248 , S. Kurz — New Burmese Plants. [No. 4, 



rianthii orificio protrudens ; stigmata 2, brevia, crassa, villosula. Drupa 

 periantliio carnoso inclusa, monosperma. Arbor lactescens, subglabra, foliis 

 alternis grosse spinescenti-dentabis. Genus imperfccte cognitum sed distinc- 

 tissimura Antiari affine 



289. Balanosteeblus ilicifolius, nov. sp. 



Arbor ramulis scabriuscule puberulis ; folia elliptica ad lato-ovalia, 

 petiolo terete 1 — 2 lin. longo glabro suffulta, basi saipius subinsequali acuta 

 V. obtusa, rigide coriacea, spinoso-acuta, grosse spinoso-dentata, 1 — 3 poll, 

 longa, glabra, supra nitida costa supra immersa subtus unacum nervis late- 

 ralibus arcuato anastomosantibus valde prominente ; flores parvi, viridiusculi, 

 pedicello brevi crasso suffulti, in racemum axillarem brevem collecti ; perian- 

 thium obturbinatum, rugulose-tuberculatum, c. 2 lin. longum ; drupse pisi 

 minoris magnitudine, rubrte, rugulosse, carnosse, glabrae. — Chittagong (Hf. 

 et Th. sub Sapii sp. No. 4) ; Ava (J. Anderson). 



MUSACJE^. 



290. MusA RTJBRA, Wall. ap. Voigt Cat. Hort. Calc. 579, non hort. ; 

 Kurz in Journ. Agr. Hort. Soc. Beng. XIV. 301. 



Humilis, csespitosa, caudicibus pollicem vix crassis viridibus ; folia 

 oblonga basi subrotundata glabra, petiolis brevibus foliaceo-marginatis ; 

 spatbse saltern apice imbricatse deciduse ovales obtusse rubrse pruinosula3 

 5 — 6-florae ; flores aurantiaci, labio pumilo ; fructus crasse truncato-rostrati 

 lutei glabri ; semina depresso-turbinata lee via. — Fegu^ Martahan. 



LILIACE^. 



291. Deacjena Helfeeiana, Wall. MS. {Gordyline 'Kelferiana, T. 

 And. Cat. Hort. Calc. 72.) 



Suffrutex parvus, decumbens, simplex v. vix ramosus, glaber, 1 — 2-peda- 

 lis, caudice basi radicante 3 — 4 lin. crasso ; folia approximata, obverse lan- 

 ceolato-obloDga, sessilia et basi dilatata, v. in petiolum lato-foliaceum lou- 

 giorem v. breviorem vaginantem subattenuata, acuta v. breviter acuminata, 

 1 — \\ ped. longa et 1^ — 2 poll, lata, subundulata, tenui-coriacea, costa 

 apicem versus subevanescente, venis in sicco tenuibus sed prominentibus ; 

 flores albi v. in colorem purpurascentem vergentes, tubo viridiusculo, poll, 

 longi, pedicello gracili basin versus articulato suff'ulti 2 — 3-ni fasciculati, 

 secundi et paniculam parce divaricato-ramosam terminalem amplam glabram 

 efficientes ; bractese lineari-lanceolatse, ese ramificationum inferiorum usque 

 ad pollicem longse, deciduse ; bracteolse ovato-lanceolatse, minutae ; perian- 

 tliium basi inflatum et fere usque ad basin 6-partitum, lobis linearibus obtu- 

 sis tubuloso-convergentibus apice tantum patentibus ; filamenta alba ; baccse 

 1 — 3 lobse, lobis subspbsericis pisi magnitudinis aurantiacis nitidis 1-spermis. 

 — Pegu^ MartabaUj Tenasserim. — D. ternifolicB aflinis. 



