452 Journalof the Asiatic Society of Bengal. (September, 1908. 
pubescens. Capsulx respicientes, parum imbricate, glabrescentes, 
maturitate glabre, basi aliquomodo retusw, apice conspicuissime 
retuse ; alze semi-oblanceolato- sete pergamentaces, castaneo- 
polis ad apicem cristate, 25 mm. longe, 7 mm. late, Semina 
gemina, ineequaliter alata. “ 
Cina AUSTRALIS Rea mete iN Montisus Suanicrs. In provin- 
montibus “Shaniois principatu Yawng- -hwe ad Fort 
igen Abdul Khalil, et ad Indein, alias Ang-teng, Ao 
Khalil; Pwe-hla, in principatu ejusdem nominis ad 4000 pee 
alt., “Catlett 826, 
i x 
geographica specimen unicum imperfectum fructu simillim 
attulit, de quo hoc pores se pie ulla a erit, 
Dioscorza Listert. Radix nobis "Eohotn. Oates Tolabt: 3 
. diame tro spinosi, rufo-straminei, alte scandentes ; bulbilli 
tibus, nervulis second 
perce dE efctiattant Riese: heen canaliculatus, 10 cm. lon- 
8. ores ignoti. ice foem —8-flore, fructiferse ad 12 cm. 
longe ; rhachis snbtees tlavia, pan Capsule magne, sti- 
pitate, apice truncate, stipite pilis stellatis dense tecto ; ale coria- 
cee, latiores quam peblipohe a aha flavo-stramines, 35 5 mm. longee, 
30 mm, late, Semina gemina, a, castanea, loculo fere implentia, ala 
"membranacea inequaliter cicumcincta, 
Assam. In montibus Duphlarum, Lister ; in montibus Naga- 
rum, in valle fluminis Dekho, Watt, 11083; in districtu Sibsagar, 
ae Tengali Bam, Hug. 
ae 5B an. Herbario Horti Botanici Regalis ad Caleuttam con- 
“servati sunt. Teste cel. Wattio planta bulbillos ita copiose format 
_ ut dejecti pea pees: 
- Dioscorza MELANOPHYMA. Tubera ghoroicea: potand ett dense 
go rat obtecta, carne roseo-alba esculente. 
_ mes, teretes, straminei, sinistrorsum volubiles \ bulbillia eee. 
_osissimi, ad axillas foliorum producti, 5—7 mm Rees. -Polia 
‘ alterna, quinquefolia rel peptesniobe, glaberrima, utrinque viridia ; 
- petiolus glaber. us, 6 cm. longus ; foliola petiolata ; medi- 
ar apice acuminatum, acumine mirabile 
n. longum, ad 22 mm. latum, penninervium, nervis 


