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marginibus tenuissime erosis, pellucidis, infra ad centrum incrassatus, 

 nervis 5 prorr.inentibus, supra ad basin triangule et transverse carnosus. 

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

 filamento acuto, brevi; stelidia verticalia, lateralia, columna ditplo Ion- 

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

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

 tive) lato, antice vixproducto. 



Bengaie oriental, n° 6128 (Griffith). 



B. khasyanum Griff., Not., Ill, p. 289 = B. cylindraceum 

 LdL, var. khasiana Hook, /. c. ; B. cylindraceum Kinget Pant- 

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

 tab. 96. 



Scapus ereclus,foliis fere dimidio longior, robustus, basi et usque ad 

 medium Jrz'-ocreato-vaginatus. Racemus septimam scapi partem requans, 

 vagina spathacea nulla. Bractea? triangulce, acuminatissimce vel setostf, 

 floribus pedicellatis longiores. Flos brevissime pedicellatus. Sepala et 

 petaia carnosa; s. posticum refr actum, triangulum, acutum, insconspicue 

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

 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 Jove am trian- 

 gulam efformantibus percurso, marginibus integerrimis. Columna per- 

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

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

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

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

 contigua, ovata, lateialiter compressa. 



Inde : Bootan, Labba, n° 2$cj (Pant ling). 



3 9 . F. GAGNEPAIN. — Malvac6e, Tiliacee, SantalacSe 

 et 01acac6es nouvelles. 



1. Hibiscus praclaras Gagnep,, sp. n. Malvacearu . 



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

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

 subcoriacea, supra nitida, uirinque glaberrima, integra, penninervia ; 

 nervisecundarii 10 utrinque, ad marginem confluentes, venulis retem den- 

 sum efformantibus ; petiolus gracilis, tenuiter subtus villosus ; stipulae 

 triangular coriaceae, breviter pilosae, mox caducee. Floresaxillares speciosi, 



