192 i). Prain — Some new tndianPlants. [No. 5, 



NovicisB IndicflB XXIV. Some new Indian Plants. — By D. Pr\in. 



(With Plates VII— VIII). 

 In tbis papor are given descriptions of a few plants new to the Flora 

 of British India either in the sense that they are new to science or that 

 they have been ascertained to be Indian since the portions of the Flora 

 of British India containing accounts of their respective natural families 

 have appeared. References are also occasionally given to interesting 

 new localities for species already fully described there. 



IV. ANONACBiE. 



9. UNONA Linn. 



11. Unona praecox H. f. ^ T. 

 Add to localities of F. B. I. :-^ 

 SiKKiM : Ryang Valley, 4,000—5,000 ft., Gave ! 



15. GONIOTHALAMUS Bl. 



3. GONIOTHALAMUS GrIFFITHII H. f. ^ T. 



Add to localities of F. B. I.c — 

 Andamans: Port Blair, common. 



20. SACCOPETALUM Benn. 



1. Saccopetalum longiplorum H. f. 8f T, 

 Add to localities of F. B. I.:— 

 Sikkim: Ryang Valley, 4,000—5,000 ii., Gavel 



XXVII. Sterculiace^. 

 1. STERCULIA Linn. 



Leaves simple not lohed; calyx lobes medium spreading. 



136. Sterculia Kingii Prain; leaves ovate-lanceolate, long acumin- 

 ate, base round, glabrous above, glabrescent beneath ; panicles or race- 

 mes drooping much shorter than the leaves ; calyx lobes lanceolate-acu- 

 minate. 



Sikkim : Darjeeling District T. Thomson] at Ranyak, T. Anderson 

 n. 388! Kootom, below Mungpoo, 3,000 ft., Kingl Rungbee, 3,000 ft., 

 Kingl Lopchoo, 6,000 ft., Osmastonl 



A tree about 30 feet high, wood soft, bark greyish, branches with prominent 

 cicatrices. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanoeolafce, apex long acutninate, base rounded, 

 glabrous above, when young sparingly pubescent with stellate hairs on the nerves, 

 but soon glabrous beneath, 9-12 in. long, 4-6 in. wide, main-nerves 10-12 pairs 

 spreading, secondary nervation wider-meshed distinct; petioles 2-2*5 in. long, flat- 

 tefued above ; stipules linear-ovate, coloured, rusty -hairy. Flowers near ends of 



