194 ON A FEW NEW PLANTS FROM YUNAN. 
Arundinaria sp., Lycopodium elavatum, an sam regalis, 
Dooatiie — and D. tenuifolia, Onychium Japonicum, &e. 
Of the new forms (about 12 species) I shall at nici describe 
only the follow! ing :— 
1. SreLLARIA VEST sp.—Rami ascendentes, elongati, 
teretes, tomentelli siiicctnter: folia ovato-lanceolata, sessilia, basi 
subcordata, poll. eirciter longa, pungenti-acuminata, chartacea , utrinque 
(subtus floccoso-) breve tomentella et is minusve canescentia ; 
flores parvi, albi, graciliter pedicellati, i in cymis Rshotomia filiformibus 
pilosis axillaribus v. terminalibus; bractex oblongo- lanceolate, 
puberule ; sepala lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, 3-nervia, dense 
puberula; semina hispida, atrobrunnea. Momien (28 May fl. ae ).—In 
general habit perfectly agreeing with Malayan specimens of 8. 
sonathits Ham., as described by Prof. Miquel, but aivinawacel at 
once by the inflorescence. Occurs also in Sikkim Himalaya 
Cake 
SLADENIA, nov. gen, 
Sepala 5, persistentia, scariosa, imbricata. Petala 5 (passim 6), 
elliptico-oblonga, sessilia, crassiuscula, epalordn longitudine et cum iis 
alternantia, imbricata. Stamina sepissime 11 v. 10, raro 12—13, 
disco inconspicuo annulari? inserta; filamenta brevia, dilatata ; 
oe ae apice bifide, 2-loculares, basi emarginate, 
arginibus et basi antice sa asain 8 loculis poro apicali 
debisventiba us. Ovarium elongato-conicum, stylo crasso apice 
brevissime 3-lobo contiguum, 3-loculare, loeulis 1 biovulatis; ovula ex 
apice axis centralis pendula. Fructus ramulis 
novellis sparse pubescentibus. Folia exstipulata, alterna, crenato- 
lauea. ores parviusculi, dichotomo-cymosi 
new genus a apparently comes near Claybrs or Ternstremia ; 
the fruit, however, is not yet known. I have ee it after Major 
Sladen, the wap ey — be bes Yunan expeditio 
CELASTRIF Arbor? v. frutex ? ner junioribus 
sparse paboncentibas vehtis e elliptico-oblonga, 3—4 poll. longi, longius- 
cule petiolata, in medio crenato-serrata, 
chartacea, in sicco glaucescentia, sates: cyme axillares, folio multo 
breviores, iterato dichotome, parce pu uberu le, glabrescentes ; flores 
parvuli, laterales lon = pedicellati, centrales in pedunculi furcationibus 
subsessiles ; a, obtusa, levia, rigide chartacea ; 
petala obtusa ; ovarium glabrum.—Khakyen Hills, Muangla (16 
August fl.), (Tab. 133, fig. i.) 
DicnoroMaNTHEs, nov. gen. 
Calyx fructiger ovalis, teres, basi bracteolis 2 subulatis sustentus, 
coriaceus, 5-dentatus, lobis erectis cum denticulis totidem alternantibus. 
Pe . Stamina 10, annulo perigyno inserta, alternatim 
breviora ; filamenta longiuscula, Planiuscula, basi dilatata ; anthers 
didyme. Ovarium reflexus, brevis, puberulus, 
sublateralis ; stigma incrascate-bilobn ey Capsula obovata, semi- 
exserta, _sublignosa, nitida, indehiscens ?, vie aris, seminibus 
adhue nimis immaturis) ducbus, altero frequentius abortivo, basilari- 
bus, erectis.—Arbor? novellis lanuginoso-pubescentibus, foliis alternis 
serratis, cymis terminalibus een dichotomo-ramosis. 
