482 MR. F. N. WILLIAMS ON THE 
canas (Melandryi Wrightii et M. Greggii, Rohrb.) revocat, 
que floribus fructiferis omnibus erectis gaudent. 
Franchet’s description has been compared with Pratt’s speci- 
mens. Franchet’s type-specimens not seen. 
Hab. Tachien-lu ( Pratt, n. 530). 
1l. MELANDRYUM KIALENSE, sp. nova. 
Pubescens, pilis densis. Caulis erectus simplex robustus quadr- 
angulus sulcatus. Folia inferiora lanceolato-linearia ad basin 
angustata, superiora paullum angustiora, omnia acuta, sensim 
minora; bractee folis supremis similes. ` Dichasium 9-12- 
florum; flores centrales arcuati. Calyx brevis basi attenuatus, 
breviter pubescens, eveuius sed nervis superne conjunctis, denti- 
bus triangularibus submucronato-acutis late albo-marginatis 
dense ciliatis statu fructifero patentibus. Petala bipartita, lobis 
lineari-oblongis, ungue glabro utrinque obtuse auriculato ex- 
serto, appendicibus binis obovato-rotundis brevibus distincte 
emarginatis. Capsula ovato-campanulata subsessilis, carpophoro 
6-plo longior. Semina acute tuberculata, dorso plana vel leviter 
depressa, faciebus parcius tuberculatis depressa. 
More pubescent than the preceding and of more robust habit, 
with simple stems. Differs from it further in the flowers 
arranged in a multifloral dichasium, with the calyx attenuate at 
the base, and deeply cleft petals. 
Hab. Tongolo in the prineipality of Kiala (Sowlié, n. 666, 
1893). 
HEDONA. 
(Loureiro, Fl. Cochinchin. p. 286 [1790], sed characteribus 
ampliatis et reformatis.) 
Calyx gamophyllus, tubulosus, clavatus, turbinatus vel cam- 
panulatus, fructifer sepe superne ampliatus, 5-dentatus, nervis 
10 prominentibus »qualibus percursus, evenius vel nervis anasto- 
mosantibus. Petala 5 longe unguiculata, appendicibus basi 
fornicatis, unguibus ciliatis, cum staminibus carpophori stipiti- 
formis plus minus elongati apice insistentia. Nectarium in lobos 
10 divisum, ad planum lamine reflexos. Stamina 10; filamenta 
filiformia ; anthere oblonge. Styli 5, calycis dentibus oppositi. 
Capsula vere unilocularis, dentibus vel valvis 5 apice marginicide 
dehiscens, ovata. Semina plurima, tuberculata vel striolata; 
embryo peripherieus.—Herbie perennes, floribus speciosis in 
dichasia dispositis. 
