenuibus ; arista inferne scabra, tenuis, 3-4 lin. longa, erecta ; valve superiores vacue, glabre (aristis demptis) ab inferioribus superatee. Anthere ignote. Stigmata aurantiaca Sourn Arrica: Transvaal, near Rhenoster Poort, Velson, Oa The spikelets resemble those of the Australian genus Zetrosia, which has, however, a ae different panicle and comparatively shorter glumes. —O. Sta Fig. 1 ls a: 2,a spikelet; 3, lower glume; 4, upper glume; &, a spikelet with the glumes removed ; 6, : fertile valve ; 7, its pale; 8, terminal tuft of barren ae 9, a lodicule. “At oulaw rged. Prater 2612. TRIPHLEBIA ALOPECUROIDES, Stapf. GRAMINE&. Tribe Festuces. Triphlebia, ei in Thiselton-Dyer, Fl. Cap. vii. p. 318. Spicule 4—5-floree, lateraliter compress@, subsessiles vel breviter pedicellate, in paniculas spciformes dispositz ; rhachilla supra glumas et inter valvas articulat ‘lu ubsequ embranacee, lanceolate, cau- — tosum. Foliorum lamine anguste, pleru maue setace . longe ; ligule ad marginem ciliatum redacte. Panicule pi oa ie plerumque atropurpuree, griseo-pilose. sy pie ae Stapf (sp. unica). Culmi erecti, 3-1} ped. alti, glabri, leve mplices vel ima basi compressi Folia omnia basi glabra ; vaginze Sl era persistentes ; laminz filiformes vel setacez, raro plan , acutissime, 3 ad 12 poll. vel ultra long, rigidule. Panicula 3-3 poll. longa, interdum basi inte errupta, ramis appressis fere a basi vel a basi ramulosis. Spicule coarctate, 2 lin. onge, glumis ei conspersis. Glume 1} lin. longe, subulato-acuminate. Valve glumis paululo breviores, sepe mucronulate 1 lin. longe. Anthere § lin. longe. ad ie abe circiter 7-1 ‘lin. lo onge, 13. Kaleria Gervardi, tantu Sourn Arrica. Transvaal : Houtbosch Berg, We/son, 82* ; Steelpoort River, Nelson, 12* ; Spitzkop Goldmine, Wilms, 1697 ; Lymklip Spruit, Nelson, 52*. Orange Free State : Cooper, 723, 3352. Pondoland : Sutherland. Griqualand East : grassy places on the summit of Malowe Mountain, 6,000 feet, Z'yson, 1217, 2773 ; summit of Currie Mountain near Kokstad, 7,500 feet, T) gor 1311. Natal: Kar Kloof, Rehmann, 7361 ; Noods sberg, Wood, ; from Umpumulo to Reit Vlei, Bu- chanan, 167 ; without eens locality, Gerrard, 474 ; Buchanan, 32. "Ss sq 2 Triphlebia differs considerably from Lasiochloa in the nervation and texture of the glumes and valves ; I can, however, for the present, not suggest a better place for it than near Lasiochloa. It resembles a ficially Keleria in habit and has, like K. cristata, 3-nerved valves but the shape and texture of the glumes and valves, ni particularly the structure of the grain, are quite distinct.—O. Sra Fig. J ee 2,a spikelet; 3, lower glume; 4, upper glume; 5, a floret ; 6, a valve ; 8, a lodicule; 9, an ovary; 10, a grain (side view); 11, the ‘same bye vee a enlarged, PL 2618. Puate 2613. ARUNDINARIA AURICOMA, Mitford. GRAMINES. Tribe BAmBusEs. A. auricoma, Mitford, Bamb. geo p. 100. A. macrosperme, var. suffruticose, Munro, affinis, sed habitu, foliorum vaginis superne obscurius ciliatis, ore haud vel fugaciter fimbriatis, laminis subtus semper densius molliterque pubescentibus, glumis longioribus plerumque subfoliaceis distinct Fruticulus circiter 3-pedalis, preter basin parce ramosus. Culm teretes, graciles, sul:fistulosi, infra nodos annulo glauco ¢cereo induti e interdum preeterea puberuli ; internodia inferiora in cae nies 3-5 poll. longa, swepe breviter exserta, superiora 3-4 brevia, vaginis arcte imbricatis tecta, in floriferis ut in illis sed Siecaivans lis "2 4 clongatis horuotinis additis. Foliorum vagine arcte, striate nodos pilosule, secundum margines superne tenuiter vel obscure ud i Superne pubescentes, subcompresse, purpurascentes; ligule brevis- sime, truncate ; lamin breviter petiolate, nani aig im tee, setaceo- acuminate, basi rotundatie, 5-7 poll. longe, 9-12 lin. late, virides vel plus minusve aureo-vittate, supra ee pilosulze Seapieianis secundum terminalis eae kia agri sec a paulo. infers addita) nearis, la -10-flora, 14-23 . longa; rhachilla pubescens rticulis su clavatis. Gluma spicularum terminalium solitaria 7-8 lin. longe, superne ef pines, marginibus ciliolate, herbacee, in- breviores,_ Bis sti eas mse vel subsuperantes. Lodicule ciliate. ideas 5 lin. longe we. Stylus stigmata 3 sequans.—Bambusa Fortunei var. aurea, Hort Native country unknown. Drawn from specimens cultivated at Kew 2 This species has been in cultivation for some time. It was referred to Arundinaria Fortunei, Riv. Bamb. p. 314 (Bambusa variegata, Standish in Proc. Hort. Soc. 1861, p. 614 ; Sieb. et Mi . Mus Bot. ii. p. 285; Franch. & Sav. Fl. Jap. ii. p. 183; B. Fortunei foliis niveo-vittatis, Van Houtte, FI. des Serres, XV. Pp. 69, t. 1535 ; A. preta, Sieb. et Zucc. ex Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. p. 111), a species only known in the barren state, and distinguished by the more graceful and dwarf habit and smaller and less hairy leaves. Some specimens of this come, however, so near to A. awricoma that the discrimination omes uncertain, in any case, so far as their specific distinction is Sania but as A. Fortunet is so Se oa pind known, this question ust remain in abeyance. The affinity of A. awricoma lies evidently wan the North American A. sranecsohte lem Mich., and more especially with the smaller variety, deseribed by Munro as var. suffruticosa and identical with A. tecta, Mibl. The empty bract preceding the lowest ower-bearing bract or valve is described above as glume, but it may be equivalent to the bract which, in the two instances where I have observed an additional lateral spikelet, supported the latter. The Se of these lateral spikelets are well differentiated, which is the e in A, macrosperma.—O. STapr, Fig. 1, junction of sheath and ke with homey 2, under side a Sug of a leaf; 3, glume of a solitary dieser ; 4,a floret; 5, a rhachilla j ; 6, a valve; , a pale from the bac mi of ie ale; 9, an es tani "10: a ‘posterior lodicule; 11, an anther ; 13, a pistil. Alle nlar rged. . PL 26F4. iy ij id \ 8 j ups § NY i h AM . s ia , is ~ SEY | 20 = S | Mihot A =: . / & a | fr SS Ne | GZ, a.) SS A \ i LV / Re Ve : \) \ ‘ Sh \\ h\\ \\ Y bf ¥ \ | ca | \ / | yy i a y a % Fal / UN f: ai of Hi | ; ar a \ ii _ Ve, T; Pe j { Ve A j ; 4 : i i i] | ; a BY / he a M.S.del.et lith. Puate 2614. PHYLLOSTACHYS HENONIS, Mitford. GrRAMINES. Tribe BamBusEm. P. Henonis, Mitford, Bamb. Gard. p. 149; affinis P. Stauntonii, ano, 63 paniculis agis decompositis et contractis, valvis brevioribus latioribus firmioribus distincta. breviora ; rami plerumque ternati, inequales, longiores ad 20 poll. longi, _vel ut superiores geminati vel s virides, glabrie, infra pallidiores, basi minute parceque puberule, ceeterum Sabre, margine exteriore rigide ciliolate, altero sublevi, rarius utroque levi vel ciliolato, nervis secundariis utrinque 4-5, supra indistinctis, reticulatione distincta areolis minimis. Panicule in culmis sube- foliatis laterales, 7-10 poll. longe, potius dense, a basi divise, interdum eo apice foliose ; rami imarii geminati, inzquales, plus minusve -9 lin. longe, 2-4- precedenti conformis vel inter eam et valvas s. Lodicule } bstipitatum ; D 2 stylus lin. longus: stigmata tenuiter plumosa, paulo ultra 1-lin. longa.— enonis, Bean in Gard. Chron. 1894, March, p. 238 (in enumer, nomen tantum) ; Bambusa Henonis, Hort. ex Bean, Le NatTIvE i pele probably Japan. Drawn from flowering specimens grown in Lor reton’s oo at Sarsden, Chipping Norton and a barren branch pore at This bamboo was sao — Japan, where it is called Ha- chiku, and has for some tim n known to gardeners as Bambusa Henonis. It comes very nea egy Stauntonii, Munro, a Chinese SS and I thought for some wie that it might be tached with it, t the more complete specimens in R. Brown’s collection at the British Museum have since oS me of the two plants being decidedly distinct.—O. Sra Fig. 1, ay oe of sheath and Caer with ligule ; 2,a crag with a pier asia ef glume ; 3, this me, seen fro ront ; Ps a spikelet with - non-folia glume ; 6, this a seen from ae front; 6, spikelet wiih the glumes rem ant 7, a va alve; 8 ,a pale; 9, an anterior Icdicule ; 10, a posterior lodicule; 11, phe and filaments. di/ enlarged. Pl 2615. sy je “ Soe | \ i } ad " 9! asta i m8 ‘. a is P ~f cs * , M The ek " is aa MOSER Seep .. . ‘es ae spect : ‘ iy ADI he erwete aie pd 2 ti : oD ~, : om pe , e A \ — corresponding portions wy ais testa of two seeds. All cyl Jig. 5 natural siz O Stapf anal. PLATE 2622. ACTINOSTEMMA BIGLANDULOSUM, JHemsl. CUCURBITACES. A. bi iglandulosum, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species foliorum lobis 2 basi- laribus conspicue 1-glandulosis facile distinguitur Herba gracillima, alte scandens, fere eee glaberrima, ramulis floriferis elongatis fere filiformibus. Folia longe petiolata, subcarnosa, eevia, cordato-rotundata, absque petiolo 2-3 poll. longa lataque, apice plus minusve trilobata, cetera integra, basi sepius auriculato-bilobata, interdum rotundato-lobata, lobis glandula parva clavata instructis; eh 8 ie) oo i SS S .3 a &® oO = = -_ o 5 (a>) box | ae sd —_— i) w es] a 6- > axillares, peu folia pages disposi Calycis et corolla segmenta similia, lineari lanceolata, acutissima patentia. Stamina 5 quam corolla breviora, quorum 4 filamentis crassiusculis per paria co- herentia, quintum liberum ; anthere biloculares, Joculis discretis, con- nectivo incrassato, supra loculo os in caudam tenuem elongato. ores Jeminet ignoti, sed manifeste axillares, solitarii, breviter pedunculati, pedunculis 3-6 lin. longis. Fructus capsularis, prope apicem circum- scisse dehiscens, demum siccus, cylindraceus, 14-1} poll. longus et 6-9 latus, aculeis numeros longis erecto-patentibus armatus ; 3 calyptra appendice axili deorsum usque ad capsule basin producta munita ; semina circiter 4-6, compressa, margine irregulariter lobulata, apice alata, cum ala circiter 10: lin. longa. Cina: in woods Mengtze plain, Yunnan, Hancock, 346 ; 4. Henry, 9390, sia 9390, A. and B. The flowering branch was dra awn from a pla nt raised in the Royal Gardens, Kew, from seed sent by Dr. A. Henry ; the fruit and seed from his dried specimens. A. biglandulosum presents several peculiarities that require further elucidation. The glands on the basal lobes of the leaves are very Ewoclgy Fig. 1, male flowers; 2, andrecium; 3, dorsal view of anther a fruit; 5, ealyptra of the same; 6, a seed; 7, ane embryo. 