54 S. Kurz — On Indian Plants. [No. 1, 



cordato-ovata minora ssope reniformia, nonnunquam apiceni 

 versus angulato producta, obtusa, 1-2 poll, longa, tenere mem- 

 branacea, saepius obsolete crenata, ciliata, utrinque pilis lon- 

 giusculis adspersa ; scapi plerumque solitarii, folioruni longi- 

 tudine, sparse pilosi, teretes, apice umbellato 3-5-nori ; flores 

 intense rosei, conspicui, longiuscule pedicellati ; bracteae minutae, 

 ovatae, acutae ; calyx obovatus, longiusculis subcrispis adspersus, circ. 

 2 lin. longus, lobis brevibus dentiformibus ; petala oblonga, 3-3£ 

 lin. longa, obtusa ; antherae ovatae, acutae, (baud prolongate© uti in 

 S. scapiflora, cui caeteris valde affinis), lineani tantum longae ; cap- 

 sula3 calyce inclusae, breves. — Sikkim-Himalaya, in shady, rocky 

 places, in tbe Eangeet valley, at 4-5000 ft. elevation. 



33. Dissochjeta astrosticta, Miq., (Suppl. Fl. Sumatr., 318), is 

 D. pallida, BL, perfectly agreeing with the Jackian plant from 

 Singapore. 



I). Palembanica, Miq., (1. c, 317), is identical with D. piper icarpa, 

 Naud. 



34. Apteuxis teinervis, Griff., (Not. Dicot , 672) is Pternandra 

 ccerulescens, Jack. 



35. Memecylon Horsfieldii, Miq., and M. Lampongum, Miq.» 

 (Suppl. Fl. Sumatr., 321) are synonyms of M. Grijfithiarium, Naud. 



LYTRBARIEM. 



36. Ammannia simpliciuscula, n. sp. 



Herbulae decumbentes, basi repentes, radicantes, glabrae, 1-2 J poll, 

 longa?, caulibus simpliciusculis, v. parce ramosis, filiformibus ; folia 

 opposita, oblonga v. oblongo-linearia, 2-5 lin. longa, superiora minora 

 obovata, brevissime petiolata, obtusa, uninervia ; flores minuti, 

 coccinei, breviter graciliterque pedunculata, in axillis foliorum su- 

 periorum solitarii, vix \ lin. in diametro ; calyx truncato 4-denticu- 

 latus, hemisphericus ; petala . . ? ; stamina 4 ; capsula subglobosa, \ 

 lin. in diametro, rubra, 3-valvis, 1-locularis, calyce duplo longior. 



On muddy ground around ponds and in inundated rice -fields at 

 Chittagong, rare. Fl. Octob. 



This is the third Indian species of Ammannia, which I have de- 

 scribed as new. It may be desirable to give a conspectus of the 

 Eastern Indian species, in order to shew the relations of these 3 

 species to others. 



