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On some remarkable Plants in the 



Flores triplo majores, odore ingratissimoj virides, intus 

 ad basin lurido-purpurascentes, venis purpureis striati. Sta- 

 mina maxima, sub-uncialia, filamenta saturate purpurascen- 

 tia, connectivorum processus stricti virides, antherarum loculi 

 livide purpurei. 



Habt, — Assam : Montes Khasiyani — Chittagong et ad 

 littora sinus Siamensis. Colitur in Hort. Bot. Calcutta. 



A third species would appear to exist in Loureiro's Stemona 

 tuberosa,*and a fourth in theUbium polypidioidesof Rumph.f 

 This however, was considered by Buchanan, as appears from 

 a MSS. note on the back of Rumphius's figure in the copy in 

 the H. C. Library, to be the original species, R. gloriosoides. 



PLAGIOPTERON. 



Char. Gen. — Sepala 3 — 4, minuta, dentiformia. Petala 

 totidem (calycina), cestivatione valvata, revoluta. Stamina 00, 

 hypogyna, filamenta capillaceo-clavata, antheras biloculares, 

 terminates. Ovarium superum, 3-loculare; ovula cujusque 

 loculi dua, collateralia, erecta, anatropa. Stylus subulatus. 

 Fructus nucamentaceo-samaroideus, 3-locularis, loculis dorse 

 (apicem versus) ala lingulata transversa praeditis. Semina... 



Frutex scandens, pilis stellatis puhescenSy habitu Hiraeae. 

 Folia opposita, exstipulata, Inflorescentia axillaris, ihyr- 

 soidea. Flores parvi, ob filamentis albis conspicuiy suavissime 

 odorati, 



Flagiopteron suaveolens. 



Descr : — Tota pubescens pilis stellatis, pallide ferruginea. 

 Ramuli teretes. Folia breve petiolata, opposita, oblongo- 

 ovata, cuspidato-acuminata, integra; venae secondariae ter- 

 tiariis plurimis transversis connexae, intervenulis reticulatis ; 

 vernatio conduplicata. Paniculae subthyrsoidese, axillares, 

 foliis breviores. Bractea angusta, parva, subtus ramos, 

 ramulos, et florem quemque. Flores numerosi, parvi, exqui- 

 site fragrantes ; alabastra subglobosa. Calyx 3 — 4, sepalus, 



* Fl. Cochinchin. loc. cit. f Herb. Ambon, loc. cit. 



