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circa 4 em. longa et 2 cm. lata, extra adpresse fulvo-pubescentia, 
intra apicem basemque versus sparse pubescentia, interiora 
purpurea (ex Winit), dorso medio fulvo-pubescentia, ungui 
1-5 em. longo dorso fulvo-pubescente suffulta. Stamina 2 mm. 
longa, connectivo truncato papilloso. Carpella 1-5 mm. alta, 
dense adpresse hirsuta. 
Prachuab, 80 m., evergreen jungle, Winit 577A. 
The species described above must be very near M. Edwardsit, 
Pierre, of which species apparently no flowering material can be 
traced. The flower was evidently described by Pierre from 
material in comparatively young bud. 
Orophea siamensis, Craib [Anonaceae-Miliuseae]; ab 0. 
monospermate, Craib, foliis maioribus, petalis exterioribus quam 
rbor circa 8 m. alta (ex Kerr); ramuli iuveniles sparse 
adpresse pubescentes, angulati, mox glabri, fusco-corticati, 
lenticellis subconspicuis notati. Folia oblongo-elliptica vel 
oblongo-oblanceolata, apice caudato-acuminata, obtusa, basi 
cuneata, saepe parum inaequilateralia, 10-16-5 cm. longa, 
3-5-3 cm. lata, pagina superiore glabra, inferiore pallidiora, 
praesertim ad ‘costam pilis adpressis sparse instructa, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque circa 6 supra subconspicuis subtus pro- 
minulis, nervulis subtus subprominulis, petiolo 5 mm. longo 
sat valido supra canaliculato subtus transverse corrugato suffulta. 
Flores axillares, in ramulis vel foliatis vel defoliatis positi, pauci 
in axillo quoque, pedunculo communi perbrevi, pedunculis 
partialibus et pedicellis adpresse fulvo-pubescentibus, pedicellis 
apicem versus unibracteolatis. Sepala deltoideo-ovata, sub- 
adpressis sparse instructa, intra glabra, ciliata, interiora 1 cm 
longa, medio 2-5 mm. lata. Stamina 6. Carpella dorso breviter 
sparse pubescentia, vix 1-5 mm. longa. 
Hue Wao, c. 500 m., common in evergreen forest, Kerr, 5069. 
Stephania brevipes, Craib [Menispermaceae- Cocculeae] ; ag 
S. herbacea, Gagnep., caulibus haud omnino glabris, foliis 
minoribus ad nervulos subtus papillosis, inflorescentia brevi 
puberule recedit. 
Caules graciles, volubiles, interdum inferne radicantes, iuven- 
tute sicco fusci, mox straminei vel olivaceo-straminei, sulcati, 
ht tr fere glabri vel apud nodos tantum puberuli vel 
nonnunq omnino densius puberuli. Folia triangularia vel 
oblato-triangularia, apice obtusa vel leviter emarginata, breviter 
vieinointa® basi late — reac vel subtruncata, lateribus 
gracile sub oculo armato conspicuum efficientibus, pagina 
superiore viridia, glabra, inferiore pallida, magis minusve glauca, 
ad nervulos papillosa, petiolo 3-5-6 cm. longo interdum parum 
