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Sriracha, Mrs. D. J. Collins 6, Marcan 189. Bangkok Palace 
Gardens, Murton 30. Chiengmai, 300 m., cult. Kerr 3525. 
Distr. Cambodia, Cochinchina, Java (cult.), [Laos ex Fl. Gén. 
Indo-Chine]. 
__ To this genus also belongs Popowia. diospyrifolia, Pierre ex 
Finet et Gagnep. (= S. diospyrifolia, comb. nov.). 
Melodorum affine, Craib [Anonaceae-Xylopieae]; ab affini 
M. oblongo, Craib, pedicellis fructiferis brevioribus, foliis tenui- 
oribus, nervis lateralibus supra haud impressis recedit. 
Ramult volubiles, primo ferrugineo-tomentelli, mox glabri, 
brunneo- vel fusco-brunneo-corticati, lenticellis subconspicuis. 
Folia oblonga vel cuneato-oblonga, apice rotundata, obtusa, vel 
interdum breviter acuminata, basi cuneata vel cuneato-rotundata, 
usque ad 18-5 cm. longa et 6-2 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, supra 
ad costam tomentella, subtus pallidiora, tomentella praetereaque 
ad costam nervosque pilis longioribus instructa, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque 15-18 supra saepissime subconspicuis subtus promi- 
nentibus, costa supra impressa; petioli 7-10 mm. longi, sat 
crassi, supra canaliculati. Pedicelli fructiferi terminales, 1 cm. 
longi, bracteolis persistentibus. Receptaculum parum incrassa- 
tum. Carpella (an omnino matura?) ellipsoideo-orbicularia, 
1-8 cm. longa, stipite 2-5 em. longo suffulta, dense ferrugineo- 
tomentella. 
Doi Sutep, 660 m., mixed jungle, Kerr 3259. 
Alphonsea lutea, Hook. f. et Thoms, var. longipes, Craib { Anon- 
aceae-Miliuseae]; varietas pedicellis elongatis distincta. 
Arbor sempervirens, 50-pedalis, trunco cortice laevi griseo 
obtecto (ex Vanpruk); ramuli primo breviter adpresse fulvo- 
pubescentes, mox glabri, cortice cinereo reticulato obtecti. 
Folia oblongo-lanceolata, apice subacuminata, basi cuneata vel 
rotundato-cuneata, ad 14-5 cm. longa et 4 cm. lata, rigide 
chartacea, supra ad costam primo breviter pubescentia, mox 
puberula, subtus matura glabra vel subglabra, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque ad 10 pagina utraque conspicuis sed vix prominulis, 
nervulis rete gracile efficientibus, petiolo circa 4 mm. long 
suffulta. Flores in fasciculis e ramulis annotinis ortis dispositi, 
pedicellis 2 cm. longitudine fere attingentibus infra medium 
bracteolatis ut alabastris adpresse fulvo-pubescentibus. 
Pré, Mé Song, 360 m., Vanpruk 444. | “ 
This plant, treated here as a variety, in all probability repre- 
sents quite a valid species. Receipt of more adequate material, 
both flowering and fruiting, is required for certainty. 
Capparis auricans, Craib, comb. nov. C. grandis, Linn. f., 
var. auricans, Kurz, For. Fl. Br. Burma, vol. L, p. 64. 
Mé Chang, deciduous jungle, 300 m., Kerr 3177. . 
Distr. Burma, Smales. Frequent in Prome district (fide 
Kurz, 1.c.). 
