70 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
Semina minuta (matura non visa). Fruticulus gracilis erectus 
glaber vel glabrescens. Folia longe petiolata, orbicularia vel 
suborbicularia, breviter acuminata, minutissime serrulata, 5—7- 
nervia, minute glandulosa. Flores inter minores in axillis 
inferioribus (an semper ?) 2—5-fasciculati, rosei. 
Sporoxeia sciadophila, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 3 
Fruticulus circ. 1 m. altus ramulis plus minusve quadratis 
glabris vel primo sparsim furfuraceo-puberulis. Folia petiolo 
4-8 cm. longo minute furfuraceo-glanduloso praedita ; lamina 
vulgo 7-10 cm. longa, 6-10 cm. lata, fere orbicularis, apice 
breviter et abrupte acuminata, basi plerumque rotundata, 
membranacea, margine levissime serrulata, utrinque glandulis 
minutis nitentibus crebre punctata, epilosa, nervis primariis 
5-7 arcuatim percurrentibus conspicuis, trabeculis parallelis 
15-20. Flores 2~-5-nati ex axillis foliorum inferiorum (saepe 
delapsorum) orientes. Pedicelli circ. 1 cm. longi, fructu ad 2 cm. 
aucti, minute glandulosi. Calycis tubus circ. 4 mm. longus, 
circ. 3 mm. latus, basi rotundatus nec clavatus, anthopodio 
deficiente, carnosulus, minute nitenti-glandulosus; lobi 3-4 
mm. longi, ovati vel ovato-triangulares, apiculati, diu_persis- 
tentes. Petala 5-6 mm. diametro rosea. Stamina circ. I cm. 
longa, filamentis glabris circ. 5 mm. longis, antheris calcare 
carnosulo postice ornatis. Ovarium vertice depressum glabrum. 
Capsula circ. 4 mm. longa valvis 4 dehiscens ; semina matura 
delapsa ; calycis costae 8 in fructu sicco conspicuae. 
““ Upper Burma :—Hpimaw limestone peak, in shady damp 
gullies of Naung-Chaung Valley. Alt. 4000-6000 ft. Under- 
shrub of 2-4 ft. with bright pink flowers. Aug. 1g14.”’ F. K. 
Ward. No. 1775: 
The generic name is intended to suggest the close affinity of 
the genus with Oxyspora, and must not be interpreted as indicat- 
ing that the seeds of Spovoxeia are pointed. They may be, but 
ripe seeds are not yet available. 
Stemona vagula, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate S. japonicae, Franch. et Savat.; foliis 
lanceolatis trinerviis brevi-petiolatis inter alia differt. 
Planta 30-45 cm. longa, scandens vel inter herbas fruti- 
culosque longe vagans. Radices numerosae tuberibus 7-10 cm. 
longis circ. 2 cm. latis oblongo-ovoideis terminatae. Caulis 
flexuosus vel tortuosus, gracilis striatulus ; pars inferior (fere 
subterranea) pallida foliis squamiformibus membranaceis albidis 
2-3 mm. longis remotis praedita; pars superior bene foliata. 
Folia opposita vel saepius ternatim verticillata, plerumque 
