182 ME. D. OLIVEE, JUN., OS THE 



trusting that, if this explanation be accepted, the old one may be 

 retained. 



** Floresjiavi. 



12. U. BIFIDA {Linn. herb.). Scapo ssepius erecto 2-10 unc. 2- mul- 

 tifloro, squamis paucis, pedicellis brevibus marginatis fructiferis nu- 

 tantibus bractea brevioribus v. parum longioribus, calycis lobo supe- 

 riore ovato v. ovato-rotundato obtusiusculo corollse labio superiore 

 quadrato-oblongo ovato subobovatove integro paulo breviore, lobo 

 inferiore ovato obtuso v. bidentato calcari breviore, corollae labio 

 inferiore integro v. emarginato calcari dependente paululo falcato- 

 curvato breviore v. subaequante, capsula ssepius globosa v. ovata 

 calycis lobis accrescentibus demum ovato-rotundatis obtusis obtecta, 

 seminibus plerumque ovatis oblique striatis. 



U. biflora. Wall. Cat. 1498.— U. antirrhinoides, 1498 b.—V. diantha, 

 A. DC. Prodr. viii. 21.— U. Wallichiana, Bj. Bot. Zeit. 1845, 213.— 

 U. humihs, Wight, I. c. t. 1572. f. 2. (U. humiUs, Vahl. En. PL ?) 



Loc. In Ceylonia, Walker ! Wight. Malabar et Mysore, Wight. Chit- 

 tagong, J. D. H. et T. T. ! Silhet, hb. Wall. ! Nipalia, Wall. I Tavoy, 

 Wall. ! Malacca, Griff, hb. Wight ! 



Distr. China, Nelson, in hb. Mus. Brit. ! Ins. Philip., Cuming, No. 

 2289 (sec. Benj. in Linncea, xx. 303) ; sp. nova, U. brevicauUs, Bj., 

 sphalmate, hb. Hook ! 



Scapus squamis bracteisque ovatis plus minus acutis instructus. Radices 

 fibrosse, parce utriculiferae. Folia lineari-spathulata, sub anthesin 

 nulla subnullave. Capsula globosa v. ovata, stylo brevi. 



Ab omnibus affinibus satis diversa ; discrepat corollas colore flavo, caly- 

 cibus fructiferis obtusis nutantibus pedicello brevi denique plus minus 

 decurrentibus. 



13. U. Wallichiana {Wight, Icones, t. 1572. f. 1 (male), non Benj.). 

 Scapo stricto v. volubili firmo v. gracillimo 1-2- multifloro, floribus 

 remotis subremotisve, pedicellis erectis adscendentibusve calcar sub- 

 aequantibus interdum longioribus laxe patentibus, calycis lobis sub- 

 sequalibus, fructiferis accrescentibus ovatis acutis v. cuspidatis, floriferis 

 superiore late ovato v. ovato-orbiculato cuspidato v. acuminato corollae 

 labium superius plus minus obovatum v. rotundatum integrum (in 

 var. y subraarginatum) subaequante, calcari subulato dependente saepe 

 falcato-curvato coroUae labium inferius integrum v. subretusum plus 

 minus excedente v. aequante, calycis lobo inferiore calcari interdum 

 2-3-plo longiore (in var. y aequilongo v. parum longiore). 



j3. Scapo gracili v. capillaceo saepe volubili, floribus remotis pedicellis 

 adscendentibus patentibusve. — U. scandens, Benj. Linnaea, xx. 309, &c. 



y {firmula). Scapo 1-3-unc. 1-3 floro, corollae labio superiore integro 

 v. subemarginato, calcari calycem saepe parum excedente. 



Loc. In regione temperata montium peninsulae, Himalaya &c. — 

 a. Courtalam, Wight. Madras, hb. Wall. ! Khasia, J. D. H. et T. T. ! 



