324 DK?CEIPTIONS OF NEW PLANTS PROM NICOBAR ISLANDS. 



lin.) unguiculata, lamina trapezoidea, acutiuscula, apice omnino pube- 

 rula. — Nicobarensium insula Katchall. 



2. Popowia parvifolia, nov. sp. — Arbuscula gemmis fulvo v. flave- 

 soenti sericeis ; folia parva, 1 J-3 poll, longa, ovalia, ovata usque ad 

 elliptico-lanceolata, obtusissima ad obtuse-acuminata, basi acuta v. 



^ obtusa, petiolo brevissimo suffulta v. subsessilia, juvenilia sparse 

 appresse pubescentia, mox glabra, chartacea, nitida ; flores extus ap- 

 presse pubescentes, parvi, pedicellis sursum incrassatis 2-3 lin. longis 

 pubescentibus sufFulti, solitarii v. bini pedunculo brevi pubescenti 

 instructi ; sepala minuta, rotundata; petala exteriora-^ lin. vix longa, 

 ovata; interiora \h lin. longa, crassissima, triangulari-ovata, extus 

 minute pubescentia ; carpella baccata, globoso, pisi magnitudine, 

 stipite lin. longo suffulta, glabra, monosperma. — In sylvis primsevis 

 Kamortae, ins. Nicobarensium. 



3. Antitaxis calocarpa, nov. sp. — Frutex alte sandens, novellia 

 ^ minute brunneo-tomentosis ; folia oblonga petiolo ^-f pollicari brun- 



neo- V. ferrugineo-tomentello suffulta, basi acuta, 3-5 poll, longa, bre- 

 viter acuminata, chartacea, utrinque (imprimis subtus) eleganter et 

 dense reticulata, glabra ; drupae sphaericse, cerasi magnitudine, 

 laevissimse, coccineae, pedunculis semipoUicaribus glabris e tuberculo 

 tomentello solitariae v. binse v. ternae eruptis suffultae. — la sylvis palu- 

 dosis ins. Katchall. 



Obs.— Hf. et Th. (in Fl. Ind., i., 106) Cocculum lucidum, T. et 

 B. (= Antitaxis, Miers), fruticera glaberrimum fructibus Isevissimis 

 pisiformibus, et Antitaxin fascicidatam, Miers, internalia fructibus 

 villosis gaudentem, eandem speciem esse erronea^ censent. 



4. Cratmva macrocarpa, Kurz in Journ. Bot., 1874, p. 195. — De- 

 scriptioni adde : baccae usque 5-6 poll, longae ; semina corapresso-reni- 

 formia, ^ pollicaria v. majora, granulata (nee laevia). — Etiam in insula 

 Katchall occurrit. 



5. Garcinia microstigma, nov. sp. — Frutex 4-6 pedalis simplex v. 

 parce ramosus, glaber, cortice nigro ; folia elliptica ad ovato-elliptica 

 et lanceolata, basi acuta v. acuminata, petiolo circa pollicari suffulta, 



!^ obtuse acuminata v. apiculata, 3-4^ poll, longa, coriacea, textura iis 

 G. Kydice, similia, glabra, nervis lateralibus tenuibus vix conspicuis ; 

 flores masculi vulgo terni fasciculati, axillares et terminales, rubi- 

 cundae, pedicello crasso 2-3 lineari glabro suffulti ; antherae oblongae, 

 2-loculares, sessiles, torum globosum obtegentes ; sepala concavo- 

 ovalia, obtusa, c. 2 lin. longa v. longiora, coriacea, marginem versus 

 subhyalina ; petala suborbicularia, sepalis vix longiora ; flores feminei 

 ignoti, ex fructibus solitarii et brevipedicellati ; baccae globosae, pomi 

 sylvestris magnitudine, pericarpio tenui-coriaceo, laevissimae, coccineas, 

 nitidae, basi sepalis suffultae, in speciminibus suppatentibus 2-spermae, 

 stigmate minutissimo discoidea oculis nudis vix conspicuo terminatae. 

 — In sylvis primaevis ins. Andamanensium. — Hie G. sp. olim a me 

 G. purpurea determinata (cf. Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1874, p, 87, sub 

 G. Kydia). 



6. G. calycina, nov. sp. — Arbuscula glabra, usque 15 pedalis 

 trunco gracili digitum crasso apice parce ramoso ; folia elliptica ad 

 elliptico-oblonga, basi acuta, petiolo 1-3 lin. longo suffulta, obtusius- 

 cula ad longe obtuseque acuminata, 3-5 poll, longa. tenui-coriacea, 

 glabra, nervis venisqne tenuibus sed conspicuis; flores glabri, axil- 



