Ô16 J^''o/'- Don's Monograpli of the Genus Disporuin. 



basilari, chalazâ siibapicali dilatattl orbiculatâ atro-fiiscâ: fe.sfd mem- 

 branacea : «Ibidneu copiosum, cornenin. Emhrijo in regione uiiibilicali, 

 siibclavatus, inchisus. 

 Herbfe (Asiaticce) perennes, rhizomate ramoso-Jibrosu, multuipite. Caiiles an- 

 gulati. Folia lUlatcita, margiue feritdssimè cai-tilagineo-serrtilafa, plenonqite 

 suhpetiolafa. Intlorescentia termwalis, umhellata. Bacca nigra, trigona, 

 angul'ts apice promine)ittbi(s suhtt'iloba. 



1. D. ca/carafiiin, iiinbellis pediinculatis sub-5-floiis, sepalis lanceolatis acu- 



tiiiseulis basi longé calcaratis, anthoris filainentis stigmatibusque stylo 

 triplo longioribus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis scssilibus. 

 Uvnlai-ia calcarata. //«//. Cat. n. 5U87. 

 Hab. in niontibus Silhct ad Jentya. Gn/. Gomez. V . Fl. Maio. (v. s. sp. in 

 Hei-b. Wall.). 



Caid'is ei'cctus, prolifcro-ramosus, cubitalis. Folia sessilia, ovato-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, multinei'via, glabra, subtùs pallidiora, 3-pollicai-ia, polliceni et 

 ultra lata, imâ basi parinn contracta. Umbel/a pedunculata, 4-floi-a, rariùs 

 2- V. 5-tloi'a. Pedtutciilus seniuncialis. Pedicelli angulati, vix pollicares. 

 Sepala lanceolata, acutiuscula, viridia? senumcialia, basi calcarata : eal- 

 caribus unguicularibus, obtusis, extremitate incurvis. Filamenta dilatata, 

 antlieris 3-pl5 longiora. Antherœ obtusœ. Orariinii turbinatum. Sfi/las 

 elongatus, triqueter. Stigmata oljtusa, recurvata, stylo tcr longiora. 



This species, remarkable for the length of the spurs at the base of the 

 sepals, was collected by Mr. Gomez on the Jentya Hills in Sylhet, a moun- 

 tainous region on tlie north-eastern frontier of Bengal. The flowers, which 

 appear in May, are apparently of a green colour, and vary from 2 to 5 in the 

 umbel. The leaves are altogether sessile, not being narrowed at the base as 

 in most of tiie other species. The inflorescence, as in the rest of the genns, is 

 really terminal, although, from the prolongation of tlie branches beyond it, it 

 has the appearance of being lateral. 



2. D. IFallichii, umbellis subsessilibus sub-5-flons, sepalis lanceolatis acumi- 



natis, calcaribus rectis abbreviatis, antheris filamentis 4-plo brevioribus, 

 stylo stigmatibus longiore, foliis ovato-lanceolatis subpetiolatis. 



