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Tubera ignota. Gatilis ad 70 cm. altus, simplex vel superne 



Folia spars; i. 



ramosus. 



9-12, infima sub anthesi emarcida, remotiuseula, petiolata ; petioli 

 graciles, intermedii ad 4 cm. longi, summi brevissimi ; lamina 

 glabra, ambitu cordato-rotundata, sinu subangusto 1-2 cm. alto, a 

 sinu ad apicem 3-4 cm. longa, 5-6 cm. lata, ad basin 3-partita, 

 pegmento intermedio ambitu rhomboideo-cuneato basi anguste 

 attenuate 2-2-5 cm. lato 3-5-laciniato, laciniis 2-3 mm. latis 

 linearibus parce lacinulatis acutis, segmentis lateralibus trapezo- 

 ideis inaequaliter fere ad basin 2-partitis ceterum intermedio 

 similibus ; folia summa minora et minus divisa. Injlorescentiae 

 terminates, pauciflorae, racemosae vel subpaniculatae, laxae, 

 glabrae ; bracteae inferiores foliis proximis similes sed segmentis 

 lateralibus magis reductis, superiores parvae, laciniatae ; bracteolae 

 foliaceae vel lineares, parvae ; pedicel ligraciles, demum ad 4 cm. 

 longi. Sepala caerulea : 



summum 



circiter 17 mm. alta a basi ad apicem 17-20 mm. metiente 6-7 mm. 

 lata acute rostrata late hiante, ungue sensim a basi dilatato: 

 sepala lateralia orbicularia, ad 15 mm. longa, margine ciliolata, 

 ungue lato brevissimo ; inferiora oblonga, descendentia, 12-14 mm. 

 longa. Nectar ia hispidula, ungue superne prorsus curvato 12-18 

 mm. longo, cuculla subhorizontali 3-5 mm. longa apice obtusis- 

 sima dorso inferne gibbosa, labio ad 5 mm. longo latiusculo subin- 

 tegro. Filamenta ad 4 mm. longa, late alata ad medium, deinde 

 subito contracta, parce pilosula. Carpella 5, arete conniventia, 

 ovoidea, glabra, exsiccando nigricantia. Fructus ignoti. 



Sikkim Himalaya. Chola Range, Chamanaka, 3750 in., 

 Gammie, 1310. 



422. Dubouzetia caudiculata, Sprague [Elaeocarpaceae] : atfinis 

 D. campanulatae, Panch., a qua foliis caudiculatis supra mollibus 

 subtus villosis recedit. 



Hamuli exstantes lignosi, circiter 5 mm. diametro, villoso-tom- 

 entosi. Folia oblanceolato-oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, apice 

 acute caudiculata, caudicula usque ad 5 mm. longa. basi rotundata, 

 0-15 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, repando-dentata, supra mollia, mi nut 

 puberula, vena media pubescente vel tomentosa, subtus praeser- 

 tim venis villoso-tomentosa demum sparsius villosa : venae supra 

 leviter vel vix impressae, subtus prominentes ; petiolus 6-0 mm. 

 longus, villoso-tomentosus. Stipulae filiformi-subulatae, 9-14 mm. 

 longae, villosae, apice glabrae et leviter curvatae. Flores bini, 

 rarius superposite bigemini. Pedunculi circiter 1 cm. longi, ut 

 pej:licelli sepalaque extra, dense villoso - tomentosi : pedicelli 

 2'5-3-5 cm. longi ; bracteae plures, stipulis conformes, sed minores 

 et plerumque ± connatae. Sepala attenuato-lanceolata, acuta, 

 2-7-2*8 cm. longa, 5-7 mm. lata, intus sericea. Petal a oblonga, ad 

 \ supra basin leviter constricta, apice obtusiuscula, 2-8-2*0 cm. 

 longa, 8-5 mm. lata (in alabastro), quadrante infimo intus pubes- 

 cente et medio incrassato. Discus 3 mm. altus. Stamina circiter 

 40 ; filamenta usque ad T5 cm. longa, fere omnino glabra ; 

 antherae usque ad 1*2 cm. longae, dense acute papillatae. Ovarium 

 fere orbiculare, 4-5 mm. diametro, dense villoso-tomentosum, 

 5-loculare, loculis 12-13-ovulatis ; stylus circiter 1'5 cm. longus. 



New Caledonia. Poinlotch Mountain, near Gatope, Vieillard, 

 2354 ; Panloitche Mountains, Caldwell. 



