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CURRENT LITERATURE.
New Indian Species, etc.
Meteoromyrtus Gamble, gen. nov. Kew Bull. 7 {1918) p. 211. Separated from Eugenia Linn, in -which the one species M. wynaadznsis had been placed by Beddome chiefly because the ovules are about 4 and pendulous from the apex of the ovary.
Pygeum sisparense Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 238, allied to P. acuminatum Colebr. but differing in smaller leaves, shorter racemes and fewer stamens. DisL In forests on the south-west side of the Nilgiri plateau about Sispara at 6,000 to 7,000 ft.
Eugenia discifera Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 239 allied to E. caleadensis Bedd. But differing in having no peduncles and short pedicels and the dry leaves somewhat gray below. Dist. near Chimunji, Travancore about 4,000 ft.
Jambosa Bourdillonii Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 239 allied to Eugenia hemispherica Wight, but differing in the nervation of the leaves being conspicuous on the under side, the very short cymes and the campanulate calyx tube. Disi. Travancore about 2,000 ft.
Jambosa courtallensis Gamble sp. nov., lc. p. 239, a distinct species somewhat like Eugenia Mundagam Bourdillon in the nervation of the leaves, but differing in the leaves being much smaller and rounded, not cordate at the base, and in the elongated subcylindrical calyx tube. Dist, Courtallum, Tinnevelly Hills.
Syzygium palghatense Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 2i0 allied to S. calophylli- Jolia Walp., but differing in the obovate abruptly obtusely acuminate leaves and elongate infundibuliform calyx. Dist. Palghat Hills, Malabar about 5,000 ft.
Syzygium travancoricum Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 240 closely allied to no other spacies and distinguished by its long petioled leaves and small flowers in long-peduncled long-branched cymes. Dit. In swampy places in the low country of Travancore up to about 200 ft.
Osbeckia lineolata Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 241 allied to O. minor Triana but differing in the leaves which are larger, elliptic, setoso-mucronate and drying yellow ; and in the larger flowers and fruit. Dist. Nilgiris and Pulneys about 6,000 to 7,000 ft.
Osbeckia courtallensis Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 242, although similar to O. Eleinii W & A, in the setae of the calyx, yet differing in the smaller, elliptic, lanceolate leaves, and few flowered inflorescence. Dist. Courtallum, Tinnevelly.
Osbeckia Lawsoni Gamble sp. nov., I.e. p. 242 allied to O. Kleinii W. & A., but differing in the acute calyx lobes and smaller leaves. Dist. Travancore at about 2,000 ft.
Ixora Butterwickii Hole sp. nov., Indian Forester XLV (1919) No. Ip. 15 y allied to I. spectabills Wall and I. pendula Jack,-but differing from the former in the larger size and shape of the leaves, more numerous lateral nerves and wider panicle, and from the latter in the shorter corolla tube, longer anthers and wider panicle. This species is at present known only in Burma.
Anogeissus rotundifolia Blatter and Hallberg sp. nov., Joum. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. XXVH1919) No. 2 p. 525, differs specifically from A. coronata Straf in Kew Bull- 4 (1914) p. 153. Dist. Kailana near Jodhpur.
