Spharostema.] flora indica. 85 



longo-lanceolatis acuminatis basi acutis remote denticulatis, pedunculis 

 laxis elongatis, toro fructus elongato crasso carnoso. — Kadsura gran- 

 diliora, Wall. Tent. Nap. p. 10. t. 14, Cat. 4985 Kpartim! (spec, dex- 

 trum) (non B nee C). 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 7-10,000 ped. : a Simla! ad 

 Bhotan ! — (Fl. Mai. Jun.) (v. v.) 



Hamuli graciles, cortice fusco. Folia 3-6 poll, longa, 1-2 poll, lata, petiolo l-l£- 

 poll., 8ubcarnosa, supra lucida, subtus pallida. Pedunculi axillares, 1-2 -polli cares, 

 basi squamosi, cseterum nudi, Flores diam. ultrapolli cares, penduli, suaveolentes, 

 albi flavidi vel rosei. Fetala rotundala vel late ovalia, interiora sensim minora. 

 Filamenta indefinita, superne libera, cylindrica. Anther a ovales, connectivo crasso, 

 loculis discretis connectivo lateraliter insertis lineari-oblongis subextrorse longitudi- 

 naliter dehiscentibus. Torus fructus cylindricus, 6-9 poll, longus, incrassatus, car- 

 nosus, rubescens. Bacae globosse, coccineae, pisi magn., superne lineola brevi no- 

 tata ; testa seminis Crustacea, minute punctulata. 



2. S. elongatum (Bl. Fl. Jav. Schiz. 17. t. 5); foliis ovatis acutis 

 vel acuminatis basi cuneatis, pedunculis elongatis filiformibus, toro 

 fructus vix carnoso brevi. — Sphaerostema grandiflorum, Wall. Cat. 4985 

 A partim! (spec, sinistrnni) C ! 



Hab. In Himalaya orientali temperata : Nipal, Wall.! Sikkim!; et 

 in mont. Khasia, alt. 5-6000 ped.! — (FL per tot. sest.) (v. v.) 

 Distrib. Java. 



Rami fusci, rugosi, verruculosi. Ramuli lseves, glaucescentes, basi squamis per- 

 sistentibus stipati. Folia. sa*pe longe acuminata, subtus pallida vel glauca, 3-4 poll, 

 longa, 1^-2 lata, petiolo 1-1^-poll., rubescente. Fedunculi axillares, ssepe prope 

 basin ramuli ad axillas foliorum delapsomm plures, pseudo-fastigiati, petiolos duplo 

 superantes, basi squamulis 1-2 subulatis nmniti, cseterum nudi vel interdum medio 

 unibracteolati. Flores diametro § -poll., flavidi. Sepala parva, ina?qualia. Fetala 

 plerumqne sex, ovata, carnosula, margine membranacea, interiora majora. Stamina 

 prioris vel Kadsura Fo.vburyhiana. Torus fructus 2-3-polliearis. Baccce grani pipe* 

 ris maguitudine, substipitatse, globosa?, superne cicatrice lineari longiuscula notatse. 



It is a striking proof of the difficulty of distinguishing the plants of this family in 

 a dried state, that Dr. W allien has confounded this species with the preceding, from 

 which it differs in many important particulars. "We were fortunate enough to find 

 it abundantly in Khasia, as well as in Sikkim, where it grows at a lower level than 

 S. grandijlorum. We refer our plant without hesitation to the species figured and 

 described by Blume, notwithstanding the absence of the bractlet on the pedicel in 

 all our specimens, because it agrees in all other essential particulars, and one of the 

 pedicels in the plate is represented as without a bractlet. 



§ 2. Filamentis in globum coalitis ; antheris circiter 15, alveolis 

 androecii lojigitudinaliter adnatis, bilocu/aribus, longitudinaliter 

 dehiscentibus. 



3. S« propinquum (Bl. Fl. Jav. Seliiz. 16) ; foliis ovato-lauceo- 

 latis basi rotundatis vel cuneatis apice longe acuminatis, pedunculis 

 petiolos subsequantibus, toro fructus elongato parura incrassato. 



ft 



Tent. Nap. p. 11. 1. 15. S. pyrifolium, Blume 



Wall 



Hab. In Himalaya exteriori temperata, alt. 4-6000 ped. : Kumaon 

 " WintJ Nipal, Wall.!— (v. s.) 



