On a Collection of Plants from Upper Burma and the Shan States. by Brigadier-General H

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THE JOURNAL

THE LINNEAN SOCIETY,

On a Collection of Plants from Upper Burma and the Shan States. By Brigadier-General H. COLLETT,C.B., F.L.S., and W. BOTTINGHEMSLEY, F.R.S., A.L.S.

[Read 7th November, 1889.1

(PLATESI.-XXII., and Map.)

INTROUUCTIOK. (By General Collett.)

I PROPOSE to communicate to the Linnean Society some particulars of a collection of plants made in 1887 and 1888 in the neighbourhood of Meiktila, in the plains of Upper Burma, and in the Southern Shan States, on the eastern frontier of that province. I began collecting plants in this region partly to gratify my own love for botany, and partly in response to the request of nly friend Dr. G. King, F.R.S. From time to time, as the plants were collected, they were transmitted to Calcutta and incorporated in the general herbarium there ; for I had then no idea of publishing any account of them. Dr. King and his assistant, Dr. D. Prain, compared and approximately named the species that I had failed to identify, and they were.many, and furnished me with the names, from which it appeared that I had collected a number of novelties. I also learned that nothing had been published on the botany of the Shan hills. Undec these circumstance;, aud encouraged by LI”. J0URN.-BOTANY, VOL. XXVIII. B 2 UENERAJ. COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLLXTS Dr. King, I decided that the collections should be worked out critically. This has been done at Kew by my friend Mr. Hemsley ; and I am told, by those better able to give an opinion on this subject than I am, that the results and particulars are of sufficient scientific interest for publication. I therefore submit this paper to the Society in the hope that I may thus, in some humble measure, advance the science of systematic and geographical botany. As I have already mentioned, my original object wm not publication, consequently I did not observe and note with that exactitude I should otherwise have done, and I have to solicit the indulgence of the Society for any shortcomings due to this cause. As soon us it was decided to publish an account of the collection, Dr. King and his assistant, Dr. Prain, cheerfully under- took the laborious task of going through the Calcutta Herbarium to take out the specimens previous to seuding them to Kew. The critical comparison they have been subjected to there has revealed the existence of a much larger number of new forms than was anticipated, and a few of the most remarkable are here exhibited for the iuvpection of the Fellows. The collection is, of course, very far indeed from a complete representation of the flora of those little-known regions, but it may serve as a fair sample of the composition of the vegetation. - Excluding a few probably introduced plants, and the Grasses, which wye sent to Mr. Duthie, F.L.S., Superintendent of the Saharuupore Botanic Garden (who is making a special study of this natural order), and have not reached England at the time of writing, the total number of species of Phauerogams enume- rated is about 725, belonging to 460 genera and 109 natural orders *. But before proceeding to Mr. Hemsleg’s analysis of the relationships and geographical distribution of the elements of this sample of the flora, I will give Home of the more salient

* The enumeration, it should bj stated, also includes some plants collected for me by Surgeon N. Mandors, of the Medical Staff, while he was attached to the Southern Shan Column during the cold season of 1887-88, and while qiistered at Koni in the Shan hills during the summer of 1888. Mr. Manders collected several interesting novelties, and his name is appended to all the plants he collected. We have likewise added, with the assent of the collector, a few plants collected by Mr. Aplin, of the Indian Forest Department, and reported on by him to the Chief Commissioner of Burma. XROX nPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 3 €iatures of the physical characters of the country and the aspects of the vegetation. Concerning the plants from the plains of Upper Burma little need be said. Grif6th and Wallich collected in the neighbourhood of Ava fifty years ago, and there are not many novelties from this region-the plants being chiefly of the same species discovered by those botanists, yet often valuable, because afford- ing better material of obscure species founded upon imperfect specimens. The general character of the flora of Lower Burma is sufficiently well known from the researches of Eurz, Parish, and other botanists, but it differs widely from that of Upper Burma, due to the very different climatal conditions prevailing in the two regions. In Lower Burma the annual rainfall is seldom much short of 100 inches, and it nourishes a purely tropical vegetation ; whereae in the wide and arid plains which form the greater p&’bf Upper Burma the rainfall diminishes to a yearly average of abollt 80 inches, and the general aspect of the vegetation B striking resemblance to that of the dry plains of the Deccan in Southern India.

The Hhaa Hills and Plateaux. We have here to deal with a more interesting and novel area, which had never before been botanically explored, and which has yielded, even in the partial collections now under review, a remarkably large number of new and interesting plants, amounting indeed to about 12.5 per cent. The petty provinces comprising tlie territory known as the 8han States, or Shan Hills, extend along the entire eastern frontier of our Burmau possessions, from the Chinese province of Punnan on the north and north-east to Siilm in the south; and consist, speaking broadly, of several distinct ranges of hills, rising in occasional peaks to a height of 6000 or 7000 feet, and running north and south, enclosing elevated plateaux of from 3000 to 4000 feet above the sea-level. The Shan States are divided for administrative purposes into Northern and Southern ; and it is the latter division with which we are immediately con- oerned, as it is almost exclusively iu this area that the present collection of plauts was made. The States may be roughly defiued as comprised between the B2 4! GENERAL COLLETT AND MB. W. 5. HE'dSLXY ON PLANTS

19th and 22nd parallels of North latitude, and as bounded on the east by the Salween river, and on the west by the plain of Upper Burma. Along the whole western border of this mountainous region runs the belt of jungle locally known as '' the terai," which inter- poses its malarious valleys between the plain country and the healthy plateaux of the interior hills. This fringe of forest, or terai, presents the usual features characteristic of similar belts of jungle bordering the foot of the Himalayas, from north-east to south-west. Up to about 2000 or 2500 feet of elevation the forest is dry, the soil poor, and the trees more or less stunted in their growth, forest-fires being of frequent occurrence. Under- growth is almost absent, and bamboos and Dipterocarps, associated with species of Stereospermam and Dillenia and a few climbers, such as Spatholobus and Congea tomentosa, are the most prominent features of the vegetation. On attaining a higher elevation, from about 2500 to 4000 feet, the character of the vegetation is much changed, owing in part to the greater humidity, in part to a lower temperature. The trees are much larger ; mosses, lichens, and ferns abound j the hill-sides are covered with undergrowth, and numerous trees and herbaceous plants appear which are not represented at lower levels: such are Quercus, Schima WalEichii, and two or three arboreous Composite. This is the principal forest, from the gloomy depths of which the traveller passes, at about 3500 or 4000 feet of elevation, by one step, to the open breezy plateaux intervening between the forest edge and the next range of mountains. It causes a pleasant feeling, after marching for two or three days along narrow paths, cut through dense jungle, and breatbing a stagnant atmosphere, to mount the last ascent and emerge, quite unexpectedly, into the cheerful light of day, seeing before one rounded grassy hills, wibh occasional clumps of oak or pine, and crowned in the blue distance with the pic- turesque pagodas of some Shan village. It is the plants of these rolling plateaux, and of the precipitous limestone hills which rise above them, that have yielded the greater number of the novelties described in this paper. The general geological formation of the plateaux is a water- worn limestone, with occasional interposed sheets and boulders of conglomerate, underlying a sedimentary deposit of fiue- grained red clay or loam, varying in thickness from a thin super- FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STXFES. 5 ficial covering up to three or four hundred feet, according to the amountof denudation it has undergone. This mantle of red clay at one time certainly overspread the whole country, probably

6 at. a nearly uniform level, for patches of it, like raised beaches, seen clinging to sheltered hollows in the black limestone ridges which rise through it in long pardel folds-remnants, no doubt, marking the ancient level of the red clay, as deposited in the quiet depths of an ocean or large lake. The underlying limestone, wherever exposed to view, is seen to hare been worn into rounded hollows and projecting bosses, apparently by the action Of water, at a time when it was exposed to d~udnt' 1011; and, like limestone in other parts of' the world, it is full of clefts, crevices, and caverm, communicating with each other to form, subterranean channels into which a great part of the superficial drainage of the country disappears. The rainfall of the Shan plateaux has not yet been determined with any approach to accuracy, owing to the short period which has erapsed since the British occupation of the country, but it certainly considerably exceeds that of Upper Burma. From the €ew available records it may be roughly estimated that the annual fall in the Southern Shan States averages about sixty inches, the greater part being precipitated between the months of May and September, though occasional showers fall during the rest of the year. Still, the general aspect of the vegetation, especially the few species of ferns which are found, show that the climate is not persistently damp, and that in this respect it differs inueh from that prevailing in the lower valley of the Irranaddy and in the Tenasserim hills. On quitting the border of the forest and entering the plateaux, the traveller is at once struclr by the temperate character of the flora. Species of Ranumulus, Clematis, Viola, Polygala, HYPericurn, and swertia are common plants, while bushy Lespe- dezas, large flowering Asters, tall Labiates, and showy Ipomoeas give the vegetation a more specially Asiatic character. Among the trees, oaks and pines are the most common and conspicuous. No less than nine species of oak have been collected ; and this genus forms a considerable proportion of the trees in the upper Part of the terai forest, as well as of the woods clothing the sides Of the hill-ranges. The common pine of the Southern Shan hills is pinus hqa,which extends from the Khasia hills in Assam to Martd~anon the coast of Tenasserim. It never, 80 far as I 6 GENERAL COLLETl! AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTB know, forms extensive forests of itself, but occurs in small clumps, or even as single trees, scattered over the grassy downs. The wood is remarkably resinous, and is much used as fuel and for torches. The beautiful Xchima WalZichii, with white camellia-like flowers, and a member of the same natural order as the camellia, is also a common tree, especially on the western border of the plateau. Only two species of Rosa were seen, and both are new. The beautiful R. gigantea is particularly conspicuous, climbing over tall forest trees, from the top of which the long pendent branches, covered with very large white flowers, hang down in rich profusion. This rose, which has larger flowers probably than any other wild species, is seen from considerable distances in the jungle, reminding one more of a large-flowered clematis than of a rose. Though apparently spread over the whole Shan hills, and extending to Muneypore in the north, where it was previously found by Dr. George Watt, it is only locally abundaut, chiefly in dark shady valleys. It is most nearly allied to R. indica, which has recently been found wild in China, and is perhaps only a fine variety of that species. Vigorous young plants, raised from seed collected by myself, are now flourishing in Kew Gardens. The other new rose, Rosa Colleftii, &&pin, is less common; but where it occurs it grows vigorously and is a profuse flowerer. It is never found far from water, and seems to prefer the banks of streams, where I have found it growing almost to the exclusion of other suffruticose vegetation. A big honeysuckle, Lonicera Hildebrandiafia, is, so far as I am aware, a rare plant, though I have been told that the flowers of this species are much used in decorating the temples at Pindiah, near Pwehla. I found it only in one locality, at a season when unfortunately it was almost past flowering, and when the fruit was not sufficiently mature to contain perfect seeds. It is a conspicuous shrub with large, dark, glossy leaves and fine crimson flowers seven inches long, and by far the largest of any known species of honeysuckle. It is much to be desired that seeds of this beautiful shrub may yet be secured and the plant raised for the adornment of our gardens. A very common and conspicuous bush, on certain parts of the plateau, is the curious Osteomeles aiathyllidifolia, a shrub nearly allied to Pyrzcs, and in general appearance strongly resembling our English blackthorn. Thick bushes of this shrub FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SlIdN STATES. 7

ire covered in spring with small, pretty, white fiowers, con- trasting Fvell with its dark green finely-pinnate leaves. It is much browsed by cattle in the neighbourhood of villages, and then assumes a ntunted, thick-set habit, reminding one, from B distance, of furze bushes on an English common. Although spread over the whole plateau of the Southern Shan States, it is only common in particular localities, where it sometimes forms extensive thickets. A tall, bushy Lespedeza (L. Prainii), bearing large, dense terminal panicles of fine blue flowers, is another common and conspicuous plant, and would be well worth cultivation in our shrubberies, if sufficiently hardy. Composit~are more largely represented than might have been expected, in a region regarded as relatively poor in the order, amounting to nearly eight per cent. of the collection. Ten out of thirteen tribes are represented, and many fine species beautify the grassy plateaux during the raiuy season and early autumn. The curious Euphorbia-like, fleshy-stemmed Notonia, bearing handsome yellow flowers, is not uncommon on the higher levels ; and there is a singular prostrate variety which trails over the rocks in a very remarkable manner. Two species of arboreous Composite are common; one of them, Pernonin Aplinii, is new, and attains a height of over twenty feet with a relatively stout trunk. It is common in the upper region of the forest, at elevations of about 3000 feet. The other, Leucomeris decorn, a member of the -Xutisiacee, a group very sparsely represented in Ash, is also found in other hilly parts of Burma, but is more usually met with in the forests clothing the sides of the hills and ravines in the interior of the mountains. Another plant worthy of notice is the singular endemic cam- panulaceous Codonopsis convolvulacea, first described by Kurz. It is common over the whole Shan plateau-its wiry stems creeping among'grass, round the culms of which it twines, until it attains air and sunlight, when it expands its beautiful dark blue convolvulus-like flowers. Among the Primzclacee the pretty little Primzcla Porbesii, previously recorded only from the neighbouring Chinese province of Yuniian, and botauicslly interesting as forming a connecting- link between the genera Primula and Androsace, deserves mention. It grows abundantly in almost every damp locality 8 GENERAL COLLETT AND ME. w. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS throughout the Shan States, being equally at home in the shady depths of a forest and on the ridges raised to divide irrigated rice-fields. Though of small statnre, it is of remarkably vigorous growth, often bearing two or even three distinct whorls of flowers. I have found it in flower in some situation or other in every month of the year; in this respect, as well as in its general aspect, strongly reminding one of its North-west Himalayan congener P.$oribunda ; but it is an annual. The ConvolvzclaceQ are numerously represented in the Shan hills, constituting more than 3.5 per cent. of the collection. The genera Lettsomia and Ipomaa, in particular, form a conspicuous part of the flora. Of the latter genus our new I. nana presents some curious and unusual characters. It is a small erect plant, six to twelve inches high, growing among the grass on the level plateau or on dry hill-sides. The flowers arelarge, of a beautiful deep purple, and are usually hidden among the grass-stems, which they rarely overtop. The root is very thick and woody; and the flowers strongly resemble those of an allied species, also new, which we have named I. popahensis, from its being found on the isolated Popah mountain, which is of volcanic origin and elevated about 5000 feet above the plains of Upper Burma. Ipomaa popahensis also grows among grass, but is distinguished from its congener by having a weak stem which twines round the culms of grasses and other plants. I much regret that I had only one day’s botanizing on Mount Popab, and that in the month of December, a most unproductile season, for it would be very interesting to compare the plants of this hill, which has certainly been isolated since earIy Tertiary times, with those of the Shan hills, separated therefrom by about fifty miles of flat country, some eight hundred feet only above sea-level. Among the numerous Labiata? of the Shan hills, Colpuhounia elegans is certainly the most beautiful. This fine plant is only recorded from Burma, and in our area attains a height of eight to ten feet. It is described by Kurz as “a scandent or half- scandent shrub,” bht in the Shan hills it is certainly erect, and is often seen standing above the low bushes among which it grows. There are two varieties of it, inhabiting distinct areas ; but as they differ only in the colour of their flowers, one being dark red and the other pale salmon, we have not distinguished them in the enumeration. This shrub is very common all over FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN S!CATEs. 9 the Shan plateaus, and its seeds would be well worth collecting for cultivation in England. The trees in the upper forest-region, from about 4000 to %)oo feet, are much infested by parasitic plants, belonging for the most part to the natural order Loranthacere, two of which, Loranthus Hemsleyanus, King, and L. COl1e% King, with showy dark crimson flowers, are new. To such an extent does parasiticism prevail, that there are phanerogamous parasites preying upon parasites of close affinity. A new species of Phacellaria (p.caulescans), a parasitic genus, belongi=g to the allied order fJantalacee, was found growing on a branch of a LorantRus, itself parasitic on an oak-a rare phenomenon in the economy of plant life, which, hovreaer, has a proverbial parallel in the animal kingdom. A second species, P.conqressa, was €ound growing on Piscum monoiczcrn.

Orchidece. Among the Orchideae are several novelties, two of which are highly curious and merit further notice. Cirrhopetalzcm Collettii, Hems]., is a most singular plant, bearing five or six dark purple flowers in an umbel at the summit of a scape tFo or three inches high. The flower has little or no odour, and is remarkable for its extremely long attenuated sepals, which are highly mobile and are wafted about by the slightest breath of air. They are also fumished with a number of little streamers or banner-like appendages, which, as Darwin remarks of an allied Bulbophyllum, ‘‘ when blown by &breathof wind wriggle about in a very odd manner.” Whether these wonderfully elaborate arrangements have the effect of attracting the notice of passing insects, or what other purpose they may serve, might form a subject for interesting speculation; and I much regret that the small opportunities I had of observing the plant do not admit of my forming any theory on the subject. Suffice it to say that the spectacle of the long narrow sepals and the little streamers all waving about together is extremely fantastic and curious, and will, I hope, soon be seen in England, as there are some healthy plants of this species now growing at Kew. The other new orchid referred to is Bulbopj$yllum contosum, remarkable for the dense, bottlc+brush-like raceme of flowers 10 GENERAL COLLETT AND XR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS terminating the curved stout scape; in this character quite unlike any other known species of the genus. The flowers are very sweet-scented, and are much prized by the Shan maidens for ornamenting their hair. The plant is very common in some localities, and1 have often seen its flowers exposed for sale in the village bazaars. Unfortunately, under the impression that it was well-known, I did not take the trouble to send home living plants, and even my dried specimens are imperfect, wanting both leaves and pseudobulbs.

Cultivation. Cultivation on the Shan plateaux consists of rice, both the common sort grown in irrigated fields, as in the low country, and the hill variety, which matures its grain on unirrigated land. Indian corn, cotton, tobacco of very fine quality, and several species of millet and pulse are also common crops here as well as in Upper Burma. The methods of cultivation pursued in the Shan hills are more advanced than one would have expected, and the people by their ready adoption of potatoes and wheat have shown that they are quite willing to effect improvements. The fields are scrupulously cleared of weeds, which are collected into heaps and burned, the ashes being afterwards mixed with manure and spread over the surface of the ground. A curious custom, prevailing throughout the whole country, which I have not seen elsewhere, is the treading in by cattle of the seed after it has been sown broadcast over the ploughed fields, instead of using the harrow. I have frequently seen a man with a couple of dogs driving a small herd of ten or twelve cattle to and fro in a ploughed field, and it was at first sight rather difficult to understand what they mere doing. The results are satisfactory, as the crops of rice, Indian corn, &c. are always good in favourable seasons. The Shan people are naturally a very quiet and industrious race, and all they ask is to be left in peace to cultivate their fields. For many years past the country has been the scene of strife and anarchy-a state of things entirely due to the personal ambition and the quarrels of the numerous petty chieftains who have held the country divided among them. There can be no doubt that thepax Brifanizica, which is now enforced in these FROM UPPER BUItMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 11 remote regions, will result in the greater happiness and content- ment of the people In concluding this part of the introduction, I wish to record my obligations and.thanks to Mr. Thiselton Dyer, the Director of Kew Gardens, for permitting the use of the Herbarium and Library, and other advantages of the establishment under his charge, for the purpose of working out my collection. I have also much pleasure in testifying to the great care and skill bestowed on the drawings by Miss M. Smith, and to the equally careful work of Mr. Charles Fitch in transferring them on to stone.

STATISTICSAND DISTRIBGTIONOF THE PJANT~. (By Mr. Hemsley.) The collection of plants under review is not sufficiently com- prehensive to afford data for an exhaustiye analysis of the flora of Upper Buma and the Southern Shan hills ; but it has brought to light some interesting facts that may be worth bringing under the notice of the Society. As General Collett has already stated, the Grasses had not reached England at tlie time of writing this, and are therefore not included in the following numbers and comparisons. It may be repeated here that the collection comprises about 726 species of flowering plants, belonging to 460 genera and 109 natural orders. These proportions closely approach those obtaining in many insular floras, but they may be, and probably are, wide of the actual proportions in the whole flora of the Shan hills. Nevertheless, it is a remarkable fact that in this collection, which is not to be regarded as a selection, the species are to genera about as 1.6 to 1j and many of the natural orders, even some of those relatively numerous in species, are represented by nearly as many genera as species. Thus, of the Asckpiadea?, there are fifteen species belonging to fourteen genera; and no fevrer than 328 of the 460 genera are represented by a single species each. On the other hand, a few genera are relatively large in species ; these are :-

Species. Species. Ip?rna?a...... 14 Des~izodiunz ...... 6 &paris ...... 10 Id'pfeTa ...... 6 &lLCTCfLS...... 9 PdygaZa ...... i Yifis ...... 9 AfiLZettia ...... 5 Crotalaria ...... 7 Bauhinia ...... 5 fJtrobilanthes...... 6 Loranthus ...... 5 12 BENERA& COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEWSLEY ON PLANTS

The twelve largest natural orders are :- Genera. Species. Genera. Specjcs. Legnminosse ...... 38 83 Convolvulacea ...... 9 26 Compositse ...... 34 57 Verbenacere _ ...... 13 21 Labiats ...... 23 40 Scrophularineae ... 12 18 Acanthacea ...... 16 28 Asclepiadese ...... 14 15 Rubiacere ...... 18 28 Capparides ...... 3 12 Euphorbiaces ...... 18 91; Ranunculacee ...... 6 8 With the exception of the Cayparidem, these orders occupy something closely approaching their relative positions in the flora of India and in the flora of the whole world. The orders represented in the collection by only one species are :-DiIleni- aces, Crucifer=, Bixines, Pittosporeae, Tamariscineze, Zygo- phylles, SimarubeiP, Ochnaceae, Burseraceq Coriarieze, Samy- daceae, Ficoideae, Cornacez, Plunibaginez, Salvadoracese, Sola- naceae, Orobanchaceze, Plantagineze, Aristolochiacee, Piperaceze, Chlorauthaces, ' Proteaceze, Elsagnaceae, Jugland aceze, Salicineze, Cycadaces, Irides, Pontederiacea, Alisniacea, Naiadaces, and Erioeaulez ; or nearly one third of the total. That the Crucifers should he represented by Cardamnine hirszcta only is perhaps the most striking and unexpected fact brought out by this list;, though Uruciferae are also rare in the Khasia hills. An examination of the distribution of the genera shows that there is scarcely auy endemic element. There is the curious little uniovulate papilionaceous Neocollettia ; Atherotepis, Adelo- stemma, and Physostelma in dsclepiades ; Blinkworthia in Con- volvulacea; and C$stacanthus in Acanthacea; and we have exhausted the number of generic types in the collection that are restricted to the region, even if we extend it southward to Singapore. Out of 460 genera, 132 are generally dispersed, either in the tropic8 or in temperate and subtropical regions; and 96 are widely spread, that is to say they occur in some part of America, besides having a considerable range in the Old World. Ex- cluding these 218 genera, 213 extend to North India, 166 to the Malay Archipelago, 136 to China, 90 to Australia, 36 to Poly- nesia, and 82 to Africa. Adding the number of genera from North India to those of wide range, we have 431-thus leaving a very small number that extend to only one of the other regions named. These figures therefore go to show how very wide are the areas of the majority of' northern genera. FROM UPPER BURXA AND THE SRAY STATES. 13 Descending to species, the results are very different. out of about 725, only 15 are generally diffused, and 16 others have a wide range ; 461 extend to North India; 280 to South India ; 223 to the Malay Archipelago ; 181 to China ; 71 to Australia j 12 to Polynesia ; and 64 to Africa. With regard to the specific endemic element, 177 species, or nearly a quarter of the whole collection, appear to be restricted to Burma and the Malay peninsula ; and about 90 of them were, so far as we could ascer- tain, previously undescribed. Of course, further investigations in the adjoining regions may materially reduce this proportion ; but, judging from results obtained recently in Western and Central China, it is not probable. And after all, thiv is not a high percentage compared with what is known of other subtropical regions. The apparent absence in North and Central India of plants coinmon to South India (the peninsula) and Burma is noteworthy. The genera Hopea, Berrya, Notonia, and Azima are of this class ; and about 25 species have not been found in the connecting or intermediate region. Of these Cardiospernaum Corindum, Blepharis boerhaavmfolia, and Priva leptostachya also extend to Africa. In addition, there is a unmber of representative species in the two areas : such are Ceropegia nana and Brachystelma edulis. Specially interesting among the novelties are :-Impatiens ecal- cara fa, Pistacia cocciaea, Neocollettia gracilis, Phylacizcm majus, Yernonia gymfioclada, Physostelnaa carnosa, Onosnza burmanica, Ipomma nana, Phacellaria caulescens, and the exceedingly curious orchids Cirrhopetalum Collettii and Bulbophyllzcnz conzoswm. The only previously known species of the very marked leguminous genus Phylacaunz has a wide range in the Malay Archipelago. Equally remarkable, geographically, is Anisopappus chinefisis, which is also a native of South-eastern China and Eastern and Western tropical Africd, though unknown from any part of India. Osteontebs anthyllidfolia is another most interesting discovery. This shrub is widely spread in Polynesia, eastward to the Sand- wich group and Pitcairn Island. There are also specimens in the Kew Herbarium from the Bonin Islands ; and it is recorded from Japan and the Luchu Archipelago. All the other species of the genus inhabit the Andes of South America. The uiost interesting point, perhaps, connected with this collection haa been left to the last. It is the large number of temperate types it contains from comparatively low e!evations. Sir 14 GENERAIi COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLRY ON PLANTS Joseph Hooker * observed the same thing in the investigation of the Khasia hills, where, he states, many genera and species appear on naked and exposed moor-like uplands at 5000 to 6000 feet which are not found on the outer ranges of Sikliim under 10,000 feet. '' In fact," he continues, '' strange as it may appear, the temperate flora descends fully 4000 feet lower in the latitude of Khasia (25" N.) than in that of Sikkim (27' N.), though the former is two degrees nearer the equator." The Southern Shan hills are actually within the tropic, lying between 19O and 22" N., and there temperate types appear in abundance at 4000 feet. Indeed, in looking~throughthe enumeration, it would seem that ternperate types prevail at that elevation, some descending even lower. Among those occurring at 4000 feet are Ttialictrum,Anemone, Delphinium, Xilene, Xtellaria, Hypericzcm, Impatiens, Agrimonia, Poterium, Epilohiunz, ananthe, Calium, Echinops, PrimuZa, Praxinus, Pedicularis, Mentha, and Ajq9a. In short, 85, or about one fifth of the genera represented in the collection, are British. The combination of causes producing this result we are unable to explain, but the comparatively small rainfall has probably had much to do with it.

GEAMJNEE. (By Mr. Hemsley.) Since the foregoing was read before the Society, the Grasses have been received and determined. They number about eighty species, all of tbem probably previously described, though there are three or four well-marked forms referred with doubt to the nearest allied species. Taken as a whole, the grasses are of a more tropical type than the rest of the collection 4, belonging largely to the tribe AndropogoneG and the genera Paniczcm and Eragrostis. Specially interesting of the tribe in question is the little-known Ratzebzcrgia pulcherrima of Kunth, the Aikinia eleyans of Wallich's ' Plants Asiatics Rariores,' t. 273. In the letterpress (vol. iii. p. 46), Wallich describes it as without exception the most lovely and elegant grass that he had ever seen, being of a pale glaucous colour, and the crest of the outer

* Himalayan Journals,' ed. 1, ii. p. 281. t This is explained by the fact that CI larger proportion of this natural order waa collected near Meiktila on the plain in Upper Burma. FROM UPPER BURJdA AND THE SHhN STATES. 15 glume of a pinkish tint. The specimens now obtained from near Meiktila are much finer aud more robust than those upon which the genus was founded. A new species of the gems Entero- pogon, or a marked variety of E. nzelicoides, Nees, previously only known from South India and Ceylon, was collected at Meiktila. From the same region, too, there is a remarkable variety of Erqrostis viscosa, Trin., also a South-Indian grass ; or it may deserve to rank as an independent species. An elegant variety of Sporobolus coronzundelianus, Kunth, completes the list of specially interesting grasses.

ENUME~~ATIQNQF ‘PEE PLANTS, TOQETEER WITH IkWEI- BUTION, AND DESCRIPTIONSOF THE NEW splV.XEs *- (By Qeneral Collett and Mr. Hemsley.) RANUNCULACEB. CIematia grewireflora, DC. ; PZ. Brit. Ind. i. p. B.-Shan hills plateau at 41000 feet. Mountains of North Iudia, from Kumaon eastward. Dr. Kuntze (Monogr. p. 130) unites this, as a variety, with C. Buchananiana, DC.; and there are intermediate forms that might with equal propriety be referred to either.

Clematis Gonriana, DC.; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 4 ; Porest 20. Bma,i. p. 16.-lKoin, at 4400 feet, Nanders. Western’Himallryato Ceylon, and Malayan peninsula and archipelago, and probably also Central‘ China.

Clematis grata, Wall., var. foliolis subintegris ; 31. Brit. Tad. i. p. 3.-Fort Stedmau, 3000 feet, Nanders. Afghanistan, through Northern India to China, and in the mountains of Tropical Africa.

?!bavelia zeylanica, DC.; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 7 ; firest pl. Burma, i. p. 18.-Meiktila. widely spread in India, and extending to the Malayan archipelago and South China.

* Throughout this enumeration references are given to Hooker’s ‘ Flora of British India,’ as far as it is published, to Kurds ‘ Forest Flora of British and occasioually, where it seemed desirable, to other works. 16 GEKERAL COLLETT AND ME. w. B. HEWSLET ON PLANTB

Thalictrum minus, Linn., var. ; 2’1. Brit. Ind. i. p. 14.-Shan hills, 4000 feet. Eyrope, North and Central Asia to Japan, and North and South Africa. Anemone rivularis, Ham.,var. floribus minoribus numerosiori- bus ; Fl. Brit. 2nd. i. p. 9.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Widely spread in the temperate regions of India and Ceylons -and recently collected in Weetern China. Dr. G. Watt collected the same variety in Muneypore. Ranuncnlus pensylvanicus, Linn. ; a.Brit. Ind. i. p. 19.- Shan hills, common. Kashmir to the Khasia hills, China southward to Canton, and in Mandshuria as well as in North America. Delphinium altissimum, Wall. ; B. Brit. Ind. i. p. 25.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Central Himalaya and Khasia hills. DILLENIACE~E. Dillenia pulcherrima, Kurz, Eorest El. Burma, i. p. 19 ; El. Brit. Ind.i. p. 37.-Shan hills terai. Prome, Pegu, and Martaban. Expanded flowers of this species were previously unknown at Kew. MAGNOLIACEB. Mapglietia insignis, Blume; El. Brit. Ind. i. p. 42 ; Ebrest 31. Burma, i. p. 25.-Shan States, Bauzan. Nepal, Khasia, and Pegu. Good flowering specimen of a white, broad-leaved variety. Schieandra axillaris, Hook.$ et 1! Thorns.; El. Brit. Ind. i. p. &.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Khasia hills and Java.

ANONACEE. Uvaria purpurea, Blume ; El. Brit. Ind. i. p. 47 ; Ebrest 31. Burma, i. p. 27.-Shan hills terai. Eastern India, Malayan peninsula and archipelago. Artabotrys odoratissimus, R. Br.; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 54 ; FROW UPPER BPBMA AXP THE SHAN STATES. 17

Xiresf Fl. Burma, i. p. 31.-Jn a monastery ga,rden, perhaps cultivated. South India and Ceylon, Malayan archipelago, and South China ; and cultivated throughout India. Polyalthia cerasoides, heath. et Hook. $; Pi. Brit. Ind. i. p. 63 ; Wrest 31. Burma, i. p. 38.--Meiktila. South India and Prome.

Miliusa velutina, Hook.$ et T.Thorns. ; K?. Brit. Id.i. p. 87; Porest Fl. Burma, i. p. 47.-Mriktila. Widely spread in tropical India and Malaya.

MENISPEBMACEB. CQCC&IS la~olilins,DO. ; FL. Brit. Id.i. p. 10l.-Shan hills, Hopou valllley. Lpubbpical Himalayan region and Java and Japan ; perhaps only cultivated, or an escape from cultivation, out of India. Comtlun mollis, Wall.; 27. Brit. Ind. i. p. 102.-Shan hills at 6000 feet. Nepal and Khasia hills.

cot~nlna~~UOSUS, DC. ; FJ. Brit. Id. i. p. lOl.-Meiktila. Throughout tropical and subtropical India, from the Himalayas to Malabar and Pegu; and also in tropical Africa.

Stephania hernandifolia, Wak.,Var. ? ; 31. ~rit.Ind. i. 1). 103. -Shan hills at 5000 feet. Tropical Asia, Afi ica, and Australia.

BERBEEIDACEE. Berberis nepalensis, Spreny. ; El. Brit. Ind. i. p. 109 ; Borest PI. Burma, i. p. 58.-Sban hills at 4000 feet. Mountains of Northern acd Southern India and the Malayan peninsula, Chiiia and Japan.

Berberis Wallichiana, DC.,var. ? foliiv integris venis immersiv obsoletis ; El. Brit. Ind. i. p. llO.-Shan hills at 40G0 feet. Nepal, Bootan, aud Khasia hills.

LI". JOURN.-BOTANY, VOL. XSVIII. C 18 QENERAL COLLETT AND Ult. W. 8. IIEXSLYY ON Pl~hh’TS

CRUCIFJCI~B. Cardamine hirsuta, Lim., var. sylvaticn, Link (spccics) ; FZ. Brit. Ind. i. p. 13S.-Shan hills pliiteau, 4000 feet. Generally dispersed in temperate regions.

CAPPARIDACEE. Cratsva lophosperma, Kum ; Jounz. Bot. 1875, p. 195.--Shan hills. Described from sliecimens collected iii Assam.

Boscia variabilis, Coll. et Henzsk., n. sp. (Plate T.) Arbor 16-20-pedalis, tortuoso-rnniosus, iioveh puberulis. Zoliu simplicia, brevit,er petiolata, coriacea, angiiste oblonga, 1-2; poll. longa, apice rotundato- vel truncato-emarginata, basi cuneata, venis immersis inconspicuis. B’Zores circiter 6 linens longi, in axillis foliorum superioruiri densiuscule subcoryinbosi, corynibis qiiam folia brevioribus ; scpda 3-5, valvata, babi in tubum brevem sed distinctinn connata, subcarnosa, lmceolato- oblonga, dorso longitudinnliter 1-costata ; petala nulla ; discus crassus, carnosus, cupulatus, tubuin calycis vestieus ; stamina 5-6, medio gyiiophori inserta, pistillum subaequantin ; ovarium glabrum, longiuscule stipilatum, l-loculare, placentis 2 circiter 5-ovuliferis. Zrucfus(iiiimaturus tantum visus) globosus, pisiformis.-Capparis variabilis, Wall. Cut. n. 7004 ; Niebuhria variabilis, Kuorz, Poorest 31. Burma, i. p. 69. Common ill the open forest-tracts about Meilitila. Upper Burma. This somewhat anomalous plant has been referred to both Cnyparis aud Nzebuhrin, though neither Wallich nor Kurz’s speciiiieils bear either flowers or fruit. Some of the leaves of Wdlicli’s specirriens are as much as 4 inches long. The definite scamens, inserted high up on the gynophore, and definite ovules bring it intermediate betv\ een MGrua and BOSC~U, and in habit and facies it strongly resembles several species of lire latter genus ; but these genera are not well defined.

DESGRIPTIOB OF PLL4TEI. A branch of Bowiffiaariubilis, Coll. el Hemsl., natural size.

Blg. 1, a leaf from a sterile branch, natural size j 2, a flower; and 3, vertical section of ovary. Enlarged.

