141. DIOSCOREACER. 91 
2. Dioscorea Batatas, Decne. in Rev. Hort. (1854) p. 243, and 
(1855) p. 69 cum icone; Benth. Fl. Hongk. p. 368; Makino, 
Phan. Jap. Ic. Ill. tt. 93-95. 
Curnrr: Peking (Bretschneider !); Krawesvu: Shanghai (Fa- 
ber?) ; Kranast: Kiukiang (Shearer! Bullock, 246); Kwane- 
TUNG : Canton (Sampson, 13760 !); HoNaxowNo (Wright !), 
Lantao Island (Lamont, 788!). Mus. Brit. ; Herb. Kew. 
3. Dioscorea bulbifera, Zinn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 1033; Mig. 
Journ. Bot. Néerl. i. p. 90. 
Kwanerunea (Krone ex Miquel). 
Tropical Asia. 
4. Dioscorea dæmona, var. reticulata, Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 
vi. p. 289. 
Dioscorea macrocarpa, Wall. Cat. n. 5100. 
Formosa: Takow (A. Henry, 1875!); Haman (A. Henry, 
8106, 8288, 8725 1). Herb. Kew. 
Malay Peninsula. 
5. Dioscorea Decaisneana, Carr. in Rev. Hort. (1865) p. 111, 
cum icone ; Chappellier, in Bull. Soc. Acclim. v. (1888) pp. 373-5 ; 
Bretsch. Hist. Europ. Bot. Disc. p. 832. 
Cuina: without locality (ex Carriére). 
6. Dioscorea doryophora, Hance, in Ann. Sc. Nat. 5"* sér. v. 
(1866) p. 244. 
Dioscorea Swinhoei, Rolfe, in Journ. Bot. xx. (1882) p. 359. 
Formosa (Swinhoe, 33! 7573 in Herb. Hance! Playfair |), 
Takow CA. Henry, 1922!), Bankinsing (4. Henry, 878, 1672 !). 
Herb. Kew. 
7. Dioscorea glabra, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 72; Fl. Ind. ii. 
p. 804; Kunth, Enum. Pl. v. p. 388; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 
p. 294. 
Dioscorea sagittata, Royle, ev Hook. f. l. c. 
KrawGsr: Lushan Mountains (Bullock, 245!) ; K&KWANGTUNG : 
Lantao (.Ford, 6!), mainland opposite Hongkong (Ford, 183!) ; 
Hatnan (A. Henry, 8407, 8690 !). 
From the sub-tropical Himalayas southwards to the Concan 
and Malay Peninsula. 
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