1898.] from the North-Eastern Frontiers of India. 291 



POTTINGERIA Prain. 



Calycis tubus brevis late campanulatus basi ovarii adnatus, lobis 5 

 ovatis acutis persistentibus sinubus latis. Petala . . . Stamina 5 

 erecta ad marginem disci perigyni affixa, filamentis sursum subulatis, 

 basi parum explanatis ibique extus glandula mediana ornatis ; J antherae 



; ovarium semisuperum. Capsula supera oblonga, longi- 



tudinaliter parum 3-sulcata per stylos 3-partibilis stigmatibus cohaeren- 

 tibus septicide 3-valvis, placentis a marginibus introflexis carpellorum 

 siraulac secedentibus persistentibusque, singulis utroque margine semina 

 circa 10 triente summo tantum fertili gerentibus. Semina anguste 

 fusiformia testa Crustacea parum reticulata utrinque parum producta ; 

 embryo cylindrica majuscula in axe albuminis carnosi. — Folia alterna 

 brevipetiolata, 5-nervia. Gymae multiflorae axillares. Species singula 

 montium Kacbin incola. 



12. Pottingeria acuminata Prain ; folia ovato-acuminata crasse 

 coriacea utrinque glabra subtus punctata, breve petiolata, margine 

 integra nervis 5 mediano proximisque subaequalibus marginalibus 

 tenuioribus omnibus plus minus subtus prominentibus ; cymae axil- 

 lares pedicellis gracilibus calyce paullo longioribus, bracteis parvulis. 



In montibus Kachin, 3,000 p. s.m. ; Pottinger ! 



Folia 2-3*5 poll, longa *75-r5 poll, lata, petiolis *2 poll, longis. 

 Gymae l'5-2 poll, longae 1 poll, latae, pedicellis "15 poll, longis ; capsu- 

 lis '2 poll, longis '15 poll, latis. 



A very distinct genus of the Tribe Escallonieae, apparently best 

 located near Itea which it resembles in having a similarly partible style 

 with a similarly half-superior ovary but from which it differs markedly 

 in having 3 instead of 2 carpels and in the capsule so dehiscing that 

 when the valves fall away the three filiform placentas persist. The 

 cinnamon-looking or Melastomaceous-like leaves and the very different 

 inflorescence also help to give it a quite distinct facies. 



Unfortunately our solitary specimen has been collected just as the 

 plant was passing out of flower so that the petals and anthers have all 

 dropped, and it is not therefore possible to state whether the former 

 are valvate or imbricate. 



COMBRETACE^E. 



13. Terminalia argyrophylla King 8f Prain ; arbor magna, 

 ramulis gracilibus foliisque utrinque dense tomento adpresso persistente 

 argyreis ; foliis suboppositis petiolatis ovatis basi rotundatis apice 

 acutis, nervis 8-9-jugis ascendentibus subtus prominulis, petiolis apice 

 2-glandulosis ; floribus parvis, lutescentibus, spicatis, spicis in paniculis 

 terminalibus dipositis, bracteolis lanceolatis deciduis quam flores duplo 



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