FEOH UPPSR BUSMA AND THE SHAX STATES. 19 Capparis burmanica, Coll. et €fend., n. sp. (Plate 11.) Frudex inertnis, ramulis floriferis rectis teretibus minute cinereo-puberulis. PoJ'olia (pnuca superiora ttlntum visa) breviter yetiolata, corincea, elliptica vel fere orbicularia, absque petiolo 9-15 lineas long&, utrinque obtusissima vel rotundata, primum parce strigillosa cito glabresentia, supra nitida, integerrima, venis imrriersis inconspicuis ; petiolus teres, 2-3 lineas longus, pubescens. FLores 6-9 lineas diametro, mcemoso-paniculati, ebracteati, paiiiculis termiunlibus 6-9 poll. longis, pedicellis circiter 3 lineas longis calycibusque puberulis ; sepala mwa, bymbifortnia, margiue pellucid0 ; petala mbcarnosa, ovato-lanceo- Ida, obtusa, quain sepal& paullo loogiora ; stamina indefinita ovarium glabrum, longe stipitatum, stamina, paullo superans, 1- loculare, 3-5-ovulatum. Tructus deest. Shwenoungbu, in the plains. In foliage this resembles the Burmese Gappris arbiculnta, Wall. j but it is characterized by the distinctly mcemose-pani- culate inflorescence.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 11. A knoh of Capparis bumnnica, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. F&. 1, ssepel; 2, petals; 3, stamens; 4, skipitate piatil; 5, ovary, in vertlcal section. All enlarged. Capparis flavicans, Wall.; PI. Brit. Tad. i. p. 170; Eormt XZ. Burma, i. p. 63. --Pernethen aud other localities. Also in Cochinchina. The flowers of this species were unknown to Hooker and Thomson, who jointly elaborated the Capparidea for the ' Flora of British India ;' aud Kurz, in his ' Forest Flora of Burma,' describes the petals, inadvertently doubtless, as densely woolly inside, instead of outsidr. The flowers are uuisexunl, at least those of the present collection-a condition that is exceediugly rare in this natural order. The stamens are usvlally eight in number.

Capparis glauca, Wall. ; RZ. Brit. hd. i. p. 180; gorest El. Burma, i. p. 65.-Meilrtila. The flowers of'this species were previousiy unkuown, and may be here described :- plows undique glabeirimi, parvi (circiter 4-5 lioeav diametro), ciculati, fasciculls niiiltiflor~ssessilibus vcl ranulis lateralibus ca 20 GENERA& COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLKY ON PLANTS brevibus terminantibus, pedicellis glaberrimis filiformibus vel capillaribus 4-6 lineas longis sepalisque rufis ; sepala orbicularia, concava, margine tenui pellucid0 ; petala angusta, quam sepala vix longiora ; stamina circiter 12-15 ; ovarium 1-hulare, circiter 8-ovulatum, cum gynophoro stamina vix aequans. Var. angustifolia, Coil. et Hemsl. j ramulis lateralibus ftoriferis m+s evolutis, foliis fere linearibus usque ad bipollicares. Collected in the same locality as the typical form with obovate leaves less than an inch in length. Capparis hastigera, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1868, p. 296, et 1879, p. 8 ; Eorbes et Henasley in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxiii. p. 51.--Cap- paris Swinhoii, .€Lance in Journ. Rot. 1868, p. 296.-Meiktila. A common bush on the dry plains. South China. This singular species was collected by Griffith at Malt$ on the Irrawaddy; and is the “Capparidea” mentioned by him in his ‘ Journals of Travels,’ i. p. 103 ; and Wallich collected it at Prome. It is the 6952 B of his catalogue. The flowering specimens now collected enable us to identify all these specimens with the Chinese species established by Hance. This species is exceedingly variable in the shape of the leaves, the hastate base sometimes disappear- ing altogether. Our specimens have very narrow leaves, reaching 4 inches in length. Capparis xanthophylla, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Butex ramulis ultimis graciliusculis primum ferrugineo-furfuraceis demum glabrescentibus, aculeis brevissimis rigidis recurvis parce aruiatis. FoZia distincte petiolata, rigide coriacea, crassa, siccitate flaw, ovato-lanceolata, absque petiolo 3 poll. longa, subobtusa, basi cuneata, utrinque glaberrima, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, opaca, costa supra impressa, subtus crassa, elerata, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 4 prominentibus et inter se anastomosantibus ; petiolus semipollicaris, teres, crassus, rugulosus. Plores 12-15 liueas diametro. ferrugineo-furfuracei Pel tomentosi, breviter pedicellati, secus ramulos laterales 3-12 poll. longos laxe f’asciculati, pedicellis furfuraceis 3-12 lineas longis ; sepala crassa, ovali-rotundata, cymbiformia, quarn petals fere dimidio breviora ; petala obovato-spathulata ; stamina numerosissima, ovarium plus quam duplo superantia ; ovarium glabrum, 1-loculare, placentis 3, multiovuliltis. Fructus ignotus. Dry plains near Yemethen. 21 FROM UPPER RUBMA AND THE SEAN STATES. In foliage this resembles C. Heyneana, Wall., differing widely in the size and arrangement of the flowers. Capparis horrida, Linlz.f. ; 31. Brit. hd.i. p. 178 ; Forest 31, Burma, i. p. 62.-Meiktila, and on the Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. Widely spread in tropical India and Malaya to the Philippine Islands. capparis olacifolia, Hook. f. et T. Thorns. i 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 178.-Shan hills, in various localities. Eastern tropical India. Capparia sepiaria, Linn.; FL Brit. Ind. i. p. 177 ; Porest 8'1. Bzlrma, i. p. 66.-Meiktila. Dry places in India from the Punjab to Ceylon, and eastward to the Philippines. Capparie tenera, Dalz. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 179.-Shan States at GOO0 feet. Southern India, Ceylon, Assam, and Tenasserim ; also recorded from Punnan. The western specimens referred to this species bave almost invariably solitary flowers, whereas in the eastern specimens they are fascicled. Capparis Viminea, Hook. J: et 5!! Thorns.; PI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 179; syn. Capparis membranit'olia, Kurz, Forest F1. Burnza, i. p. 61.--Shan hills terai at 2000 to 4000 feet. Tropical valleys of Sikkim, Bhotan, Assam, and Tenasserinl. Authenticated specimens of Kurz's species are exact1.y like c. viminea from Mergui, collected by Griffith.

VIOLACEE. Viola biflora, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 182.-Shan hills at 6000 feet. Scattered in temperate regions all around the northern hemisphere. Viola Patrinii, DC. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 18R.--Shan hills at 3000 to 4000 feet. Nearly all over India, westward iuto Afghanistan, and in Siberia, Mandshuria, China, and Japan. 22 GENERAL COLLRTT AND MR. W. B. HEXSLEY ON PLANTS Viola serpens, Wall. ; FI. Brif.Ind. i. p. lSb.--Shan hills at 4000 to 6000 feet. Throughout India, in the mountainous regions, and extending to Java and China. The Shan plant belongs to the variety named P. canescens by Wallich.

BIXINEE. Flacourtia sapida, Roxb. ; Porest PZ. Bicrma, i. p. 75.--Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. The glabrous form. In the Flora of British India' this is treated as a variety of 3'. Ranzontchi, L'HBrit., which is coinmoii tliroughout India and Malaya, wild or cultivated, aud extends to Madagascar.

PITTOSPOREB. Pittosporum floribundum, Wight et Arn. ; E"1. Brit. Ind. i. p. 199.--Shan hills at 4000 feet ; also collected by Mr. Aylin. Subtropical regions of India from Garhn a1 to Kliasia and Mishmi, and in South Iiidia.

POLYOALEB.

Polygala crotalarioides, Ham. ; 3'1. Brit. Ind. i. p. 201.--SIian hills at 4000 feet. North Iudia, from Kashinir to Sikkim aud the Khasia hills ; also in Yunnan. Var. ? glabrescens, Coll. et Hemsl. ; raceinis elongiltis, floribus majoribus.--Bhan hills at 4000 feat.

Polygala erioptera, DC. ; FI. Brit. Ind. i. 1). 203.--Nciktila. Widely epread in tropical Asia and Africa.

Polygala leptalea, DC.; FL. Brit. Ind. i. p. 202.--$han hills at 5000 feet. Widely Rpread in the mountainous regions of India, and also found in North-eastern Australia.

Polygala sibirica, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 205.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, Siberia, Maudshuria, China, and Japan. 23 FROM UPPEIl BURMA AND THE SIIAN STATES.

Polygala triphylla, Ham. ; 3’1. Brit. Irbd. i. p. 201, Tar. gl:iu - cescerie.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Northern and Central India, China, and the Malay peninsula.

Stellaria media, Cp.; PE. Brit. Ind. i. p. 230.-Shan hills 4000 to Go00 feet. Arctic and North temperate regions generally, and widely coionized elsewhere. 24 GENERAL COLLETT AND MB. w. B. LIEWSLEY OX PLANTS Drymaria cordata, Willd.; 31. Brit. lnd. i. p. 244.-Shun hills terai at 2000 feet. Tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and America.

Polycarpsea corymbosa, Lam.; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 245.- Meiktila. Tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. TAMARISCINEB. Tamarix dioica, Roxb.; Fl. Brit. 2nd. i. p. 249; Forest Hi?. Bzvrma, i. p. 83.-Shan states, common in beds of rivers. India, ranging from Sindh and the Punjab to Assam, the Dec- can, and Burma. HPPERICINE~. Hypericum japonicum, Thzcnb. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 25G.-Shan hills, in rice-fields at 4000 feet. North-western India to Ceylon, China, and Japan, and southward to Australia and New Zealand. Hypericum (6 Andros~mines)pachyphyllum, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate 111.) 3rutex vel herba lignosa, erecta, omnino glaberrima, caulibus rigidis rectis teretibus rufis, internodiis brevissirnis. Polia sessilia, semiamplexicaulia, crasse coriacea, oblonga, 1-12 poll. longa, obtusa, subtus glauca, punctis inconspicuis conspersa, costa subtus elevata, venis iminersis fere obsoletis. Plores 2-24 poll. diametro, in cymas densas terminales dispositi, brevissime pedicellati, cymis circiter 15-floris, bracteis f oliis similibus 4-6 lineas longis in- struetis ; sepala coriacea, foliis similia, leviter inzqualia, ovata, 4-6 lineas longa, obtusa ; petala oblique obovata, pollicaria, epunc- tata; stamina numerosissima, libera vel sublibera ; ovarium 5- loculare, stylis divergentibus recurvis stamina paullo excedentibus. Capsda ignota. Shan hills, 4000 feet. Common throughout the Southern Shan States, especially in marshy localities. This comes nearest to E. Hookerianzcm, Wight et Am. (H. oblongifolizcm, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4949), differing in the denser habit, very thick oblong leaves, entire sepals, aud free, or nearly free, stamens.

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DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 111. A branch of Hypericum pachyphylyllum, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. Fig. 1, a petal from a bud ; 2, a bundle of stamens; 3, back and front views of anther ; 4, pistil ; 5, cross section of ovary. All enlarged.

TERNSTR~MIACEB. Anneslea fragrans, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 280; Forest Fl. Burma, i. p. 98.-Shan hills at 3000 to 5000 feet. Martaban and Tenawerim.

Actinidia callosa, Lindl. ; Tl.Brit. Ind. i. p. 2cQG.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Temperate Himalaja, from Garhwal eastward, and extending to China and Japan.

Saurauja Roxburghii, Wall. ; Fl. 3l;it. Ind. i. p. 287 ; Forest Ti. Burma, i p. 103.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Eastern India.

Schima Wallichii, Choisy ; Pl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 289 ; Torest 31. Burma, i. p. 106 ; syn. S. mollis, Byer; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 288. -Shan hills at 5000 feet ; common on hills at 3000 to 4000 feet, Aplin. Eaetern India, Malay peninsula, and Sumatra.

DIPTEROCAI~PEX. Shorea siamensis, Nig. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 304 ; syn. Pen- tacnw siaiiiensia, Kurz, Porest lX Burma, i. p. ll9.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet; one of the commonest trees in the Shan States, ApZin. Malay peninsula.

Hopea 'I 11. sp. ; specimen floriferum tantum adest.-Shan iiills terai at 2000 feet. Flowers very sweet-scented and often worn by Shan girls in their Iiair. This is very nenr Hopea argentea, Pierre, in foliage ; but the leaves are yellowish beneath instead of silvery. Still, in the absence of fruit, we are not sure of the geuus. 26 UEKERAL COLLE'CT AND Nlt. H. B. IIEMSLEP ON PLANTS

MALTACEE. Abntilon polyandrum, Schlecht. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 325.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. North-west provinces of India to Ceylon, Burma, and Java, mid also in tropical Youth Africa.

Urena repanda, Roxb. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 330.--Shan hills at 4000 feet ; also collected by Mi-. Aplin. Widely spread in India, including the south.

Sida rhombifolia, Linn. ; PI. Brit. InJ. i. p. 323.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. Tropical aud subtropical regions of both hemispheres.

Pavonia glechomifolia, A. Rich. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 330.- Stian hills. Northwest provinces of India to Ceylon and Burma ; also in tropical Africa and Srabia.

Hibiscus Abelmoschus, Linn. ; 31. Byif. Ind. i. p. 342.--Shan 'hills at 4400 feet, Munders. Found throughout tropical India, and cultivated and more or less colonized in other tropical countries.

Kydia calycina, Roxb. ; Pi. Brit. Ind. i. p. 348 ; Porest PI. Burnzu, i. p. 124.-Shan hills, Aplin. Common nearly throughout tropical and subtropical India.

STERCULTACEB. Sterculia versicolor, Wall.; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 355 ; Porest $1. Burnaa, i. p. 135.-No locality given. Ody known froni Burma and the Pulalay peninsula.

Sterculia, n. sp. ?-Lower Burma, T. H. Aplin. There are on!y flowers of this distinct species.

Helicteres glabriuscula, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 366.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. Restricted to Burma, so far as at present known. The brief description in the place cited was drawn up from FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SEIAN STA'PES. ,257

Iinpwfect material, and the Shan specirneriq enable us to amend and extend it here :- Eblia hrevisaime petiolata, oblonga, ovato-obloi~ga,ObiolIgo- lanceolata, lanceolata vel interd um ob1;iiiceolato-oblon,va, minute calloso-serrulata. Plores parvi, vix 6 lineas loiigi, asillares, geminati, pedunculo comrnurii circiter 3 lineas longo, pedicellis brevissiinis; calyx grosse stellato-liirsutus, rectua,mqualiu, breviter &dentatus ; petala mqualia, sp:ithul:ira, apice rotundata, extus hirhuta, calycem triente vel dimidio excederitia, estus puberula, unguibus inmquali ter auriculato-appendiculatis; columns stami- neit basi hirsutula ; ovarium longisaime stipitatum, stylo sirnplice stamina paullo excedenti. CapsuZa recta, stellato-pubescens, 5- valvis, circiter semipollicaris.

Relicteres elmgata, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 365; Forest El. Burma, i. 11. 141.-Popah district. Eastern India to Yunnan.

Pterospermum acerifolium, Willd.; PI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 368 ; Sorest 3.l.Burma, i. p. 143.-Shan liills at 4000 feet. North-west India to Concan, Chittagong, arid l'enasserim ; ofien cultivated. Found also in the Audaman islaiids.

Eriolma Candollei, Wall. ; PI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 370 ; Forest F1. Biirma, i. p. 148.--Shm hills, in various localities from 3000 to 5000 feet. Southern India and Malay yeniiisula.

TILIACEAL Berrya Ammonilla, Roxb. ; PI. Brit. Incl. i. p. 353 ; Forest Fl. Burma, i. p. 155.-Shan hills, Aplin. South India, Ceylon, Pegu, and Martaban.

Grewia (9 Eugrewia) elatostemoides, Coll. et Henasl., n. sp. Arbor parva, raniulis floriferis graciliusculis, parce stellato- yuberulis. Folia breviter petiolata, ptlpyracea, oblique ovato- oblonga, 2-3i poll. louga, vix acuta, Easi s+us rotuudata, calloso-crenato-sei,riilata, deutibus sqealternalim minoribus, supra viridis, parce atellato-puberula, subtus albida, brevissirne tomen- tom, simul sews nervos stellato-pubescentia ; petiolus teres, pubescens, 34lineas longus. Flores circiter 6 lineas diainetro 28 QENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS in cymas parvas breves axillares dispositi, pedicellis flores sub- squantibus ; sepala crassiuscula, oblongo-spathulata, obtusissima vel rotundata, margine iticurva, extus albo-tomentosa, intus, ut videtur, colorata ; petala minuta, crassa (cocta vesiculosa), apice bidentata, basi intus obscure foveolata ; stamina numerosissima, sepdis fere dimidio breviora ; ovarium dense albo-pilosum, 2- loculare ? stylo crass0 glabro stamina subaxpanti. Fructus ignotus. Shan hills at 3000 feet. This does not very closely resemble any of the Asiatic species, most nearly perhaps G. polyganza, Roxb., differing in the leaves being pale beneath, the very minute, bidentate petals, and other characters. Grewia hirsuta, Vahl; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 391; Torest 31. Burma, i. p. 159.-Meiktila. Southern India and throughout Burma. Grewia laevigata, Vahl; 31. Brit. I%d. i. p. 389; Forest 31. Burma, i. p. 159.-Shan terai at 2000 feet. Very widely spread in tropical Asia, and exteriding to tropical Africa and tropical Australia.

Grewia scabrophylla, Roxb.; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 357; syn. G. sclerophylla, Wall. ; .Forest 32. Bwma, i. p. 162.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Tropical North India from Garhwal to Assam and Chittagong and Ava. Kure (‘Forest Flora’) records this species as Burmese on the authority of others, not having met with nor seen specimens him- self.

Columbia floribunda, Wall,; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 393 ; Torest 31. Burma, i. p. 156.-Shan hills, Aptin. Burma, Martaban. Elaocarpus bracteatus, Kurz, Torest PI. Burma, i. p. 165 ; 31. Brit. Id.i. p. 406.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Tenasserirn and Martaban. This species was not previously represented in the Kew Her- barium, and the specimen was 80 named at Calcutta. FROM UPPER BURMA AND TEE SHAX STATES. 29

LINA CEE. Linum mysorense, Heyne ; FZ. Brit. Ind. i. p. 411 .-StIan hills at 4OOO feet, in fields. North-west India to Ceylon. Not previously recorded from Eastern India or Burma.

Reinwardtia trigpa, P7anch. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 412.-Shan hills at 3000 feet, Manders. Temperate and subtropical regions of India eastward into China. MALPIGHUCEB. Hiptage candicans, Hook. f. et T. Thorns. ; PI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 429 ; Porest Fl. Burma, i. p. 174 (flor. descript.).-Sban hills from 1000 to 4000 feet ; common in the dry forest. Burma. This is not a climber, as suggested in the ' Flora of British Iiidia,' but an erect shrub or small tree. Aspidopterys Helferiana, Kurz, Torest PZ. Burma, i. p. 116. -Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Tenasserirn. ZYGOPHYLLEE. Tribulus terrestris, Linn. ; El. Brit. Ind. i. p. 42:X-Meiktila. Almost universally dispersed in tropical and subtropical re,'wons.

GERANIACEE. Geranium nepalense, Xweet ; FL. Brit. Ind. i. p. 430.--Shan hills at 6000 feet. Generally diffused in the mountains of India and Ceylon, and extending to Western China. Averrhoa Carambola, Linn.; Yl. Brit. 2nd. i. p. 439.-In a monastery garden ; perhaps cultivated. Cultivated throughout tropical India ; native country uncertain, though probably America. Impatiens arguta, Ho0k.f. et T. Thorns. ; FI. Brit. Ind. i. 470.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. sikkim, Kliasia, and Western China. 30 GENERAL COLLETT AND MIL. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS

Impatiens puberula, DC. ; FZ. Brit. Ind. i. p. 470.-Shan hiils at 4000 feet. Mountains of Sikkim and Nepal.

Impatiens chinensis, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 444.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Very widely spread in the moiintaius of India, southward to Travancore, aiid extending to Eastern China.

Impatiens ecalcarata, Coll. et Henssl., n. sp. (Plate IV.) Species, praeter sepalurn posticum galeaturn, iiec calcaratuiii, I. chinensi oinnino simillinia et vir distiiigueiida. Shan hills at 4000 feet. This so strongly resembles I. chinensis that one might suspect it to be an aboornial state of that species, were there not copious bealthy specimens all exhibiting the same peculiarity in the shape of the posticous sepal. Indeed it may yet prove to be a modifi- cation of I. chinensis; but it would be none the less worth figuring.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE 1V. A branch of Impatiens ecctlcarata, Coll. et Rend, natural Fiize. Fig. 1, dorsal sepal ; 3, a lateral sepal; 3, the coalescing anthers. All enlarged.

RUTACEB:. Glycosmis pentaphylla, Correa ; PI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 499; Borest 31. Burnia, i. p. 186.-Meiktila. Widely spread, and exceedingly variable, in India, Malaya, atid tropical Australia.

Micromelum hirsutum, Oliver ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 502; Forest El. Burma, i. p. 187.-Shan hills at 4000 feel. Malay peninsula and archipelago.

Nurraya exotica, Linn. j Fl, Brit. Intl. i. p. 502 ; Sorest 31. Burma, i. p. 190.--Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Tropical Asin, Australia, and Polynesia.

Murraya Kcenigii, Spreng. ; Sl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 503; Poorest El. Burma, i. p. 190.-Shan hills ttlrai st 2000 feet. Garhwal to Ceylon, Assam, and Tenasserim.

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S~MARUBELE. Harrisonia Bennettii, Planch. ; 31. Brit. Id. i. p. 5L9 ; Forest Pl. Burma, i. p. 203.--Meiktilit. Malay peninsula and archipelago to South China and the Philippines. OCHNACEE. Ochna squarrosa, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p 523 ; Forest El. Burma, i. p. 205.-Shan hills. South Iiidia aud Ceylon, and Silhet to Tenasserim.

BURSERACEB. Garuga pinnata, Roxb. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 528; Forest El. Burma, i. p: 20'7.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Throughout fndia and Malaya.

MELIACEB. Melia Azedarach, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 514 ; B%rest 31. Burma, i. p. 212.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Persia, subbropical North liidia and China, and widely cultivated.

Cipadessa fruticosa, Blunie ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 545 ; Forest Fl. Burnza, i. p. 214.4han hills at 3000 feet. South Iudb, Ceylon, Burma, and Java. Walsura, n. sp. ?-Shan hills terai at 8000 feet. A flowering specimen ouly was collected, and this is liardly sufficient to determine the genus with certaiaty.

Chickrassia tabularis, Adr. Juss. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 568; Ejrest PI. Burma, i. p. 227.-Shan hills, Aplin. South India, Ceylon, Malaya, and Andaman islands.

OLACINEB,. Olax scandens, 220x6. ; El. Brit. lnd. i. p. 575 ; gorest E'I. Burma, i. p. 283.-Shan hills terai. Generally ?pread in tropical India, Burma, and Malay peninsula, aild exteuding to Java. 32 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEYSLEY ON PLANTS Cansjera Rheedii, J. 3.Bmel. ; PI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 682 ; Porest Fl. Burma, i. p. 237.-Meiktila. Generally spread in tropical India and Malaya and extending to South China and North Australia.

Opilia amentacea, Bosh. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 583 ; porest 21. Burma, i. p. 238.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Widely spread iii the tropics of the Old World.

CELASTRINEB. Euonymus glaber, Roxh. ; FI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 609 ; Porest FI. Burma, i. p. 249.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Eastern Bengal and Muneypore southm-ard to Tenasserirn. Euonymus grandiflorus, Wall.; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 608.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, from Kumaon to Khasia.

Celastrns paniculatus, Willd. ; F,?.Brit. Ind. i. p. 617; Ebrest Fl. Burma, i. p. 252.--Shan ldls at 5000 feet. Tropical and subtropical regions of India and Malaya generally.

Gymnosporia ovata, Lawson, var. ; PI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 619.- Shan hills plateau, 4000 feet. This does riot exactly correspond to the Nilghiri specimens of G. ovala, the fluwers being somewhat larger and the fruit smaller ; but we can discover no tangible characters to separate it specifically.

Gymnosporia paEda, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Fiwtex circiter &pedalis, inermis vel paucispinosus, undique glaberrimus, raniuliv floriferis crassiusculis cortice foliisque pallidis. Polia breviter petiolata, su bcoriacea, ovato-oblonga vel obovata, 3-5 poll. longa, apice obtusa vel iuterdum rotundata, basi cuurata, crenulttta, venis reticulatis sat conspicuis. Plores 3-4 lineas diametro, dichotonie cyroosi, cjmis densis, rigidiusculis, 1-1$ poll. longis, pedicellis brevibus sureum incrassatis ; sepala crassa, persisteutia, orbicularia, ciliolata, petalis dimidio minora ; petala glabra, orbiculari-oblonga ; ovarium 3-loculare. Cupsula 3-locularis, alte 3-lobata, levis, 6-8 lineas diametro ;semina ignota. Shan hills at 3000 to 4000 feet. FROM UPPER BURXA AND TIIE SHAN STATES. 83 In foliage and general appearance this approaches a. acuminata, Hook. r. ; but that always dries of a dark colour and the ovary aud capsule are %celled.

R BAMNACEZ. Ventilago calyculata, TuIasne; Yl.Brit. Ind. i. p. 631; Forest YE. Burma, i. p. 262.-Meikrila. Almost throughout tropical India and Malaya. Zizyphus (Enoplia, Xill.; Pl. Brit. Ind. i. p. G34 ; Torest Burma, i. p. 266.-hleiktila. Tropical Asia and Australia. Zizyphus incurva, Roxb. ; PI. Brit. Ifid. i. p. 635.-Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet ; also collected by Ur. Aplin. Nepal, Bhotan, South India, and Ceylon.

Zizyphus rugosa, Lam. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 626 j Porest 31. Burma, i. p. 265.-Shan hills at 4000 feet; also collected by Mr. Aplin. Tropical Iudia, Burma and Tenasserim. Rhamnus virgatus, Roxb. ? ; Lawson iiz 31. Brit. In& i. p. 604, sub R. dahurico.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. In our opinion more than one species is included in the ‘Flora of British India’ under the.name of R. dahuricus, Pall., but the species are very difficult of limitation. Berchemia flavescens, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. i. p. 637; syu. B. polyphylla, WaZl. loc. eit. p. 638.-Stiaii hills at 4500 feet. Nepal, Silikim, Burma, and China. Some of the forms of B. Zi-neata, DC., approach this very closely.

AXPELIDEE. Vitis discolor, Dalz. ; 32. Brit. Ind. i. p. 647; Porest 81. Burma, i. p. 271.-Upper Burma. Sikkim to Khasia, Chittagong, Tenasserini and Java, and Concan in South India.

Vitis adnata, W@. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 649.-Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. Generally diffused in tropical India and Malaya. LINN. J0URN.-BOTANY, VOL. SXVIII. u 34 QENERAL COLLETT AND ME. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Vitis lanata, Roxb., var. glabra, Laws.; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 651. --Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. The typical form is rery widely spread in India; and this variety, if variety it be, is recorded from Garhmd and the Khasia mouutains ; aud it has more recently beeu collected in Muneypore by Dr. Watt, who, perhaps correctly, regards it as a distinct species. Vitis repens, Wight et Arnott; 31. Brit. Ind. i. 11. 646.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Very widely spread in tropical India and Malaya. Vitis heterophylla, Thunh. ? ; DC. Monogr. Phanerog. v. 2, p. 455, sub Ampe1opside.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. This species is widely spread in China, Mongolia, Mandshuria, and Japan; and it is very variable in the shape of the leaves.

Vitis (9 Tetrastigma) pycnantha, toll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Trutex praeter tlores fere undique glaber, ramulis floriferis crassiusculis sulcatis vel striatis. Cirrhi simplices. Polia trifoliolata, breyiter petiolata (petiolus 3-6 lineas longus) ; foliola brevissime petiolulata, crassa, subcaruosa, kequalia, obovato- oblonga, lateralia leviter obliqua, 2-3$ poll. longa, apice rotundata, basi cuneata vel plus minusre rotundata, remote obscureque calloso-crenata, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 5-6 subtus inconspicuis. Plores miuuti, densissirne cymoso-glomerati, cymis axillaribus subsessilibus puberulis circiter 1poll. diametro ; petala hirsuta, persistentia, crassa, lata, apice cucullata ; stigma alte 4lobatum, lobis arcte recurvis. Tructus iguotus. Yemethen. A very distinct species, exhibiting no close resemblance to any species with which we are acquainted.

Vitis (0 Tetrastigma 2) megabotrya, Coll. et Heemsl., n. sp. Prutex alte scandens, glaber vel glabrescens, ramulis floriferis crassis ut in V. viltifera. Cirrhi non visi. Polia trifoliolata (uuicum delapsum tantum visurn) longe petidata ; foliola (iis 8. lanceolaricz et K planicaulis simillima) breviter petiolulata, crassa, subcarnosa, subsqualia, oblongo-lanceolatn, 7-9 poll. longa, obtusa, grosse calloso-crenata, veuis primariis lateralibus utrinque 10-12 subtus leviter elevatis. Tlores, ut videtur, dioici ( d tantum visi), laxissime cymosi, simul brevissime pedi- FROM UPPER BURMA AND TIlE SHAN STATES. 35 cellati, circiter 2 lineas longi, cymis 8 poll. diametro; petala hirsuta, per antberiu persistelitia, crassa, lata, insigniter galeata, erecta ; stamina quam petalit breviora. Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. The leaflets resemble those of the quinquefoliate ZT planicaulis, Hook. f., and V. lanceolaricc, Roxb. ; but the large loose inflorescence is very different.

Vitis (4 Tetrastigma) burmanica, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Pmtex scandens, hirsutus, ramulis floriferis graciliusculis. Cirrhti non visi. Polia distincte petiolata (petiolus 6-12 lineas longus), trifoliolata ; foliola subsedia, crassiuscula, lanceolata, ovato-lanceolata vel interdum elliptica (lateralia leviter obliqua), 1-1$ poll. longa, acuta vel rotundata, apiculata, pauci calloso denticulata ; stipuls late, persistentes. ZZores minimi, in qmas parvas densas (vix 1 poll. diametro) pseudoterminales dispositl, pedicellis brevissimis ; petala glabra, apice leviter incurva ; stigma breviter 4-lobatum, lobis depressis. Bacca imniatura glabrcr, circiber 2 lineas diametro. Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. In general appearance this resembles 7. mollis, Wall., which has 5-foliolate leaves.

Vitis (Q Tetrastigma) Apliniana, Coll. et Hernsl., n. sp. Pvutex scandens, prater flores fere omnino glaber, ramulis floriferis crassiusculis. Cirrhi lion visi. EoZia longe petiolata (petiolis foliola zquantibus), pedatim 5-foliolata; foliola inzqualia, distincte petiolulata, coriacea vel subcarnosa, lanceolata vel oblari- ceolata, 2$-4 poll. longa, obtusa, basi cuneata, supra medium remote crenato-dentata, veiiis immersis inconspicuis. Plores circiter 3 lineas dinmetro, umbellatini cymosi, cjmk paniculatis longe graciliterque pedunculatis, paniculis qnam folk brevioribus, pedicellis fere filiforinibus flores quantibus vel lorigioribus petala crassiuscula, oblonga, cucullata, puberula ; stigma 4-loba- turn, lobis crasais. E’ruetus ignotus. Slian hills terai at 2000 feet. This most nearly i~sembles 7? dubia, Laws., in foliage, but the inflorescence is characteristic. Named after Mr. T. H. Aplin, of the Government Forebt Dei~artmentin Burma. 02 36 GENERAL COLZETT AND ME. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLAJTS

SAPINDACEB. Cardiospermum Corindum, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. i. p. 602 ; syn. c. canescens, Wall. ; El. Brit. Ind. i. p. 670.-Meiktila. Southern India and Burma ; also in Ahyssinia.

Schleichera trijuga, WilId. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. i. p. 681 ; Porest 3l. Burma, i. p. 289.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Widely spread in Iudia and Malaya.

Esculus punduana, Wall. ; PI. Brit. Ind. i. p. 675 ; syn. X.as- samica, Grg.; Porest 31. Burma, i. p. 286.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Sikkim and Khasia, and southward to Tenasserim and Siam. Turpinia pomifera, DC. ; E”I. Brit. Ind. i. p. 698 ; Porest 31. Burma, i. p. 292.--Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Tropical and snbtropical Asia, from Soutberii India and Ceyloii to Khasia, Malaya, and Eastern China.

A NACARDIACEB. Rhus semialata, Murr. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 10 ; Porest PI. Burma, i. p. 319, sub R.javanica.--Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Himalaya and Khasia mountains to the Malay Archipelago.

Rhus paniculata, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 10; Forest H. Burma, i. p. 319.--Meiktila ; and in the Shan hills, Aplin. Eastern India, Burma, and Yuniisn.

Melanorrhoea usitata, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 1’. 25 ; Torest PI. Bwma, i. p. 318.-Koni at 4000 feet; also collected by Aplin. Muneypore to Tenasserim. This is very variable in the shape of the leaves.

O5ina Wodier, Roxb. ; I?/. Brit. Tnd. ii. p. 29; Forest PZ. Burma, i. p. 32L-Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. Throughout tropical India aud Malaya.

Pistacia coccinea, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Arbor parva, rltmulis fructiferis gra~iliusculisglabris, cortice albido crebre lenticellato. Polin paripinnata, breriter petiolata , FROX UPPER BURJdA AND TEE SHhN STATES. 37 4-6 poll. longa, rhachide baud alata angustissima leviter canaliculata ; foliola 5-6-juga, subsesailia, alterna, vel superiora sub- Jpposita, glaberrima, coriacea, oblongo-lanceolata, 1-13 longa, truncato-retusa, simul apiculats, supra nitida, costa impressa, mbtus pallidiora, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 12 sat conspicuis. PZores spicato-paniculati, paniculis parkis quain folia dimidio brevioribus, ramulis gracillimis . . . . Drupa compressa, latior quam longa, circiter 3 liiieus lata. Shan hills at 4000 feet. This must be closely allied to P.weirzmanniflia, Poisson (Bnll. SCC.Bot. France, xxxiii. p. 46T), from Yunnan, which we have not seen. It differs from that, according to the description, in being glabrous and in the larger dark green apiculate leaves. It also resembles P. Lentiscus, Linn., disering in the rhachia of the leaf not being \tinged, and in the smaller duller-coloured fruit.

CORIAEIEB. Coriaria nepalensis, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 441.-Sliaii hills plateau at 4000 feet. North Iudia and Western China.

LKGUMINOSE: Papilionacere. Crotalaria alata, Ham. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 69.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Kumaon eastward to Khasia and Mishmi, and southward to Java. Our specimen has the broad stipular ning of C. alata, Ham., and the short-stalked pod of the South-Indian and Ceylon C. ru- biginosa, Willd.; and we can find no character to distinguish them from each other as species. Crotalaria (§ Calycinae) perpusilla, Coil. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate V.) Herb annua ? procumbens vel prostrata, ramulis gracilibus parce pilosis densef'oliatis 2-3 poll. longis. Polia simplicia, brevissime petiolata, papyracea, patentia, ovali-rotundata, 3-4 lineas longa, minute apiculata, utrinque longissime parceque albo-stri- gilloso-pilosa, simul minute punctata ; stipulre obsoletre. 3Zore.s purpurei, circiter 6 lineas longi, 2-5 ad apices ramulorum pro- 38 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLET ON PLANTS dueti, breviter pedicellati ; calyx dense villosus, bilabiatus. quam petala paullo brevior, segmentis lanceolatis vix acutis 2 superioribus latioribus longioribus ; vexillum fere orbiculatum, extus medio apicis parce barbatum, intus basi bicallosum, ungue brevi recto puberulo j ale obovatae j carina leviter incurva, brevissime unguiculata, margine superiore ciliata ; stamina glabra : ovarium glabrum, sede, circiter I 4-ovuIatum, stylo incurvo glilbro stamina superanti. Le.yunzsn (immaturum tanturn visum) 1-2- spermum. Shan hills at 4000 feet. Allied to C.pusilla, Heyne, and C. liirta, Willd., but at once distinguishable by its more prostrate habit and rounded leaves.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE V. Portion of a plant of Crotalarin perpusilln, Coll. et Hems1 , nat. size, Fig 1, Tortion of a leaf: 2, a flower, with petals and stamens removed ; 3, keel ; 4, a wing ; 5, standard ; 6, stamens ; 7, pistil, with the ovary laid open ; 8, very youug pod. All the dissections more or less enlarged.

Crotalaria albida, Heyne; PI. Brif. Ifid. ii. p. 71.-Slian hills at 3000 feet. Throughout India, Malaya, and China.

