Argostemma.'] lxxv. eubiacb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 43 



acute, anthers 4 free oblong-lanceolate curved opening by pores. Wt. Ic. t. 

 1160. A. connatum, Dala. in Hook. Kew Joum. iii. 345 ; Bah. Sf Oibs. Bomb. 

 Fl, 118 Q>y error cuneatum). 



Mountains of the Western Peninstila, from Cauara to Travancore, BoUlm-r 

 Seyne, &o. 



Three inches to a span high. Leaves never -more than 4, very variable in size and 

 shape, rarely acute or shortly petioled. Umbels 3- many-fld. Flowers about | in. 

 diam., white. Corolla-lobes acute. 



3. A. tavojranum, Wall, in Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. 95; Cat. 8393; leave* 

 subsessile opposite or in whorls of 4 ovate acute base contracted or cordate, 

 umbels terminal, calyx pubescent teeth ovate, anthers 4 free oblong-lanceolate 

 with terminal pores. 



Tenasseeim ; Tavoy, Wallioh. Maetaban, at Moulmein, Parish. 



Sparsely pilose; stem 2-4 in. Leaves sometimes only one pair, usually 4 in a 

 whorl, rarely with a smaller pair added, equal or more or less unequal. Umbels 

 simple, many-fld. Flowers J in. diam. Corolla ^ in. diam., and segments acute 

 short. — This may prove to be a variety of A. com-tallense, hut the leaves , are more 

 acute and the calyx-lobes more obtuse, and the corolla smaller with shorter lobes,, 

 as far as I can make out by moistening the dried specimens. 



4. A . khasianum, C. B. Clarhe ; leaves sessile or petioled opposite or 

 in whorls of 4, elliptic ovate acute or subacute glabrous, lunbeLs terminal and 

 axillary and their peduncles pubescent, calyx-teeth broad acute, anthers 4 free 

 linear-oblong straight opening by pores. A. verticillatum, Wall. Cat. 8394, in 

 part. 



Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft., De Silva, &o. 



Closely allied to A. coiirtallense, differing in the much narrower glabrous leaves, 

 often 2-3 umbels, which are more closely pubescent; the anthers, too, are more 

 strictly oblong. There are sometimes as many as 8 leaves of very various size in 

 ix-regularly superposed pairs, and the midrib and nerves are sometimes white. 



tt Flowers 6-merous. 



6. A. pictum, Wall, in Boxh. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 327 ; Co*, 

 8892 ; leaves sessile or shortly petioled, usually in a whorl of 4 of which 2 are 

 very small and 2 very large, broadly ovate or almost orbicular obtuse or sub- 

 acute glabrous or with a few short scattered hairs, umbels 1-3 terminal simple 

 glabrous, anthers 5 coherent linear-oblong straight opening by pores. Benn. 

 PI. Jav. Bar. 94. 



Penano; Wallich, &c. 



3-4 in. high. Leaves usually large, sometimes 4 by 3 in., often variegated along 

 the midrib and nerves. Peduncle slender. Calyx-teeth broad, acute. 



6. A. verticillatum, Wall, in Boxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey Sr Wall. ii.. 

 325 ; PI. As. Bar. ii. 80, t. 185 ; Cat. 8394, in part ; leaves sessile 4 in a whorl 

 lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate finely acuminate glabrous unequal, umbels 1 or 

 more terminal sometimes branched, anthers 5 free linear-oblong straight api- 

 culate opening by pores. Benn. PI. Jav. Bar. 94. A. glaberrimum, Bak. 

 in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 345; DcUz. Sf Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 118. A. acutum, 

 Wcdl. mss. 



Tempekatb Himalaya, from Kumaon to Sikkim, alt. 2-6000 ft. Khasia Mts., 

 alt. 4000 ft. Canaea ; in the Warree country, on trees, Baleell. Maetaban, at 

 Moulmein, Parish. Penano, Wallich. 



Leaves 1-5 in., broader more ovate and distinctly petioled only in Moulmein 

 specimens, very rarely with an additional pair of leaves below the whorl. Umbels 

 1-3, sometimes compound, all terminal. Flowers about ^ in. diam. Calyx-teeth acute. 



