138 S. Kurz — Contributions toioards n [No. 2, 



Knoxia, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



* Stem leafy, without radical leaves, more or less branched. 



Leaves petioled ; flowers spiked, forming corymbs, K, corymhosa. 



Leaves sessile or nearly so ; flowers corymbose, forming corymbs, K. microcarpa. 



* * Leaves all crowded at the base ; stem scape-liJce, ivith narrow small cauline 



leaves only. 

 ]\Iore or less hairy while young ; calyx-tube densely villous ; corolla nearly ^ an inch 

 long, K. plantaginea. 



1. K. coETMBOSA, WillcL. sp. pi. I. 582 ; WA. Prod. I. 439 ; Wight 

 Illust. t. 128 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II." 330. {Spermacoce teres, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. 

 ed. Wall. I. 373 ; Spermacoce Smnatrensis, Retz. Obs. IV. 23, non Roxb.). 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the dry and eng -forests of Ava, and Prome, 

 and also in Martaban east of Tounghoo. — Fl. March, April. 



2. K. MiCEOCAEPA, Kurz MS. 



Hab. Not unfrequent in the eng and low forests of Pegu, especially 

 the Irrawaddi zone ; also in Martaban, as Yoonzeleen (Brandis) ; Zwa-Kabin 

 (Parish).— Fl. Octob., Nov. ; Fr. Dec, Jan. 



There are specimens with a short wide corolla-tube and others with a 

 slender tube nearly twice the length. 



3. K. PLANTAGINEA, Wall. PL As. Ear. I. t. 32 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 II. 330. 



Hab. In the dry and eng-forests of Prome as far south as Myod- 

 weng, but everywhere rare and sporadic. — Fl. Sept., Octob. ; Fr. Octob. — 

 Jan. 



Cephalanthus, L. 

 1. C. NAUCLEOIDES, DC. Prod. IV. 539. — {Nauclea tetrandra, Roxb. 

 Fl. Ind. ed. Wall. II. 125). 



Hab. Burma, probably Ava hills (Griff.). 



Psederia, L. 



Conspectus of Species. 



* Ripe,seeds not winged. Capsule globular. 



Glabrous or pubescent ; corolla scurfy-tomentose or velvety outside, P. tomentosa. 



* * Ripe seeds broadly winged. Capsule more or less compressed. 



X Corolla mealy or scurfy-tomentose or velvety outside. 

 Quite glabrous ; calyx-lobes shorter than the calyx-tube ; seed-wings pale-coloured, 



. . F. foetida. 

 Sparingly and shortly puberulous ; calyx-lobes longer than the tube ; seed- wings black- 

 ish, P. calycina. 



X X Corolla not tomentose, but only sparingly and shortly pilose. 

 All softer parts, and more especially the undersurface of the leaves, villous-tomentose ; 

 seed-wings corky, pale-coloured, P. lanuginosa. 