Crotalaria (5 Calycinae) burmanica, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba annua vel perennis, undique pilis longis vestita, caulibus erectis strictis, ut videtur, simplicibus appresse argenteo-piloeis. PoZia simplicia, brevissime petiolata, papyracea, erecta vel caule appressa, anguste Ianceolato-oblonga, oblanceolata vel superiora Fere linearia, 1-15 poll. longa, vix acuta, utrinque, sed praecipue subtus, pilis longis appressis albidis parce vestita ; stipulae minutae, subulntae. PZores circiter 9 lineas longi, in racemos erectos compactos terminales dispositi, pedicellis brevissimis, bracteis angustissiinis persistentibus flores plus quam dimidio brevioribus ; calyx longe denseque villosus, corollam fere zquans, subbilabiatus, segmentis vix acutis, 2 superioribus latioribus ; vexiilum fere orbiculare, extus secus plicam apicem versus hirsutum, intus basin versus biauriculatum, ungue brevi lato conspicue bicalloso ; alae obovato-oblongs, breviter unguiculat ae, vexilllrm fere aequantes, ungue torto ; carina brerior, incurva, apice lata, retusa vel breviter bilobata, lobis rotundatik ; ovariuni

FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SIIAN STATES. 39 sessile, oblongum, glabrum, multiovulatum, stylo glabro stamina paullo excedente. Legurnen ignotum. Shan hills at 4000 feet. In techuical characters allied to C. sessiliJlora,Linn., differing in its remarkably stiff habit, appressed leaves, silvery tomentum, and rather more loosely racemose spreading flowers.

Crotalaria neriifolia, Wall.; l?Z. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 74.--Shan hills at 3000 to 4000 feet. Previously only recorded from mount Taong Dong, in Burma. The pod of this handsome species is still unknown, and the species was not previously represented in the Eew Herbarium.

Crotalaria retusa, Linn. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 75.-Meiktila. General in tropicai Asia and North Australia; also common in tropical Africa and America, where, however, it is believed to be a colonist.

Crotalaria Kurzii, Baker; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 7&-shan hills at 4000 feet. Pegu.

Indigofera trita, Linn. $1.; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 96.- Meiktila. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Indigofera endecaphylla, Jacp. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 98.-Shan hills at 3500 feet. Tropical India, Malaya, and South China, and tropical and South Africa.

Indigofera hirsuta, Linn. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 98.- Meiktila. Tropical Asia, Africa, America, and Australia.

Indigofera pulchella, Roxh. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 101 ; .Forest 31. Burma, i. p. 361.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India and Burma, southward to Martaban.

Indigofera Dosua, Ham. ; FE. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 102.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, from Simla eastward to Assam. 40 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. II. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Indigofera caloneura, Kzcrz, Torest Fl. Burma, i. p. 360 ; XI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 93.-Shau hills at 4000 feet. Pegu.

Paoralea corylifolia, &inn.; 3Z. Brit. 3rt;nd. ii. p. 103.- Meiktila. Widely spread in India southward to Ceylon and westward to Arabia.

Millettia pendula, Banth.; 21. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 105 ; syn. M. leucantha, Kurz, Porest 3%.Burma, i. p. 366.--Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Prome and Pegu.

Millettia Brandisiana, Kwz, Forest 31. Burma, i. p. 355 ; PE. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 108.--Near Yemcthen ; and in the Shan hills, Apkin. Burma, near Pomah and Prome.

Millettia Dorwardi, Coll. et Henzsl., n. sp. Species X.cinerea simillima et forsitan e.jus varietas, differt floribus msjoribus (dabastris fere rectis), calycis dentibus 3 inferiuribus rotundatis, vexillo fere orbiculari distincte biauri- culato. Arbor erecta, rnmuli5 floriferis puberulis crassiusculis. Xdia 6-foliolata, longiuscule petiolata, cito glabrrscentia ; foliola opposita, breviter petiolulata, inEqualia, coriacea, orato-oblongs, elliptica, vel obovnto-oblonga, 2-4; poll. loiiga, obtiisisaima vel rotundata, primum utrinque secus costam plus minus appresse hirsutula, utrinyue niiriute reticulato-vcnosa, subtus pallidiora, petiolo graciliusculo petiolulisque puberulis ; stipule cito de- cidua 11011 visa ; stipells subulate, persistentes. ETlores sericeo- tornentosi, circiter 9 lineas longi, dense racemoso-panictilati (panicnlis termii:alibus brevissime pedunculatis circiter 4 poll. loiigiv et 3 poll. latis) breviter pedicellati, sub calyce bibracteo- Iati ; calyx brevis, latus, obscure bilabiatus, Iabio superiore late truncato simul leviter retuso, labio inferiore late breriterque trilobato, lobis rotundatis ; pet& striata ; vexillurn extus dense sericeo-tomentosum, fere orbiculatum, breviter unguiculatuin, bisuriculatum ; ahangustre, loiigiuscule unguiculata, inrequaliter biauriculate, carina triente breviores ; carina fere recta, biairri- FROX UPPER BURXA AND THE SHAN STATES. 41

CUIata, vexillum aequans ; stamina diadelphia ; ovarium sessile, deilse dlosum, circiter 8-10-ovulatum. Legurnen ignotuin. &an hills at 4000 to 5000 feet. Named after Major A. Dorward, R.E., who kitidlg assisted me in many ways collecting plants, including the present one. In many respects this so strongly resembles 3L. cinema, Benth., that we hesitated giving it specific ratik. The genus is largely developed in Burma, and several of the species are imperfectly known. Kurz describes eighteen species in his ' Forebt Flora of Britivh Burma,' most of which are endemic, or at least do not extend westward into India.

Millettia macrostachya, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Trutex vel arbor parva, novellis plus minusve pubescentibus vel fere omnirio glabris, mtnulis floriferis crassiusculis subangu- latis. Folia ampla, superiora 12-18 poll. longa, 9-ll-fdiolata, distincte petiolata, rhachide parce pubrwenti vel glabrescenti, striata, supra canaliculata ; foliola opposita, breviter petiolulata, pallida, papyracea, ovato-oblonga, deorsum minora, 2-6 poll. longa, obtuse acuminata, supra glahra, subtus pubescentia vel glabra, pallidiora, venis primariis lateralibus utrioque circiter 10 conspicuis. FZores pulchre rosei, 9-12 lineas longi, racemosi, fasciculati, extus plus minusve puberuli, breviter pedicellati, racemis axillaribus 12-20 poll. longis ; calyx latus, subbilabiatus, dentibu8 2 superioribuv fere omnino connatis labium deltoideum formantibus, dentibus d inferioribus paullo brevioribus subaequa- libus deltoideis subacutis ; petala fere zquilonga j vexillum ro- tundatum, exauriculatum ; ah basi semihastatae ; carina semi- hastata, recta, ; stamina diadelphia ; ovarium sessile, pubescens, pluriovidatum. Legurnen ignotum. Shau hills, 2000 to 4000 feet. In foliage this resembles X.paciiyycarpa, Benth., which, however, has a much-branched inflorescence.

Millettia multiflora, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Arbor novellis ferrugineo-tomentosis. Folia circiter 6 poll. longa, sspius 11-foliolata, graciliter petiolata, stipulis parvis deciduis ; foliola opposita, breviter petiolulata, ovato-oblonga, obovato- oblongs, elliptica vel iiiterdum rotuudatn, 1-18 poll. longa, obtusa, SEpius brevissime acuminata, interdum leviter retusa, minute stri- 42 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEP ON PLANT3 gilloso-hirsuta, demum fere glabrescentia, stipellis minutis subu- latis. E”lores 8-9 lineas longi, racemoso-fasciculati, extus sericeo- hirsuti, brevissiine pedicellati, racemjs numerosis axillaribus vel subterminalibw 6-5 poll. longis graciliuaculis ; calyx latus, ut videtur, coloratus, obscure bilabiatus, labio superiore breviore brevissime bidentato, labio inferiore fere zqualiter 3-lobato, lobis deltoideis subacutis ; petala fere aquilonga ; vexillum orbiculatum, loiigiuscnle unguiculatum, basi obscure biauricu1;itum ; ala oblongae, vix obliqua ; carina fere recta ; stamina diadelphia ; ovarium sessile, dense hirsutum, pluriovulatum. Lepmen non visum. Meiktila. Common in the dry forests. Near N. Brandisiana, Kurz, which has more numerous lanceolate-oblong leaflets and a glabrous calyx.

Millettia, sp. n.?-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. A specimen in young fruit with foliage remarkably like that of N.ylaucesmis, Kurz, but the tomentose pod is totally different. It is most likely an undescribed species, of which further niaterial is necessary to dra,w up a satisfactory description.

Gueldenstaedtia multiflora, Burzge ; 31. Brit. 2nd. ii. p. 118.- Shan hills plateau at 4500 feet. Central and Northern provinces of China, and it has also been collected in the Himalaya, though the locality is unknown.

Zornia diphylla, Pers. ; PI. Brit. Znd. ii. p. 147.--Meiktila. Diffused throughout the tropics.

Desmodium umbellatum, DC. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 161 ; Forest Pl. Burma, i. p. 355.--Mriktila. Tropical India, Malaya, South China, Polynesia, and the Mascareue islands.

Desmodium biarticulatum, Benth. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 163.- Popah. Tropical India, Malaya, and N. Australia.

Desmodium triquetrum, DC.; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 168 ; Torest 31. Burma, i. p. 384.-Shan hill8 at 3000 feet. FROY UPPXR BTJBNA AND TIIE S84N STATES. 43 widely spread in tropical Asia eastward to Chins and the Philippine ialands, aid iu the Xascarene islands.

Desmodium oblongum, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 166.-Shan hi119 plateau at 4000 feet. Previously only known to US from the Laong-dong mountains in Burma. The present specimen in very young flower differs from the type in being nearly glabrous, and in the unbrauched inflorescence.

Desmodium floribundum, G. Dan ; Pi. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 167.- Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. North India, from the Punjab to Khasia.

Desmodium latifolium, DG!; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 168 ; Parest Fl, Burmz, i. p. 385.-Shan hills terai. Tropical Asia, eastward to the Philippine islands, and in tropical Africa. Uraria lagopoides, DC.,var. racemis elongatis distincte pedunculatis gracilioribus ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 156.-Shan hills at $000 feet. Tropical Asia, eastward to South China, Polynesia and Aus- tralia.

Uraria hamosa, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 156.-Meiktila. India and Malaya, eastward to Central China.

NEOCOLLETIA,Hemsl. (Hedysnrearum novnm genus Phylucium proximum.) Culp tubulosus, 16-nervis, subaequaliter 5-lobatus, lobis brevissimis rotundatis. Perillurn suborbiculatum, innppendiculatum ; ale liberae, oblong%, calcarata; carina recta, obtusissima. Xta- men vexillare liberum, caetera counata ; anthers uniformes. Ovariunz sessile, uniovulatuin ; stylus inflexus. Legumen igno- tUm.-Herba gracillima, longe repens, radicans. Falia piunatiin trifoliolata ; atipulae rigidre, striatw, persistentes. Plores minimi, ad axillas foliorum solitnrii, vel 2-3 aggregati, longe graciliterque Pedunculati, juxta calj cem bibracteolati ; pedunculus bractea in%i stipitata sellaeformi complicata calycem amplectenti instructus. 44 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS In habit this genus more nearly resembles some of the slender Phaseokece than ar?y of the Hedysarea, though in floral characters it is near Phylaciuna.

Neocollettia gracilis, HemsZ., n. sp. (Plate VI.) Herba pereiinis ? caulibua repentibus elougatis fere fiiiformibus plus minusve retrorsiiin strigillosis. PoZia trifoliolata, cuni petiolo gracili circiter 2-22 poll. longa ;foliola petiolulata (terminale longiuscule), papYracea, vel fere membranncea, pallida, obcor- data, 8-10 lineas longa, supra glabra, subtus aibo-strigillosa ; stipulae pnrvae, rigids, striatzp, persistentes ; stipellae minuts, subulats. 3lores 2-3 lineas longi, peduuculis quam folia brevioribus densissiaz retrorsum albo-strigillosis, bractea bracteolisque subtus strigillosis ; caljx extus strigillosus ; petala longiuscule unguiculata ; vexillum retusum ; alze oblongs, calcaratae simul niargine inferiore 1-deutats j ovarium glabrum. Posobio in the plains. DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VI. A portion of a plant of IieocoZletin gruciZi6, Hemsl., natural size. Fig. 1, portion of a leaflet ; 2, a stipule; 3, a flower; 4, bract spread open ; 5, caljx laid open ; 6, standard ; 7, one of the wings; 8, one of the keel-petals ; 9, stamens ; 10, pistil, the ovary in section showing the solitary 01 ule. All enlarged.

Phylacinm majus, Co71. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate VII.) Herba volubilis, novellis appresse hirsutis, ramis floriferis teretibus graciliusculis lignescentibus. B’olia yinnatirn trifoliolata, longe petiolata (cum petiolo usque ad 6 poll. longa) ; foliola distincte petiolulata, papyracea, ovali-oblongn, 2-32 poll. loiiga (lateralia minorn), obtusissima, interdurn obscure retusa, basi brevissime cordata, supra glabra, reticulato-venosa, subtua dense aureo-strigillosa, stipulis stipellisque parvis fere linearibus acutiasirnis persistentibus. PZores 6-7 lineas longi in rwemos axillares 4-6 poll. longos fasciculatim dispositi (racemis interdum ramulis 1-2 lateralibuv instructis), breviter pedicellati (pedicellis retrorsum strigillosis), florum fasciculis bractea ampla cucullato- coinplicata subtendis ; bracteae aucts, 1-1 4 poll. longs, extus glabrze, iutus strigillosae, demum scarioss ; calyx extus strigillosus, subbilabiatus, labio superiore subintegro deltoideo-rotunduto, labio inferiore trilobato, lobis ovnto-rotundatis acutis late imbricatis ; petala glabra, subazquilonga ; vexillurn

FROM UPPER BURMA AND TEE SEAN STATES. 45 latum, breviter unguiculatum, basi insigniter biauriculntum ; alae oblotlgae, longissime calcaratae ; carina fere recta, obtusa, breviter bicalcarata j stamina distincte diadelphia, stamen vexillare vex- ill0 basi adnatum ; ovarium breviter stipitatum, disco annulari brevi cincturn, seeus suturam superiorem puberulum, 1-ovulatum. Lqqumen deest. Shan hills at 3000 feet.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VII. A branch of Phylaciun majus, Coll. et, Hem& natural size. Fig. I, calyx laid open, showing the shortly stipitate pistil ; 2, standard ; 3, one of the wings ; 4, one of the keel-petals ; 5, tlle atamens; 6, ovary in section, showing the solitary ovule. All enlarged.

A very distinct species, having flowers at least double the size of those of P. bracteosum, the only previously known species of the genus, in which, too, the flowers are borne in quite small clusters. P. bracteosunt, Beun., inhabits the Malay Archipelago froni Java to Little Kei and the Philippines ; and the discovery of a new species in Burma is an interesting fact.

Lespedeza juncea, Pers., Bar. sericea, Naxim. ; TL.Brit. Ind. ii. p. 142 ; Forest FL. Burma, i. p. 380 (species propria).-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, througbout China and Japan, and in Australia.

Lespedeza decora, &rz, Forest PI. Burma, i. p. 381 j Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 14L-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Burma.

Lespedeza parviflora, Kurz, Forest 3'1. Burma, i. p. 381 ; FL. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 144.--Sliau hills at 4000 feet. Burma. Lespedeza sericophylla, COX et Hemsl., n. sp. Frutez amplus, ramulis fioriferis crassiusculis angulatis ap- Presee sericeo-hirsutis. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata, undique argenteo-sericea, breviter petiolata, cum petiolo 2-3 poll. longa ; foliola brevissime petiolulata, crassa, inollia, elliptica, I-1$ poll. lo%a (lateralia minors). Flores mediocres, circiter 6 lineas longi, dense racemosi, pedicellis quam flores brevioribus, bracteis ParriS persistentibus ; caly5 dense longeque hirsutus, subbila- hiatus, lobis angustis acutis 2 superioribus alte connatis ; petala $6 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEH ON PLANTS glabra, fere aequilongn : vexillurn latum, fere exiitiguiculatum, inappendiculatum ; a18 oblongae, longe unguiciilats, ungue gra- cillirno ; earina longe graciliterque unguiculata, supra ungues biauriculata, longe rostrata ; stamina diadelphia ; orarium breviter stipitatum, sews suturam superiorem barbatum, ctetero- quin glabrum. Lepmen ignotum. Shan hills at 5000 feet. This resembles 1;. Davidii, Frauchet, in the size and shape of the leaflets, differing in the close silvery tonientum and also in the floral characters and in the ovary being hairy along the upper suture only. Lespedeza Prainii, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Frzcfex ornatus, lo-pedalis, ramulis floriferis graciliusculis striatis puberulis glabrescentibus, iuternodiis quam folia multo brevioribus. Folia pinuatim trifoliolata, graciliter petiolats, cum petiolo usque ad 2 poll. louga, petiolo fere capiilari; stipuls persistentes, angustissimae, acutissimae, 3-4 lineas longae ; foliola breviter petiolulata, tenuia, fere membranacea, obovata, 4-12 lineas longa, apice rotundata, apiculata, supra glabra, atro- viridia, reticulata, subtus pallidiora, minute strigillosa ; stipellae ob-oletz. Flores purpurei, 6-8 lineas lnngi, dense raceiiiosi, racemis axillaribus folia superantibus, pedunculis pedicellisqur fire capillaribua ; calycis glabrescenti lobi ovati, acuti ; petals glabra, subaequilonga. Legurnen breviter stipitatum, glabrum, ovato-oblongum, 5-6 lineas longurn, reticulaturn. Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet, common. Near the Chinese 5. macrocarpa, Bunge, which has larger pallid leaves, longer racemes of pale flowers, and a ciliate pod. Earned after Dr. D. Prain, Curator of the Calcutta herbarium, who, with Dr. King, compared nearly the whole of the collection and described the new Pedicutares.

Lespedeza sp., au 2;. decor@ Tar. ?- Shm hills plateau at 3000 feet. This has smaller, illore hairy leaves, and much more densely clustered flowers than s specimen noted by Dr. Prain as exactly agreeing with Kurz's type of I;. decora in the Calcutta herbarium. Vicia sativa, Line. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 17K-Shau hills plateau at 4000 feet ; probab!y a waif of cultivation. FROM VPPER llURXA AND TIIE SHAN STATES. 47

Dumasia villosa, DC., var. leiocarpa, Baker ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 183.-Shan hillcl at 6000 feet. This variety is recorded from Sikkirn, Khasia, and Ceylon, and the typical variety is comn~onin India, extending to China., Java, Madagascar, and South-eastern Africa.

Shuteria hirsuta, Baker; l?L Brit. Ind. ii. p. 182.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Khasia and Sikkim.

Shuteria suffulta, Benth.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 182.--Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Burma and Tenasserini.

Teramnus labialis, Spreng. ; 2Z. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 184.--Rlcik* tila. Almost throughout the tropics, and southward in Africa to Natal.

Erythrina lithosperma, Blzcnze; Fl. Brit. 6zd. ii. p. 190; Forest 31. Burma, i. p. 367.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Burtiia to Java aud the Philippiue islands.

Mucuna, q.,an var. X macrocarp T ; foliis crasse coriacois rotundatis lion acuminatis subtus inolliter ferrugiueo-pubescentibus, calycis dente iiiferiore valde elongato. Shan hills plateau at 3000 feet. Probably distinct from M. macrocarpa, Wall., but ax the pod is unknown, aud the flowers are so very similar, except in the lo11g lower tooth of the calyx, we refrain from giving it a name. The calyx is light green, covered with short, brown, fulvoils hairs ; standard light green, tinged with purple to%-ardsthe edge only ; wings dark reddish purple ; keel light greenish purple.

Pueraria Candollei, R. Grah.; El. Brit. had. ii. p. 197.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Pegu and Moulmein.

Pueraria Wallichii, DC. ; FZ. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 198.-Shan hills iit 5000 feet. Eastern lndia and Burma. 48 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. IIEMSLEY ON PLANTS Pueraria, sp. n. ?-Shan hills at 4000 feet. We have riot matched this, but the specimen consists of a portion of a branch braring one leaf and one raceme of flowers.

Butea frondosa, Rod. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 194 ; Porest F1. Burma, i. p. 364.--Shan hills, Aplin. Central and Southern India, Ceylon, and Burma. Canavalia ensiformis, DC.; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 195.- Meiktila. Generally diffused iri tropical regions and commonly cultivated. There is an imperfect specimen of a second species of this genus.

Cajanus indicus, Spreng.;’Fl.Brit. Ind. ii. p. 217; Forest Fl. Burma, i. p. 377.-Shan hills terrri, wild. Probably a native of the Old World, but now spread all over the tropics through cultivation.

Atylosia mollis, Benth. ; FZ. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 2lS.-Sban hills terai at 2000 feet. Widely diffused in India and Malaya, extending to the Philip- pine islands.

Atylosia nivea, Benth. j F1. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 214.-Meiktila. Burma. Atylosia barbata, Baker; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 216.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Eastern India to Java. Atylosia scarabaeoides, Benth.; Pl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 215.- Meiktila. Throughout India, Malaya, Southern China, and in the Mas- carene islands.

Atylosia burmanica, Coll. et Hernsl., n. sp. Species (vel varietas) inter A. nzollenz. et A. villosam, a priori differt legumine longe villoso, a posteriori differt foliis subtus aureo-tomentosis petiolicl brevioribus crassioribus, t7 oribus amplis in racemos elongatos terminalibus dispositis. Flores flavi, 12- 15 lineas longi, densiuscule racemosi, nutantes, quam pedicelli longiores ; calyx subbilabiatus, breviter pubescens, circiter 6 FRO31 UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 4 lineas longus, labio superiore deltoideo brevissime bidentato, labio inferiore trilobato, lob0 interrnedio fere dilplo Iongiore acuto ; pet& bubaquilonga, longe graciliterque unguiculata : vexillurn obovato-rotuiidatuul, basi bicornutum ; ak rectp, longiuscula?, cornutae ; carina leviter incurva, obtusissima, lamina basi in lobam rotiindatam producta ; ovarium sesde, villosi~simum,6- ovulatum, stylo per totum piioso. Legumen immnturum circiter 15 heas longum, Iorlge aureo-cillosurn. Siian hilis at 5000 feet. A common climber over bushes and undergronth on the higher ranges of the Southern Shan States, conspicuous from its racemes of yellow flowers. The flowers of' A. villosa, Benth., to which this is most closely allied, are unknon-n, but it has much slenderer petioles and thinner, %nerved lenflets, clothed beneath with a very short grey pubescence.

Cylista scariosa, Ait. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 210; Forest Fl. Burma, i. p. 377.--Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Southern India, Pepand Martaban.

Rhynchosia bracteata, Benth.; Fl. Brit. Intl. ii. p. 225.- %leik tila. Upper,Gangetic plain and Burma.

Eriosema chinense, Voyel; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. 13. 219.--RTear Py n ma m . Western India to Ceylon, China, Philippine islands, and Australia.

Flemingia paniculata, Wall. ; Fl. Byit. Ind. ii. p. 227 ; Forest E?.Burma, i. p. 372.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. R'ortliern India, from Kumaon eastward and southward to Tenasserim.

Flemingia congesta, Rox~.(varietates) ; 32. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 228; Forest 31. Burnza, i. p. 374.-Shau Ids at 2600-5000 feet. J%lely spread in India, Malaya, and China. 1. lhere are two distill& varieties in the collection. One is the Sallle Kurz's 2527, from Prome, and probably the 3'. ferru- 'INN. JOURN.--HOTANT, TO'. XSVIII. E 50 GENERAL COLLETT AND Mn. w. B. HEYSLEY ON PLANTS ginea, Grah., of Kurz’a ‘ Forest Flora.’ The other has smaller flowers and clustered instead of solitary racemes, and is perhaps specifically different.

Flemingia serieans, Kurz; gorest PI. Burma, i. p. 373 ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 229, sub F. Wallichii; syn. k:. nana, Wall. Cat. 5’748 B.-Shan hills at :3000 to 5000 feet. Prome and Martabnn. The Burmese plant appears to Be different from the peninsular 3. Wallichii, Wight et Amott, with which it is united by Baker ill the ‘ Flora of British India.’ Whether some of the specimen8 referred by Baker to 3. congesta, var. nana, belong here, is a question which cannot be answered without dissecting the flowers of a large number oE specimens. We liere refer to 3.sericans, Kurz, specimens agreeing with 5748 B, Wall. Cat. (“I? nana, Roxb.? ”), and with 2528, Pegu, Kurz; and other speciinens identical q-ith 1672 of the Kew distribution of‘ Grifli th’s Burmese plants, labelled E: congesta, var. nana. These are all of stunted appearance, due to repeated browsing or fire.

Dalbergia cultrata, R. Grah. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 233 ; Porest 31. Burma, i. p. 342.-Shan hi118 terai at 3000 feet. Ava to Tenasserim. The specimen is very young, aiid almoat exactly like 1165, Kurz, from Thourigyeen.

Dalbergia volubilis, Roxb. ? ; F1. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 235 ; Porest PL Burma, i. p. 346.-Shan hiila at 2000 to 4000 feet. One of the commoner Indian species, extending to Ceylon and Pegu. Our specimens are in a very young state.

Dalbergia, sp., an D. velutince, var. ? ; foliolis minoribus, Boribus dense cyinoso-paniculatis, paniculis axillaribus termi- na1ibusve.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. There is also a specimen in young fruit which may belong to this species.

Derria scandens, Benth. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 240 ; Porest PI. Bwrrna, i. p. 339.-Shan hills. Tropical India, Malaya, South Cliiua, aud North Australia. PROM UPPER BURMA AND THE: SHAN STATES. 51

Pongamia glabra, Vent.; 31. Brit. Izd. ii. p. 210 ; Porest 31. Bzirnza, i. p. 335.-Shan ldls ter:ri at 2000 feet. Widely spread in tropical Asia, and extending to Polynesia and North Australia.

LEanMINOSEA5 : Ccmai$inieu?.

Caesalpinia Bonducella, Pi'enzing j 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 254.- Meiktila. Throughout the tropics, including remote coral islands.

Caesalpinia Sappan, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 255; E'orest Pl. Burma, i. p. $OEi.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Widely diffuPed in India and Malaya. Caesalpinia digyna, Rottler ; PI. Brit. Id. ii. p. 256 ; Porest pl. Burma, i. p. 407.-Meiktila. India and Malaya, common.

Caesalpinia sepiaria, Roxb. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 256; Porest 31. Burma, i. p. 406.-Meiktila. Widely spread in India and Malaya, and extending to China and Japan.

Cassia Fistula, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 261 ; Porest Pl. BUI'IIZ~,i. p: 391.-Shan hills at 3000 fert. Central and Eastern India, Malaya and Southern C1'iina ; often planted.

Cassia renigera, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 262 ; Porest 31. Burma, i. p. 392.-Shan hills at 1000 to 3000 feet. Burma.

Cassia auriculata, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 263 ; Porest El. Burnza, i. p. 393.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Central and Southern India and Burma. Bauhinia acuminata, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 276 ; Torest 32. Bmm, i. p. 396.-~yniiiana1i. North-west proviirces of India to Ceylon, China, and the Malay :irehipelago.

Bauhinia variegata, Linn. ; 31. Brit. lnd. ii. y. 284; Porest E'I. Bup?lza, i. p. 307.--Shan hills, 3000 to 5000 feet, common. J\T.\resternIndia to Burma and 8oiithern Chioa. E2 52 GENIHAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLEP ox PLANTS Bauhinia racemosa, Lam; Pl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 276; Bkrest Pl. Burma, i. p. 397.-Shan hills. North-xestern provinces of India to Ceylon, China, and the Malay archipelago, eastward to Timor.

Bauhinia ($ Phanera) diptera, (7011. et Hen& n. sp. Zrufex scandens, uiidique glaberriniua, ramulis floriferis sub- augulatis gracillimis. l?olia 2-foliolata, gracililer petiolata ; foliola sessilia, fere niembranacea, ovali-elliptica, 9-12 heas loiiga, utrinque rotundata, 3-4-nervia, subtus pallidiora ; petiolus fere filiformis, 9-15 lineas longus ; stipulze minutae, citissimo de- ciduae. E"1ore.s mediocres (circiter li poll. diametro), laxe corym- bow-racemosi, longe graciliterque pedicellati, corymbis 5-11- floris ; calycis lobi lati, circiter 4 lineas longi, apiculati, plus minus connati (sapius 2 inter se et 3 inter se connati), subspatbaceam expansi, persistentes ; petala inaequalia, anguste spathulata, cris- pata; stamina 3 perfecta, petala longe superantia, circiter sesqui- pollicaria ; ovarium longissime stipitatum, circiter 12-ovulatum, htj lo stamina perfeefa aequante. Legrcmen ignotum. Shan hills at 4000 feet. Not very closely allied to any species, aud characterized by a rery slender habit and by being glabrous in all parts.

Bauhinia ($ Pileostigma) tortuosa, Coll. et Henzsl., n. sp. (Plate TIII.) Arbor parva, nodosa, tortuosa, novellis tomentosis, dense racemosa, ramulis floriferis brevibus gracilibus dense foliatis. Eolia breviter petiolata, subcoriacea, breviter bilobata, lobis rotundatis, cordato-rotundata, latiora quam longa, maxima 1; poll. diametro, 9-nervia, supra glabra, reticulata, subtus tomentosa, nerris petiolisque ferrugineo-tomentosis, petiolis 3-4 lineas longis. PZores (polygami ?) pubescentes, 5-6 lineas diametro, breviter pedicellati, in racemos parvos demos (minoribus floribus 2-3 in- fertoribus tantum expansis vix pollicaribus) laterales vel subter- minales divpositi ; calycis lobi late ovati, obtusi, plus minusve connati et spathaceam expami ; petala subaequalia, obovato- spathulata, calycem triente excedeutia ; stamina omnin perfecta, alterna breriora ; ovarium subsessile, dense villosum, 2-ovulatum (an seinper ?), stylo subnullo. Legzlnzen non visum. Koni at 5000 feet. Near B. nzalabariea, Roxb., but altogether ot smaller dimensions,

FROX UPPER BURMA AND THE SHbN STATES. 53 with short, relatively thick pedicels and two or few ovules. Nearer still to the recentiy published Chinese B. Raberi, Oliver (Hooker’s

6 Icones Plantarum,’ t. 1790), which is much more slender and Ilearly glabrous, with fewer-flowered racemes. We have not succeeded in finding what we could be sure was a perfect pistil, and we suspect that the flowers are really polygamous.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE VIII. Branch of Bauhiwia tortaosa, 0011. et Hemsl., natural size. Fig. 1, a flower ; 2, imperfect pistil ; 3, section of 0vai.y. Enlarged.

LEQUNINOSE: Minzosea Entada scandens, Benth. ; PZ. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 287 ; Forest F7. Burma, i. p. 416.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Throughout the tropics.

Adenanthera pavonina, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Lqd. ii. p. 287; Porest El. Burma, i. p. 41 7.--Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Generally diffused in tropical Asia, and extending into somc subtropical regions ; also in Australia. Dichrostachys cinerea, WQht et Arnott; 37. Brit. lizd. ii. p. 288.-Meiktila. North-west provinces of India and South India to Ceylon. Mr. Bentham (Trans. Linn. SOC.xxx. p. 383) regards the Ma- layan and N.-Australian specimens, formerly referred to this species, as belonging rather to the closely-allied tropical-African D. nutans, Benth.

Neptunia triquetra, Benth.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 286.- Meiktila. Central and South India.

Mimosa pudica, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 291.-Shan States. NOWcommon in tropical India, though supposed to be a colonist from America.

Acacia Farnesiana, WiEld. ; FZ. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 292 ; .Forest 31. Burmcc, i. p. 42O.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. Commonly planted, and now diffused in awild state throughout the Mram regions of the earth. 54 URHERAL COI,T,F,TT AND MR. W. 3. IIEMSLRY ON PLANTS

Acacia Sundra, Spreng.; 31. Brit, Ind. ii. p. 295 ; Forest 31. Burma, i. 11. 422.--Meiktila. South India, Ceylon, and Burma. Acacia pennata, Wi2ld. ; Fl. Urit. Ind. ii. p. 297 ; Forest 3.l. Burma, i. p. 426k-sha11 hill* at 3000 fret. Widely spread in tropical Asin and tropical Africa, southward to Natal. Acacia concinna, DC.; Ff.Brit. Ind. ii. p. 296; Porest XI. Burnza, i. p. 423.-Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. Widely spread iri India and Malaya, and extending to South China. Albizzia lucida, Benth. ; PI.Brit. Ind. ii. p. 299 ; Furest F/. Burnzu, i. p. 429.--Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Eastern India and Malay peninsula. Albizzia odoratissima, Benth ; 31. Brit. Iad. ii. p. 290 ; Forest PI. Burnan, i. p. 427.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. Central aiid Southern India, Ceylon, and Mulacca. Albizzia stipulata, Boivin ; H.Brit. Ind. ii. 1). 300 ; Forest P/. Burma, i. p. 420.--Shan hills at BOO0 feet. Widely spread iu Iiidia, Ceylon, and Malxya. Pithecolobium angulatum, Benth. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 30G ; Forest PZ. Burma, i. p. 430.--Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Eastern India and &falapa. XOSACEE. Prunus Puddum, Roxb.; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 314; Porest Fl. Buvnza, i. p. 484.-Shau hills terai st 3000 feet. Northern and Eastern India and Burma. Rubus moluccanus, Limn.; Pl. Brit. lnd. ii. 11. 330; Porest TZ.Bu~mn, i. p. 437.-Shan hill3 at 3000 to 4000 feet. Widely spread in tropical India and Malaya, and extending to Southern China and Australia. Rubus ellipticus, Smith; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 336 ; syn. R. flaiws, Hamilt.; Forest 31. Burma, i. p. 438.-Shan liills at 3000 feet. South India and Sikkim to Western Chiua. A iariety having almost truncate leaflets, and the same mriety was collccted in Rluncppore by Dr. Watt.

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Rubus lasiocarpus, Smith ; 21. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 339 ; Porest Pl. Burma, i. p. 4:39.-Shar, hills plateau at 4000 feet. Temperate regions tliroughout India and Malaya.

Fragaria indica, Linn. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 343.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Afghanistan to Ceylon, Java, and Japan. potentilla Kleiniana, Wight et Arnott ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 339. -Shm hills plateau, 5000 feet. Kashmir to Ceylon, Khasia, Java, China, and Japan, in temperate regions. Agrimonia Eupatorium, Linn. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 361.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Western Europe to Japan, and also in North America. Poterium longifolium, Bertol.; Pl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 363.- Slian hills at 4.000 feet. Khasia hills at 5000 to 6000 feet.

Rosa gigantea, Colleft ; CrLlr)in in Comptes-Refldus SOC.Bot. Belg. 1888, p. 150, et 1889, p. 11 ; Gard. Chron. 3rd series, vi. p. 13. (Plate IX.).-Shan hills plateau at 4000 to 5000 feet ; abundant, though local. Also in Muneypore, m-here Dr. Watt discovered it in 1882, at at an altitude of 6000 feet-. A lofty climber H ith very thick stems, very conspicuous in the forests by reason of its large white flowers. A walking-stick made from a stem of this Rose has been deposited in the &N Museum. It is doubtful whether this is more than a very luxuriant state of 3.indica, Liu~i.,for some of the older specimens have flowers no more than 2 to 24 inches in diameter, and the flowers are Rometimes corymbose.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE IX. Flowering-branches of Rosa giganten, Coll., natural size. Fig. 1, portion of an older branch showing the shape and direction of the thorns, natural size ; 2, two young capsules, enlarged ; 3, a fruit, natural size ; 4, a ripe carpel, twice natural size. The flowers drawn from Collett's specimens ; the piece of old branch, fruit, and airpels frum 1Vatt.s specimens. 56 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON FLfLXFS Rosa Collettii, Crkppin. in. Comptes-Rendus SOC.Bot. Belg. 1889, p. 49. (Plate X.).-Shan hib, 3030 to 4000 feet, common it1 certain localities OII the banks of streams.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE X.

A bramli bf Eo.sffi Collrttii, CrBpin. natural size. Pig. 1, vertical section of the receptzcle showing the carpels; 2, R single carpel : enlarged ; 3, young fruit, natimal size when dry.