1-3 enlarged; 4-7 iced size. 0.Stapf anal. M S.del. et hith. Puate 2623. PASSIFLORA HENRYI, Hemsi. PASSIFLORACEX. P. (§ peyton a Henryi, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter _— chinenses P. c sliformi, Mast. (hujus operis t. 1768) magis quam a accedit, wena foltis minoribus basi rotundatis, floribus Se | in axillis folioram fasciculatis, nec cymosis. Frutex vel herba scandens, fere omnino glabra, ramis floriferis elongatis gracilibus sulcatis. Folia — saan el petiolata, papy- racea vel fere membranacea, circumscriptione valde variabilia, sepius semiorbicularia, apice truncata vel obscure Sdlbaks, lobis apiculatis, nunc vere orbicularia, nunc rotundata, apice acuminata, in ramis flori- feris 1-2 poll., in ramis fructiferis usque ad 5 poll. lata ; petiolus 1— -24 ] flav reiter 1 poll. axillis foliorum 2-5, ieciadhal sees llis filiformibus 6-12 lin. longis, primum puberulis, paullo infra flores articulatis ; ona ac bracteole minute, filiformes. Sepala et petala subsequalia, lineari-oblonga, obtusa. orona faucialis duplex, filamentis exterioribus aliformibus quam petalis tertia parte brevioribus, interioribus brevioribus anguste clavatis ; corona interior erecta, plicata. Ovariwm catia » pu ubes- ied vel coer aac gynophoro brevi. Bacca globosa, circiter 2 + poll. ja Cuina: plain of Mengtze, Yunnan, at 4,500 feet, A. Henry, 10, 282. This makes the third described = oot of Passiflora known to inhabit a and there are fruiting specimens of a fourth very distinct + Bey n Dr. A. Henry’s collection from ss same region as the abov ¥ en mryt, Hemsl., is also near P. Leschenaultii, DC., a native "of the Pulney ‘and Nilghirri mountains, having much larger solitary flowers. It is doubtful are any of the Same anise secre referred to the latter are really the same species.—W. B G HeEmsLey. *Passifiora (§ pai hace franchetiana, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; ab omnibus speciebus sinensibus differt foliis subcoriaceis alte bilobatis reticulato-venosis, petiolo infra medium biglanduloso. Frutex vel herba alte scandens, ut videtur undique glabra vel glabrescens, ramulis fructiferis crassiusculis subteretibus. Fo/ia iis SERIES IV. VOL. VII. PART I. F a /0 2: Sa PGA tlas wr ( art. JAA adie 14-2 poll. aan ie supra basin Fe gieuistais Cirrhi in specimine kewensi desunt. ores in axillis foliorum 2-6, fasciculati, pedicellis rigidiusculis puberulis circiter pa ee ari ibus ; bractez minute, lineares, cito decidue. Calya ... us globosus, siccitate 6-9 lin. diametro, gynophoro circiter 2 lin at Oo; semina numerosa, nigra, compresso-ovoidea, scrobiculata, arillo aliformi cincta, absque arillo cireiter 1} lin. longa, CuINA: in woods Mengtze, Yunnan, at 5,500 feet, A. Henry, 11,192. Fig. * section of flower showing corona; 2, a filament - the outer series of the ‘corona; 3, a filament of the intermediate series; 4, a portion of the inner plicate series ; "5, bel aon and gyneceum. A// enla rge ed. PU 2624. O.Stapf anal. M.S. del. et lith Puate 2624. SHORTIA SINENSIS, Hemzsl. DIAPENSIACE2. S. sinensis, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; a speciebus hactenus es foliis Fame lanceolatis deorsum gradatim attenuatis differt Herba perennis, subacaulis, undique LATE 2631. HELICIA GRANDIS, Hems/. PROTEACER, grandis, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; ab omnibus sett sinensibus hactenus cognitis magnitudine omnium partium differ Arbor 10-15-pedalis (A. Henry), ramulis floriferis crassis rigidis indu- mento velutino ferrugineo vel atro-brunneo dense vestitis. Yolia ampla, brevissime petiolata, ad apices ramulorum conferta, subcoriacea, oblan- ceolata, maxima sesquipedalia, et 7 poll. lata, serrulata, subacuminata, basi rotundata vel cuneata, preecipue subtus secus costam nervosque ferrugineo-pubescentia, demum glabrescentia, costa crassa utrinque elevata, venis primariis lateralibus numerosis, utrinque sed precipue i res b i i torta. Ovariwm glabrum, stylo elongato capillari diu si waa, stig- scens, sub- te parvo clavato apsula glabra, lignosa, tarde b globosa vel ahagei compressa, usqu poll. saelat, sepius unisperma. Semen erectum ; testa supra medium membranacea decidua vel deliquescens, pha medium crassa, incrassata, dura, cotyledonibus crassis carnosis ineequalibus. Curva : mountains to the south-west of Mengtze, in forests at 5,000 feet, A. Henry, 10704. This is a very handsome species, having ample foliage clothed with a rich brown tomentum, and brown flowers with blue stamens, according to Dr. Henry. The very long racemes are nce’ sat iee judging ed by the of this tree. In the upper part o of the ee ripe seeds it a merely a thin pellicle which oo disappears, whereas in the lower part it co sists of two or more irregular woody or almost bony Crea W Borrina Hakkar, a flower; 2, upper part 5 a aes -lobe = a stamen ; 3, disk and pistil, upper Pa vd the style removed ; 4, ction of an ovary ; 5 5, fru it; 6, aseed from which the membranous testa in the hove ner has dieeppence ed ; 7, inner face of one of the co ceyinlotin showing the minute radicle at the top; 8, portion of peressic and radicle. AU/ exc opt 5 5 aad 6 enlarged. Pl 2682 ca j fi (fp ep =<) aa PuatTe 2632. LONICERA CALCARATA, Hemsl. CAPRIFOLIACE®. L. (§ Xylosteum) calearata, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; ab — speciebus hucusque cognitis longitudine calcaris insignite differ Frutex alte scandens, omnino glaberrimus, ramulis floriferis elongatis rectis teretibus fistulosis ad nodos septatis, cortice pallide brunneo. Folia breviter petiolata, subcoriacea, ovata, elliptica, vel lanceolata, 3-6 poll. longa et 1-3 poll. lata, acute acuminata, basi rotundata, rarius cuneata, integra, venis primariis paucis subtus sat conspic ua. lores geminati, rubro-lutei, are evoluti rests 2 poll. diametro, involucrati ; ; pedunculi recti, #-13 poll. longi; involucri pve 2. foliaceze, sessiles, Reade lan hg maxim iL olJ. longee sed seepius minores, subacu diu_ persistentes. Calycrs limbus brevissimus, annularis. arid twbus latus, brevis, antice in calcar say: ae curvatum productus ; limbus alte bilabiatus, labio inferiore loriform revoluto, superiore erecto lato breviter 4- lobulato, lobulis obtusis x rotundatis. Stamina labium superius vix excedentia, filamentis filiformibus infra medium puberulis. Ovariwm 5-loculare, loculis multiovulatis, stylo puberulo. Bacee geminate, subcarnose, omn ino confluentes, involucri bracteis et bracteolis binis brevibus rotundatis bracteis alternantibus suffultz ; semina elliptica vel ovata, valde compressa, margine elevato. Cutna : Szechuen, without special locality, A. il 8937 ; chiefly near Tachienlu, at 9,000 t 0 15,000 ft., A. #. Pratt ; Yunnan, rocky mountains near Mengtze, a 5,000 ft, A. Henry, ‘Lora, 10721 a, 10721 B This is an exceedingly ornamental and at the same time a most interesting species of the genus Lonicera, which finds its greatest than fifty or sixty species. J. calcarata is remarkable in having the hollow stems and 5 velled ovary of a Salas associated with a long- spurred corolla, which is represented only by a more or less pronounced gibbosity in other species.— W, Bortinc HEmsLey Fig. 1, anther and part of filament; 2, stigma and part of style; 3,a twin-ovary ; 4, cross section of the same; 6, a twin- ruit; 6, a seed: 7, section of the same showing the embryo, _A// ee 5 sakieiids Pirate 2653. LEYCESTERIA SINENSIS, Jems. CAPRIFOLIACE. L. sinensis, Hemst. (sp. nov.) 5 a sania hactenus cognitis floribus ad apices ramulorum capitatis differ Frutex fere glaber, paucipedalis, ramis fistulosis ad nodos septatis. Folia breviter petiolata, membranacea, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, cum petiolo 14-3 poll. longa, longe ac cuteque acuminata, basi rotundata supra parce strigillosa, subtus glauca, precipue in venis rufis pa ree strigillosa, margine obscure sinuato-lobulata ac ciliolata, venis primariis utringue circiter 5. Flores albi, 8-10 lin. longi, sessiles, in capitula parva ramulos_ breves laterales terminantia dispositi, pedunculis andutons pti a medium pilosu tees lobis Cancias Thonn Stamina brevissime exserta, filamentis glabris. Ovariwm 5-loculare, rainy Aaah a st ] i glabro, stamina — pe ied cis : Mountains north of Mengtze, Yunnan, at 7,000 . A. Henry, 92¢ From the above description, ‘it is evident that Leycesteria sinensis is quite distinct from the familiar Z. formosa, which has elongated racemes and large coloured iadeeritrs below the flowers. It is equally distinct from L. glaucophylla, Hook. f., wens has loose racemes of flowers and very ng bracteoles. Dr. ‘A. Henry collected all three species in Yunnan, but sends comparatively little of the one here gured, which a ‘seems to have taken for a possible hagee of - formosa, as he sends the latter under the same num though letiered as from a different locality.—W. Borrinc HEmsLEy. Fig. 1, small kt of leaf showing hairs; 2, pistiland calyx; 3, section of corolla peat a 4, ung fruit; 5, a cross section of ovary; 6, an imperfect seed, Ad/ enlarge _-MS.del. et ith. PuatTe 2634. LYSIMACHIA INSIGNIS, Hemsi. PRIMULACES, L. insignis, Hems/. (sp. nov.); a speciebus omnibus hactenus a habitu facile distinguitur ovata vel ing 6-9 poll. longa, 3-6 poll. lata, longe acumi- nata, basi rotundata vel leviter cordata, supra glabra, subnitida, pallide an subtus pallida, pulverulenta, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 6-7, venis ultimis laxe reticulatis. Flores... in ra cemos laxos parvos secus caulem subnudum dispositi vel interdum solitarii. p capillaribus 6-9 lin. longis angulo recto divergentibus. cage albze Henry), globose, 3 4 lin. diametro, polysperme, sepalis parvis ovatis acutis sustente ; semina angularia, subovoidea embryone minuto recto. Cuina : Forests to the south-east of Mengtze, Yunnan, at 5,000 ft., A, a, 10406. About sixty species of Lysimachia are known to inhabit China, and they exhibit a greater diversity in habit, foliage, and inflorescence, than is found in the whole of the rest of the area of the genus. JL. insignis is quite different in habit from all the other species known.