INDO-B UR MESE SPECIES. 
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Planta terrestris, herbaeea, circiter 45 cm. alta, radicibus circiter 12, 
fasciculatis e rhizomate brevi ortis. Caulis erectus, teres, circiter 2 mm. 
diametro, sat foliatus, infra parcius supra dense albido-hirsutulus, strami- 
neus. Folia inferiora squamiformia, longe amplexicauli-vaginantia, lamina 
nulla vel minima ; folia superiora 4 — 7 ; lamina ad 15 cm. longa, ad 4 cm. 
lata, Janceolata, apice praelonge acuminata, basi in petiolum cuneata, 
membranacea, supra parce pilosula, infra glabrescentia ; petiolus 9 cm. 
longus vel ultra, 8—4 mm. latus, planus, amplectanti-vaginans, albo- 
hirsutulus, stramineus. Inflorescentia terminalis ; flores 1 — 3-nati, in 
apice pedunculorum 5—7, racemose dispositorum, ad 4 cm. longorum, 
et bracteis primariis conspicuis usque ad 2' 5 cm. longis superne decres- 
eentibue, 5—6 mm. latis oblanceolatis albidis 8 — 9 nervatis aiiffultorum, 
usque ad 4 cm. longorum, strictorum dense albo-hirsutulorum ; flores < 
ipsi (immaturi) fere sessiies, bracteis secundariis ovatis acutis circiter 
5 mm. longis membranaceis albidis suffulti. Calyx tubulosus, obtuse 
trilobus. Corolla tubus angustus, calycem excedens ; lobus posterior 
subcymbi formis, sub apice mu cronu latus, laterales minores ovati. 
Staminodia lateralia petaloidea, petalis multo breviora ; labellum 
bifidum ; staininis perfect! filamentum robustum, incurvum, anthera 
unilateraliter bialata. Stigma turbinatum ; stylodia duo filiformia.y 
Prudus deest. 
Burma Ruby Mines Division, Mogok, at an elevation of 2,000 
ft. ; Rodger No. 130 in Herb. Calc, and Herb. Kew. ! Flowers July. y 
The description of the flowers requires verification with more fully 
developed material, fresh if possible. The species is a very distinct- one, 
widely differing from any known Indo- Burmese species but approaching 
near the Sumatran Globba albo-bradeata. 
Sisymbrium mouacbofum W. W. Smith, sp. nov. 
Species affinis 8. lasiecarpo Hook. f. et Thoms, sed foliis angustis 
infcegris fructu minore inter alia distineta. 
Plerha humilis, decumbens vel suberecta. Caules 2—6 e corona radices 
sat crassse Jignosse orti, flexiles, 4 — 5 cm. longi, dense cano-steHato*to- 
mentosi. Folia radicalia et caulina similia, 5 — *12 mm. longa, linearia vel 
lineari-oblonga, ita involuta ut caulibus haud dissimilia, Integra, dense 
cano-stellato-tomentosa. Flores sub-dense racemosi, ebracteati, circiter 12 
— 20, inter minores. Sepala 1—1* 5 mm. longa, late ovata vel suborbicu- 
laria, dense stellato-tomentosa. Fetala circiter 3 mm. longa, in sicco 
albida. Siliqua lineari-elongata, circiter 1 cm. longa, teres, polysperma, 
densissime stellato-tomentosa, stylo circiter 1 mm. longo, stigmate perbre- 
viter bilobo, seminibus 2-seriatis. 