Pyrus Pathia, I€am.; lil. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 374; lioresf lil. Burma, i. p. 4&1.-shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. Kashmir to Western China. Docynia indica, Decne. ; lil. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 369.--Shan hills at 4000 feet . Eastern India to Western China.

Eriobotrya dubia, Decne. ? ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 371 ; liorest 31. Burma, i. p. 443.-Shau hills at 6000 feet. Eastern India and Burma. The specimens are young, and we are not quite certain that it is this species.

Stranvaesia glaucescens, Lindl. ; 31. B&. Ind. ii. p. 382.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. North India from Kumaon to Kharia.

Osteomeles anthyllidifolia, Lindl. in Trans. Linn. SOC.xiii. p. 98, t. 8.-Shan hill plateau at 4000 to 5000 feet ; very abundant in some parts of the Southern Shau States, especially about Koni, and conspicuous in the spring from the profusion of its small white flowers, recalling the blackthorn. There are specimens of this interesting plant in the Kew Her- barium from Pitcairn island, Mangaia island, and the Sandw ich and Boiiin groups ; and it is also recorded from the Luchu islands and Japan. All the other species of the genus are Andine.

SAXIFRAGACEB. Dichroa febrifuga, Lour. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 406.--Shan hills, near the summit where the snow had lately laiu, Manders. North India, Java and the Philippines.

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Itea riparia, Coll. et Hemsl., n. ~p. Frutex p irvus, rarnulis floriferis elong itis rectis graciliuscdis striatis primurn minute pub-rulis. Poliolin subcoriacea, lanceolata, in petiolum brevem attenuata, 29-3& poll. 101131, acuta, pauci- calloso-denticdata, utrinque glaberrima, subtus pdlidiora. PZores 4-5 lineas diametro, in raremov terinindea erectos usque ad 6 pol[. longoi dispositi ; calycis minutissime puberuli dentes del- tuidei, vis acuti ; petal% angustit, apice leviter iuflexa ; stamina 5, antherarum 1o:ulis dsmum basi divaricatis. Carpella 2, stig- inatibus counatix. Shau hills at 2000 to 4000 feet. Common on river-banks tl~roughoutthe Southern Shau States. Narrow leaves, straight branches, and erect racemes characterize thid species. DROSERACEB. Drosera Burmanni, TTahZ ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 424.--Shan hills at 3000 feet. Tropical and subtropical Asia, eastward to Japan, and in Africa and Australia. Drosera peltata, Xnzith ; 21. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 424.--Shan hills, 4400 to 6000 feet, Xanders and CoZlett. Iridia and China to Australia.

EHIZOPHOBEE. Carallia integerrima, DC. ; PE. Brit. Im-2. ii. p. 439; syn. (3. lucida, Kurz, Forest Pl. Burma, i. p. 45l.--Shan hills, Aplin. India, Malaya, South China, and Australia.

COMBRETACEB. Terminslia tsmentosa, Wight et Arnott; 31. Z’rit. Id. ii. p. 447 ; syu. T. alatn, Roth; Torest Pi. Burma, i. p. 458.-Shm hills at 3000 to 4000 feet. Northest prorinces of India to Ceylon and Burma. Calycopteris floribunda, Lana.; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 449; poresf 31. Burma, i. p. &Y.--Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. South India, Assam, and Singapore. We haw what appears to be a second species of this genus but it iu leafless and otherwise iusufficient for description. 58 CIENERALCOLLETT AND MB. w. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS

Anogeissus acuminata, Wall.; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 450; Porest Fl. Burma, i. p. 466.--Shan hills. North-west provinces of India to the Deccan, Orissa, and Burma.

Anogeissus phillyreaefolia, Huerck et Muell. Arg. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 451.-Yemethen. Prome, Pegti, and Bva.

Combretum trifoli;Ltum, Peet. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 454; Forest FZ. Burma, i. p. 461.-Shan hills. Burma to Singapore and Java. Combretum apetalum, Wall.; FE. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 453 ; Forest Fl. Burma, i. p. 46O.-Meiktila. Pcgu stud Burma. Combretum nanum, Ham.; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 457.--Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. North India, from the Puiijab to Sikkim. Combretum deciduum, (2011. et Hemsl.; syn. C. ovale, hbz, Forest Fl. Burma, i. p. 462, non R.Br.-Shan hills at 1000 feet. Pegu atid Martaban.

Quisqualis indica, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 459 ; Porest Fl. Burma, i. p. 467.--Shau hills at 3000 feet, certainly wild. Burma and Malay peninsula, and generally cultivated in the tropics. MYRTACEB. Tristania burmanica, Bri$ith ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 466 ;Torat Fl. Burma, i. p. 474.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Burma to Java and Borneo. Eugenia macrocarpa, Ro&. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 474, Forest $7. Burma, i. p. 492.--Yhan hills terai at 2000 to 3000 feet. Eastern India, Malay peninsula arid archipelago. Eugenia Jambolana, Lam. ; 31. [Brit. Ind. ii. p. 499.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Widely spread in India and Malaya and extending to North Australia. There are specimens in the collection of one more species of Eugenia which we have not matched. FROM UPPER DUBMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 59 Barringtonis acutangula, Gartn. ; F1. Brit. .hid. ii. 1). 508 ; Porest 31. Burnan, i. p. 497.-Near Posobio. Throughout India, and Malaya, and extending to North Aus- tralia.

Careya herbacea, Roxb. ; ZL. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 510 ; Forest .H, Burnza, i. p. 499.--Yhan hills at 4000 feet. Kumaoii to Khasia and Chittagong.

Careya arborea, Roxb. ? ; PZ. Brit. Ind. ii. p. till ; Forest 31. Burma, i. p. 499.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Throughout India and southward in the eafit to Tenasserim. The Shan specimens may possibly belong to the obscure C. sphcricn, Roxb.

MELASTOXACEX. Sonerila stricta, Book., var. burmanica, Clarke ; 31. &if. Ind. ii. p. 530.-Shan liills terai at 2000 feet. Kbasia to Tenasserim.

Osbeckia capitata, Benth.; 3’1. Brit. Ind..ii. p. 516.--Shau hills at 4000 feet. Common in Eastern India, from Bhotau to Ebasia.

felastoma normale, D. Don ; PZ. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 524 ; sorest FZ. Bzwma, i. p. 504 --Shan hius, 4000 to 5000 feet. Nepal to Bhotan, Khasia and Martaban.

LYTHEACEB. Lagerstrsmia indica, Linn. ; E’I. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 555 ; Porest PI. Burma, i. p. 521.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. Eastern Iudia, China, Malaya, and North Australia, and commonly cultivated. Lagerstrsmia macrocarpa, Wall. ; Ebrest FL Burma, i. 1). 524. --Shan hills at 4000 feet. Ava to Moulmein.

Lagerstrcemia villosa, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. IJ. 578 ; Porest 31. Bunlzn, i. p. 524.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Pegu and Martaban. GO OENEEAL COLLET'P AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS

Lagerstrcemia tomentosa, Presk; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 578 ; Forest 31. Burma, i. p- 522.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Pegu and Martaban.

Lagerstramia (§ Pterocalymma) sp. aff. L. piriformi, Xoehne. -Near Yindaw, iu the plains of Upper Burma. This is very closely allied to the Philippine-island species L.pivi- formis, Koehue, but the specimen is in very young bud only.

Woodfordia floribunda, Salish. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 572 ; Porest PI. Burma, i. p. 518, sub nomine W. fruticosa, Kurz.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Baluchistan to China, and in tropical Africa and Madagascar.

Ammannia baccifera, Linn.; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 56S.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Tropical Asin, Africa, and Australia, and extending into some subtropical and temperate regions, as Afghanistan, China, and Japan.

Ammanniapeploides, SpSlpreny. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 566.-Shan hills at Meiktila. Persia eastward to Japan and southward in the Malay peninsula and archipelago.

Ammannia rotundifolia, Ham. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 566.- Shan hills at 5000 feet. Very widely spread in tropical and subtropical Asia aud extending to Japan.

ONAGRACEE.

Epilobium pannosum, Haussk. (syn. E. khasianum, Clarke ; W.Brit. Ind. ii. p. 585), var. ? g1abreacens.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Khasia mountains. The Shan specimen is almost glabrous and the leaves thick and hard ; but there is no other obvious difference.

Jussha repens, Linn. ; 3.l. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 587.-Meiktila. Almost cosmopolitan in warm regions. FROM UPPEU BURMA AN0 THE SHALN STATES. 61

SAMYDACEB. Casearia graveolens, Dalzekl ; PI. Brit. &ad. ii. p. 502.-Shau hills at 5000 feet- Gurh\n a1 and Kuinaou southward in the Deccan peninsula and eastward to Burma.

CUCURBITACEB.

Trichosanthes palmata, Roxb. ? : PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 6OG.- 8han hills at 4000 feet. North lndin to Ceylon, Singapore, and the Malay archipelago.

Trichosanthes, sp. ; foliis insigniter discoidco-tuberculatia dte palmato-l,obatir, lobis obovnto-oblongis fere truncatis pnuciden- tatis.-Shau hills at 4000 feet. Probably an undescribed species, but there are only quite young flower-buds.

Thladiantha calcarata, Clarke ; syn. T. dubia, auctor. nonnul. non Bung? ; DC. Bonogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 423.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Eastern India to Pegu.

Zehneria umbellata, Thwnites; Pl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 625.- Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet. Throughout India and Malaya and reaching South China and North Australia.

FICOIDEE. Mollugo hirta, Thunb. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 662.-Meiktila. Generally dispersed in warm countries.

UMBELLIEEBB. Rydrocotyle asiatica, Linn. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 669.-Shau hills terai at 2000 feet. Almost cosmopolitan in the tropics and extending to some temperate regions, including Japan, the Bermudas, and Tasliiauia. Hydrocotyle javanica, Thunb. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 667.--Shao IlillS, 2000 to 5000 feet. Tropical Asia to Southern China and Southern Japan j also in Eastern Africa and Australia. 62 GENERAL COLLETT AXD ME. w. B. HEYSLEY ON PLANTS

Hydrocotyle ecostata, Coll. ef Hemsl., n. sp. Herba aniiua, uudique glaberritna, ramosi4m I, hnbitu H. rotundifolire sed grncilior. Polia longe graciliterque petiolata, subcariiosa, ambitu reuiformi-rotundata, maxima 8 lineas diametro, lobis sspius rotundato-tri lentntis iiiterdum integris. Flores ininuti, wssiles, pauci, f‘asciculati, pedunculo iiiterdum siinplice sed pspiuj ramoso vel fforibns verticillatis infra umbellam terminalem instructo ; petala vnlvatu. B’rzcctzcs vix semiliueam ditimetro, glaber, lsvis, ecostatus, a latere compresus sed com- inissurd lata margine tenui, stylis brevibus. Shau hills at 4000 feet. In general appearance this resembles the common H. rotundi- foZia, but the usually compoulid inflorescence and the very small riblese fruit with a very broad commiwure at once distinguish it. Bupleurum falcatum, Linn.., var. marginatum ; FZ. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 676.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. South of Europe and Asia Minor, through North India to China and Japan. Pimpinella diversifolia, DC. ; PZ, Brit. Ind. ii. p. 685.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Throughout the Himalaya mountain# eastward to Central and Southern China. (Enanthe stolonifera, DC.; 32. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 696.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India from the Punjab and Kashmir eastward to Japan and southward to Java. Peucedanum Dhana, Ham. ; 37. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 709.-Shun hills at 4000 feet. Kumaon to North Bengal.

ARALIACEE.

Heptapleurnm venuloeum, Seem. ; 31. Brit. 2nd. ii. p. 729 j Porest 31. Burma, i. p. 538 -Shan hills, 2000 to 4000 feet. Throughout India and Malaya, and reaching tropical Aus- tralia. There may be more than one species among the specimens here referred to H. venulosum. To one form, indeed, Dr. Watt has given a manuscript name, but the material is insufficient to enable us to come to a decision respecting its claim to specific rank. PROM UPPER UUIHNA AND TEE SEAN STAPES. 63

HeteropantbX fragrans, Seem. ; 31. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 731, ; Poreorest 3~.Ind. i. p. 541.-Shan hills, Aplin. Xorth India, Malaya, and China.

Tupidanthu8 calyptratus, Hook.$ et Thoins. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 740; Ebrest Pi. Bu~nza,i. p. 5&2.-Shan hi!ls terai at 3000 feet. Eastern India aud Burma.

CORXACEB. Marlea begoniaefolia, Roxb. ; PL. Bri?. Ind. ii. 1’. 74:) ; Ebretd pl. Burma, i. p. 5&--8han hills at 4000 feet. North-west provinces of India to China, Jqmn, and Maliija.

CSPRIFOL[ACEB. Viburnum fatidurn, Wall.; El. Brit. Id. iii. p. 4; Porest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 2.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Eastern India. Lonicera macrantha, DC.; IYl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 10.-Shan hills, 4000 to 5000 feet. Nepal to Bhotan and Khasia. T’ar. biflora, Coll. et Henzsl. ; pilis longis patentibus vestitn, f’oliis subtus pallidis, pedunculis adlaribus eloiigatiu bifloris, corolliv angustisrimis 13-2 poll. longis. Shan hills at 5000 feet. There are similar specimens in the Kew Herbarium from Sikkim, and, although very different from typical H. macranthn, they are connected by intermediate states.

Lonicera obscura, Coll. et HemsE., n. sp. Xrutfx scandens, glabrescens, foliis iis L. gZnbrafcP aimillimis. E”lores glabri, geminati, pedunculis brevibus ; calycis lobi bre- vissimi, ovati, obtusi ; corolla angustissima, rirciter bipollicaris, hbiis brevibus nEc reflexis. Shan liills at 3500 to 4000 feet. In foliage this is so exactly like L. glnbrata, Wall., that one Illig)lt suspect it to be a hybrid between that and some other sl)ecies. The long narrow flomers at once divtinguieh it. L. leiflflthnJKurz, has similar foliage. 64 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Lonicera (5 Xylosteum) Hildebrandiana, 17071. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XI.) Prutex erectus ? undique glaberrimus, ramulis florif‘eris rectis teretibus rubentibus. 3’olia longiuscule petiolata, payyracea, late ovata, cum petiolo 4-5 poll. longa, abrupte acuminata, simul obtusa, basi rotundata, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 4-5, lamiua secus petiolum aiiguste decurrenti. PZores gerninati, usque ad 7 poll. longi, pedunculis axillaribus solitariis vix 3 lineas Iongis, bracteolis squamaformibus ; calycis limbus cupularis, obtuse dentatus ; corolla leviter curvata, alte bilabiata, labium superius alte 4-lobatum, snberectum, lobis rotundatis leviter undulatis ; stamina inclusa, filamentis puberulis; stylus brevior, stigmate capitato. Pructus pomaceus, ovoideus, pollicaris. Shan hills at 5000 feet ; oiily one plant was seen. This is beyond comparison much the largest-flowered species hitherto described *. We have named this Lonicera after Mr. Hildebrand, who was Superintendent of the Southern Shan States, and kiiidly gave much assistance in collecting.

DESCRIPTlON OF PLATE XI. Zowicera Hildebrandima, Coll. et. Hem s1.-Flowering ad fruiting branchlets ; natural size. Fig. 1, upper portion of stamen; 2, stigma. Enlarged.

RURIACEE. Stephegyne parvifolia, Korth.; PI. Brit. lnd. iii. p. 25; .Forest 31. Burma, ii. p. 66, sub Nauc1ea.-Meiktila. From the Punjab to Ceylon and Burma.

Stephegyne diversifolia, Hook.$ ; 3’1. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 26 ; Porest PI. Burma, ii. p. 67.-Shan hills, Aplin. Eastern India and Malaya to the Philippine islands.

* In the Kew Herbarium are specimens of a Loiiacera closely allied to the above, which may be named L. Bruceana, Hemsl., after Mr. L. J. I(. Brace, formerly Curator of the Calcutta herbarium, who first pointed out that it was undescribed.-Species ah L. Hildebrairdiaaa differt foliis magis carnosis oblongo-lanceolatis, petiolo longiore, floribus minoribus (maximis 4-pollicaribus), calycis dentibus magis evolutis acutis, corolla labic? superiore breviter .I-Iobato.-Khasia mountains, L. J. K. Brace and C. B. Clarke. Specimens also received from Mr. F. Sander, of St. Albans, labelled “ Assam.”

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Ludia gratissima, Sweet ; 3% Brit. Ind. iii. p. 36 ; Porest Pi. Burma, ii. p. 7l.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Nepal eastward and southward to Ava. Wendlandia glabrata, DC.; B. Brit. Id.iii. p. 39; Poorest 31. Bzc?.nza, ii. p. 14.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Mysore, Tenasserim, Western China, and Formosa.

Dentella repens, Porst. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 42.-Meiktila. Tropical Asia, Australia, and Polynesia.

Redyotis capitellata, Wall.; 31. Brit. hi?. iii. p. 56.-Shsm hills trrai at 3000 feet. Malay peninsula and archipelago, and Western China.

Hedyotis fulva, Hook.$ ; PI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 58.-shan hills at 4000 fret. Khasia mountains. Hedyotis athroantha, Cobl. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba perelinis ? undique flavo-virente pubescens, caulibus erectis robustis simplicibus sesquipedalibus tetragonis, internodiis folia aequantibus vel brevioribus. Folia opposita vel ter- natim vertieillata, brevissimc petiolata, crassiuscula, rigida, ovato- lanceolata, 3-5 poll. longa, subacnta, basi cuneata, venis pri- mar& lateralibus circiter 5 crassis ex angulo acuto apicem versus excurrentibus. Plores densissime capitati, capitulis sessilibus vel pedunculatis 6-12 lineas diametro ; calycis lati hispidi tubus ultra ovarium breviter productus, lobis sapius 41 crassis lanceolato-oblongis vix acutis circiter 3 lineas longis recurvis ; corolla crassa, quam calyx brevior, infundibularis, lobis valvatis oblongis apice inflexis extus pilosis ; anthem fauei coroll~subsessiles ; ovarium 2-loculare, multiovulatum ; stylus puberulus, exsertus, stigmate amplo capitato. Capsula non visa. Shan hills at 4000 feet. The very large hispid calyx and capitate flowers, associated with a greenish-yellow tomenturn, and prominently nerved leaves characterize this species.

Oldenlandia corymbosa, Linn.; 3l. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 64.- D/leiktila. Tropical Asia, Africa, aud hiiierica. LINN. JOUBN.-BOTANY, YOL. XXVIIT. P 66 WNERALC COLLEPT AND MR. w. n. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Oldenlandia gracilis, Be.; El. Bm’t. Id. iii. p. 68.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Widely spread in tropical India and Burma.

Mussaenda frondosa, &fin.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. y. 89.-Shan hills, 4000 feet. Widely spread in India and Malaya, and extending to South- eastern China.

Mussrenda incana, Wall. ; $1. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 87.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Nepal to Assnm and Khasia. Randia tomentosa, Hook. f. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 110; syn. Gardenia dasycarpa, Kurz, Eorest PI. Burma, ii. 11. 42.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Burma and Tenasserim.

Randia dumetorum, Lam. ; 31. Brit. Id. iii. p. 110.-Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet. Throughout tropical India and Malaya eastward to South Chiua, and in tropical Africa. Gardenia erythroclada, Eura, Eorest 31. Burma, ii. p. 40 ; 31. Brit. Id.iii. p. 119.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. 411 over Burma and Tenasserim.

Gardenia turgida, Roxb. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 118 ; Forest PI. Burma, ii. p. 41.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Kumaon to Madras and Ava. There is an imperfect specimen of a third species of Gardeizia near G. lucida and 8.gunzmifera. Knoxia corymbosa, Willd. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 128.-Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet. India and Malaya to South-eastern China and North Australia.

Vangueria spinosa, Roxb. ; 3Z. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 136, qrioad var. c ; Eorest PI. Burma, ii. p. 34.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. India and Malaya.

Vangueria pubescens, Kum, Forest 31. Burma, ii. p. 34.- Shan hills at 3000 to 5000 feet. India and Malaya. FUO?J UPPER BURMA AND TUE SEAN STATES. 67

Ixora sp. an I. graadifoolie var. ?-Shan hills at 4500 feet. Specimen insufficient for satisfactory determination. pavetta indica, Linn.; W. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 150; syn. Ixora pavetta, Rox~.;Poresl FZ. Burma, ii. p. Il.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. India and Malaya to South-eastern China and North Aus- tralia. A variety with very broad pubescent leaves, cordate at the base.

Morinda tinctoria, Roxb. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 156 ; syn. M. exserta, Roxb. ;IForest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 59.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Throughout India and Malaya.

Paederia tomentosa, Bbme ; 21. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 197.-Shan idls terai at 2000 feet. Eastern India and Malay peninsula eastward to Japan.

Paederia lanuginosa, Wall.; Fl. Brit. Ifid. iii. p. 196 ; Porest TL.Burma, ii. p. 76.-Shan hills at 2000 to 3000 feet. Malay peninsula.

Leptodermis crassifolia, Coll. et HemsZ., n. sp. Xvutex dense ramosus, novellis plus minusve rigide pilosis, ramulis floriferis lateralibus brevibus densiasirne foliatis. XoKa breviter petiolata, coriacea, confertissima, oblonga, ovata vel orbicularia, maxima semipollicaria, glabrescentia vel subtus parce pilosa, venis lateralibus primariis utrinque 2-3. PZores sessiles, fasciculati, albi, semipollicares, puberuli ; bracteola membra- naceae, hyalinae, puberula, alte connata, tridentata, dente intermedio longiore cuspidato, cakycis dimidium aquantes ; calyx prater lobos ciliolatos glaber, lobis crassis ovatis subobtusis Persistentibus tuburn aequantibus ; corolla infundibularis, lobis his iiitus insigniter papillosis subtrilobulatis, lobulis lateralibus tenuioribus induplicatis, tubo intus supra medium piloso ; ovarium 5-loculare, stylo leviter exserto quinquefido lobis recurvis puberulis. Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet; common on the grassy plateaux. Characterized by the small, thick, crowded, rounded leaves. 372 68 QEVEBAL COLLETT AND ME. W. B. HEMSLEP ON PLANTS A specimen with more slender brauchlets, narrower leaves, and glabrous, or nearly so, in all its parts may be a variety of the foregoing or a distinct species. Spermacoce stricta, Lima. f.; l?l. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 200.- Meiktila. Tropical Asia and Africa. Spermacoce hispida, Linn.; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 200.- Meiktila. Widely spread in India and Malaya and eastward to South China.

Rubia crassipes, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba robusta, scaberrima, caulibus tetragonis tuberculato- liispidis. Polia quaternatim verticillatn, distincte petiolata (foliis 2 petiolis brevioribus, an semper ?), crassissima, rigida, ovato- oblonga vel elliptica, 1-1$ poll. longa, obtusa, basi rotundata, tuberculato-hispidn, proininenter 3-5-nervia, nervis subtus elevatis, extimis brevibus. Plores . . . . in cymas trichotomas axillares et terminales dispositi, pedunculis pedicellisque crassis sulcatis bispidis. Pructzcs didpus (immaturus tantuin visus) iiiermis. Shan hills at 6000 feet. In foliage this is nearest R. cordifolia, Linn., but yet so different that we have not hesitated to describe it as a distinct species. Rubia Mandersii, Coll. et Henzsl., n. sp. Herba perennis ? siccitate nigrescens, caulibus robustiusculis ramosis pedalibus quadrangularibus vel anguste quadrialatis ad angulos scabridis. B’oZia quaternatim verticiilah, subsessilia, crassa, rigida, obovato-rotundata, fere orbicularia vel ,superiora minora ovato-lanceolata vel oblonga, margine scabrida, cEterum glabra, nuda, 3-5-nervia, nervis subtus elevatis. Jlilores pro genere mediocres, laxiuscule trichotomo-pauiculati, graciliter pedicellati ; corolla glabra, rotato-campanulata, lobis obloagis 3- striatis apice leviter incurvis ; ovarium nudum, glabrum. Zructus ignotus. Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. i Not closely resembling any species. Named after Surgeon N. Manders, of the medical staff, FROM UPPER BUklMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 69

Galium boreale, Linn. ?' ; PI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 205.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Specimen in very young Rower. G. boreale is widely spread in north temperate regions.

COMPOSITB. Vernonia divergens, Edyew. in Journ. As. NOC.Beng. xxi. 1853, l,. 172, reprint p. 45, et " errata " ad calceni ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 234.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Central and Eastern India, Burma, and Tenasserim.

Vernonia Clivorum, Hawe j Fl. Bpit. Ind. iii. p. 232.-Shan hills terai at 2000 fect. Pegu, Martaban, Burma, and South-eastern China.

Vernonia (8 Strobocalyx) Aplinii, Coll. et Hernsl., n. sp. Arbor mediocris, ramulis floriferis robustis teretibus molliter albo-tomentosis. B'oZia ampla, distincte petiolata, coriacea, obovata vel lanceolato-oblonga, 8-12 poll. longn, apice rotundata, obtusa vel subaeuta, basi cuneata, supra glabra, subtus cinereo- vel albido-tomentosa, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 12-15 couspicuis. Capitula szepissime 8-flora, 5-6 lineas longa, brevissinie pedunculata vel subsessilia, dense cymoso- pnniculata ; panicula terminalis, usque ad 12 poll. lata et 18 poll. longa, ramulis crassis dense albo-tomentosis ; involucri bracteze 5-6-seriatq crasse, late, deme sericeo-appresse hirsuta, exteriores gradatim breviores, obtusa vel intimae subacutz : receptaculum leviter foveolatum ; corolla pappum vix aequans. Achcenia, immatura tanturn visa, cuneiformia, compressa, appresse hirsuta ; pappus albus, scnbridus cum seriei extima brevissima. 8han hills at 1700 to 5000 feet ; originally collected by Mr. T. H. Aplin, of the Forest Department of Burma, after whom it is named. Nearest to 7? talaumefolia, Hook. f. & Thorns., and very similar to it in the leaves, which, however, are softly tomentose beneath. Tlie inflorescence is much denser in the present species ; the pappus is white instead of red and the achenes densely hairy. A common tree, attaining a height of thirty feet, inhabiting the higher parts of the terai forest forming the western boundary ofthe Shan States. 70 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Vernonia gymnoclada, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. B-utex glaber, aphyIIus (an semper ?), ramulis crassiusculis multisulcatis. Cupitzcla solitaria, secus ramulos laterales subsessilia, turbinata, 6-12 lineas diametro, multiflora ; involucri bractee coriaceae, rigid=, anguste lanceolata, aculeato-cuspidatae, interiores quam pappiis breviores, extrinsecus gradatim breviores, extimae squamiformes ; receptaculum conicum, nudum. Bores purpurei ; corollae puberuls vel pulverulente, tubo basi angus- tissimo sursum gradatim expanso, lobis angustis apice breviter inflexis obtusis. Achm~inbrevia, angulata, appresse albo-hirsuta ; pappi sete tenues, similes, uniseriatae, pilosule subflmae. A common bush on the dry stony plains above Meiktila. The leafless, deeply-furrowed branchlets, bearing distant solitary subsessile flower-heads, characterize this species.

Enpatorium Lindleyanum, DC. ; Porbes et Hemsley i~,Joura. Zinlz. SOC.xxiii. p. 404.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Throughout China, and extending to Mandshuria and Japan. The limits of this species and E. japonicum, Thunb., are not well defined, but the Shan specimens are almost exactly like some from Hongkong, having very narrow almost entire leaves .

Dichrocephala latifolia, DC. ; PI. Brit. Ifid. iii. p. 245.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa.

Grangea maderaspatana, Poir. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 247.- Meiktila. Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa.

Microglossa volubilis, DC. ; XZ. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 257 ; Xorest 31. Burma, ii. p. 82.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Eastern India, Malaya, China, Madagascar, and tropical Africa.

Conyza semipinnata, Walt.; Pl. Brit. Iiad. iii. p. 257.- Meiktila. Eastern India and Malaya. FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE 8HA.N STATES. 71

Blumea glomerata, Dc.; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 26X-Shan hills at 3000 feet, and plains of Upper Burma. Widely spread in India, and extending to Java and South China.

Blumea hieracifolia, L)c.; E”I. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 263 (varietates typica et nzacrostachya).-Shan hills terni at 2000 feet (var. ntacrostachya) ; and plateau at 4000 feet (var. typica). Widely spread in India, and extending to Java and China.

Blumea balsamifera, DG. ; Fl. B.i.it. Id. iii. p. 2’70.- yemethen. Tropical India and Malaya, and the islands of Hainan and Formosa.

Blumea membranacea, DC., var.; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 265.- Pyawbwe, plains of Upper Burma. Throughout India and Xalaya.

Blumea, sp. aff. B. hieracifolie, involucri bracteis 1atioribus.- Shan hills at 5000 feet. We have not matched this, but the specimens are hardly sufficient to establish a new species in so difficult a genus.

Laggera flava, Benth. et Hook.$ Gen. Pl. ii. p. 290 ; 38.Brit. Ind. iii. p. 27O.-Shan hills. Nearly all over India &a the Malay peninsula.

Laggera alata, Xchultz-Bip.; Brit. Ind. iii. p. 271.- Shan hills, Fort Stedman valley, ApZin. India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, Philippine islands, and tropical Africa.

Laggera pterodonta, Benth. et Hook.$ Gen. Pl. ii. p. 290 ; R. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 271.--Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Tropical Asia and Africa.

Pluchea indica, Less, ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 272; .Forest Ez. Burma, ii. p. 83.-Meiktila, in freshwater marsh. India, Malaya, and South China. 72 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEYSLEY ON PLAXTS Sphsranthus indicus, Linn.; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 275.- Yemethen. Tropical India, Malaya, Africa, and Australia. Pterocaulon cylindrostachyum, Cla9-k.e; H.Brit. Ind. iii. p. 2?5.-Meiktila. Burma and Malaya to the Philippine islands, North Australia, and New Caledonia.

Anaphalis adnata, DC. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 282.-Shan hills, ApIin. North India from Simla to Khasia and in Martaban. Anaphalis araneosa, DC.; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 283.-Fopah hill at 5000 feet. Western Himalaya to Khasia and Burma. Gnaphalium multiceps, WaI7.; W. Brit. &ad. iii. p. 288, sub a. luteo-al6o.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. North India, China, and Japan.

Gnaphalium indicum, Linn. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 289.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Throughout tropical India and Malaya, eastward to China and southward to North Australia ; also in tropical Africa.

Gnaphalium pulvinatum, Detile ; 31. Brit. Ind.:iii. p. 289.- Shan hills. Egypt, eastward through Afghanistan and Northern Iudia to Burma.

hula Cappa, DC. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 295.-Shan hills ; common on the grassy plateau, ApIin. Northern and Eastern India, Malaya and China.

Inula polygonata, DC. ; PI. Brit. Zed. iii. p. 293.-Shan hills. Pegu and Burma. A tall handsome plant, common in dry forest.

hula crassifolia, CoEZ. ef Hewsl., n. sp. (Plate XII.) Herba erecta, striata, robusta, rigida, villosissima, caulibus striatis infra inflorescentiam simplicibus, interiiodiis brevibus. Polia (radicalia non visa) sessilia, semiamplexicaulia, crassissima, oblonga, maxima 24 poll. longa, sursum sensim minora, adscen-

FROM UPPEll BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 7.3 dentia \el caule appresfia, obtusissima, pauce calloso-denticulata, sl,pra seabra, subtus appresse villosa. Capitula solitaria vel interdum 3 aggregata, breviter pedunculata, radiata, 12-12 poll. dianletro ; involucri bracteae multiseriatze, rigid@,rubentes, plus lninusve villoste, interiores anguste lanceolatae, acutae, flores disci spautes, cxteriores breviores, latiores, obtusze : receptaculum leviter concavum, areolaturn. FZores radii numerosi, biseriati, ut videtur albi ; corollce anguste. Flores disci numerosissimi, flavi ; corolla cylindric=, tenuissime ; anthem longe caudate. ~chenia(matura non visa) tenuia, teretia, appresse parceque hirsuta, basi distincte annuloso-callosa ; pappi sets circiter 15, corollam subaquantes, apice barbellatae, cum seriei exteriore breviasima.-Shan hills at 6000 feet. Not closely allied to any species.

Var. glabrescens, COD.et Hemsl., differt fere omnino glabra vel cito g1abrescens.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet ; common on the grassy uplands.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XII.

A. Znzcla crassifoZia, Coll. et Hemsl., var. viZZosu. B. hda crrtss[foZia, Coll. et Hemsl., Tar. ylabrcscens. Both natural size. Fig. 1, a disk-flower ; 2, anthers ; 3, apex of style and stigma ; 4, an imniatore aeliene ; 5, a bristle of the pappus. All enlarged.

Vicoa auriculata, Cuss. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 297.-Meiktila. The Punjab to Ceylon and Burma.

Anisopappus chinensis, Hook. et Am.; -Forbes cj Hemsley in Journ. LLinn. SOC.xxiii. p. 431.-Shan hills at 4000 to 6000 feet, Aplirz and Collett. Eastern and Western tropical Africa and South-eastern China.

Enhydra fluctums, Lour.; Pi. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 304.-Ye- methen, in the lake. India, Malaya, tropical Africa, and Eastern Australia. It is also recorded from China in the ‘ Flora of British India,’ but we have seen no specimen. 74 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON l?LA"J!S

Blainvillea latifolia, DC. ; Pl. Brit. ha. iii. p. 305.-Shan hills. Dispersed throughout the tropics.

Wedelia calendulacea, Zess. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 306.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. India, Malaya, China, and Japan.

Spilanthes Acmella, &inn. ; H.Brit. Id. iii. p. 307 ; Kurz in. Journ. As. ~Yooe. Ben-9. xhi. (1871), 2, p. 176.-Upper Burma. A variable plant, widely spread in warm countries.

Bidens pilosa, Linn., var.; Pl. Brit. Ifid. iii. p. .309.--Shan hills, 4000 feet. Warm regions throughout the world.

Myriogyne minuta, Less. ; syn. Centipeda orbicularis, Lour. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 317.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Afghanistan to Ceylon, China, Australia, and Polynesia.

Gynura Pseudo-China, DC. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 334.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. India and Malaya.

Emilia sonchifolia, DC.; 32. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 336.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Tropical and subtropical Asia and Africa, and colonized in America.

Notonia crassissima, BC. ; 3'1. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 338 ; Xurz in Joum. As. 80c. Beng. xlvi. 2, p. 194.-Meiktila. Segain hills, Ava. This has larger flower-heads than N. grandiJEora, DC., more numerous involucral bracts with comose tips, and larger, pale, more strongly ribbed achenes. Griffith's figure (Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 470) may, or may not, represent this plant. A shrub with remarkably thick fleshy stems and branches. When not in flower it has the appearance and habit of one of the arboreous Euphorbice, such as E. neriyolia, Linn., which is common in the same localities. FROM UPPER BURMA AND TEE SEAN STATES. 75

Var. ? prostrata, Coll. ef Hemsl., n. var. Prutex prostratus, supra rupes vagans ; folia bene evoluta non visa ; capitula fere dimidio minora ; achania valde immatura tantum visa. Shan hills at 4600 feet. This may prove to be a distinct species, but the material is insu5cient.

Notonia vestita, ColZ. et Henzsl., 11. sp. 3rutex carnosus, novellis pilis albidis crassis flsicidis plus minusve instructis, foliis deme vestitis, ramis floriferis elongatis siccitate 3-4 lineas diametro. EbZin hene evohta non visa, sed ut videtur parva, crassa, obovato-ohlongn, dentattl vel forsaii pinnatifida. C'rpitula circiter 9 lineas diametro, corymbosa, pro genere graciliter pedunculata ; involucri bractes circiter 12, uniseriatae, basi bracteolis paucis parvis instructs, oblongae, apice triangulatae, subacutae, dorso hispiduls, inargine late scariosae, quam flores tertio parte breviores ; receptaculum convexum, mammillatum. Plores numerosi . . . . Achania hrunlzeii vel rubentia, cylindrica, valde costata, glabra ; pappi sets nume- rosa, tenuissima, candida. Shan hills terai, in the forest at 3000 feet. This is evidently very distinct from all the other described species both in the indumentum and the foliage.

Senecio chrysanthemoidea, DC.,var. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 339. -Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, from Kashmir to Khasia.