— W. Borrine Hemstey. Fig. 1, a ripe fruit; 2, cross section of the same; 3, different views of a seed ; 4, section of a seed showing the embryo, All enlarged. PL 2685 Ps "e PLAN AA Rok Me PLATE 2635. BEGONIA BRETSCHNEIDERIANA, /lemsi. BEGONIACES. B. bretschneideriana, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter species sinenses B. rath similis, differt rhizomate elongato dense squamoso, capsula exala erba vix semipedalis, rhizomate 1-3 poll. longo squamis amplis Peat Folia pauca (1-4) longe petiolata, tenuia, fere membranacea, oblique rotundato-cordata, 14-4 poll. diametro, remote sinuato-denticu- r. ue in venis ferrugineo-furfuracea ; petiolus 1-3 long graciliusculus, pre reitelts -pilosus, ferrugineus. Sen te inflorescentie) olia breviores, monoici, ferruginei, solitari geminati, medium dichotomo-ramosi, bracteis bracteolisque one oblongis in- ecm pedicellis filiformibus. Flores mascuii numerosi, 6-8 diametro ; sepala 2, orbicularia; petala 2, lineari- oblonga, sale zquantia ; stamina numerosa, filamentis filiformibus liberis. lores igaie centrales, breviter pedicellati, sepalis petalisque ut in mascu- lis. Ovarium 3-loculare, placentis bipartitis multiovulatis, stigmatibus 3 tortuosis. Capsule oblique roag vel rectze, circiter 6 lin. lon ge, exalate ; semina perfecta non vis CuINA : province of Kwangtung, C. Ford, 87 of 1887 collection. Begonia bretschneideriana is thus named to commemorate the author of the “ History of European Botanical Discoveries in China : country extant. It is a very distinct species, especially in the fruit.— W. Borrinc Hemstey. Fig. 1, a bract ; 2, a female flower ; 3, stigmas; 4 and 4, fruit; 6, cross section of the same; 7, an "hermaphrodite flower, All ache except 4. 2636 Pt Se i y = ios Ee . i eS ANY) LESS eS) PV fi gee SK 4 = i Pirate 2636 A. BENTHAMIELLA NORDENSKIOLDII, Dusén. SoLaANAces. Tribe CestRINE®. B. Nordenskioldii, Duséa, ms. (sp. nov.) ; a B. pan Speg., foliis angustioribus acutis et floribas minoribus differ fruticulus humilis. Folia erecta, imbricata, densissime conferta, 3-45 lin. longa, 3 lin. lata, linearia, acuta, supra concava, sub levitec . 8 Superiorum solitarii, sessiles, bibracteati. Aractee 2-2 4 lin. late, lineares, se glabree, parce glanduloso- ciliate. Calya 2-21 lin. hidis Cc ato- tubulosus, 5- -dentatus, extus glaber, dep -truncatum, ni wan 3-10 valatés loculis ra 6-ovulatis ; stylus filiformis, inclusus, glaber, stigmate pulvinato Soutny Pataconia : Nordenskiold. This thamiella. ag chiefly differing in habit and the few ovules in each ovarian cell, the opportunity of figuring it we are indebted to 1} presented a specimen to Kew in April 1899.—N. E. B a flower, accompanied by a leaf and es bracts; 2, corolla laid open ; larged. A. Fig. 1 3, pistil; 4, transverse section of the ova ry. to) 5 bo vy" == (Sv) ee . Go ig ie 5 or S ot oS < o os & we te e os fa) wn” =) ie) ] = (a) Ptr 6 reprint, p. 35, ju ot from the description and the Siccheae of Castilloa seen from Costa Rica, is not specifically different from C. elastica, though it is described as havi ing ‘foliis majoribus cras- sioribus subsessilibus vel brevissime petiolatis profundius cordatis magis abrupte acuminatis subtus dense fulvo-hispidis.’—-W, Borrina Hemstey. Race 1 and 2, portions of a branch bearing male inflorescences ; 3, piece of bark m the same to show the strigose hairs; 4, calyptrate bract (or bracts) which m ng i ng that the a single pistil (fruit) ; 13, = of different shapes; 14, embryo; 15, port cot gy and axis,— All ‘more or less talared except Att 3; 2, 9, 10, li, 12, 13, pf digg epee teoel Pl 2652 ee, a ee ee Puate 2652. RANALISMA ROSTRATA, Stapf. ALISMACEX, Ra a Stapf (gen. nov.). Flores hermaphroditi. Sepala 3 herbaceo-membranacea, persistentia, post anthesin deflexa. Petala sepalis hubequalix, decidua. sin sub cree convexus, Fiteenery yatus. tame ovato-elliptica, submembranacen. orescentia cymosa, cyma me rumque ad florem solitariwm fea reducta, rartus 2-3-flora. R. rostrata, Stapf (sp. unica). Stolones longi, graciles. olia conformia ; petiolus ad 8 poll. longus; lamina subapiculata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 1-1} poll. longa, ? ad fere 1 poll. lata, er ? nacex, basi connate. Pedicelli 4- 3 poll. longi. Sepala late elliptica, obtusa, 2 lin. longa. Petala tenula, obovato- elliptica, 2 lin. lon abrupte r rostrata, circumcirca alata, circiter 15-1} lin. longa, restro 1-1} lin. longo non computato. Tropicat Asta: Malay Peninsula, Selangor, Gua Batu woods, H.N. Ht 8464, micropyle. The elongated torus pe point to Sagittaria and Lophio- carpus, but the whole facies of the plant and the absence of any dimorphism in the flowers are against the assumption of a close blance of the Rowen: and fruits of a plant with those of certain species of Ranunculus,—Orro STA Fig. 1 ower and bracts ; 2, ‘ stamen ; 3, a young carpel; 4, section of a fruit ; 5, a avo * an embryo, —All en arged. SERIES IV, VOL, VII. PART Il. - PLATE 2653. DICHOTOMANTHES TRISTANIACARPA, Aurz. Rosacem. Tribe PRUNES. D. ic deueagt eg Kurz in Journ. Bot. 1873, p. 194, t. 133, f. 2 (sp. unica). Arbor parva vel frutex 6-15-pedalis, dense ramosus, seiialia: floriferis gracilibus primum fulvo-tomentosis. olia brevi- petiolata, coriacea, serie lanceolata, interdum obovata, oblanceolata vel elliptica, maxima 4 poll. longa sed sepius 2-3 poll. longa, utrinque attenuata, apiculata, a ony subtus albido-tomentosa, supra vel glabrescentia nitidaque, venis primariis lateralibus curvatis subtus prominulis ; stipule minute, filiformes, cito decidue. lores albi, 3~4 lin. diametro, i in cymas corymbosas terminales brevissime peduncu- latas 1-2 poll. diametro pieaiin Calyx extus lanatus, 5-dentatus, tubo intus hirsutus, fructifer incrassatus, carnosus, glaber, ruber. Petala rotundata. Stamina — ; putes Ovarium hirsutum, 1- vain stylo laterali glabro ; la 2, collateralia, ascendentia vel fere recta Fructus (carp aren | siccus, oblongus, vix 3 lin. So paulo sertus, sepius Il-spermus, pericarpio coriaceo ; seme ealiccbicdati vel albumine tenuissimo. Cuina: Hotha, Yunnan, D. J. Anderson ; Mengtze, Yunnan, at 0367, ee 6000 feet, W. Hancock, 276 ; the same locality, A. Henry, 10255, This very distinct genus was referred by Kurz . -. Lythracee, but when I had to deal with it (Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 307) I was able to indicate its real affinity, and now, with anes aee ‘specimens from Mr. Hancock and Dr. He enry, there is no doubt that it should be placed near Pygeum. The fleshy calyx of the fruit, the dry carpel, and ieecading ovules are characteristic.—W. Borrinc HEMsLey. he , part of rik and pistil; 2, a petal; 3, section of ovary; 4, cluster of drupes ; 5, a fruit from which a part of the ae has been removed; 6, cruss section of leat. if cia —All except 4 enlarged. Pl 2654 “i eb ez Atte aS ay. RTT Mors re < Ss 230, eth oe) “2 . tw : beet Bret » ; on fF < al vlan git Reoneee in f Me reanweene os 2 Spee) On. SOE SK ERR ye eRe) PRL at < aS y AS ys . 5 ») . ‘ x K D9 : | eR eso r ' Re a * Dr ¥' We Se - > Ip x LAE = r > y . hs y ye Wie WEE gn Bz. 7 Pv, Nea ay mR M. S.del,et Lith, Puate 2654. PANDANUS COMINSII, Hemsi. PANDANACER. P. Cominsii, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); inter species a ie angustis liberis ob syncarpium solitarium elongatum ceylindricum insigni Folia ad basin inflorescentie feminine 2-4 ped. longa et 2-2} poll. lata, complicata, acuta, margine serratu-aculeolata, supra prope apicem secus costas duas laterales aculeolata, subtus secus costam — SoLomon bad: ect of cae: fac Florida oe Comins, 63 For this and so many other novelties from ee — Islands, Kew is ied to to the Venerable Archdeacon Com He does not give dimensions, but notes that most of the native al are made from the leaves of this screw-pine—W. Borrive HeMsLey. if: ), female inflorescence avid foliage, half natural size; 2, tip of leaf, natural size ; 3, tena nd apical portions of female inflorescence, natural size; 4, carpels, enlarged 5, section of a carpel, enlarged, Piate 2655. IMPATIENS GRANDIFLORA, Hems/. GERANIACEX. Tribe BALSAMINER. ~I, "amen ta Hemsl. (sp. nov.); speeies magnitudine florum insig axillis foliorum superiorum solitari i va arp graciliter pedicellati icellis quam foliis brevioribus basi bracteis parvis muniti os — 3, lateralia late ovata, acuminata, posticum in calcar gracile cur productum. Petala \ateralia obliqua, alte bifida, segmentis bilobulatis vel em nk ere anterioribus longioribus. Capsula matura non visa, ut videtur clava iis : without special locality, Warpur. Impatiens (ning the Hemsl., is one of many instances of unusually large flowers for the genus in the Madagascar Flora. Jxora sipho- nantha, Oliver, of this work, plate 2236, having flowers eight inches long, is another.—W. Borrine Humsbey Fig. 1, andrecium ; 2, pistil—Both enlarged. PLATE 2656. BEGONIA WARPURI, Hemsi. BEGONIACEA, B. Warpuri, Hems!. (sp. nov.) ; species ex vara nane, L’Her., a qua differt foliis paucidenticulatis nec ciliato-serra Herba perennis, tuberosa, acaulis, glabra. Folia pauca, longe graci- literque petiolata, subearnosa, anguste lanceolata, cum petiolo 3-4 poll. longa, utringue attenuata. Scapi graciles, folia subequantes, andro- gyni,circiter triflori. Perianthium 4—-6-phyllum, segmentis ovali-oblongis —4 lin. longis. Stamina circiter 10, breviter monadelpha. Styli 3, liberi, stigmatibus lunatis. Capsula a Tonge Seca ala obit 3-locu- laris, polysperma, placentis brevibus indivi ce acre : without special locality, Humblot, 565 ; sine te De Candle (Prodr. xv. 1. p. 39 comprising tw two other species figured by Sera (Serves on tt. 47, 48), th placentation of which is own. Both are natives of Madagascar. —W. Borrine Hemstey. Fig. 1, andrecium ; 2, pistil; 3, fruit; 4, cross section of the same.—All enlarged. 