66 .8. Kurz—~ On Indian Plants. [No. 1, 



Subg. 2. Hopea, DC. — Corollar-lobes as many as calyx-lobes, 

 in a single row. 



* Ovary 3-celled. Drupes oblong to elliptical, 3-celled, Embryo 

 straight. 



** Ovary 2, rarely 3-celled. Drupes ovoid and contracted at top 

 or turbinate, by abortion usually 1 -seeded, often the mass of the 

 endocarp protruding inwards so as to cause the seed (as in Menis- 

 Fermace^e) to be more or less horse-shoe-shaped. Embryo curved. 



MYRSINEA CE^E. 



72. MiESA glabra, Eoxb. and 11. Sumatrana, Scheff., (Com- 

 ment. Myrsin. 15), are both referable to M. ramentacea, Eoxb. 



73. Msesa permollis, n . sp. 



Fruticulus subsimplex 6-10 ped., altus, ferrugineo molli-pu* 

 bescens ; folia ampla, lato oblonga v. lato-elliptica, (petiolis 

 f-1 poll, longis, dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus), breviter et 

 tenuiter acuminata, 6 — 8 poll, longa, sinuato-dentata, crasse 

 membranacea, supra sparse et inconspicue, subtus molliter, 

 pubescentia, nervis validis in denticula callosa excurrentibus 

 percursa ; flores albi, ininuti, 5-meri, pedicellis brevissimis, bre- 

 viter racemosi v. subfaseiculati v. in paniculam contractam dense 

 ferrugineo-tomentosam, axillarem, petiolo breviorem, contracti j 

 bractese minutse, pedicellis breviores ; calyx pedicellis longior, 

 dense ferrugineo-pubescens, lobis ovatis acutis ; corolla tubuloso- 

 campanulata, glabra, calyce circiter duplo longior, lobis brevissi- 

 mis, rotundatis, quorum 4 patentes, quinto superior! inclinato, 

 ovarium subinferior ; stylus brevis atque crassus, stigmate indis- 

 tincte lobato coronatus. — Martaban, Thoungyeen. (Dr. Brandis). 



74. Embelia sessilifiora, n. sp. 



Erutex scandens ramulis brunneis lsevibus, novellis minute 

 puberulis ; folia ovato-oblouga ad oblonga, obtusiuscule apicu- 

 iata, (petiolis 2 lin. longis, calloso-subdentatis), pergamacea, 

 integra, 2-4 poll, longa, glabra, nervis etc. uti in E. Riles ; 

 ■flores minuti, albi, sessiles v. subsessiles, basi bractea lineari- 

 subulata puberula, floris totius v. calycis longitudine sup- 

 portata, in spicas graciles paniculatas, axillares et terminales 



