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On some remarkable Plants in the 



funde 4 — 5 partitum. Stigma terminale. Ovula 2, pendula. 

 Drupa nuda, putamine areolato. Albumen copiosum. 



Frutex volubilis. Folia alterna, oblonga. Capituli florum 

 nudif racemositn dispositi, longiuscule pedunculati, Flores 

 virideSf inconspicui, Baccae miniatcc, Cotyledones plance, 



Jenkinsia Assamica. 



Descr : — Frutex scandens, volubilis ; corticis tenacis super- 

 ficies paleis brevibus sub-asperata. 



Folia alterna ; petiolus paululum supra basin articulatus ibi- 

 demque incrassatus, teretiusculus ; lamina oblongo-obovata, 

 (vel f. superiorum oblongo-lanceolata,) subintegra, saepius 

 oblique acuminata cum mucrone obtusiusculo, longitudine 6| 

 uncialis, latitudine 3| uncialis ; venae secondariae arcuatim 

 nexae, interveniis venulis tertiariis subtransversis irregularibus 

 divisis, caeterum reticulatis. 



Inflorescentia saepius supra-axillaris, dioica, racemosa, in- 

 terdum subumbelliformis. Pedunculi bractea inconspicua i 

 sufFulti. Flores masculi capituli cuj usque numerosi, virides, 

 inconspicui, basi calyculo 5-dentato vel 5-phyllo cincti. Peri- j 

 anthium 4 — 5 partitum, laciniis nigro punctulatis. Stamina | 

 4 — 5, cum sepalis alternantia. Filamenta brevia, basi quasi 

 connata et faucem obclaudentia, patentia. Antheras lineari- 

 acuminatae, biloculares. 



Flores faeminei noh visi. Fructus capituli cujusque sub- 

 quini, pedunculum subuncialem furfuraceum terminantes, 

 drupacei, stipitati, oblongo-ovati vel elliptici, compressi, apice 

 coronati stylo brevi et stigmate terminali discoideo lineis j 

 4 cruciatis notato, basi stipati perianthio persistentiore I 

 profunde 4 — 5 partito reflexo; circa hujus basin calyculus j 



to authenticate a genus. To constitute publication, nothing short of the 

 insertion of the above particulars a printed book can be held sufficient." 

 And with regard to MSS. names it is distinctly stated that they " are | 

 in all cases liable to create confusion, and it is therefore much to be ^ 

 desired that the practice of using them should be avoided in future." 

 —Report, 1842. On Zoological nomenclature, p. 9. 



