Argostemma.] LXXV. EUBIACE^. (J. D. Hooker.) 43 



acute, anthers 4 free oblong-lanceolate curved opening by pores. Wt. Ic. t. 

 1160. A. connatum, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 345; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 118 (by error cuneatum). 



Mountains of the WESTERN PENINSULA, from Canara to Travancore, Bottler, 

 Heyne, &c. 



Three inches to a span high. Leaves never more than 4, very variable in size and 

 shape, rarely acute or. shortly petioled. Umbels 3- many-fld. Flowers about in. 

 diam., white. Corolla-lobes acute. 



3. A. tavoyanum, Wall, in Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 95; Cot. 8393; leaves 

 subsessile opposite or in whorls of 4 ovate acute base contracted or cordate, 

 umbels terminal, calyx pubescent teeth ovate, anthers 4 free oblong-lanceolate 

 with terminal pores. 



TENASSEBIM ; Tavoy, Wallich. MARTABAN, at Moulmein, Parish. 



Sparsely pilose ; stem 2-4 in. Leaves sometimes only one pair, usually 4 in a 

 whorl, rarely with a smaller pair added, equal or more or less unequal. Umbels 

 simple, many-fld. Flowers \ in. diam. Corolla $ in. diam., and segments acute 

 short. This may prove to be a variety of A. courtallense, but the leaves are more 

 acute and the calyx-lobes more obtuse, and the corolla smaller with shorter lobes, 

 us far as I can make out by moistening the dried specimens. 



4. A. khasianum, C. B. Clarke', leaves sessile or petioled opposite or 

 in whorls of 4, elliptic ovate acute or subacute glabrous, umbels terminal and 

 axillary and their peduncles pubescent, calyx-teeth broad acute, anthers 4 free 

 linear-oblong straight opening by pores. A. verticillatum, Wall. Cat. 8394, in 

 part. 



KHASIA MTS., alt. 2-4000 ft., De Silva, &c. 



Closely allied to A. courtallense, differing in the much narrower glabrous leaves, 

 often 2-3 umbels, which are more closely pubescent; the anthers, too, are more 

 strictly oblong. There are sometimes as many as 8 leaves of very various size in 

 irregularly superposed pairs, and the midrib and nerves are sometimes white. 



ft Flowers 6-merous. 



5. A. pictum, Wall, in Eoxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 8f Wall ii. 327 ; Cat, 

 8392 ; leaves sessile or shortly petioled, usually in a whorl of 4 of which 2 are 

 very small and 2 very large, broadly ovate or almost orbicular obtuse or sub- 

 acute glabrous or with a few short scattered hairs, umbels 1-3 terminal simple 

 glabrous, anthers 5 coherent linear-oblong straight opening by pores. Benn. 

 PL Jav. Ear. 94. 



PENANG; Wallich, &c. 



3-4 in. high. Leaves usually large, sometimes 4 by 3 in., often variegated along 

 the midrib and nerves. Peduncle slender. Calyx-teeth broad, acute. 



6. A. verticillatum, Wall, in Eoxb. FL Ind., ed. Carey fy Wall. ii. 

 325 ; PL As. Ear. ii. 80, t. 185 ; Cat. 8394, in part ; leaves sessile 4 in a whorl 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate finely acuminate glabrous unequal, umbels 1 or 

 more terminal sometimes branched, anthers 5 free linear-oblong straight api- 

 culate opening by pores. Benn. PL Jav. Ear. 94. A. glaberrimum, Dalz. 

 in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 345; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. FL 118. A. acutum r 

 Wall. mss. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 2-6000 ft. KHASIA MTS., 

 alt. 4000 ft. CANARA ; in the Warree country, on trees, Dalzell. MARTABAN, at 

 Moulmein, Parish. PENANG, Wallich. 



Leaves 1-5 in., broader more ovate and distinctly petioled only in Moulmein 

 specimens, very rarely with an additional pair of leaves below the whorl. Umbels 

 1-3, sometimes compound, all terminal. Flowers about ^ in. diam. Calyx-teeth acute. 



