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



cem circiter longa?, glabrae, 3-loculares, ina?qualiter 3-alata?, alis 

 apice horizontaliter truncatis, basi ina?qualiter et acutiuscule pro- 

 ductis ; placenta? bifida?. — Habitu B. scutatce, Wall. — On sand- 

 stone rocks in the beds of bill streams on Boronga island, opposite 

 Akyab, Arracan ; occurring up to 1000 feet elevation. 



57. Begonia paleacea, n. sp. 



Herba erecta, humilis, simplex v. subsimplex, succulenta, 

 radice tuberosa, caulibus, petiolis inflorescentiaque plus minus 

 pilis paleaceis brevibus obtectis ; folia solitaria ad apicem caulis 

 v. prolifera, oblique cordato-rotundata, s. ovata, petiolis %-l 

 poll, longis, paleaceo-tomentosis, (nonnunquam cum caulibus 

 connuentibus) suffulta, obtusa v. obtuse acuminata, integra v. 

 grosse crenata, sa?pe subtilissime ciliata, 3 — 6 poll, longa et 

 longiora, membranacea, glabra v. nonnunquam supra, v. ut- 

 rinque, papillosa, v. subtus secus nervos pilosa ; stipula? lanceolata?, 

 acuminata, pilosa? ; flores parvi, albi, pedicellis capillaribus glan- 

 duloso-pubescentibus, in cymas longe pedunculatas, graciles, sed 

 paucinoras, paleaceo-pilosas, e basi costa? foliorum ortas, dispositi ; 

 bractea? nor. masc. magna? et conspicua?, 4 lin. fere longa?, lato- 

 ovata?, obtusa?, glabra?, caducissima?, ea? norum fern, minora?, lan- 

 ceolata?, acuminata?, pilosa? et magis persistentes ; sepala lato- 

 rotundata, circ. 2 lin. longa, extus sparse pilosa, petala paulum 

 minora ; antbera? obovata?, emarginata?, numerosa?, monadelpha? ; 

 styli 2, connata?, breviter biloba? ; capsula? circ. 5 lin. longa?, oblonga?, 

 glabra? v. parce pilosa?, 2-loculares, 3-alata?, ala? c. \\ lin. lata? et 

 apice truncata?, v. ala media plerumque duplo latior ; placenta? 

 bifida?. — Martaban, Attaran valley. (Dr. Brandis). 



FICOIBEJE. 



58. Tryphera, Bl. — I had some time ago identified this genus 

 with Mottugo Glinus, A. Eich., which identification is also recorded 

 by Zollinger in his " System. Verzeichniss der im Inclischen 

 Archipel gesammelten Pflanzen, 2 part, p. 141." The book has only 

 very lately come into my hands. 



UMBELLIFERJE. 



59. Hydrocotyle Burmanica, n. sp. 



Herba repens, glabra, ramis adscendentibus ; folia petiolis longis, 



