Puate 2743a. 
PARADOMBEYA BURMANICA, Stapf. 
STERCULIACES. Tribe DoMBEYE. 
Paradombeya, Stapf Genus novum affine Corchoropsi, Sieb. & Zucc., 
et Pentapeti, L., ab illa ovarii, ab hac andreecii structura, ab utraque 
ovulorum numero differt. 
‘Calyx fere ad basin 5-partitus, herbaceus, glaber, receptaculis 
subcutaneis mucilagine repletis abundans, segmentis valvatis. /etala 
ineequalilatera, late obovata, truncata, marcescentia. Stamina per- 
15, terna cum staminodiis ligulatis mucilaginiferis episepalis 
alternantia et cum iis basi in annulum coalita ; filamenta e basi paulo 
a filiformia ; mg re late — vel Shae ger Pi gerne baer 
ella Ost 
tibus ; weer 0 elongatus, pin fester incrassatus, 4—5-sulcatus et 
subinteger. Fructus me —Frutices (7) Folia alterna, Paige 
angusta, serrata vel crenata. lores fasciculati, — s, flavi; 
pedicelli verticillatem 3- hence et ad bracteolas artieulat 
P. burmanica Stapf (sp. nov.) ; caulium nageioat ioe i Gece 
crispulis, bracteolis subpersistentibus, ovario 5-locular 
Ramuli linea latiuscula crispo-puberula notati, ceterum glabri. 
Folia lanceolata, serrata, acumi inata, basi rotundata, ad 2} poll. longa, 
u 
Calycis segmenta leaker hl rane vel iceureuie, 24 i: 
teriora (uniuscujusque phalangis intermedia) breviora, Jcstapiaes vix 5 lin. 
longe. Staminodia 3 lin. longa. Ovarium 5-locular 
Burma: Upper Shan States, at Supmut, 3,500 feet, H. H. Hilde- 
brand. 
e diagram of the flower of Paradombeya is practically the same as 
that of Pentapetes ; but the staminal tube is very short, the filaments are 
much longer, the ovary cells easily separable from each other, and the 
