1870.] On some neiv or imperfectly known Indian plants. 81 



4-6-pollicares, glaberrimse, caulibus aphyllis teretibus ; folia radi- 

 calia longe petiolata, pinnatifida, segmentis lineari-oblongis obtusis, 

 carnosula, glauco-viridia ; spicae terminales, abbreviate, globosa?, 

 bracteata? ; bractea? ovato-oblonga?, f usque poll, fere longa?, 

 obtusa?, nervosa?, chartacea? ; flores... ; eapsula? sessiles, 2-lin. 

 longa?. — Western Tibet, Therichan Pass, at 15 to 16000 ft. eleva- 

 tion, amongst slaty roeks, &c. (Eevd. Heyde.) 



This is a very distinct species, with large flowerheads,. in foliage 

 resembling some of the fleshy-leaved species of Corydalis. Fig. 1 

 represent the plant in natural size ; la, capsule, natural size ; lb, 

 the same somewhat magnified. 



VERBENACEJE. 



79. Gmelina Systrix, S c h u 1 1.* — Frutex scandens ? ramulis 

 subangulatis, junioribus hispido-pubescentibus, ramulis brevibus 

 oppositis axillaribus foliatis v. aphyllis saapius spinescentibus 

 armatus, folia elliptico-oblonga, obtusiuscula, petiolis fulvo-pubes- 

 centibus glabrescentibus gracilibus circ. 3-4 lin. longis suffulta, 

 1^-2 poll, longa, glabra, chartacea, supra lucida nervisque utrin- 

 que prominentibus per cur sa, subtus glauca ; spica? strobilina? in 

 ramis rarnulisque terminales, breviuscula? ; bractea? magna?, lato- 

 ovata?, pollicem longa? v. longiores, aeutiusculse, albida? ? venu- 

 losse, plerumque 5 -nerves ; flores conspicui, lutei, sessiles ; corolla 

 cum tubo pollic. circiter longa ; tubus gracilis ; limbi 5-partiti 

 labium oblongo-lanceolatum, valde productum, acutum ; calyx sparse 

 adpresse pubescens, truncato 5-dentatus. — Siam, Bangkok, in gar- 

 dens. (Teysmannin Hb. Bogor. No. 5946.) 



PRIMULA CE^E. 



so. Primula rotundifolia, W a 1 1., Fi. ind. II, 1 8.— Herba 



perennis, prolibus magnis dense albo-farinoso-tomentosis, nunc 5-6 

 pollicaris, nunc 1-1|- pedalis ; folia cordato-rotundata v. late ovato- 

 cordata, in speciminibus majoribus 3-3£ poll, longa et lata, obtusa, 

 grosse dentata, dentibus nervis excurrentibus mucronatis, mem- 



* This is the name which I found attached to this plant somewhere in tho 

 Library of the Botanic Gardens, Buitenzorg, but I am unable, at present, to 

 give a reference to the work in which it occurred. 



