1895.] H. A. Cummins — Lathraea from the Eastern Himalaya. 137 
grooved when dry ; the pulp scanty ; pyrenes about 8, trigonous. Hook, 
fil. FI. Br. Ind.I. 605. J, singaporiana , Wall. Cat. 6526. Prinos cymosa, 
Hassk. Tijdschr. Hat. Gesch. X, 140 : Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 595. 
Leucodermis javanica, Planch. MSS. 
In all the provinces except the Andaman and Nicobar Islands : 
common.— Distrib, —Sumatra, Java, Borneo, and probably in other 
islands of the Malayan Archipelago. 
The short thick style is in the ovary often obscured by the stigma, 
but in the ripe fruit it is very apparent. 
8. Ilex sclerophylla, Hook. fil. FI. Br. Ind. I, 606. Leaves thickly 
coriaceous, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, the edges entire, narrowed at the base 
int$ the very thick petiole ; upper surface shining, the lower glaucous ; 
length 5 or 6 in., petiole *5 in. Female cymes 1 in. long, sparingly 
branched, the peduncle very stout, the branches apparently 3-flovvered; 
the pedicels stout, *25 in. long. Calyx with 5 rounded ciliolate lobes. 
Petals minute, free, unequal. Ovary ovoid, truncate, stigma sessile. 
Malacca, on Mount Ophir: Griffith, Ho. 5013. 
I have seen no specimens of this except Griffith’s which is at Kew, 
and the above description is largely copied from Sir Joseph Hooker. 
Description of a New Lathraea from the Eastern Himalaya.—By Surgeon 
Captain H. A. Cummins, Army Medical Staff. 
[Read, 6th Feb.] 
During an expedition to the Dichu Valley in August, 1893, a species 
of Lathraea was found growing in black soil in dense bamboo jungle. 
The connection with the roots of the bamboo (Arundinaria aristata 
Gamble) was not made out, but there was no other plant except this 
bamboo in its neighbourhood. The specimens could not be matched in 
the Calcutta Herbarium by Dr. King, Dr. Prain, or myself. Dr. Prain 
and I have since examined the material of Lathraea in the Kew Her¬ 
barium and have come to the conclusion that the specimens represent 
a very distinct new species most nearly related to Lathraea clandestina 
Linn. The systematic description of the new species is as follows: 
Lathraea (§ Clandestina) Purpurea Cummins ; diffusa laxius ramosa, 
caulibus purpureis brevibus (3—4-unc.) gracilibus squamosis ; squamis 
purpureis orbicularibus obtusis oppositis breviter petiolatis; floribus 
racemosis longiuscule pedicellatis, strictis, erectis ; bracteis squamis 
caulinis conformibus sub-sessilibus; calyce cylindrico-campanulato 
hirsuto, 10-costato, indistincte 2-labiato, purpureo; corollae tubo pur- 
