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them. The stamina in both vary from six to eight or even nine. An- 

 other male specimen, from a shrub on the summit of Mount Gough, 

 has the calyx rather more developed, the filaments dilated, and the 

 anther-cells half buried in a fleshy connectivum, owing apparently to an 

 accidental deformity. 



The genus GougUa has long been lying in our herbaria under the 

 manuscript name of Gyrandra, Liudl, under which a species is also 

 entered in Wallich's Catalogue ; but having never been published, the 

 name is now pre-occupied by a Gentianeous genus of Grisebach's. 



from Wig 

 Himalens 



Himalaya 



basi m petiolum racemis breviorem angustatis, calyce obsoleto, floribus 

 masculis 9-12-andris, baccis oblongis.— Kamaon, R. BlmJcworth , JFall. 

 Cat. n. 9048 ; Mandal Valley, Himalaya, EdgewortJi ; Nainee Tal, 

 Thomson, StracUy, and Winterbottom ; Sikkim, alt. 8-10,000 feet, 

 J. B. Hooker; Khasya, alt. 5-6000 feet, HooJcer and I%o»25o«.— Leaves 

 5-10 inches long, and scarcely 2 inches wide. Petiole seldom more 

 than an inch. In the G. Nilyherrensis they are seldom more than 3 

 inches long, more or less obovate-oblong, and rounded at the apex with 

 a small point, and the female calyx is irregular and more persistent. 



G. laurina, Benth. ; foliis longe petiolatis oblongo-ellipticis obtuais 

 V. ranus acutiusculig, calyce 4-5-dentato dimidio ovarii v. filamenta 

 stammum superante in foeminqis persistente, floribus masculis 6-8-an- 

 dris, bacca owoidnix.—Gyrandra laurina. Wall. Cat. n. 80. Singapore 

 W-aUick; Malacca, Grifftth; Sumatra, Reri. Iloolcer. Leaves 6-12 

 inches long. 2^-3 broad, obtuse or acute at the base, with the petiole 

 from li-4 inches long. Eacemes generaUy shorter than the petioles, 

 rruit smaller than in G. Himalensis. 



I have also a small specimen in fruit from Junghuhn's Javanese col- 

 lection, but insufiicient to characterize. 



Dt. Hooker, who has kindly supplied me with some notes on these 

 plants, from the Hookerian herbarium and from his personal observa- 

 tions, says the GougM<e are all large shrubs or small evergreen trees, 

 with chambered pith and without milky Juice. The anthers are purple. 



{To he continued.) 



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