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tiiarginibus tenuissime erosis, pelhicidis, infra ad centrum incrassatus, 

 nervis 5 prominentibus, supra ad basin triangule et transverse carnosus. 

 Columna perbrevis, pede oblique erecto, incrassato ; clinandrium cavum, 

 filamento acuto, brevi; stelidia verticalia, lateralia, columna duplo lon- 

 giora, semi-teretia, camosa, apice sub-tridentata. Stigma latum, usque ad 

 columna.- basin pertinens. Anthera didyma, imperfecte bilocularis, connec- 

 tivo lato, anrice vix producto. 



Bengale oriental, n" 5 128 (Griffith). 



B. khasyanu.m GritF., Not., III, p. 289 = B. cylindraceum 

 Ldl., var. khasiana Hook, /. c. ; B. cylindraceum Ring et Pant- 

 ling (nec Lindley), in Ann. Gard. Calcutta, VIII, p. 70, 

 tab. 96. 



Scapus erectus,/o//7.y fere dimidio longior, robustus, basi et usque ad 

 médium /rî"-ocreato-vaginatus. Racemus septimam scapi partem œquans, 

 vagina spathacea nulla. Bracteœ triangulce, acuminatissimœ vel setosœ, 

 floribus pedicellatis longiores. Flos brevissime pedicellatus. Sepala et 

 petaia carnosa; s. posticum refractum, triangulum, acutum, insconspicue 

 nervosum ; s. lateralia erecta, contigua, ima basi connata, dein libéra, 

 oblique ovata, acuta, plana, bi-nervia. Petaia erecta, longe ovata, apice 

 acuta et sub-erosa, marginibus membranaceis, integris, uninervia, sepalis 

 dimidio breviora. Labellum sessile, carnosum, ligulatum, obtusum, disco 

 lineis duabus prominentibus, ad centrum convergentibus et foveam trian- 

 gulam efformantibus percurso, marginibus integerrimis. Columna per- 

 brevis, crassa, pede obliquo, recto ; clinandrium cavum, filamento brevi, 

 acuto; stelidia oblique antica, apice inasqualiter bi-dentata. Stigma 

 latum usque ad columna? basin pertinens. Anthera bi-locularis, loculis 

 dissitis, connectivo lato interjecto, antice producto. Pollinia 4, per paria 

 coniigua, ovata, lateialiter compressa. 



Inde : Bootan, Labba, n° 209 (Pantling). 



3 9 . F. GAGNEPAIN. — Malvacée, Tiliacée, Santalacée 

 et Olacacées nouvelles. 



1. Hibiscus prœclarus Gagnep., sp. n. Malvacearuip. 



Arbor vel arbuscula ; rami glabri, undulati, ad nodos angulati. Folia 

 ovato-acuminata, subtrianguLi, basi rotunda, sensim acuminata, firma, 

 subcoriacea, supra nitida, utrinque glaberrima, intégra, penninervia ; 

 nervi secundarii 10 utrinque, ad marginem confluentes, venulis retem den- 

 sum efformantibus; petiolus gracilis, tenuiter subtus villosus; stipula? 

 triangulœ, coriaceee, breviter pilosœ, mox caducœ. Flores axillares speciosi, 



