102 
SPECIES TStOVM .PLANT ARUM IN HEBBARIO 
ramulo 1*2 mm. longo in a'.sillis foliorum superiorum oriente ; podicelli 
1-2 cm. longi, flexiles, graoiles. Calyx 5-partitus segmentis 2-4 mm. 
longis lineari-laneeolatis acutis. Corolla 6 mm. longa, lobis 4 mm. 
longis lanceolatis obtuse acuminatis contortis ; Coronae squamae 5 prope 
basin tubi affixae, oblongae circ. 2 mm. longae, apice lacerae. Filamenta 
in tubum circ. 2 mm. longum connata; antherae membrana inflexd 
terminat'se ; pollinia pedicellata erecta ovoidea. Follieulus immaturus 
circ. 1 cm. longus, tenuis, teres. 
Burma : — In the Southern Shan States MacGregor 535 in Herb. Cale. 
The glands on the calyx segments, characteristic of Pentasacme as 
defined, were not seen in dissect ion nor did the pollinia appear to have 
pellucid tips. But the habit andl inflorescence of the plant are quite that 
of Pentasacme . 
Cordia globiftera, W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species distinctissima, aflinis Cordiae fragrantissimce, Kurz ; foliis 
oblongis undique dense fulvo-tomentosis, infloresoentiis dense tomentosis, 
inter alia differt. 
Arbor magnitudinis mediae; ramuli ultimi crassi robusti 3-5 mm. 
diametro, striati, hinc inde fulvo-tomentosi, ad apicem densissime, 
cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum hippocrepiformibus 5-7 mm. latis 
notati ; cortex rimosus griseus ; innovationes densissime fulvo-tomentosae, 
ad apicem ramulorum globulos 1-2 cm. diametro formantes. Folia 
seniora, ut videtur, mox delabuntur ; juniora, ad apicem ramulorum paulo 
conferta, alterna, petiolo 1-2 cm. longo densissime fulvo-tomentoso 
praedita, 4-7 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, oblonga, basi plus minusve 
rotundata nec cordata, apice nunc rotundata, nunc obtusa, nunc obtuse 
acuminata, integra, nonunquam paulum sinuata, pupra, primo dense 
fulvo-tomentosa, deinde glabrescentia cystolithis albidis dense lepidota, 
infra tomento densissimo fulvo persietente praedita, nervis circ. 5 utrinque 
obseuris. Flores (teste collectore) albi, inter minores, sessiles in cymas 
terminales dichotomas ebracteatas densas fere globosas dispositi, ramulis 
scorpioideis densissime fulvo-tomentosis ad 7 cm. longis. Calyx 
tubulosus 12-13 mm. longus vix costatus extus dense fulvo-tomentosus, 
intus glaber, veuulis multis pererratus ; lobi quinque 3-4 mm. longi 
subacuti triangulares tomentosi. Corollae albae tubus infundibuiiformis 
13-14 mm. longus, lobi 3-4 mm. longi, auguste obovati, margine crispati 
(in sicco). Stamina 5, tubo aequaliter affixa, paululum exserta ; antherae 
oblongae hastatae. Stylus bifidus, iterum partitus. Fructus abest. 
Burma 1 “ In district Henzada, village Myanaung, medium size, 
white flower; March 1903 Shaik Mofcim 1675 in Herb. Calc. 
[A very peculiar species and one requiring further investigation in the 
