A ME VISION OF THE IX 1)1 AN SPECIES OF ROT ALA. 71.-, 



midrib, minutely nuicronulate. Flcnvt-rs on axillary branclihts, generally 

 shorter than the loaves, crowthul amonf; rediicod opi osito floral loaves 

 (bracts) which often conceal the flowers and are about twice their length. 

 These bracts are generally dedexed. BracteoleS '2, half the lei gth of th(! 

 i'al3'X. Cal^'x long and narrow, teeth nearly or quite as long as the tube, 

 deltoid-acuminate, tube with 8 very faint nerves Petals minute, oblong or 

 I'lliptic, with tin- tip obtuse. Stamens 8>ibiiichided. >ilaments very 

 slender, inserted low in the tube. Style half as long as the tube. 



(1) Manila . . . . Luzon . . XTI, lo92, Loher, No. inr,9 ! 



(L>) Province of Ilizal . . „ . . XII, 189i>, L'edlo, No. 191.57! 



(3) Prov. of Cnvite . . „ . . 11, 1913. iJobinson, No. 18268 \ 



(4) Prov. of Ri^al . „ .. V, I9t)7, l.'amos. No. 2602 ! 



ad (1) Sp-'ci nens small, unbranched, with larger leaves and short axillary 



spiuekts. 

 ad (2) Specimens large, sparingly branched from the base, and with a few 



slender branches higher up. Leaves and spikes similar to (1). 

 ad (3) Specimens small, with many erect stout stems from the base, with 



a tufted hab't. Leaves smaller, as are the bracts, and the flowers. 



ccmseiiuently, more conspicuous. 

 ad (4) Similar to the last, but larger and not branched from the base, 



with sjukes longer than the leaves. 



Forma h. horeana — Stems one or two from the root, stout, reaching lU 

 cm., quadrangular, a] parently fleshy. Lower internodes 12 mm. upper 

 nuich shorter. Leaves small, obovate and up to 10x3 mm., or subcrbicular 

 and up to 5 x 4 mm. leathery, with narrow white cartilacinous margins, 

 tip rounded or retuse. Flowers axillary, solitary, sessile, or sometimes 2-3 

 clustered in the axils of greatly reduced leaves, formirg thus a condensed 

 spike. Calyx large, up to 3 mm., wider in fruit than is i suall> the case; teeth 

 deltoid-acute, about half the length of the tube, which has 8 very faint nerves. 

 Petals minute, broadly ovate, acute Stamens inclin^ed, inserted near 

 base of tube. Style equal in length to ovary, half as long as the capsule. 

 Stigma subincluded, ca| itate. 



N. Korea : Jalu river near Chudshu-ulei, Aug. 1897 (Komorov, No. 

 1124!). 



We add the localities of a number of specimens from all over India and 

 of a few others which we cannot include in anj' of the above f< rms. Neither 

 can we detect any distinct forms amongst them, as they pass insensibly into 

 each other. The extremes, however, differ so much from each other 

 that, if examined without the intermediate forms, they might easily be 

 taken for difl'erent species. It appears, on the whole, that the flowers 

 become more distant and the axillary branches more slender, the further 

 east we go. But there are exceptions to this rule. 



Bombay Pres. . . Dalzell ! 



N. Kanara . . XII, 1884, Talbot. No. 1116! 

 C. Provinces. . XII, 1857, Herb. Calc. ! 

 „ „ . . . . Vicary ! 



Punjab-Ben- 

 gal. . . T. Thomson ! 

 Chota Nagpur. . Prain ! 



XII, 18G6, S. Kurz! 





.Bengal .. 1894, P. Hicronym.us! 



. Sikkini . . II, 1867, T. Anders.ai ! 



,, . . II, 1911, Ivibu and Rhomoo, No. 



4954! 



