544 Observations on some new 



2. P. Bengalensis, (Wall.) foUis argute serrulatis subtus ad ax- 

 illas nervorum. excavato-ciliatis, floribus fasciculatis, ovario styloque 

 glabris. — Wall. Cat. «. 4896. — Alsodeia Bengalensis, Wall, in Act. 

 Med. and P/n/s. Sac. Cnlcut. vii. p. 224, (cum descriptione locuple- 

 tissima.) 



Hab In. Bengala. 



3. P. lanceolata, (Wall.) foliis lanceolatis longe attenuatis obso- 

 lete denticulatis subtus ad axillas nervorum eporosis, floribus con- 

 gestim racemosisj sepalis late ovatis obtusis glabriusculis, disco 10- 

 15-crenato, ovario styloque hirsutis. — Wall. Cat. n. 4023. — Vareca 

 lanceolata, Roxb.fi. Ind. i. p. 648 ; (ed. Wall.) ii. p. 246. 



Hab. — In Sincapore. 



Folia 6-9 poll, longa, J ^-2 lata, breve petiolata, petiolo vix duas 

 liiieas longo. Pedunculus communis petiolo brevior ; pedicelli breves, 

 erectiusculi. Sepala dorso glabra vel minutissime pubescentia, mar- 

 gine ciliolata. Discus cupulatus, brevis, truncatus, 10-15 crenatus. 

 Stamina inclusa : filamenta linearia, planiuscula, lata, anthera sub- 

 longiora, glabra : antherarum appendix membranacea, ovata, acumi- 

 nata, loculis dimidio longior. 



4. P. sessilis (Lour.) foliis lanceolatis leviter serratis, floribus fas- 

 ciculatis, sepalis lanceolatis pilosis, disco 5-dentato, iilamentis corol- 

 1am fere sequantibus, ovario styloque pilosis. — Lour. Coch. (ed. 

 Willd.J p. 191. 



Hab. — In montibus Cochin China ; Loureiro. 



This species is obviously very closely allied to the last, but ap- 

 pears to differ by the hairy lanceolate sepals, and the disk. The 

 above diagnosis is derived entirely from Loureiro's description. 

 . 5. P. macrophylla (Wall.) foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceolatis 

 utrinque subacuminatis obsolete dentatis subtus eporosis, petiolis 

 ramulisque hispidulis, floribus congestim racemosis, sepalis lanceo- 

 latis acutis extrorsum hispidis, disco subintegerrimo, ovario hispido, 

 stylo glabro — Wall. Cat. n. 4024? — Alsodeia macrophylla, De 

 Caisn. herb. Timor, p. 100, t. 19. 



Hab. — In insula Timor. — Penang } ; Porter ? 



Filamenta brevissima ; appendix antheram suam fere duplo super- 

 ans, cordato-ovata, acuminata. 



De Caisne does not quote /-*. macrophi/lla, Wall., nor am I ac- 

 quainted with it ; perhaps the two plants are quite difi'erent. 



Sect. 2. Discus submembranaceus 5-partitus. Filamenta exserta, capillaria, 

 ad antherse basin villosa. Anthers apice imberbes. 



6. P. Roxhurghii (Wall.) foliis subsessilibus oblongo-lanceolatis 

 crenatis basi cuneatis subtus ad axillas nervorum excavatis, floribus 