3 : ais gana? Deere are So egret Puates 2657 anp 2658. CYDONIA CATHAYEN SIS, Zems/. Rosace&. Tribe Pomem. C. cathayensis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); foliis lanceolatis eglandulosis, ealycis lobis rotundatis erectis, fructu minore a C. sinensi, Thouin, ditfert. Frutex dense ramosus, spinosus ; rami tortuosi, rigidi, spinis rectis validis armati, vel rami steriles interdum inermes. olia distincte petiolata, subcoriacea, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, cum petiolo 2-5 poll. longa, acuta, basi cuneata, crebre minuteque serrata, primo precipue subtus ferrugineo-pubescentia dein glabrescentia ; stipule variabiles, nunc parve, nunc ample, foliacese, auriculiformes, serrulate. 2 poll. diametro. Calyx glaber, lobis subcarnosis latis rotundatis erectis eglandulosis. Petalafere orbicularia. Stamina numerosa, quam petala breviora. ~ 5, quam stamina longiores, infra ium _pilesi. Cuina: Changyang and Ichang, Hupeh, A. Henry, 1916, 5263. enry’s specimens of this quince are the only ones Kew i he had Paris in 1815 ; a cultivated specimen from Seringe, without any par- ticulars ; and a cultivated specimen from Kiukiang, communicated by Dr. Shearer in 1875.—W. Borrina Hemstry. Plates 2657-8, fig. 1, a barren shoot ; 2, a flowering shoot ; 3, inflorescence ; auc of margin of a leaf; 5, section of a flower; 6, section of a fruit; 7 and 8, seeds ; 9, embryo,— Figures 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 enlarged. co PL 2659 S RS Ns we) : ; SS LON N WE, Cy oS Me AX\ | "QZ WE Bias NZ NZ ZN | —_ Piate 2659. LIGHTFOOTIA LEPTOPHYLLA, C. H. Wright. CAMPANULACER. Tribe CAMPANULER. L. | ghee teste C. H. Wright (sp. nov.) ; ad L. capitatam, Baker accedit, ramis minute pubescentibus, foliis ‘majoribus tenuioribusque, oe ‘enatets foliis similibus cinctis prima facie distinguenda. erba gracilis, multiramosa, . — alta. Rami teretes, minute sieht pallide straminei. lia lanceolata, serrata, apice acuta vel subobtusa, basi attenuata, siaecenilia: ca sparse albo-pilosa vel tandem subglabra, 2 poll. longa, 4 lin. lata. Capitula sepius ter- minalia, ake ar i 9 lin. diam. ; bractez cares tative 4-8, foliis omnino similes ; bracteole subulate, floribus paullo breviores. Calycis lobi subulati, ciliati, 13 lin. longi. Corolla purpurea, fere ad basin 5-partita ; lobi ligulati, 24 lin. longi. Stamina calycis lobis beter ie? oblonge. Ovariwm 3-loculare ; stylus corollam superans, apice incras- satus papillosusque ; stigma minute 3-lobum Portucurse East AFRICA: near water on hills between Unangu and Lake Shiré, W. P. Johnson, 40. In general appearance this plant approaches Jasione, a genus which has not yet been found south of the Tropic of Cancer. Tts lar rge thin leaves and ca ‘tate inflorescence, surrounded by leaf- Sa Dea render it easily distinguishable from its congeners.—C. H. Wr Fig. 1, a flower-bud; 2, an expanded flower; 3, - stamen, front view; 4, the same, hak view; 5, transverse section of ovary. —Alll en larged. eee aan riettmmeien PuatTe 2660. MELINIS TENUISSIMA, Stapf. GRAMINES. Tribe PANICcEsA, M. tenuissima, Stapf (sp. nov.); a M. minutiflora, Beauv., differt Spiculis minoribus, gluma superiore truncata, tenuissime (nec i- nenter) 7-nervi, . inferiore (sterili) 3- nervi, superiore (fertili) quam palea distincte min neti ele dectadented, inferne ramos on ere ecto S edentes, leeves, glabri, internodiis e vaginis ——F Foliorun vagine arcte, striate, truncata, obscure 2-nervis, quam valva superior — 3 lin, longa. Lodicule subquadrate, minute. Anthere § lin. long: Soutn Arrica : Nyasaland, Namasi, K. J. Cameron, 33. A specimen collected by Schimper in Abyssinia, probably in eng meder, No. 1410 of the ‘1863-8’ collection, Hi slacage , as it seem horn Ae of the species described above. It may be be chabastatot thus Var. abyssini ssinica, iad Panicula aan. 4 poll. longa ; ramuli pedicelli ue breviore alva inferior 5-, superior obscure 3-nerv Anthere 4 lin. gaulale longiores.—O, Starr. el; 2, a spikelet with the anthers fallen ; 3, lower glume ; Fig 1 pedic upper gime “’ lower valve; 6, fertile floret; 7, its valve; 8, its "pale ; 9, as eae cuueert. . —a ar a Puate 2661. QUERCUS EDITHA, Skan. CUPULIFERE. Q. (§ Cyclobalanopsis) Edithe, Shan (sp. nov.) ; Q. semiserrate, Roxb. valde aftinis, differt foliis semper obtusis, nucibus longioribus angus- tioribusque Arbor 30 bead alta (fide Ford). Ramuli juniores primo ferrugineo- tomentosi, citissime glabrescentes, minute lenticellosi. Folia elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, adulta 3-5} poll. longa, i}-2t poll. lata, petiolata, inferiores subintegras superiores crenatas connatis. onga, 1 if apiculata Cun : new British territory on ie A ara Hongkong, near Tatitin, at 500 feet above sea-level, Ford, 6 n examination of further material of this oak, remarkable among it half as long, as those of Q. Edithe ; but it appears to be extremely variable both in fruit and foliage. Q. Edithe is aaa after Lady rae wife of Sir Henry Blake, G.C.M.G., Governor of Hongkong.— SERIES IV. VOL. VII. PART III. 2 PL 2662 sae goat Sie cone ES oy PLATE 2662, QUERCUS BLAKEI, Skan. CUPULIFERA. Q. (§ st eacagane g Pera Skan (sp. nov.); ad Q. Edithe, Skan, maxime acc ffert foliis angustioribus sre ete a involucris seme Fe a oe brevioribus crassioribusque Arbor 30 ped. alta (fide Ford), ramulis foliisque tantum visis glaber- rimis. Ramuli juniores graciles, teretes, inconspicue lenticellosi. folia oblongo- lanceolata, 35-7 poll. longa, 1{-2 poll. lata, utrinque sensim angustata, apice breviter acuminata, superne undulato-serrata, mariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 14 su a planis, infra distincte elevatis ; petioli — hme an longi, ansitgretes, basi incrassati. = $ ad wm om * a =) a =| ia) = 5 fe) .s eed ° Bo) ® a. 2 te nm B i=] — or ° Ler | , 2 a | bet ° vac | la) i) Bos me iv) ® valde incrassato. pment stedesaind, poll. latum, intus ferrugineo-tomentosum, extus subtiliter pubescens, bracteis in laminas 6-7 annulares concentricas integras connatis. Wu elliptico-globosa, 12-14 lin. longa, subtiliter adpresse tomentosa, passim cito glabrescens, breviter apiculata. Cuina: New British territory on mainland opposite Hongkong, near Tatitin, at 500 ft. abave sea-level, Ford, 622. . Blakei is easily distinguished from all the previously described Chinese species of the section Cyclobalanopsis by the broad, shallow cupule. It is named ee the distinguished Gov: vernor of Hong Kong, colony have received constant support and encouragement.— Say. Figs. 1 to 4, acorns and cupules in different positions, Natural size. The shallow- ness of the cupules j is not represented so distinctly as it might have been, PL 2663 at, CE aaa heat tthe ME BM mail a ell Puate 2663. QUERCUS REX, Jems. CUPULIFER. Q. (§ pasha ya Rex, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); ad Q. velutinam, Lindl., accedit mnibus partibus minoribus, foliis anguste oblongo- lan teolatis, nuce go haud excavata. Arbor 60-pedalis (fide Henry) ramulis floriferis graciliusculis glabris nitidaque, subtus etiam glabra glaucaque, distincte petiolata, coriacea, lanceolata, oblongo-lanceolata vel oblanceolata, maxima (in ramulis oie circiter 10 poll. longa, acuminata sed vix acuta, basi cuneata, ediu i i circiter 3 aggregata, subtermin renee tenuia, initia, pendula, 3-6 poll. longa. Perianthiwm florum culinorum alte 6-lobatum, lobis patentibus rotundatis. Stamina 6, ‘filamentis. glabris, antheris pi ign entatas connatis. Wa ossea, depresso-globosa apice pcre ete e cupula semi-exserta. Semen unicum, cotyledonibus sinuato-lobatis Cuina : Szemao, Blasi at 4000 ft., A. praities 12665. It is, however, more closely allied to Q. velutina, Lindl., but the differ- ences are more easily seen than described. part from the smaller i of Q. velutina are thicker and harder in texture, broadest below the middle, and have ote primary veins. In both . Re n rt N ce = @ OTTING HEMSLE Fig. 1 i male flower; 3, a fruit; 4,a nut; 4, cross section of the ; 6 and 7, embryo in different eatin: 8, soa —Figures 1, 2, and 8 iateiieed: ‘the rest natural st Ta tee ra i er AW otf Ae AIOE a a eT Puate 2664. QUERCUS FORDIANA, /emsi. CUPULIFERA. Q. (§ Pasania) fordiana, Hems!. (sp. nov.) ; species Q. cornew, Lour proxima, differt imprimis foliis subtus pubescentibus margine serrulatis, venis primariis lateralibus multo numerosioribus. Arbor 10-30 pedalis (fide Henry), ramulis floriferis ee ee igang ntibus. Folia distincte petiola garcia, . ven excurrentes, supra impress ssi elevate ; petioli graciliusculi, 3— poll. longi, pubescentes ; sez minute, cito decidue. Amenta masculina plura in axillis foliorum superiorum vel subterminalia, Senciculata, paitieg, 3-2! poll. longa. g gacrgoun el florum masculi- norum 6-partitum, segmentis ovalibus. Stamina 12, glabra, filamenti filiformibus Berne Pi um longe excedentibus. ores feminini Pheer m visi) plures fasciculati. Fructus sessilis, 1-]} age metro. vatis, regulariter insculpte, sapariares apic ne te. Niu oss gee globosa, spurie subplurilocellata, unde seminis cotyledoves pluriiobatn: Cutna: Szemao, icra = 4000 to 5000 ft., A. Henry, 12054, 12054 12054 a, 12054 B, anid 12054 This is one of several species of Quercus inhabiting South China and Cochin China, belonging to a group charact teed by having a very thick, hard pericarp, “with ingrowths into the cell-cavity, nearly divid- ing it into separate cells, and causing the cotyledons to become lobed as in the walnut.—W. Bortine Hums.ey. Fig. 1, portion of the margin of a leaf; 2, a male catki ve 3,a bract; 4,a male flower &, female flowers ina somewhat advanced stage; 6, section of one of the same; 7, cross section of a nut.—Al/ except 7 enlarged. eee Se eee PLATE 2665. QUERCUS CORNEA, Lour. CUPULIFERZ. Q. cornea, Lour. Fl. Cochinch. p. 572; DC. Prodr. xvi. i. p. 90; Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 413 t. 87; Benth. Fl. Hongk. . 322 ; Q. hemispherica, Drake in Journ. de Bot. 1890, P. 151, t. 3, £. 