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rubido-fuscescentia, nervis eonfertiuseulis 14 — 16 utrinque ; cymse rigidse, 

 brachiatse, in paniculam terminalem glabram consociatse ; pedunculi If — 2 

 poll, longi, ramuli ultimi breves eompresse 4-goni ; flores parviusculi, pedi- 

 cellis graeilibus lineam circiter longis suffulti, confertiusculi ; calyeis lobi 

 breves, lati, rotundati ; petala ovata, obtusiuscula, lin. longa, coriacea, mar- 

 gine lato membranaceo in alabastro induplicato aucta, cseterum nuda, in 

 sicco in centro elongato-trigono-corrugata ; discus indistincte 5-lobulus, in 

 sicco rugulosus ; stamina 5 ; filamenta longiuscula. — Singapore. 



13. Salacia Jenkinsii, nov. sp. 



Scandens ?, glabra ; folia petiolo 2 — 3 lin. longo suffulta,oblonga ad ellip- 

 tico-oblonga, 5 — 7 poll, longa, apiculata v. abrupte et obtuse acuminata, basi 

 obtusa v. rotundata, obsolete crenata, chartacea, glabra ; flores majusculi, 

 pedicellis c. -§■ pollicaribus suffulti, cymas dichotomas glabras in paniculam 

 elongatam terminalem v. in summorum foliorum axillis sitam dispositam 

 formantes ; sepala lato-ovata, f lin. longa, glabra ; petala imbricata, obovata, 

 obtusa, lineam longa v. longiora, glabra ; stamina 3 ; filamenta subulata, 

 lata, plana, recurva, \ lin. longa ; discus urceolatus, ovarium fere totum 

 includens. — Assam (Jenkins). , 



14. Salacia platyphylla, nov. sp. 



Frutex alte scandens, glaber ; folia ovalia v. elliptico-ovalia, petiolo f — -f 

 pollicari suffulta, obtusiuscule acuminata v. rarius apiculata, basi rotundata, 

 integra coriacea, 4 — 6 poll, longa, opaca; flores majusculi, viridiusculi, pedi- 

 cellis circa semipollicaribus lsevibus crassiusculis suffulta, perplures e tuber- 

 culis asillaribus v. supra foliororum delapsorum cicatricibus orti ; calyeis 

 lobi brevissimi et latissimi, integri, glabri ; petala subvalvata, obovata, \\ lin. 

 longa, glaberrima ; discus magnus et crassus, glaber ; stamina 3 ; antherse 

 minutse ; filamenta plana, deorsum latiora, reflexa, in floribus sterilibus (?) 

 lineam fere longa, in floribus fertilibus valde abbreviata ; baccse magis minusve 

 globosse, cerasi maximi magnitudine, coccinese, la3ves, 2-spermae ; semina 

 semi-convexiuscula, f poll, longa, obsolete et grosse rugosa. — Nicobars. 



Ex afiinitate S. reticulates. 



15. HlPPOCEATEA NlCOBAEICA, nOV. sp. 



Frutex alte scandens, glaberrima ramulis sparse et minute lenticellatis ; 

 folia petiolo 3 — 4 lin. longo crasso suffulta, elliptica ad elliptico-oblonga, 5 — 6 

 poll, longa, basi obtusa, obtuse repanda, apiculata, coriacea, nitida, glauca ; 

 flores lutescentes, parvi, pedicellis 2i — 3 lin. longis suffulti, in cymas dicho- 

 tomo-ramosas peduneulatas vulgo ternas terminales dispositi ; bracteae efc 

 bracteola? minuta3, acutaB ; calyeis lobi parvi, ovati, acuti, ciliati ; petala 

 rotundata, imbricata, -| lin. vix longa ; discus convexus in marginem planum 

 5-gonum explanatus, ovarium fere totum includens ; stamina 3, parva, 

 subsessilia. — Nicooars. 



