Lardbabalaoi.] floiia indica. 211 



Hab. Sikkim, ad basin Hirnalayee ! Assam, Griffith! Khasia, a basi 

 ad alt. 3000 ped.! Silhet, Wall.! Chittagong !— (PL Sept. Oct.) {v. v.) 



Frutex alte scandens, cortice Isevigato vel vix striatulo fusco. Folia 3-7 poll, 

 louga, li-24 lata, basi rotundata vel acuta, subtus in sicco crebre reticulata. Nervi 

 obliqui, incurvi. Paniculce rubesceates, glaberrimac, inteidum foliosa; el clongatsc, 

 ssepius aphyllaj et folia scquaatea vel iis paullo brcvioros, axillares vel pauUo supra- 

 axillares, basi squamulis gemmaceis persistentibus stipata;, alterue ramosffi ; ramuli 

 vix i-poUicares, rarius in paniculis Miosis fere poUicares, 2-5-flori. Flores minuti, 

 flavidi. Sepala subciUata, rotundata. Fetala obovata, brevissime unguiculata, ^ 

 poll, longa, 6-nervia, carnosula, basi intus sulco longitudinali exarata. Stamina de- 

 mum petala sequantia; filamenta carnosa, subcompressa, apice incurva. Ovaria 

 parum compressa. Stijli abbreviati. 



Tbis species comes nearer to Blame's S. Meniscosta than any other of our conti- 

 nental species. 



In some collections, bat not in the Liuuean Society's Herbarium, a species of Fho- 

 tinia occurs as Wall. Cat. 1000 B. 



7. S. paniculata (Edgevvorth ! mss. in Herb. Bentb.) ; f'oliis ellip- 

 tioo- vel oblongo-lanceolatis acutis basi rotundatis vel acutis ooriaceis, 

 paniculis elongatis folia fere sequantibus vel superantibus laxe pilosulis 

 a basi ramosis ramis irregulariter cymosis, anlheris introrsis. 



Hab. In Himalaya subtropica, infra 3000 ped. alt.; Garhwal, Edge- 

 worth! Kumaon, Madden! Str. et TFint.! — (?;.«.) 



RamuH glabri, fnsci, striatuli. Folia 5-8 poll, longa, 14-3 lata, petiolo f-1- 

 poUicari, glabra, juniora vix puberula. Nervi obliqui, arcuati, venulis in sicco crebre 

 reticulatis. Panicula plerumque aphyllie sed interduni foliosse, et tunc folia floralia 

 cjieteris conformia aut parva ovato-lanceolata 1^-2-pollicaria. Hamuli pafiiculcs 1-2- 

 poUicares, apicem versus cymose multiflori. Sepala ovalia, 1-uervia, dorso dense 

 pilosa. Fetala oblonga, vix acata, 8-5-uei'via, 1^ lin. longa. Stamina pctalis di~ 

 midio breviora. Filamenta lignlata, apice subcoutracta. 



X. LARDIZABALE^. 



Flores abortu unisexuales vel polygami. Sepala 6, serie duplice dis- 

 posita, rarius 3, hypogyna, oaduca, eestivatione valvata vel parum im- 

 bricata. Fetala 6, rarius nulla, sepalis opposita et saepe multo minora, 

 squamseformia. Stamina 6, in floribus masculis sepalis petalisque op- 

 posita ; filamenta libera vel in tubum coalita ; anHiera liiierte, adnata;, 

 extrorsse, conneciivo apiculataj : in bermaphrodito-foemiueis parva, sem- 

 per libera, Sijepissirae poUine vacua (in Decaisnea polliuifera). Ovaria 

 3, sepalis exterioribus opposita, rarissime 6-9, lineari-oblonga, unilo- 

 cularia ; ovula numerosa, secus suturam veutralem biserialiter dispo- 

 sita, auatropa vel supra totam superficiem ovarii sparsa, orthotropa, 

 serius anatropa vel campylotropa. Carpella magna, tot quol ovaria, 

 pulposa, indebiscentia vel intus longitudinaliter debiscentia, follicu- 

 laria, pulpa repleta, polysperma, ssepissime eudospermii processiibus ad 

 axin fere productis pseudo-multilocularia. Semina anatropa vel cam- 

 pylotropa, testa nitida Crustacea vel cartilaginea. Albmneu copiosum, 

 oleosum ; embryonis minuti radioula ad hilum versa. — 1^'rutices ut plu- 

 rimum volubiles, rarius erecti, f/labri. Hamuli basi gemma squamis sub- 



