glabrous on both sides, 1 3 ^ 1 8 cm. long, 4 - 0 cm. wide, sccondaiy nerves 8 - 1 0 pair»,
rallier more promiiMnt nbiiTO tliaii holow ; Jlmers along tlie brandies in Jew-floiverod
corymbs 4 cm. long, podanclos pubescunt about 5 mm. long, tlieir bases surroanded by
snull firm scaly bracts, pedicels 1-2.5 cm. long, slender, pubescent, in the a.iils of ovatelanceolate,
rigid, striate.rotionlato bracts 4—S mm. long, witb pabemlons margins bul
olscwl.ere glabrous; miy.e-tulie globose, articulate with tho slightly enlarged apox of
podicel, clothed with long yellow spreading hairs with glandular tips, 2-5 mm. long,
hmb campannlate, 8-Ó mm. long, reticuloto throughout, the margin o-tootlied, tooth triangular,
3'¡> mm. long, glabroas within, sparsely covered externally with flaccid hairs;
cu-o\U tubular, straight, 15 mm. long, slightly inflated in tlio centre, the mouth shortly
Mantly S-lebcd and slightly contractoi, pubescent externally with flaccid hairs, tho lobos
green, the tube red net marked with lines; sio,««, 10, epigynous, free, the filaments
almost as long as the author» and glabrous as are the anthers which are 2-spurred behind
their tubes and hardly roach the limb of the corolla; omry 5-locular, style filiferm,
shortly .'i-lobuiate at the apex; oyules numereue.
KACHIN HILLS: at Lakham, 4,100 f e e t ; Poitinger!
A. very distinct species separable from any hitherto described Agapelet by its
large bracts and large calyx-limb the teoth of which are not partite to the disk as
in most other spccie-r. It thus deserves to bo treated as representative of a new
section HoUcabjo:.
ri.iTE 58._Ag«pelí» Pottiageri Prai«. 1, twig with leaves, 2 ; twig with flowers,-«/ mtml
3, vertioftl section of flower; 4, calyx, hid opea; 5, corolla; 6, corolla, laid open; 7, 8 and
f , stamen, seea respectively from iu front, from behiud and sideways.
P L A T E 59.
DÜSMOGVSE Kiiiii Sr Pram in J<mm. As. Soc. Bü>ip Ixvii. 2. 297 (1898).
Natm-al order Vacoiniacem.
fc^.tabe round, enclosed m the enlarged cup-shaped subglobose podicol-tip; limb
innc}> enlarged, widely campanulate, margin entire, persistent; coruUa tabalar
narrowly funnel-shaped, elongate, tube straight, limb shortly 5-lobcd, lobes erect;
üamem 10, c]jis!ynous, as long as the corolla, filaments free below among themselves
and from the corolla-tube, anthers elongated, straight, free, muticeus behind, with
straight slender connate membranous tubes, anther-cells murieulato; ovary 5 locnlar
style filiform, stigma lobulate; ovules in each loculus imraerous, attached to tho
inner angle. Epiphytic shrubs, leaves alternate, persistent, shortly petioled, coriaceous,
entire.—Two specics or varieties freni tho Chin and Kachin Hills und from tho
l l u k u n g valley.
6 . K . ; E. P.
GO. DCSMOGVNE NERIII-OI.U Kvii^ iV Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Bcng. Ixvii. 2. 297 (1898).