4 CuinA: Hongkong, various colle B. C. Henry; Tonkin, Baanse, 2364, 2369 acta ne if Ms 568, 2367, 2368 (cornea). The fruit, and more especially the seed, of this species had not pre- viously been adequately figured. Lindley (Wat. Syst. Bot. ed. 2, P- 441) made a separate genus—Synedrys—of it, on account of the ‘glans ossea, intus semiquinquelocularis seminis cotyledonibus in tot lobos divisis quot loculi, more Juglandis.’ As e — under Plate 2664, rou description is insufficient. But, as it has been accepted y Bent- ham, Seemann, and A. De Candolle, and as there is not, so far as I can gen eal specimen in existence to settle the point, we may adopt the With a considerable series of specimens before me, I have 1 no 5. heditatien in treating Q. appre Henge Drake as the c uthor agrees with me mn ts] oO wo no] oO i. d = Be | a @ Pa. ce e ® ; er South China. Mr. ©. Ford, the Superintendent of the Hongkong Botanie Garden, who recently sent a fine sample of the acorns, says a u Kwantung or ienicoed to supply the quantities seen in the markets.— W. Borrne Hemst Fig. 1,a fruit ; 2,a portion of the top of a fruit and the marginal series of bracts ; 3, verte section of a nut removed from the involucre or Aung: 4, cross section of a as e top; 5. cross section of the same near the 6, cross section of an empty nu ar the g the ingrowths of the ule 7 and 8, an embryo in ibcoit 5 positions, ‘ Ai! =<» = Ss = (S88 ( LEY te iy Jeti , ‘ os #1 An PLATE 2668. SCROFELLA CHINENSIS, Maxim. ScROPHULARIACEE 8. chinensis, Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Petersh. xxxii. p. 511, et in Mél. Biol, xii. p. 763 (species unica). Herba erecta, fere omnino glabra, caule simplici 6-12 poll. alto, internodiis brevissimis. Folia lege ries non visa) alterna, sessilia, suberecta, caule appressa, papyracea, blongo-lanceolata, 9-18 li n. longa, obtusa. Flores minuti, ae pedicellati, in racemum saisir taadtns m minutum dentiformem, lineari-lanceolatis vix acutis. Corol/a bilabiata, tubo ventricoso intus extusque glabro calycem superante, labio postico quadrinervio trilobato lobo intermedio majore emarginato, labio antico parvo integro li inguiformi recurvo intus in sinubus barbato. Stamina 2, postica, inclusa, filamentis glabris ; staminodia nulla. Ovarium glabrum, disco annulato crasso cinctum, ovulis plurimis. Capsula ota. Cuina : Northern Szechuen, Potanin. last communication received by the writer from the late M. The Franchet, written a little more than a week before his sudden death, contained some queries respecting the affinities of Scrofella and or, t the points of difference seem to be sufficient to maintain their generic Sipe te —W. Borting HemsLey Fig. 1, a flower and bracteole; 2, calyx and pistil; 3, corolla laid open.—Al enla arged, PU 2669 Se On ae ont ee at ie ia Ce PLATE 2669. CALORHABDOS BRUNONIANA, Benth. (and dissections of C. cauloptera, Hance.) ScROPHULARIACES. C. brunoniana, Benth. Sc roph. Ind. p. 44, et in DC. Prodr. x. p- 456; a C. caulopt era, Hance, imprimis caulibus vendita differt. Herba perennis, glabrescens, caulibus erectis simplicibus. Folia alterna, quam internodia longiora, subsessilia, tenuia, fere membra- nacea, lanceolata, 25- poll. longa, acuta, deorsum attenuata, minute serrata, venis primariis lateralibus paucis subtus parce setulosis. Flores parvi, in racemum terminalem densissimum dispositi, bracteolis lanceo- latis quam calyce brevioribus. Calyx inequaliter alte 5-lobatus, lobis vix acu ine pa lati Inp1a : Gossain Than, Nepal, Wallich, 405. 7, aan at the foot of Tsangshan, near Tali, Delavay, 3161. n Bentham and Hooker's Genera Plantarum, ii. p. 963, Paderota enifionie Sieb. et Zuce., is reduced to Calorhabdos, but since that was . several plants altied to P. axillaris have been discovered in China, well as one very closely related to the original Calorhabdos bruno- niana, and it seems desirable to separate them generically. The reasons for this course are given under Plate 2670.—W. Bortinc HEMSLEY. ae lla flower and bracteole of Calorhabdos brunoniana, Benth. ; 2, corolla of the e laid Open Ay pistil; 4,a flower of C. cawloptera, Hance; 5, corolla of the same laid open.—AUl enla rged, Pl 2670 Puate 2670. BOTRYOPLEURON VENOSUM, JHemzsl. (and dissections of B. stenostachyum, J/ems!.) SCROPHULARIACER. Botryopleuron, /emsl. (gen. nov.). A Calorhabdo differt caulibus vagantibus vel prostratis, racemis axillaribus amentiformibus, coroll limbo subeequaliter 4- lobato, staminibus longe exser B. venosum, Hems! ; Calorhabdos venosa, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxvi. p. 197. . subcoriacea, Nese usque ad 5 poll. ‘ain pt 8 sepius breviora, " ; latorum glaber. Corolle tubus subcylindricus, intus filamentaque barbati. To 2, postica, exserta; staminodia nulla. Capsula oligosperm Curva: Ningpo mountains, Chekiang, Faber ; Ichang, Nanto and norrsth to the northward, A. Henry, 55, 2187, 4638. Botryopleuron as here understood, including four species, namely : Lk —— Hemsl., syn. Calorhabdos venosa, Hemsl. in Journ. Linn, Soc. xxvi. p. 197. mac een amen Hemsl. ., syn. Calorhabdos stenostachya, Hemsl. oc. . 196. 1 - latifolium, Hemsl., syn. Calorhabdos latifolia, Hemsl. loc. cit. p. 196, t. 4. 4, B. axillare, Hemal. , syn. Calorhabdos axillaris, Benth. et Hook. £. Gen. se il. p. 963 ; Pederota axillaris, Sieb et Zuce. Fl. Jap. Fam Nat. 20. The priety of giving this little group of plants generic rank will, I think, “ask be disputed. In the first place, their habit is so entirely 9 ~ ee from that of the genuine species of gree wero and as this s associated with a very peculiar inflorescence and deviations in floral sEnictare, they constitute as distinct a as the foe nits of the genera of the order.—W. Borrinc Hemsi et , & flower of Botryopleuron venosum, Hemsl.; 2, a corolla of the same laid ; 8, a pistil; 4, a flower of B. stenostachyum, Hemsl. ; ; 5, corolla of the same laid st —All enlarged, PU 267) EEE — Sn i ill el Pruate 2671. PLECTRANTHUS CALCARATUS, Jems. LABIATA, P. calearatus, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; inter species hujus generis hucusque cognitas longitudine corolle calcaris insignis. Herba — sed irre caulibus gracillimis 1—2-pedalibus adscen- dentibus. Folia quam internodia seepius breviora, distincte petiolata, posticum trilobat tum, obis rotundatis, lobis lateralibus multoties mi- noribus ; labium anticum latum, emarginatum. Corolla extus glandu- losa, intus glabra, circiter pollicaris ; esha racilis, curvatus, longe calcaratus, calcare acuto; labium post um equaliter 4-lobulatum, lobulis rotundatis ; labium anticum, poe orme. Stamina quam corolla breviora. Stylus stamina paullo excedens. Nwcule ovoider, glabree, punctate. CuIna: mountains west of Szemao, Yunnan, at 4500 to 5000 ft., A. Henry, 12,339. Flowers with spurred corollas are rare in the Labiate, and although, N. Spurred, and no other species which I have seen has such a highly developed spur as the present one.—W. Borrine HeEmstey. Fig. 1, a flower; 2, calyx laid open showing the disk and nutlets; 3, corolla section showing two of the stamens; 4, fruiting calyx; 5, a nutlet. —All —— PUL2672 Puate 2672. TUPIDANTHUS CALYPTRATUS, Hook. f. et T. Thoms. ARALIACES. T. calyptratus, es f. et T. Thoms. in Bot. Mag. t. 4908 ; Benth. et Hook. J. Gen. Pl. i. p. 947. This singular a was a oa by Sir Joseph Hooker and the late Dr. T. Tho hasia, but it was figured and de- scribed in the place sited above otk a eee that flowered in the oO the series of stigmas are incorrectly figured in the isausare a zine, and the seeds are nowhere described, so farasIa r. A. having sent ripe fruit containing perfect es its was thought desirable to complete the illustration of the e genus, i ae as it pre- sents characters of which scarcely a parallel is know e ovary has rare upwards of 160 cells, each cell fiers ai one ovule ; anc many-seriate in Tupidanthus, but the scars in the circumference of figure 4 show that they are in one “gon and upwards of 100 in number. The ¢ rustaceous pyrenes and seeds very thin, otherwise they pre- sent no deviation from the ordinary conitiioae: —W. Borrine Hemstey. ite Szemao, Yunnan, at 4500 ft., A. Henry, 12298, 12298 a, a flower-bud, the ealyptrate petals in course of being thrown pel by = ate stamens ; 2, etam mens; 3 and 4, a fruit; 5, a cross fer 'g of the same; Rae 7, a pyrene; 8, a section of the same; 9, em —All except 1, 3 and y rged. SERIES IV. VOL. VII, PART III, & DG, Pl 2673 a Wee Fe oy, isc 10. RES & Se + ee ‘* \ ce “ : %y | me 78 — Ne ee GS i i aR ee \ C2 KS ot ANY A NN PApz73 AIBES © A Hy S OS SS = AR 77. AS BH ig AY : Rs, = WES uN Saher & sh CHS M.S. del. et lith. Puate 2675. ASPIDOPTERYS OBCORDATA, Hems/. MALPIGHIACE®. B. obcordata, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species forma foliorum facile distin- guitur, tex alte scandens, ramis teretibus pubescenti tibus. Folia petio- Peal coriacea, rotundato-obcordata vel apice trilobata, lobis lateralibus latis rotundatis, intermedio parvo acuminato 3-! metro, supra glabra, su tia, venis primariis utrinque circiter 5 tus tibus ; bractee et bracteolee minute Sepala minuta, orbiculari- oblonga, ciliolata. Petala tenuia, obovato-oblon nga. Stamina 10, quam petala paullo > reviora. Ovarium glabrum, 3-loculare, 3 ovulatum. Fructus ignotu Cuina : Te Yunnan, at £000 feet, A. Henry, 12,894, This is the first record of the genus from China.—W. Borrine HeEmstey, Fig. 1, a flower; 2, calyx and pistil; 3, cross section of ovary. Pl 2674 Puate 2674. DISCHIDIA COMINSIYI, //ems/. ASCLEPIADACE. D. Cominsii, Mems/. (sp. nov .)3 a D. Nummularia, R. Br. foliis tenuioribus ovatis, corollz lobis quam tubo brevioribus differt Epiphyta — caulibus agin neem ad nodos radicantibus. Fo lin ce sedtit petiolata, subcarnosa, ov vel ovato-lanceolata, Sepius lee ‘pollio caria, quam internodia cade breviora, vix acuta venis immersis inconspicuis. Flores minuti, vix 2 lin. longi, axillares, solitarii, breviter pedicellati. Calyx minimus, lobi s oblongis obtusis. orone squam reuato- -Incurve, ifide, ae acutis. olliculi teretes, patentes, sieertee ‘cttiakies, leeves, acumin Sotomon Grovp ; Florida Island, on trees on the beach, Comins, 316. Although this species bears a strong r resemblance to the widely spread D. Nummularia, R. Br., it is easily oo by the charac- ters indivated above._-W. Bo OTTING Hems.i Fig ; 2, a section showing the corona; . andrecium from which the corona ay “tg saan d; 4, a pair of pollen masees ; 5, a seed.