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TWO DEC ADS OF NEW 
subnigra, infra multo pallidiora, minute dense fulvo puberula, nervis 
utrinque 5 — 6, supra obscuris immersis, infra eminentibus, nervulis distincte 
reticulatis. lnfiorescenties masculine spicaeformes usque ad 12 cm. 
longae, in axillis foliorum, in medio ramulo 1 — 3-natae, simplices, raro 
ramosse, graciles, flexuoso-ascendentes, puberal®. Flores numerosi, basi 
inflorescentise rariores, in nodulos 1 — 3-floros interrupte dispositi, 
bracteis minutis subulatis suffulti, pedicellis vix 1 mm. longis, puberulis. 
Calyx vix 1 mm. longus, fere ad imum in lobos ovatos obtusos puberulos 
fissus. Corolla puberula, 2 — 3 mm. longa, fere ad imum in lobos ovatos 
obtusos partita. Stamina 5, corollse dimidium superantia. Flores 
feminines fructusque desunt. 
Burma : — Ruby Mines Division, Mogok in the Irrawaddy Valley, 
Rodger Noi 26 in Herb. Calc. ! Burmese name Eikmw£. 
Argyreia coonoorensis Smith et Ramas., sp. nov. 
Species affinis A . hirsutes Arn. et A. piloses Arn. > foliis bracteisque 
inter alia differt. 
Caulis volubilis, alte scandens, angulatus, plus minusve dense fulvo- 
strigilloso-pilosus. Folia ampla, 10 — 20 cm. longa, 7 — 15 cm. lata, plus 
minusve late ovata, apice acuta vel acuminata, basi saepius rotundata, 
nonnunquam cordatula, margine subintegra, undulata, supra sparse ad- 
press e pilosa, densius in venis, infra dense fulvo-strigosa, densissime in 
venis, nervis circiter 10, paribus, utrinque conspicuis; petiolus ad 8 cm. 
longus, adpresse pilosus. Inflorescenties breviter cymosae, 5 — 10»florae, 
in axillis ad 5 cm. pedunoulatae. Pedunculi flexuosi, strigosi; pedicelli 
usque ad 5 mm. longi ; bracteae lineari-oblongae, 1 — 2 cm. longse, fulvo- 
strigosse. Flores speciosi, fere 6 cm. longi. Sepala oblonga, vel rarius 
suborbicularia, 6 — 7 mm. longa, apice rotundata, subglabra Corolla in- 
fundibularis, 5*5 cm. longa vel ultra, a basi angustata, 3 mm. lata, sensim 
ad 3*5 cm. ampliata, extus parce strigillosa; limbus plicatus, breviter 
lobatus. Stamina inclusa, filamentis basi dilatatis ibique glanduloso- 
hirsutulis; anther® oblong®. Ovarium 4-loculare, 4-ovulatum ; stylus 
fUiformis, stigmate globoso-didymo muricatulo prasditus. Fructus deest. 
S. India Coonoor, Nilgiris, at an elevation of 6,000 ft. flowering 
in November-December ; Meebold No. 12397 in Herb. Calc. ! 
Christisonia Rodgefi Smith et Banerji, gp. nov. 
Species affinis C. calcar atae Wight. 
Planta herbacea parasitica, in sicco fusceRcens. CanltS' 3 — 4’5 cm. 
longus, circiter 6 mm. latus, erectus, rigidus, foliis viridibus destitutus. 
