itrnr.iCK.K. 409 



As pi'cci'ding, but leaves only pule-eoldunil bcneatli, the iiillorosccncc more 

 hispid-pubescent. Capsule minutely hispid. 



** Ci/me-i tcrminitl and axillanj, on renj xliorl pef/iiiicles, onhj -l-G linen hmj, or 

 almost sesii/e. Cali/x-deth lauccolute, ucidc. 



0. KiiuiiEscKUS, Wall. Tenasserim at 3000 to oOOO feet. 



Stem, petioles and peduncles more or loss shortly pubescent. Lateral branches 

 all shoitened. 



+ + ^tiffma capitate. Corolla ralvate. Anflier-cell.s jyroluiijed into a setaceous 

 sterile appendage. 



AitnosTEMMA, irtillich. 



Corolla almost rotate, the limb 3-5 cleft. Anthers dehiscinn; loiij^-itudinally or 

 by 1 or 2 apical pores. Capsule dehiscing by 4 apical valves. Herbs of the habit of 

 Sonerila. 



* Floivers b-merous. 

 X Leaves reduecd to bract- or stipule-like Icajfets, of icliieli onli/ 1 or 2 nre Jidli/ 

 developed. 



A. iJNiFOLiuJi, Bcnn. Attaran valley. 



All parts glabrous. Leaf solitary. Anthers oblong, blunt. 

 A. TAvoYAX.i, Wall. Tavoy. 



Umbels stiff-hairy. Leaves t'.vo. 



X X Leaves all developed, but veri/ unequal, wjiorled or crowded nt the apex of the stem. 

 A. vEitTiciLLATisr, Wall. Maulmain district {fde Parish). 



Glabrous or nearly so. Anthers free, linear, acuminate, opening by terminal 

 pores. 



** Flowers 4-3-meroas. 



A. snxKiuLoinKs, Kz. On I'agodas in Rangoon. 



Stem, inflorescrnco, and petiole villous-pubesccnt. Leaves sparingly pubescent, 

 cordate, bluntish or acute. Flowers in pedunclcd or cymose umbels. 



A. oi.iG.VNTHA, Kz. _ South Andaman. 



Quito as preceding, but flowers solitarj" on a short pedicel, or by 2 or 3 on a very 

 short peduncle, ])alc rose-coloured. 



A small species of Argostemma, with .slightly pubescent leaves solitary or by pair.s, 

 occurs on damp rocks of the tropical forests on Boronga Island, Arakan, but the 

 Bpeciracns are too few and reduced to admit of description. Its calyx-lobes are 

 blunt or rather refuse (Kurz). 



X X Stipules adnatc to the petiole and sheathing at the base, setaceouslg fringed 

 {^Eu- Ilcdgotidecc). 



1)knti:i.la, Forsler. 

 Flowers 5-merous, the petals 2- or .'J-toothed. Capsule indehisccnt. 



D. RKi'Kxs, Forst. All over Burma, and introduced into the Andamans. 



Lijipaga telephioides, Eudl. 



Hedyotis, Linnmus. 



Flowers 4-5-merous, the petals entire. Capsule dehiscing loculieidally or 

 septicidally, rarely almost indehisccnt. 



