A lii:rLsl(j.\ OF THE IXDIAN SECIES OF JiOTALA. 713 



subuhitc. scarcely rcachins tin- siiiusos of the calyx-tooth. Calyx-tooth 

 often only .; of the k-ngth of tho tubo, doltoiil-acute ;tiibo with 8 faint norvos. 

 Petals minute, ovate-acute. Stamens inserted about half-way down the 

 tube, but the tilanients may bo traced to tho bottom of tho tubo. Anthers 

 roaehing tips of calyx-tooth. Stylo about as long as tho ovary. 



S.Andaman: Port Mouat, March 1893 (King's collector!), Cadellganj 

 Hill .Tungle. April If^Sto (King's collector!); Car Nicobar, Johnson's Village 

 Hill Jungle (King's collector I) 



Forma d. conferta. — Stem stout, erect, subquadrangular, about 30 cm. 

 high, with one similar branch half as high, and numerous short axillary, 

 subspicato branchlets, densely crowded towards the tips of the stem and 

 primary branch, both of which are almost naked in the lower part and with 

 iuteruodes about '2 cm. long. Louvos usually conspicuous, caducous, much 

 larger in the lower part of tho plant than in the upper, the lowest reaching 

 17 X 8 mm., broadly oblong, strongly nerved, obtuse, the upper compara- 

 tively narrow, subacute. Bracts on the spicate branchlets a little longer 

 than the tlowers, elliptic-acute ; bracteoles subulate, reaching the sinuses 

 of the calyx. Flowers larger than usual. Calyx-teeth % the length of the 

 tube, deltoid-acuminate. Tube A'ith 8 very faint linos. 



Petals largo, as long as tho teeth, broadly obovatc-suborbicular, 1- 

 norved. Stamens ex sorted. Style twice the length of the ovary, far 

 exserted. 



Burma : Pogu-Yoma (S. Kurz, No. 1327 !). 



Forvia e. sub rotunda. — Stem creeping, rooting at the nodes below, sending 

 out erect, slender, sharply quadrangular branches, 10-15 cm. high. Leaves 

 decussate, sessile, suborbicular, rounded at the tip, those on the stem 8 X (i 

 mm., subtending a primary branch ; this has slightly smaller leaves, which 

 subtend a secondary branch, terminating in a small dense raceme. The 

 leaves get slightly narrower upwards, are sometimes ovate-elliptic, sul)- 

 acute or minutely mucronulate. Bracts lanceolate or oblanceolate, obtuse 

 abtmt as long as the llower. Khachis of raceme very slender, naked 

 below, sometimes slightly branched, o-i'O mm. long, many-flowered. 

 Pedicels capillary, lowest sometimes reaching 2 mm., distant, upper 

 shorter, approximate, all paired. Bracteoles 2. situated on the pedicels 

 immediately below the calyx, minute, subulate, reaching about h way up 

 the calyx-tube. Calyx-tube narrow, broadened upwards ; teeth 4, deltoid- 

 acute, slightly shorter than the tube, erect. Petals 4, slightly longer than 

 the calyx-teeth, obovate-spathulate, apex rounded. Stamens 4, fixed 

 about }i way down the tube ; filaments long, slightly curved ; anthers 

 exserted. Style twice as long as tho ovary, far exserted ; stigma capitel- 

 late. 



(1) Myitkyina Dist. ..Upper Burma. II, 1909, E. M. Buchanan! 



(2) Segain in Ava . . „ „ X, 1826, WaUich, 2096 ! 



(3) Mandalay . . . . „ ,. L 1868, Anderson ! 



(4) ,, . . „ „ ,. ,, Anderson ! 

 (0) Bhamo • • ,, „ • ■ ■ • Anderson ! 



(6) Kha-tha .. ... „ I, 1868, Anderson ! 



(7) Monywa .. . . ,. „ XII, 1907, Meebold, No. 7928 ! 



(8) Tamil . . ,. „ XII, 1907, Meebold, No. 7602 ! 



(9) Laireen . . Manipur . . IV, 1882, Watt, No. 7312 ! 



ad (1). Type for the above description. 



ad (2). Type for Wallich's Aimnannia nubrotunda, described by Kurz (1). 

 There are three specimens on the sheet, one of which comes very 

 near our form, except for the very short pedicels. The other two 

 specimens are much poorer in flowers and richer in leaves. 



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