An epiphytic shrub with slouder glabrous branches; haves alternate, oblong-lanceolato,
apes caudato-acuminate, base rounded, short-petioled, mcirgni cutirc, thickly corificcous^
10—lö cm. long, 2 —2'25 cm. M'idc, miilrib prouiiiicut below grojved above, accondnry
nerves obscure; injlomcencc corymbose, peclicols claateroJ in axil« of trianguUir bracts 2-3
mm. long near somewhat swollen apex of podunclo which attains 0 cm. in length; pedicclH
3 cm. long., enlarged upwards with cup-Hke tips; ca/^/r-tubo globose, 4 mm. long., articulate
nt the base of tlie pedicel-cup and covered by it, limb inflated 8 mm. long., wide-campanulute,
margin entire, distinctly reticulated throughout; corolla elongate, tube 4 cm. long,
straight, funnel-shaped limb 1-25 cm. wide, o-Iobed, lobes 5 mm. long, t r i a n g u l a r ; slamens 10,
epigynous, free, filaments short, anthers long erect, their tips on a level with corollalimb,
not spurred behind; ovarij 5-locular, stylo filiform the tip shortly 5-lobuIate, ovules
numerous; /Wu'/ovate, crowned by the persistent calyx-limb, I cm. long, 8 mm. -wide,
UPPEK .BURMA.: Cliin Hills; Kivg's Collector! Kachin Hills ; King's Collecior !
A second species or variety, Dcsmoinjne minor, very similar to D. neriifolia hut
much smaller iu all its parts, wns obtained by Mr. Wallace, during the Railway
Survey Expedition through the Hukaug Valley.
Pi.-vTE 59,—Desmogyne neriifolia King ^ Prai». 1, bmucli with flowers and f r u i t ; 2, flower in
vertical section; 3, culys-limb, laid open; 4, coroUo, laid open; 5, ttamene, in siiu, tlie corolla rsmoved; 6,
stamens, sisen from insido; 7, siugle anther x2, from inside; the same x 2, from outside; 9, placentatioo;
10, seed; 11, pediccl, in fruit, showing the cup-like apex; 12, ovary, in transverse sectiou, witk
the ring-like apox of pedicel surrounding i t ; 13, floral diagram.
G. K. ; D. R.
P L A T E 60 A,
fil. ANDROSACU HAREISSII Duihicin llec. Bot. Survcij of India, i. 161 (1898).
Nahiral order Primulacea:.
Perennial; stems woody, ir,uch branched, lower naked portions concentrically leafscarred
; leaves imbricate, in compact squarroso rosettes, 3—-1 mm. long, lignlate or
somewhat boat-shaped, acute and subspinulose, pale-grcen turning to a chesnut-browii
colour when older, quite glabrous; bases dilated and with membranous edges; scapes
1-6 to 2 cm. long, solitary at tho ends o£ the leaf-rosettes, bearing umbels of 2 — 5 flowers,
clothed with short, crisp, glandular hairs; b)-acts 2—5, rather unequal, boat-shaped,
entire, h a i r y ; pcdicels-i — Q mm. long, deflexed after flowering; cahjx densely glandularhairy,
turbinate, siiorter than the pedicels; segiueuta rounded, imbricate, about tlio
length of tho tube, smootli inside; corolla -white, about 5 mm. in dium.; tube globose,
membranous, equalling tho calyx ; mouth constrictcd by a prominent ring; lobes spread,
iug, broadly obovate or spathulatO; emarginate; stamens attached ¿-way dowa the corollatube,
on very short filaments; anthers globo.se; capsule tuibinate, ilattened above; sti/le
1 mm. in length ; seeds S, oval-oblong.
N.-W. HIMAI-AYA ; Chitral district, above Zi^rat, at an elevation o^ about 11,000 feet
(Herb. No. 16354). Found by Captain Barriss, i.M.s., during the Chitral Relief
Expedition of 1895. Flowers in Juno.
This plant very much resembles in habit A. Tapeta Maxim.: it differs, however by
the flowers being iu umbels, in the glabrous leaves, and in the shape of the corollalobes
; tho seeds also arc more numerous. Mr. J. R. Drummond, i.c.s., who
kindly undei-fook, when in England in 18i)8, to compare specimens of this plant at
tho Royal Herbarium, Kew, is inclined to regard it and A. Lehmami Wall, aa extreme
f o m s o f / ] , sqmrv(sula Maxim. I have not seen specimens of the latter.