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linear, lanceolate-acuminate shorter. Stamens very small 

 with slender filaments. Style rather stout, deeply bifid into 

 2 linear blunt lobes from a large fleshy disc. Tasan : White ; 

 2 feet. 



Differs in its small compact head and glabrous corolla 

 from the other Indian species. 



113. Diplospora stylosa, sp. nov. 



Shrub 6 ft. tall ; branches slender, pale glabrous. 

 Leaves thinly coriaceous, sub-herbaceous, lanceolate-acumi- 

 nate, cuspidate at both ends, nerves 6 pairs fine, elevate 

 beneath, 5-5 in. long, 1-5 in. wide, petiole -25 in. long. 

 Stipules subulate from a broad triangular base, • 1 in. long. 

 Flowers small, few on a short axillary raceme, • 1 in. long, 

 glutinous, shining. Calyx campanulate, narrowed below 

 the limb with 4 acute triangular teeth. Corolla yellowish, 

 tubular • 1 in. long, lobes oblong ovate, acute, nearly as long 

 as the tube, mouth of tube hairy within. Stamens shortly 

 exsert from tube. Style long exsert ; stigma deeply bifid 

 into 2 broad lanceolate lobes nearly as long as corolla lobes, 

 long exsert. Fruit ellipsoid narowed at base and top and 

 crowned with calyx. Tasan : Yellowish-white ; 6 ft. tall ; 

 6834. Near D. Kurzii but with fewer flowers and diff"erent 

 venation. 



114. Randia fasciculata, Lam. 



Tasan : bush ; white ; 6982. Koh Jam Yai off" Takuapa ; 

 White ; 6625. Distrib. South to Malay Peninsula. 



115. Randia parvula, sp. nov. 



Shrub 5 to 8 feet tall ; bark pale, spines • 4 in. long, ra- 

 ther stout.. Leaves coriaceous, ovate to elliptic lanceolate 



• 5 in. long, 2 • 5 in. long, • 75 in. wide or less, one or two pairs 

 on the short 1-1-5 in. branches, petiole very short ; stipules 



•1 in. long, broad at base with a subulate point, pubescent 

 when young. Flowers 2 on a very short axillary or ter- 

 minal peduncle with several imbricate, ovate acuminate 

 bracts. Pedicel -1 in. long, glabrous. Calyx '25 in. long, 

 campanulate, hairy with 5 long setaceous points. Corolla 

 tube slender, • 5 in. long, curved, lobes oblong acute, • 25 in. 

 long. Stamens ; anthers acuminate, exsert. Stigma club- 

 bed. Fruit globose, -25 in. through, pubescent, crowned 

 with the persistent calyx-tube. Koh Gah : Thorny bush 5 to 

 8 feet ; white ; scented ; 6608. Allied to jR. fasciculata but 

 leaves and flowers much smaller, leaves more coriaceous. 



116. Randia densiflora, Benth. 



Tasan : Pale greenish-yellow, almost white ; 15 ft. ; 

 6867 : yellowish ; tree ; 6934. Distrib. Assam to Singapore 

 and Travancore, Malay Islands, S. China. 



117. Randia Klossi, sp. nov. 



Climber, glabrous with pairs of axillary spines, '3 in. 

 long, slightly curved. Leaves thinly coriaceous, elhptic, 

 base rounded or very shortly narrowed, tip rather abruptly 

 acute, 5 in. long, 2 in. wide ; nerves 5 pairs usually faint ; 

 petiole • 3 in. long. Stipules broad, ovate, triangular, keeled 



