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auriculatum, 1 cm, loiigum, 1"5 cm. latum, glabrum, stiplte 

 0'5 cm. longo puberulo siiffultum; alae vivae albae, purpiireo- 

 suffusae^ oblongae, apice rotiiiidatae, ad 8 mm, longae, auricula 

 linear! obtusa 1'5 mm. loiiga basi instructae, stipite gracillim.0 

 3-4 mm. longo suffultae; carina viva alba, inflata, in rostrum 

 purpureum decurvum obtusum subito contracta, circiter 1"2 cm. 

 longa, stipite 6 mm. longo suffultae. Stamoii vexillare liberum. 

 Stylus basi pubescens. Legumen (vix maturum)^ sessile, com- 

 pressum, 5 cm. longum, 6-7 mm. latum, basi angustatum, apicu- 

 latum, marginibus incrassatis, pilis brevibus albis glandulisque 

 dense tectum, 8-9-spermum. 



Indo-China. Upper Burma : near Maymyo, Ani Sakan, 

 900 m., Lace 5494. 



765. Anogeissus coronata, Stapf [Combretaceae] ; affinis 



A. Bentiiy Baker, sed foliis rotundis vel fere obcordatis, recep- 

 taculo undique pubescente, fructus alis Jatioribus insigniter 

 crispo-undulatis denticulatisve distincta. 



Frutex vel arbor (?), ramulis pubescentibus A^el subtomentellis, 

 vetustis cortice pallido tectis. Folia rotunda vel late obovato- 

 rotundata vel fere obcordata, mucronulata velapiculata,8-18mm. 

 longa, 10-18 mm. lata, utrinque tenuiter incano pubescentia, 

 nervis lateralibus subtus prominulis utrinque circiter 4 obliquis 

 versus margineni subito prorsus curvatis; petioli 1-2 mm, longi, 

 lomentelli. Capitnli peduneulo tomentello 1-2 cm. longo suffulti, 

 sub anthesi 1-1*2 cm. diametro. Receptaculi tubus 3-4 mm. 

 longus, basi iam sub antliesi alatim dilatatus, praeter alas fulyo- 

 pubescens, limbus cupularis, 5-dentatus, 2-2'25 mm. diametro, 

 extra intraque fulvo-pubescens, diu persistens, disci squamae 

 rotundatae, longe pilosae, Fructus late alatus, cum alis glabris 

 margine crispo-undulatis denticulatisve 6-7 mm. latus, 3 mm. 

 altus, receptaculo persistente coronatus. 



India. Rajputana: Merwara, in forests, Dutliie 4663. 



766. Ardisia gracilis, Lace [Myrsinaceae-Eumyrsineae] ; ab 

 afl&ni A. fauciflora, Heyne, pedunculis pedicellisque longioribus 



facile distinguenda. 



Fruticulus erectus, ramulis juventute lepidotis mox cortice 

 cinereo-brunneo irregulariter striato obtectis. Folia lanceolata, 

 obtuse plerumque inconspicue acuminata, basi in petiolum angus- 

 tata, usque ad 11 cm, longa et 2*8 cm. lata, matura cliartacea, 

 j uniora tenuiora , glabra , infra parum pallidiora , gl andulis 

 parvis numerosis aequaliter distributis, costa pagina superiore 

 impressa inferiore prominente, nervis lateralibus inconspicuis, 

 margine integro parum recurvo ; petioli O'5-l cm. longi, supra 

 late baud altius canaliculati, glabri. Inflorescentia axillaris, 

 gracilis, plerumque cernua, e i^acemis 2-4 floris umbelliformibus 

 constituta, basi folio parvo cito deciduo induta; pedunculus com- 

 munis 2-4 cm. longus; pedicelli l"7-2'5 cm, longi, parce ferru- 

 frineo-puberuti ; bracteae angustae, circiter 1 mm. longae ; 

 alabastra ovoldea, acuminata. Caly.t circiter ad medium 

 5-lobatus, ferrugineo-puberulus, lobis deltoideis obtusis 1 mm. 

 longis. Corolla viva pallide punicea, circiter 1 cm. diametro, 



