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obscuris, petiolis usque ad 0°5 cm. Pe suffulta ; stipulae angusté 
lanceolatae, apice plus minusve bifidae, acutae, 5-7 mm. longae, 
tae. Receptaculum subellipsoideum, 2°5 mm. altum, 
2mm. diametro. Sepala normalia lanceolata, acuta, 2 mm, longa. 
0°5 mm. lata, aucta alba (ex Kerr), ad 5°5 em. longa, 4 cm. lata. 
Corollae aurantiacae (ex Kerr) tubus 2°2-2°3 cm, longus, superne 
dilatatus, extra, superne praecipue, strigillosus, intra apicem versus 
villosus, lobi suborbiculares, acuminati, circa 2 mm. diametro. 
Antherae 4 mm. longae, filamentis brevibus. #ructus oblongo- 
ellipsoideus, 1°8 cm. altus, 0°8 cm. diametro, lenticellatus, sepala 
tap) hee idea ore gerens 
, Doi Sootep, " Hosseus, 242 (Herb. Kew! Hoss. 
Copenhagen ive in deciduous jungle, 300-900 m., Kerr, 926, ie 
Hosseus, 447 also from Doi Sootep is probably only a form of 
M. ria a chiefly in the sparser indumentum of the 
inflorescenc 
ildenis oe Craib, sp. n., ex affinitate M. polyneurae, King, 
a qua foliis ae diversae ‘majoribus, cortice brunneo vel rubro- 
primo puberuli, mox glabri, cortice ‘pallid brunneo vel nab 
brunneo striato parce lenticellato obtecti. Folia oblanceolata, 
oblongo-oblanceolata vel rarissime obovato-oblanceolata, apice 
acuminata, basi cuneata, 8-22 cm. longa, 2°5-6 cm. lata, chartacea, 
utrinque glabra nisi nervis subtus brevissime appresse pilulosa, 
subtus pallidiora, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-9 arcuatis supra 
conspicuis subtus prominulis, nervulis utrinque, subtus magis, 
conspicuis ; vetiol 1 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, subglabri ; 
stipulae deciduae, acuminatae, 2 mm. longac. Cymulae in corymbos 
foliis breviores dispositae, pedunculo communi usque ad 5 cn. 
longo, pedunculis partialibus ad 1°5 cm. longis, pedicellis brevibus ; 
bracteae parvae. Receptaculum glabrescens, circiter 3 mm. altum. 
Calycis lobi ut videtur post anthesin decidui, normales lineari- 
lanceolati, acuti, 1-1-5 mm. longi, parce setulosi et breviter setuloso- 
ciliati, aucti albi (ex Kerr), majusculi, longe petiolati. Corollae 
tubus 2°5 cm. longus, extus glabrescens, intus pilosus, lobi deltoidei, 
acuminati, 3 mm, longi, 1°5-2 mm. lati. Antherae anguste lineares, 
mm, longae. 
Chiengmai, pares ground in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 
660 m., Kerr, 1112; Phre, 180 m., Luang Vanpruk, 196. 
Vern. Dok Kem bai (ex Luang Vanpruk). 
Mussaenda sootepensis, Crazb, sp. n., ab affini M. incana, Wall., 
ramulorum indumento breviore parciore, foliis valde minoribus, 
ee tubo breviore oe parciore distincta. 
rutex parvus ; ramuli primo breviter pilosi, mox fere glabri, 
dite rubro-brunneo stint obtecti. Folia elliptica, ovalilabeeitnts 
vel ovata, apice distincte vel vix acuminata, obtusiuscula, basi 
supra es basi incrassatis instructa, subtus hirsuta, inet lateralibus 
utrinque 6 pagina utraque conspicuis; petioli ad 4 mm. longi; 
stipulae lanceolatae, 5 o— te ongae, apice plus minusve é halides: 
Cy nales dispositae; bracteae parvae, 
lineari-lanceolatae ; pedicelli rapt Bicaunizhen 3 mm. altum, 