Senecio scandens, Ham.; El. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 362.-Shan hills at 6000 feet. North-western India to Ceylon and Eastern China.

Senecio Nagensium, Clarke in Journ. Linn. SOC.XXV. p. 39 ; ayn. S. densiflorus, Wall., var. ? Lobbii, Hook. f. 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 355.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Muneypore and Tenasserim. Mr. Clarke excludes the variety (3) Lohbii of S. den$orus, on the ground that his 8. Nngensiunt is rayless ; but this character is now known to be inconstant, and in other respects they are exactly alike. 8. densiflorus, var. ? mishmiensis, Hook. f., should also be referred here. 76 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Echinops echinatus, Roxb., var. ? vel species nova, caulibus albo-araneosis, foliorum spinis multo brevioribus, capitulis inermis, achaeniis fere glabris. Shan hills at 4000 feet. Most likely specifically distinct from E. echiaatzcs, Roxb., but as there is only one,imperfect inflorescence we prefer not giving it a name.

Saussurea affinis, Spefiy.; PI. Bd.lid. iii. p. 87X-Shan bills at 5000 feet. Eastern India to China and Japan, and in Eastern Australia.

Saussurea phyllocephala, Cobl. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba erecta, robusta, 8-9 ped. alta, omnino ferrugineo- vel albido-pubescens, hispidula. Eolia (superiora capitulos sub- tendentia tanturn adsunt) crassiuseula, sessilia, semiamplexicaulia (auriculis liberis), pinnatifida, 15-3 poll. longa. Capitzcla anguste subracemoso-paniculata, lateralia breviter pedunculata, quasiterininalia, pedunculis longioribus, 9-18 lineas diametro (bene evoluta lion visa) ; involucri bractes plurieeriats, subaequi- longs, flores superantes (?), extims (vel folia suprema) foliaces, oblongs, breviter aculeato-denticulats, ester* liiieares, rigids, minute puberuls, sursum attenuats, plumow ; receptaculum leviter convexum, paleis angustis dense instructum. Bores numerosissimi, glabri ; staminurn filamenta libera, glabra ; antherarum cauds longissims, fere integrze. Achmia juvenilia compressa ; pappi sets tisque ad bmin longe pluinosa Shan hills at 5000 feet. The foliaceous outer involucral bracts, somethiug in the way of Carthamus, sufficiently characterize this species. It is possible, however, that this character is not SL constant one, and that we have here an abnormal condition of our S. dealbata.

Saussurea dealbata, Coll. et Hen& n. sp. Herba erecta, robusta, 6-7 ped. alta, caulibus puberulis striatis vel fere sulcatis cavis infra inflorescentiam sirnplicibus ? Polin caulina papyraeea, sessilia, semiamplexicaulia, basi auriculata (auriculis liberis), oblonga, pinnaiifida vel nubpinnatifida (lobis FROM UPPER BURMA AND TEE SHAN STATES. 77 obtusis), ad 6 poll. longa, supra hispidula, viridia, subtus praeter costam nervosque canescentia. Capitula anguste racemoso- paniculata, distincte peduneulata, vix 1 poll. diametro ; involueri braetee multiseriate, COriaCeB, lineares, acute, exteriores gradatim breviores, omnes phs minusve pilosae, interiores pappum fere Bquantes ; receptaculum leviter convexum, dense paleaceo- setosum. Plores glabri ; corollae tubuloso-inf undibularis lobis acutis j antherarum caude elongate, subintegrae. Achmzia glabra, crassa, subtetragona j pappi sete uniseriatae, longe plumose. Shall hills at 5000 feet. A very distinct species with foliage similar to that of 8.asnis, but altogether more robust in habit and very different in the racemose-pauiculate inflorescence.

Tricholepis Stictophyllum, Clarke j PI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 382 ; syn. Stictophyllum glabrurn, Edgw.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. North-west India at Garhwal, and the Subsivalik hills in the province of Saharunpore.

Leucomeris decora, Kurz, Rorest 27. Burma, ii. p. 78: 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 387.-Shan hills at 2000 to 5000 feet. Also collected by Mr. Apliu. Forests of Prome.

Ainsliaea pteropoda, DC.; El. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 388.-Shan hills at 6000 feet. Northern and Eastern India to Tenasserim and Western China.

Gerbera piloselloides, Cass. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 389.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Mountains of North India, eastward to Hongkong ; also found in Madagascar and in Eastern Africa, southward to Cape Colony.

Picris hieracioides, Linn. ; B. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 393.-Shau hills plateau at 5000 feet. Western Europe and North Africa to Chinit. and Japan ; also 78 GENERAL COLLETT AND ME. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS in Australia, New Zealand, and in North America, where, however, it may have been introduced.

Crepis japonica, Benth.; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 395.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Afghanistan eastward to Japan and southward to Australia ; also in Mauritius and South Africa, where it may have been introduced.

Crepis acaulis, Hook. f. in 31. Brit. Ind.-iii. p. 396.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Tery widely spread in India.

Crepis (5 Youngia) subscaposa, Coll. et Hentsl., n. sp. Herba biennis ? hispidula, pilis simplicibus, 9-18 poll. alta, caulibus aphyllis gracilibus superne pauciramosis. Polia rosulata, crassiuscula, obovato-oblonga vel spathulata, in petiolum brevem attenuata, 2-3 poll. longa, apice rotundata, pauci calloso- clenticulata, utrinque hispidula. Cnpitula pauca, circiter 5-7, corymbosa, longe pedunculatn,- 6-8 lineas diametro, circiter 30- flora ; involucri calyculati bractes hispidula, iutims uniserintE, lineari-oblongae, obtuss, marginibuv scariosa, pappum triente breviores ; receptaculum parvum, nudum ; ligulae breves, brevissime calloso 5-dentats, extus infra medium puberulae ; antherae basi breviter setaceo-caudatae. Achcenia recta, subcorn- pressa, gracilia, pluricostata, nuda, supra medium hispidula, sursum attenuata, pappo longiora ; pappi sets albre, molles, uni- seriatz, simplices, in aunulim decidus. Shan hills at 3000 to 5000 feel. Not closely allied to any species, and in habit resembling Home of the small-headed Hieracia.

Crepis (§ Youngia) chloroclada, CoZZ. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herha perennis, 12-20 poll. alta, a basi multiramosa, fere undique glabra, caulibus ramisque gracilibus rigidis liguescen- tibus angulatis viridibus. B’olia radicalia non visa, caulina coriacea, glabra, linearia, 1-1j poll. longa, vel interdurn ad bracteas breves subulatas reducta. Capitula angusta, 7-10- flora, lonqe graciliterqus pedunculata ; involucri calyculati bracteae circiter 7, lineari-oblongs, obtusEe, dorso hispiduls ; FROM UPPER RURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 79 receptaculum parvum, nudum ; ligulae 5-dentats. Achcenia minuta, fusiformia, glabra, leviter pauci-costata, apice constricta ; pappi set8 albs, molles, fere obsoletae, scaberuls, quam achaenia duple longiores. Shan hills at 4000 feet. This very closely resembles C. glauca, Hook. f. (Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 394), not of Torrep and Gray, a native of North-west India, described as an annual, though some of the specimens seem to indicate a plant of longer duration. C. chloroclada differs in the hairy involucre and relatively much shorter achenes, constricted at the top, and having fewer, less conspicuous ribs.

Lactuca polycephala, Benth.; El. Brit. Tnd. iii. p. 4.10.- Shan liills plateau at 5000 feet. Afghanistan to Khasia and Burma.

Lactuca gracilis, DC. ; 21. Brit. Id. iii. p. 410.-Shan hills at $000 to 5000 feet. Nepal to Central China.

Lactuca sagittarioides, Clarke; 31. Brit. Id. iii. p. 410.- Shan hills at 5000 feet. Western Himalaya to Upper Burma.

Lactuca alatipes, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba robusta, glabresqens, caulibus crassiusculis lavibus. Polia caulina inferiors inembranacea, longissime petiolata, petiolo alato, trilobata, usque ad 14 poll. longa, loho terminali ainplo sagitto-hastrlto obscure multilobato simul remote calloso-denticulato, lobis lateralibus terminali distantibus parvis vix pollicaribus rotundatis. Capitula lase panicdata (ramulis peduncu- lisque squamoso-bracteatis gracilibus), erecta, circiter %flora ; iuvolucri calyculati bracteae circiter 9, uniseriats, glabrs, lineari- oblongs, semipollicares, obtusae. Achrenia rubescentia, angusta, valde compressa, faciebus proruinmter 4-5-costatis, ceterum h-ia vel minutissime setulosa, longe gradatimque rostrata, circiter 3 lineas longa j pappi sets numerosissims, alba, molles, mhtissime setulosae, achenia triente longiores. Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. apparently a very distinct species similar to L. hastata, DC. 80 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMBLEY ON PLAXTS

CAMPANULACEE. Pratia begonifolia, Lindl. ; 31. &it. Znd. iii. p. 422.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Widely spread in Eastern India and Malaya, and extending to Southern China.

Lobelia rosea, Wall. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 427.-Shan States, Manders. North India, from Kumaon eastward to Khasia and southward to Martaban.

Wahlenbergia gracilis, A. BC.; Pl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 429.- Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Common throughout India, Eastern Asia and Australia, and also found in New Zealand and South Africa.

Codonopsis convolvulacea, Eurz ; Journ. Linm. Xoc. xxvi. p. 5. -Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet ; common in grass, round the culms of which it twines. Punnan. Campanumcea javanica, Bluine; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 435.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Southward to Java and eastward to Japau.

Campanula cana, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ikd. iii. p. 440.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. North Iudia, from Kumaon to Mishmi.

Adenophora khasiana, Coll. et Hemsl. ; syn. Campanula kbasiaua, Hook. f. et Thonzs. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 439.-Shan hills. Comnion in the Khasia mountains. Professor Oliver had indicated in the Kew Herbarium that this is an Adenophora rather than a Campanula.

V ACCINI AC E E. Agapetes setigera, D. Don; Pi. Bvit. Ind. iii. p. 443.-Shan hills at 6000 feet. Khnsia hills southward to Tavoy. FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN SPATES. 81 vaccinim exaristatum, Kicrz, Porest PI. Burma, ii. p. 91.- Shan hills at 4000 to 6000 feet. Martaban.

PLUMBACENEE. Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Bunge ; Journ. Linn. Xoc. xxvi. p. 36.-Shan hills at 5000 to 6000 feet. Eastward to Eastern China, northward to Peking. Not previously recorded west of China, and rare in the Shan hills, where it was only observed at Toongyi, near Fort Stedman.

PEIMULACEB. Primula Forbesii, Franchet ; Jozcrn. Linn. Xoc. xxvi. p. 38.- Shan hills at 3000 to 3500 feet. Yunnan. This belongs to Franchet’s new section Xonocarpiccz of Primula, which furnishes a connecting-link between this genus

and Androsace. It is very common in damp shady localities all , over the Shan States.

Primula denticulata, Xnaith ; ZZ. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 485.-Shm hills plateau at 5000 feet. Afghanistan to Western China.

Lysimachialobelioides, Wall. ; Pl. Brit. Id.iii. p. 502.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. North India, from Kashmir eastward, and in Java.

Lysimachia chenopodioides, Watt ; W.Brit. Ind. iii. p. 503.- Sban hills terai at 2000 feet. Kashmir to Bhotan, though not hitherto found in Sikkim.

MYRSINEB. Ihsa ramentacea, A. DC. ; 21. Brit. Aid. iii. p. 508 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 99.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet j also CO~ lected by Mr. Apliu. Eastern India and Malaya. L‘NN* JOU~.--BOTANY, TOL. XXVIIZ. G 82 GENERAL COLLETT AND ME. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS

Mssa hdica, Roxb. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 509 ; Porest n. Burma, ii. p. 9!3.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Throughout India and Malaya, and the same, or a very closely allied species, is found in Africa and Madagascar.

Mssa mollis, A. DC. ; FZ. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 510; syn. M. mollissima, Kurz, Porest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 100, non A. DC.- Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. Pegu, Tenasserim, and Java.

Embelia Ribes, Burnt. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 513 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 10l.-Shan hills at 3000 to 5000 feet. Widely spread in India and Malaya, and extending to South- eastern China. Embelia furfuracea, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Xrutex ramis crassiusculis ferrugiiieo-furfuraceis, ramulis lateralibus circiter pollicaribus rigidis 2-3-foliatis floriferis etiam ferrugineis. Polin (juniora tantum visa) prtiolata, crassiuscula, papymcea, angustc obovata vel oblanceolata, cum petiolo usque ad 2 poll. longa, apicc rotundata, deorsum attenuata, integra, utrinque pubescentia, venis inconspicuis. Plores ( d tantum visi) minuti, puberuli, in race nos simplices axillares pollicarev vel sesquipollicares amentiformes dispositi, brevissfme pedicellati vel sessiles, nigro-punctati ; calycis lobi breves, deltoidei, sub- acuti ; petala libera, leviter imbricata, lanceolata, obtusa ; aatherae magnze, fere sessiles, dorso secus connectivum nigro-punctatae. Shan hills at 5000 feet. This is so like Antidesma fruticulosum, Kurz, in general appearance, that it was taken for an Antidesma before the flowers were examined.

Ardisia polycephala, Wall. ; 3’1. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 529 ; Porest PZ. Burma, ii. p. 109.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Pegu and Tenasserim. A specimen collected at an altitude of 2000 feet, and having fewer-floKered racemes on longer peduncles, may belong to this species. SAPOTACEB. Sideroxylon burmanicum, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. S. assamico et 8. Hookeri affiis, differt folk pallidis latioribus venis primariis lateralibus paucioribus inconspicuis, floribus FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SEAN STATES. 83 Paul10 majoribus, corolls tub0 longiore staminodiis minus fimbriatis. Shan hills at 3000 to 4000 feet. This and the two species named are very closely allied in floral structure, but in foliage this differs from both in the inconspicuous venation, and from the former in being glabrous. Bassia longifolia, Linn., var.?; PI. Brit. lnd. iii. p. 544.- Shan hills. This differs from typical B. longifolia, which is recorded from the Deccan peninsula, Ceylon, and Bengal (Beddoae), in having smaller Bowers and hairless stamens, but it may be a depau- perated condition. Tliere'is a specimen in the Ketv Herbarium of what we take to be the B. longifoolia from Singapore

Mimusops Elengi, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 548 ; Forest Pl. &6rma, ii. p. 123.--Shan hi&. South India and Malay peninsula.

EBENACEB. Diospyros montana, Roxh. ; El. Brit. Ind, iii. p. 555.--Shan hills at 2000 feet. Widely spread in India and Malaya, and extending to tropical Australia.

Diospyros, sp. 11. ? off: B. syleatiere. Specimen mancum.- Shan hills terai at 2000 fret.

STYEACEB. Syrnplocos crataegoides, Ham. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 573 ; Porest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 147.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. North India, from Kashmir eastward to Japan, and southward through Burma to Martaban.

Symplocos racemosa, Roxb. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 576 j Porest Pl. Burma, ii. p. 144.--Shan hills at 3000 feet, Aplin and Xanders. Eastern India, Burma, and South-eastern China. Styrax rugosum, Kurz, Porest PI. Burma, ii. p. 141; E"I. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 589.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. Martaban. Q2 84 GENERAL COLLETT AND ME. w. B. REXSLEP ON PLANTS

OLEACEB. Jasminum Roxburghianum, Wall. ; PI. Brit. Ind. ii. p. 595.- Shan hills at 1000 to 4000 feet. South India, and it was also collected by Griffith in Ava, though it was not included from this locality iu the ‘Flora of British India.’

Jasminum anastomosans, Wall.; 31. Brit. .hd. iii. p. 596; Porest 37. Burma, ii. p. 152.-Shan hills terai at 2500 feet. Eastern India and southward to Tenasserim.

Jasminum rigidum, Zenker ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 598.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. South India and Ceylon. Schrebera swietenioides, Roxh.; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 604; Torest PZ. Burma, ii. p. 156.-Shan hills terai at 2500 feet. subtropical North India, from Kumaon eastward, and southward into the Deccan peninsula, Pegu, and Martaban.

, Fraxinus floribunda, Wall. ; 31. Brit, Ind. iii. p. 605.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, from Kashmir to Kbasia.

Linociera caudata, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. L. malabarim affinis, differt foliis niiuus coriaceis caudato- acuminatis, floribus paniculatis fere glabris. Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. This has the caudate petals of L. malabarica, Wall., but the flowers are panicled instead of the peduncles being fascicled or at most three- or four-flowered. L. ternayora, Wall., differs in haring smaller flowers and much shorter petals. b Ligustrum nepalense, Wall.; n.Brit. &ad. iii. p. 617.-Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet. North India, from Garhwal eastward.

Ligustnun robustum, Blume? j Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 614.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Eastern India and Malaya. The specimen has a remarkably elongated inflorescence, and the flowers are in very yonng bud. FROM UPPER BCRMA AND THE SEAN STATES. 55

SALVADORACEB. Adma sarmentosa, Benth. et Hook. f. ; 31, Brit. Ind. iii. p. 620.-Meiktila. Malaya and Philippines. Kurz (Forest F1. Burma, ii. p. 161) records A. tetracantha, Lam.,a native of Western India and Africa, from Ava and Prome ; but the species are still imperfectly defined, and from his description it is uncertain which he had in view. This is an erect shrub, not a trailer or creeper as might be supposed frorn the specific name.

APOCYNACEE. Rauwolfiapeguana, Ro0k.f. ? ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 632,--8han hills. Pep The Shan plant does not exactly agree with the imperfect original specimen of this species. There are also very young undeveloped specimens of a second species of Rauwol$a.

Holarrhena antidysenterica, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 644 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 182.-Shan hills at 1000 feet. North India from the Chenab eastward, and southward to Malacca.

Vallaris Reynei, Spreng. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 650; syn. Vallaris dichotoma, Wall.; Porest PI. Burma, ii. p. lS1.- Yemethen. Widely spread in tropical India southward to Ceylon, Malacca, and Java, but commonly cultivated, and perhaps not wild over so wide an area as that indicated.

Wrightia tomentosa, Rcem. et Echult. ; Fl. Brit. had. iii. p. 653; syn. W. mollissima, Wall. ; Borest 31. Burma, ii. p. 192.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. Tropical India to Ceylon and Penang.

Wrightia coccinea, Sims ? ; Bl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 65.4 : Xorest 31. Burma, ii. p. 193.-Shan hills at 3500 feet. Eastern India and the Philippine Islands. 86 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Ichnocarpus frutescens, R. Br. ; 31. Brit. Aid. iii. p. 669; porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 185.-Shan hills. Tropical India, Malaya, and North Australia.

Aganosma marginata, Q. Don; PI. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 663; Forest 31. Burma, ii. p. L86.-Meiktila. Eastern India and Malaya to the Philippine Islands. Aganosma cgmosa, C. Don, typic" et 0. glabra, DC.; PI. Brit. Id. iii. p. 665.-Shan hills at 2000 feet ; 0. glabra at 4000 feet. Silhet and South India. Trachelospermum fragrans, Hook. f.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 667.-Shan liills at 4000 feet. North India from Kumaon to Assam and Cachar.

Chonemorpha macrophylla, G. Don ; El. Brit. Ind. iii. p. 661 ; Porest 27. Burma, ii. p. 187.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Widely spread in India and Malaya.

ASCLEPIADEIE. Cryptolepis Buchanani, Rcem. et Schult.; El. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 5 ; Torest W.Burma, ii. p. 199.-Meiktila. Throughout India and Ceylon. Atherolepis venosa, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Butex vel herba perennis, puberula, caulibus erectis gracilibua pedalibus teretibus simplicibus, internodiis folia aequantibus vel brevioribus. Eolic~ brevissime petiolata, coriacea, oblonga (in- feriora usque ad 4 poll. longa, superiora flores subtendeiitia circiter pollicaria), rotundata vel obtusa simul apiculata, utrinque leriter scabrida, subtus pnllidiora, costa venisque pallidis conspicuis subtus eleratis. Floras li-2 lineas diametro, pedunculis brevissiinis asillnribuv dense squamoso-bracteatis 1-3-floris ; calyx crassus, puberulus, lobis ovato-oblongis obtusis ciliolatis intus basi minute subulato-bigla,ndulosis ; corolla crassa, carnosa, subrotata, extus puberula, lobis ovato-oblongis rotundatis ; corons squams 5, corniformes, stamina superantes ; stamina glandulis vel squamis subglobosis alternantia ; ovarium glabrum, semi- inferurn. Eblliculi ignoti. Meiktila. FROM TJPPER BURMA AKD THE SHAN STATES. 87 In floral characters this agrees almost exactly with A. Fat- lichii, Hook. f., the only other species known, which is erroneously described as having an eglandular calyx, for glands are present, although very minute. Thick conspicuously veined leaves characterize the present species. Streptocaulon tomentosum, Wight et Arnott ; B. Brit. Id. iv. p. 10 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 198.-Meiktila. Burma to Tavoy, Yunnan, and Cochinchina.

Asclepias curassavica, Line. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 18.--Shan hills at 4400 feet. A native of tropical America, now very widely colonized in the warm regions of the Old World.

Adelostemma gracillimum, Hook. f. ; PZ. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 21.- Meiktila. Previously only known from comparatively imperfect specimens from Segain, collected by Wallich.

Sarcostemma Brunonianum, Wight et Arnott ; 3Z. Brit. Id. iv. p. 27.-Meiktila. South India and Burma. The proposed species of this genus are not very clearly defined.

Gymnema molle, Wall. ; 91. Brit. Znd. iv. p. 29.-Meiktila. Previously known only from Wallich’s specimens, collected near the petroleum-wells on the Irawaddi, and at Taongdong. Gymnema acuminatum, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 30 ; sorest 31. Burma, ii. p. 202.-Shan hi110 at 4000 feet. Eastern India and Malay peninsula.

Tylophora asthmatica, Wight et Arnott ; 31. Brat. Ind. iv. p. 44.-Meiktila. Widely spread in India and Malaya. There is an imperfect specimen of what may be a second species of this genus. Marsdenia barbata, CoZl. et %emst., n. sp. Butex scandens, ramulisfloriferis graciliusculis teretibus albido- Pubescentibus, internodiis quam folia duplo longioribus. Blia longiuscule petiolata, papyracea vel subcoriacea, rhomboideo- 88 UENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS ovata, absque petiolo 2$-3 poll. longa, acuta, basi rotundata, margine plus minusve undulata, utrinque prscipue subtus ferrugineo-pubescentia, subtus venis pubescentioribus atro-ferrugineis conspicue ]axe reticulatis ; petiolus gracilis, 9-12 lineas longus. Bores ut videtur purpurei, 3-4 lineas diametro, in cymas parvas circiter 10-12 floras axillares breviter pedunculatas petiolos aequantes dispositi, pedunculis pedicellisque pubescentibus ; calycis pubescenti eegmenta crassiuscula, orbicularia, concava, prope marginem tenuiora hyalina, ciliolata, quam corolla dimidio breviora : corolla crassa, subcarnosa, campanulato-urceolata, extus glabra, tubo intus longe denseque barbato, lobis latis obtusis contortis angustissime dextrorsum obtegentibus ; corons squams durae, fere crustaceae j anthers membrana magna inflexa ter- minatae ; ovaria glabra. .Folliculi ignoti. Meiktila. In general appearance this closely resembles X,lucida, Edgew., which, however, has almost glabrous leaves with inconspicuous secondary venation, more numerous flowers, and ciliolate corolla- lobes.

Pergularia pallida, Wight et Arlzott; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 38 ; Porest Pl. Bumaa, ii. p. 203.-Meiktila. Widely spread in tropical North and Central India.

Physostelma carnosa, Coll. et Henasl., n. sp. Srzctex humilis, undique glabra, ramis floriferis crassis caruosis, internodiis brevissimis. Polia petiolata, carnosa, lineari-oblonga vel lineari-lanceolata, 3-4& poll. longa, obtusiuscula, basi products, rotundata, supra nitida., subtus pallidiora costa crassa elevata ; petiolus crassus, 3-4 lineas longus. Plores circiter 9 lineas diametro, fasciculati vel subumbellati, fasciculis subsessilibus, pedicellis graciliusculis circiter pollicaribus ; calpis minuti segmenta tenuia, oblonga, obtusissima ; corolla tenuis, sphsroidea, inflata, extus glabra, intus minute papillosa, lobis brevibus deltoideis subobtusis ; corona squams ampls, carnosie, basi valde products, rotundata: vix recurva: ; ovaria glabra. Pollic~cli ignoti. Shan hills at 6000 feet. Characterized by narrow fleshy leaves borne on thick branches, and nearly sessile fascicles of almost spherical flowers with very broad thick coronal appendages.

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zeptadenia reticdata, Wight et Ar!nott ; 31. Brit. hd. iv. p. 63.-Meiktila. Eastern Punjab to Ceylon, Burma, and Singapore.

Ceropegia nana, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XIII.) C. pusilla simillima sed rhizomate elongata, foliis brevioribus latioribus erectis, floribus 2-2$ poll. longis, corolla: lobis pro- portione longioribus. shan bills at 6000 feet.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XIII. A plant of C'erqpegia numa, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. fig. 1, calyx, 2, a sepal showing the glands at the base on the inside; 3, portion of corolla, showing revolute lobes; 4, androecium and corona; 5, coronal lobe from the inside. All enlarged.

Brachysteha edulis, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XIV.) Herba perennis ; rhizomate tuberosa globosa vel ovoidea siccitate usque ad 1poll. diametro, caulibus monocarpicis erectis simplicibus gracillimis 24poll. altis puberulis vel scabridis, internodiis brevissimis. Tolia sessilia, carnosa, angustissima, usque ad 2 poll. longa, acuta, patentissima, renis immersis omnino obsoletis. Blores pauci, circiter 3 lineas longi, in racemum brevem terminalem dispositi, pedicellos grades puberulos equantes ; calyx miuutus, paberulus, lobis angustis acutis ; corolla crassiuseula, subrotata, alte 5-fida7 lobis angustis undulatis, intus pilis paucis albidis longissimis instructa ; coronie cupuliformis squama3 connats, antheras superantes, intus parce pilose, apice subaequaliter tridentats, dente intermedio inflexo. Pollieuli gracillimi, 2&3g poll. longi, acuti, glabri ; semina pauca, compressar longe comosa, cum coma pollicaria. Upper Burma at 900 feet. A aery distinct species, the exact counterpart in habit of Cero- Pegia pusilla, Wight. Common on the sandy plains at Pyawbwe in Upper Burma. The fleshy root is sold as an article of food in the Bazar, and has a faint mawkish flavour. This little plant is singularly difficult of detection, as its leaves resemble those of the grasses among which it grows, and its small dull purple flowers do not catch the eye. 90 GENEBAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLET ON PLANTS

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XIV. A plant of BrachysteZma cduZis, Coll. ct Hem& natural size. Fig. 1, a bud ; 2, corolla ; 3, andrcecium and corona, with some of the coronal lobes turned down; 4, a pair of pollinia : all enlarged ; 5, a pair of follicles, natural size ; 6, a seed, enlarged.

Caralluma crenulata, WaU. ; syn. Boucerosia crenulata, W<9ht et Arnott ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 77.-Pyawbwe, Upper Burma. South India and Ava.

LOQANIACEB. Buddleia asiatica, Lour. ; 31. Brit. Id. iv. p. 82.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet ; also collected by Mr. Aplin. Throughout India, and extending to Malaya, South-west China, Formosa, and Cochinchina.

Fagraea obovata, Wall. ; 21. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 83 ; li’orest 31. Burma, ii. p. 205.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Central and Eastern India to Ceylon, and the Malay peninsula to Singapore.

Strychnos Nux-Vomica, Liian. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 90 ; li’orest 31, Burma, ii. p. 166.-Shan hills at 3000 t.o 4000 feet. Throughout tropical India.

GENTTANACEB. Canscora diffusa, R. Br.; FL. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 103.---Sbim hills at 3000 feet, Handers. India, Malaya, Australia, and East Africa. Gentiana crassa, Kurz ; 2L.Brit. Ind. iv. p. Il4.-Shan hills, Manders. Pegu and Moulmein.

Gentiana decemfida, Hanailt. ; K?.Brit. Ind. iv. p. 112.-Shau hills plateau at 5000 feet. Northern India and China. Gentiana pedicellata, Wall.; $1. Brit. Ifid, iv. p. 111; sub G. quadrifaria, Blwme.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. North India and China.

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We do not feel satisfied that this is correctly referred by Mi-. C. B. Clarke to G. quadrifaria, Blume.

Swertia (6 Ophelia) striata, Coll. et Henasl., n. sp. Herbs annua, erecta, 15-18 poll. alta, glaberrima, caule anguste 4-alat~ infra medium simplici supra pyramidiformi-ramoso, ramulis gracilibus. PoZia sessilia, crassiuscula, anguste lanceolata, 1-1$ poll. longa, subacuta, obscure 3-nervia. PZores 5- ammi, 10-12 lineas dinmetro, numerosi, laxe paniculati, Ionge graciliterque pedieellati ; calycis segmenta fere libera, fere linearia, acuta, petalis vix triente breviora ; corollae rotatre segmenta ovato-lanceolnta, acnta, longitudinaliter pluri-striata, intus prope basin biglandulosa, sirnul squamis duabus longe fimbriatis supra glandulas impositis instructa ; filamenta vix dilatata ; ovarium sessile, multiovulatum, stigmate sessili bilobato. Shan hills at 4000 feet. Pentamerous flowers with striped petals bearing long fringed scales on the two glands near the base characterize this species.

Swertia (4 Ophelia) stricta, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba annua, erecta, 9-15 poll. alta, gracilis, fere undique glaberrima, ramulis floriferis brevissimis supra medium exceptis caule simplici. FoZia sessilia, crassiuscula, lineari-lanceolata, maxima vix 1 poll. longa, obtusa, ciliolata, supra minute hispidula. Plores 5-ameri, carulei vel lilacini, 8-9 lineas diametro, in cymas parvas densas laterales tefminalesque dispositi, pedicellis gracilibus quam flores brevioribus ; calycis segmenta fere libera, crawiuscula, anguste lanceolata, acuta, quam corolla triente breviora, 1-costata, margine incrassata, ciliolata ; corollae rotats lobi lanceolati, acuti, intus basi obscure uniglandulosi, nudi ; filamenta deorsurn dilatata, basi pseudomonadelpha ; ovarium sessile, glabrum, stylo bifido ramulis rscursis. Shan hills at 4000 feet. Not very closely allied to any species.

Limnanthemum cristatum, Griseb.; 3%Brit. Id.iv. p. 131.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Throughout India to South China and the Philippines.

Limnanthemum indicum, Thwaites ; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 131. --&an hills at 8000 feet. 92 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS India, Malnya,, China, Fiji islands, Australia, and Mascarene islands.

BORAGINACEB. Cordia Myxa, Linn.; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 136; Forest Pl, Burma, ii. p. 208.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. Throughout India and Malaya to South China and North Australia. Ehretia lzevis, Rod., var. ; Pi. Brit. Ind. ir. 11. 141 : Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 210.--Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Persia, and throughout India to South China, Polynesia, and Australia. Ehretia Wallichiana, Hook.$ et Thonzs. ? ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 143.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Sikkim, Bhotan, and Khasia. Ehretia obtusifolia, Hocht.; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 142.- Mei ktila. Abyssinia, Baiuchistan, Punjab, and Scind. Coldenia procumbens, Linn.; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 144.- Meiktila. Tropical Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. Reliotropium strigosum, Willd. ; W. Brit. Id. iv. p. 151.- Meiktila. Western Asia, and throughout India, South China, and Malaya, southward to Australia.

Reliotropium ovalifolium, 3orsk. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 150. -Meiktila. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. Trichodesma calycosum, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Ex affinitate T. khasiani foliis omnibus oppositis calyce am- plissimo nuculis latis marginatis. Caulis robustus, 3-4-pedalis, tetragonus, cinereo-hirsutus. Polio petiolata, papyracea vel subcoriacea, lanceolata, usque ad 6 poll. longa (4 superiora tentum visa), utrinque dense hirsuta, supra vix leviter hispida, subtus pallida, mollia. Xlores laxe paniculati, longe pedicellati, paniculis hirsutis ad 8 poll. diametro j calyx hirsutus, 5-lobatus, f ructifer vesiculiformis, valde accrescens usque ad sesquipoll. FBOX UPPER BUBMA ANT) THE SHILN STATES. 93 diametro, lobis vix acutis ; corollae glabrae tubus cylindricus, circiter 3 lineas longus, limbus fere pollicem diametro, basi extus lo-foveolatus, intus 10-torulosus, lobis latis longe acuminatis leviter incurvis ; filamenta brevissima ; antherae dorso villosax L~ucc~z~latae, compressae, oblique insertae, circiter 3 lineas longzc, denticulato-marginats, eeterum nuds. Shan hills at 4000 feet. Trichodesma khasianum, Clarke, to which this is most nearly allied, has larger thinner leaves studded with coarse tubercled hairs. Cynoglossum furcatum, Wall. ? ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 155.- Shan hills at 3000 to 5000 feet. Afgllanistan, and in mountainous regions throughout India to Ceylon. The Shan specimens have less leafy stems. Onosma burmanica, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba ereeta, lh-2 ped. alta, siccitate tota argenteo-strigosa, caulibus robustis rigidis infra simplicibus, infloresceatia laxe ramosa. EbZiu (radicalia desunt) sessilia, rigida, laneeolata, 1-14 poll. louga, vis acuta, margiiie revoluta. EZores, ut videtur, atro- purpurei, circiter semipollicares, ]axe pseudoracemoso-paniculati, pedicellis flores fere aquantibus, bracteis angustis pedicellis brevioribus ; calyx dense hispido-pilosus, segmentis f ere liuearibus acutis corollam fere aequantibus ; corolla extus appresse puberula, anguste tubuloso-campandata, breviter 5-dentata, dentibus deltoideis acutis erectis j stamina infra medium tubi corolla affixa, filamentis filliformibus tuboque basi villosis, antheris elongatis circa stylum conniventibus. Nucule erecta, ovoidea, acuts, circiter 1%lin. longa, parce tuberculata. Shan hills at 4000 feet. A distinct species and the first record of the genus east of Sikkim. This plant was oniy once met with, growing gregariously on a grassy hill-side on the road from Koni to Fort Stedman, by way of the Inleywa lake.

CONVOLVULACEE. Argyreia obtecta, Clarke; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 186.-Sha~ Mls terai at 3000 feet. Burma and Teuasserim. 94 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEUSLEY ON PLANTS Very near, if not the same as, A. Chamapioni, Benth. (Lettsomia Championi,Benth. et Hook. f.), a native of Hongkong.

Argyreia pallida, Choisy; DC. Pro&. ix. p. 330.-Meiktila. Burma. A handsome climber, common in the forests. This and the next are not taken up in the ‘ Flora of British India,’ and it was not previously represented in the Kew Herbarium.

Blinkworthia lycioides, Choisy, Conv. Orient. p. 48, t. 5, et in DC. Pro&. ix. p. 354. (Plate XV.).--Meiktila. A cuminon bush in the dry forests, flowering in the rainy season, when it is very conspicuous from its numerous white wax-like flowers. This genus was founded upon very imperfect material, collected by Wallich on the Irrawadi. The present specimens areicom- plete, with the exception of ripe fruit, which Choisy describes as “ bacca monosperma.” The fruit is really baccate; but it is certainly sometimes 4-seeded. Assuming the fruit to be baccate, Blinkworthia differs from Argyreia and Lettsomia in having solitary flowers; from Riuea in having a 2-celled ovary ; and from all three of these genera in not being of twining habit. The generic character, as given in Bentham and Hooker’s ‘ Genera Plantarum ’ (ii. p. SSS), should be modified as follows :- Sepals ovali-oblonga vel fere orbicularia, subaequalia, sub fructu aucta, indurata, lignescentia. Corolla campanulata, apice integra, circiter 9 lineas longa. Stanaina inclusa, squalia, prope basin corolla? affixa, filamentis basi dilatatis granulatis. Discus cylindricus, ovarium includens. Ovariunz 2-loculare, loculis 2- ovulatis ; stylus filiformis, inelusus, stigmate 2-globoso. Prructus baccatus.-Pmtez erectus, 3-4 ped. altus, ramis gracilibus elongatis ; folia parva, oblonga, elliptica, subtus parce strigosa, pallida. PZores axillares, solitarii, involucrati, pedunculis quam folia brevioribus ; involucri bracteae 2-4 (saepissime 4)) crassiuscula?, obovato-oblongae, quam sepala breviores.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XV. Branches of BlCkworLhia Zycioides, Choisy, natural size. Fig. 1, corolla laid open ; 2, pistil. Enlarged.

