170 D. Prain — Some neiv plants from Eastern India. [No. 2, 



inflorescence 3-foliolate, leaflets cordate- or ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, 

 sub-3-nerved ; cymes axillary lax ; calyx-teeth short ; corolla white, tube 

 •8 in. long. 



Kachin Hills ; Shan Busti, Sadon, 5000 ft., Pram's Collector ! 



An extensive climber. Terminal leaflet 2-25 in. long, *5-*75 in wide, lateral 

 nearly as wide, usually 3, less often 2 pairs, only 1*25-1' 5 in. long. Cymes 10-14- 

 flowered, bracts subulate '2-25 in. long, pedicels '5-l'25 in., slender. Calyx glabrous, 

 teeth subulate - 1 in. long, as long as the tube. Corolla white, lobes elliptic, subacute, 

 *5 in. long, *25-*3 in. wide. Fruit not seen. 



Neither in the Kew Herbai'ium nor in that of Calcutta can we find anything 

 like this very handsome Jasmine. The inflorescence reminds one most of that of 

 J. dispermum, when its cymes are axillary, but the long slender pedicels, the calyx, 

 and the leaves are very different. The species comes nearest J. officinale Linn., but 

 again the calyx-teeth are different, being in our plaut much shorter, while the cymes 

 are axillary not terminal, and the pedicels are longer than in /. officinale. 



ASCLEPIADACE^E. 



5. Marsdenia (Eumarsdenia) leiocarpa King fy Prain; quite 

 glabrous except the finely puberulous rachis and pedicels ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate or ovate caudate-acuminate, base rounded or cuneate ; flowers 

 in rather lax axillary racemes ; follicles quite glabrous. 



Kachin Hills ; between Myitkynia and Sadon, Prain 's Collector ! 



A large climber; stem stout, smooth as are the branches, petioles and leaves on 

 both surfaces from a very early stage ; the youngest leaves very finely deciduously 

 laxly puberulous. Leaves 3-6 in. by 1-3 in., nerves spreading, rather prominent 

 beneath, 5-8 pairs, glandular above at the petiole ; petiole '75-1*25 in. long. 

 Racemes 4-6 in. long, lower portion of axillary rachis 1-2 in. long, uniform and 

 glabrous (peduncle-like), the rest puberulous, slightly zig-zag, with small tumid 

 minutely scaly and pubescent nodes in the retiring angles, about *3 in. apart below, 

 approximate above. Flowers at the nodes usually solitaiy, sometimes germinate, 

 rarely more, on puberulous slender pedicels '25 in. long. Sepals suborbicular, nearly 

 glabrous, with faintly hyaline margins. Corolla not seen. Follicles, only one of a 

 pair developed, when quite ripe 16 in. long, *15 in. in diam., lanceolate, rather 

 abruptly narrowed at the base, coriaceous, quite glabrous in the very youngest 

 stage. Seeds narrowly ovoid, '25 in. long. 



Very nearly related to M . tinctoria R. Br., and M. eriocarpa Hook, f., but ex- 

 tremely distinct on account of its much smaller, quite glabrous follicles, and smaller 

 seeds. 



6. Ceropegia kachinensis Prain ; leaves slightly puberulous above 

 and on margins, glabrous glaucescent beneath, long petioled, ovate 

 acuminate base rounded ; corolla -lobes subspathulate half as long as the 

 slightly curved tube, their apices ciliate and connate so as to form a 

 conical crown over the not greatly dilated throat; coronal lobes 10, 

 triangular, ciliate, less than half as long as the linear, slightly clavate, 



