528 MH. J. G. BAKEK ON THE 



capitulis sessilibus centralibus, masculo oblongo bracteis magnis ovatis 

 intermixto, fcemineo solitario subgloboso floribus circiter 20, ovario ampul- 

 laeforrai unilocularl, stigmate peltato. 



Woody main stem i in., tuft-bearing brancli ^ in. in diam. 

 Leaves 9-15 in. long, ^-i in. broad above the dilated base, firm 

 in texture, closely ribbed ; spines ^-^ in. long, stramineous above 

 the base. Male flowers almost hidden by the large ovate bracts. 

 Female head about | in. in diam., subtended and overtopped by 

 3-4 oblong-lanceolate bracts with closely minutely serrated 

 edges. Ovary under J in. long.—Sarofi 491 ! 3815 ! Allied to 

 P. pygmmis, Thouars, Bot. Mag. tab. 4736. 



CkINUM (§ PlaTTASTEr) ilODESTUM, n. sp. 



C. bulbo colic oblongo, foliis 6-8 liaearibiis glabris subpedalibus, pedun- 

 culo foliis subaequilongo, umbellis 5-6-floris, spathse valvis 2 lanceolatis 

 reflexis, ovario sessili, perianthii tiibo cylindrico, segmentis lanceolatis 

 patulis tubo brevioribus. 



Neck of the bulb in the dried plant 2-3 in. long, 1 in. in diam. 

 Leaves a foot long, | in. broad low down, tapering gradually to 

 the point, closely finely ribbed, scabrous on the margin. Peduncle 

 a foot long, I in. in diam. Spathe-valve.s 1| in. long. Tlowers all 

 quite sessile ; perianth-tube very slender, 2 in. long ; segments 

 \l in. long, i in. broad at the middle, 10-12-nerved. Filaments 

 distinctly shorter than the segments.— 5aro?i 48 ! 4223 ! Allied 

 to the East-Indian C. -humile, Herbert, Bot. Mag. t. 2G36. 



DiOSCOHEA CBTPTANTHA, n. sp. 



Volubiiis, caide gracillimo pubescente, foliis membranaceis pubescenti- 

 bus pmnatim trifoliolatis, foliolis obovatis vel oblongis aristato-cuspidatis, 

 sp.cis mascuhs 2-4nis densis brevibus, bracteis magnis ovatis cuspidatis 

 membranaceis. perianthio oblongo tubo brevi segmentis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis, pedicello dense piloso. 



An herbaceous climber, with very slender obscurely pubescent 

 — Petiole an inch long ; leaflets 1-2 in. long, membranous, 

 faintly pilose, green above, pale beneath ; end-leaflets obovate, 

 shortly stalked; side-leaflets oblique oblong, nearly sessile. 

 Spikes l-li in. long, shortly peduncled, 2-4nate, from leafy or 

 leafless nodes. Bracts ovate, brown, membranous, A in. long. 



quite hiding the flowers. Male perianth J. in. long, twice as 



stem 



long as the very hairy pedicel. Anthers ovoid, nearly sessile on 

 the base of the segments. Female flowers and fruit not seen. 



Baron 4658 ! 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6804. 



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