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Stiff rutex sarmentosus, circiter 1 m. altus (ex Kerr) ; ramuli 

 cinereo-albidi, pilis minutis stellatis confertis diu persistentibus 

 obtecti. Folia lanceolata, apice indistincte acuminata, mucronata, 

 basi cuneata vel late cuneata, obtusiuscula, 4*5-1 1*5 cm. longa, 

 1*3-3 cm. lata, chartacea vel tenuiter chartacea, integra, supra 

 fusca, nisi costa pilis minutis stellatis tecta glabra, subtus pallida, 

 indumento ut ramulis, e basi trinervata, nervis secondariis (e costa 

 ortis) utrinque 6-7 supra subconspicuis subtus prominentibus, nervis 

 transversis subtus prominulis ; petioli graciles, ad 7 mm. longi, 

 indumento ut ramulis ; stipulae 5 mm. longae, 0*75 mm. latae, 

 acutae. lnflorescentia brevis, axillaris, rhachi glandulis nigris 

 sessilibus instructa ; pedicelli 2*5 mm. longi ; bracteae ad 4 mm. 

 longae. Calyx extra minute stellato-pubescens ; tubus 4 mm. 

 longus ; lobi lanceolati, acuti, 2 mm. longi, 1 mm lati, intra minute 

 stellato-pubescentes. Petala purpurea (ex Kerr), 8 mm. longa, 

 1*5 mm. lata. Androphorium glabrum, circiter 5 mm. longum. — 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1912, p. 146. 



Sriracha, Nawng Kaw, by side of railway track, 30 m., Kerr, 2046. 



Named in compliment to Mons. Gagnepain, to whom I am 

 indebted for comparing this plant and several others of Dr. Kerr's 

 collections with the species described by him in the Flore Generale 

 de l'lndo-Chine. 



Helicteres glabriuscula, Wall — F.B.I., i. p. 366 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 26. 



Chiengmai, in scrub jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 

 630. 



Distr. Burma. 



Helicteres hirsuta, Lour. — For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 143 ; Fl. Indo- 

 Chine, i. p. 490. H. spicata, Colebr. ex Masters, F.B.I., i. p. 366 ; 

 Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 29, in part. 



Sriracha, in scrub jungle, under 15 m., Kerr, 2142 ; Raheng, 

 Lindhard. 



Distr. India, China, Indo-China, Malaya. 



Helicteres Isora, Linn. — F.B.I., i. p. 365; Fl. Indo-Chine, 

 i. p. 488; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 29 ; For. Fl. 

 Burma, i. p. 142. 



Chiengmai, in scrub jungle on Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1410 

 and in deciduous jungle, 330 m., Kerr, 1948. 



Distr. S.E. Asia, Australia, Bourbon, Natal. 



Helicteres lanata, Kurt, For. FJ. Burma, i. p. 143 ; Williams, 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 29 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 492. 



Sriracha, in scrub jungle near the sea, Kerr, 2014 ; Petchabouri, 

 Mt. Taleng, Pierre, 3747 ; Siam, Binnendyck. 



Distr. Cambodia. 



Helicteres lanceolata, DC. — For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 142 (in clavi) ; 

 Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 29 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, 

 i. p. 493; Hosseus, ii. p. 411. H. angustifolia, F.B.I. , i. p. 365, 

 partim. 



Wang Djao, 100 m., Hosseus, 70. 



Distr. Burma, Cochinchina, Java. 



