Lardizabalea ■.] flora indica. 211 



Hab. Sikkim, ad basin Himalaya! Assam, Griffith! Khasia, a basi 

 ad alt. 3000 ped.! Silhet, Wall! Chittagong !— (Fl. Sept. Oct.) (v. v.) 



Frutex alte scandens, cortice lsevigato vel vix striatulo fusco. Folia 3-7 poll. 



longa, li-2^ lata, basi rotundata vel acuta, subtus in sicco crebre reticulata. Nervi 



obliqui, incurvi. Panicula rubescentes, glabcrrimrc, interdum foliosrc et elongate, 



sfepius aphyllae et foJia tequantes vel iis paullo breviores, axillarcs vel paullo supra- 



axillares, basi squamulis genimaceis persistentibus stipatrc. alterne raniosae; ramuli 



vix i-pollicares, rarius in paniculis foliosis fere pollicares, 2-5-flori. Flore* miuuti, 



flavidi. Sepala subciliata, rotundata. Petala obovata, brevissime unguiculata, -^ 



poll, longa, 5-nervia, carnosula, basi intus sulco longitudinali exarata. 8ta\ Ina de- 



miim petala asquantia; filamenia carnosa, subcompressa, apice incurva. Ovaria 



parum com pressa. Styli abbreviati. 



This species comes nearer to Blume's S. Meniscosta tban any other of our conti- 

 nental species. 



In some collections, but not in the Linnean Society's Herbarium, a species of Pho- 

 tinia occurs as Wall. Cat. 1000 B. 



7. S. paniculata (Edgeworth ! mss. in Herb. Benth.) ; foliis ellip- 

 tico- vel oblongo-lanceolatis acutis basi rotundatis vel acutis coriaceis, 

 paniculis elongatis folia fere sequantibus vel superantibus laxe pilosulis 

 a basi rarnosis ramis irregulariter cymosis, antheris introrsis. 



Hab. In Himalaya subtropica, infra 3000 ped. alt.; Garliwal, Edge- 

 worth! Kumaon, Madden! Str. et Wint.! — (v.s.) 



Rami* ft glabri, fnsci, striatuli. Folia 5-8 poll, longa, 1 i —3 lata, petiolo f— 1- 

 pollicari, glabra, juniora vix puberula. Nervi obliqui, arcuati, venulis in sicco crebre 

 reticulars. Panicula plerumque aphyllaj sed interdum foliosse, et tunc folia flora I ia 

 ceteris conformia aut pan r a ovato-lanceolata l$-2-poHicaria. Hamuli panicula 1-2- 

 pollicares, apicem versus cymose multiflori. Sepal a ovalia, 1-iiervia, dorso dense 

 pilosa. Petala oblouga, vix acuta, 3-5-nervia, 1.J lin. longa. Sta, na petalis di- 

 midio breviora. Filamenia ligulata, apice subcontract a. 



X. LARDIZABALEtE. 



Flores abortu unisexuales vel polygami. Sepala 6, serie dupliee dis- 

 posita, rarius 3, hypogyna, caduca, aestivutioiie valvata vel parum im- 

 bricata. Petala 6, rarius nulla, sepalis opposita et ssepe multo minora, 

 squamaeformia. Stamina 6, in floribus maseulis sepalis petalisque op- 

 posita ; filamenta libera vel in tubum coalita ; anthers liberie, adnata, 

 extrorsse, connectivo apiculatas : in hermaphrodito-fcemineis parva, sem- 

 per libera, ssepissime polline vacua (in Decaisnea pollinifera). Ovaria 

 3, sepalis exterioribus opposita, rarissime 6-9, lineari-oblonga, unilo- 

 cularia; ovula numerosa, secus suturam ventralem biserialiter dispo- 



8J "ta, anatropa vel supra totam superficiem ovarii sparsa, orthotropu, 



serius anatropa vel carapylotropa. Carpella magna, tot quot ovaria, 

 pulposa, indehiscentia vel intus longitudinaliter dehiscent ia, follicu- 

 laria, pulpa repleta, polysperma, srepissime eudospermii processubus ad 

 axin fere productis pseudo-multilocularia. Semina anatropa vel earn- 

 Pylotropa, testa nitida Crustacea vel cartilaginea. Albumen copiosum, 

 oleosura ; embryonis minuti radicula ad hilum versa. — "Frutices ut phi- 

 ritnum volubiles, rarius erecti, glabri. Hamuli basi gemuUB squamis sub- 



