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Chiengmai, cultivated, 300 m., Kerr, 2626—“ said to have been 
brought from the jungle.” 
istr. Bengal, Assam, Burma (N. Australia ?). 
Asparagus racemosus, /7il/d.—F'.B.1., vi. p. 316 ; Williams, Bull. 
Herb. Boiss., iv. (1904) p.-230. 
Sriracha, on rocks by beach, Kerr, 2096. 
Distr. Trop. Asia, Australia and Africa. 
Asparagus racemosus, Willd., var. subacerosa, Baker—F.B L., vi. 
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«alt. 
Chiengmai, 300 m., in scrub jungle, Kerr, 1961. 
Disir, Sikkim. 
Asparagus sp., Hosseus, ii. p. 373. 
Doi Intanon, 1100 m. (ex Hosseus). 
Disporopsis longifolia, Crazb, sp. n., a speciebus adhuc descriptis 
foliis multo longioribus facile distinguenda. 
erba glabra, Polygonati speciebus facie persimilis ; rhizoma 
repens, circiter 1 cm. diametro ; caules solitarii vel bini, 33-107 cm. 
alti. Folia lanceolata vel late lanceolata, apice longe acuminata, 
acuta, basi cuneata vel rotundato-cuneata, 12-30 cm. longa, 2°6- 
5°2 em. lata, nervis primariis 3-5 pagina utraque prominulis, 
secondariis conspicuis, petiolo brevi validiusculo suffulta, lores in 
fasciculas -floras axillares dispositi; pedicelli ad 1°5 em. longi, 
sulcati vel subalati. Perianthit albi (ex Kerr) tubus subglobosus, 
3-4 mm. altus, lobi exteriores elliptico-lanceolati, acutiusculi, 7 mm. 
longi, 4°56 mm. lati, interiores exterioribus paulo breviores latio- 
resque, apice rotundato-truncati vel fere truncati. Corona 1°75 mm. 
alta, paulo ultra medium lobata, lobis apice emarginatis. Stamina 
ad apices coronae loborum affixa, filamentis brevissimis ; antherae 
dorsifixae, basi saccatim productae, 3 mm. longae.  Pistillum 
corona occlusum; ovarium 3 mm. altum, stylo vix 2 mm. longo. 
Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 960 m., Kerr, 
687a ; in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 
Distr. S.W. China: Szemao, 1350-1800 m., Henry, 12,225, 
12,225b, 12,225c¢ ; Lungchow, Morse, 603. 
The description has been drawn up from Kerr 687a which is the 
plant they are solitary. Again the structure of the corona is 
markedly different. In the original plant the lobes alternate with 
the stamens whereas here the stamens are situated at the apex of 
the lobes. 
Ophiopogon brevipes, Craid, sp. n., ob racemum_ breviusculum 
validum subcernuum foliaque longinscula angusta distincta. 
Rhizoma repens, radices longiusculas satis crassas emittens. 
Folia rigidiuscula, sub anthesin cireiter 20 em. longa et 4 mm. lata, 
deinde in fructu ad fere 40 em. longa et 7 mm. lata, petiolo circiter 
4 cm. longo suffulta, pagina utraque glabra, inferiore nervis 