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Lettsomia aggregata, Roxb. ; Pl. Brit. had. iv. p. 191 ; Porest ~1.Burma, ii. p. 2lK-Shan hills at 4000 feet. South India, Burma, and Tenasserim. Lettsomia strigosa, Roxb.; El. Brit. Id. iv. p. 193.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Bengal, Tenasserim, Java, and the Andamans. Lettsomia longifolia, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Trutex volubilis, parce strigosus, raniulis graciliusculis. Xolia graciliter petiolilta, papyracea, anguste oblongo-lanceolata, abwque petiolo usque ad 8 poll. longa, aeuminata, basi rotmdata vel subcuneata, supra przeter costam strigosam glabra, subtus pnllidiora, undique parce strigosa, venis primariis paucis inconspicuis ; petiolus 6-0 lineas longus. Plores in cymas parvas (2-5-floras) axillares breviter peduneulatas conspicue bracteatns dispositi ; bractes foliaces, oblongo-lanceolatze, 12-15 lineas longz, obtusz, atro-rubentes, subtus strigoss ; sepala fructifera oblongo-orbicularia, fere semipollicaria, rigida, atro-rubentia, glabra . . . . . 3ractu.s baccatus, unicus esaminatus 2-spermus ; semina nigra, compressa, circiter 3 lineas diametro, glabra. Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. In general appearance this most nearly resembles Lettsomia barbata, Clarke, wbich, however, has long linear bracts. We have follon-ed Bentham and Hooker's ' Genera Plantarum ' in retaining Lettsomia, though we believe it must eventually be again reduced to Argyreia.. Ipomcea barlerioides, Benth. et Hook. f. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 201 ; syn. Aniseia barlerioides, Chohoisy.-Shan hills at 3000 to 4000 feet. North-west India to Chota Nagpore and Courtallam in the rkzcan peninsula ; but hitherto not recorded from Eastern India. Ipomcea campandata, Lim. ; PI. Brit. Idiv. p. 211 ; Forest PI. Burma, ii. p. 218.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Tropical India and Malaya. Ipomcea chryseides, Ker; 31. Brit. Id. iv. p. 206.-Near yemethen on railway embankment. Throughout India and Malaya, and extending to South China, Eastern Australia, and tropical Africa. 96 GENERAG COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEUIILBY ON PLANTS Ipomwa cymosa, Roem. et Schult. ; 31. Brit. Id.iv. p. 211.- Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Ipomcea dissecta, Willd.; Pl. Brit. Ifid. iv. p. 2OO.-Near Meiktila. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Ipomcea eriocarpa, R.Br. ; Fl. Brit. lild. iv. p. 204.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia, and extending into some extratropical regions, as Afghanistan. Also colonized in the West Indiee.

Ipomwa obscura, Ker j Pl. Brit. Id. iv. p. 20?.-Meiktila, very common. Widely spread in tropical Asia, a,nd occurring in the Mascarene islands, East Africa, and Australia.

Ipomcea palmata, Forsk.; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 214.- Meiktila. Throughout the tropics, and reaching some subtropical parts.

Ipomwa palmata, Forsk., var. ? gracillima, 0011. et Hend- Glaberrima, gracillima, folk pedato-lobatis segmentis angustis, pedunculis filiformibus elongatis, floribus quam in typo saltem dimidio minoribus.-Meiktila. Ipomcea palmata, Forsk., is spread over t,he tropics of both hemispheres.

Ipomcea petaloidea, Choisy; TL. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 212; syn. 1. xanthantha, Kurz, Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 219, et I. Riedeliana, Oliver, Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1424.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Eastern Iadia and Malaya, and also recorded from North

Oude. ” Choisy (DC. Prodr. ix. p. 360) describes his Ipommapetaloidea, of which Convolvuks crispatus, Wall. (Cat. 1403), was the type, as having “ corolla rubra speciosa in lacinias 5 alte divisa ”; whereas the corolla of Wallich’s plant bearing this number in the set at the Linneaii Society’s roJms is entire and remarkably hairy on the outside. Frqm Choisy’s description of the leaves, FROM UPPElt BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 97 too, it would appear that he had a different plant before him, or possibly a mixture of the two. Ipomcea petaloidea, Choisy, var. ? foliis fere 1inearibus.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Ipomcea sepiaria, Kcmig; Ell. Brit. Ifid. iv. p. 209.- Meiktila. Throughout lndia and Malaya, and probably East Australia. Ipomoea Turpethum, R.Br. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 212 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 218.-Meiktila and Yemethen, a variety with narrow lanceolate leaves. Tropical Asia and Australia, the Mascarene islands, and Polynesia. Ipomcea vitifolia, Sweet ; 31. Brit. Ifid. iv. p. 213 ; Forest 3L Bzwnza, ii. p. 419.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Throughout tropical India and Malaya.

Ipomcea (3 Euipomcea) nana, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herbu ereeta vel adscendeus, 6-12 poll. alta, undique strigoso- villosa, radice fusiformi, caulibus sapius simplicibus robustiusculis, internodiis quam folia multo brevioribus. Polia simplicia, breviter petiolata vel subsessilia, crassiuscula, obovato-lanceolata vel auguste oblonga, 13-24 poll. longa, obtusa vel acuta, basi cunenta, integra, utrinque longe strigoso-villosa. Plores purpurei, adlares, solitarii, brevissime pedunculati, 2$-3 poll. longi, ut videtur suberecti ; sepala parum inaequalia, anguste lanceolata, acuminata, 6-7 lineas longa, extus longe pilosa ; corolla anguste tubuloso-campanulata, obscure lobata, extus longe parceque pilosa ; stamina inaequalia, longe inclusa, infra medium corollze affixa, filamentis infra medium dilatatis barbatis ; ovarium glabrum, Z-loculare, locuIis 2-ovdatis ; stylus filiforinis, stamina superaus, stigmate bigloboso. Pmctzcs ignotus. Shall hills at 4000 feet ; common on the grassy plateau. Not very closely allied to any Asiatic species, though the flowers strongly resemble those of I. popahensis, Coll. et Hemsl., and 1. barlerioides, Benth. et Hook. f. Ipomcea (3 Euipomcea) popahensis, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herbs gracillima, volubilis, parce strigillosa, caulibus fere filiformibus lignescentibus glabrescentibus, internodiis quam folin LUm. JOURN.-BOTDT, VOL. XXVIII. H 98 QENERAL COLLETT AND XI{. W. B. IIEWSLEY ON PLANTS multo brevioribus. Polia simplicia, integra, breviter petiolats, anguste oblongo-lanceolata vel fere liuearia, 24-4 poll. longa, apiculata, utrinque plus minusve strigillosa. B’lores purpurei, axillares, solitarii, breviter pedunculati, 15-2 poll. longi ; sepal% inaequalia, lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, 6-8 lineas longa, colorata, extus longe pilosa ; corolla anguste tubuloso-campanulata, obscure lobata, extus longe parceque pilosa ; stamina leviter inzqualia, inclusa, iufra medium corolls affixa, filamentis deoraum leviter dilatatis parce papillosis ; ovarium glabrum, 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis ; stylus filiformis stamina vix superans, stigmate 2-globoso. E7iuctus glaber, circiter 3 lineas dianietro, pericarpio tenui indehiscente ? ; semina ovoidea, nigra, glabra. Popah hill, Upper Burma, in grass, at 4000 feet. This differs from I. iaana in its slender twining habit, loug narrow leaves, smaller flowers, and slightly papillose filaments.

Calystegia hederacea, Wall. ; 31. Brit. lid iv. p. 217.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Afghanistan to China and Amurland, and southward to Penang.

Convolvulus sinuatodentatus, Coll. et Bemsl., n. sp. Rerba perennis, pubescens, eaulibus gracilibus prostratis, iuternodiis quam folia brevioribus. ToZia petiolata, crassiuscula, cordato-oblonga, 6-12 lineas longa, subobtusa, sinuato-dentata, hispidula ; petiolus gracilis, 19-3 lineas longus. B’lores parvi (circiter 9 lineas longi ?, corolla? marcids tantum visae), axillares, solitarii, pedunculis pubescentibus folia squantibus vel excedentibus medio sa?pius bibracteolatis ; sepal3 zequalia, crassa, pallida, extus pubescentia, late ovata, obtusa, circiter 3 lineas longa ; corolla marcida extus hirsuta j stamina inclusa, filamentis filiformibus glabris ; ovarium glabrum, 2-loculare, loculis 2- ovulatis ; stylus inclusus, alte 2-fidus. 3ructzc.s deest. Shau hills plateau at 5000 feet j comnion on dry rocky ground. The specimens have a starved appearauce, and may be those of a species ordinarily of larger dimensions than those given above.

Evolvulus alsiuoides, Linn. ; 31. Brit. 1n.d. iv. p. 220.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Almost universally spread in tropical and subtropical countries. FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE YHAN STATES. 99

Porana spectabilis, Kurz ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 221 ; 31. Brit. lizd. iv. p. 221.-Slran hills at 2000 to 3000 feet. Martaban. Porana racemosa, Roxb. ; BY. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 222.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. North-west India southward through Burma to Martaban. Dichondra repens, Porst. ; Benth. 31. Austral. iv. p. 438.- Sliaii hills at 5000 feet. This plant is spread over nearly all tropical and subtropical countries, extending to Japan and New Zealand, South Africa to Socotra, and Chili to the southern United States ; yet it has never been found within the limits of British India. Wallich collected it at Taong Dong in Burma. Cuscuta reflexa, Roxb. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 225.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Mdaya.

SOLANNEE. Solanum torvum, Swartz ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 234.-Slian hills, Aplin. Throughout India and Malaya, South China, the Philippine islands, and in tropical America.

SCEOPHULARINEB. Wightia gigantea, Wall.; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. 1). 257.-Shan hills east of' Tapet, at 4000 feet, Aplin. Central and Eastern Himalaya, and Muneypore. Excellent flo~wing specimens of this tree, previously not known to inhabit Burma. Mazus rugosus, Lour. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 259.--Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Afghanistan to China, Japan, and Java. Lindenbergia philippensis, Benth. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 261.- Meiktila. Eastern India, Malaya, and China.

Lindenbergia macrostachya, Bent?&.; PI. Brit. 2nd. iv. p. 262. -Shan hilis at 3000 to 4000 feet. xorth-\Test India to Burma, Siam, and China. H2 100 GhNERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Lindenbergia urticaefolia, Lehm. ; 31. Brit. bd. iv. p. 262.- Shan hills at 6000 feet. Afghanistau to Burma aud the Dewan peninsula, but not hitherto found in Ceylon.

Limnophila hypericifolia, Bentk. ; E"I. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 269.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Throughout India. Herpestis Monniera, H. B. K.; Fl. Brit. Ifid. iv. p. 272.- Shan liills at 4000 feet. Cosmopolitan in warm countries.

Vandellia erecta, Benth. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 281.-Shaii ldls terai at 2000 feet. Central Europe to China, Japan, Malaya, and Polynesia. 8 Vandellia cerastoides, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba adscmdens, glabra, mmosa, caulibus elongatid pedalibus gracillirnis debiiibus radicantibus, internodiiv quam folia longioribus iutercium inultoties longioribus. Polia breviter petiolata, crassiuscula, ovato-oblongn vel interduni fere orbicularia, semper obtusa, maxima semipolliearia, integra vel obscurissirne pauci- crenata, venis immersis obsoletis. Plo?*es vix semipollicares, axillares, solitarii, longe graciliterque pedunculati, pedunculis 1-13 poll. longis ; calycis segmeiita fere libern, crassa, aiiguste lanceolata, acuta, 2-28 Iineas loiiga, ecostata ; corolla augusta ; stamina perfecta 4, antherarum loculis caudiculatis. Capszlla ignota. Shan hills at 4000 feet.

Bonnaya Srachiata, Liak et Otto ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 284,- Meiktila. Throughout India and Malaya, aud extending to China and the Philippine islands. Alectra indica, Benth. ; &I. Brit. Ind. iv. 1). 29'7.-Shau hills at 5000 feet. North India, Burma, and Mauritius.

Buchnera cruciata, Ham.; PL Brit. Ind. iv. p. 298.--8han hiils at 3500 to 4000 feet. India, Malaja, and China. FROM UPPER BURMA AXD TRl? SHAN STATES. 101

Striga Masuria, Bbnth. : Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 300.-Shan hills at; 4000 feet. Easter11 India, Malaya, China, and the Philippine islands. Sopubia trifida, Ham.; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 302.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Throughout India, and perhaps also in Madagascar and Australia. Pedicularis comptoniaefolia, E’rancket ; Mdl. Biol. xii. p. 871, t. 5. f. 96.-Shan hills at 6000 feet. Punnan. Pedicularis gracilis, Wall., var. khasyana, Hook. f. 31. Brif. Ind. iv. p. 307.--Shau hills at 5000 to 6000 feet. Eastern India, and the typical form extending westward to Afghanistan. Pedicularis Collettii, Prain in Journ. As. SOC.Beng. 1% 2, p. 278.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Pedicularis corymbosa, Prain in Jozcrn. As. Xoc. Ben3. Iviii. 2, p. 277.-Shan hills at 4000 feet.

OROBANCHACEE. Eginetia pedunculata, 7Vall.; PI. Brif. hd. iv. p. 320.- Meiktila. Throughout India and extending to China, Cochinchina, Singapore, and Java.

LENTIBULARI~E. Utricularia flexuosa, Pahl; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 329.--8han hills at 8000 feet. India, China, Malaya, and North Australia. Utricularia caerulea, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 331 .-8han hills at 5000 feet. South India and Ceylon.

G.ESNEI~ACEE. Rhynchoglossum obliquum, Bllcnze 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 367.- Sban hills at 2000 feet. Malay peninsula and archipelago. 102 GENEUAL COLLETT AYD MI!. W. B. HEMSLEP ON PLANTS Didymocarpus (9 Orthobea) neurophylla, Coll. et Bemsl., n. sp. Eerba acaulis, scaposa, 3-4 poll. alta. FoZia rosulata, crassissima, breviter petiolata, obovato-lanceolata, 2-5 poll. longa, grosse undulato-crenata, apice rotundata, basi subcuneata, supra glabtbrata, plana, subtus incana, costa venisque crassissimis insigniter elevatis, venis primariis iitrinque circiter 6 ; petiolus crassissimus, f-1 poll. longtis, basi dense pulvinato-lanatus. Scapi plures, graciles, glabri, iiudi, apice cymosi, cymis densius- culis circiter 1&12-floris, pedicellis quam flores brevioribus. XZores glabrj, 5-6 linens dinmetro ; calyx parvus, criissiusculus, lobis Ieviter insqualibus oblongis obtusissimis ; corolla oblique breviterque campanulatu, lobis latis rotundatis undulatis ; stamina perfecta 2, inclusa, antheris amplissimis reniformibus conniventibus ; ovariuni glabrum, stylo curvato exserto. Capsula brevis, matura nm visa. 8ban liills at 6000 feet. Allied to D. tomentosa, Wight, the leaves of which are verj hairy on both sides and the scape too.

BIGNONIACEA. Heterophragma sulphureum, Kurz, Porest Pl. Burma, ii. p. 235 ; PZ. Brit. Id.iv. p. 381.-Shan hills terai at 1000 feet. Burma.

Heterophragma adenophyllum, Seem. ; E"I. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 381 ; Zorest 31. Burma, ii. p. 236.-Shan hills, Aplin. Assam eastward, Teiasserim and the Andarnans.

Stereospermum chelonoides, DC. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 382; Torest PI. Burma, ii. p. 23O.--Sha11 hills at 4000 feet. Oude to Ceylon and Burma.

Tecoma '1 bipinnata, Coll. et Henzsl., n. sp. Frzctex vagans, ramulis floriferis crassiusculis glabris com- pressis. Folia bipinnata, longe petiolata, cum petiolo usque ad3 poll. longa, rhachidibus primariis atque secuiidariis anguste alatis ; pinns circiter 5, sspius 5-foliolats ; foliola opposita, tenuia, breviwr petiolata vel sessilia, ovato-lancc*olatu, 6-18 lineas longa (foliolo termiiiali longiore), integra, acuta, utrinque puberula, venis primariis iateralibus utrinque 2-4 pope marginem inter se FROM UPPl~'R RUHlfl AND TRE SIIAN STATES. 103 anastotnosantibus. Plores glabri, circiter 2$ poll. longi, in racenms terminales longe pedunculatos folia aequantes dispositi, rhachide gracili nigrn, pedicellis brevibus gracilibus ; calyx tubuloso-campnnulatus, breviter subirregulariterque 5-dentatus, 4-5 lineas longus ; corolla angustn, oblique infundibularis, lobis latis brevibus ; stamina longe inclusa, didynamia, infra medium corolls inserta, antheris dorso puberulis, lociilis divergentibus, filamentis deorsum leviter dilatatis papillosis ; staminodium elongatuin filiforme ; ovariurn glabrum, hasi disco cupulato cincturn, stylo stamina superanti sed iucluso. Capsula ignola. Shaii hills at 4000 feet. In the absence of fruit we provisionally place this in Teconaa.

ACANTHACEE. Thunbergia laurifolia, Lindl.; PI. Brit. Iad. iv. p. 392; Torest PI. Burma, ii. p. 240 ; syn. T. Harrisii, Hook. Bot. MU,^. t. 4998.--Shan hills at 4000 feet, Nanders. Burma to Malacca and in the Andamans.

Nelsonia campestris, R. Br. ; 31. Brit. Iad. iv. p. 394.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Central and Eastern India to Ceylon, Australia, Africa, and America.

Rygrophila salicifolia, flees; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 407.-Shm hills terai at 3000 feet. . Throughout India and Ceylon.

Diedalacanthus tetragonus, T,Anders. ; Pl. Brit. lad. iv. p. 420.--Rhan hills at 3000 feet, Maaders. Burma.

Remigraphis sp., specimen mancum.-Meiktila.

Strobilanthes scaber, Nees ; Pl. Brit. Id. iv. p. 446.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Bengal and Burma.

Strobilanthes auriculatus, Nees ; 21. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 453.- Shan hills at 5000 feet, and Popah. Central India. 104 UENERAL COLTXTT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLET ON PLAXTS Strobilanthes imbricatus, Nees ; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 455.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Burma to Tenasserim.

Strobilanthes monadelphus, Nees ; l?l. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 457.- Shan hills at moo feet. Eastern India and Burma. Strobilanthes (0 Endopogon) connatus, Coll. et Hemd., n. sp. (Plate XVI.) Herba erecta, caulibus rectis rigidis subtetragonis primum incanis dein glabrescentibus. B’olia coriacea, late connata, lanceolata, usque ad 6 poll. lcniga, longe acuminata, integra, supra glabra, cystolithis nurnerosissiniis insigniter conspersn, subtus incano-lanata. Plores speciosi, in racemos 2 poll. longos demos bracteatos axillares et terminales breviter pedunculatos dispositi, brevissime pedicellati ; bracteae pubescentes, ovatz, vix acuta, calyces subaequantes ; sepnla subaequnlia, lir?eari-lanceolata, 8-9 lineas longa, acuta, extus pubescentia, intus strigillosa ; corolla sesquipollicaris, abrupte curvata, e tubo gracili torto subite expansa, extus glabra, iiitus postice villosa, limbi lobis brevibus rotundatis ; stamina perfecta 2, antica, vix exserta: antheris glabris approximatis, filamentis dilatatis, infra medium valde dilatatis longe barbatis ; ovarium vertice pilosurn, ovula in quoque loculo 2, stylo supra medium parce pilosulo. CapsuZa ignota. Hills in Eastern Karenni at 2000 feet ; very common in the dry forest-tracts. Characterized by thick connate leaves and short dense axillary and terminal clusters of flowers. The tube of the corolla is twisted so as to bring the upper lip lowermost or in froot, and the odd lobe uppermost.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVI. Portion of a plant of StrobiZanfhes co.itnu,tzcs, COB.et Hem& natural size. Fig. 1, a flower from which the corolla has been removed, with the pair of braot,eoles at the base; 2, corolla, showing the twist in the tube ; 3, portion of corolla and stamens; 4, a stamen ; 5, pistil with the style removed ;6, section of ovary ;7, an ovule or young seed. All enlarged.

Strobilanthes gregalis, CoZZ. et ZernsZ., n. sp. Butex erect us, ramosus, 1-2-pedalis, caulibus ramisque rigidis teretibus rectis. Polia brevissime petiolata, coriacea,

FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SEAN STATES. 205 ovato-oblonga, circiter bipollicaria, obtusa vel obtusissima, integra, supra rugosa, glabra, subtus incano-lanata, venis primariis paucis elevatis. PZores . . . .in spicas densas terminales pedunculatas late bracteatas dispositi j spica 2-3 aggregatae (eaepius unica terininalis cum duabus lateralibus ex axillis foliorum 2 superiorum), circiter 2 poll. longae, pedunculos aquantes vel longiores ; tractea rigide coriacea, vel fructiferae fere lignosa, arcte imbricats, late rotundato-ovatae vel orbiculares, usque 6 line:^ diametro, obtuse, margine albo-lanata ; calycis segnieuta subzequalin, tenuiter coriacea, obovato-oblonga, 6-7 lineas longa, obtusissima, margine lanata. Capsula glabra, oblonga, subacuta, circiter semipollicaris, loeulis 2-spermis ; sernina (matura non visa) discoidea, valde compressa. Shan bills at 4000 feet, gregarious, covering a Lill-side, and conspicuous in the distance from its dark leaves. In inflorescence this most nearly resembles 8. callosa, Nees, but the bracts are much thicker and the relatively small thick leaves are quite different.

Blepharis boerhaavisfolia, Pers. ; Pl. Brit. Iizd. iv. p. 478.- Meiktila. Burma, South India, Ceylon, and tropical Africa. Barleria cristata, Lima.; Fl. Brit. Id. iv. p. 488.--8han hills and Popah. Widely spread in India aiid Malaya, but often cultivated. Barleria Prionitis, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 482.-JIeiktila ; common everywhere. Tropical Asia and Africa. Asystasia Neesiana, Nees; Pl. Brit. Iad. iv. p. 496.-Shan hills. Eastern India, Moulmein.

Eranthemum indicum, Clarke; 32. Brit. Iad. iv. p. 497.- Lxwlon; Shan hills at 3000 feet, Manders. “ The jungle was largely composed of this, so that we had constantly to cut our w:\y through.” Sikkim and Eastern India.

Cystacanthus insignis, Clarke ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 514.-Shan hills at 2000 feet. Burma. 106 UENERAL COTLEIT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLET ON PLANTS Lepidagathis fasciculata, Nees ; 31. Brit. Id. iy. p. 522.- Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Widely spread in the warmer parts of India from the North- west Himalaya to Ceylon and Tenasserim. Lepidagathis thymifolia, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herha vel suffrutex ramulis sterilibus gracilibus repentibus, ramulis floriferis erectis cum inflorescentia 1-2 poll. altis. ToZia subsessilia, rigida, ovato-oblonga, elliptica, vel fere orbicularia, 14-3 lineas longa, vix apiculata, utrinque pubernla, venis primariis utrinque 3-4 subtus sat conspicuis. Xpicre densissimae, oblongs, 6-18 lineas longae ; bracteE rigid=, lanceolate, aculeato- acurninata, trinerviae, longe, pracipue secus marginem, pilom, quam flores vix dimidio breviores ; sepala subequalia, bracteis simillima sed minus rigida, corolle tubum paullo excedentia ; corolla 4-5 lineas longa, glabra, maculata, fauce retrorso-pilosa, labio superiore erecto rotundato emarginato, labio inferiore subaequaliter trilobato, lobis oblongis obtusissimis tubo paullo brevioribus ; stamina 4, paullo infra faucem affixa, breviter exserta, filamentis vix dilatatis glabris, antheris ciliolatis : ovarium vertice pilosum, 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis, stylo filiformi parce puberula. Capsula ignota. Shan hills at 3000 feet, growing among grass. It is possible that the habit of this plant has been considerably modified by the periodic fires to which the country is subjected, and that, under favourable conditions, it would attain larger dimensions.

Lepidagathis purpuricaulis, Tees ? ; Fl. Brit. Id.iv. p. 519.- U 'pper Burma-specimen imperfect. North and East India and Burma.

Justicia procumbens, Linn. ; W.Brit. Ind. iv. p. 539.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Tropical India, Malaya, and Australia.

Justicia khasiana, Clnrke? ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 537.-Popah hi11 at 5000 feet. Eastern India. Justicia Gendarussa, Lh.$; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 532 ; Forest FL Burma, ii. p. 247.-Northern Shan hills at 4000 feet. India, Malaya, and China ; often cultivated. FROM UPPER BURMA AND TEE SEAN STATES. 107 Justicia decussata, Roxb.; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 532.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Pegu and Tenasserim. Justicia (9 Calophanoides) neurantha, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Herba ? erecta, ramosa, ramulis floriferis gracilibus teretibus lignescentibus glabris, nodis leviter incrassatis. B’olia breviter petiolata, crassiusculic, ovato-oblonga, 1-2 poll. longa, obtusa, basi cuneata, glabra vel minute parceque setulosa, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 6-8 elevatis. Plores parvi, circiter 6-7 lineas longi, in cymas axillares breves densas subsessiles vel breviter pedunculatas dispositi ; bracteae lineares, pubescentes ; calycis segmenta herbacea, crassiuscula, lanceolata, acuta, circiter 3 lineas longa, utrinque pubescentia, subconspicue venosa ; corolla extus puberula : labium superius suberectum, rotunda- tum, emarginatum, longitudinaliter 6-nervosum vel &striaturn, labium inferius insqualiter 3-lobatum, e medio utrinque oblique nervosum, lobis rotundatis ; stamina 2, breviter exserta, anthe- rariim loculis valde inaequalibus, inferiore appendice alba sursum dilatata apice denticulata instructo, filamentis parum dilatatis glabris ; ovarium vertice birsutum, 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis ; stylus glaber, breviter exsertus. Capsula non visa. Shan hills at 6000 feet.

Justicia (9 Calophanoides) vagans, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Frutex vel herba robusta, supra frutices erectos 8-9-pedales ragans, ramulis floriferis elongatis teretibus striatis glabris internodiis quam folia stepius duplo longioribus. PoZia petiolata, membranacea, lanceolata, 25-3; poll. longa, obtusiuscula, utrinque attenuata, parce minuteque setuiosa vel strigillosa, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6 sat conspicuis. B’Zores parvi, circjter 6 lineas longi, in cymas axillares breves densaR subsessiles dispositi ; bracteae lineari-oblong=, pubescentes, calyce breviores ; calycis segmenta aequalia, bracteis simillima ; corolla pubescens, labio superiore rotundato emarginato, inferiore inzqualiter trilobato oblique costato, lobis aquilongis rotundatis ; stamina 2, breviter exserta, antherarum loculis parum inzquali- bus, inferiore appendice alba parva instructo, filamentis late dilatatis glnbris ; ovarium glabrum, 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis ; stylus puberulus. Capsula ignota. Shan hills terai at 2300 feet. 108 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. IIEMSLEY ON PLANTS In foliage and in floral characters this and J. newantha, Coll. et Hemsl., are very similar, yet apart from habit and locality there are slight differences. J. vagans has broader bracts, less deeply divided calyx, broader filaments, &c.

Adhatoda vasica, Tees ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 540 ; syn. Jueticia Adhatoda, Linn. ; 2orest 31. Buwna, ii. p. 24S.--Shan hills at 3000 feet. India, Malaya, and Cochinchiiia.

Rungia parviflora, Nees: 3'1. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 550.- Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet. North-n est India io Ceylon and Pegu.

Dicliptera magnibracteata, Coll. et Hentsl., n. sp. Hedm ut ridetur diffusa, glabrescens, ramulis floriferis crassiusculis subtetragonis. Polia longe petiolata, crassa, subcoriacea, ovato-lanceolata, absque petiolo usque ad 44 poll. longa, acuminata, vix acuta, basi cuneata, parce minuteque setulosa, supra rugulosa, grosse reticulata, subtus venis primariis lateralibus circiter 6 conspienis. Elores vix pollicares, in cymas densas axillares breviter pedunculatns 1-2 poll. longas et latas dispositi, plures intra bracteas geminatas oppositas conniventes (involucra formantes) sessiles ; bractee foliaceae, sessiles, cordato-ovate vel cordato-oblongs, circiter 9 linens longe, basi cordats vel truncate, apice obtusissima vel rotundatae, infra pnrce setulosae, supra glabrae, subnitidae, margine longe ciliatae ; pseudoinvolucra breviter pedunculata j bracteols inter flores minuts ; calyx mem- branaceus, puhescens, circiter sesquilineam longus, aequaliter 5- lobatus, lobis acutis ; corolla retrorso-pilosula, subaqualiter bilabiata, labia fere integra, tubum fere aequantia; stamina 2, breviter exserta ; anthere loculis muticis discretis unico multo altius affixo, filamentis parum dilatatis pilosulis ; ovarium glabrum, biloculare, loculis biovulatis ; stylus filiformis, glaber, stigmate bifido. Capszcla ignota. Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Near D. riparia, Clarke, and D.aeylanica, Nees, but in the former the bracts are attenuated downwards, and in the latter they are acuminate aud apiculate. FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SEAN STATES. 109

Dicliptera bupleuroides, Nees ; syn. D. Roxburghii, var. bupleuroides, Clarke in 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 554.-Sfian hills terai at ZOO0 feet. Afghanistan and throughout India. Peristrophe bicalyculata, Nees; PZ. Brit. lid. iv. p. 554.- Meiktila. Tropical Asia and Africa.

VEBBRNACEE,

Lantana indica, Roxb. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 562.-Shan hills at 4000 Ceet, Zanders. Tropical Asia and Africa.

Priva leptostaqhya, Juss. ; PZ. Brit. Imd. iv. p. 565.--Meik- tila. Youth Tiiclia ant1 Africa.

Callicarpa arborea, Boxb. ; 31. Brrt. Iad. iv. 11. 367 ; &'west Yl. Burwr, ii. p. 274.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Kuinaon to Qac?ani,and southm ard to Singapore and Snmatra.

Tectona Hamiltoniana, Wall. ; El. Brit. hd. iT. p. 571 ; Porest 3l. Bug ma, ii. p. 259.-Mcilrtila Prome and Ara. Premna latifolia, Roxb.; Pi. Brit. Id. iv. p. 5?7.--8han hills at 3000 feet. Eastern side of' South India and in Bengal.

Premna coriacea, Clarke ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 573.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. South India and Sikkim to Khasia. The Shan specimens have the broad leaves of the typical Deccan form.

Premna nana, C'oll. et Hemsl., n. sp. S@rufex vel herba perennis undique fere velutino-pubescene, caulibus simplicibus erectis 4-6 poll, altis lignescentibus, intcr- 11oh quam folia multoties brevioribus. ZoZia circiter 5-6 paria, bmviter petiolata, craseiuscula, utrinque molliter pubescentin, Oblong&,lanceolata, oblanceolata vel interdutn fere ovata, maxiliia 5 poll. long&, obtusa vel subacuta, deorsum in petiolum breveru 110 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. n. HEMST~EYON PLANTS attenuata, leviter crenato-dentata vel infra medium integra, venis primariis utrinque 7-9 sat conspicuis. Plores circiter 3 lineas longi, in cymam densam terminalem breviter pedunculatam et 1i-2 poll. diametro dispositi, pedicellis pubescentibus quam flores brevioribus ; calyx massue, puberulus, simul minute lepi- dotus vel papillosus, urceolatus, subbilabiatus, lobis erectis leviter inaequalibus oblongis apice rotundatis ; corolla bilabiata, fauce villosa, labiis extus puberulis ; labium superum erectum, concavum ; labium inferum fere aequaliter 3-lobatum ; stamina breviter exaerta ; ovarium glabrum, stylo glabro stamina equante. lC2-uctu.s ovoideus, circiter 3 lineas longus, calyce parum aucto subtendus. Shan hills at 3000 feet. Nearest to Premna herbacea, Roxb., differing in the distinctly developed internodes, in the shape and indumentum of the leaves, in the larger size of the flowers, in the substance of the calyx, and in the shape of the fruit.

Gmelina arborea, Linn. ; Pl. Brit. Id.iv. p. 581 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 2G4.-Shan States, Aplin. North and South India, Ceylon, Malaya, and the Philippine islands.

Gmelina asiatica, Linn. ; PI. Brit. 2nd. iv. p. 582.-Meiktila. South India, Ceylon, and Burma, and cultivated in Bengal.

Vitex trifolia, Litm. ; E"2. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 583 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 270, ut varietas V. Agni-casti.-Shan States, Aplin. India, Ceylon, Malaya, to Japan, the Philippines, and North Australia.

Vitex canescens, Kurz, Zorest 31. Burma, ii. p. 270 j Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 586.-Meiktila. Assam to Ava and Pegu.

Vitex limonif~lia,Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 584 j Porest Pl. Burma, ii. p. 271 ; syn. V. alata, Xchauer ; DC. Prodr. xi. p. 685, non Heyae.-Meiktila ; also collected by Mr. Aplin at Kolou- bouk camp Ava and Tenasserim to Siam. PROM UPPER BURMA AJD THE SHAN STATES. 111

Vitex vestita, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 587’ ; Porest PI. Burma, ii. 1’. 27’2.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Burma to Malacca, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.

Clerodendron Siphonanthus, R. BY.; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 695. -Shan hills at 3000 feet. Kumaon eastward to .?%ssauiand Tenasserim; also in the mountains of South India and Sumatra.

Clerodendron serratum, Spren.9.; F1. Brit. Ind. ir. p. 592; Wrest El. Burma, ii. !I. 267.-Stian hills at 4000 feet, Nandem. Widely spread in India uud Malaya.

Clerodendron lasiocephalum, Clarke ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 594. -Skian States at Heho, Aplin. Previously only known from specimens collected by W. GriEth in Mishmi.

Caryopteris panicdata, Clarke; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 597; syn. Clerodendron grata, Xurs, non Wall., Porest PI. Burma, ii. p. 268.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Nepal to Mishmi and Ava.

Hymenopyramis brachiata, Wall. ; El. Brit. Ind. ir. p. 5,98 ; Eorest Pl. Burma, ii. p. 258.-Meilitila. Burma and Pep.

Symphorema involucratum, Rox6. ; W. Brit. €nd. iv. p. 599 ; Po?-est PE. Burma, ii. p. 254.--Shan hills tertti at 3000 feet. South India, Ceylon, Burma, and Pegu.

Sphenodesma pentandra, Jack ; B. Brit. Iid iv. p. 602 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 255, sub Symphoremata.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Eastern India and Malay peninsula.

Congea tomentosa, 220x6. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 603 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 25G.-Shan hills at 2000 to 3000 feet. Chittagong to Siam. 112 GENERAL COLLETT AND ME. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS

LABIATB. Ocimum sanctum, Limn. ; BY. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 609.--Meiktila. Generally spread in the warmer parts of Asia and extending to Australia and Polpesia, but commonly cultivated.

Ocimum exsul, Coll. et Eemsl., n. sp. Herba, ut videtur, perennis 0. striato (species Africs tropics incola) simillima, caulibus erectis sim plicibus hispidulis, internodiis quarn folia brevioribus. Polia breviter petiolata, crassiuscula, hispidula, vel supra glabra, anguste oborato-lanceolata, 15- 18 lineas longa, obtusa, remote obscurissimeque dentata, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis lateralibus obliquis utrinque circiter 7 elevatis. Flores absque staminibus circiter semipolliearea, hxiuscule racemosi, racemis bracteis paucis parvis coloratis terminatis, verticillastris 4-6-floris, pedicellis brevibus bracteis squamsformibus instructis ; calyx fructifer auctus, siccus, rigidi- usculus, conspicue venosus, lobo postico orbiculato leviter recurvo, breviter decurrente, dentibus 2 anticis approximatis aristatis ; corolla puberula ; stamina longissime exserta, filamentis omnibus iiudis ; stylus longissime exsertud, alte bifi'dus. Nuculcz lzeves, pallids. Meiktila. Quite different from any of the Asiatic species of Ocimum, but closely resembling some of the African, especially 0. striaturn, and almost identical with specimens of this collected by Schweinfurth in Central Africa. Dr. Prain, the Curator of the Calcutta herbarium, who has examined this plant, would refer it to Orthosiphon, because he found a '' clavate-capitate hardly cleft stigma '' ; but on re- examining flowers we find a deeply bifid style, with slender arms. There is indeed little to separate these genera, and the character in question may not be constant. It was noted in the iiving plant that the stamens, wheu they had shed their pollen, rolled themselves up and disappeared in the corolla-tube.