— All enlarged. a 3 8 ‘o be nd Se a PLATE 2675. CLERODENDRON SUBSCAPOSUM, Hemsi. VERPENACES, C. subscaposum, Hems/. (sp. nov.) ; species habitu distinctissima. Caulis primarius subcarnosus vel crassus et mollis, ut videtur prostra- tus, cortice laxo deciduo ; cauies (vel scapi) floriferi, erecti, graciles i, i i olii Cuina : Mountains south-east of Mengtze, Yunnan, at 7000 feet, 1 A. Henry, 9181, The only specimen of this plant does not bear fully expanded flowers, but it is so different in habit from anything else we know that it was considered worth figuring.—W. Borrinc HEMSLEY. Py larged, Fig. 1, a flower bud; 2, an expanded flower; 3, part of calyx and dise.— All en- bp ‘Ieones’ is limited to 250 copies, VOL. VIL—PART W765 [FEBRUARY. 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 SIR WILLIAM T. THISELTON-DYER, K.6.M.G., C.1L.B., Li.D., M-A., FBS. HONORARY STUDENT OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD DIRECTOR, ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW, VOL. Val. OR VOL, XXVII. OF THE ENTIRE WORK. DULAU & CO. 87 SOHO SQUARE, LONDON. 1901. NTERS, NEW-STREET SQUARE, rE, LONDON. Price Four § Shi l ea = “srornswoope AND co. LTD., PE Puate 2676. CASTILLOA AUSTRALIS, Hemsi. Urticace®. Tribe ARTOCARPER. C. australis, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; species a C. elastica foliis minus hirsutis supra levibus, receptaculis distincte mig periauthio breviter 4-dentato, carpellis haud carnosis coriaceis differ or sempervirens trunco erecto levi, ramis petiole a succeo a (Pearce), novellis sericeis. Ramuli fructiferi crassi. Folia brevissime petiolata, coriacea, oblonga vel oblongo- tisk. 12-18 poll. longa, 4-7 poll. lata, abrupte acuteque acuminata, basi cordata, margine undulata, supra glabra vel cito glabrescentia, subtns praecipue secus costam venasque hirsuta, venis primariis utrinque 17-19 arcuatis prope ma arginem conjunctis supra leviter impressis subtus elevatis ; stipulee ra acute, 14-2 ae longe, cito decidue. lores masculine igno Receptacula florun feinie inorum supra axillas foliorum solitaria, 13-14 poll. diam oats 0, stipitata, stipitibus crassis 9-12 lin. longis ; ey multiseriate, acuminate. Nucule perfect tear ‘ Peru : believed to be from the region of Cuzco (but the exact Heaters is unknown), at 4000 to 5000 feet, Pearce, January 1866. ichard Pearce, who collected for Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, labelled the specimens described above as follows: ‘Evg. tree with smooth erect trunk and horizontal branches al a clammy milky juice. Male fils.? Female creamy yell. Style and stigma fleshy. Stigma bifid cushion-shaped. Nuts in a fleshy head, eatable. Com. in woods 4-5000 ft., Jan. 1866. Moro Zungo. essrs Veitch, after much research, can only say that Pearce was somewhere in the region indicated at that dat This is all we know of CG. australis oy ‘present. —-W. Borrine Hemstey. Fig. 1, stipules; 2, a fe male infloresence ; 3.a female flower; 4, pistil with part of the ovary removed ; 5, an immature nut. ae except 1 enlarged. SERIES IV, VOL, vit. PART Iv. 7 PL 2677 , Piate 2677 SAPIUM MORITZIANUM, Alofzsch. Evupnorsiace®&. Tribe CroToNnE®. 8. moritzianum, A7otzsch in Seem. Bot. Voy. ‘ Herald, p. 100 ; aucupario, Jacq., ramulis floriferis gracilis, foliis enue bes tenuioribus minute crebreque serratis differ Arbor 30-pedalis (fide Seemann), undique glabra, ramulis floriferis (in speciminibus visis) lateralibus brevibus gracilibus patentibus. Solia petiolata, tenuia, subcoriacea, lineari-lanceolata vel oblonga, absque petiolo usque ad oll. longa, sed sepius 2-25 poll. longa, apice glandulosa, introflexa, basi cuneata, crebre serrulata (etiam in ramulis floriferis), epunctata, venis primariis lateralibus numerosis ; graciles, 3-6 lin, longi, apice glandulis binis subglobosis vel subteretibus leviter cu rvatis muniti ; stipule parve, reniformes, —— we, per- Ssistentes, peat androgyne vel interdum minales, solitarie, folia excedentes. Flores feminini Ear oe) politandl, juveniles non visi. //ores masculint circiter 7-10 a gregati. Caps sul e a. biglandulosa, E moritziana, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1206. “errig biglandulosum, X moritzianum, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxii. P SoutH America : Province of Panama, Seemann, 1243 i in herb. Mus. Brit. ; Columbia, without special locality, seth ten, 35, in herb. Berol. ; ‘ Higuerote Gebirge,’ Moritz, 236, in herb. Ber According to Seemann, Joc. sup. cit., this tree bears the name Olivo in Panama. Neither of the collectors has any further note on it ; but it is one of the most distinct of the species combined eet the name Piglandulosum. The specimens from the three collectors named above a leaves. The Hi iguerote ee are Sages Ss near cong Point, Fig. 1, a sti ~~; 2, under faery of an i: om 3, margin of ati 4, upper side of Apex at eaf ; 5, lower portion of a flow : 6, a male flower; 7, cross section ofan ovary; 8, Sieenlen, Alt except the Tet pe PLate 2678. SAPIUM PCPPIGII, Hemsl. Evpuorsiace®. Tribe Crorones, Sapium Peppigii, /Zemsl. (sp. nov.) ; similis S. aerei, Klotzsch, ab eo recedit foliis elliptico-oblongis levibus supra nitidis. Ramuli floriferi meager glabri. Folia omnia in specimine viso delapsa, petiolata, coriace ohio onga vel elliptico-oblonga, absque petiolo 35-5 poll. longa, 14-2 oll. lata, utrinque rotundata, apice glandula magna cuculliformi-incrassata introrsum flexa instructa, omnino 1 hine i duligera, venis primariis numerosis angustis utrinque vix el ; petiolus unicus tantum visus semipollicaris, ut videtur, breviores. lores sag a quam in speciebus eee numerosiores (12-15). Flores masculini 5-7 aggregati. Capsule desunt. Sapium biylandulosum, B hamatum, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1204. Sourn America: ‘Peruvia subandina,’ Peppig, 67, in herb. Berol. he whole of the material seen of this species consists of three flowering ga zi three detached — though they are origi as attache the accompanying plate. But t this is the type Mueller’s roe poet et B hamatum, - abe se: all that he hod under observation.—W. Borring HeMsLE Fig. 1, upper side of base of leaf; 2, upper side of apex of leaf; 3. intermediate part of flower-spike ; 4, bud of male flower laid open,—dl/ enlarged. i ee ND Ser Puate 2679. SAPIUM CUPULIFERUM, J/ems!. Evupuorsiace®. Tribe Croronem. 8. cupuliferum, Hemsl. (sp. nov.); similis S. marginato, Muell. 'g., a q differt imprimis petiolis eglandulosis, bracteolarum glandulis cupuliformibus. Frutex undique glaber, ramulis gracilibus, internodiis quam foliis brevioribus, cortice brunneo. olia brevissime petiolata, petiolis eglandulosis, coriacea, rigida, erecto-patentia, anguste lanceolata, 13-2 poll. longa, apice apiculata, eglandulosa, basi cuneata, margine ine i id ie America: Gran Chaco, Argentina, Hagenbeck in herb. erol, S. cupuliferum shows better than any other species that I have examined that the glands of the inflorescence are really append- inent ages of the bracts though much more prom than the bracts themse] In general appearance it so strongly resembles S. margi- ratum, Muell. Arg., that it might easily be mistaken for that species.— W. Borrine Hemstey. = 1, under side of base of leaf and stipules ; 2, upper aa of the same ; 3, part of Ower-spike ; 4, one of the glands and a bract.— 4d enlarged. i i odd ay aE ies me “ PuaTe 2680. SAPIUM MEXICANUM, Hemsl, EvupnHorBiace®. Tribe Crorone®. subglobosa, ab axe persistenti loculicide dehiscens, expansa circiter 13 poll. diametro, valvis demum patentissimis diu persistentibus ; Semina ovoidea, 5-6 lin. longa, sub membrana cellulari cinnabarina testa leviter corrugata ; embryo centralis, cotyledonibus orbicularibus. Mexico : near Cuernavaca, State of Morelos, at 5000 ft., Pringle, 6336 ; the same locality, collected in July 1835, Schiede; Atla- wa December 1834, Schiede, 1052 ; Zelaya, Queretaro, Schiede, This species was originally collected by Dr. C. J. W. Schiede, in 1834 and 1835, in the same district where Pringle found it: a fact I have been able to establish through the courtesy of Dr. A. Engler in lending the Berlin specimens of Sapiwm for purposes of comparison. Although Schiede’s specimens were collected so long ago, nobody seems have taken them up, probably because the flowers are not in a goo condition. One specimen is doubtingly referred to Sapium zelayense, H. B. K. (Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. p. 65), a common and distinct tree, now referred to Stillingia. Besides the specimens referred here to Sapiwm mexicanum, Hemsl., SERIES IV. VOL. VII. PART IV, a 2 there are specimens in the Kew Herbarium of two other species of Sapium from Mexico; or, possibly, one of them may belong to Stillingia, as defined a entham and Hooker’s Genera Plantarum. But, it should be added, the limits of Sapiwm, Stillingia, Eacecaria, and some other allied genera have been so diversely interpreted by different botanists that their proper limits could only be defined, if even then, after a thorough study of all the numerous species of this group of the Euphorbiacee. The other assumed species of Sapiwm from Mexico are : sas ahi 3020, from Santa Afia, near Orizaba, and Rovirosa, 769, ‘habitat in Famulté sylvis primeevis, Tabasco.’ The sa aa is a sterile specimen, and is very similar to S. mexicanum, but differs in having oblong leaves, thicker in texture, and furnished with @ a prominent apical gland. The latter is the as a sterile specimen in the Berlin nd. same Herbarium labelled : ‘Schiede, 44. Vera Cruz, in sylvis.’ It is the manuscript name of ‘ Micws sapioides, Kl.’ in the Berlin Herbarium. The following is a description of Rovirosa’s specimen, so far as it goes. m lateriflorum, Hems!. (sp. nov.) ; a speciebus omnibus hujus affinitatis hactenus descriptis ditfert folioram amplitudine et spicis axillaribus. : racteas 2-3 inferiores vacuas normaliter androgyne %), floribus_ masculis interrupte Peensorertictliats. Bractee parve, sub unaquaque bractea 6 9, Facmiteon bipartitum. Stamina 2, exserta. 