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ted stem. The leaves are palmately 5-7-lobed to about the middle, 

 the lobes being themselves somewhat I ©bed. The fruiting peduncles 

 are long, the capsule 3-alate, one wing being much longer than the 

 others. It probably belongs to the section Plaiy centrum, but flowers 

 are absent. 



GAMOPETAL/E. 



CAPRIFOLIACE.E TO LABIATE. 



BY 



Dr. H. F. Werxham. 

 CAP1UF0LIACE.E. 



101. LoNICERA MACRAXTHA Don. 



Arbre Broye, 5,400 ft. " Flowers white to yellow." 



Distrib. India, China. 



RUBIACE.E. 

 102. Argostemma borragineum Blume. 



Dalat, 5,000 ft. " Stamens yellow." 



Distrib. Malaya. 

 103. Hedyotls equlsetiformis Weriiham, sp. no v. 



Uerba humiliuscula inter gramina Horens. Catties graciles 

 altiuscule longitudinaliter canaliculati glabrati, basi sublignosi 

 sparse ramosi, basinque versus cortice subargenteo stipularum 

 necnon vaginae onusti reliquiis. Folia pro rata sessilia firmiuscule 

 pergamacea angustissime lanceolata apicem versus leniter necnon 

 conspicue acuminatissima atque acutissima, utrinque glabra ; venae 

 subtus prominentissimae laterales valde obliquae utrinque 2 ; 

 stipulae infra in vaginain tardius cohaerentes tumidiusculam per- 

 sistentem insuper in setain tenttissimam necnon elongatam productae 

 quisque interpetiolaris. Flares minimi in cymulis trichotomis 

 paueitioris umbellatis dispositi laxiusculis axillaribus ; pedunculi 

 tenues foliis multo breviores ; bracteae inconspicuae saepius breves 

 oblongo-lanceolata3. Calyx infundibularis lobis lanceolatis obtusis. 

 Corolla, anguste infundibularis lobis 5 patentibus. 



Dalat, 5,000 ft. "Violet-white. In grass-land." A delicate 

 little herb, branched from the base and sparsely branched above, 

 20-30 cm. in height, It is allied to the group with pedunculate in- 



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