182 MR. D. OLIVER, JUN., ON THE 
trusting that, if this explanation be accepted, the old one may be 
retained. 
** Flores flavi. 
12. U. Biripa (Linn. herb.). Scapo sæpius erecto 2-10 unc. 2- mul- 
tifloro, squamis paucis, pedicellis brevibus marginatis fructiferis nu- 
tantibus bractea brevioribus v. parum longioribus, calycis lobo supe- 
riore ovato v. ovato-rotundato obtusiusculo corolle labio superiore 
quadrato-oblongo ovato subobovatove integro paulo breviore, lobo 
inferiore ovato obtuso v. bidentato calcari breviore, corolle labio 
inferiore integro v. emarginato calcari dependente paululo falcato- 
curvato breviore v. subzquante, capsula sspius globosa v. ovata 
calycis lobis accrescentibus demum ovato-rotundatis obtusis obtecta, 
seminibus plerumque ovatis oblique striatis. 
U. biflora, Wall. Cat. 1498.—U. antirrhinoides, 1498 6.—U. йаша, 
A. DC. Prodr. viii. 21.—U. Wallichiana, Bj. Bot. Zeit. 1845, 213.— 
U. humilis, Wight, l. c. t. 15/2. f. 2. (U. humilis, Vahl. En. РІ. ?) 
Loc. In Ceylonia, Walker! Wight. Malabar et Mysore, Wight. Chit- 
tagong, J. D. H. et T. T.! Silhet, hb. Wall.! Nipalia, Wall.! Tavoy, 
Wall.! Malacca, Griff. hb. Wight | 
Distr. China, Nelson, in hb. Mus. Brit.! Ins. Philip., Cuming, No. 
2289 (sec. Benj. in Linnea, xx. 303); sp. nova, U. brevicaulis, Bj., 
sphalmate, hb. Hook! 
Scapus squamis bracteisque ovatis plus minus acutis instructus. Radices 
fibrose, parce utriculifere. Folia lineari-spathulata, sub anthesin 
nulla subnullave. Capsula globosa v. ovata, stylo brevi. 
Ab omnibus affinibus satis diversa; discrepat corolle colore flavo, caly- 
cibus fructiferis obtusis nutantibus pedicello brevi denique plus minus 
decurrentibus. 
13. U. WaLLIcHIANA (Wight, Icones, t. 1572. f. 1 (male), non Benj.). 
Scapo stricto v. volubili firmo v. gracillimo 1-2- multifloro, floribus 
remotis subremotisve, pedicellis erectis adscendentibusve calcar sub- 
zequantibus interdum longioribus laxe patentibus, calycis lobis sub- 
zqualibus, fructiferis accrescentibus ovatis acutis v. cuspidatis, floriferis 
superiore late ovato v. ovato-orbiculato cuspidato v. acuminato corolle 
labium superius plus minus obovatum v. rotundatum integrum (in 
var. у submarginatum) subzquante, calcari subulato dependente szpe 
falcato-curvato corolle labium inferius integrum v. subretusum plus 
minus excedente v. æquante, calycis lobo inferiore calcari interdum 
2-3-plo longiore (in var. у :equilongo v. parum longiore). 
B. Scapo gracili v. сарШасео зере volubili, floribus remotis pedicellis 
adscendentibus patentibusve.— U. scandens, Benj. Linnza, xx. 309, &c. 
y (firmula). Scapo 1-3-unc. 1-3 floro, corolle labio superiore integro 
v. subemarginato, calcari calycem sepe parum excedente. 
Loc. In regione temperata montium peninsule, Himalaya &c.— 
a. Courtalam, Wight. Madras, hb. Wall.! Khasia, J. D. H. et T. T. ! 
