108 S. Kui'z — JSfeio Burmese Plants. [No. 2, 



222. QuERCUs Beandisiana, nov. sp. 



Arbor parva v. mediocris, ramulis canescenti, v. ochraceo-pubescentibus ; 

 folia oblonga ad obovato-oblonga, basi ssepius insequali acuta v. obtusa, 

 4 — 5 poll, longa, petiolo 5 — 8 lin. longo gracili glabro suffulta, breve et 

 obtusiuscule acuminata, obtusiuscule repando-^errata, utrinque subopaca, 

 tenuiter coriacea, supra rug at a et glabra, subtus glauca et fugaci-puberula, 

 nervis supra impressis strictis subtus prominentibus sed tenuibus, cum ner- 

 vatione transversa conspicuis ; pedunculus fructiger c. 1, raro usque 2^ poll., 

 longus, fructus paucos tantum gerens, ocbrascenti-tomentosus ; glandes 

 juniores depressse adpresse puberulse, magis minusve inclusse, dein exsertse, 

 ovoideas, glabrae ; cupula canescenti-velutina, concava, c. ^ poll, in diametro, 

 e zonis circ. 5 — 6 concentricis lamellatis erosis formata.— JZ^r^aSa^i. — In 

 sect. Cyclohalani inserenda. 



CHLOBAJS^THAGE^. 



223. Chloranthus insigxis, nov. sp. 



Suffrutex 1\ — 2 pedalis, glaber, in sicco sublutescens ; folia petiolis 

 1 — 2 lin. longis suffulta, linearia, basi acuminata v. acuta, sensim et longis- 

 sime ■ acuminata, 3^ — 4| poll, longa, subcoriacea, Integra, glabra, nervis late- 

 ribus tenuissimis, vix reticulata ; spicse axillares, fructiferse 1 — 2 poll, longse, 

 simplices, glabrae ; bracteae minutae, erassae ; fructus casi. — Martahan. 



SCITAIflNE^. 



Hemiokchis nov. sp. 

 Flores praecoces, spicati, sessiles. Caljx tubulosusj sursum ampliatus, 

 3-fidus. Perianthii tubus calyce brevior filiformis ; phylla 3 exteriora aequa- 

 lia, interiora subaequilonga, basi utrinque corniculata apice 2 — 3 denticulata j 

 labellum lato-oblongum, concavum, apiculatum. Filamentum phyllis fere 

 duplo brevius, apice incurvum, connectivam supra anthera utrinque mutica 

 vix productum. Ovarium 1-loculare, placentis 3 parietalibus ; stylus fili- 

 formis ; stigma paullum incrassatum, oblique truncatum. Capsula 1-locu- 

 laris, subplicato-10-sulcata, 3-valvis ; semina conica, basi albo-arillata. — Her- 

 bae perennes GastrocMlo habitu et characteribus essentialibus affines ; scapis 

 radicales pallidi squamati iis Geodori baud absimiles. 



224. H. BrRMANiCA, nov. sp. Tab. VIII. 



Ehizoma album, crassum, repens, bypogaeum, nudum ; folia post anthesin 

 erumpentia iis Gastrochili simillima, lato-oblonga, brevissime acuminata, basi 

 in£equali-rotundata in petiolum brevem decurrentia, glabra ; vaginae striatae, 

 glabrae ; scapi radicales, solitarii, dense tomentelli, a basi usque ad medium 

 bracteis amp lis pallidis remotis v. confertis 1 — 1|- poll, longis oblongis et 

 subacutis vestiti ; flores spicati, sessiles, mediocres ; calyx puberulus, albus, 



