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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
brevioribus, cuneato-oblongis, 3-lobis, lobo apicali rostrato, 
lateribus inflexis; filamentis complanatis, apicerectis; antheris 
verticalibus, bine longitudinaliter dehiscentibus : paniculis ? 
axillaribus, ssepius solitariis, petiolo longioribus, longeramosis, 
ramis valde divaricatis iterumque divisis ; sepalis cuneato- 
ovatis, apice obtuse apiculatis ; stylo crassiusculo, brevissime 
et subito geniculato ; stigmatibus 2, brevissimis, acutis, diva- 
ricatis ; putamine ad peripberiam seriebus 2 approximatis spi- 
narum cristato, et utramque faciem circa condylum crista 
hippocrepica erecta spinosa armato. — In montibus Himalayen- 
sibus, V, s. in herb. Hook. ^ , Darjeeling (Griffiths) ; et $ , 
Sikkim (Hook. & Th.), Assam (Jenkins) ; in herb. Soc. Linn. 
Sylhet (Wall. Cat. 4980 n in parte). 
This species is distinguished by its generally larger, acute, 
cuspidate, and almost acuminate leaves, their much longer and 
more slender petiole, a dissimilar inflorescence, differently shaped 
petals, shorter stamens, with straight filaments, so that the 
anthers maintain an erect position, a style with a very abbreviated 
inflexion, and very short acute stigmata, a putamen with cristate 
rows of longer spines, instead of tubercles. I have included in 
this species the specimens from Assam and Sylhet, notwithstand- 
ing that their leaves are smaller, more elongated, of thinner 
texture, and of a paler colour, and also a somewhat different in- 
florescence ; but they agree with the Khasya plants in many of 
those particulars which distinguish them from the typical species. 
In the Khasya specimens the leaves are 3-4^ inches long, 3^-4| 
inches broad, rarely with a basal sinus 2 lines deep, generally 
truncated at base, on a petiole 2^-4 inches long. In the Assam 
plants they are 2:^-4 inches long, 1|-3|^ inches broad, extremely 
acute at summit, often somewhat rounded at base, sometimes 
subcordate, with a basal sinus 1 line deep, on a slender petiole 
1-lf inch long, and in all cases the petiole is inserted | line 
within the margin of the blade. The axillary ^ panicles are 
1^ inch long, but in some of the Khasya specimens we find in each 
axil an aphyllous raceme-like inflorescence, 7 inches long, with 
branches | inch apart, the lower branches being 2| inches long, 
diminishing upwards to ^ inch in length ; these axils emit 
sometimes only one, often four or five fasciculated branches, which 
are alternately and shortly ramified, each ultimate branchlet 
bearing about three very small flowers, remarkable for the pe- 
culiar shape of their petals. The $ panicle, generally solitary, 
IS about 4^ inches long ; the peduncle is bare for the length of 
2 inches, at which distance it emits two unequal branches, the 
longer one measuring 2 inches j other axils succeed at intervals 
of about 4 inch, each with two unequal branches varying from 
