371 
+ Avena fatua L. 
Valley near Shallow Bay Settlement; growing in profusion. 
Doubtfully introduced. 
} Phleum pratense L. 
Probably introduced, no precise locality specified. 
+ Hordeum jubatum L. 
St. George’s Bay. 
+ Scolopendrium vulgare Sm. 
Cave, Mount Phelomel, Chartres. 
+ Gymnogramme leptophylla Desv. 
Carcass Island. 
| Nitella opaca Agardh. 
Shallow Bay Pond. 
Specimens of Nitella from two other localities may possibly 
belong to another species, but owing to the absence of oogonia 
and antheridia they could not be determined with certainty. 
XL.—DECADES KEWENSES 
PLanTaRuM Novarum tx Herparto Hort Reatt 
CONSERVATORUM. 
DECAS CVIITI. 
1071. Orophea salacifolia Hutchinson [Anonaceae—Miliuseae] ; 
affinis O. hastatae King, sed foliis breviter et abrupte acuminatis, 
floribus subsolitariis fere sessilibus differt. 
Arbor parva; ramuli leviter flexuosi, demum glabri, inter- 
nodiis 1-2 em. longis. Folia late oblongo-elliptica, breviter et 
abrupte acuminata, basi rotundata, 8-10 cm. longa, 4-5 em. lata, 
chartacea, opaca, glabra; nervi laterales utrinsecus 8, a costa 
sub angulo 55° abeuntes, marginem versus evanidi; petioli circiter 
3-4 mm. longi, parce pubescentes. lores subsolitarii, fere 
sessiles, axillares. Sepala late triangularia, acuminata, 2-25 mm. 
longa et lata, appresse pilosa. Petala exteriora sepalis similia 
sed duplo longiora, extra pilosa, interiora paullo longiora, un- 
guiculata, superne conniventia. Antherae curvatae, connectivo 
brevissime producto. Carpella glabra. Fructus non visus. 
ANDAMAN Istanps. Betapuo valley, 1 Apr. 1916, C. E. 
Parkinson 1156. 
1072. Calliandra confusa Sprague et Riley {[Leguminosae— 
Ingeae]; affinis C. calothyrso Meissn., quacum hucusque confusa, 
foliolis pro rata multo angustioribus conspicue haud obscure 
l-nerviis, calyce satis dentato differt. 
Arbor 4-6 m. alta. Rami exstantes fertiles, recti, striati, 
glabri vel glabrescentes, 7 mm. diametro 4 dm. infra apicem. 
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