Dr. Arnott on some new or rare Indian Plants. 151 



Stamina 4 — 5, petalis alterna, supra discum inserta : filamenta per- 

 sistentia subulata. Anther ae ovatse, biloculares, longitudinaliter de- 

 hiscentes. Ovarium disco semi-immersum, 3 — 4-loculare. Ovula 

 biserialia, 8 — 12 in quoque loculo, adscendentia. Stylus brevis per- 

 sistens. Stigma obtusum. Capsula 3 — 4-angularis, 3 — 4-locularis, 

 loculicide dehiscens, loculis subdispermis. Semina arillata. 



Fructices glahri. Folia opposita, petiolata. Flores magni, corym- 

 bosi. 



1. L. Wightianum (Arn.) ; foliis elliptico-oblongis paullo acumi- 

 natis basi obtusis integerrimis, corymbis terminalibus panicu- 

 latis, floribus pentameris, ovario 3-loculari. Wight. Cat. n. 

 2440. 



Hab. in Malabaria, Wight. 



Flores 6-8 lineas lati. Petala pallide sulphurea. Discus sangui- 

 neus, angulis protuberantibus rotundatis, petalorum bases incumben- 

 tibus. 



2. L. grandifiorum (Arn.) ; foliis subovalibus obtusis basi acutis 

 serratis, corymbis axillaribus folio brevioribus, floribus tetra- 

 meris, ovario 4-loculari. — Evonymus grandiflorus. Wall, in 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. (ed. Wall.) ii. p. 404 ; Cat. n. 4282.— E. lucidus. 

 Don, Prod. Fl. Nep. p. 191. DC. Prod. ii. p. 4. 



Hab. in Nepala, Wallich. 



Flores 10 lin. lati. Petala (fide Wallich) alba. Discus atroviridis, 

 quadratus. 



I am unwilling to change the specific name of this species, 

 as it has been already fully described under it by its distin- 

 guished discoverer, but the flowers are scarcely larger than 

 those of the other species. 



MiCROTROPIS, Wall. 



Sepala 5, orbiculata, 3 interiora, 2 exteriora, irabricata. Corolla 

 hypogyna, gamopetala, carnosa, 5 -partita, laciniis oblongis concavis 

 erectis intus carina longitudinali instructis, deciduis tubum carnosum 

 annuliformem circa ovarium relinquentibus : sestivatio imbricativa. 

 Stamina 5, brevia, corollse tubo inserta, laciniis alternantia. Filamenta 

 subulata glabra. Antherce cordato-oblongae, dorso medio afRxee, bi- 

 loculares intus longitudinaliter dehiscentes. Squamula 5, breves, 

 epipetalae staminibus alternantes, paullo inferius insertse. Discus 

 nullus (nisi tubo corollse arete coalitus). Ovarium liberum, brevis- 

 simum, biloculare, loculis 2-ovulatis. Ovula collateralia, adscen- 

 dentia. Stylus conicus, carnosus, ab ovario externe baud distin- 



