1877.] Knoioledgc of tlie Tlurmese Flora. 131 



Argostema, Wall. 

 Conspectus of Species. 

 * Flowers o-merous. 



X Loaves reduced to bract- or stipulc-likc leaflets, of which only 1 or 2 

 are fully developed. 



All parts glabrous ; leaf solitary ; anthers oblong, blunt, A. tmifolium. 



Umbels stiff-hairy ; leaves two, A. Tavoijana. 



X X Leaves all developed but very imequal, whorled, or crowded at 

 the apex of the stem. 

 Glabrous or nearly so ; anthers free, linear, acuminate, opening by terminal pores, 



. .A. verticiUatum. 



* * Flowers 4 — S-merotis. 



Stem, inflorescence, and petiole villous-pubescent ; leaves sparingly pubescent, cordate, 



bluntish or acute ; flowers in peduncled umbels or cymose umbels, . .A. soneriloides. 



Quite as preceding, but flowers solitary on a short pedicel, or by 2 or 3 on a very short 



peduncle, pale rose-coloured, A. oligantha. 



1. A. IJNIFOLIUM, Benn. in Horsf . Plant. Jav. rar. 94 ; Miq. Fl. 

 Ind. Bat. II. 161. 



Hab. Upper Tenasserim, Moulmein and Attaran (R. Scott, Dr. 

 Brandis).— Fl. July. 



In my specimens the anthers are blunt and not beaked as Bennet des- 

 cribes them. 



2. A. Tavotanum, Wall. ap. Benn. in Horsf. PL Jav. rar. 95. 

 Hab. Tenasserim, Tavoy (Wall.). Unknown to me. 



3. A. VEETiciLLATUM, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 325. 



Hab. Tenasserim, Moulmein (Rev. Parish, R. Scott). — Fl. July. 



4. A. SON-ERILOIDES, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1872. 



Hab. Pegu, abundant on the pagodas of Rangoon (R. Scott.) — Fl. 

 July, Aug. 



5. A. OLIGANTHA, Kurz MS. 



Hab. On damp rocks in the coast-forests of South Andaman (Water- 

 ing Cove). — Fl. June. 



A small species of Argostema, with slightly pubescent leaves solitary 

 or by pairs, occurs on damp rocks of the tropical forests on Boronga island, 

 Arracan, but the specimens are too few and reduced to admit of descrip- 

 tion. Its calyx-lobes are blunt or rather retuse. 



Dentella, Forst. 



1. D. REPENS, Forst. Gen. 26. t. 13 ; DC. Prod. lY. 419 ; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. I. 532 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 196. {Lippaya telephioides, Endl. 

 Atakt. 13. t. 13). 



Hab. Common in agrarian lands and along river-banks, all over Bur- 

 ma from Chittagong and Ava down to Tenasserim and the Andamaus (here 

 introduced only). — Fl. Fr. x . 



