394 



hicolor^ Craib, Antidesma sootepensiSy Craib, Macaranga trilohay 

 Muell.-Arg., Macaranga iiidicay Wight, Quercus Ju7ighuhnii, 

 Miq., Quercus Hew, Hemsl. 



Tile above tends to 



ora of 



Burma is hy no means complete, even in tlie case of trees; and, 

 taking into consideration tlie fact that most of the recent cqI- 



tment 



most 



herbaceous plants without economic value, it appears safe to infer 



much 



th 



more 



m 



most 



pondias laxiflora, a large deciduous tx^^ v.xx .x.^ o.xx«x. xxxxxv^o.wxx^ 

 nills near the lower reaches of the Salween river and its tribu- 

 taries, about which doubt has existed since flowering specimens of 

 it were first collected by Brandis in 1862; this was originally named 

 Buchanania laxiflora, Kurz, but M. Pierre pointed out that it was 

 not a Buchanania and was probably a new genus, a fact admitted 

 m Indian Trees, p. 206 ; there is no leaf on the sheet of the speci- 



um 



IS not known what leaf (simple) was described by Kurz under 



'fl 



flora of May 



to make a fairly complete collection, any general description 

 would at present be out of place and is reserved for some future 

 occasion. I gladly take this opportunity, however, of acknow- 

 ledging with many thanks the kindness of Sir David Prain, 

 Director of the Eoyal Botanic Gardens, in permitting the work of 

 nammg^ my collections from Burma to be done in the Kew 



ft^^i'^^m^' ^^^ *^^ assistance afforded me by members of the 

 fetaff. To Mr. W. G. Craib, lately Assistant' for India in the 

 herbarium, I am especially indebted both for the keen interest he 



Has taken in my collections and for his valuable help and sound 

 criticisms. ^ 



r Sf^"l^."^ burmanica, Lace [Rauunculaceae-Clematideae] ; a 



O. Cmibiana, Lace, cui valde affinis, nervationc, indumento, fila- 

 mentis multo longionbus, antheris conspicue minoribus, stigmato 

 clavato inter alia differt. 



Frutex scandens; rami graciles, teretes, sulcati, purpureo- 

 brunnei, pruinosi, juventute pilis brevibus pallide luteis nitidis 

 adpressis puberuli. Folia pinnatim 3-foliata; petiolus 8-10 cm. 

 longus, parum costatus ut ramuli puberulus; foliola late ovata, 

 apicem acutum versus gradatim angustata, basi rotundata, 

 plerumque anguste cordata, interdum truncata vel ramulorum 



cm 



parum paajore, chartacea, juventute 



nervos 





nervis 





