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TWO DEC ADS OF NEW INDO-BURMESE SPECIES. 
Burma:— At Sittaung, Upper Chindwin Valley, Upper Burma, 
Meebold No. 7758 in the herbaria of Kew, Breslau and Calcutta ! 
Achyrospermum Wallichianum Benth. 
Var. gokteikense W. W. Smith, var. nov. 
Varietas nana, repens vel suberecta, 8—15 cm. alta. Caulis 
tortuosus, infra subnudus, supra bene foliatus. Folia 4 — 8 cm. longa, 
1*5 — 25 cm. lata, elliptico-ovata, non acuminata, basi cuneata, 1 — 3 cm. 
petiolata, utrinque minute pilosula. Spica 2 — 7 cm. longa, densifiora ; 
flores albi. 
Burma : — At Gokteik Gorge, in the Shan Hills, Upper Burma, growing 
sparingly in the fissures of dry rocks; Meebold No. 807 / in the herbaria 
of Kew, Breslau, and Calcutta ! 
A dwarf plant and at first sight very different from the typical A. Wallichianum. 
Pouzolzia Meeboldii Smith et Ramas., sp. nov. 
Species distinctissima ; ob spicas bracteatas axillares nec terminales 
sectione nova generis digna ; in structura floris P. Wightii Benn. et 
P. caudatee Benn. haud dissimilis. 
Planta erecta, circiter 60 cm. alta ut videtur; radix et caulis inferior 
desunt. Caulis triqueter, glaber, internodiis 5 — 6 cm. longis. Folia 
3-verticillata, 10 — 16 cm. longa, 2 — 3 cm. lata, sessiiia, lanceolata, longe 
et acute acuminata, basi rotundata vel cordatula, margine subintegra, 
supra minutissime scabridula, infra glabra, nervis primariis tribus supra 
immersis infra eminentibus pererrata; stipulae 3-natse, interfoliares, 
membranacese, fere 1 cm. longs, ovatae, longe acuminatse, deciduae, 
brunneae. lnfiorescentta 3-natse, axillares, (terminalis tardissima vel 
deficiens), 10 cm. lung® vel ultra, spiciformes, flexuosae, scabridule 
puberulae. Flores 1 — 3-nati, numerosi, laxius dispositi, bracteis circiter 
4 mm. longis ovato-acuminatis cordatulis scabridulis suffulti. Floris 
masculini perianthium 4-fidum ; alabastrum truncatum ; segmenta medio 
abrupte inflexa, ibique transverse plicata, apice acuta, basi cuneata ; floris 
femininse perianthium cupuliforme, ore minute dentatum. Stylus 2 cm. 
longus, deciduus, rufo-villosus ; ovarium 1*5 mm. longum, alatum, striatum. 
Fructus cum ala nervulis rubidis striata 3 mm. longus, 4 mm. latus. 
South India : — Kavalay (elevation?), Meebold No. 12137 in Herb. 
Calc. ! 
