151 



Stereospermum chelonoides, DC. — F.B.I., iv. p. 382; For. Fl. 

 Burma, ii. p. 230 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. 

 p. 102. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600 m., Kerr^ 1167. 



Distr. India, Burma, Yunnan, Java (?), Trinidad (cult.). 



Stereospermum neuranthum, Kurz — F.B.I., iv. p. 382 ; For. Fl. 

 Burma, ii. p. 230. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 840 m., Kerr^ 1128. 



Distr. Burma. 



The indumentum of the calyx is not so dense as in Kurz's type 

 specimens but is exactly that of Parish's Moulmein plants. 



Radermachera sp. n. 

 Bangkok, Legation Garden, Paget. 



A very distinct plant on account of its densely warted calyx but 

 unfortunately not sufficiently represented for description. 



Pedalineae. 



Sesamum indicum, DC. — F.B.I., iv. p. 387 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 249, ill nota. 



Chiengmai, on waste ground by a village on Doi Sootep, 330 m., 

 Kerr, 1936. 



Distr. Tropics — often cultivated. 



Martyniaceae. 



Martynia annua, Linn. M. diandra, Glox. — F.B.I., iv. p. 386, 

 in nota. 



Chiengmai, on waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 779. 

 Introduced from Trop. America. 



Acanthaceae. 



Thunbergia similis, Craib, a T. fragrante, Roxb., foliis integris 

 basi cuneatis vel obtusis breviter petiolatis distinguenda. 



Herba repens vel scandens ; caules monocarpici, quadrangulares, 

 pilis reflexis rigidiusculis parce instructi. Folia infima elliptico- 

 lanceolata, suprema lanceolata, apice obtusa vel acutiuscula, 

 apiculata, basi plerumque cuneata vel obtusa, 1*8-8 cm. longa, 

 1-3*1 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, supra pilis paucis rigidis scabridula, 

 subtus fere glabra, margine Integra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 4-6 intra marginem arcuatis duobus basalibus valde obliquis utrinque 

 subjH'ominulis, petiolis circiter 0*5 cm. longis sufFulta. Flares albi, 

 axillares,gemini,pedicellis vix 3 cm. attingentibus sufFulti; bracteolae 

 sub anthesin liberae, oblongo-lanceolatae, apice acutae, 1*1- 1*4 cm. 

 longae, 0*5 cm. latae, dorso parce pubescentes et apices versus 

 pauci-ciliatae. Calycis lobi lauceolati vel late lanceolati, acuti, 

 breviter pilosuli. Corollae albae tubus 2*2 cm. longus, 2'5 mm. 

 diametro, superne parce pubescens, lobi obcordati, 1*8 cm longi, 

 1*8 cm. lati, ciliati. Antherae 3 mm. longae, connectivo apice 

 producto. — Craih, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 434. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-900 m., Kerr, 753 ; Sriracha, Nawng 

 Kaw, 30 m., Kerr, 2088 ? 



