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pedunculo communi petiolo breviore suffulti; pedicelli validi, 



4 mm. longi. Leguviina patula, ambitu subquadrangularia, ad 



5 cm. longa, vix 4 mm. diametro, breviter branneo-tomentella. 

 Between Wieng Pipao and Doi Sakety Doi IS'ang Keo, in 



mixed jungle, 840 m., Kerr 2524. 



Trichosanthes Kerrii, Craih [Cucurbitaceae-Cucumerineae] ; 

 a T. villosa, Blume, cui affinis, foliis integris basi hand alte 

 cordatis recedit, 



Ramuli molliter plus minusve adpresse rufo-pubescentes, 

 sulcati, ad fere 4 mm. diametro. Folia ovata, apice acute 

 acuminata, basi late, baud alte, cordata, ad 14 cm. longa et 

 9*7 cm. lata, cbartacea, supra pilis brevinsculis basi tuberculatis 

 subscabrida, subtus dense molliter villosa, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 5 supra conspicuis vel subconspicuis subtus prominen- 

 tibus, nervis transversis supra subobscuris subtus prominulis, 

 petiolo ad 4 cm. longo ut ramulis molliter adpresse rufo-pubes- 

 cente suffulta. Pedicelli ad 2-5 cm. longi. Receptaculum 

 cireiter 2 cm. longum, indumento ut ramuli pedicellique 

 instructum. Sepala oblanceolata, acuta, 1'8 cm. longa, 4'5 mm. 

 lata, tricostata, extra densius adpresse pubescentia, intus parcius 

 adpresse pubescentia. Petala alba (ex Kerr), flabellata, fim- 

 briata, cireiter 1-6 cm. longa et lata, pagina utraque pubescentia. 



Doi Wao, climbing on busbes in old clearing, 1050 m., Kerr 

 2454. 



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rCucurbitaceae-Cucumerine 



a T. Henryi, Hemsley, calycis lobis multo brevioribus facile 



distinguenda. 



Ramuli ad 3-5 mm. diametro, striati, pubescentes; cirrhi 



validiusculi, superne ramosi, pubescentes. Folia simplicia, 

 ovata, apice acute acuminata, basi alte cordata, sinu ad 3 cm. 

 longo et 4 cm. lato, ad 17 cm. longa et 12'3 cm. lata, mem- 

 branacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6 pagina utraque con- 

 spicuis, supra tenuiter pilosa, subtus costa nervis nervulisque 

 pilosula, margine Integra, ciliata, petiolo 7 cm. lon^o validius- 

 culo pubescente suffulta. Pedunculus communis inflorescentiae 

 masculae 9-5-14 cm. longus, ut ramuli petiolique pubescens; 

 pedicelli 3-5 cm. longi. Receptaculum 6 mm. altum, 6 mm. 

 diametro, sulcatum, adpresse pubescens. Calycis segmenta 

 deltoidea, 3 mm. longa et lata. Petala ad VZ cm. lon^a et 

 6-5 mm. lata. Stamina 5, quorum 4 filamentis peruana vix ad 

 medium eonnatis, filamentis 5 mm. longis pasi squamatie, 

 praetereaque squamae duae oblongae, receptaculi fauce insertae. 

 3 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae. Ovarii rudimentum deficiens. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sutep, evergreen jungle, 660 m., Kerr 1171. 



Vernonia Kerrii, Craih [Compositae-Yernonieae] ; a F. 

 Uelferi, Hook, f., cui affinis, involucri bracteis brevioribus 



angustioribus distinguenda. 



Caules 13-23 cin.alti,primo subadpresse birsuti," saepe flexuosi, 

 mox gl abri, cireiter 1-5 mm., diametro. Folia oblanceolata, 

 oblongo-oblanceolata vel late oblanceolata, apice acuta, obtusa 

 vel rarissii-ae fere rotundata, basi cuneata vel late cuneata, 



