202 S. Kurz — Descriptions of new Indian Plants. [No. 3, 



tissiine at grosse cancellatse ; semen solitarium, endocarpio crustaceo conforme 

 sed minus, cancellato-nervosum, pendulum. Malacca (Maingay No. 376). 

 Descriptio e specimine valde fragmentario confecta. 



9. Ilex Sikkimensis, nov. sp. 



Arbor mediocris, glabra, ramis crassis, gemmis ample squamatis ; 

 squama? lato-ovales, obtusissinia?, c. \ poll, longa?, glabra?, lato scarioso- 

 marginatse ; folia larga, oblonga, basi in petiolum \ — 1 pollicarem crassum 

 attenuata, obtusiuscula, 5 — 6 poll, longa, repando-serrulata, coriacea, glabra ; 

 cyma? fructifera? densa?, breves, robusta?, e perulis axillaribus v. supra 

 foliorum cicatricibus orta?, glabra? ; baccse globosa?, piperis grani magni- 

 tudine, laeves, lutea?, pedicellis strictis c. 3 lin. longis suffultse, stigmate 

 sessili peltato*4-lobo coronatse, 4-pyrena? ; pyrense trigone cum dorso 

 convexo sublseves. — In sylvis montanis subtemperatis Himalayce Silcki- 

 mensis, alt, 7 — 10000 peel. s. m. Fr. Oct. 



Aff. I. odoratce, gemmis maximis et drupis luteis 4-pyrenis jam dis- 

 tincta. 



10. Gymnospoeia Thomsoni, nov. sp. 



Arborea, glabra, spinis nuclis rectis armata, ramulis lenticellatis ; folia 

 lanceolata ad oblonga-lanceolata, petiolo gracili 2 — 3 lin.longo suffulta, 2 — 5 

 poll, longa, tenuiter acuminata, crenato-serrulata, membranacea, glabra, in 

 sicco fuscescentia v. nigrescentia ; flores parvi, 5-meri, pedicellis gracillimis 

 1 — 2 linealibus, cymas a basi fasciculate -ramosas pollice vix longiores axil- 

 lares v. supra foliorum delapsorum axillis ortas efformantes ; petala lin. 

 circiter longa; capsula? pisi majoris magnitudine, lato-obovatse, acutiuseulee, 

 lseves, vulgo ultra medium bivalvato-debiscentes, 2 — 1-loculares et 2 — 1- 

 sperma?. — Sikkim Himalaya alt. 2 — 5000^6^. s.m. ; Bootan, monies Dewan- 

 garee (Masters) Fl. Apr. Fr. Sept. Oct. 



Sub eodem nomine cum Celastro monosperma ex berb. Kewensi distributa. 



11. Gymnospoeia Gibsoni, nov. sp. 



Frutex spinis crassis rectiusculis longis folii- et fiorigeris, armatus, no- 

 vellis puberulis ; folia obovata, petiolo 1 — 1^ lin. longo suffulta, apiculata ad 

 obtusa, 1 — 2i poll, longa, obsolete crenata, membranacea, in sicco brunnescen- 

 tia, subtus puberula, supra glabra ; cymse fructigerse folio paullum breviores, 

 e spiuis v. earum axillis ortse, puberulse, glabrescentes, graciles, pedunculate, 

 dichotomo-ramosse ; capsulse immaturse glabra?, obpyriformes, vulgo 3-loba- 

 ta? et 3-loculares, i poll, longae, 3-valvatse, loculis monospermis. — Bombay 

 Residency (Dr. Gibson). 



12. LOPHOPETALTTH EUSCESCENS, nOV. Sp. 



Arbor glabra ; folia oblonga, petiolo 1 — li pollicari suffulta, breviter 

 acuminata, basi obtusa, integra, 4 — -8 poll, longa, coriacea, opaca, subtus 



