124 THE JOUENAL OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



In Sfcrobilanfcbis variaruni specierum radicibus parasitica, apud 

 Gairsoppa Falls in Canara, sed solum in flurninis australi, id est My- 

 sorensi, ripa observata, ad alt. circa 1500 ped. angl. et pluv. 150 — 200 

 digit, angl. Collegerunt Bell, Sedgwick, Hallberg et McCann, Nov. 

 1919. In herbario Sedg. et Bell. Cotypi in berbario Coll. Sanct. Xavi- 

 eri, Bombay. 



Apparently exceedingly close to C. aurantiaca Wt. Ic. 1486, wbicb 

 was united with C. bicolor Gardner by Hooker in F. B. I. IV p. 322. 

 The drawing in the Icones however shows a less elongate and less ele- 

 gant type of flower. The calyx is broader and conceals more of the 

 tube of the corolla. In the plant from Gairsoppa the calyx is much 

 narrower, and the slender corolla tube is clearly exerted. 



Phyllanthus Talboti L. J. Sedgwick, Sp. nova. Frutex 

 erectus, ad 1 m altus, in rivorum tluminibus saxicola. Caulis saepius 

 simplex, nigrescens, striatus. Rami crebri, ad 15 cm longi, exceptis 

 tenellis glabri. Folia numerosissima, creberrima, disticha, patentia, sed 

 in herbario secunda, a 3'5 X 1*5 mm ad 9 X 3'5 mm, oblonga, acuta, 

 supra glabra, subtus glabra, glabrescentia, vel puberula. Stipulae a 

 basi lata lineares, Flores masculi in omni axilla fasciculati ; pedicilli 

 ad 3 mm longi. Calycis lobi 4, imbricati, late ovati, obtusi, dorso 

 saepius minute sericei, marginlbus integris seariosisque. Discus 4- 

 lobatus ; lobi magni, rotundati. Antherae 4, in summae columnae 

 margine transverse dispositae. Flores feminei in axillis solitarii ; 

 calycis lobi 6, imbricati, ovati, glabri, marginibus integris. Discus 

 annularis. Ovarium stipitatum, 3-loculare, albis tubercellis subs- 

 cabridum ; styli 3, altebifidi, reflesi. Cocci distinct!, dorso rotundati, 

 supra producti et stylos excedentes, scabridi, sed deinde glabri, et ab 

 axi separate decidui. Semina glabra, lutea. (See Fig. p. 129.) 



In fluminibus Canarae in Provincia Bombaiensi, apud Supa, 

 Sedg. et Bell 4869, Nov. 1918, et apud Jog (Gaisoppa) Talbot 828, 

 A.D. 1883, Sedg. et Bell 7073, Nov. 1919. Utriusqe loci alt. circa 

 1500 ped. angl. ; pluv. circa 100-200 digit, angl. 



This was passed over by Talbot as being P. Laioii Graham, the 

 habitat being the same. But it differs from that species in habit, 

 the plant being taller, and the branches much longer and less rigid. In 

 the structure of the male flower it is, of course, quite different, P. Laioii 

 having three erect acute anthers. It belongs to Hooker's Sec. Biedia. 



Ceropegia fantastica L. J. Sedgwick, Sp. nova. Planta volubi- 

 lis. Radix haud visa. Rami longi, tenues, perdistanter foliosi. Partes 

 maturae glabrae ; ramuli tenelli, pedunculi et pedicilli capillis vacuis, 

 pellucidis, multicellularibus vestiti. Fetioli 15 mm excedentes. Folia 

 10 cm excedentia, lanceolata, sensim caudato-acuminata, glabra vel 

 glabrescentia, nervis perobliquis, conspicuis, irregularibus. Inflores- 



