94 Mr. Griffith on the Indian Species o/'Balanophora, 



2. Bal. affinis ; dioica, squamis laxfe imbricatis, bracteis truncatis parfim 



canaliculatis, colunma staininum brevi subrotunda, loculis antheraiHim 



basi confluentibus. (Tab. IV.) 

 Hab. Colles Khasiyani, in umbrosis rupestribus. 



Bal. Burmannicd minor, an vere distincta ? Perianthium 4-5-sepalum, pallidum. Antherae 

 inter se minus cohaerentes. 



3. Bal. alveolata*; dioica, squamis arct^ imbricatis, bracteis profundi cana- 



liculatis inter se favi instar dispositis, columna staminum subrotunda. 

 (Tab. V.) • 



Hab. Colles Khasiyani, in sylvis densis apud Lumbree alt. 6000 ped., et in locis umbro- 



sissimis sub rupibus calcareis, Churra Punjee, alt. 4000 ped. 

 An B. dioica, R. Br. ? f Statura quam In Bal. Burmannicd minor. Color pallidas. Axis com- 

 munis insigniter verrucosa. Flores masculi longiuscule pedicellati. Perianthium et 

 stamina specie! praecedentis. 



4. Bal. picta ; dioica, squamis distantibtis laxis (luteis), spicS, foeminea oblonga 



obscurfe sanguinea. (Tab. VI.) 

 Hab. Monies Mishmeenses, jugi Himalayani, Laimplang Thayah, altitudine 4000-5000 ped. 



5. Bal. (Polyplethia) polyandra ; dioica, columna staminea brevi lata, an- 



theris indefinitis. (Tab. VII.) 



Hab. Colles Khasiyani. 



Digitalis ; squamae laxe imbrlcatae, saepe aspectu subverticillatce. Spica mascula elongata. 

 Bracteae vix canaliculatae. Flores distantiores, lati, 4-sepali. Caput columnae trans- 

 verse oblongum, loculis numero indefinitis reticulatum. Spica foeminea oblonga vel 

 subglobosa. 



In the Catalogue of the East Indian Herbarium distributed by Dr. Wallich, 

 the following names occur : Balanophora dioica, R. Br. ; Bal. Indica, Herb. 

 Wight ; Bal. typhina. Wall.; and Bal. gigantea, Wall., doubtfully proposed as 

 an undescribed genus, Sarcocordylis\. Of these, three are probably identical 

 with species herein described, but I have no means of ascertaining the fact. 



* By alveolata I wish to express the honeycombed appearance of the male spike, 

 t There is little doubt that this is really the species named Bal. dioica by Mr. Brown in Dr. Wallich's 

 List, no. 7246, and figured in Dr Royle's ' Illustrations,' t. 78 a. — Secr. 



X Bal. gigantea, Wall. List, no. 7249, " Gen. Nov. ? Sarcoc'ordylis, Wall.," is a true Balanophora, and 



