72 MB. G. BENTHAM ON TILIACEJE. 



2. E. Sigun. Foliis ovatis acutis aeumiuatiave (4-6-poll.) gla- 

 bris, fructua aculeis subfoliatis. 



8. E. assamicus. Foliis ovalibus obovalibusve brevissime cus- 

 pidatis (6-8-poll.) glabris, fructus aculeis subulatis. 



4. E. sterculiaceus. Foliis ovalibus obovalibusve brevissime 

 cuspidatis (5-10-poll.) subtus pubescentibus, fructua aculeis 

 subulatis. 



§ 2. Capsula setis brevibus, demissimis, mollibus quasi velutina. 



5. JE. tomentosus. Foliis ovalibus subtus tomentosis subrufis, 

 petalis brevibus. 



6. E. australis. Foliis obovali-oblongis sinuato-dentatis glabris 

 (petalis angustis ?). 



7. E. dasycarpus, Foliis oblongis obovalibusve integerrimis 

 serrulatisque glabris, petalis latis calyce longioribus. 



1. E. murex, sp. n. Tota glabra excepto tomento tenuissimo pedun- 

 culorum. Folia quara in cseteris speciebus minora et angustiora, 

 supra medium longiuscule acuminata, integerrima, basi rotundata, 

 rigidule membranacea, penninervia et reticulato-venulosa ; petiolo sub- 

 eemipollicari. Flores non vidi. Pedunculus fructifer pollicaris. Cap- 

 sula ovoideo-globosa, sesquipollicaris, in valvulas 4-5 crassissime lig- 

 uosas dehisoens; aculei semipollieares, minus conferti quam in E. 

 assamico et E. sterculiaceo, basi in tuberculum incrassati. 



Hab. Khasia, at an elevation of 3000-5000 feet, Hooker and Thomson, 

 distributed as Echinocarpus n. 5. 



2. E. Sigun, Blume; Clos. in Ann. Sc. Nat. Par. ser. 4, viii. p. 266. 

 Hab. Java, Blume; Zollinger, n. 3169. 



I have seen* no specimen, but from Clos's description it differs from 

 E. murex and E. assamicus both in the form of the leaves and the prickles 

 of the capsule. 



3. E. assamicus, sp. n. 

 Hab. Upper Assam, Griffith. 



This is no doubt the "altera species" alluded to by Griffith in his 

 'Itinerary Notes,' Posthumous Papers, ii. p. 169. It is closely allied to 

 the E. sterculiaceus in the form, size, and texture of the leaves, in the 

 young ovary, stamens and fruit, and may possibly prove to be a variety 

 only of that species ; but the leaves are perfectly glabrous, except small 

 tufts in the axils of the veins, and are perhaps more narrowed below the 

 middle. The sepals and petals have all fallen off from our specimens. 



4. E. sterculiaceus, sp. n. (Ela;ocarpea, Griff. Itin. Not. n. 866 in 

 Posth. Pap. ii. p. 168). Folia latiuscula, ovalia v. obovalia, versus 



