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3. Leaves linear, almost needle-shaped, only 



one line broad; sepals short; flowers few . 5. paiipera. 



4. Leaves ovate, obtuse; sepals short; inflo- 



rescence subcor5'mbose - . 5. exacoides. 



Species of S. India: ' 



1. Inflorescence elongated, paniculate; leaves herbaceous. 



I. Petals obtuse or mucronate; branches of inflor. relatively 

 short and very often horizontal; leaves lanceolate or linear- 



lanceolate S. angicstifolia 



var, pidchella. 

 II. Petals subacuminate; branches of inflor. 



longer, sharply ascending; leaves ovate 5. trichotoma. 



2. Infi. cor3^mbose, dense; pedicels short; petals 

 subacuminate; leaves slightly firmer. 



I. Plant robust; leaves rather broad (narrower 



in var. grieshachiaua 5. corynibosa. 



II. Plant less robust; leaves markedlynarrow 5. seylanica. 



3. Infi, dense; pedicels short; petals only mucronate; leaves 

 broadh' ovate-sessile, rounded at both ends, or very obtuse 

 above 5. Beddomei. 



4. Infi, lax; pedicels 1/2 inch long; petals mucronate; leaves del- 

 toidovate, rounded at the base and not stalked 5. Lawii. 



F. E. Fritsch. 



Clarke, C. B., Reductions of the Wallichian Herbarium. — 

 I. Bignoniaceae ; Pedalineae. (Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 

 Ro3^al Botanic Gardens, Kew. W. 1. 1907. p. 16—18.) 



Mr. Clarke had frequent occasion to refer to the type set of the 

 Wallichian Herbarium, preserved at the premises of the Linnean 

 Societ}' of London, and has left in manuscript the reductions resul- 

 ting from his examination of the specimens. These will be published 

 in the Kew Bulletin and the present paper contains the first instal- 

 ment. F. E. Fritsch. 



Gage, A. T., Btdbophyllum BiirkiUi, a hitherto undescribed 

 species from Burma. (Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic 

 Society of Bengal. Vol. II. NO. 8. August, 1906. p. 343-344.) 



This species belongs to Sect. Eu-bidbophylhim (in Flora of Brit. 

 India), subsect. A. "Flowers solitary", and Div. 2^ "Column with 

 two long teeth or spines at the top." Amongst the five species of 

 this division the new species differs from B. Dayanum Reichb. f. in 

 having ciliate flowers with white petals, but agrees in the posses- 

 sion of a sessile, trigonous lip. F. E. Fritsch. 



Holm, Theo, Garcinia Cochinchinensis Choisy. (Merk's Report 

 XVI. p. 1-4./ 1—8. Jan. 1907.) 



This plant shows the same peculiar germination as is known 

 from Xanthocymus and Rheedia in accordance with Roxburgh, 

 Planchon and Triana, and Van Tieghem. The primarj^ root is 

 thin and of no long duration, while a strong, secondary root develops 

 at the side of the plumule; the hypocot3^1 represents a large. bean- 