78 primeval woods of Famulté, Tabasco, Rovirosa, 1890, n. Hahn, 882, from Martinique, and Trail, 765, North Brazil ; both, however, napa different from S. later iflorum, Hemsl., and from each other. The former has small leaves with close lateral veins, very thick flowering- bonkidies and rigid androgynous flower-spikes, longer 3 than the aaa’. ; solitary female flowers in the lower part of the spike, and a two-celled gyneceum within a tubular perianth, and normal male "hating The latter, collected by Dr. J. W. H. Trail, at Prainha, h « . . n connect any other specimens with any of the three 5 NA described above as having lateral inflorescences.—W. Borrine HEMsLE g.1, under surface of the apex of leaf; 2, andar of a ee rane bearing a as female flower and a cluster of male flower 8; 3, a er; 4, open capsules ; 5, a seed after the removal of the outer cellular, ecwaetiry pried 6, section of a seed showing the embryo. al enlarged, except 4 and 5. a Se Phare 2681. SAPIUM SUBEROSUM, Jfuell. Arg. EvupPHORBIACE®. Tribe CroTronem. 8. suberosum, Muell. Arg. in Linnea, xxxiv. p. 217; ‘a reliquis hujus sectionis differt magnitudine et forma capsularum.’ Ramuli fructiferi laterales, breves, crassiusculi. Folia petiolata, coriacea, ovato-lanceolata, oblongo-lanceolata, vel fere elliptica, cum ine i in margi globose, 4—6 lin. iametro, verrucose vel pustulatze ; semina tuber- culata. EHxcecaria suberosa, Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. xv. 2, p. 1202. Barpanos : without special locality, Rob. Schomburgk, 709, in herb. Berol. Kew possesses no specimen of a Sapiwm from Barbados, and none from the West Indies, or elsewhere, that we can identify with S. suberosum, Muell. Arg., though the blistered appearance of the te plant was obtained from Barbados. Indeed, from a careful comparison of Plukenet’s specimens in the British Museum with his figure, there Is little doubt that the figure was made up from fragments of two Species. The detached leaves in vol. iv. pp. 82 and 111 of Plukenet’s collection probably all belong to S. suberosum, Muell. Arg., as they ave the very numerous parallel primary veins characteristic of this Species ; but both 9. Lawrocerasus, Desf., and S. laurifolium, Griseb., ave very numerous veins, associated with clustered spikes.—W. Bor- TING Hemstey, Fig. 1, apex of leaf seen from above; 2, four-valred capsules; 3, a earpel from within; 4, a seed ; 4 and 6, different views of the same.—All except 2 and 4 enlarged. PLATE 2682. SAPIUM AEREUM, Alotzsch. EvupuHorsBiace®. Tribe Crorones. 8. aereum, Klotzsch in Linnea, xxxii. p. 119; similis S. Peppigit sed toliis oo basi subcuneatis supra pahere submetallico viri- discente insi igni Folia graciliter petiolata, tenuiter coriacea, ovali-oblonga, absque petiolo 24-4 Soe longa, apice rotundata et glandula magna cuculli- ormi-incrassata nt rotlexa instructa, margin e hine inde glanduligera, eciduis. Capsule 4-5 lin. "aiamete, leves, 3-loculares ; semin suborbicularia, compressa, circiter 2-2} lin. diametro, ie aa exsculpta, nigra. Soura America : Peru, Ruiz & Pavon in herb. Berol. The type of this species in the Berlin Herbarium apna of detached ieaves, advanced ovaries, separated re ina and two or three seeds as represented in the cen rink | plate. The Reiohiord like it in the Kew Herbarium is a s en from Costa Rica, at an elevation of 1550 metres (Tonduz, 124 198), but the leaves want the metallic sheen, = persistent base of the picky is terete, and the brown seeds are only ut half as large as those of S. aereum. Ronen is = a specimen ey ear 8S. reum collected at Ubala, Bogota, at an elevation of 17 00 aie by J. Triana. Tt bears no number, but is designated ‘ caucho..—W. Borrine Hemsley. Fig. 1, 8 a leaf; 2, advanced female flower showing the ae i the ido. styles, caneset nine: 2,the same enlarged; 4, one valve of natural size; 5, the same from the inside; 6, seed, natural size; 7 and 8, p= “eat views of the same. —Enlarged, where not otherwise indicated “Sa ea ie ee ‘, a PU 2683 WNOIMO BBA ANN NS “ ~— gs ae sata Spree . ; > ‘s ies Fall are pe alten ge ote ITT PITT PI Bae ce Ep aan: ae ee een neels DE ee tre: Piare 2683. SAPIUM CILIATUM, Hemsi. Evrnorsrace®. Tribe Crorones. 8. ciliatum, Hemsi. (sp. nov.) ; ab omnibus speciebus nobis cagnitis oo foliorum per totam longitudinem crebre ciliato-glanduloso recedit. Arbor 12 -15-pedalis (Trail) novellis undique glabris. Ramuli foliiferi graciliusculi, recti, 1-2 ped. longi, internodiis brevissimis. Folia breviter petiolata, tenuia, fere membranacea, anguste oblongo- Seplus semipollicares, apice glandulis binis longe stipitatis instructi ; Nortn Braziz: Santarem, Spruce, without number ; District of Cararaucti, between Villa Bella and Serpa, 7rail, 770. other species of the genus Sapiwm, to which it almost certainly beiongs. : Fig, 1, base of a leaf, seen from above; 2, apex of the same, seen from — » 4 portion of the margin of the same.—A// enlarged. PUL 2684 ZB Piate 2684. SAPIUM SUBSESSILE, //emsl. EvupHorBiAce®. Tribe CROoTONE®. 8. subsessile, /Zems/. (sp. nov.) ; a speciebus etre differt foliis sessilibus vel brevissime aloe limbo paulo supra basin glandulis binis sessilibus conspicuis instructo Frutex vel arbor parva ex affinitate S. a tree novellis omnino glabris. Ramuli ‘Acie cht internodiis quam foliis brevioribus. sub quaque bractea ag ggregati ; perianthium 2-phyllum ; stamina 2. Flores feminei solitarii ; perianthium 3-phyllum, phyllis rotundato- acuminatis ; ovarium 3-loculare, stylis elongatis recurvis ad mediu connatis persistentibus. /ructus ignotus. Brazit : Provinces of St. Paul and Rio de Janeiro, J. Weir, 315. Ancnsris Repusuic : without locality, Hieronyniws, 817, in ‘herb. e This species and S. marginatum, Muell. Arg., to which it is closely related, differ from all those previously figure or and described in this merous female flowers in the androgynous spikes, and in the lstnetly three-leaved perianth of the female fowers.—W. Bortine Fig. 1, stipules ; 2, base of a leaf seen re below; 3, portion of a a bearing a cluster of male flowers, bract and glands; 4, a det ached male flower; 5, portion of lay Nueiig a female flower, bract aud Phat ; 6, a female nase iceohal —All "yg — = = 3 < aH @ s Oo ° a S tea fo eq ie s i] ae ° > ed n re) os = a ee e n i= om — 8 < ~ F ao 4 - c wm attenuata vel interdum rotundata, apice breviter et abrupte acuminata, 5-9 poll. longa, 14-35 poll. lata, integerrima, margine undulata et exsiccando revoluta, supra glaberrima, sicca arma fusca, sda in axillis inter costam et nervos secundariis plerumque pubescens et efoveolata, nervis secundariis utrinque 9-10 (raro 11), subpatolis, sub margine arcuato-connexis, tertiariis venisque inconspicuis ; petiolus 2-4 lin. longus. Cyme breviter pedunculate, multiflore, vongeste, glabree ; pple ee 3 tin, Ment ; bracteze parvee, ovate, acute vel subacute, pedicelli ad 2 lin. longi. ores flavescentes, alabastra subcylindrica, nee curvata, 7-9 lin. longa. Calyx 14 lin. longus ; pilosule. Discus 5-lobus vel ad basin 5- -partitus, ovario 4 brevior. Fructus follicult fusiformes, acute-acuminati, semiteretes, ventre applanati, in lateribus utrinque longitudinale angulati, ad 8 poll. longi, angulis 14~2 lin. distantibus. Semina 6-8 lin. longa. ; arista 1}- “13 poll longa, — goes 24 poll. " wiatts —Kickxia africana, Benth. n Hook. Icon. Plant. t. 1376. Stapf in n Journ. Linn. Soe. XEx. " "90, and in i Bull. 1895, p. 244, cum icone* ; K. Schum. in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. und Mus. Berlin, i. pp. 217-221, arb. in Zeitschr. f. trop. Landwirthsch peg » 1. pp. 99-103, cum icone * ; Lecomte in Rev Col. i. pp. 12-19 41 47, fig. 1 and 2; Preuss in Tropenpfl. iii. ak ay be Femi Les Plantes a Caoutchouc, pp- 68-73, fig. 10 * ; Preuss in n Notizbl. Bot. Gart. * Descriptione et figuris fructuum exceptis. 2 und Mus. Berl. ii. pp. 353-360, t. 2. Schlechter in Tropenpfl. iv. pp. 326-330, De Wildeman in Rev. Cult. Col. vii. pp. 633, 634 and 747. , MSS.— Orro Srapr. bearing branch with almost bright green and quite glabrous leaves) ; Bagroo River, Mann, 817. Ivory Coast, Dobou, Jolly, 174. Gold Haydon ; near Kukuma on the Scarcies River, Scott Elliot, 4506 (a fruit- Cameroons in the forests of the u per basin of the Mungo River by Schlechter ; also common in the hill forests of the coast region of the Cameroons according to Dr. Preuss. Plate 2696. Fig. 1,a flower-bud ; rgea. Plate 2697. Fig. 1, a portion of a leaf, under side ; 2, a portion of a follicle, cut out of the middle 8, tip of a follicle ; 4,8 seed; 5, the same, without plume.-—A enlarged, with the exception of fig. 4. PL2GIB a nmin ner licen essence macnn = apm nein ine ey iS iat ae scsieianen aE AANA eT a pesterets ‘ Stapf anal. 0 PLATE 2698. PANICUM PHYLLOPOGON, Stapf. GRAMINEX. Tribe PANICE. P. (§ Echinochloa) ge a ed (sp. nov.) ; affinis P. Crus galli, L., sed duratione bienni, ha stricto, caule compresso, foliis basalibus peralte carinatis ad la es basin extus longe denseque barbatis laminis longis angustis inferne arcte plicatis diversa. Gramen bienne, fasciculatum, 3-4 ped. altum. Caulis stricte erectus, 6- 7- tact procerus, compressus, ncleielien, levis, superne ramosus, . @ vagina an tepenulti ma vel etiam e penultima ramum florentem edens. Vagine foliorum sahara e shad latiuscule scariosa an, compress, alte carinate (imprimis superne), leves, ad lamine con- ’ vaginee foliorum summorum minus vel vix carinate, omnino glabre ; ligule nulle; lamine foliorum basalium anguste lineares, longe tenuissime attenuate, inferne peralte carinatez, arcte plicate, 1-1} ped. longe, explanate 1-2 lin. late, secundum margines cartilagineos asperrime, apicem versus utrinque scabridz ; lamin fuliorum superi- orum latiores, ad 4 lin. late, brevius attenuate, basi breviter in vaginam decurrentes, magis peeieian tag costa media sii raini rhachi civ bt graciles, circiter 12, infimi ad 1} voll nies rhachi acute triquetra setosa ; pedicelli fasciculati, brevissimi, apice discoidei. Spicule ovoideo-ellipsoidee, 14 lin. longee, tandem fusces- 2 ntes. Gluma inferior membranacea, perlata, breviter cuspidata vel inter nervos et superne undique spinuloso-scabra vel secundum nervos spinuloso-setosa. Valva inferior (sterilis) glume superiori similis sed aululo minor, dorso subapplanata, nervis 5 tenuioribus, in merges 8 lin. longam scaberulam abiens, paleam subzquilongam hyali valva superior (fertilis) late sleet, cuspidata, if = longa, nitens, a vel grisea, obscure 5-nervis, eisai, cum palea simili 2-ne Ira.y : in rice fields near Pisa, Arcangelt. 