Mr. W. H. Benson on new Indian Land- Shells, 11 



always) slightly emarginate with an apiculus in the notch, to- 

 gether with the spike-like arrangement of the heads, are marked 

 characteristics of this species, which is very abundant in the 

 valley of Llanberis, Caernarvonshire. I have seen what is appa- 

 rently the same plant from Hope in Derbyshire, Berwick-upon- 

 Tweed, Bembridge in the Isle of Wight, and Edinburgh ; but I 

 have not seen the radical leaves of either of these plants. 



5. A. minus (Schkr.) ; infiorescentia racemosa, capitulis brevi- 

 pedunculatis arachnoideis (parvis), squamis involucri floribus 

 brevioribus, parte superiori corollse tubo ejus subsequali sub- 

 cylindrica ad basin attenuata sub dentibus nunquam constricta 

 glabra, tubo corollse ad basin fructu multo angustiore, petiolis 

 fistulosis, foliis radicalibus cordato-prolongis grosse dentatis 

 dentibus apiculatis. 



A. minus, Schkr. Handb. iii. 49 (1803) ; Fries, Nov. 263. 



A. Lappa a, Linn. Fl. Suec. ed. 2. 277 (teste Fries). 



A. Lappa, Curt. Fl. Lond. ii. 173 (fasc. iv. 55) ; Woodv. Med. Bot. 



t. 15. 

 Lappa minor, DC. Fl. Fr. iv. 77 ; Prod. vi. 661 ; Fl. Dan. t. 2662. 

 Bardana capite minora. Small-headed Burdock, Pet. Eng. PI. t. 23. 



f. 3. 



Stem often 4-5 feet high, its top and the tops of the branches 

 usually nodding, bearing rather loose racemes of heads. Heads 

 small (usually about the size of a hazel-nut), ovoid with flowers, 

 not umbilicate, mostly globular with fruit, greenish, usually 

 much webbed. Radical leaves acute, longer than broad, broadest 

 at one-third above the insertion of the petiole ; teeth very broad 

 but shallow ; petioles hollow, slightly angular, scarcely furrowed 

 above. 



This common plant is known by its small ovoid racemose 

 stalked heads, and its very coarsely dentate, not crenate, leaves. 



II. — New Land- Shells from Travancore, Western and Northern 

 India. Described by W. H. Benson, Esq., Retired List, 

 Bengal Civil Service. 



1. Helix Basilessa, B., n. sp. 



H. testa anguste umbilicata, solida, depressa, striatula, sub epider- 

 mide luteo-fusca purpurascente, subtus versus umbilicum albida; 

 spira convexiuscula, apice valde obtuse, sutura impressiuscula, 

 demum impressa ; anfractibus 5, rapide accrescentibus, ultimo 

 antice leviter descendente, dilatato, subtus demum subplaiiato, 

 supra peripheriam fascia castanea superne albida munito ; aper- 

 tura obliqua, transversim oblonge ovato-lunata, intus fuscescente. 



