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unculi in pa r te superiore ramosi, bracteis 2 — 3 mm. longis subulatis tomen- 
tellis instructi ; pedicelli circiter 5 mm. longi*. Calyx cupularis, 15 mm. 
longus, T25 mm. latus, in lobos quinque triangulares obtusos ad tertiam 
partem fissus, tomentellu9. Corolla 8 mm. longa, basi 2 mm., ore 4 mm. 
lata, extus tomentella, intus glabra, ad tertiam partem fissa ; tubus a basi 
ampliatus, 1‘5 — 3'5 mm. latus ; lobi rotundati. Stamina inclusa, didynama, 
filamentis planis, dimidio inferiore hirsutulis. Ovarium ovoideum, 5 mm. 
longum. glabrum. Fructus ovcideus, circiter 1 cm. longus, 7 — 8 mm. latus, 
niger. 
BuRxMA : — Ruby Mines Division in the Irrawaddy Valley ; flowers 
April; Rodger N os. 15, 145 !; Upper Burma in the Shan Hills, Ahdul 
Huh No. 153, in Herb. Calc. ! 
Polygonum Meeboldii W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Species Folygono arifolio Linn, et P. pedunculari Wall, affinis sed 
foliis palmatifidis floribus majoribus distincta. 
Planta erecta, 75—100 cm. alta, ut videtur ; radix deest. Caulis sat 
robustus, in medio 5 mm. latus, in regione inflorescentiac ramosus, flexu- 
osus, striatus, setis rufis basi incrassatis reflexis vel patentibus plus 
minusve parce scabride indutus; internodi foliis duplo Ion giores. Folia 
petiolata, usque ad 15 cm. longa, ad 18 cm. lata, palmatifida ad medium 
vel ultra in lobos 5—7 sinibus rotundatis late divaricatos, plus minusve late 
lanceolatos vel ovatos, acutos vel acuminatos, margine undulatos, undique 
parce setosos crebrius in venis, usque ad 10 cm. longos, 2—0 cm. Iatos, 
venis multis parallels pererratos ; petiolus usque ad 6 cm. longus, robus- 
tus, setis crebris instructus ; stipule ad 2 cm. long®, ovatse, acuminatse, 
setosae, foliis textura fere si miles. Flores inter majores in capitula globosa 
8 — 10-flora subracemoso-paniculata longe pedunculata compositi; pedun- 
culi usque ad 10 cm. longi, 1 — 3-nati, in axillis foliorum normaliura vel 
foliorum lanceolatorum bracteseformium, flexuosi, setosi ; bracteae lineares, 
6 — 10 mm. longae, setosissimae, superiores involucrum formantes ; pedicellus 
fere 1 mm, longus, sub perianthio articulatus. Perianthium campanula- 
turn, ore paululum contractum, in lobos quinque triangulares apice obtusos 
vel rotundatos fissum, glabrum, circiter 4 mm. longum, circiter 2 mm. 
latum. S lamina 8, inclusa ; in basi staminum interiorum papillae binae 
glandulosae. Ovarium trigonum, stylis tribus ornatum. Fructus apicula- 
tus, minutissime punctulatus, subnitens, 3 mm. longus, 2 mm. latus. 
Manipur:— Near Barak, altitude 4—5,000 ft. Meebold No. 5730 in 
Herb. Calc, and Herb. Kew, and Herb. Breslau. I 
