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br<Svioribus ; calyce extus glabro limbo late campanulato lobis 5 parvis 

 acutis, intus dense argyreo-villoso, tubo ovato tereti ; fructus 



In montibus Kachin nuncupatis ; Kingii mercenar. ! 



Folia petiolis "75 poll., lamiuis 4 poll, longis 1*75 poll, latis. Spicae 

 singulae 5*5-4 poll, longae, paniculis 8 poll, longis, 6 poll, latis. 



This is very different in foliage from any species of Terminalia in 

 Herb. Calcutta or in Herb. Kew ; it is reported by the native collector 

 (Shaik Mokim) to be a " timber tree." The fruits sent as belonging 

 to it are drupes shaped like those of T. Chebula but much smaller, being 

 only '5 in. long; as however there are none of them attached to leaf - 

 specimens it must remain for the moment doubtful if they really belong 

 and if therefore the species is really referable to § Catappa, which 

 must be the case if the fruits in question be those of this tree. 



CUCURBITACE^E. 



14. Alsomitra pubigeea Prain ; foliis breve petiolatis, pedato-5- 

 foliolatis, foliolis petiolulatis, membranceis ovatis, acutis subobtusis 

 vel retusis, margine integris puberulis ; basi, terminali excepto, parum 

 obliquis, membranaceis, supra nervis densius ceterum parcissime 

 puberulis ; subtus, nervis exceptis, glabris, penninerviis, petiolnlisque 

 dense puberulis ; cirrhis apice bifidis ; fructu puberulo ; seminibus 

 stramineis utrinque spinuloso-rugosis. 



In montibus Kachin nuncupatis, Kingii mercenar. ! 



Alte scandens; rami graciles elongati, ramosi, puberuli sulcati. 

 Petiolus vix striatus '4-*5 poll, longus ; pefcioluli, terminalis "3 poll., 

 laterales '15 poll, longi ; foliola utrinque intense viridia, 1*5-4 poll, 

 longa, •75-2*5 poll. lata. Cirrhi graciles sulcati puberuli. Paniculae 

 majusculae valde pluriflorae. Pedunculus communis lateralis termina- 

 lisve, gracilis parum sulcatus dense puberulus 2-4 poll, longus, 

 pedicelli capillares puberuli *4 poll, longi, bracteolae subulatae. Calyx 

 puberulus segmentis lanceolatis, linearibus, acutis, corolla glabrius- 

 cula, segmentis ovatis acutis '1 poll, longis. Fructus subcylindricus 

 densius velutino-puberulus, ab apice ad basin leviter attenuatus, apice 

 truncatus, basi subacutus 2*25 poll, longus, '5 poll, crassus. Semina 

 ambitu subtriangularia, margine profunde lobata basi oblique attenuata, 

 *3 poll, longa, *25 poll, lata, *15 poll, crassa ; ala obliqua alba translucens 

 anguste oblonga, apice rotundata*75 poll, longa, *25 poll, crassa, utrinque 

 areola clypeata spinuloso-rugosa exsculpta. 



This very distinct species is most nearly related to A. clavigera, the 

 fruits, except for being densely puberulous, being very like those of that 

 species. But it differs very markedly in its pedate leaves and in its 

 spinulose-rugose seeds. By an oversight a number of flowering speci- 



