448 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (September, 1908. 
DroscoREA BELOPHYLLODES. Ruddw nobis ignota. Caulis glaber, 
inermis, teretiusculus, extrorsum volubilis, livido-viridis. Folda 
inctis ; essere ar tennis, sults cm, longus, Spice mas- 
cule nunc terne ad axillas foliorum, nunc ad axillas bractearum in 
racemum brevem scant: alabastra elongata, obtusa; flores 
sessiles in rhachi angulato rigidiusculo alternatim 1—2 mm, 
distantes ; bracter lanceolate, ad 2 mm. longe ; bracteole ovato- 
n Sone, labree, fi 
Perianthii masculi lacinise exteriores ovato-concave, bru - 
lineolatze, 1—1:25 mm. longe ; interiores exterioribus similes at 
minora tenuiora. Stamina sex, squalia, filamentis equilonga ; 
anther filamentis duplo longiores. Spice feeminex solitarize vel 
bine, — axillares, ad 44cm. longs, ? dependentes ; flores 
viter pedicellati, circiter 5 mm. remoti;. bractez = 
lenchisted ndsnat Capsule pedicellate ; ale mature pergame 
taces, latiores quam semicirenlaress fulve, unctulis Eneotiagas 
inden iealie notate, 17—19 mm. longs, 1 14—15 mm. late, Semina 
in quoque loculo solitaria (? Seicpes) cole Seeapaoate, 12—14 
mm, longa, 12—14 mm. lata, ala membranacea loculum fere im- 
plente subzequaliter cireumcincta,—D. glabra, C. H. Wright, pro 
—— in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. xxxi (1903), p. 91 (syn. excl). 
- Cutna Ortentatts. In provincia Kiang-si ad Kiukiang, 
Byscrer: et in montibus Lu-shan, Bullock. 
Typi in Herbario Horti Regalis Kewensis reperiuntur. 
Droscorga pre Radix nobis ignota. Caules glabri, 
us pietaie sanailailaved: 15 mm. longus. Spice mascule 
singule vel bine vel terne in paniculas longas eee 
racemiformes disposite, nunc in axillis ere parvorum nunc in 
axillis bractearum, ad 25 mm. long», 10—20-flore ; rhachis in 
modo zigzag conspicuissime flexuosa; alabastra elobosa, magna 
flores solitarii, sessiles, 2mm. remoti; bractex deltoideo-ovate, 
acuminate, 1 mm. longe ; bracteole iis breviores. Perianti 
ie Incintite liberm, biseriate,; brunneo-lineolate ; et 
rotund, concave, 15 mm. longe ; interiorés obovate, exterioribus 
erassiores paullulo breviores. Stamina sex, wqualia, in basi floris 
pentesc* suther®. shlong, introrse, filamenti tis longiores. cemé 
is glaber, aeenglaris ; bractese ovato-acuminate: ; 



