МЕ W. FAWCETT ON NEW SPECIES OF BALANOPHORA. 237 
oblongisve 1-2 ст. longis, capitulum subvelantibus. Capitulum g eylindrieum 21-4 em. 
longum, bracteis liberis semilunatis, 2 mm. longis, floribus pedicellatis patentibus, 7 mm. 
longis, lobis perianthii 4, omnibus oblongis obtusis, ап ез? reflexis. Antherarum capi- 
tulum valde compressum, pedicellatum obovoideum, thecis numerosis (9-10), linearibus, 
longitudinalibus. Spadices feminei, pedunculo incluso, 21-8 em. longi; pedunculus 
1-6 cm. longus, squamis confertis ovatis oblongisve 1-2 em. longis, his ad apicem 
majoribus et latioribus capitulum subvelantibus. Capitulum 9 cylindricum, 11-2 em. 
longum. Flores in receptaculo inter spadicellos sessiles oblongos dispositi. 
The following Key shows the relation of the new species of Balanophora to those 
already described :— 
I. Anthers equal in number to leaves of perianth, dehiscing by a transverse chink. 
l. B. involucrata, Hook. f. 
Scales verticillate in middle of peduncle. 
2. B. Harlandi, Hook. f. 
Scales free, crowded at base. 
II. Anthers equal in number to perianth-leaves, hippocrepiform, dehiscing by two hippocrepiform 
chinks. 
(a) Capitula unisexual. 
3. B. dioica, R. Br. 
Capitula cylindrical ; rhizome pustulate ; с perianth-lobes ovate, patent; $ fls. on spadic. 
and recept. 
4. В. decurrens (п. sp.). 
Capitula cylindrical; rhizome without pustules; д perianth-lobes ovate, patent; $ fis. 
on recept.; scales decurrent. ` 
5. В. indica, Wall. 
Capitula obovoid; rhizome pustulate; 4 perianth-lobes long linear, reflexed ; % fis. on 
spadic. and recept. 
6. B. gigantea, Wall. 
Capitula obovoid ; rhizome without pustules, tesselated ; $ Нв. on spadic. aud recept. 
(д) Capitula bisexual. 
7. B. fungosa, Forst. 
Capitula pedunculate ; rhizome without pustules. 
8. B. Zollingerii (n. sp.). 
Capitula sessile ; rhizome pustulate. 
ТП. Тһесе of anthers more numerous (8-25) than the perianth-leaves, linear longitudinal. 
(a) Rhizome tesselated, without pustules. 
9. B. globosa, Jungh. 
о йз. on recept., not on the subsessile spadic. ; rhizome lobed. 
10. В. ramosa (п. sp.). 
9 fls. on recept., and on the stalked spadic. ; rhizome branching. 
