24 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
Drymaria cordata, Willd.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 244.—Shan 
hills terai at 2000 feet. 
Tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and America. 
Polycarpæa corymbosa, Lam.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 245.— 
Meiktila. 
Tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, America, and 
Australia. 
TAMARISCINEÆ. 
Tamarix dioica, Roxb.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 249; Forest Fl. 
Burma, i. p. 83.—Shan states, common in beds of rivers. 
India, ranging from Sindh and the Punjab to Assam, the Dec- 
can, and Burma. 
HyPERICINEZ. 
Hypericum japonicum, Thunb.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 256.—Shan 
hills, in rice-fields at 4000 feet. 
North-western India to Ceylon, China, and Japan, and south- 
ward to Australia and New Zealand. 
Hypericum ($ Androsæmineæ) pachyphyllum, Coll. et Hemsl., 
n.sp. (Plate III.) 
Frutex vel herba lignosa, erecta, omnino glaberrima, caulibus 
rigidis rectis teretibus rufis, internodiis brevissimis. Folia ses- 
silia, semiamplexicaulia, crasse coriacea, oblonga, 1-13 poll. longa, 
obtusa, subtus glauca, punctis inconspicuis conspersa, costa subtus 
elevata, venis immersis fere obsoletis. Flores 2-21 poll. diametro, 
in cymas densas terminales dispositi, brevissime pedicellati, cy mis 
circiter 15-floris, bracteis foliis similibus 4-6 lineas longis in- 
structis; sepala coriacea, folis similia, leviter inæqualia, ovata, 
4-6 lineas longa, obtusa; petala oblique obovata, pollicaria, epune- 
tata; stamina numerosissima, libera vel sublibera; ovarium 5- 
loculare, stylis divergentibus recurvis stamina paullo excedentibus. 
Capsula ignota. 
Shan hills, 4000 feet. Common throughout the Southern Shan 
States, especially in marshy localities. 
This comes nearest to H. Hookerianum, Wight et Arn. (H. 
oblongifolium, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4949), differing in the denser 
habit, very thiek oblong leaves, entire sepals, and free, or nearly 
free, stamens. 
