18 ICONES PLANTARUM. 



B, Andersoni, Hookf. {Species unica)* 



Hab. Sikkim Himalaya, in tlie tropica" 

 J. D. jr., T. Anderson, 



2-4000 



Gaules elongati, crassltie pennas anatinse v. anserinso, intordum sub- 

 villosi. Folia 4-5 poll, longa, 2^3|^ poll, lata, basi rotnndata, snbtus 

 prascipue pubescentia, pilis siccitate rafescentibus, nervia utrinque 

 4-6 tenuibas arcuatis ; petiole l-2|^-polUcari. Flores iu fasciculis 6-8, 

 pedicellis l-l|^-pollicaribus gracilibus hirsntis. Sepala parva, dorso 

 hirsuta. Gorolla 1^ poll, lata, extus birsuta, intns glaberrima, lobis 

 tubo explanato subsequilongis, tota luride violaceo-purpurea. Cohunna 

 staminea nnacum processubns parva, Folliculi 5 poll, longi, -^-| poll, 

 diametro, arouatim recurvi, crasse coriacei, endocarpio crustaceo Ditido, 

 Semina pollicaria, ^ poll, lata, inferne alata; coma densa, semine 

 asquUonga v. brevior, pilis irregalaribas patenti-rccurvia* 



The affinity of this genus is with Heterostemma^ from wbich it differs 

 in the singular follicles and the very large seeds. It ^Yas discovered 

 by myself in the tropical forests of the outer ranges of the Sikkim 

 Himalaya in July 1848, and has since been collected by the late Dr. 

 Anderson (then Superintendent of tbe Royal Botanic Garden of 

 Calcutta) and by others. — J. D. H, 



Fig. 1. Calyx. 2. Sepal seen from inside. S. Staminal column and corona] pro- 

 cesses. 4. Top of staminal column. 5. 6. Pollinia. 7. Follicle. Alt but fig. 7 enlarg^> 



Plate 1423. 



LYGISMA ANGUSTIPOLIA, ifooyL./ 



ASCLEPIADEJE, Tribe MAKSDE.ME.E. 



nl^nS^^!' ^''''^'^ ^ ^^'^y'' 5-partitu3, scgmentia oblongis 



obtusi^ mtus eglandulosis. Gorolla rotata, tubi Intus pubescente ; 



it^pSTX'^^^^^^ cont^rti, dextrorsum obtegentes et Fa alabaatro 



abiupte xnflexu Ginona corolhna 0. Golumna ftaminea minuta, cupu- 



respondentlbus ; corona staminea e den- 



tberis 



acuminata "P1nt^o= ^....,- - ' vrttaer fetiolata^ linean^lunceolata, 



corijmhifi 



W\ 



/. (Species unica) .—M&vad 



