326 LESCEIPIIONS OF NEW PLANTS FROM NICOBA& ISLANDS. 



pyrensB, pyrenis grani piperis magnitudine, ovoideo-globosis, laevis- 

 simis, dorso planis v. obsolete carinatis. — In arenosis umbrosis mari- 

 timis iasulse Katcball. — Ex affinitate L. mmbucinm. 



10. Modecca 7iicoharica, nov. sp. — Herba perennis volubilis cirrbi- 

 fera parce ramosa, glabra ; folia Integra, basi rotundata v. leviter 

 sinuata breviter peltata et biglandulosa, elliptica ad oblonga, 2-|-4 

 poll, longa, breviter et subabrupte, v. longius et sensira acuminata, 

 membranacea, glabra; flores solitarii v. peipauci pedunculo filiformi 

 cirrhiformi instructi, campanulati, | poll, fere longi, virides ; baccae 

 elliptico-oblongse, trivalves, c. 2|poll. longge, trivalves, laeves ; semina 

 compresso-trapezoidea, \ poll, fere latse, obsolete punctata. — In are- 

 nosis maritimis iter frutices, ins, Katchall. 



11. Gymnopetalum heterophyllum {Bryonia heterophylla, "Wall. 

 Cat., 6711). — Herba annua volubilis v. prostrata, asperula ; folia cor- 

 data V. leviter 3-5-loba v. profundius v. fere usque ad basin palmato- 

 5-lobata, lobis rotundatis v. acutiusculis latis v. angustis remote mu- 

 cronato-denticulatis, berbacea, 1^-2 poll, in diametro, spinulis cartila- 

 gineis albis magis minusve asperula ; flores albi, breviter pedicellati, 

 racemum brevem, longe (l-J-2 poll.) pedunculatum bracteatum plus 

 minusve puberulum formantes; bracteae dense puberulse, 3-4 lin. 

 longae, profunde 3-o-lobatae, lobis linearibus acutis ; calycis tubus ^ 

 poll, longus, clavato-cylindricus, pubescens, lobis subulatis 1^ lin. 

 longis ; corollse lobi semipollicares ; baccae immaturae clavato-cylin- 

 dricae, 1;1-1^ poll, longae, lO-costatae, miniatae, sparse et minute hir- 

 sutae. — In graminosis et in sylvis primaevis ins. Kamortae. 



12. Hedyotis graminwola, nov. sp. — Herba annua, erecta, parce 

 ramosa, v. subsimplex, -J-l pedalis, gracilis, glaber, ramis tetragonis ; 

 folia anguste linearia, sessilia, 4-6 lin. longa, acuta, rigida, marginibus 

 revolutis, 1-nervia, glabra; flores^majusculi, lactei, pedicellis capillari- 

 bus c. J pollicaribus suffulti, solitarii in foUorum axillis v. raro bini 

 pedunculo spurio pedicellis sequilongo instructi; calyx ovoideus, 1 in. 

 circiter longus, dentibus linearibus acuminatis calycis tubo duplo 

 brevioribus ; corolla 2^ lin. longa, tubuloso-campanulata, 4-loba, lobis 

 ovatis acutis lin earn longis ; capsula subglobosa, leviter compressa, 

 lin. longa, apice loculicide bivalvis, circa apice lobis calycinis stric- 

 tiusculis cincta ; semina minuta, angulata, pallide brunnea, glabra. — 

 In graminosis ins. Kamortae. — H. Heynei affinis, floribus magnis valde 

 di versa. 



13. Griffithiamrvata {Gardenia curvata, Tejsm. et Binnend., Cat. 

 Bog., 118). — Frutex magnus scandens glaber, spinis recurvis semi- 

 pollicaribus armatus ; stipulae lato-trigonae, mucronatae ; folia ovata v. 

 subapiculata, 5-8 poll, longa et 3-4-| poll, lata, integra, coriacea, 

 glabra ; flores speciosi, albi, pedicello crasso 2-3 lin. longo suffulti, 

 subsolitarii, basi pedicelli flosculis 2 sessilibus clausis minutis ala- 

 bastriformibus aucti ; calyx 4 lin. longus, infundibuliformi-cam- 

 panulatus, limbus tubulosus 5-denticulatus tubum longitudine 

 superans ; corolla hypocraterimoi-pba, glabra, tubo 1^ poll, longo v. 

 paullo longiore, lobis pollicem fere longis elliptico-ovatis, baccae glo- 

 bosae, cerasi majoris magnitudine, glabrae, calycis limbo tubuloso 

 coronatae. — In sylvis ins. Kamortae et Katchall. 



14. Gynochfodes niacrophylla, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1872, 

 314. — Deecriptioni adde : baccae cerasi magnitudine, globosae, laeves, 



