and on a new Genus of the Family Balanophoree. 101 
Stigma obtusum. Fructus siccus, pilis (immutatis) immersus, compressus, striatus, 
apice papillosulus. 
Planta robusta, habitu et evolutione Balanophore, tota brunnea. Spica oblonga, areolata, 
oculo nudo velutina. 
Genus Balanophore vicinum, discrepans presentia pilorum paraphysiformium, pistillo per- 
fectiore, stylo deciduo, fructuque apice papillosulo. 
PHAOCORDYLIS AREOLATA. 
Hab. In sylvis densissimis Collium Khasiyanorum, ad Mumbree; altitud. 6000 ped. 
Descr. Axis informis, subglobosa, carnosa, superficie verrucosá; verruce simplices vel 
sepius varié lobate. Caules clavati, spithamei vel pedales, erecti, basi annulo volvari 
varié diviso cincti. Squame (loco foliorum) carnosæ, horizontales, obsoleté pyramidales, 
(apicibus planis truncatis,) parve, subspiraliter disposite, infimze approximate, supe- 
riores distantiores. Spica crassa, oblonga, aspectu ferrugineo-velutina, obsoleté areo- 
lata, areolis centro elevatis. Pili (paraphysiformes) densissimé aggregati, superficiem 
feré totam spice occupantes, lineari-clavati, rariüs simplices, frequentiüs e cellularum 
oblongarum seriebus binis vel imó ternis conflati, apice emarginati vel 3-dentati, Cel- 
lulæ basin versus diaphanze, globulas diaphanas, inzequales, in massulas irregulares con- 
gestas continent; cellule apicis rotundatze, materie grumosá obscurate. Fructus pilis 
obsiti et immersi, sessiles, basi lata affixi, oblongo-elliptici, compressi, longitudinaliter 
striati, apice subpapillosi, cicatrice styli obscuré notati, brunnei. Pericarpium siccum, 
suberustaceum. Embryo carnoso-cereus, albus, aspectu albuminis, pendulus? compo- 
situs e cellulis irregularibus mutud firmè adhzrentibus, materie moleculari repletis. 
Pistilla abortiva plura; ovaria oblonga, compressa, feré plana, striata, 1-locularia; sty- 
lus longé exsertus, filiformis ; stigma obtusum. 
Oss. I.— This species was only observed in an advanced state and of one 
sex in the journey of the Assam Deputation across the Khasiya Hills, A.D. 
1835-36. 
Oss. II.—The general anatomy of this plant appears to be the same as that 
of Balanophora. The vessels however appear to be more developed ; they are. 
scarcely unrollable. It is not so remarkable as Balanophora for the presence 
of nuclei in the component parts of the cellular tissue. — wie 
Its parasitism would appear to be precisely the same. Thé ehief Vpenbee 
in habit from Balanophora arises from its larger annulus and its more minute 
scales, which rather resemble the bracteae of the male flowers of Balanophora 
than the scales (or leaves) of that genus. 
