284 G. King and D. Pram — Descriptions of some New Plants [No. 2, 



Descriptions of some new plants from the North-Eastern Frontiers of India. 



— By G. King and D. Pkain. 



[ Received January 28th j Read March 2nd, 1898. ] 



While dealing with various collections received from the North- 

 Eastern Frontiers of the Empire in connection with the Botanical 

 Survey of India, the writers have had to dispose of a number of species 

 that appear to be new to science and that are unprovided with names 

 in the Herbarium of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta ; the present 

 paper contains descriptions of a few of the more notable of these. 

 A considerable proportion of them it was necessary to have compared 

 at Kew in order to make certain that they were unknown or unrepre- 

 sented in the unrivalled collection there ; our thanks are due to 

 Mr. Thiselfcon-Dyer, the Director, and to Dr. Stapf, the Assistant for 

 India in the Herbarium there, for kind assistance in connection the 

 examination of these. 



ANONACE^. 



1. Goniothalamus pedunculakis King 8f Train ; frutex ?, ramulis 

 gracilibus glabris. Folia tenuiter coriacea, oblong-a, plus minusve oblan- 

 ceolata, breviter acuminata, basi cuneata ; utrinque glabra, hebetia, 

 subfcus ex sicco pallide brunnea; nervis secundariis 10-12-jugis curvis 

 intra marginem inosculantibus subtus plus minus prominentibus supra 

 obsoletis ; petiolis brevibus '25-'3 poll, longis, laminis 6*5-9 poll, longis, 

 his l'5-2 # 5 poll, latis. Flores solitarii erecti parum supra-axillares 

 1/5 poll, longi, pedicellis plus quam uncialibus adpresse puberulis, basin 

 versus minute bracteolatis. Sepala carnosa, libera, ovata subacuta 

 paten tia utrinque puberula, *3 poll, longa. Petala carnosa, seriei 

 exterioris oblique ovato-lanceolata, acuminata, basi augustata et in- 

 crassata ubi intus excavata, extus adpresse pubescentia intus basi 

 puberula ceterum glabra 1*5 poll, long, "75 poll, lata ; petala seriei 

 interioris ovata, acuta basi angustata utrinque sed praesertim extus 

 pubescentia, dimidio summo in calyptram basi 3-fenestratam cohaerentia. 

 Antherae oo, sessiles lineares apice capitatse. Pistillia circa 20, germina 

 linearia, stylis linearibus pubescentilus duplo breviora. Fructus nondum 

 communicatus. 



In Burma superiore : in montibus Kachin nuncupatis, Kingii 

 mercenar. ! 



Of all the Indian species of this genus G. peduncularis most 

 resembles the Ceylonese G. Gardneri H. f. & T. and G. Thwaitesii 

 H. f. & T. 



