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CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOTANY. 
at base, 7-9-nei’ve(l, 3-3^ inches long, 3f inches broad, with a 
very shallow basal sinus, the petiole being 4 inches long, inserted 
3 lines within the margin of that sinus : its racemose panicle, 
with short corymbulose branches, is 9-11 inches long. 
3. Dipluclisia lepida, nob. ; — ramulis rubicundis, striatellis, axillis 
subnodosis, remotiusculis ; foliis subpalatis, late reniformibus 
aut deltoideo-orbiculatis, imo subcordatis vel truncatis et 
leviter bisinuatis, ultra medium paulo angustioribus, apice 
rotundato-obtusis, emarginatis et mnerouatis, in nervo mar- 
ginali fulvo integris aut obsolete erenatis, e basi quintupli- 
nerviis, utrinque glaberrimis, supra Isete viridibus, subnitidis, 
leevibus, nervis venisque omnino immersis, subtus glaucis, 
nervis venisque reticulatis paulo prominulis aut subimmersis; 
jietiolo teuui, subito deflexo, limbum vix aequante aut breviore ; 
floribus ignotis. — In regione Malayana et Khasyana; v. s. in 
kerb. Hook., Chittagong (Griffiths), ibidem (Hook. &Th.), Am- 
herst, Tenasserim (Falconer), Churra, Khasya (Hook. & Th.). 
This species differs in its comparatively broader leaves, which 
are wider thau long, and fixed upon a petiole shorter than the 
limb, in which respect it offers a striking contrast with the pre- 
ceding species and approaches D. macrocaipa. The axils are 
14-2 inches apart; the leaves are 2^-34 inches long, 3-44 
inches broad, on a petiole lf -24 inches long. 
4. Diploclisia pictinervis, nob. ramulis teneribus, teretibus, 
crebre striolatis, glabris ; foliis palatis, rhombeo-orbicularibus, 
imo obtusis aut breviter constrictis et cuneate bisinuatis, ultra 
medium gradatim angustioribus, apice acutiusculis, e bSsi 
5-7-nerviis, nervis rectiuscule digitatis, extus ramosis, ramis- 
que in neiwum marginalem crenatum terminautibus, utrinque 
glaberrimis, supra laete viridibus, opacis, subtus eretacee vel 
luride opacis, nervis tenuibus venisque transversis violaceis ; 
petiolo tenuissimo, limbo paulo longiore, apice fusculo : ra- 
cemo longissimo, pendulino, axillari ; rachi tenui, striata, 
glabra, petiolo 5-plo longiore ; ramis brevibus, plerumque 
geminis, flores plurimos alternatim pedicellatos crebriter 
corymbulosos gerentibus. — In India; v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit. 
($ , Ind. or. (Soc. Unit. Fratr.). 
This differs from the two preceding species in the rhomboidal 
form of its flaccid leaves, which are of thinner te.xture, with violet- 
coloured nervures and a slender limp petiole. The leaves are 
24-34 inches long, 24-3 inches broad, on a petiole 2-24 inches 
long. The raceme is 12-16 inches long, on a very slender 
straight rachis, with branches often geminate, at intervals of 
4-4 inch apart, of nearly equal length throughout, and about 
