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86. Pentasacme caudata, Wall. At 3,500 feet alt. 



LOGANIACE^. 

 8y. Gaertnera acuminata. Benth. 



88. G. Koenigii var. oxyphylla. 



This is so clearly distinct from G. Koenigii, Wight of 

 Ceylon, that it is preferable to keep it a distinct species. 



89. Gaertnera Caudate sp. nov. 



Stem slender, pale, corky, barked below. Leaves patent, 

 lanceolate, caudate, base long-narrowed, acuminate, thinly 

 coriaceous, nerves 7 pairs, reticulations visible, very fine, 

 midrib prominent 11 cm. long, 2.5 cm. wide, glabrous, petiole 

 I cm. long. Stipules tubular with a few setaceous points, 

 5 mm. long, uppermost shorter. 



Panicle terminal lax 3.5 cm. long, with one or two 

 branches i cm. long at the base, scurfy. Bracts very small, 

 lanceolate acuminate. Pedicels 2 mm. long. Calyx broadly 

 cup-shaped with 5 setaceous points, 2 mm. long, glabrous. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, base cylindric, minutely scurfy 1.5 cm. 

 long, lobes lanceolate, shorter than the tube, inside glabrous 

 except for long white hairs surrounding the mouth of the tube. 

 Anthers linear in the mouth of the corolla, included. 



At 4,500 feet elevation. 



GENTIANEiE. 



go. Crawfurdia Bluynei, Don. At 6,600 feet. 



Symplocace^e. 



gi. Symplocos (Cordyloblaste) Crenulata sp. nov. 



A shrub. Leaves oblanceolate or obovate, obtuse, crenate 

 at the upper part with a short tooth in each crenulation, base 

 narrowed, coriaceous, glabrous, nerves 5 pairs with the re- 

 ticulations conspicuous on both surfaces, midrib stout, 4.5 to 

 5 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, petiole 5 mm. long. Flowers 

 numerous, solitary, axillary, pendulous, on short (t mm.) 

 pedicels, silky, with 2 small ovate lanceolate silky bracts to each 

 flower. Calyx campanulate, short, lobes 5, subacute, white, 

 silky. Corolla tube stout, lobed nearly to the base, but adnate 

 except the apices and margins to the staminal tube, i cm. 

 long, lobes broad, obtuse, appressed hairy on two rows and 

 towards apex, margins and inner face glabrous. Staminal 

 tube hairy within, adnate to the corolla for most of its length 

 lobes 15, oblong truncate, tipped by a short, free filament 



