FROM UPPER BURMA AND THE SHAN STATES. 89 
Leptadenia reticulata, Wight et Arnott; Fl. Brit. Ind. 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 2-24 poll. longis, corolle lobis pro- 
portione longioribus. 
Shan hills at 6000 feet. 
DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XIII. 
A plant of Ceropegia nana, 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. 
Brachystelma edulis, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. (Plate XIV.) 
Herba perennis; rhizomate tuberosa globosa vel ovoidea siccitate 
usque ad 1 poll. diametro, caulibus monocarpicis erectis simplici- 
bus gracillimis 2—4 poll. altis puberulis vel scabridis, internodiis 
brevissimis. Folia sessilia, carnosa, angustissima, usque ad 2 
poll. longa, acuta, patentissima, venis immersis omnino obsoletis. 
Flores pauci, circiter 3 lineas longi, in racemum brevem termi- 
nalem dispositi, pedicellos graciles puberulos æquantes; calyx 
minutus, puberulus, lobis angustis acutis; corolla crassiuscula, 
subrotata, alte 5-fida, lobis angustis undulatis, intus pilis paucis 
albidis longissimis instructa; coron: cupuliformis squamæ con- 
natæ, antheras superautes, intus parce pilose, apice subæqualiter 
tridentate, dente intermedio inflexo. Folliculi gracillimi, 23-34 
poll. longi, acuti, glabri; semina pauca, compressa, longe comosa, 
cum coma pollicaria. 
Upper Burma at 900 feet. 
A very 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 diffi- 
eult 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. 
