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articulati ; bracteae parvae. Calycis segmenta ad 9 mm. longa, 

 7 mm. lata. Petala subaeqnalia, obovata vel subrotundata, ad 

 9 mm. longa, 8 mm. lata, intra inf'erne hirsutula. Ovarium dense 

 albido-setosum, 5 mm. altum, 5 mm. diametro ; stjli 3, validi, 6 mm. 

 longi, dorso hirsuti. Capsula vix 2*5 cm. alta, dura, ferrugineo- 

 toraentella parceque setosa. Semino. dorso carinata, circiter ]'2 mm. 

 longa et lata, 9 mm. crassa, brimnea. — Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, 

 p. 464. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle by streams on Doi Sootep, 660 m., 

 Kerr, 1719 cT, 750 m., Kerr, 1091 Q, 720 m., Kerr, 1432 (fruit). 



Mercurialis leiocarpa, Sieh. et Zucc. — Hosseus, ii. p. 406. 



Doi Intanon, 2560 m., Hosseus, 359a (Herb. Kew ! Hoss. ! 

 Copenhagen !). 



IHstr. Japan, China. 



Acalypha Kerrii, Craib, A. acmophyllae, Hemsl., valde affinis 

 sed petiolis brevioribus, floris Q bracteis transverse oblongis pauci- 

 dentatis eiusque perianthii segmentis latioribus, stjlis longioribus 

 distinguenda. 



Arbor parva (ex Kerr) ; ramuli primo tenuiter tomentelli, mox 

 glabri, cortice rubro-brunneo striato interdum lenticellato obtecti. 

 Folia ovata vel lanceolata, apice acuminata, acutiuscula, basi obtusa 

 vel rotundata, 3'5-12*5 cm. longa, l'5-7 cm. lata, tenuiter chartacea, 

 serrata, supra matura glabra, pustulata, infra, costa nervisque 

 praecipue, pubescentia, e basi trinervia, nervis secondariis (e costa 

 ortis) utrinque 4-5 pagina utraque, inferiore magis, promimdis ; 

 petioli 0*5-3*5 cm. longi, indumento ramulonun ; stipulae deciduae, 

 lineares, apice attenuatae, ad 9 mm. longae, dorso parce pubescentes. 

 Spicae axillares, androgynae, floribus Q 2-3 basin versus solitariis, 

 c5* fasciculatis, ad 3 cm. longae, pubescentes. Flores (^ perfecti 

 deficientes. Bracteae ovato-triangulares, concavae, circiter 0'5 mm. 

 longae. Flores Q interdum solitarii, axillares (ob spicas c? 

 delapsas ?). Bracteae transverse oblongae, 4-5-dentatae, 2'5-3 mm. 

 longae, 4-5 mm. latae, dorso parce pubescentes. Calycis segmenta 

 deltoidea, obtusa, 0*75 mm. longa, 0*5 mm. lata. Ovarium hispidum, 

 0*75 mm. diametro ; styli laciniati, ad 4 mm. longi, glabri. — 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 465. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 1165. 



Chloradenia discolor, Baill. Cephalocroton discolor, Muell.-Arg., 

 var. genuina, Muell.-Arg. 



Sriracha, in evergreen jungle, 15 m., Kerr, 2109. 

 Distr. Java, Cambodia. 



Alchornea rugosa, Muell.-Arg. — F.B.I., v. p. 422; For. Fl. 

 Burma, ii. p. 385. 



Huai Tuam, 180 m., Luang Vanpruk, 227 ; Me Youak Phre, 

 240 m., Luang Vanpruk, 235. 



Distr. Indo-China, Malaya. 



Lao Name, Khang Poi (ex Luang Vanpruk). 



Alchornea tiliaefolia, Muell.-Arg. — F.B.I., v. ]>. 421 ; For. Fl. 

 Burma, ii. p. 386. 



Chieugmai, by stream in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 750 m., 

 Kerr, 639. 



Distr. Sikkim, Assam, Burma. 



