408 
Dioscorea pentaphylla, Linn., var. malaica. 
Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 2251 ; Doi Sootep, in 
mixed jungle, 330 m., Kerr, 2251a. 
Distr. (of var.). Malaya and perhaps in the Pacific. 
Rox BURGHIACEAE. 
longa, circiter 1 cm. lata. Stamina 4; filamenta brevia, basi 
breviter connata; antherae (appendice inclusa) 21 mm. longae. 
Ovarii rudimentum parvum. i. Q (vel d 2). Perianthiium masculi 
sed minus, Stamina 4, (fertilia?). Ovarium 4 mm. altum, stylo 
obtuso vix distincto, ovulis pluribus erectis. 
Near Phre, Me Ta, perennial with trailing shoots, roots numerous 
thick and fleshy, in dry bamboo jungle, 240 m., Kerr, 2351. 
Stemona Burkillii, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixxiii. p. 43, 
ex descr, 
Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 420 m., Kerr, 1403, 
in mixed jungle, 570 m., Kerr, 1403a. 
Distr. Upper Burma (ex Prain), 
As. Soc. Beng., Ixxiii. p. 42. 
Phre, Rawng Kwang, in deciduous jungle, 180 m., Kerr, 2365. 
rma. 
Stemona Kerrii, Crazh, sp 
minoribus haud glabris facile 
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hervis transversis densis parallelis utrinque conspicuis, nervi 
nervulisque pagina superiore pilis albis parcissime instructa, inferiore 
puloso-pubescentia, sicco viridia; petioli 0°7-3 em. longi, supra 
canaliculati, indumento ut caules. Inflorescentia axillaris, 1-3-flora, 
petiolos subaequans, floribus polygamo-dioicis. Fl. S. Perianthit 
segmenta 4, lineari-lanceolata vel late lanceolata, acuta, 9 mm. longa, 
2°25-3°25 mm. lata, extra pilis paucis rigidis erectis instructa, intra 
glabra. Filamenta brevissima, ima basi connata, ovarii rudimentum 
minutum cingentia ; antherae sicco subvirides, 2°25 mm. longae ; 
connectivi appendicula sicco rubra, inaequaliter trialata, alis 
