1903.] D. Prain — An undescribed Araliaceous genus. 137 



Police Battalion at Myitkyina, one of the most striking is a hitherto 

 nncharacterised Araliacen plant which cannot be referred to any known 

 genns of the order. It is accordingly made the type of a new genus 

 Woodbumia, dedicated to the memory of our lamented former President, 

 H.H. Sir John Woodburn, K. C.S.I. The species W. floribunda exhibits 

 the character, unusual in the order, of having simple umbels, and has 

 the further unusual feature of remarkably large flowers. 



