1904.] D. FrRin— Some new Indian Plants, 197 



neglecta and Gelastrus sp. n. 3 Hook. f. in Herb. Ind. Or. which is a 

 very distinct plant, quite different from 0. stylosa. The two can be at 

 once distinguished by the stamens which have hirsute filaments in 

 0. stylosa^ but glabrous ones in Hooker's species, which is defined below. 

 0. stylosa is abundant in Nepal, Sikkim and Khasia, but has not been 

 met with in Burma. 



2h. Gelastrus Hookeri Prain ; calyx segments oblong obtuse ! 

 petals i in. oblong with faintly toothed margins towards the apex, 

 entire below ; stamens glabrous ; style faintly 3-lobed ; fruit brown, 

 8-celled, 6-seeded. 



Sikkim: Lachen Valley, 8-10,000 ft., Hooherl King's Collector; 

 Darjeeling and neighbourhood, 0,000-9,000 ft., Kin^l Kurz\ Clarke 

 27040! 35758! Gamble 682! 1926! Daphla Hills: Lister] Khasia : 

 Nurtiang, Hooker and Thomson I Burma : Chindwin, Prazerl 



A shrab ; usually climbing. Leaves 4 in. long, 2-25 in. wide, elliptic or ovate- 

 oblong, acute or acuminate, serrate or subentire, turning brown (when dry). Flowers 

 in axillary or terminal racemose cymes, sometimes up to 3 in. long. Fruit brown, 

 tipped by the persistent style. 



G. Eookeri, as the definition shows, is very nearly related to 0. stylosa, but it is 

 easily distinguished by the thinner leaves which become reddish-brown when dry, 

 those of G. stylosa remaining green ; by the capsules with thinner valves which are 

 brown instead of yellow; by the filaments which are glabrous instead of pubescent ; 

 and by the petals which are only faintly toothed not deeply undulate. 



2c. Gelastrus membranipolia Prain ; calyx segments shortly ovate 

 subacute ; style slender entire, fruit 3-celled, about 6-seeded, seeds black. 

 Khasia Hills: G. Mann I 



A shrub, with terete branches. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, tapering from the 

 middle to the acuminate apex and the cuneate base ; 4'5 in. long, 2 in. wide, mem- 

 branous, pale-green, glabrous, margins serrate ; petiole slender A in. long. Flowers 

 in short axillary or terminal racemose cymes. Fruit green, valves 3, very thin, 

 style persistent, slender. ^ 



3. Gelastrus venulosa Wall. Fruit 3-celled. 

 Add to localities of F.B.I. :— 



Sikkim : outer hills, above 2,000 ft., Dunghoo ! Daphla Hills : 

 Harmati, and elsewhere in the outer hills, Lister ! 



This species has, as its nearest ally, one from the Malay Archipelago, 0. race- 

 mulosa Hassk. The two are related to each other much as the forms united under 

 G, paniculata are. 



36. Gelastrus LiSTERi Pmi?*; calyx segments half orbicular; style 

 short; fruit 3-celled, 3-seeded. 



Daphla Hills : Tenir Lampa, 3,000 ft., Lister ! 

 A small tree, with smooth dark-brown round branches. Leaves large, ovate or 



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