Orthosiphon rubicundus, Beitth. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 614.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Western subtropical Himalaya to the Circars and Nilghiris, and in Burma. FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SEAN STATES. 113 Orthosiphon stamineus, Benth.; PZ. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 615.- Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. South India, Malay peninsula and archipelago, Philippine islands and Australia.

Plectranthus striatus, Benth. ; Pl. Brit. Ifid. iv. p. 618.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, from Kashmir to Khasia.

Plectranthus hispidus, Benth.; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 618.- Popah hill at 5000 feet. Eastern India, on the Khasia mountains.

Plectranthus ternifolius, D.Don ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 621.- Shan hills at 5000 feet. Kashmir to Behar, Khasia and South China.

Plectranthus Coetsa, Ham.; BY. Brit. Ind. IV. p. 619.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, from Murree to Mishmi and Burma, and in South India. P. menfhoides,Renth., is hardly distinguishable.

Plectranthus sp., aff. P. Parishii, Hook. f. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 622.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. The specimen probably represents an undescribed species, but it is hardly sufficient for description.

Coleus spicatus, Benth. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 624.-Shan liills at 3000 feet. South India.

Anisochilus pallidus, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 629.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Sikkim to Burma.

Anisochilus carnosus, Wall. ; Xl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 627.4han hills at 3000 feet. Throughout India.

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Pogostemon plectranthoides, DBsf: ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 632. -Popah hill at 4000 feet. Throughout India.

Pogostemon glaber, BeTith. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 633.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Nepal, Sikkim, and Khasia.

Dysophylla communis, Coll. et Zemsl., n. sp. Herha pauciramosa, puberula, ramulis tetragonis stramheis, internodiis quam folia smpissime brevioribus. Fobia opposita, membranacea, oblonga, usque ad 3$ poll. longa, obtusa, basi in petiolum longum pseudo-alatum attenuata, grosse crenata, utrinque pilis albis flaccidis parcissime cnnspersa, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis utrhque sqius 4 sat conspicuis. PZoree rosei, in spicas densissimas cylindricas terminales 1-34 poll. longas subsessiles dispositi, absque staminibus exsertis 14-2 lineas longi, pilosi ; calyx cylindricus, Fuberulus, mqualiter 5-dentatus, corolls tubum zequans ; corolla extus pilosa ; stamina breviter exserta, filamentis glabris. Nuculm non viss. Shau hills at 4000 feet, very common. This approaches I). uuricularia, Blume, which is easily distinguished by the thicker substance of the leaves and by being densely villous all over.

Colebrookia oppositifolia, Smith ; 271. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 642 ; gorest .BY. Burma, ii. p. 277.--Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Central, Eastero, and Southern India and Tenasserim.

Elsholtzia Griffithii, Hook. J: ; PI.Brit. Ind. iv. p. 644.-Shan ldls at 5000 feet. Upper Assam. The Shan-hills specimens are almost perfectly glabrous, but theF do not otherwise differ.

Elsholtzia Beddomei, Clarke ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 6&3.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Tenasserim .

Elsholtzia blanda, Bengh. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. Ci43.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Nepal 1 o Khssia, Tenasserim, and Suiriatra. FRO= UPPER BURMA AND TH& SHAN STATES. 115 ElshoHZia cristata, Willd.; 31. Brit. 2nd. iv. p. 645.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Widely spread in India and extending to China and Japan, and long colonieed in North Europe and Central Asia.

Mentha arvensis, Litan. ; Fl. Brit. hd.iv. p. 648.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Widely spread in Europe and Asia, and naturalized in North America and elsewhere.

Lycopus europaus, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 648.-Shan hilla at 4000 feet. Widely Rpread in Europe and Asia, and the Australian L. australis, R. Br., is perhaps not specifically different. The Shan specimens have almost entire leaves, and the whole aspect of the plant is very different from ordinary L. ewropEus. Micromeria biflora, Benth. ; 31. Brit. Id. iv. p. 650.-Shan hills at 4000 to 6000 feet. Arabia to the mountains of Northern and Southern India and Burma ; also in Abyssinia and South Africa. Both glabrous and hairy varieties occur in the Shan hills.

Salvia plebeia, R. Br.; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 655.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. India, Malaya, China, and Australia. .

Scutellaria rivularis, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Id. iv. p. 670.-Shan hiils at 6000 feet. North and bath India, Burma, and China.

Scutellaria repens, Ham.; 2CZ. Brit. Ind iv. p. 669.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Kashmir to Sikkim and Ava.

Scutellaria glandulosa, Hook.$ ; 3Z. Brit. Ifid. iv. p. 669.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Burma.

hisomeles ovata, R. BT.;37. Brit. had. iv. p. 67’2.-Shan hills at 4.000 feet. India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, and the Philippines. I2 116 GENERAL COLCI'L'T AND NR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Anisomeles candicans, Benth. ; W.Brit. Ind. iv. p. 673.-Shan hills terai, in dry forest at 1000 feet. Burma. A variety having the axes of the cymes remarkably elongated. Achyrospermum Wallichianum, Benth. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 673.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Eastern India and Tenasserim. Colquhounia elegans, Wall. ; Xl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 674 ; gorest 31. Burma, ii. p. 218.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Burma. Colquhounia vestita, WakE. ; PE. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 674.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, from Kumaon to Khasia aud Mishmi. Leonurus sibiricus, Linn. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 678.--8han hills at 4000 feet. Central Asia, and now widely spread in tropical Asia, Africa, and America. Leucas lanata, Benth., var. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 681.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. Western Himalayas to South India and South China. The Shan plant is exactly like a specimen in the Eew Her- barium from Hainan. Leucas difiba, Benth. ; 31. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 689.-Shan hills at MOO feet. South India. Microtana cymosa, Prain ; Hook. Ic. PI. t. 1872 ; Hemsl. in Jowrn. Linn. Xoc. xxvi. p. 306; syn. Plectranthus Patchouli, Oiarke, Ez. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 624, et Gomphostemma insuave, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1884, p. 231.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Eastern India, cultivated ; wild in Burma and Southern China. Gomphostemma strobilinum, Wall.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 696. -Shan hills at 2000 to 4000 feet. Burma. Gomphostemma Hemsleyanum, Prain, NS., n. sp. Affinis a. pmviJEoro,a quo differt petiolis brevioribus, foliis insigniter rotundato-crenatis, verticillastris densissimis, calycis lobis latis, nuculis nigris omnibus sshius maturescentibus. Meiktila. FROM UPPER BURMA AND TEE SEAN STATES. 117

We have this in fruit only, but it is easily distinguished from all the numerous specimens of G.parvzfirurn, WaI1.

Leucosceptrum-canum,89nith j Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 699 ; syn. Teucrium macrostachynm, Wall. ; DC. Prodr. xii. p. 574.-Shan tiills plateau at 4000 feet. North India, from Kumaon to Khasia.

Ajuga bracteosa, Wall. ; PZ. Brit. Id. iv. P. 702.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Afghanistan to China and Japan, and in Abyssinia.

Ajuga macrosperma, Wall. ; PI. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 704.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. North India, from Kumaon to Khasia, Chittagong, and Pegu.

PLUTAOINEB. Plantago major, Linn. ; PI. Brit. Id. iv. p. 705.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Widely spread in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and naturalized in almost all other countries where Europeans have settled.

AMARANTAOEB. Deeringia celosioides, R. Br.; Pl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 714.- Meiktila. Central and Eastern India, Nalaya, China, and Australia.

Brua scandens, Wall. ; Pi. Brit. hd. iv. p. 727.-MeiktiIa, and Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. India, Malaya, China, Philippines, and tropical Africa.

POLYBONACEE. Polygonum chinenso, &nn. ; PZ. Brit. Ind. v. p. 44.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Central, Southern, and Eastern India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, Japan, and the Philippines.

Polygonum orientale, L&. ; PZ. Brit. Ind. v. p. 30.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India, Malaya, China, and Japan, 118 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS

Polygonum glabrum, Willd. ; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 34.-Meik- tila. Tropical Asia, Africa, and America.

Polygonum sphaerostachyum, Meissn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 32- -Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Temperate and subalpine Himalaya from Scinde to Sikkim, and in Western Tibet.

Fagopyrum cymosum, Meissn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 55.-Shan hills at 3500 feet. North India, from Knshmir to Sikkim, and in Western China.

ARISTOLOCHIACEB. Aristolochia Roxbnrghiana, Klotzsch ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 75. -Meiktila. Eastern and Southern India, Ceylon, and Malaya.

PIPERACEB. Peperomia reflexa, A. Dietrich ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 99.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Widely spread in tropical and subtropical Asia, ~Africa, America, and Australia.

CHLORAWCHACEI. Chloranthus (9 Tricercandra) nervosus, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. C. Ebrtunei valde affinis, sed robustior foliis late obovatis utrinque acuminatis, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 9-11 subtus elevatis prope marginem inter se anastornosantibus, an- drcecii appendicibus brevioribus. Shan hills at 4000 feet. Apart from the much more nuuerous and more conspicuous primary veins and the shorter stamina1 prolongations, there is little to distinguish this from the Chinese C. Fortunei, Solms.

LAURINE~E. Cinnamomum vimineum, Nees ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 131.-Shan hills at 3000 feet, Manders. Penang. This species was founded on very imperfect speeimens, and .the PROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 11 9 Shan specimens, like those of Wallich, which we have seen, are flofferless; but Mr. C. Curtis has recently sent better specimens to Eew from Penang : pedicellis incrassatis clavatis, perianthio truncate, fructu ovoideo.

Lindera Laureok, Coll. et Hernsl., n. sp. Arbor praeter pedicellos glaberrima, ramulis ultimis floriferis graciliusculis, cortice fere nigro, internodiis quam folia multoties brevioribus. Folia breviter yetiolata, coriacea, late lanceolata, circiter tripollicaria, utrinque cuneata, vix acuta, integra, nitida, subtus pallidiora fere glauca, pennivenia, venis primariis utrinque 5-5’ sat conspicuis. Flores umbellati ( tantum visi), circiter 6-8 aggregati, 3-4 lirieas dittmetro ; unibellze in axillis foliorum sessiles, involucri bracteis orbicularibus cito deciduis ; pediceili 2-3 lineas longi, crassiusculi, sericeo-pubescentes ; perianthii segmenta late obovata, rotundata, 3 exteriora extus puberula ; stamina 9, 3 interiora glandulis 2 magnis sessilibus crassis sinu- atis instructa. Shan hills at 4000 feet. Machilus Kingii, Ho0k.f. ? ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 861.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Khasia. The species of this genus are still very imperfectly defined.

PROTEACEB. Helicia erratica, Hook. $; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 189.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Malzder, Aplin, and Collett. Sikkim, Ehasia, and Martabau. The flowers of the Shall specimens are very densely racemose and nearly sessile.

THYMELBAOEB. Wikstremia indica, Endl. ; Pl. Brit. hd. v. p. 195.-SLan hills at 3000 feet. Chittagong, Tenasserim, Singapore, China, and the Philip- pines. Linostoma scandens, Xurz, &rest 38. Bwm.a, ii. p. 334; Pl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 198.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Tenasserim to Singapore. 120 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS

EL~AGNACEB. Elreagnus latifolia, Lian. ; W.Brit. lnd. v. p. 202; syn. E. arborea, Roxb.; Torest 31. Bzcrmn, ii. p. 331.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. North and South India, Malaya, and China.

LORANTHACEB. Loranthus pulverulentus, Wall.; 3’1. Brit. lizd. v. p. 211; Porest 21. Burma, ii. p. 318.-Fort Stedman and Meiktila, Aplin and Coblett. Subtropical North India from Garhwal eastward, Central India, the Concan and Pegu.

Loranthus pentandrus, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Iad. v. p. 216 ; Torest 31. Burma, ii. p. 320.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Widely spread in Eastern India and Malaya.

Loranthus Scurrula, Lina., var. ; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 208 ; Porest Pl:Burma, ii. p. 318.-Near Meiktila. Throughout India and Malaya.

Loranthus (0 Phenicanthemnm) Hemsleyanus, King, n. 8p. “ Frutex undiquc glaber, ramulis bruiineis parce lenticellatis. Folia petiolata, coriacea, opposita vel subopposita, oblique lanceolata, 34poll. longa, obtusa, basi cuneata, venis primariis circiter 6 costaque prominulis. h’pic~foliis climidio breviores, axillares, sulcats. FIores in foveoh sessilibus, solitarii, 5-6- meri, 2-3 lineas longi ; bractea annularis, quam calyx cyathiformis brevior ; corolla aurantiaca, ante anthesin clavata, segmentis ob- lanceolatis demum arcte recurvis ; filamenta crassa, quam perianthium breviora ; anthere ovate, crasse ; stylus gracilis, brevis, stigmate oblique truneato.”-Kiag, MS. Shan hills at 5000 feet. A species resembling L. puleher, DC., but quite distinct.

Loranthus (0 Elytranthe) Collettii, King, n. sp. “ Prutex glaber, ramnlis pallidis leribus 4-angulatis (saltem in siccis) parce f urfuraceis. Polia opposita, coriacea, ovato- J~-RO%~UPPER BURMA AND TEE RHAN STATES. 121 lanceolata, absque petiolo 5-6 poll. longa, obtusa, basi rotundata, leviter sinuata, costa subtus elevata, venis primariis utrinque 12-16 ; petiolus teres, circiter pollicaris. TZores speciosi, Fan- guinei, ad apices pedunculorum erassorum geminati, sessiles, 2& poll. longi ; pedicelli 4-5 lineas longi, ad nodos ramorum vetus- torum fasciculati ; bracteae crasss, coriaceae, ovats, connats, involucrum mviculiformem inter flores septatum forrnantes, bracteolis breviores ; bracteols 2, oblongse, fere truncatae, imbri- catim obtegentes tubum formantes, calycem cyathiformern brevem longe excedentes, extus parce furfuraceze ; corolla tubulosa, curvata, sursum dilatata, lobis linearibus retlexis tub0 duplo brevioribus, anthers lineares, corollz lobos fere zequantes ; stylus filiformis, stamina sequans, stigmate ovoideo.”-King, MS. Shan bills plateau at 5000 feet.

l‘ This magnificent species must, in my opinion, be placed in the section Elytranthe. Its inflorescence does not, however, quite conform to the technical characters given in Bentham and Hooker’s ‘ Genera Plantarurn,’ inasmuch as the spikes are only two-flowered.”-Eiag, MS.

Viscum articdatum, Bzcrm.; 21. Brit. Ind. v. p. 226 ; Xorest Pl. Burma, ii. p. 325.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Widely spread in India, Malaya, and Ceylon.

Viscum monoicum, Roxb.; 31. Brit. Ifid. v. p. 224; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 324.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. India and Malay peninsula.

SANTA LACEH:. Osyris arborea, Wall.; 31. Brit. Iad. v. p. 232.-Shan hills at 3000 to 4000 feet. Eastern and Southern India and Ceylon.

Henslovia granulata, Hook.$ et Thorns. ? ; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 232 ; Porest 3Z. Burma, ii. p. 328.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Eastern India and Burma. The leaves of the Shan specimens are 11-nerved.

Scleropyrum Wallichianum, Arnott; 3Z. Brit. Ind. v. p. 234; 122 GENERAL COLLETT AND UR. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS syn. SphiErocarya Wallichiana, Wight et Arnott.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. South India and Ceylon. This genus was previously known from Malacca and Cochin- china, but not this species. Phacellaria compressa, Benth.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 235.- Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet ; parasitic on Piscum monoicwn, Roxb. Tenasserim.

Phacellaria caulescens, CoZZ. et HemsZ., n. sp. (Piate XVII.) Fwtex parasiticus, aphyilus, caulescens, supra ramosus, pedalis, undique giaber, fere niger, ramulis teretibus ultimis floriferis graciliusculis. Bores minuti ( 2 tantum visi), vix semilineam diametro, in foveolis rrtmulorum sessiles ; periauthiuni subcar- nosum, 5-merum, lobis deltoideis vix acutis valvatis. Pructus anguste ovoideus, subcarnosus, 2i-3 lineas longus, semen unicum (imperfecturn ?), examinatum album, 5-lobatum. Shan hills at 4000 feet ; parasitic on a Loranthus. The size and habit characterize this species, which in these respects is nearest to the hoary P. Wattii,Hook. f.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVII. A plant of PAaceZlarin caubcms, Coll. et Hemal., natural size. Fig. 1, portion of a flower-bearing branch ; 2, 0 flower ; 3, section of the same ; 4, cross section of fruit ; 5, vertical section of fruit; 6, seed. All enlarged.

EUPHORBIACEB. Euphorbia prolifera, Ham. ; Pl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 264.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Kashmir and the Punjab eastward, and in Yunnan. Bridelia montana, Willd.; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 269.-Meiktila. North India from the Punjab lo Khasia, and also in Southern India. Bridelia stipularis, Blunae ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 270 ; Porest FZ. Burma, ii. p. 369.-Shan hills at; 4000 feet ; also collected by Mr. Aplin. Tropical India, Malaya, Ceylon, Philippines, and tropical ‘Africa.

FEOM UPPER BURMA ASD THE SEAN STATES. 123 Sauropus concinnus, Coll. et Hernsl., n. sp. (Plate XVIlI.) Prutex nanus (specimina nostra infra pedalia), erectus, undique glaber, stricte ramosus, caulibus mmulisque gracilibus angulatis, internodiis folia aequantibus vel brevioribus. B’olia brevissime petiolata, crassa, erecta, ramulis appressa, orbiculari-cordata, maxima semipolliearia, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque 3-4 conspicuis inter se anastomoeantibus ; stipulae minute, acutae, persistentes. Bores axillares, vix 2 lineas diametro, breviter pedicellati. Plores d saepius geminati ; calyx subcarnosus, latus, 6-lobatus, appendicibus magnis truneatis ; andrcecinm latum, triangulare, depressum, triandrum, antheris sessilibus fere horizontalibus. Plores 2 solitarii ; calyx B-par- titus, segmentis distincte biseriatis fere orbicularibus undulatis inappendiculatis deorsum attenuatis ; gynaecium latum, stylis brevibus bifidis, ramulis fere horizontalibus incurvis. E7ructw ignotus. Shan hills at 4000 feet.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XVIII. A branch of Sawcvpus coneinnus, Coll. et Hemsl., natural size. Pig. 1, male flower in an early stage ; 2, male flower fully developed ; 3, female flower. All enlarged.

Phyllanthus Emblica, Linn. ; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 289.-Shan States, Aplin. Throughout tropical India, Ceylon, and Malaya, and extending to South China.

Phyllanthus pomiferus, €look.$; Fl. Brit. Id. v. p. 289; syn. Cicca macrocarpa, Eurz; sorest 31. Burma, ii. p. 352.- Meiktila, and Sban hills at 5000 feet. Pegu and Prome districts of Burma.

Phyllanthus (5 Euphyllanthus) Prainianus, Coll. et Henzsl., n. sp. Butex ramis crassiusculis albidis glabris, ramulie lateralibus foliiferis floriferisque crebris brevibus gracilibus pubescentibus angulo acuto adscendentibus (deciduis ?), internodiis quam folia multo brevioribus. Policz disticha, ramulis appressa, brevissime petiolata, crassiuscula, oblongo-elliptica vel interdum fere orbicularia, usque ad semipolliearia, utrinque rotundata vel apice 124 GENERAL COLCETT AND MR. w. II.HEMSLEY ON PLANTS breviter obtuseque acuminata, basi leviter cordata, integra, undulata, glabra, subtus pallidiora, venis primariis lateralibus utrinque circiter 7-8 distinctis. Flores glabri, axillares, dense fasciculati, circiter sesquilineam diametro, brevissime pedicellati, 9 pauci cum intermixti, pedicellis gracilibus glabris. Bores numerosissimi ; calycis segmenta aequalia, oblonga, obtusa : discus breviter 6-lobatus ; stamina 3, in columnam graciliter stipitatam connata, antheris muticis arcte conniventis. jPlores 9 pauci, 8 similes, disco majore cupulari 6-dentato ; ovarium glabrum vel leviter pulvertilentum, stylis crassis recurvis alte bifidis. Pructus non visus. Shan hills at 5000 feet. This resembles P. Emblica, Linn., but, apart from structural differences, it is easily recognized by its broader, much less numerous leaves.

Glochidion lanceolarium, DaZz.; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 308; B’oresb 31. Burma, ii. p. 343. (Tar. ramulis foliisque eecus costain pubescentibus.)-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North-west India to Assam, Silhet, Chittagong, and Pep.

Glochidion velutinum, Wight ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 322.-Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet. Eastern and Southern India and Burma. Flueggia microcarpa, Blunie; 31. Brit. Id.v. p. 328; syn. Cicca obovata, Eurz, Poorest $1. Burma, ii. p. 354.-Meiktila, and Shan hills, 3000 to 4000 feet. Throughout India, Ceylon, Malaya, Southern China; and also in Australia and tropical Africa,

Breynia patens, Benth. ef Hook.$ ; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 329 ; syn. Melanthesopsis patens, Muell. Arg. ; Forest Pi. Burma, ii. p. 348.-Shan hills at 3000 to 4000 feet. Throughout tropical India, Ceylon, Burma, and Tenasserim. Aporosa villosa, Baill. ; 3l. Brit. Id. v. p. 345 ; Porest 31. Burma, ii. p. 36L-Shan hills at 2500 feet. Burma, Tenasserim, and Cocbin China. Antidesma cuspidaturn, Nzwll. Arg.; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 360.- Shan hills at 5000 feet. Tenasaerim, Malacca, and Singapore. EROX UPPER BURMA AND TBE SEAN STATES. 125

Antidesma diandmm, Roth; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 361 ; Porest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 360.-Shan hills, 3000 to 4000 feet. North and South India, Ceylon, Burma and Tenasserim.

Antidesma velutinum, Tubsne? ; l?l. Brit. Ind. v. p. 361 ; Forest Ez. Burma, ii. p. 359.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. Burma, Pegu, and Tenasserim.

Mallotus philippinensis, Muell. Ary. ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 442 ; Forest Bl. Bzcrnia, ii. p. 381.-Shan States, Aplin. India, Ceylon, Malaj a, China, Philippine islands, and N. Australia.

Aleurites moluccana, Willd. ; PE. Brit. Ind, v. p. 384; Sorest 31. Burma, ii. p. 377.-Shan hills at 3000 feet ; cultivated ? Malaya arid Polynesia, and various parts of India as an escape from cultivation.

Croton oblongifolius, Roxb. ; 31. Brit. Id. v. p. 386; goreorest PI. Burma, ii. p. 373. -Shan hills at 3000 to 4000 feet, Aplin and Collett. North and South India and Ceylon.

Crozophora plicata, A. Jussiezc; 21. Brit. Ind. 17. p. 409.- Meiktila j a common weed. From Western Europe and North Africa to Ceylon and Burma.

Speranskia, sp. nov. ? ; fruticosa, flores d tantum adsunt.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Speranskia is a genus of which only two species have hitherto been described ; one from Northern and the other from Central China. Both are herbaceous, and the Shan plant is a small shrub j but in other respects they are very much alike, though in the absence of female flowers we do not venture to give our plant a name.

Cleidion javanicum, Bkme ; 3’1. Brit. &ad. v. p. 444 j Forest 31. Burma, ii. p. 390.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Himalayas to Ceylon, Khasia, Burma, and Java. Acalypha indica, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 1003; DO. Prodr. 126 GENERAL COLLETT AKD MIL w. 11. EEMSLEY ON ITLINTS

XV. 2, p. 868 ; Hook. f. Pl, Brit. Ind. v. p. 416 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Xnd. Or. t. 8?7.-Meiktila, Tropical A& and Africa.

. Homonoia riparia, Loureiro; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 455 ; .Forest PI. Burma, ii. p. 401.-Shan hills at 2000 feet. India, Ceylon, and Malaya.

Baliospermum axillare, Blwme ; Pl. Brit. had. Y. p. 461 ; Yyn. B. montanum, Musll. Arg,; Porest PI. Burma, ii. p. 410.- Mei ktila. North and South Iudia amd Malaya, but not recorded from Ceylon. Exccecaria, sp. nor.? ; floribus perjuvenes tantum adsunt.- Shan hills at 5000 feet.

UXTICACEE. Holoptelea integrifolia, Planchon ; Pl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 451 ; syn. Ulmus integrifolia, Roxb. ; Forest E%. Burma, ii. 13. 473.- Meilrtila. India, Ceylon, Malaya, and Cochinchina.

Celtis mollis, Wall. ; Sorest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 472 ; Hook.$ Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 482, sub C. tetrandra, Roxb.-Meiktila. Burma.

Trema amboinensis, Blume; n. Brit. lizd. v. p. 484 ; syn. T. orientalis, var. nmboinensia, Eurz, Sorest PI. Burma, ii. p. 468.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Sikkim eastward to Assam and Silhet and southward to Singa- pore and in the Andaman islands. Morus indica, Li.nn. ; Fl. Brit. I?zd. v. p. 492 ; Ebi-est B’l. Burma, ii. p. 468.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Kashmir to Assam, China and Japan. Morus laevigata, Wall. ; 31. Brit. Aid. v. p. 492 ; Forest n. Burma, ii. p. 467.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. North India from the Indus to Assam and Martaban and Tenasserim. Ficus pyriformis, Hook. et Am.. var. ischnopoda, Kia.9, Ann. Bot. Card. Cab. i. p. 157, t. 201; 22. Brit. Ind. v. p. 533; FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STA'PEB. 127 syn. F. ischnopoda, Xipel; Forest PI. Bu~Q,ii. p. 456.- Shan hills at 4000 feet. Eastern India, Malay peninsula, and China. Ficus obtusifolia, Roxb. ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 507 ; Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 443.--Xhan States, Aplin. Eastern India, Burma, and Malay peninsula.

Ficus Cunia, Ham. ; l?l. Brit. Ind. v. p. 523 ; Forest Pl. Burma, ii. p. 461.-Shan States, Aplin. North and Central India and Burma.

Cudrania javanenais, Trecul ; Pl. Brif. Ind. v. p. 538 ; syo. C. nmboinensis, Kuvz, Ebrest 8'1. Bzmna, ii. p. 434.-Shau hills at 4000 feet. India, Ceylon, Malaya, Australia, and East Africa. Bcehmeria platyphylla, D. Don.; FZ. Brit. Ind. v. p. 578.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, Japan, and africa. Pouzolzia pentandra, Benn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 583.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Afghanistan to Canara, Orissa, and Khasia. Pouzolzia hirta, LFassk. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 58ti.-Shau liills at 4400 feet, Xanders. North India from Chamba eastward, Malaya, China, and Aus- tralia. Pouzolzia viminea, Wedd. ; Pl. Brif. Ind. v. p. 581 ; Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 42L-Shau hills at 4000 to 5000 feet. India and Malaya. laoutia Pup, Wedd.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 592; lrbrest M. Burma, ii. p. 429.--8han hills at 4400 feet. North Iudia and Burma.

JnQLBNDEB . Engelhardtia Colebrookiana, findl. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 596 ; syn. E. villosa, Eicrz, Forest F7. Burma, ii. p. 491.-Sl1an hills terai at 3000 feet. North India, Burma, and China. 128 QENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. €5. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS

Engelhardtia spicata, Blume ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 595 ; Forest fl. Burma, ii. p. 491.-Shan States, Aplin. North India from Nepal eastward, Burma, China, and Java.

CUPULIFERE. Betula alnoides, Ham. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 599; syn. B. acuminata, Wall.; Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 476.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. North India from the Sutlej eastward to Mishmi, Khasia, and Muneypore, and southward to Martaban.

Quercus serrata, Thunb.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 601.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Eastern India, China and Japan.

Quercus Qriffithii, Hook.$ et Thorns.; Fl. Brit. Id.v. p. 602,- Shan hills. Sikkim and Khasia.

Quercus lanceaefolia, Roxb. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 616.-Shan hills at 6000 feet. Sikkim to Khasia, Muneypore, and Burma.

Quercus Brandisiana, Kurz ; R. Brit. &ad.v. p. GO%; Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 4S8.-Shan hiils at 3000 feet, Aplin and Collett. Burma and Martaban.

Quercus Lindlegana, Wall. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 601 ; Forest J?l. Burma, ii. p. 4S6.-Shan hills at 3000 feet, Aplin and Collett. Burma. Mr. Aplin collectedleaves of this with acorns of Q. mespiliflia, Wall., in consequence of which it was at first supposed that he had discovered a new species.

Quercus mespilifolia, Wall.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 605 ; Forest PI. Burma, ii. p. 488.-Shan hills, Aplim. Muneypore, Arracan, and Burma.

Buercus polystachya, Wall. ; Pl. Brit. Iid. v. p. 610 ; Ebrest FBOY UPPER BIJRMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 129 Fl. Burma, ii. p. 485.-Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet, Aplin and Colletf. Muneypore and Moulmein.

Quercus glanca, Thunb.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 604; syn. &. annulata, Xmith.-Shan States, Aplin. Nurth India, from Kashmir to Khasio, and in China and Japan.

Quercus lheata, Blunze; Fl. Brif. Ind. v. p. 605.-Shan States, Aplin. North India, from Sikkim to Khasia, and in Java.

Caatanopsis, an var. C. tribuloidei ? ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 622 ; syn. Castmea tribuloidep, Smifh; Forest FE. Burma, ii. p. 480.- Shan hills at about 3000 feet, Aplin. As limited in the ' Flora of British India,' Castanopsis tribu- loides, A. DC., is an exceedingly variable species, aud would probably include this, which is iu quite young fruit,

SALICINEB. Salix tetrasperma, Rox~.; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 626 ; Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 493.--dhan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet. Throughout lndia and Malaya (though apparently absent from Ceylon), and descending to the very tidal forests of Pegu, according to Kurz.

CONIFERE. Pinus kaaya, Royle; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 652; Porest PI. Burma, ii. p. 499.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Aplin and Collett. Khasia, Chittagong, and Burma. Pinus Merkusii, Jzcnghuhn et De Vriese; Fl. Brit. hd, v. p. 652 ; Iforest FE. Burma, ii. p. 499.-Shan hills, Aplin. Martaban, Tenasserim, Sumatra, and Borneo,

CPCADEB. Cycas pectinata, Grg.; Forest Fl. Burma, ii. p. 503.--Shan bills, common in the fbrebts, Aplin. Tenasserim and Martaban, and perhaps also Chittagong. LKiN. J0lJRN.-BOTANY, TOL. XXVIII. K 130 GENEPAL COLLETT AND MR. w. n. HEVSLEY ON PLANTS

HYDROCHAECDE~E. Hydrocharis Morsus-ranse, Linn. ; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 662.- Shan hills at 3000 feet. Western Europe to Chiiia aud Japan, and in Australia.

Boottia cordata, Wall. ; E'I. Brit. Ind. v. p. 662.--Meiktila. A plant previously unrepresented in the Rew Herhnrium. Wallich collected it iu the Irrawaddi near Avn, and in ponds on the summit of the Taongdong niountain. It is comrnonin ponds and marshes frem Meiktila to Mandalny, gron-ing gregariously, and flowering from October to January ; its flowers coveriug the water with a sheet of white.

ORCHIDEB. Dendrobium infundibulum, Lindl. ; Bot. Ha.9. t. 5446 ; 37. Brit. Ind. v. p. 721.-Shan hills terai at 8000 feet. Moulmein.

Dendrobium lituiflorum, Lindl. ; Bot. XRY.t. 6050; 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 740.-Shan hills ;it 4000 fcet. Assam, Burma, aiid Tenasserim.

Dendrobium fimbriatum, Rook. ; Bot. Hay. t. 4160 ; Fl. Brit. Ind. v. p. 745.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Kumaoii to Khasia and Muneyiiore. Dendrobium capillipes, Reichb. f. Xenia Orch. ii. t. 169; E'l. Brit. Ind. Y. 1). 751.-Shan hills terai, 3000 feet. Tenasseriiii. Dendrobium heterocarpum, Wall. ; Bot. Ma,y. t. 4708 ; H. Brit. Ind. v. 1). 737; syn. D. aureum, Lindl. ; Bot. Reg. 1889, t. 20.-Slian hills nt 6000 feet. India, Ceylon, Burma, Java, and the Philippiue isIarids.

Bulbophyllum (9 Racemosse) comosum, ColZ. et Henzsl., n. sp., in Hook.$ 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 762. (Plate XIX.) qvecies insignis ex affiuitate B. hirii, pseudobulbi etiamque folia desunt. Scnpus stramiueus, crassiuseuIus, rigidus, leviter eurvatus, circiter pedalis, 2-3-vaginatus, in racenium basi geni- datum 2-3 poll. longum deiisissimuni subnutantem terniinaus ; ragins scariosae, obliquz, arcte amplectentes, 6-8 liueas loiig~,

FROX UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 131 laminu, brevi obtusa; pedicelli eum ovario 1-2 lineas longi, bracteis scariosis angustissimis acutis duplo longioribus suffulti. Plores pallidi, fere hyalini, aiigustissimi, ciroiter 9 lineas longi, eleganter fimbriato-hirsuti, pilis flaccidis paleaceis unicellularibus ; sepala aqualia, e basi Into linearia vel fere filiformia, lateralin gibbosa ; petala glabra, linenria, Tix acuta, quam sepala multoties breviora ; labellum parvum, basi sepalis adnatum, angustum, complicatum, geniculatam, extrc)rso-ciirvatum, siuiul 1 emus columnam inflexum ; columna brevis, breviter bidentato. Shan hills at 6000 feet; common at Toougyi, but not seen elsewhere. The curved stout scape of this si ecies geniculate with the base of the dense bottlebrush-like raceme is quite uiilike any other, and its affinity with B. hirtunz, Lindl., is remote.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XIX.

An mflorescence of BtiZbo3;hyZ1tim CO~O~U~,Go11 et Hems1 , naturtll size. Fig. 1, a flower; 2, unicelld~rh,ur from the sepal ; 3, a petdl ; 4, coluinu and lip ; 5, colurnn. All enlarged.

Cirrhopetalum Collettii, Hemsl., n. sp., in I1ook.f. El. Brit. Ind. v. p. 773. (Plate XX., lapsu Collettianum.) C. ornatissinm proximum, sed sepalo postico petalisque appendicibus foliaceis (mobilibus ?) insignibus conspicue differt. Pseudobulbi carnosi, tetragono-ovoidei, Juveniles plurivaginati, vaginis subscariosis longitudinaliter circiter 9-nervis oblique truncatis apiculatis. Ebliunz carnosum, enervium, anguute oblongo-lanceolatum, 2-3 poll. Iongum, obtueum, basi attenuatum, prirnum arcte complicatum. Xcapus e vaginis oriundus, erectus, 3-6 poll. altus, crassiuaculus, circiter 5-6-florus, bracteis membra- naceis angustis acutissimis pedicellis brevioiibus. Shes purpurei, 4-5 poll. longi, pedicellati, pedicellis 6-9 lineas longis sepala lateralia basi gibbosa, angusta, longissime caudata, inap- pendiculata ; sepalum posticum vix pollicare, basi gibbosum, 5- nervium, sursum margirie appendicibus longis linearibiis instruc- turn; petalntrinervia, e basi lata remote fimbriata,subite attenuata, margine appendicibus foliaceis cuneato-obovatis stipitatis dentatis ornata ; labellum parvum, medio angustissime articulatum, inobile, supra medium incrassaturn, linguaforme, reciirvum ; columua 2-alata, apice breviter bidentata. Shan hills at 6000 feet. K2 132 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. n. HEMSLEP ON PLANTS The singular mobile appendages of the upper sepal and petals characterize this species, which is otherwise very near C. ornatis- simom. It is in cultivation at Kew, but has not yet flowered there.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XX. An inflorescence, peeudobulbs, and leaves of Cirrhopetalum Collettii, Held, natural size ; the first only from a dried specimen. Fig. 1, a sepal ; 2, a petal ; 3, one of the petaline appendages ; 4, column and labellum ; 5, column ; 6, polliuia. A11 enlarged.

