68 On some new or imperfectly known Indian plants. [No. 2, 



which I can point out between the two is, that in the latter the 

 prickles of the capsules are very crowded and in the former very 

 lax and distant. C 1 o s, and after him B e n t h a m, describe the 

 prickles of E. Sigun as subfoliate, but this is evidently a misprint 

 in 01 o s' Treatise for " subfalcatis." 



29. Elceocarpus Grifjitltii (Jlonoceras Grimthii, Wight, III., 



I, 84). To this I add as synonyms : Monoceras trichanthera^ 

 Griff., (Not.,Dicot. 518, t. 619, f. 3\M. odontopetalum, Miq., Suppl. 

 Fl. v. Sumatra, 409, and M. Mopetala, Zoll. etCumm., in Bull. 

 Soc. Mosc, XIX, 496. I am not quite sure about the identity of 

 Monoceras leucobotryum, Miq., 1. c, which differs from the above 

 simply by more coriaceous leaves and the densely silky-villose 

 ovaries. Prof. M i q u e 1 says that the anthers are furnished with 

 two bristles, but authentic specimens show only a single one. 



30. Elceocarpus floribundus, B 1., Bydr., 120; Miq., Fl. Ind. 

 Bat., 1-2, 210. To this species belongs E. serratus t Ex b., Fl. Ind., 



II, 596, as a synonym. 



LINE^E. 



31. Erythroxylon Burmamcum, Griff., Not. Dicot., 468, 

 t, 581, f. 3; to this belongs E. retasum, Bauer apud Teysm. 

 et B i n n e n d. in Tydsch. v. Naturk. Ver. Ned. Ind., XXVII, 71. 



GERANIA CEM. 



32. OxaliS (Biophytum) gracilenta, n. sp. Herba annua, 

 delicatula, erecta, cauli nudo circ. 6-pollicari gracili, nonnunquam 

 subacaulis v. caulescens ; folia abrupte pinnata, petiolis nliforniibus, 

 foliola 5 — 8-juga, lutescente-viridia, tenera, oblique oblonga v. 

 ovata, utrinque magis minusve truncata, mucronulata ; pedunculi 

 axillares, plerumque 4 — 6, et foliis breviores, glandulosi, aj)ice 

 incrassato umbellam paucifloram gerentes ; flores minuti, aurantiaci 

 v. lutei ; sepala lineari-subulata, 3 — 5 nervia ; capsulse obovatae ; 

 semina minuta, iis Ox. sensitives dimidio minora, tuberculata, rubes- 

 centia. — Chittagong, frequent along the roads of the station, under 

 the shade of trees ; Western Bengal, Sikkim-Terai, &c. 



The species is easily distinguished from Ox. sensitiva by its slen- 

 derness and the uniformly and irregularly tubercled small seeds. 



