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puberulo suffulta. Inflorescentia 3 axillaris, circa 5 mm. longa, 
unculis conspicue puberulis, pedicellis circa 0-75 mm. longis. 
Sepala 6, circa 1-1-25 mm. longa et 0-75 mm. lata, inter se 
subaequalia. Petala 3, flabelliformia, 0-6 mm. longa, paulo 
latiora quam longiora. Synandrium 0-5 mm. altum, apice 
0-5 mm. diametro. 
Doi Sutep, evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr 3255. 
Stephania erecta, Craib [Menispermaceae-Cocculeae]; ab 
affini S. Pierrei, Diels, caulibus erectis, foliis crassioribus dis- 
tinguenda. 
Caules annui, sub anthesin erecti, saepissime simplices, 
7-30 cm. alti, superne glauci, inferne pallidiores, annotini 
straminei, striati, glabri. Folia iuventute sicca glauca, ovata 
vel rotundata, apice obtusa, mucronulata, 3 cm. longa, 2-5 em. 
lata, rigidiuscula, glabra, nervis circa 11 radiantibus, nervulis 
vix conspicuis, subtus pallidiora, marginata, petiolo ad 4 cm. 
longo suffulta. Pseudumbellae @ axillares vel inferiores ex 
axillis foliorum squamiformium ortae, 5-fere 10 mm. diametro, 
pedunculo communi 8-20 mm. longo suffultae, glabrae; pedunculi 
partiales breves; pedicelli 1-5-2 mm. longi, apice articulati. 
Flores expansi 2-5 mm. diametro. Sepala saepe varie et irregu- 
lariter connata, lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, 1-3 mm. longa, 
0-8 mm. lata, saepe tridentata. Petala haud evoluta. Synan- 
drium vix 1-25 mm. diametro, brevissime stipitatum. 
Miang Petchabun, c. 50 m., deciduous forest, Kerr 5689. 
Lao name, Bua Kia (ex Kerr). 
This is probably the plant mentioued by Diels (in Engler 
_ Pflanzenr., Menispermaceae, p. 276) under S. Pierrei, Diels, as 
represented by Siam, J’eysmann, Mekong, Harmand, and Cochin- 
china, Pierre. , 
A tuber received from Dr. Kerr is at present (July 1922) in 
flower in the Botanic Garden, Aberdeen. 
Stephania Kerrii, Craib [Menispermaceae-Cocculeae] ; ab 
affini S. Delavayi, Diels, foliis papyraceis, pedunculis masculis 
longioribus, drupis orbicularibus haud obovoideis recedit.. 
Caules volubiles, graciles vel subgraciles, saepe tortuosi, glabri, 
sulcati, substraminei. Folia orbiculari-ovata vel fere orbicularia, 
apice obtusa, interdum obtuse acuminata, mucronata, basi 
rotundata vel truncata, usque ad 10 cm. longa et 9 cm. lata, 
papyracea, pagina utraque glabra, superiore viridia, inferiore 
glauca, nervis 9 radiantibus supra tenuioribus conspicuis subtus 
subprominulis, nervulis reticulationem subtus plus minusve con- 
spicuam efficientibus, marginata, integra, petiolo cirea 7-14 cm. 
longo basi incrassato glabro suffulta. Inflorescentiae ¢ axillares, 
solitariae vel 2-fasciculatae, inferiore pseudumbellam compositam 
pedunculo communi 3-3-5 em. longo suffulta e radiis 3-4 con- 
stituta, superiore elongata inferiore 2—3-plo longiore e pseudum- 
bellis racemosim dispositis constituta pedunculo communi 3-5 cm. 
longo suffulta, pedunculis partialibus ad 2-5 cm. longis, bracteis 
