Piate 2204. 
APOROSA BOURDILLONII, Stapf. 
Evpnorsiacex. Tribe Puytianruen. 
Bourdillonii, Stapf (sp. nov.); arbuscula, ramulis breviter 
tomentellis deinde glabrescentibus, foliis oblongo-ellipticis obtusiuscule 
is CO is glabrati 
acuminatis costa nervisque secundariis puberulis exceptis 
ranaceo, staminibus sepius 2 liberis, ovarii rndimento minimo, 
floribus 2 in axillis superioribus solitariis pedunculo bracteato suffultis, 
perianthio ineequaliter 4-partito segmentis bracteis consimilibus, ovario 
Ovoideo processubus linearibus demum accrescentibus strigillosis obsito. 
Has. Travancore; moist forest in the low country, 7. Fulton 
Bourdillon (No. 9). 
ia 
utrinque 7-9, venulis inconspicuis, 44-6 poll. longa, 14-12 poll. lata ; 
petiolus 4 poll. longus. Stipule oblonge acuminate fulvo-tomen- 
pallide brannew puberale et ciliate, 1-14 lin. longe. Anthere 
globose loculis contiguis parallelis. Flores 2 pedunculati, pedunculo 
ao 3-$ poll. longo. Ovarium a i 
This species represents a peculiar type which may well form a new 
section of Aporosa, or even a new genus altogether. The structure of 
the ovary, however, is, apart from the shaggy indumentum, exactly 
that of Aporvsa. Professor Baillon, to whom I forwarded a sketch of 
the plant and of my dissections, is also inclined to refer this species to 
Aporosa.—O. Sravr. 
Fig. 1. Glomerulus of staminate flowers in bud. 2 and 3, Staminate flowers. 
4. Pistiliate flower from below. 5. The same, side view. 6. Longitudinal section of 
young fruit,— 4] enlarged. 
