81 



Flores albi, purpureo-punctulati, majusculi, suflFiilti pedicellis bievissimis, crassis, basi bracteolis 2 oppositis, subulatis, puberulis. 

 Calyx brevis, pubescens, subcarnosus ; laciniee lineari-acuminatoe. CorolluE exths pubescentis tubus cylindricus, flavescens, bracteam 

 exteriorem vix excedens ; limbus exsertus, 2-labiatus, ringens, tubum longitudine ajquans ; labium superius rectum, oblongum, cucullato- 

 concavum, apice acuta obsolete 2-denticulatum ; inferius recurvato-patens, ovatum, 3-dentatum, dentibus ovatis, obtusis, supra convexum, 

 lineolis purpureis, decussantibus reticulatum, sulcoque longitudinali medi5 notatum, subt^s concavum ; faux pervia. Stamina 2 intra 

 labium coroUee superius subrecondita, denique lateralit^r subdeflexa ; Jilammta pubescentia, filiformia ; anthercc sagittato-ovatae, loculis 

 subinsequalibus, obtusis, deorsiim acutis et divergentibus. 



Tliis is a very large and handsome species, remarkable on account of the dark-green, tough and fleshy leaves, and 

 the large, foliaceous, ventricose bracteas of the spikes. I am unable to discover any difference between the plants 

 introduced into the Calcutta Garden from China, and those which I found in Martaban. 



Plate XCIII. Fig. 1. A bractea with its fascicle of flowers. 2. Calyx. 3. Corolla. 4. Stamen. 



DESMODIUM PENDULUM. Tab. 94. 



Erectum, fruticosum, virgatum, ramulis villosis ; fohis 3-foliolatis, foliolis cuneato-oblongis, obtusis, cuspidulatis, 

 subtus multinervosis, villosis ; stipulis bracteisque magnis, aridis, membranaceis, aristato-acuminatis ; racemis solitariis, 

 terminalibus, penddis, attenuatis; floribus geminatis; leguminibus compressis, hinc moniliformibus, 4-spermis ; articuhs 

 gibboso-reniformibus, infimo stipitato. 



Habitat in montibus valli Napalife confinibus, florens sub pluviis, fructiferum Octobri ; inde in Hortum Calcuttensem 

 introductum. In montibus Sillet confinibus legit F. De Silva. 



Frutex erectus, ramosus, 3— 4-pedalis, patens. Rami virgati, teretes, induti cortice brunneo, glabro ; juniores gracillimi, pilis copi- 

 osis, canis, longis obtecti. Folia alterna, patentia, brev^ petiolata, trifoliolata. Petiolus communis vix poUicaris, gracilis, pilosulus, 

 suprk planus; partiales brevissimi, cylindrici, villosi. Foliola oblongo-lanceolata, marginibus parallelis, nunc cuneato-lanceolata, 

 obtusa cum cuspidula minuta, lateralia pollicaria vel sesquipollicaria, intermedium duplo majus, marginibus ssepiiis curvis ; supra 

 saturate viridia, nitida, glabra, subtiis villis copiosis, adpressis cana, nervis plurimis, obliquis, costaque gracillimis, venis transversis, 

 capillaceis, approximatissimis, parallelis. Stipule axillares, oppositse, erectee, membranacese, aridse, lanceolatse, acuminatissimae, 

 lineatse, fuscse, ciliatai, glabrae, unguiculares, dimidium petioli ccquantes; stipellce tenerrimee, lineari-filiformes, petiolulis sublongiores. 

 Racemus terminalis ramorum ramulorumque, gracilis, cylindricus, attenuatus, nutans, demimi pendulus, 5— 7-pollicaris, basi pollicem 

 transversum emetiens, brevfe pedunculatus, constans Jloribus geminatis, patentibus, vioiaceis ; ante expansionem cylindraceo-imbricatus. 

 Pedunculus communis brevis rachisque gracilis cano-villosi ; partiales capillares, lineas 4 longi, villosi, apice articulati, suffulti bracted 

 magna, unguiculari, lanceolata, caudato-acuminata, concaviuscula, cano-barbata, decidua. Calyx urceolatus, 4-fidus, membranaceus, 

 pilosulus ; laciniee lato-lanceolatse, acutae, suprema reliquis major. Corolla vexillum subrotundum, retusum, basi suprk maculis 2 parvis, 

 oblongis,' parallelis, viridescentibus ; ate oblongse carinaque obtusa brevi-unguiculatse. Legumen gracile, pedicellatum, pilosulum, 

 pollicare, compressum, hinc nioniliformi-articulatum, 3— 4-spermum ; articulis reniformibus, utrinque acutis, margine altero gibboso- 

 convexo, altero semilunari. Semina reniformia, fusca, parva. 



Plate XCIV. Fig. 1. Calyx, with the articulated pedicel detached. 2. Flower dissected. 3. Alse and carina. 



BIGNONIA MULTIJUGA. Tab. 95, 96. 



Erecta, arborea; foliis impari-pinnatis, multijugis, pinnis dimidiate ovato-cordatis, acuminatis, integerrimis ; flo- 

 ribus paniculatis ; capsulis planis, lanceolatis, membranaceo-marginatis. 



Habitat in montibus Sillet vicinis, florens Novembri— Januario, fructifera mensibus Martn et Apnlis ; mde m 

 Hortum Calcuttensem introduxit M. R. Smith anno 1818. Etiam in insula Penang ? b. Gul. Jack. 



Arbor magna, umbrosa. Hamuli vald^ crassi, calloso-punctati. Folia maxima, patentia, opposita, impari-pinnata, 6-12-juga, 

 2—3 pedalia glaberrima, brev^ petiolata. Pinn^ oppositae, ovato-oblongoe, acuminata;, integerrimse, repandee, basi vald^ inaequali, hinc 

 august^ cune'ata illinc lata ct rotundata subsemicordatse, brevfe petiolatae, coriacese, supr^ nitidae, levitfer rugosae, subtfis nervoso-venoscc, 

 reticulatse- infimae ferfe pedales, exteriores senslm minores, terminalis impar proximis pariim major, basi aequali acuta, 5-pollicans. 



