ON THE SPECIES OF OLYCOSMIS. 37 



Var. (j. angiisUfoUa (G. angustifolia, T. et B. Cat. Bog., 1866, 

 208), foliola minora, lanceolata, nitida ; flores minores, in paniculas 

 parvas axillares et subterminales breves graciles dispositi ; ovarium 

 papillosum, stylus crassior. 



? Var, y. latifolia, folia 3-1-foliolata, foliola latiora, panicula; 

 robustiores, parvae, axillares ; ovarium 5-loculare ?, laeve v. papil- 

 losum. 



? Var. Z. fuscescens, folia vulgo pinnato-3-foliolata, foliola nitida, 

 in sicco semper fuscescentia ; paniculai parva3 v. in forma Assamica, 

 magnse et valde ramosse, glabrce ; alabastra valde juvenilia tantum 

 cognita. 



Hab. — Var. a., Java, Australia, Queensland?; var. /?., Sunda 

 Straits ; var. y., Andamans, in the tropical forests (also Heifer, 525 

 & 525, 1), ? Ceylon (T. Thomson sub nom. G. arlorm); var. I., fre- 

 quent in the tropical forests of the Andamans and the Nicobars ; also 

 Khasi hills. 



The present species may turn out to consist of heterogeneous 

 forms, but I am unable to place them properly, on account of the very 

 meagre material at my disposal ; besides, I could not examine the male 

 organs from ^opened flowers, and finally, of the Indian forms (vars. y. 

 and (5.) I have seen either only buds or not well-developed ovaria. 



Bentham's Australian O. pentaphylla quite agrees in its habit, &c., 

 with the form called by Teysman and Binnendyck G. virgata, but the 

 ovary is stated to be 5-4-celled. I have seen only the panicles with- 

 out anything left on them. 



5, G. triphjUa, Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. iii., 298 ; Suppl. t. 39, 

 &Icon., t. 167 ; W. & A. Prod, i., 93.— (G^. nitida, W. & A. Prod, i., 

 93.) — Frutex, novellis ferrugineo-tomentosis ; folia pinnatim 3-4-, 

 rarius 5- v. 1- foliolata, glabra ; foliola inter minora, elliptico-oblonga 

 ad ovata et ovato-lanceolata, obtusa v. breviter obtuse-acumi- 

 nata, brevissime petiolulata, 1-3 poll, longa, integra, coriacea, nitida 

 V. opaca ; flores parviusculi, 5-rariu3 4-meri, albi, brevissime pedicel- 

 lati, paniculas breves ssepius in cymas contractas rufo- v. ferrugineo- 

 tomentosas v. rarius subglabras axillares et terminates formantea ; 

 calyx ferrugineo-tomentellus, lobis latis rotundatis v, acutiusculis ; 

 petala longius persistentes, obovato-lanceolata, 2 lin. longa ; filamenta 

 ebasi parum latiore subulata, plana; antherae cordato-oblongae, eglan- 

 dulosae ; ovarium 5-4-loculare, ovoideo-oblongum, basi constrictum, 

 stigmate obtuso ; baccae . . . 



Var. a. genuina, foliola latiora, uti supra descripta. 



Var. /3. angustifolia {G. angustifolia, Ldl. in Wall. Cat. 6378; 

 W. & A. Prod, i., 93), foliola lanceolata v. lineari-lanceolata, l|^-3 poll, 

 longa, 4-8 lin. lata. 



Hab. — Apparently restricted to Hindostan (Wight Herb. 365 & 

 366; Wall. Cat. 6374 A.) ; Ceylon, 4500 feet (T. Thomson). 



Future inquiries must show whether this species may not be a 

 geographical form of G. trifoUata, but the unsatisfactory state of our 

 knowledge of this latter species and its true distribution allows not 

 even a guess in this direction. The persistent petals seem to be a 

 good mark. 



6. G. siNGULiFLOKA, nov. sp. Arbuscula ?, gemmis ferrugineo-vil- 

 losis, ramulis pallidis ; folia iis G. angustifolicc, Lindl. similia, pinnatim 