2 he specimens from which this species is described were com- municated by Professor Arcangeli, according to whom this grass first made its appearance in rice fields in Novara in 1896, where certain Asiatic varieties of rice had been sown. .As a weed it is worse than the common P. Crus galli, and has caused Sitesi damage to the rice aioe Although the structure of the spikelets is practically the same as in P. Crus galli, the habit and particularly the leaves are so distinct ad those of P. Crus galli, as well as of all the other species of the section Echinochloa, that I have not hesitated in adopting Professor Arcangeli’s view that it is a distinct species——OrTro STAPF. robe 1, Nise " an ipa leaf agate the junction of sheath and blade, front , back view; 3, port me basal leaf, showing the junction of sack a ctor, fattened at fro rt view; 4, the same, folded, side view; 5, cross w e and lower valve in front; 7, the same, with the u per glume in front. The peng: and nay of the barren tuft of leaves are not quite correctly represented, as some of : ye Ril create the impression of being open and having bearded antes en PL 2699 PLATE 2699. GYMNOPODIUM FLORIBUNDUM, folje. PoLyGonNAce®. Tribe TRIPLARIDEA. gers Ra Rolfe (genus novum). Flores hermaphroditi. Peri- anthir segmen , 3 exteriora majora, carina exalata, 3 interiora affixa, 6 exteriora ad ‘margines Derianthit segmentorum was riorum ovate. Ovarium glabrum ; styli breves, filiformes, apice ’ capitato- stigmatosi ; ovulum erectum, subsessile. Mua acute trigona, perianthio aucto clauso inclusa ; semen trigonum ; embryo magnus, cotyledonibus orbicularibus G. floribundum, Rolfe (species wnica). Frutew ramosissima, ramis gracilibus subflexuosis parce pilosis. olia alterna vel fasciculata, breviter petiolata, cuneato-oblonga, obtusa Sore: reticulato-venosa, 3-14 poll. gd 3-6 lin. lata ; petiolus | 1-14 lin. longus ; ochrea brevissima. _ fae a beg interdum parce ramosi, laterales et tee, pa ores pa ie erection pedicellati. Perianthii segmenta biseriata, exteriora ovata, acuta, 1 lin. longa, fructifera ad 5 lin. longa, reticulato-venosa, interiora lanceolata, acuta, minora. Stamina inclusa. Nusx 3 lin. longa. British Honpuras : Manatee, pine ridges, #. J. F. Campbell, 60. An interesting monotype, allied to Podopterus, Humb. et Bonpl., of which it has much the general appearance, but differs in its wingless pedicels, and in having an additional whorl of three stamens, which are situated opposite the concave faces of the ovary, and within the outer series of six.—R. ALLEN Rowre. Fig. 1, a flo sig te a petal with two stamens of the outer bmn — " = margins at the ; 3,a —_— and the three stamens of the whor ovary in Distesial section, 5, in transverse section; 6, the pares in ad section, showing the embryo. dul enlarge cd. SKS ? oh hs \ Ss - “ME. S.del-et kth. Piatre 2700. LESPEDEZA VELUTINA, Dunn. Lecuminosm. Suborder PapinionacEx. Lespedeza velutina, Dunn (sp. nov.) ; inter species asiaticas vestitu distincta. Frutee 2-4 pedalis (A. Henry), caulibus petiolisque velutino- pubescentibus. _£olva ere Sine omnia petiolata ; petioli 1-2 Foti crebris ; stipelle nulle. acemi in ramorum apicibus et etiam in axillis foliorum superiorum solitarii vel fasciculati vel paniculati. Flores albi vel rubro tincti (A. Henry), 5 lin. (one breviter graciliterque pedicellati ; pedicelli ee breviores ; bractez lineari-lanceolatze, citis- sime decidu ; bracteole 2 filiformes, sericez, a basi calycis ort et tubum ejus equantes, tarde decidue. Calyx brunneo- -sericeus, corolla dimi:tio brevioe, lobis 4 subzequalibus linearibus tubum superantibus vexillare fere liberum. ars, eae immaturum ovatum, apice tanto acutum, reticulatum, sparse hirtum Cuina: Yunnan, near Raripai” in the Red River valley, at 3000 feet ; and in the Mengtze forests at 4€00 feet. A. Henry, 10447. | eeemmmennll Maximowicz, in his Synopsis of this Genus (Act. Hort. Petrop. ii. p. 345), shows the importance for the purpose of classification of L. ciliata, the only member of the section with which it is closely associated geographically.—S. T. Dunn. Fig. 1, flower from which petals have been removed and calyx laid open; 2, standard ; 3, a keel-petal; 4, a wing-petal; 5, ovary in section.—Al/ enlarged, INDLX TO SPECIES AND SYNONYMS. Achneria capillaris, Stapf. . Acicarpha rosulata, N. #. Brown 1 2636B Actinostemma __ biglandulosum, nsl. ‘ 2622 : iglandulosum, Hemsl. 9 2645 Allospondias lakonensis, Stapf 2667 Andropog steno Kunth. 2604 Arundinaria auricoma, Mitford . 2613 Aspidopterys obcordata, Hemsl.. 2673 — alain var. aurea, - 2613 s, Hor 2614 Begonia bretsehnetierina, Hem : 2635 inca, Wiemeely Hemsi. hace 2656 sero orenags Nordenskioldii, 364 Mausonlenen axillare, Hemsl. . 2670 = latiioliam, Hemsi:. < « ~ 2670 ac 2602 —~ glomeratum, Stapf 2603 Calorhabdos azillaris, Benth. et ROOK Nate ish Sterne. x 2670 - — brunoniana, Benth. . 2669 —-.. cauloptera, Hance 266 argesii, Franch 2668-70 —- latifolia, Hem 2670 —— stenostachya, Hen 2670 sutchuenensis, anand 2668-70 — Gece. Hemsl.. « «= 267 Canarium Pimela, Kon. es Gory Sp, — basics Hemsl. 2676 Liebm « « Sook — pene » w - 2661 —_— markhamiana, Collin: Nes 2 BRL —— markhamiana, Markham . 2651 —— Tun, ak . 2651 SERIES IV. VOL. VII. PART IV. Pla Catasetum labiatum, Rodr. . 2617 Chloridion Cameroni, Stapf . 2640 Clerodendron subscaposum, Saas ae et es Pets 2675 Cochlearia el Pears. 2643 Couepia dodec a, Hemsl. 2620 Crossotropis ‘condigliates Stapf 2609 oe antherum, Engl. 2685 eh har en EF 2685 Cydonia faverong: ssi Hemsl. 2657-58 —— sinensis, Thouin . . . . 2658 sy ylis ciliaris, Thunb 2602 nthonia oreoboloides, Stapf 2606 De eyeuxia sclerophylla, Stapf. 2605 —— sca esepi trist es 53 Didennendea aspera, Stapf . 2646 Diplachne grandiglumis Kk 609 Diplocentrum congestum, Wight 2687 Dischidia Cominsii, Hemsl. 2674 Dolicholobium ‘aeacneations Bur , 2 a latifolium, A. Gray fs 2630 issimum, Seem. 2630 ieasceeserea, () mangiferum, Hem oe 2641 Stapf . <% 41 Tecaacec cordifolia, Benth. + « 2627 Echinocarpus oe Benth. 2628 sinensis, Hance . 2628 —- sinensis, 2628 Eryngium Goldmani, Hemsl.. 2638 Excecaria biglandulosa, Muell. ie ete oh oa a, a ed OR —— —— var. aucuparia, Muell. Arg. 2650 — “var. moritziana, Muell. rg. 2677 Foca obtusiloba, Muell. Arg. . 3 3s. 236Re —— suberosa, Muell. Arg. - 2681 ¥ INDEX TO SPECIES AND SYNONYMS. Plate Festuca oreoboloides, F. Muell. . 2606 Fontania africana, Stapf. . 2696-97 —e » 2694-95 —— latifolia, Stapf. - - 2694 Genlisea guianensis, VN. Z. Brown 2629 thle hirta, Korth. 2691 ——- pilosa, Pea 2691 Giulianettia tenuis, Rolfe. . 2616 wm floribundum, F 2699 Habenaria radicans, Griseb. . 2686 —— repens eae 2686 —— tric A. Rich, 2686 Helicia ands. i sa oud Hippomane sictcataten. ¥ ; 2650 - foliis ovato- ome: Plum. 2650 Hirtella Gadecandras, DC. 2620 oleus capillaris, Thunb. . ; 2604 Impatiens ~coaesbe de Hemsl. 2655 Itoa orientalis, H. . 2688 Kickxia africana, Benth : pal —— borneensis, Stapf . sels 2693 —— congolana, De Wild. . 2694 —— Gilletii, De Wild... . 2694 —— Scheffleri, De Wild. . . 269-4 —— Zenkeri, K. Se 6 Keleria Gerrarii, Munro & 2612 Keelreuteria bipinnaa, Franeh.. 2642 —-- minor, - 2642 panicu idalee | Cola 642 Lacmellea edulis, Karst. . . . 2637 Lasiochloa eiianirisdin Hack. 2612 eer ot ene bead 610 Lespedera dvertain Renal 2625 a, Du 2700 Peas ig yeti Wall. 2633 2ae vee cophiy ni sr pep f 2633 2633 Lightfoot en C. z 2659 Lobostephasoe palmatus, XN. E. Brow 2692 pea calcarata, Heal 2632 yophs cme digitata, Stapf : 2611 Lysimachia insignis, Hemsl. 2634 Melinis tenuissima, Stapf. . . 26 , 66 Mogquil he phttocs: Hemsi. ‘ 9618-19 Ochanostachys amentacea, oo 2689 Onosma nn Coll. emsl. 639 pea exsertum, ‘Hem 639 ——- par tun “re et Franch. 2639 Osteomeles anthalstotia Lindl. 2644 otunda, C. Koc 644 Som ih qe ctanceaine? Sieb. se Zuce. 2670 Pandanus Cominsii, Hen . 2654 Been age arc, pine 2698 Pa ~ franchetiana, Hemsl.. 2623 nryi, Hemsl. 2623 Poriiea: guianensis, Aubl. . 651 mar oe mian na 2651 Phen icosper’ 628 Phyllostachys ice mid Mitford . 2614 Plectr Hatton calcaratus, Hemsl.. 2671 Poa glomerata, Thunb. 2603 ministre, Stapf 2608 = pa a, Stapf. 2607 a nig falcata, Rendle . 2610 Pol my Sosmeay a, Stapf. 615 Pyru Laciayeieie Hemsl. 2653 Quercus Blakei, Skan 2662 cornea, Lou 2665 Pa n 2661 ——- fordiana, Hems I. : 2664 Sina amen pherica, Drake 2665 —— Rex, Hemsl.. - 2663 Ranalisma rostrata, Stapf. 2652 Salvia anisodonta, Hausskn. & ri 2615 aristata Aue ch. 2615 1, Trautv. 2615 Seton an aereum 2682 —- a econ n fli eliptivis,. de. P.8 650 aucu sks m, Jac cq. 650 — bigtanduoum Muell. Are. 2647 a . hamatum, Muell. * 2678 —-—— var. _ moritziantum uell. Arg. 2647, 2677 ——- ciliatum, He 2683 —~- cupuliferum, Hemsl 2679 —~- Hippomane, Mey. . 2650 jamaicense, Sw. . 2650 Jenmani, Femsl. . 2649 ——~ lateriflorum, Hemsl. 268 —— Laurocerasum, Desf. 2650 = a 2680 —- 677 — ssdteptadane, Mucll. Arg. 2650 —— paucinervium, Hemsl. 648 —— Peppigii, Hemsl. 678 Se nen ae INDEX TO sinscp — Muell. Arg. . um, Muell. Arg — verum, Genatolla chin ensia, Macim. Seca S le africanum, Stapf Sloan rpa, Hemsl — a, Hems —— hongkongensis, Hemsl 9a Sis kK —_— Massoni, Sw. SPECIES AND SYNONYMS. | Sloanea sinensis, Hem sl. — captllare, Rem. & Spank . NENS? is, Pies Salling es, Baill. Tinnea arabica, Baker . acs alopecuroides Sta tapf . eee us noe ratus, Hook. f8 ' Zschokkea utilis, Hemsl. PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODS AND CO, LTD., NEW-STREGT SQUARK LORDOR erianthera, Vatke. . . . eo arbor piel aig ‘to 250 copies,