Spathoglottis pubescens, Lindl. j Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 203 j 31. Brit. Ind. v. p. 814.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Eastern India and Burma, Martaban and Tenasserim. A slender state nith sniall flowers in which tho central lobe of the labellum is trilobulate. Arundina bambusifolia, Lindl.; Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 126; Warner, Orchid Album, p. 139; PI. Brit. Ind. v. p. 857.-Shan hills at 4400 feet, Nanders. Souther11 and Eastern India southward to Malacca.

Eulophia campestris, Lindl. ; Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 185 ; 31, Brit. Ind. vi. hied.-Sban hills at 4000 feet. Afghanistan eastward and in South India. Eulophia (8 Cyrtopera) holochila, Coll. et Heinsl., n. sp. Pseudobulbi non visi. Tolia floribns coetanea et bene evoluta, non visa, anguste lanceolata, acuta, multinervis. Scapus robustus, simplex, erectus, sesquipedalis infra medium vaginiv paucis latis instructus. Plores laxe racemosi, 14-2 poll. diametro, distincte pedicellati, pedicelliv 6-9 linen3 longis, bracteis mernbranaceiv angustis acutissimis subsequantibus subteudis ; sepala similia, oblonga, obtusa vel subacuta ; petala sepalis eimilia ; labelluin integrum, orbicr!lari-oblongum, longiuscule calcaratum. Shan hills at 4000 feet. The entire rotundate lip is the most distinctive charactrr of this species. Only very young leaves are known. Cymbidium, sp. ?-Shau hills at 4000 feet. The loose leaves accompanying flowers of a Cymbidium similar to C. pwbescens. Lindl,, are so unlike those of any Cymbidium

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that we suspect they do not belong to the same plant. They are thick, short, and complicate, and were evidently distichously arranged. &odorumpallidum, D. DO%;Lid. Gen. andSp. Orch. p. 176 ; syn. Geodorurn candidurn, wall.; 31. Brit. Ind. Ti. ined- Shan hills. Eastern India, Burma, Malacca, and Ceylon.

Vanda caerulescens, Gr?#th ; Lindl. Xol. Orch., Yanda, p. 9 ; Bat. zag. t. 5834; 31. Brit. Ind. vi. ined.-Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. Burma.

Spiranthes australis, Lindl. j Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 464 ; Wight, Ic.PI. Ind. Or. t. 1724; PI. Brit, Ind. vi. ined.-Shan hills plateau at 5000 feet. Afghanistan and India to Siberia, China, and Japan, and southward to Australia and New Zealand, and very closely allied to the European S. cestivalis. This is the most widely spread of any species of orchid; and the genus Spiranthes, section Euspiranthes, has a wider geographical area than any other generic type of this natiiral order.

Epipactie, sp. n. ?,alabastris lanatis sepalis petalisque 1atis.- Shan hills at 3500 feet. We have not succeeded in matching this in the Kew Herbarium, and the specimen is insufficient for description.

Habenaria geniculata, D. Dou; Lid. Gen. and Sp. Orch. p. 324; 3J. Brit. Ifid. vi. ined.-Shan hills at 4400 to 6000 feet. Khasi a hills.

Habenaria rostrata, Wall.j Lindl. Gen. and Lip. Or&. p. 325 ; 31. Brit. Ind. v. ined.-Shan hills at 4400 feet. Khasia and Tenaaserim.

Habenaria (5Vers) Mandersii, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. Tubera non visa. Caulis simplex, erectus, 9-12 poll. altus, graciliusculus, per totuni foliaceus, glaber. 3olia subcarnosa, ovato-lanceolata, 1-2 poll. longa, acuta, amplexicaulia, caulern 134 GENERAL COLLETP AND MR. W. B. IIEMSLEY ON PLANTS plus minusve appressa, glabra, venis inconspicuis. Flores 8-12 conferti, bracteis foliaceis paullo longiores, cum calcare circiter 15 liiieas lougi ; sepal I subcarnosa, lateralia lev1 ter oblique ovata, obtusa, posticum gdeatuiil ; pctala tetiuiora, e basi latiora anguste obionga, obtusa, sepala quantin j labellurn angustum, integrum, sepala squans, pro fronte oris calcaris processu parvo lingweformi erccto instructuin, calcare fere pollicari curvato basi incrassato ; columna breviter apiculata ; stigmata 2, ralde elongata, claviformia, horizontalia, infix antherarum loculos arcte conniventia, minute papillosa, basi dente parvo erecto instrncta j antherarum loculi in tubos angustos curvatos valde elongati ; ovarium anguste 8-alatum. Shan hills at 4400 feet, H. Nanders. This resembles H. alata, Hook., a West-Indian species which has two smill lateral teeth to the labellum and a much shorter spur, and it seems to be quite alone among the Asiatic species with elongated stiginas and anther-cells in having a small entire labellum.

Hsbenaria (Q Psristylus) monophylla, Colt. et Henasl., n. sp. Ptanta graciliuscula, circiter pedalis, per totum fere pubes- ceus, unif'oliata, irifra folium paucivaginata, scapu? infra flores 2- 3-bracteatus. PoZium crassiusculum, latum, scapum lase in- volvens, marginibus late obtzgentibus, obscure inultinervium, vix acutum, utrinque pubescens, minute ciliolatum. 3Zores subsessiles, absque ovario 4-5 lineas longi, deusiuscule racemosi, bracteis pubescentibus ciliolatis ovarium fere aquantibus ; sepala et petala similia, glabra, ovato-oblongn, obtusa, circiter lf lin. loqa ; labellum fere duplo longiuu, late trilobatum, deorsum valde attenuatum, supra puberulum, radiato-venosum, lobis subaqualibus erosis, calcare puberulo sepalis dimidio longiore crassiusculo recurvo basi conspicue incrassato ; columna parra, entheraruni loculis non elongatis, stigmatibus parvis : ovarium Iliibescens. Shan hills at 4000 feet. In floral structure tliis rcsembles several species, but the general hairiness of the plant, avsociated with the solitary leaf and sniall floners Mitli a broadly three-lobed lip, sufficiently characterize it. The Sikkini H. uniflia has 2.n undivided lip. FROY UPPER BURUA AND TIIE SHAN STATES. 135

Satyrium nepalense, D. Don ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 929 ; 31. Brit. In&. vi. ined.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Widely spread in Tndia and cxtendiug to Ceylon.

Cypripedium concolor, Bafenaan in Bot. Mag. t. 5513, Tar. Godefroyse, Godefroy Lekuf, Orchidophile, t. 830 (species) ; Bot. M6r.g. t. 6876.--I)iIeiktila, Prazer. Including C. nioeuni, Reichb. f. (Bot. Mag. t. 5922) and C. beYlatulzLni, Reichb. f. (Linderiia, t. 149), as proposed by Veitch (Manual of Orcliidnceous Platlts, iv. p. 19), this species is found in Burma, Siam, and Cambodia.

C ITAMINEB. Globba ($ Ceratanthera) subscaposa, Coll. et Eemsl., n. sp. CauZes fasciculati, erecti, circiter pedales, pilosuli, vaginati, laminis 2-3 parvis taiitum evolutis. Eblia longe vaginata, supra vaginam sessilia, ovato-lanceolata, 6-18 lineau longa, acuta, utrinque primum plus minusve pilosula, supra glabresceutia, venis parallelis numerosis crebris (L’hyrsus laxus, breviter pe- duuculatus, erectus, pauciflorus, ramulis pedicellisque gracilibus puberulis, bracteis parvis, bracteolis minutis. Bores flavi, parvi, absque stamino longiuscule esserto vix 9 lineas longi ; calycis lobi obovato-spathulati, apice rotundati simul apiculati j corollae tubus filiformis, puberuluu, calpcem duplo excedens ; corolla? lobi lati, apice rotundati. Shan hills at 4000 to 5000 feet; common throughout the Southern Shan hills above 4000 feet. Easily distinguished from tlie few other known hardy species by its few small leaves. Ksmpferia, sp. P, folia carent.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. Though unable to nzatuh this and the next, in the absence of leaves, we have not ventured to describe them.

Curcuma, sp.-Shan hills plateau, here and there at 4000 feet.

Hedychium coronarium, Linn.: Roxb. 3’1. Ind. i. p. 11; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 4.--Sllau hills at 4400 feet, Manders. IVjdely spread iu India, Ceylon, and Malaya. 136 GENERAL COLLET'P AND MR. w. B,HENSLEY ON PLANTS

Alpinia bracteatz, Ro~b.; 21 Ind. i. p. 63 ; Clarke's Reprint, p. 2l.-shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. Sikkim, Assara, and Burma.

Canna indica, Linn. ; Roxb. 31. Ind. p. 1; Clarke's Reprint, p. 1.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Banders. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Polynesia, often colonized, as well as in America. HEMODORACEE. Ophiopogon, sp., specimen imperfectum folia cared.-Shan hills at 4000 feet.

IEIDEE. Iris nepalensis, D. Don; Baker in Jozwn. Linn. SOC.xvi. p. 143 ; Sweet, Brit. 31. Card. series 2, t. 11. Forma depauperata, 3-4 poll. a1ta.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North India from Garhwal to Assam. There is little doubt that this is a starred-state of the species to which we have referred it. Like that, the leaves are thickly beset with very short purplish lines and dots.

AMABPLLIDEE. Hypoxis aurea, Lour. ; Baker in Journ. Linn. SOC.xvii. p. 108 ; syn. H. minor, D. Don.-Shan hills at 4000 to 45UO feet. North India, Burma, Cochinchina, Java, China, Japan, and the Luchu Archipelago.

Crinum defixum, Ker; Bot. Xag. t. 2203; Baker in Gard. Chron. n. 8. XV. p. 786.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Bengal and Bnuth India.

crinum, n. sp.?, aff. C. Czcmin.qii; flores imperfecti taiitum adsunt.-Common in tbe dry forest about Pyambe in the plains of Upper Burma. A handsome and couspicuous plant with pink and white fragrant flowers, produced towards the close of the rainy season. FBOY UPPER BURYA AND TEE SHJX STATES. 187

DIOSCOEE.Z.

Dioscorea sativa, Lim. ; Benth. 31. Austral. vi. p. 461 ; syn. Helmia bulbifera, Kunth, Enurn. PI. v. p. 435; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. 8?8.-Shau States at 4400 feet, Xanders. India, Malaya, and tropical Australia, often cultivated. The species of this genus are much in need of revision.

Dioscorea dzemona, Roxb. ? , F1. Ind. iii. p. 805 : Clarke’s Re- print, p. 729 ; Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. t. Sll.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet ; only very young inflorescence. Widely spread in India and Malaya.

Dioscorea deltoidea, Wall. ; IiTuqzth, Enum. PI. v. p. 340.- Shan hills at 4000 feet, Afghanistan eastward to Burma and in South India. ,

Dioscorea spinosa, Roxb. ; Wall. Cat. n. 5103.--Shan hilla at 3000 to 4000 feet. India and Malaya. Dioscorea oppositifolia, Linn. ; Kunth, Enum. PI. v. p. 390 ; Roxb. PI. Ind. iii. p. 804 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. ?PS.-Meiktila. Widely spread it1 India and Malaya.

Dioscorea, species indescripta ? Folia siccitate nigrescentia, simplicia, papyracea, late cordata, acuminata, 7-9-nervia7 subtus parce hisyidula. Plores tantum adsunt laxissime spicati, spicis gracillimis simplicibus folia excedentibue. Shan hills at 4000 feet.

LILIACEIE. Smilax lanceaefolia, Roxb. ; PZ. Ind. iii. p. 792; Clarke’s Reprint, p. ?25.-Shan bills at 4000 feet. Sikkim to Khasia. A second imperfect specimen with almost orbicular leaves may also belong to this species.

Asparagus asiaticus, Linn. ? ; Baker in Journ. Lznn. SOC.xiv. p. 618.--Shan hills at 4000 feet. South India, tropical and Ssuth Africn. 13s GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HEMYLEY ON PLANTS

Polygonaturn Kingianum, CoZZ. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XXI.) Herbs robusta, scandens, 8-5-pedali3, undique glabra. PoGa pseudo-\.erticiIlata, 3-6 aggregata, crassa, subrigida, lineari-lanceolata, circiter 3-poilicaria, apice breriter cirrhit'era, revoluta, subtw glauca, venis longitudinalibus crebris. Xlores purpurei vel rosei, circiter 9 lineas Iongi, in axiIIi3 foliorum fascicdati, nutantes, pedicellis recurvatis quam flores paullo brevioribus ; perianthium crassurn, cylindricum, 5-ccstatum, lobis fere rectis obtusissimis ; stamina inclusa, supra medium tubi affixa, filamentis (pars libera) breviasivlis glabris, antheris maguis sagittatis ; ovarium glabrum, stylo stamina equante. Shan hills at 4000 feet. Characterized by short, thick leaves with prehensile tips and large flowers. P. sibiricum, Red., the only other species having prehensile leaves, is it much more slender plant with much smaller flowers. Named after Dr. 0. King, F.R.S., of the Botanic Garden, Calcutta, who has taken much interest in the present collectioii, and greatly assisted in the determiuation of the plants.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXI. Portion of a pIant of' ~oolygo~aatzamk'i,ijusmm, COIL et Hemsl., natural size. Pig. 1, perianth, laid open ; 2, pistil : both enlarged.

Lilium nepalense, B. Don ; Baker in Journ. Linn Soc. xiv. 11. 231 ; Elwes, Monogr. Liliunz, t. 5, fig. 8.-Koni, Shan hiIls, Boxall; cult. Messrs. Low. Western and Central Himalaya. Lilium neilgherrense, Wight, Ic. PI. Ind. Or. tt. 2031-32 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Xoc. xiv. p. 230 ; Xliues, Monogr. Liliunc, t. G.-Koni, Sban hill$, Boxall; cult. Messrs. LOW. Mountnilis of Southern India. Lilium Bakerianum, Coll. et HemsZ., n. sp. (Plate XXII.) CuuZes (specimen unicum siccum tantum visum) crassiusculi, teretes, puberuli, 34ped. alti, biflori. Eblia alterua, crassiuscula, suberecta, fere linearia, bipollicaria, utriuque attenuata, subaeuta, utrinque prsecipue SOCUB costam marginemque miuute Llepidota,venis obsoletis. Flores albi, erecti, longe pedunculati, cumpanulati, circiter 4 poll. longi et lati ; perianthii segriienta in- zequcllia, contigua, ut videtur leviter recurva, bssi \aka, maculata,

FROM UPPER BiiBJdA AND TRE SHAN STATES. 139 intus extusquc nuda, exteriora anguste lanceolata, longe acuminata, iuteriora latiora, oblauceolata, apice rotundata simul abrupte minuteque acuminata, margine furfuraceo-pul\ erulenta ; stamina quam perianthiuln fere dimidio breviora, stylo triente longiore. Sban hills at 4000 feet. We have much pleasure in naming this Lily after J. G. Baker, F.R.S., whose labours on the petaloid monooots have so greatly facilitated the work of those who have followed him. It is intermediate in character between L. davuricun?, G-awl., and L.japonicum, Tliunb., and is reniarkablc for the short genitalia.

DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XXII. Lilizcm Bakerianum, COIL et Hemsl., natural size, Fig. 1, tip of perianth-segment,enlarged.

Disporum calcaratum, D. Don; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiv. p. 588.-Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. North India.

Disporum latipetalum, Coll. et Zenzsl., 11. sp. Species D. calcarato valde affinis, differt caule simplici (an semper ?) foliis multinerviis, floribus majoribus perianthii segmentis obovato-spathulatis glabris, filamentis pulveruleutis nee puberulis, stylo breviter trifido. Shan hills at 3000 feet.

Paris polyphylla, Smith ;* Kunth, Enunz. PI. v. p. 11S.-Shnn hills at 4000 feet. North India from Garhwal eastward into Central China.

PONTEDERIACEE. Monochmia vaginalis, Presl, var. ; Solms in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iv. p. 524.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Irrdia, Ceylon, Malaya, China, and Mandshuria; also in tropicd Africa.

COJIMELINACEE. (Xalued by C. B. Clarke, F.R.S.) Commelina nudiflora, Linn.; Clarke in BC. Monoyr. Pka- nerog. iii. p. 14&.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. Almost cosmopolitan in warm couutries. 140 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Aneilema scapiflornm, Wiyht, Ic.PI. Ind. Or. t. 2073 ; Clarke in DC.Monqgr. Phanerog. iii. p. 2OO.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. North and South India and Tenasserim.

Aneilema giganteum, 8.Br. ; Clarke i7h DC. Mo9zogr. Pha- nerog. iii. p. 212.-Shaii hills at 4400 feet, Manders. India, Malaya, tropical Australia, and Africa. Cyanotis barbata, D. Don ; Clarke in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 248.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. North India and South China.

ALISMACEE. Alisma Plantago, Linn. ; Micheli in DC. Xonogr. Phanerog. iii. p. 32.-Shan hills at 5000 feet. All round the northern hemisphere and in Australia.

NAIADACEB. Potamogeton natans, Linn., var. ? ; Xunfh, Enunz. Plant. iii. p. 127.-Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. P. natans is found all r~uiidthe northern hemisphere and in bustralia.

ERIOCACLRX. Eriocaulon quinquangulare, WiEld. ; syn. Leucocephala grami- nifolia, Roxb. 31. Ind. iii. p. 612 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 664.-Shati hills at 4000 feet. India, Malaya, China, and Australia.

C Y PERACEB. (Named by C. B. Clarke, F.R.S.) Eleocharis data, Xteud. Cyper. p. 76.-Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. India, Malaya, China, and Japan. Fimbristylis globulosa, Xunth, Enum. PI. ii. p. 231.-Shao hills terai at 2000 feet. India and China.

Fimbristylis Thomsoni, Boeck. j Linncea, xxxvii. p. 37.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Eastern India and China. FROM UPPER YUBMA AND THE SHAN BTATES. I41 Fimbriatylis rigidula, Nees ; Wight, Contrib. Ind. Bot. P. 99. -Shan hills at 5000 feet. Eastern India and China. Fimbristylis monostachya, Kassk. ; Xteud. Cyper. p. 107.- JVeiktila. Nearly all over the tropics.

Carex phacota, Spreng., 6. initlor j W~+7hf,Congrib. Ikjnrl. Bot. p. 126; Boott, Carices, i. p. 63, t. 168.-Shan hills at 50U0 feet. North and South Indin and Ceylon.

CEAK~NEB: Panicacem. Paspalum scrobiculatum, Linn.; Boxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 278 ; Clarke's Reprint, p. 93.--Bhan bills at 4000 feet, 3Ianders. Tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. A glabrous and a very hairy variety were collected.

Paspalum brevifolium, Flueg,qe ; Benth. $7. Aust.i.al. vii. p. 461. -Shan hills at 4000 feet, Xanders. Tropical and subtropical Asia mid Australia.

Paspalum concinnum, Xteud. ; sgn. P. Royleanum, Neer ; Thtvaites, Enurn, PI. Ze,yl. p. 358.-Maiktila and Shan hills at 4000 feet, Zanders. hdia and Ceylon, widely spread. Eriochloa annulata, Kunfb ; Benth. Pi. Austral. vii. p. 463.- Meiktila. Tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. Panicum repens, Linn. ; Roxb. E"1. Ind. i. p. 299; Clarke's Beprint, p. 101.-Meiktila. Widely spread on the coasts of the Mediterranean, Ssia, Australia, aud eastern South America. Panicum paludosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 307; Clnrke's Re- print, p. 103.--Shan hills at 4000 feet, iWanders. Throughout India. Panicum semialatum, R.Br. ; Benth. 31, Austral. vii. p. 472 ; Thwaiies, Enum. PI. Zeyl. p. 31j8.--8haii hills at 9000 fret. Almost all over tropical Asia and Australia. Panicum flavidum, Retx. ; $oxb. PZ. Ind, i. p. 2!)3 ; Clarke's 142 GENERAL COLLETT AND NU. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS * Reprint, p. 98 ; Benfh. PI. Austral. vii. p. 474.-Meilctila ad hills at 4000 feet, .Manders. Tropical and subtropical Asia and Australia.

Panicum cimicinum, Retz. ; Rod. 31. Iiad. i. p. 291 ; Clarke's Rpprint, p. 98.-Meiktila. India and Ceylou.

Panicum Colonum, Zinn. ; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 296; Clarke's Rcprint, p. 98.- Meiktila. Generally spread in the tropics of ,the Old World and also in America.

Panicum prostratum, Lam. ; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. p. 476 ; Thzuctitts, Enum. PI.Zeyl. p. 358.--Meiktila. Asia, Africa, Australia, and the West Indies. Panicum psilopodium, Trinius ; Eunth, Enunt. PI. i. p. 100 ; Thtcaites, Enunz. PI. Zeyl. p. 360.-Meiktila. India, Malaya, and Ceylon.

Panicum radicans, Retz. ; Kunth, Enum. PI. i. p. 126.-Shaa hills at 4000 feet. India, Malaya, and China.

Panicum plicatum, Roxb. Pl. Ind. i. p. 311 j Clarke's Reprint, p. 104.--Shan hills at 4000 feet, Xanders. Tropical and subtropical Asia arid -4frica.

Panicum sanguinale, Linn. ; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 315 ; Clarke's Reprint, p. 106 (sub iWilio).-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. In nearly all warm countries.

Panicum ciliare, Retz. ; Roxb. PI. Ind. i. p. 290; Clarke's Reprint, p. 97.-Meiktila. A variety of' the preceding, and also widely spread.

Panicum Crus-galli, Linn. ; Benth. 3l. Austral. vii. p. 479 ; Thcazies, Enum. PI. Zeyl. p. 359.-Meiktila, and Shan hills at 4COO feet, several varieties, Xcrnders. Very widely diffused in tropical and subtropical regions, though often only as a colonist.

Setaria glauca, Becruz.. : Benth. 31. Austral. vii. p. 492 j Boxb. FROM UPPER BUllXA AND TlIE SUAN STATES. I. 1.3

Fl. Ind. i. p. 284 ; Clarke’s Reprint. p. 95 (sub Panico).-Meiktila aud Shan hills at various elevations, Xanders. Almost universally spread iu tropical aud subtropical couotries.

Setaria verticillata, Beauv. ; Beiath. PI. Austral. vii. 1). 498 ; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 301 ; Clarke’s Repi.int, p. 101 (sub Panico).- Meilctila and Slim hills at 4000 feet, Mandem. Widely spread ; but, like the last, often existing oiily as a colonist.

Setaria italica, Beam.; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 302; Clarke’s Beprint, p. 108 (sub Panico).-Shaii hills at 4000 feet, Xanders. Commonly cultivated, aiid now widely spread in a wild state. Pennisetum japonicum, Trinius; Kunth, Enunt. PI. i. p. 159 (sub Gynznothrice).--Shau hills at 4000 feet, Manders. Chinaaud Japaii, but not previously found so far westward, ne believe. Cok gigantea, Ken&; Roxb. 31. Ind. iii. p. 570; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 650.-Shaii ldls at 4000 feet. Eastern arid Southern Iudia and the Malay peninsula.

Polytoca bracteata, R. Br. ; Benn. Pl. Jau. Rar. p. 20, t. 5 ; SJ 11. Cois heteroclita, Roxb. 31. Ind. iii. 11. 572 j Clarke’s Reprint, 11. CiSO.-Shau hills ut 4000 feet, Illandem. Easterri India and Malaya.

Polytoca Wallichiana, Benfh., Journ. Lirzn. Xoc. xix. p. 52.- Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. Burma ancl Tenas*erim. Chionachne Wightii, Munro ex BentJh. et Book. Gen. ... f: PI. 111. p. 1118 ; syu. Tripsacuin semitcws, Wall.-Shaii hills at :3000 feet. South India arid Burma.

Arundinella Wallichii, Nees ; Xfeud. Grana. p. 114.-Slian hills at 4000 feet, illandem. Widely spread in Iudia.

Arundinella setosa, 33-in.; Xteud. Gmn, p. 114.-Shau hills at 4000 feet, Zunders. JVidely spread iii.India. 144 OENISItAL COLLETT AND MR. W. B. HENSLET ON PLANTS

Tragus racemosus, Desf. ; syn. Lappago racemosa, Willd., Benth. 31. Austral. vii. p. 506, et L. biflora, Roxb. $1. Ind. i. p. 281.-Meiktila. Very widely diffused in tropical and temperate regions of both hemispheres.

Perotis latifolia, Ait.; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 233; Clarke's Reprint, p. 78.--M eiktila. Asia, Africa, and Australia, if P. rara, R. Br., be the same.

"Imperata arundinacea, Cyr. ; Benth. 31. Austral. vii. p. 536 spn. Saccharum cylindricurn, Linn.; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 234 Clarke's Reprint, p. 78.-Meiktila. Widely spread in the tropical agd subtropical regions of the Old World ; and also found in South America.

Saccharum spontaneuni, Linn.; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 285; Clarke's Reprint, p. 79.-Meiktila. Tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia, and Polynesia.

Saccharum Narenga, flees, ex Sfeud. Gram. p. 411.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. India and China.

Pollinia argentea, Trinizcs ; Hackel in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 162 ; syn. Andropogon tristachyus, Roxb. $1. Ind. i. p. 256 ; Clarke's Reprint, p. 86.-SIm:i hills at 4000 feet. India, Malaya, Ceylon, and North-east Australia.

Pollinia grata, Hackel i.n DC. Monogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 173. -Popah district, Upper Burma. India, Malaya, and China.

Pogonatherum saccharoideum, Beauu. ; Hackel in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. JTi. p. 192 ; syn. bndropogon monandrus, Roxb. $l. Ind. i. 11. 260 ; Clarke's Reprint, p. 87.-Shaii hills plateau. India, Ceylon, Malaya, China, Japan, and Polynesia.

Arthraxon ciliaris, Beauv. ; Hackel in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 354.--Yhan hills at 4000 feet. Tropical and ternperate regions in Asia, Africa, and Australia.

* The Andropogoneic were determined by Mr. C, B. Clarke, F.R.S. FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN BTATES. 145 Rottboellia exaltata, Linn. f. ; .Hackel in DC. Xonogr. Pha- nerog. vi. p. 293 ; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 354 j Clarke’s Reprint, p. 119.-Shan hiils at 4000 feet. Tropical Asia and Africa and in the West Indies.

Ophiurus perforatus, Trinizcs ; Hackel in DC. Monogr. Pha- nerog. vi. p. 319 ; sjn. Rottboellia perforata, Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 356 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. Ilt).-Meiktila. India, Ceylon, and Malaya.

Ophiurus corymbosus, Ccertner ; Hackel in DC. Xonogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 317 ; sgn. Rottboellia corymbosa, &inn. ; Roxb. 37. Ind. i. p. 355 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. ll9.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. India, Malaya, and North-east Australia.

Ratzeburghia pulcherrima, Kunth ; Hackel in. DC. Monogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 321 ; syn. Kottboellia pulchelln, Wall., et Aiiii- nia elegans, Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 273.--Meiktila. Burma. Much 6ner specimens than the original ones upon which the genus was founded.

Manisuris granularis, Linn.3 ; gackel in DC. Monogr. PRa- nerog. vi. p. 314 ; Roxb. PI. Ind. i. p. 352 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 118.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. Tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheree.

Ischaemum laxum, R.Br. ; Hackel in DC. Xonogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 243.-Meiktila. Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Ischzemum angastifolium, Hackel in .DC. Monogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 241; syn. Andropogon binatus, Retz.; Roxb. 31. rid. i. p. 255 j Clarke’s Reprint, p. 85.-Meiktila. North-west India to China, Japan, and the Philippine islands.

Ischaemum rugosum, Xalid. ; €Tackel in DC. Monogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 206.--Sban hills at 4000 feet, Manders. India, Malaya, and China. LINN. JOURN.--BOTANT, VOL. xxvm. L 146 GENERAL COTdLETT AND Mn. W. B. HEMSLEY ON PLANTS Andropogon contortu8, Linn. ; Hackel in DC. Mono.qr. Pha- aerog. vi. p. 585; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 253 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 85.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Jlanders. Tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world.

Andropogon gangeticus, Hackel in DC. Xonogr. PAanerog. vi. p. 539.-Shan hills at 3000 feet. North and Central Iudia.

Andropogon foveolatus,Del. ; Hackel in DC. Xonogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 402 ; syn. Andropogon striatus, Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 261 ; Clarke’s Reprint, 1). 87.-Meiktila. Canary islands, tropical and subtropical Africa to the Mauritius and India.

Andropogon Trinii, Nteud. ; Hackel in DC. Monogr. Phaneroy. vi. p. 558 ; syn. Chrysopogon serrulatus, !Z’rin.-Meiktila. Afghanistan to Ceylon arid Burma, and iu South Africa.

Andropogon Nardus, Linn. ; Hackel in .DC.Xonogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 601; syn. A. Sehenanthus, Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 274; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 92.-Meik:ila. India, Ceylon, Malaya, Chins, New Caledonia, South Africa, South America, and the West Indies.

Andropogon montanus, Boxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 267; Clarke’s Reiwint, p. 90; Hackel in DC. Monogr. Phnnerog. vi. p. 90.- Popah hill at 5000 feet. North-west Iudia to South China.

Andropogon Sorghum, Brot. ;Hackel in DC. Monoyr. Phanerog. vi. p. 500 j Roxb. PI. Ind. i. p. 269 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 90 ; syn. A. laxus, Roxb. 3’1. Ind. i. p. 271 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 91, teste Hackel.-Popah district. . Mediterranean region, India, Ceylon, China, Malaya, Africa, America, and Polynesia ; often cultivated.

hdropogon pWtu8Q8, Willd. ; Haclcel in DC. Monogr. Phn- nerog. vi. p. 479 ; Roxb. F1. hd. i. p, 258 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 87. -Meiktila. Asia, Africa, and Australia. FROM UPPEll BURMA AND TEE SIIAN STATES. 147 Themeda Forskalii, Zackel in DC. Xonogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 659 ; S) n. Anthistiria ciliata, Roxb., et A. polystachya, Roxb. 31. Ind. pp. 247 et 248 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 83.-Meiktila. Asia, Africa, and Australia.

Themeda ciliata, Hackel inDC. Xonogr. Phanerog. vi. p. 664 ; syn. Anthistiria scandens, Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 228; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 83.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. North and South India and Mascarene islands. Also from South Africa, but perhaps origina1l.y introduced

GRANIXEE: Poacecz Aristida Cumingiana, Trin. et Rupr. ; #.feud. Gram. p. 140.- Shan hills at 4000 fed. Eastern India, China, and Eastern Africa.

Aristida Hystrix, Linn. ; Roxb. PI. Ind. i. p. 350 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 11K-Meiktila. Widely spread in India, aud also found in Mauritius.

Aristida Adscensionis, Linn. ; Kunth, Enum. PI. i. p. 190.- Meikt ila. Atlantic islands, Africa, Mascarene islands, Arabiq, Persia , and India.

Sporobolus coromandelianus, Kunth, Enunz. PI. i. p. 213 ; syn. S. cornmutatus, XuntR.-Meiktila. Widely spread in India. 9 beautiful variety was collected having narrow, bright brown pauicles of great SJ mmetry.

Sporobolua indicus, R. Br.; liunth, Enum. PI. i. p. 212 ; Benth. 31. Austral. vii. p. 622 ; syn. S. elongatus, R. Br., et TWfa elongata, Trin.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Nanders. Tropical and subtropical Asia, AFrica, Australia, and Aniericn.

Cynodon Dactylon, Pem. ; Kunth, Enunz. PI. i. p. 250 ; syn. Panicum Dactylon, Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 280; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 97.-Meiktila. Now geuerally spread in warm countries, but often only as a colonist. 148 GENERAL COLLETT AND MR. w. B. HEMSLEY ON PLAXTS Enteropogon, sp., an E. melicoidei, var. ? foliis pilis longis tenu- issimis vestitis.-Meiktila. The specimen is too young for satisfactory determination. 3. nielicoides, Nees, inhabits Ceylon and South India.

Chloris barbata, Swartz ; 220x6. 27. ‘Ind. i. p. 329; CZarke’s Reprint, p. 111.-Meiktila. Very widely spread in tropical regiona.

Chloris digitata, Steud. ; syn. Melica digitata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 326 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 110.-Meiktila. India, Ceylon, and Malaya.

Eleusine indica, Gmrtn. : Roxb. 21. Ind. i. p. 345; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 116.-Meiktila, and Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. Tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres.

Eleusine aegyptiaca, Pers. ; Rod. 37. Ind. i. p. 344 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. llB.-Meiktila. Throughout the tropics and extending into subtropical regions.

Pappophorum elegans, Nees ; Xteud. Gram. p. 199.-Meiktila. South India and Burma.

Phragmites communis, Trin. ; Kunth, Enum. Pl. i. p. 251.- Sban hills at 3000 feet.

Eragrostis Brownii, Nees ; Benth. Fl. Austral. vii. p. 646.- Shan hills at 4400 feet, Manders. India, Ceylon, Malaya, and Australia.

Eragrostis cylindrica, Xteud. Gram. p. 267 ; Rgn. Poa cylindrica, Boxb. Pl. Ind. i. p. 333 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 112.-Meiktila. India.

Eragrostis unioloides, Nees ; Xteud. Gram. p. 264.-Shan hills at 4000 feet. Widely spread in tropical Asia.

Eragrostis nigra, ATees; Xteud. Gram. p. 267; Benth. El. Austral. 6. p. 643.-Sban hills at 4000 feet. India, Malaya, and Australia. FROM UPPER BUBMA AND THE SEAN STATES. 149 Eragrostis pilosa, Beauv. ; Benth. El. Austral. vii. p. 645.- Meiktila. Very widely diffused in tropical and subtropical countries.

Eragrostis zeylanica, Nees ; Thwaites, Enum. PE. Zeyl. p. 378 ; Steud. Gram. p. 265.-Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. India, Ceylon, Malaya, and China.

Eragrostis plumosa, Retz. ; Steud. Gram. p. 265.--Yhau hills at 4000 feet. India, Malaya, China, and tropical Africa.

Eragrostis megastachya, Link ; Eunth, Enum. PI. i. p. 338 ; Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. p. 373.-Meiktila and Shan hills at 4000 feet, Manders. South of Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Eragrostis cynosuroides, Retz. ; Stezcd. Gram. p. 264 ; syn. Poa cynosuroides, Linn. ; Roxb. 31. Ind. i. p. 333; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 112.-Meiktila. Widely spread in Asia arid Africa.

Eragrostis bifaria, Wight et Arnoit; Thwaites, Enum. PI. Zeyl. p. 373 ; syn. Poa bifaria, Pahl ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. p. 331 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 11L-Meiktila.’ Throughout India and Ceylon.

Eragrostis viscosa, Trin. ; Kunth, Enurn. PE. i. p. 336; syu. Poa viscosa, Retz. ; Roxb. 3Z. Ind. i. p. 336 ; Clarke’s Reprint, p. 113. Tar. penicula ampla glumis longissime ciliatis simul dorso setosk-Upper Burma. The typical plant inhabits South India and Ceylon.

Dendrocalamus strictus, Nees ; Porest Pl. Burma, ii. p. 558.- Shan States, Aplin. Generally spread in India and Burma southward to Singapore aud Java.

LINN. J0URN.-BOTANY, TOL. XXVIII. M 150 PLANTS FROM UPPER BURMA AND TEE SHAN STATES.

FILICES. (By J. G. Baker, F.B.S.)

Adiantum Capillus-Veneris, Linn. ; Hooker et Baker, Synop. .Pi.?.p. 123.-Shan hills at 3500 feet, Manders. Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Polynesia.

Polypodhm (0 Niphobolus) fissum, Baker ; Hooker et Baker, Xynop. Fil. p. 351.-Shan bills at 3000 feet. India, Malaya, China, and Africa.

Pteris aquilina, Linn.; Hooker et Baker, Synop. Pil. p. 162.- Slian hills, abundant on the grassy plateaux, Aplin. Almost everywhere in temperate regions.

EQUISETACEB. Equisetum debile, Roxb. ; 31. Ind., Clarke’s Beprint, y. 745. ---Shan liills at 4.000 feet. Iudia, Malaya, China, Polynesia, -4frica.