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



cognita. Varietas Rheedei in India australi satis repanda, ubi cibum 

 prsebet. Varietas malaioa in insulis malaicis sparsim occurrit: in penin- 

 sula raalaica colitur. Varietas hortortjm in India colitur. Varietas 

 communis in tota regione Gangetica et in Burma vulgatissima, necnon 

 alus partibus occurrit. Varietas Kussok prsecipue sikkimensis est. 



44. D. Kalkapershadii. This has the appearance of 

 being a hybrid between D. pentaphylla and D. tomentosa. It 

 has been found, but only rarely, in the region common to both. 



D. Kalkapershadii Tuber singulum, variable, nunc tenerum 

 came album, nunc fibrosum carne fulvo luteum, itidem nunc radiculis 

 plurimis tectum, nunc laeve. Caulis, ut videtur, est D. tomentosce sequa- 

 ] is, parce aculeatus, hirsuto-glabrescens. Folia alterna, foliolis 5—7 eom- 

 posita : foliola media obovata vel elliptica, basi acuta, apice acuminata, 

 supra pilifl perpaucis induta, infra albo-pubescentia, ad 25 cm. lom?a, 

 ad 11 cm. lata : foliola extima asymmetrica, parva, pro ratione latiora : 

 petiolus parce aculeatus, ad 24 cm. lonsus: petioluli ad 2 cm. longi. 

 Flores maris in spicas singulas vel binas dispositi ; spica> in racemos 

 longos ngidiusculos composite: axis fulvo-tomentosus atque parce 

 nigro-setosus : bractese spicarum ovato-lanceolatse, ad 2 mm. longa*, 

 fulvo-tomentosae : bracteae florum late ovato-acuminatEe, floris basin am- 

 plectentes, subglabrae : bracteola? similes, minores. Sepala ovata, acuta, 

 •5 mm. longa. Petala ovata, obtusiuscula, -5 mm. longa. Stamina 3, 

 sepalis breviora. Flores fasminei ignoti. 



India. In collibus Chutia-Nagpurensibus, Orixensibus, Shevaroi. 

 Ad Rungarit et Biru in districtu Ranchi, (Cardon, 12 ! Kalka Per shad, 

 343891 34390!), Patharchaki in districtu Balasore, (Kalka Pershad] 

 34323!), Baripada in prtncipatu Mayurbhanj (Holmes, 34309! 33185 ! 

 33825!). In montibus Shevaroi in districtu Salem (Perrottet, 1 ! 334!). 

 Z>. Kalkapershadii forsan hybrida sit inter D. pentaphyllam et D. tomen- 

 tosam. 



45* D. Elmeri, Prain et Burkill, in Elmer, Leaflets of 

 Philippine Botany, v. (1913), p. 1594, A species of the Philip- 

 pine Islands, collected in Luzon in the latitude of Manila, and 

 in Negros. 



Variat : — 



Var. vera. Folia coriacea. Capsular urn a'se ad 25 mm. longse. 

 Var. dubia. Folia admodum coriacea. Capsulce paululo minores, 

 densissime rufo-tomentosae. 



Varietas vera in provincia Laguna reperitur (Alberto ! Elmer, 8265 !); 

 etiaraque in provincia Tayabas (Elmer, 9156!): varietas dubia in 

 provincia Laguna (Ramos, 13520 !). 



46. D. sp. A fragment exists in the fvew Herbarium 

 collected in the Chinese Province of Kwei-chow (Esquirol, 970 !) 

 which certainly represents a new spaeies of the section Lasio- 

 phyton. It has capsules like those of D. incequifolia, but has 

 a dense tomentum on the back of the leaves. 



47. D. incequifolia, Elmer ex Prain et Burkill in 

 Elmer, Leaflets of Philippine Botany, v. (1913), p. 1595. 

 Philippine Islands: Batanes Islands (Fenix, 3659 !), Mindoro 

 (Merritt, 6796!), and Mindanao (Elmer, 10654 !). 



