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forma minor. 
Planta annua, 45 — 60 cm. alta, glabrior; inflorescentise ad 2 — 4 capi- 
tula longe pedunculata reductse. A typo tamen haud remota. 
Manipur Jhirighat, alt,? Meebold No. 4890 in the Herbaria 
already quoted ! 
The material of these two plants is far from ample. No. 4890 possibly represents 
young states of No. 5730. 
Polygonum steilato-tomentosum Smith et Ramas , sp. nov. 
Species Polygono perfoliato Linn, et P. artfolio Linn, affinis ; foliis 
mediocriter petiolatis stellato-tomentosis stipulis foliac'eis suborbiculari- 
bus margine longe setosis pedunenlis glandulosis et setosis et stellato- 
tomentosis capitulis parvis qonspicua. 
Planta vagans, scandens, 60 — 100 cm. longa vel ultra; radix et 
caulis inferior desunt. Caulis superior flexuosus, gracilis, 2 mm. latus, 
striafcus, ramosissimus, stellato-tomentosus, aculeis multis reflexis circiter 
1 mm.-longisornatus ; internodia4 — 5 cm. longa. Folia alterna, petiolata, 
hastata, 2 — 4 cm. longa, basi 1*5 — 3 cm. lata, medio circiter 1 cm. lata, 
plus minusve acuta, utrinque stellato-tomentosa, supra sparse setosa, infra 
parcius ; nervi secundarii obscuri ; petiolus 1 — 3 cm. longus, setosus, 
stellato-tomentosus ; stipulse circiter suborbiculares, circiter 1 cm. diame- 
tro, amplexicaules, obtuse lobatuise, utrinque stellato-tomentosse, prsesertim 
in margine et prope basin setosse. Flores inter min ores in capitula 
parva ' ~6-flora corymbose paniculata longe pedunculata compositi; 
paniculi© 2 — 5 cm. longse, ramuli flexuosi, stellato-tomentosi, setosi, glan- 
dulis multis nigro-capitatis instructi ; pedunculi ultimi circiter 2 cm. longi ; 
bracteie inferiores 4 — 15 mm. long®, lineares ; bracteae superiores involu- 
crum f orman tes, obovatse vel oblanceolatse, setosse ; pedicellus sub 
perianthio articulatus, vix 1 mm. longus. Perianthium in sicco albidum, 
5-partitum, glabrum. Stamina 5, eglandulosa. Ovarium trigonum, 
stylis tribus ornatum. Fructus inclusus, subacutus, circiter 3 mm. longus. 
Manipur At Imphal, altitude 3,000 ft., Meebold No. 6439 in 
Herb. Calc, and Herb. Kew. and Herb. Breslau. ! 
Habenaria sliweliensis Smith et Banerji, sp. nov. 
' Species proxima Habenaria tipuli/era Parish et Reichb. 
Planta terrestris, erecta, 40 —60 cm. alta. Radix deest. Folia 5 — 7, 
a basi 3 — 4 cm. paululum conferta, ascendentia, subaequalia, circiter 10 cm. 
longa, circiter 3 cm. lata, lanceolata vel elliptico-lanceolata, apice acuta, 
basi in petiolum latum brevissimum vagina longa cylindrica membrana- 
cea amplexicaulem cuneatim angustata, integra, utrinque glabra. Scaput 
