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XXVI.—DECADES KEWENSES. 
PLANTARUM NovaRUM IN HeERBARIO Hortr REGII 
CONSERVATARUM. 
DECAS CIII. 
1021. Biophytum insigne, Gamble [Geraniaceae-Oxalideae] ; 
species inter omnes alias regionis indicae orientalis adhuc cognitas 
foliolis magnis nervis subregularibus in marginem incrassatum 
desinentibus insignis. 
Suffrutex humilis, caule erecto rugoso fere nigro, aliquando 
apicem versus in 2-4 ramulos diviso. Folia ad apicem caulis 
conferta, stipulis multis lineari-laceolatis strigoso-hirsutis munita, 
paripinnata, circiter 10 cm. longa, rhachi communi basi 2—4 cm. 
longa nuda parce villosa supra canaliculata; foliolorum paria 
7-10, inferiora minora, ovata, media longiora, ultima 1 yel 
2 Ar pike basi inaequalia, subcordata, ad 3-5 cm. longa, 
1-1-5 cm. lata, mucronata, subtus parce villosa, costa media 
desinentibus, secundariis 1-2 vel pluribus additis. Scapi 2 vel 
plures inter folia orti, graciles, ad 3 dm. longi, umbellis terminal- 
ibus 8-12-floris, bracteis parvis multis lanceolatis villosis; 
pedicelli filiformes, ad 5 mm. longi. Calycis lobi 5, lanceolati, 
pubescentes, nervis 5—7, marginibus scariosis. Petala 5, connata, 
flava, 5-7 mm. longa. Filamenta villosa. Capsula ellipsoidea, 
villosa, 4mm. longa. Semina minuta, rubra, tuberculis spiraliter 
conjunctis ornata. 
S. Inpra___ Tinnevelly District, in sholas, in cool and shady 
March 15, 1917, C. C. Jacob, Feb. 6, 1921, Madras Herb. 
1022. Rhamnus pentapomica, Parker [Rhamnaceae—Rham- 
neae]; a R. persica, Boiss., foliis saepe majoribus, rima seminis 
apice marginibus non introflexis differt. 
Frutex vel arbor parva. Foliis deciduis, ramulis breviter 
velutinis, nonnunquam apice spinescentibus. Folia 1-5-5 cm. 
longa., 0-6-2 cm. lata, oblonga, elliptico-lanceolata vel elliptico- 
oblanceolata, apice et basi attenuata, supra glabra, subtus 
minute velutina, remote crenulata vel integra; petiolus 2-10 mm 
longus, breviter velutinus. Flores breviter pedicellati, fasci- 
culati. Calycis laciniae triangulares. Petala minuta, oblance- 
olata. Discus velutinus. Stylus 2-4-partitus. Drupa 5 mm. 
longa, nigra, obovoideo- -globosa. Semina nitida, eleganter 
verrucosa, rima hiante margine cartilaginea—R. persica, Lawson 
in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i, 638, ex parte, non Boiss 
N.W. Inp1ia. Baluchistan, Salt Range, and outer Himalaya 
600-1500 m. as far east as Garhwal. Baluchistan, Lace 3690; 
N.W. India, Aztchison 310; 1036; Stewart fae SAOPR HE, 360; 
Jerram, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Jowala Pershad, 4 
