1919] Plants from Behar and Orissa. 315 
20-25 cm. vel annotina 60-80 cm. longa 20 cm. lata 2-pinnata, 
pinnae 5-8-jugae 2°5-10 cm. longae, pinnulae pinnatifidae vel 
inciso-serratae, lobi ultimi lineari-lanceolati, folia caulina pauca 
2-pinnata v. pinnata v. pinnatifida ultimis lobis anguste-lanceo- 
latis inciso-serratis v. linearibus apicibus subspinulosis. Um- 
bellae 5-9 cm. diametro. Pedunculi longi. Bracteae involucri 
0-2 lineares. Radii 18-25 hispiduli 18-32 mm. lo ongi. Brac- 
teae involucelloram circa 8-10 anguste-lineares inaequale 
Pedicelli 20-30, 15-25 mm. longi v. 25-35 mm. fructu. Wen 
albi. Sepala 0. Petala 1:3 mm. obovata interne carinata 
apice inflexa. Antherae caeruleae. Fructus a dorso com- 
ndia. adenteiece ot Chota a elev. 2,500-3,000 ft., 
near streams. Fl. May. Fr. Jun 
8. Melothria TR Haines (Cucurbitaceae-Cucumeri- 
Species M. pee Hf. & T. affinis, foliis alte 3-5-lobatis 
nervis inne minus pubescentibus plus hispidis, floribus 
_feminis cum masculis in racemis dispositis, connectivo antherae 
parvo neque dilatato oe producto, pedicellis in fructu ro- 
bustioribus scabridis t 
Herba — ramis sulcatis parce hispidis. Folia alte 
3-5-lobata, 65-8 ¢ onga, marginibus nervisque hispidis et 
supra parce pilosis piope petiolum, lobis lanceolatis v. oblongis 
v. lineari-oblongis. Petiolu ongus ype onan 
Flores monoeci albidi circa 7 mm. diametro ad nodos racemi 
angularis tenuis conferti masculis cum feminis, racemi >. 5-6°5 
em. longi, pedicelli 5-7 mm. longi hispidi. Calycis tubus cam- 
panulatus, sepala lineares, petala ovata acuta papillosa, an- 
therae omnes 2-loculares, loculis fere rectis, connectivo neque 
producto neque lato neque lobato. Fructus 78-10 mm. sub- 
globosus pedunculis sang seer a albidis compressis 
elliptico-obovatis 3°5 mm. lon 
India, in Purneah near md Nan boundary. 
9. Oidenlendia arenaria, Haines (Rubiaceae-Hedyotideae). 
heise 0. umbellatae affinis, ramis robustioribus, ae 
integerrimis, sepalis latioribus previoribus capsulis seminibus 
que majoribus differt. 
Herba multis ramis ditfusis striatis rigidis 10-20 cm. longis. 
Folia sessilia linearia ‘8-2°3 cm. longa m marginibus recurvatis, 
stipulis pial acide eneates sine setis. Flores minuti in 
