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Descriptions of a pew Inbtan Pl.vnts. — By S. Kurz. 



(Received Nov. 1st, 1871'.) 



1. MiLiTJSA TRiSTis, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1874, 58. 

 Arbor novellis fulvo-puberulis ; folia ampla, oblonga, petiolo 1-2 Hn. 



longo puberulo suffulfca, abrupte acuminata, basi acuta et subobliqua, char- 

 tacea, glabra v. subtus secus reticulationem laxam parce puberula ; florcs 

 solitarii, axillares et oppositifolii, pedicellis \ pollicaribus fulvo-pubescenti- 

 bus unibracteatis ; calyx corollaque appresse fulvo-piibescentes ; sepala ovato- 

 subulata, c. 2 lin. longa ; petala exteriora claplo longiora, lanceolata, acumi- 

 nata, interiora f-1 poll, longa, oblonga, obtusiuscula. — Ava. 



2. MiTREPiioEA VAiSTDyEFLORA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1874, 57. 

 Arbor decidua, novellis ramulisque pubescentibus ; folia oblonga v. 



ovato-oblonga ad elliptica, 5-6 poll, longa, petiolo brcvi puberulo, basi rotiin- 

 data V. acuta, cbartaeea v. subcoriacea, acuminata v. acuta, v. utrinque minute 

 puberula v. supra nitida et subtus secus nervos minute puberula ; flores plus 

 quam poll, in diametro, pedicellis poll, longis sursum incrassatis fulvo-tomen- 

 tosis sub calycis basi bractea semi-amplexicauli rotundata vestitis suffulti et 

 vulgo 2-ni V. plures e pedunculis reductis lateralibus crassis squamatis erum- 

 pentes ; sepala rotundata, dense fulvo-pubescentia ; petala 3 exteriora lineari- 

 oblonga, undulata, extus parce fuUo-pubescentia, flava v. flava et rubescenti- 

 striata, interiora ungui brevi et lato, conniventia, extus puberula, secus mar- 

 gines tomentosa, flava, apice albo- et rubro-punctata. — -Fegu ; Martabania. 



N. B. Melodoritm parvijiorum^ Scbeifer = M. latijolium, Hf. and Th. ; 

 Melod. Bancaniun, ejusd. = M. manuhr latum, Hf. and Tli. 



3. Cappaeis Sikkimensis, sp. nov. 



Frutex scan dens, habitu G. Boxliorghii, novellis parce pubescentibus, 

 mox glaber ; folia elliptica ad elliptico-ovata, basi subacuta, obtusiuscula, 

 petiolo gracili parce appresse pubesoente ^-f poll, longo suffulta, 2-3 poll, 

 longa, coriacea, glabra ; flores mediocres, pedicellis poll, circiter longis appresse 

 pubescentibus suffulti, unibellati ; pedunculi l-li poll, longi, parce appresse 

 pubescentes, compressiusculi, ex foliorum superiorum axillis erumpentes et 

 ssepius in paniculam terminalem dispositi ; sepala concavo-ovali-rotundata, 

 minute puberula et secus margines byalinos tomentella, -| poll, longa ; petala 

 intus lanata, extus glabra ; ovarium ovoideum, acutuni, et gynophorum 1^-2 

 poll, longum glabra. — Siklcim- Himalaya, 4000-5000 ped. s, m. 



4. ScHiMA MONTicoLA, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., 1874, 90. 

 Arbor glabra, gemmis sericeo-pubescentibus, ramulis parce lenticel- 



latis J folia oblonga v. elliptico-oblonga, basi rotundata v. obtusa, 3-4 poll. 



