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extu9 puberula, lobis ovato-oblongis puberulis, ^ lin. longis, margini- 

 bus (imprimis supra) dense albo-villosis ; ovarium minutissimum, 

 ovatum, glabrum. — In sylvis primsevis ins. Kamortse. 



23. Symplocos leiostachya, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1873, 

 89. — Descriptioni adde : Arbor 60-80 pedalis ; drupse ovoideo-oblongae, 

 Iseves, 4 lin. longae, calycis limbo conspicuo coronatee. — In sylvis 

 primaevis ins. Kamortse frequentissime. 



24. Jasminum sulglandulosum, nov. sp. — Differentia inter banc 

 speciem et J. glandulosum, Wall., haecce ! — 



J. sulglandulosicyn, corollae tubus f-l poll, fere longus, lobis tubo 

 dimidio v. priplo brevioribus ; folia 2-^-4 poll, longa. 



J. glandulosum corollae tubus f poll, longus, lobis aequilongus v. 

 paullobrevior ; folia multo minora, magis acuminata,4|^-2^ poll, longa. — 

 In sylvis umbrosis insularum Andamanensium (etiam in iis Birmanise). 



25. Cyrtan&ra acuminata. Wall. Cat. 808 ; DC. Prod, ix., 285 

 (nomen nudum). Prutex 4-6 pedalis, glaber, ramis tetragonis albidis 

 crassis ; folia iis StrohilantJiisfimbriatce simillima at vulgo multo majora, 

 elliptico-lanceolata, basi acuminata in petiolum longe (saepius usque ad 

 basin) decurrentia, breviter acuminata, 6-11 poll, longa v. longiora, 

 serrata, glabra, memjbranacea, in sicco nigrescentia ; flores majusculi, 

 albi, pedicellis \ pollicaribus suffulti, in racemos breves glabros supra 

 foliorum delapsorum cicatricibus e ramis progredientes dispositi v. 

 sursum in foliorum axillis perpauci fasciculati ; bracteae lineari- 

 oblongae, obtusissimae, subulato-mucronatae, 3 lin. longae ; calyx albus, 

 in sicco nigrescens, membranaceus, glaber, 6-7 lin. longus, elongato- 

 campanulatus, oblique truncatus, 5-nervius, nervis in dentes totidem 

 mucroniformes excurrentibus ; corolla alba, \\ pollicaris, tubo polli- 

 cari depressiusculo ; lobi 5, lato rotundati, subbilabiati, intus secus 

 tubum unicarinati et secundum carinam citrini ; stamina 4, didyma ; 

 flamenta alba, filiformia, tubi parti inferiori adnata ; antherae sagit- 

 tato-divaricatae, albae ; stylus longus, albus, stigmate compresso- 

 bilobo ; baccae siccae, elliptico-oblongae, circ. 6 lin. longae, stylo 

 longius persistente coronatae, laeves, calyce paullo inflato omnino 

 inclusae, pericarpio tenui-membranaceo fragili. — In sylvis mentis 

 Harriet, Port Blair, ins. Andamanensium (etiam in Tenasserim et 

 Penang). 



26. Henslowia erythocarpa, nov. sp.— Prutex parasiticus, glaber, 

 ramis striatis ; folia ovalia ad ovali-oblonga, in petiolum latum atten- 

 uata, 3-nervia, obtusissima, 1^-2 1 poll, longae, coriacea, opaca, glabra, 

 venis supra visibilibus subtus omnino evanidis ; drupse subelliptico- 

 globosae, pisi majoris magnitudine, aurantiacae, laeves, brevissime stipi- 

 tatae, pedunculo U-2 lin. longo glabro suffultae, solitariae v. perpaucae 

 (2-4) in foliorum axillis fasciculati. — In arboribus syl varum ins. 

 Kamortse. 



27. Actephila rectinervis, nov. sp. — Prutex 4-8 pedalis, simplex v. 

 subsimplex, glaber ; folia obovato-oblonga, basi inaequali acuta, petiolo 

 1-2|- poUicari crasso suffulta, apiculata, 9-12 poll, longa, succulento- 

 coriacea, glabra, pallida, nervis 10-12 utrinque rectis et subrectan- 

 gulariter egressis tenuibus percursa ; capsu.lae immaturae 3-coccae, laeves, 

 pedunculo c. ^ pollicari crasso suffultae. — In sylvis ins. Katchall, in 

 solo calcareo crescens. — A. majori, Muell. Arg., affinis, sed foliorum 

 forma, nervis pedunculisque differt. 



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