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CURRENT LITERATURE. 



New Indian Species, etc. 



Meteoromyrtus Gamble, gen. nov. Kew Bull. 7 {1918) p. 211. Separated 

 from Eugenia Linn, in -which the one species M. wynaadznsis had been 

 placed by Beddome chiefly because the ovules are about 4 and pendulous 

 from the apex of the ovary. 



Pygeum sisparense Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 238, allied to P. acuminatum 

 Colebr. but differing in smaller leaves, shorter racemes and fewer stamens. 

 DisL In forests on the south-west side of the Nilgiri plateau about Sispara 

 at 6,000 to 7,000 ft. 



Eugenia discifera Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 239 allied to E. caleadensis 

 Bedd. But differing in having no peduncles and short pedicels and the dry 

 leaves somewhat gray below. Dist. near Chimunji, Travancore about 4,000 ft. 



Jambosa Bourdillonii Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 239 allied to Eugenia 

 hemispherica Wight, but differing in the nervation of the leaves being con- 

 spicuous on the under side, the very short cymes and the campanulate calyx 

 tube. Disi. Travancore about 2,000 ft. 



Jambosa courtallensis Gamble sp. nov., lc. p. 239, a distinct species 

 somewhat like Eugenia Mundagam Bourdillon in the nervation of the leaves, 

 but differing in the leaves being much smaller and rounded, not cordate at the 

 base, and in the elongated subcylindrical calyx tube. Dist, Courtallum, Tinne- 



velly Hills. 



Syzygium palghatense Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 2i0 allied to S. calophylli- 

 Jolia Walp., but differing in the obovate abruptly obtusely acuminate leaves 

 and elongate infundibuliform calyx. Dist. Palghat Hills, Malabar about 

 5,000 ft. 



Syzygium travancoricum Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 240 closely allied to no 

 other spacies and distinguished by its long petioled leaves and small flowers 

 in long-peduncled long-branched cymes. Dit. In swampy places in the low 

 country of Travancore up to about 200 ft. 



Osbeckia lineolata Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 241 allied to O. minor Triana 

 but differing in the leaves which are larger, elliptic, setoso-mucronate and 

 drying yellow ; and in the larger flowers and fruit. Dist. Nilgiris and Pulneys 

 about 6,000 to 7,000 ft. 



Osbeckia courtallensis Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 242, although similar to 

 O. Eleinii W & A, in the setae of the calyx, yet differing in the smaller, 

 elliptic, lanceolate leaves, and few flowered inflorescence. Dist. Courtallum, 

 Tinnevelly. 



Osbeckia Lawsoni Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 242 allied to O. Kleinii W. & A., 

 but differing in the acute calyx lobes and smaller leaves. Dist. Travancore at 

 about 2,000 ft. 



Ixora Butterwickii Hole sp. nov., Indian Forester XLV (1919) No. Ip. 15 y 

 allied to I. spectabills Wall and I. pendula Jack,-but differing from the former 

 in the larger size and shape of the leaves, more numerous lateral nerves and 

 wider panicle, and from the latter in the shorter corolla tube, longer anthers 

 and wider panicle. This species is at present known only in Burma. 



Anogeissus rotundifolia Blatter and Hallberg sp. nov., Joum. Bombay Nat. 

 Hist. Soc. XXVH1919) No. 2 p. 525, differs specifically from A. coronata Straf 

 in Kew Bull- 4 (1914) p. 153. Dist. Kailana near Jodhpur. 



