22 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [January, 1914. 



Var. Dblavayi. Bractece perlatse, obtusse vel rotundatae, vel pau- 

 lam mucronulataa, magnse. Flores masculini magni. 



Var. Henuyi. Bractece perlatae, obtusge vel rotundataB vel paulum 

 mucronulatae, parvse. Flores masculini parvi. 



Varietas vera himalaica est: varietas straminea austro-sinensis 

 (ex provincia Yunnan attulit Henry, 9495 C! 11301 ! Delavay, 4816! 

 necnon siamensis (Kerr, 1374 !).^ Var ietates Fargesii et Delavayi et 

 Henryi austro sinenses sunt : var. Fargesii ex provinces Yunnan 

 (Forrest, 25666 !), Szechuan {Henry, 7103 ! Farges !), Kwei-chow (Martin et 

 Bodinierl), Hupeh (Henry, 266 ! 4486 ! 7501 !): varietas Delavayi in pro- 

 vinces Yunnan {Delavay, 563! 1825! 1828! 3318! 3833!), Szechuan 

 (Farges y 227!), Kwei-chow (Ghaffanjon et Bodinierl Bodinier, 2408!), 

 Hupeh (Henry , 6419!): varietas Henryi in provinces Yunnan (Henry 

 9495! 9715!) et Kwei-chow (Ghaffanjon arid Bodinierl). ' 



41. D. tamarisciflora. D. pentaphylla, var., Ridley, 

 Mat. Flor. Malay Peninsula, ii. (1907), p. 81. D. pentaphylla, 

 Ridley in Journ. Roy. Asiatic Soc, Straits Br., Ii. (1911), 

 p. 206. The island of Lankawi off the northern part of the 

 west coast of the Malay Peninsula. A species closely allied to 

 D. pentaphylla and requiring further study. 



D. TAMARisciFiiORA. Tuber jornotum. Caulis supra tenuis, pilis 

 simplicibus hirsutus. Folia alterna, ternata, pilis sparsis supra induta, 

 infra ad nervos majores rufo hirsuta, inter nervos fusco-hirsuta : foliolum 

 medium angaste ellipticum, longe acuminatum, ad 6 cm. longum, ad 2*5 

 cm. latum, basi acutum venis lateralibus utrinque quinque : foliola 

 lateralia asymmetrica, basi oblique acuta, apice quam medium minus 

 acuminata, ad 5 cm. longa : petioli foliorum visorum ad 25 mm. longi : 

 petioluli 2 — 3 mm. longi, rufo-hirsuti. Flores maris ad 45 in spicas 

 singulas vel binas ad 4*5 mm. longas dispositi : apiece ipsa3 in inflorescen- 

 tiam spithamseam composite : axis triangularis, hirsutus : bractece 

 ovato-acuminatae, hirsutse, ad 1-25 mm. longae : bracteolse similes mino- 

 res. Sepala lanceolato-ovata, extra hirsuta. 1 mm. longa. Petala spa- 

 thulata, erassa, glabra. Stamina 3. 



Peninsula Malaica. In principatus Kedah insula Langkawi 

 (Curtis, 2539 !). Typus in herbario Singapurense conservatus est. Spe- 

 cies ob spicas longas inter affines distincta est. 



42. D. Pierrei. A species of Lower Cochin-China, differ- 

 ing from D. pentaphylla notably in the thickness and stiffness 

 of its felt of red-brown hairs. 



D. Pierrei. Tubera ignota. Gaules aculeati, pilis ferrugineis dense 

 piloso-pubescentes, sinistrorsim volubiles. Folia alterna, 3 — 5-foliolata, 

 supra pilis paucis rigidis induta, infra dense pubescentia ; foliolum 

 medium obovatum, acuminatum, basi acutum, ad 15 cm. latum, pen- 

 ninerve : foliola externa, minora, asymmetrica, 4 — 5-nervia, nervo in 

 latere versus folium medium singulo, nervis 2 — 3-nis in latere exteriori : 

 petiolus dense ferrugineo-pubeseens, ad 8 cm. longus ; petioluli ad 5 mm. 

 longi. Flores maris in racemos spiciformes 2 cm. longos dispositi : 

 racemi ipsi in inflorescentias 20 cm. longas compositi: axis dense ferru- 

 gineo-pubeseens: bractese spicarum lineari-lanceolatse : bractese florum in 

 pedicillis insidentes, ovatse, acutiusculse vel flubacuminatse, extra dense 

 tomentosse: braeteolae lanceolate, acuminatse, bracteas longitudine 

 fere aequantes. Sepala exacte ovata, obtusiuscula, extra pubescentia, 

 1 mm. longa. Petala anguste obovata, glabra obtusa, sepalis breviora. 

 Stamina 3, brevia, antheris rotundatis. Flores fceminei in spicas deflexas 



