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apiculato sensim attenuatum, a medio incurvum vel rectum. Fila- 
menta brevissima, lata; antherae subacutae. Ovarium fusiforme, 
rectum, acutum, pentagonum., Capsulae 2°5-3 em. longae, anguste 
ineares, erectae, strictae, acuminatae, oligospermae, Semina 
oblonga, 4 mm, longa, laevia, castanea. 
Two species may be included in the above description. In 
Faber’s specimens the leaves are much the largest, the peduncles 
2-flowered, the basal lobe of the wings large, and the lip incurved ; 
in Wilson’s from Wa-shan, the peduncles are 2-6-flowered, the basal 
lobe of the wing very small, the distal broad, and the lip straight. 
XXXIX.—DECADES KEWENSES 
PLANTARUM Noyarum IN Herpario Horti Reail, 
CoNSERVATARUM. 
DECAS LVIII. 
571. Alsodeia (Pentaloba) Murtonii, Crazb [ Violaceae-Alsodeieae] ; 
affinis A. echinocarpae, Korth., sed foliis supra glabris subtus haud 
pubescentibus serrulatis, floribus minoribus, petalis hastatis differt. 
Ramuli teretes, juventute strigillosi, mox glabri, cortice cinereo 
obtecti. Folia alterna, oblanceolata, acute acuminata vel caudato- 
acuminata, basi cuneata, 10-15 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, remote 
serrulata, membranacea, utrinque glabra nisi nervis subtus 
parcissime setulosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 12 obliquis 
intra marginem arcuatis supra conspicuis subtus cum nervis 
transversis prominentibus ; petioli circiter 7 mm. longi; stipulae 
rigidae, lineari-lanceolatae, circiter 5 mm. longae, deciduae. Cymae 
axillares, sessiles, apices ramulorum versus confertae, compactae, 
petiolis subaequales. Sepala late ovata, obtusa, 2 exteriora 
maxima 3 mm. longa, 2°5 mm. lata, utrinque extus densius pubes- 
centia, ciliata. Petala hastata, sub anthesin apice recurvo, 3°5 mm. 
npo-Cuina. Siam: Koh Klone, Murton, 15. 
the section Prosthesia and comes very near to A. membranacea, 
King, a native of Perak. It is possible that Murton, 72, may be the 
A. membranacea of Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine. 
572. Hibiscus glanduliferus, Crazb [Malvaceae-Hibisceae] : eat 
H. tiliaceo, Linn., sed foliis duplo-dentatis, supra hispidis, petiolis 
glandis majusculis apice ornatis iffert. : 4 x 
aules e radice perenni, annui, circiter 12 m. alt ‘<< ib 
teretes, tomentelli. Folia orbicularia yel juniora ovato-lanceo oe 
apice acuminata, basi cordata nisi juniora rotundata vel cuneata, a 
