88 | GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS 
ovata, absque petiolo 24-3 poll. longa, acuta, basi rotundata, 
margine plus minusve undulata, utrinque przcipue subtus ferru- 
gineo-pubescentia, subtus venis pubescentioribus atro-ferrugineis 
conspicue laxe retieulatis; petiolus gracilis, 9-12 lineas longus. 
Flores ut videtur purpurei, 3-4 lineas diametro, in cymas parvas 
circiter 10-12 floras axillares breviter pedunculatas petiolos 
æquantes dispositi, pedunculis pedicellisque pubescentibus ; 
calycis pubescenti segmenta crassiuscula, orbicularia, concava, 
prope marginem tenuiora hyalina, ciliolata, quam corolla dimidio 
breviora : corolla crassa, subcarnosa, campanulato-urceolata, extus 
glabra, tubo intus longe denseque barbato, lobis latis obtusis 
contortis angustissime dextrorsum obtegentibus ; coron: squamæ 
dure, fere crustaceæ; anthere membrana magna inflexa ter- 
minate ; ovaria glabra. Folliculi ignoti. 
Meiktila. 
In general appearance this closely resembles M. lucida, Edgew., 
whieh, however, has almost glabrous leaves with inconspicuous 
secondary venation, more numerous flowers, and ciliolate corolla- 
lobes. 
Pergularia pallida, Wight et Arnott; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 
p. 38; Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 203.—Meiktila. 
Widely spread in tropieal North and Central India. 
Physostelma carnosa, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex humilis, undique glabra, ramis floriferis crassis carnosis, 
internodiis brevissimis. Folia petiolata, carnosa, lineari-oblonga 
vel lineari-lanceolata, 3-44 poll. longa, obtusiuscula, basi pro- 
dueta, rotundata, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora costa crassa 
elevata; petiolus crassus, 3-4 lineas longus. Flores circiter 9 
lineas diametro, fasciculati vel subumbellati, fasciculis subsessili- 
bus, pedicellis graciliusculis circiter pollicaribus ; calycis minuti 
segmenta tenuia, oblonga, obtusissima ; corolla tenuis, sphæroidea, 
inflata, extus glabra, intus minute papillosa, lobis brevibus del- 
toideis subobtusis; coronæ squamæ ample, carnosæ, basi valde 
productæ, rotundatz vix recurve; ovaria glabra. Folliculi 
ignoti. 
Shan hills at 6000 feet. 
Characterized by narrow fleshy leaves borne on thick branches, 
and nearly sessile fascicles of almost spherical flowers with very 
broad thick coronal appendages. 
