136. SCITAMINEJE.—137. HEMODORACER. 75 
p. 348; Bretschn. Early Res. p. 175; Hook.f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 262; Baker, in Ann. Bot. vi. p. 211; Kew Bulletin, 1894, 
p. 250. 
Musa corniculata, M. odorata, M. seminifera, and M. nana, Lour. FI. 
Cochinch. p. 644; Desv. in Journ. de Bot. 1814, pp. 28, 30, 38-39, 43 
Hoxexoxe(Champion ex Bentham); Mount Parker (Ford, 60!). 
Herb. Kew. 
India aud Malaya. 
6. Musa Wilsoni, W. J. Tutcher, in Gard. Chron. ser, ili. xxxii, 
(1902) p. 450, fig. 151. 
Yunnan (Wilson ex Tutcher). 
Young plants are in cultivation at Kew. 
7. Musa sp. 
Yunnan: Szemao (A. Henry, 12325 !). 
This is eultivated and the enlarged base of the stem is eaten 
as a vegetable. It agrees with the description of M. nepalensis, 
Wall. (in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 492 [1824)), of which no specimens 
are known to exist, and which is, as suggested by Wallich (Lei 
doubtfully distinct from the widely cultivated Af. superba, Roxb. 
(Hort. Beng. 19). 
137. HEMODORACE. 
(By C. H. Wnrenr, A.L.S.) 
1. Aletris foliosa, var. sikkimensis, Franch. in Journ. de Bot. 
x. (1896) p. 198. 
Aletris sikkimensis, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. p. 266. 
SzEgcHUEN : Tachienlu (Soulié, 525 !), Tchenkéoutin (Farges ex 
Franchet). Herb. Kew. 
Sikkim. 
2. Aletris glabra, Bureau et Franch. in Journ. de Bot. v. 
(1891) p. 156; Franch. l. c. x. (1896) p. 197. 
SzEcHvEN : Tachienlu (Bonvalot ex Franchet, Pratt, 675, 6911), 
Tongolo (Soulié, 309 !). Herb. Kew. 
3. Aletris glandulifera, Bureau et Franch. in Journ. de Bot. 
v. (1891) p. 156, x. (1896) p. 200. 
SzECHUEN : Tachienlu (Bonvalot ex Franchet). 
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