200 D. Prain — Some new Indian Plants. [J^o. 5, 



narrow-caudate tip, 2-4 in. long, -yS-l^ in.:widG, dark-green, glabrous dull above, 

 gjancescent and very finely and minutely pubernlous beneath, lateral nerves 7-8 pairs 

 slightly ascending, looped '25 in. within the margin, rather prominent as is the 

 secondary venation beneath, obscure above. Flowers in narrow racemes at bases of 

 new leafy shoots, with finely pubernlous raohis 2-3 in. long ; pedicels slender, under 

 •25 in. long, finely pubernlous with 1 or 2 minute pubernlous bracteoles, one-third 

 below calyx ; buds oblong, "2 in. long. Galyx-tnloe short, lobes 4, ovate, imbricate, 

 reflexed in flower, finely pubernlous externally, glabrous within. Petals 0. Stamens 

 10, filaments glabrous, free, slender, as long as style ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary 

 shortly stipitate, densely rusty-velvety, 2-ovuled, stipe glabrous, as long as calyx- 

 tube; style long, jslender, glabrous, '25 in. long, rather longer than ovary and stipe. 

 Fruit not seen. 



^ A species very closely related to Crudia caudata Prain, {Journ. As. 8oc. Beng., 

 Ixvi, 2. 220) but easily distinguished by the absence of the rusty pubescence cha- 

 racteristic of that plant, and by the broader leaflets. 



112. HUMBOLDTIA Vahl. 



HuMBOLDTiA BouRDiLLONi Prain; branches solid, nodes not con- 

 stricted, leaves distinctly petioled, rachis winged, leaflets normally 6, 

 but lowest pair may be absent though the joint in the main rachis 

 corresponding to their position is present, petiolules ; petals 5. 



Travancore : Peermerd Gh^t, 3,000 ft., and Peermerd Road, 2,800 ft., 

 Bourdillon 906 ! 1080 ! 



A handsome tree, 50 feet high. Stipules not seen. Leaf-rachis 2*5-3 in. long, 

 leaflets ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, thinly coriaceous, 2-4 in. long, •6-1*5 in. 

 wide, base unequal, rounded below, cuneate anteriorly, apex gradually tapering from 

 near the middle, tip rounded or acute. Corymbs from tubercles on the stem, clus- 

 tered ; 2 in. across; 1'75 in. long; lower pedicels slender, their peduncles 1-2 in. long, 

 puberulous; bracteoles and sepals finely closely grey-silky, bracteoles "2 in. sepals 

 "45 in. long. Petals ovate, obtuse, rather longer and wider than the sepals. Pod 

 bright crimson, finely silky, 4 in. long, 1 in. wide. 



This very fine species is quite unlike any other Hiunholdtia except H. decurrens 

 Bedd., by reason of its winged petiole and rachis. It differs from H. decurrens by its 

 much smaller leaves with fewer leaflets ; its smaller flowers with bracteoles less 

 than half the size, and its much longer, slender pedicels. 



II. Rosacea. 

 9. GEUM Linn. 



3. Geum (Sieversia) sikkimense Pram; hirsute, leaves lyrate, 

 pinnatisect with a large orbicular or reniform terminal lobe and nu- 

 merous small terminate lateral lobes, irregularly crenate serrate; flowers 

 erect, achenes hirsute. (Plate 7). 



Eastern Himalaya : Sikkim ; Jongri, Onglathang and Huhalanghi, 

 E.ing*sOollector\ Pram's OollectorX . r- 



