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Ornithoboea Wildeana, Cracb | Gesneraceae—-Cyrtandreae]; 
ab O. Lacei, Craib, cui proxime accedit, corollae labii inferioris . 
lobis apice haud emarginatis recedit. 
Caulis viridis, glanduloso-albido-pilosus. Folia opposita vel 
subopposita, inaequilateralia, latere altero dimidiatim ovata, 
altero dimidiatim ovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi in- 
aequialta, saepe anguste cordata, ad 10 cm. longa et 67 em. 
lata, membranacea, supra viridia, pilosula, subtus pallidora, 
praesertim ad costam nervosque pilosa, nervis lateralibus utrin- | 
secus ad 10 infimis patulis medianis arcuatis supremis satis 
obliquis, crenata, petiolo usque ad 5-7 cm. longo glanduloso- 
piloso suffulta. Inflorescentia generis, axillaris, pedunculo 
i circiter 2 cm. longo ut caule glanduloso-piloso 
apice bracteis duabus linearibus glanduloso-pilosis circa 
1-1 2. longis et 1:75 mm. latis instructo — suffulta; 
pedicelli 1-1°l cm. longi, glanduloso-pilosi. | Sepala post 
anthesin reflexa, usque ad 13 mm. longa et 3°5 mm. lata, extus 
landuloso-pilosa, intra puberla. Corollae tubus 8-9 mm. 
ongus, ore dense barbato-pilosus; labium inferius subquad- 
ratum, 9 mm. longum, apice 9 mm., basi 5 mm. latum, extra 
' parce breviter pilosum et rubro-glandulosum, 3-lobatum, lobis 
oblongis integris 3-75 mm. longis 3 mm. latis; labium supremum 
inferiore multo brevius, lobulis 2 emarginulatis. Stamina 2, 
filamentis brevibus complanatis, antheris maiusculis, staminodiis 
uobus. Ovarium pilis glanduloso-capitatis et praeterea 
glandulis brunneis densius tectum; stylus pubescens, pilis 
infimis glanduloso-capitatis. 
Described from a specimen raised in Dublin at the Trinity 
College Botanic Gardens from seed sent from Siam by Dr. 
A. F. G. Kerr. 
Daphniphyllum Beddomei, Craib { Euphorbiaceae-Phyllan- 
theae}; a D. himalayense, Muell. Arg., foliis fuscis subtus haud 
glaucis distinguendum. 
_ Arbor circiter 15 m. alta (ex Kerr), omnino glabra vel ramulis 
juventute tantum minutissime sparse puberulis; ramuli primo 
acuminata, 9-215 cm. longa, 3-3-8-4 cm. lata, papyracea ve 
coriaceo-papyracea, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 12 intra 
marginem anastomosantibus supra prominulis subtus cum costa 
prominentibus, nervulis pagina utraque subprominulis, margine 
iolo 24 
canaliculato  suffulata; stipulae fueaces, 4 mm. __longae. 
Inflorescentia 6 axillaris, 2°2-2°5 em. longa, glabra, rhachi fusca 
glabra ima basi perulis paucis interdum ‘persistentibus interdum 
deciduis instructa; pedicelli 3 mm. longi; bracteae deciduae. 
Sepala 3-4, albida, oblonga quadratave apice irregularite 
fimbriata denticulatave, cirea 1 mm, longa. Stamina 9, fila- 
mentis brevibus, antheris crassis angulatis oblongis brevissime 
vel vix apiculatis. Inflorescentia 9 ignota ; infructescentia 
