174 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Sess. Lxxv. 
5-partito, stylo piloso ab ea specie satis distinguenda. A 
Leycesteria stipulata (Hook. f. & T.) Fritsch, habitu gracili, 
caule fistuloso glabrescente, stylo piloso inter alia differt. 
Frutex ramosus paucipedalis, ramulis + albo-pilosulis, 
mox glabrescentibus, teretibus, fistulosis ad nodos septatis. 
Folia opposita breviter petiolata, membranacea, lanceolata, 
5-10 em. longa, 1:25-4 cm. lata, acute caudato-acuminata, 
basi rotundata vel aliquantulum cordata, supra subglabra 
vel parce strigillosa, subtus glauca, preecipue in venis + 
rufescenti - strigillosa, margine obscure sinuata, rarius 
ciliolata, venis primariis 5-7 paribus; petiolus 1-3 mm. 
longus, dense strigosus; stipule parve ad 5 mm. longe, 
ad 3 min. late, rotundato-ovatz, seepe perpusille. Floris 
luteo-albidi 2 em. longi, sessilis, in spicas 2-vel 4-florigeras 
brevissimas ramulos laterales terminantes per paria 
dispositi pedunculis brevissimis; —bracteze bracteoleeque 
plures foliaceze rotundato-ovate vel lanceolate, floribus 
breviores. Calycis dense glanduloso-pilosi tubus 5 mm. 
longus fusiformis ; limbus fere ad imum in lobos quinque 
eequales, rarius subzequales, lineari - lanceolatos, acutos, 
5 mm. longos, persistentes divisus. Corolla 15 mm. longa, 
subequaliter 5-loba, hypocrateriformis, fere recta, extus 
glanduloso-pilosa, intus glabra, nisi infra mediam partem 
qua filamenta cum tubo conjuncta, lobis rotundatis 3-4 mm. 
longis. Stamina brevissime exserta summo triente glabro 
parte coherente villosula. Ovariwm 5-loculare multio- 
vulatum stylo stamina paulo superante filiformi, summo 
triente glabro, reliqua parte dense glanduloso - pilosa, 
stigmate capitato. Fructus immaturus angularis albidis 
glanduligeris capillis dense vestitus; semina vix matura 
‘75 mm. longa, irregulariter ovoidea, subeompressa, minute 
punctulata, albida, nitentia. 
Sikkim :—in monte Tonglo, 10,000 ped. alt., prope fines 
nepalenses 154 Herb. Sikkimense T. Anderson coll. anno 
1862; inter montes pluviosos prope hospitium Karponang 
dictum, ad 9-10,000 ped. alt. 2996 Smithz. Typiin herbariis 
Kewensi et Edinburgensi et Calcuttensi conservati. 
This species is rare in the Sikkim hills, and ranges higher 
than Leycesteria stipulata. The specific name is in honour 
of Mr A. C. Bell, LC.S., British Resident in Sikkim, who has 
made botanical collections in Chumbi and elsewhere. It 
