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productis; disco epigyno pubescente extrorsum sinuato; bacca 5 mm. 

 longa globoso pubescente purpureo-nigra. 



This species differs from V. huxifoUum especially in the bracts being 

 like the leaves and not much smaller, and in the anthers being without 

 spurs. This beautiful species was collected on Mount Dempo, from 

 7500-10,500 feet. In size it varied from a tree four feet in drcumferenco 

 to a low shrub. 



[This drawing has been done for me by Mr. E. Morgan, from a camera 

 drawing of the author's made from the living plant. H. 0. P.] 



Description of a new species of CYWiASDnnm. By H. 0. Forbes. 

 [Extracted from the Linnean Society's Journal — Botany, vol. xix. p. 297. 



BoEA Trktjbii, Forbes. — Suffruticosa, caule usque ad 3 — 4 pedes alto, 

 pallide cinnamomeo-tomentoso : foliis oppositis, breviter petiolatis, 

 elongato-lanceolatis, supra glabratis, subtus cinnamomeo-tomentosis ; 

 pedunculis multifloris, in paniculam terminalem abeuntibus; corolla in 

 diam. O'20-O-25 metr. purpurascenti-cserulea. 



Folia acuminata, serrulata, undulata; pctioU connati, basi dilatati, 

 caulem amplectentes. BractesB inferiores, foliis similes, sed minores. 

 Calyx 5-partitus ; laciniis lanceolatis, acuminatis, tomentosis. Corolla 

 oblique campanulata, tubus calyce brevior; limbus bilabiatus, lobis 

 obovato-rotundatis. Stamina 2 perfecta, corolla multo breviora, 2-3 

 rudimentaria ; filamenta arcuata ; antherse magnse, cordato-oblongse, 

 reniformes, aurantiacse, dpicibus cohserentes, loculis subrectis coniiuenti- 

 bus. Capsula ovoideo-cylindrica, bivalvis, valvis etiam in capsula 

 perjuveni spiraliter dextrorsum tortis, loculicide dehiscens; placentae 

 membranaceae, 2-fidsB, revolutas, semina minuta integentes. 



Sumatra, in monte calcareo Karangnata, prope Napal Litjin, in prov- 

 incia Palembang, alt. 1000 ped. 



I found this singularly beautiful and graceful plant in full flower in 

 November, 1881, first near the village of Napal liitjin, 580 feet above the 

 sea ; but in profusion on the large disrupted calcareous blocks near the 

 summit of the peak of Karangnata, in company with magnificent spike- 

 bearing Ccelogynes and pink-fruited Melastomacese. I am not satisfied 

 that BoeaTreubii may not form a new genus; it differs from Boea in its 

 large size and entire stigma. The specific name is give in honour of Dr. 

 Treub, Director of the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg. 



