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Rubia siamensis, Craih, a R. eord/folut, Linn., foliis semper 

 oppositis, inflorescentiae rliachi crassiore, bracteis parvis facile 

 distinguenda. 



Caules scandentes, breviter sparse aculeati. Folia ovata vel 

 ovato-lanceolata, cordata, apice acuta, 6-11 cm. longa, 3-7*2 cm. 

 lata, chartacea, utrin([ne costa nervistpie aculeata, e basi 3-5nervata, 

 nervis supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus nervis secondariis 

 obscuris vel subobscuris ; petioli ad 8 cm. longi, ut caules 

 aculeati. Panirulae axillares, ad 30 cm. longae, bracteis pai'vis ; 

 pedicelli ad 3 uuii. longi. Rcceptandum 0*5 mm. altmu, 1"25 mm. 

 latum, glabrum ; calyx obsoletus. Corollac viridis tubus 1*25 mm. 

 longus, lobi lineari-lanceolati, acuti, 2 uuu. longi, 1 mm. lati, intra 

 pul\ crulento - pilosuli. Discus parvus, tumiduis. Stylus brevis, 

 glaber, stigmate capitato 2-lobato. — Craih, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 397. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle. 900 m., Kerr, 1832. 



V ALERT AN ACEAE. 



Valeriana Hardwickii, Wall. — F.B.I., iii. ji. 213. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in open grassy jungle, 1500 m., Kerr, 882. 



Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Yunnan, Java. 



COMPOSITAE. 



Vernonia bracteata, Wall. — F.B.T., iii. p. 232 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600-650 m., Kerr, 828a, Hosseus, 313a. 



Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Assam. 



Hosseus, ii. p. 445, refers his 313a to forma silhetensis (DC. 

 pro sp.). 



Vernonia bracteata, Wall., var. subserrata, Hosseus, ii. p. 455. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 900 m'. (ex Hosseus). 



Vernonia chinensis, Less. — F.B.I., iii. p. 235. V. sinensis, 

 Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1200 m., Kerr, 789. 

 Distr. China, throughout Indo-China, Malaya. 



Vernonia Cumingiana, Benth. V 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1114. 



Vernonia divergens, Edgeiv. — F.B.I., iii. p. 234 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 69. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1200-1650 ra., 

 Kerr, 524. 



Distr. India, Burma, Assam. 



Vernonia elaeag-nifolia, DC. — F.B.I., iii. p. 237 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 80 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., in scrub jungle, Kerr, 1693 ; Bangkok, 

 Schomhurgk, 116, Zimviermann, 101 ; Chantaboon, Murton, 63. 



Distr. Burma. 



Vernonia Parishii, Hook. J., F.B.I., iii. p. 240 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 455. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600-1800 m., Hossens, 458. 

 Distr. Burma, Yunnan. 



