ICONES PLANTARUM. 55 



tubo brevissimo, lobis ovatis subobtusis, fructu glabro punctulato, 

 niericarpiis oblongo-ovoideis. G. vernunij HooJ:,/. in FL Brit. Ind. iii. 

 p. 209, non Scop. 



Hab. Western Himalaya: Chumba, 9000 feet, 0. B. Clarke] Jum- 

 notri, 10-11,000 feet, Butliie. 



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Apparently a very distinct species, in inflorescence like G. capifatum. 

 The name cryptanthutn is given to it because the minute flowers 

 develop with the leaves, and are only found in tbe uppermost whorl or 

 two. It was referred, in the ' Flora of British India,' from a very im- 

 perfect specimen, to G. vernum, of which it has the habit and foliage. 

 W. B. Hemsley. 



Fig. 1. A flower seen from above. -2. A flower seen from the side. 3. A pistil. 

 4. An umbel of fruit. 5. A fruit. 6. Vertical section of the same. All the figures 

 much enlarged. 



Plate 1470. • 



APONOGETON HOLTJBII, OUv. 



NaIADACEJI, Tribe APONOGETONEiE. 



A. Holubii, OUv. (sp. nov.) 



obtusmscule acntatis bas 



obtusiuscule acntatis basi rotiindatis anguste cordatis petiolis elongatis, 

 peduneulis crassiusculis, spatha (;aduca, spadice bipartito ramis apicem 

 versus attenuatis multifloris, floribus hermaphroditis dense unilatera- 

 "ter spicatis, bracteolis lateralibus 2 oblongis v. obovato-oblongis obtusjs 

 snbffiqualibus floribus paullo brevioribus, staminibus circ. 6, carpelhs 

 ^-0, seminibus 6-8 oblongis terctibus longitudinaliter 6-8 costatis. 



Hab. 



Eolul) 



Jlolia 5 poll, longa, 2 poll, lata, papyraceo-membranacea, venuhs 

 obscuris. Spadix ramis floriferis 2^ poll, longis, fructiferis accres- 

 centibaa 3-3^ poll, longis. Flares dense spicati. Stamiva filamentis 

 anguste lineari-subulatis • antheris rotundato-ellipticis inappendicu- 



latis.— D. Oliver. 



%• 1. Two flowers and a portion of spadix. 2-3. Bracteolffi (perianth-leaves?). 

 e'nla"f^^' ^" ^^'^'^' ^""^^ ^P'^^' ^' I'^uit-carpel. 7. Seed. 8. Embryo. Ml 



