516 Prof. Don's Monograph of the Genus Disporum. 



basilar*!, chalaza subapicali dilatata orbiciilata atro-fiisc& : testd raem- 

 branacea : albumen copiosuirij corneum. Embryo in regione umbilicali, 

 subclavatus, inclusus. 

 Herbae (Asiaticee) perennes, rhizomate ramoso-Jibroso, multicipite. Caules un- 

 gulati. Folia dilatata, margine tenuissimd cartilagineo-serrulata, flerumque 

 subpetiolata. Inflorescentia terminalis, umbellata. Bacca nigra, trigona, 

 angulis apice prominentibus subtriloba. 



1. D. calcaratum, umbellis pedunculatis sub-5-floris, sepalis lanceolatis acu- 



tiusculis basi longe calcaratis, antheris filamentis stigmatibusque stylo 

 tripl6 longioribus, foliis ovato-lanceolatis sessilibus. 

 Uvularia calcarata. Wall. Cat. n. 5087. 

 Hab. in montibus Silhet ad Jentya. Gul. Gomez. If . Fl. Maio. (v. s. sp. in 

 Herb. Wall.). 



Caulis erectus, prolifero-ramosus, cubitalis. Folia sessilia, ovato-lanceolata, 

 acuminata, multinervia, glabra, subtiis pallidiora, 3-pollicaria, poUicern et 

 ultra lata, ima basi partirn contracta. Umbella pedunculata, 4-flora, rarius 

 2- V. 5-flora. Pedunculus semuncialis. Pedicelli angulati, vix poUicares. 

 Sepala lanceolata, acutiuscula, viridia? semuncialia, basi calcarata: cal- 

 caribus unguicularibus, obtusis, extremitate incurvis. Filamenta dilatata, 

 antheris 3-pl6 longiora. Antherce obtusae. Ovarium turbinatum. Stylus 

 elongatus, triqueter. Stigmata obtusa, recurvata, stylo ter longiora. 



This species, remarkable for the length of the spurs at the base of the 

 sepals, was collected by Mr. Gomez on the Jentya Hills in Sylhet, a moun- 

 tainous region on the north-eastern frontier of Bengal. The flowers, which 

 appear in May, are apparently of a green colour, and vary from 2 to 5 in the 

 umbel. The leaves are altogether sessile, not being narrowed at the base as 

 in most of the other species. The inflorescence, as in the rest of the genus, is 

 really terminal, although, from the prolongation of the branches beyond it, it 

 has the appearance of being lateral. 



2. D. Wallichii, umbellis subsessilibus sub-5-floris, sepalis lanceolatis acumi- 



natis, calcaribus rectis abbreviatis, antheris filamentis 4-pl5 brevioribus, 

 stylo stigmatibus longiore, foliis ovato-lanoeolatis subpetiolatis. 



