Species novae ex ,Hookers Icones Plantarum“. 261 
lata, lamina basi cuneata, inferne glauca 12—22 cm longa, petiolo 
2,5—4 em longo, nervis secundariis conspicuis utrinque 12— 16 rectis 
tantum apicem versus incurvis. Pedunculi axillares, validi, folia vix 
aequantes, paniculas breves 10—15-floras gerentes. Perianthium 5 mm 
longum, utrinque cum pedicello griseo-tomentosum; segmenta exteriora 
paullo breviora. Stamina perfecta 9, antheris 4-locellatis, filamentis 
pilosis. Staminodia brevia, crassa, capitulo cordato antheriformi instructa, 
cum staminibus seriei tertiae basi biglandulosis annulo brevi piloso 
inserta, Antherarum omnium locelli inferiores a latere superiores tan- 
gentes. Ovarium glabrum. Fructus ellipsoideus, niger, carnosus, circiter 
3 em longus, ad dimidium fere calyce coriaceo aucto inclusus. 
India: Sikkim; lower hills, ascending to 1,500 m, H. H. Haines. 
A valuable timber tree, attains a girth of about 6 m. Near Phoebe 
indica Pax (Persea indica Sprengel), of the Canaries, and Phoebe attenuata 
Nees, of the Eastern Himalaya and Upper Burma, which has short pe- 
tioles, leaves hairy beneath, the secondary nerves arching, smaller flowers 
and fruits. 
Indokingia gen. nov. W. B. Hemsley in Hookers Icon. pl, XXIX 
(1906), tab. 2805. /Araliaceae.] 
Genus novum Tupidantho proximum, a quo foliis pinnatis ovario 
circiter 15-loculari, loculis concentricis et stigmatibus bifidis differt. 
Calycis tubus paulo supra ovarium productus, truncatus vel obscure 
dentatus. Petala in calyptram crassam carnosam conglutinata, suturis 
obsoletis. Stamina indefinita, pluriseriata, filamentis filiformibus. Discus 
annularis. Ovarium circiter 15-loculare; stigmata radiantia, breviter 
bifida. Fructus ignotus. — Frutex ramis crassis. Folia ampla, pinnata, 
foliolis carnoso-coriaceis integris. Flores pauci umbellato-paniculati, in 
ordine magni. 
3. Indokingia crassa Hemsl., 1. c. 
Frutex 2,5—3,5 m altus (Horne) undique glaber, ramis crassissimis 
spongiosis. Folia (folium unum perfectum tantum visum) alterna, im- 
paripinnata, cum petiolo valido terete circiter bipedalia; foliola 7, paribus 
oppositis, carnoso-coriacea, crassissima, breviter petiolulata, oblique 
oblonga vel elliptica, maxima 25 em longa et 12,5 cm lata, apice rotun- 
data. Paniculae terminales? 15—20 cm longae, ramis crassis rigidis; 
umbellae 3—6-florae, pedicellis crassis 1—2 cm longis cum floribus con- 
tinuis. Flores circiter 2,5 cm diametro. 
Seychelles: Mahé, at 600 m, not common, Horne, 273; mountain 
forest. Cascade Estate, Thomasset, 177. 
The foliage of Indokingia crassa is very similar to that of Gastonia 
cutispongia Lam. (Polyscias cutispongia Baker), with which Horne’s very 
imperfect specimen was associated. Both bear the name of „bois 
papaye“. 
4. Toxocarpus Schimperianus W. B. Hemsley in Hookers Icon. pl., 
XXIX (1906), tab. 2807. /Asclepiadaceae-Secamoneae.] 
A speciebus Africanis omnibus foliis crassis coriaceis elongato- 
lanceolatis venis immersis obscuris facile distinguitur. 
