686 HELASTOMAGEAE. sonfi.ii i. 



< iiinpii' pnris (riplo majus ovalo-lancenlalum acuminalum, basi subcordalum acule 

 serralum, serralaris piliferis, snpra pilia raris laxia glanduloso— capitatia ioalraciam, 

 inir.i glabrnm, circller 2 poll. longam, 8-0 lin. latam, alteram minas simillimam, nisi 

 circumscriplione sabrotando-ovata acuta. Petioll glabrali, foliis sabaeqoilongi, 

 liasi pnuiiuium dilalati. Pedunculi axillares rel lerminales pollicarea, pleramque 

 biflori, pilis raris glanduloso-capilatis villosi, pedicelli semipollicarei el Dl calyx 

 etiam similiter glandalosi. Galyx usque ad medium cum ovarfo concrelua, margine 

 libero, tri- vcl rarissime quadridentato, dentibus patentibas lanceolato— aabalatis. 

 Gcmmac lanceolalo-conicae. Pelala 3, rarissime 4, sumnio margini calycis lala 

 basi inseria ejusquc dentibus allerna, in aesiivalione convolula, ovato-elliptica 

 apiculala vcnosa tenera. Stamina 3, rarissime 4, calycis margini inscrta ejugquc 

 dentibus opposita, filanientis in aeslivatione inOexia, anlberis ejusdem fere longi- 

 ludine, in aeslivalione resupinatis, apicibus inler lubum calycis libcrum squa- 

 masque epigynas nidulanlibus, basi sagillata afiixis, lineari-lanceolatis bilocula- 

 ribus, loculis conncctivo aequali (ncc producto nec incrassalo) connexis, apice 

 poris duobus parvis subrotundis dehiscenlibus. Pollen minutum lalc elliplicura 

 laeviosculam. Ovarium calyci semiadnalum, supcrne glabrum, tri- vel rarissime 

 quadriloculare, loculis dentibus calycinis oppositis, ovulis numerosis, placenlac 

 carnosae ex angulo loculi intcmo orlum ducenti aflixis, anatropis. Squamae epi- 

 gynae 3 vel rarissime 4, pelalis opposilae, sumnio ovario inscrtae, subrolundae 

 obtusissimae glabrae carnosae, basi invicem cohaercnlcs. Slylus simplex (ilifor- 

 mis, longiludine slaminum, glaber, stigmale dilatato capitatus. Calycis margo 

 extremus cum dentibus (fructu malurcscentc) circumscisse deciduus. Capsula 

 Iriangularis, fundo calycis immersa, trilocularis, apice loculicide trivalvis, squa- 

 mis epigynis incrassatis ampliatis coriaccis, calycis tubum integerrimum persi- 

 stcntcm inlus vcsticnlibus, coronala. Semina numcrosa minula, placenlae obco- 

 nicae ex angulo loculi inlerno prominenli undique affixa, dimidialo-obovala rccta. 

 Tesla castanea minutc punclato-rugulosa, strophiola unilalerali fungosa raphen 

 tegente instrucla, racmbrana inlerna lenuissima, chala/.a parva apicalis. Albumen 

 nullum. Erabryo oblongo-cllipticus, radicula hilo proxima ohtusa, colyledones 

 breves crassae. — Crescit in insula Java. 



13. S. HETEROPHYLLA W. Jack in Malay. Miscell. II. no. 7. p. 1G. - (Wlprs. 1. c. 

 123. no. 11.) — Horsf. cl Bennel I. c. 217. — Dense selosa, suffruticulosa, partim 

 ramosa: foliis ohlongo-obovalis acuminalis, basi uniauriculatis 3-5-nerviis, ullra 

 medium profunde serratis, allero 20-plo majore; pedunculis axillarihus subsessi- 

 libus 2-4-floris; calyce fruclifero subacquilateri-trigono muricalo. 2j. — (Calculla 

 Journ. of nal. bisl. IV. 333. i) - S. pauci/lora Blume, Flora (B. Z.) XIV. 491. — 

 Wlprs. I. c. 123. no. 15. — Crescit in lndia oricnlali. 



14. S. SQUARROSA Wall. in Rxb. Flor. Indic. I. 182. el Plant. Asiat. rar. II. t. 102. 

 (fig. dextera). — (Wlprs. I. c. 123. no. 10.) — Horsf. el Bennet 1. c. — Glabra: caule 

 basi nudo cicatrisalo scloso -aculealo ; foliis confertis lanceolalis in petiolum 

 brevcm altenuatis argule scrrulalis venulosis; pedunculis 1-3-floris; calycc 

 fructifero oblongo-prismatico glabro. 2J- — In hac specic el scqucnle foliorum 

 oppositio minimc evidcns, in liac aculci caulis subulati stipulas quodammodo 

 referunt, foliorum cicatriccs magnas ulrinque stipanles, forte tamcn in utraque 

 spccie foliorum oppositorum vcstigia ad sctam rcducta sunt. — Crescit in India 

 orientali (Sylhel). 



15. S. ABGITA R. Br. in Wall. Catal. no. 4095. — Ilorsf. el Bennct I. c. — Pilosula: 

 caule brevissimo aculeato-sctoso; foliis membranaccis oblongo-lanceolatis in 

 pctiolum longura altenuatis, argute mucronato-serralis venulosis; scapo unifloro; 

 calyce fruclifero oblongo-prisraatico glahro. 2j, — Crescit in India orientali in 

 montibus Sylhet. 



16. S. EBECTA W. Jack in Malay. Misccll. I. no. 2. p. 7. - (Wlprs. 1. c. 123. 

 no. 12. el 124. no. 20.) — Horsf. et Bennel 1. c. — Sutfruliculosa ramosissima : 

 caule bifariam puherulo; foliis subaequalibus brcviler petiolatis elliplico— lanceo— 



