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Platymitra siamensis, Craib, a P. macrocarpa, Boerl., foliis 

 longioribus angustioribus basi cuneatis vel subobtusis, pedicellis 

 crassioribus, antheris quam filamenta longioribus, bacca ovoidea, 

 seminibus vix 2 cm. longis 1 cm. crassis differt. 



Arbor alta (ex Kerr), inflorescentia excepta glabra ; ramuli cortice 

 brunneo vel fusco-brunneo lenticellato irregulariter striato obtecti. 

 Folia lanceolata, apice acuminata, obtusiuscula, basi cuneata, sub- 

 obtusa, 5-13 cm. longa, 1*5-2*5 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, supra 

 nitida, subtus subnitida, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 12 intra 

 marginem arcuatis supra conspicuis subtus prominulis ; petioli 

 circiter 5 mm. longi, supra canaliculati. Fhres fasciculati, fasci- 

 culis ex axillis foliorum delapsorum plerumque ortis ; alabastra 

 depresso-globosa, adpresse pubescentia ; pedicelli 1 cm. longi, 

 crassiusculi, basi breviter bracteati, apicem versus bracteola parva 

 instructi. Calyx 1*5 mm. altus, extra ferrugineo-pilosulus, lobis 3 

 rotundatis. Petala 3 exteriora valvata, satis crassa, circiter 3 mm. 

 longa, 3 mm. lata, extra adpresse breviter ferrugineo-pubescentia, 

 intra glabra, 3 interiora apice valvata, basi aperta, extra breviter 

 adpresse pubescentia. Stamina circiter 20. Ovaria 2, albo-hirsuta. 

 Bacca ovoidea, circiter 7 cm. longa, 5 cm. diametro ; semina 8, 

 1-8 cm. longa.— Craib, Kew Bull. 1912, p. 145. 



Sriracha, Nawng Kai Ploi, in evergreen jungle, 90 m., Kerr, 

 2125. 



Siamese name, Hiim Chang (ex Kerr). 



There are no open flowers in the specimens received and the 

 above description is taken from buds. 



Anomianthus heterocarpus, ZolL— PI. Indo-Chine, i. p. 46. 

 Chiengmai, common, 300 m., Kerr, 607. 

 Distr. Indo-China, Java. 



Miliusa cuneata, Craib, a M. sinensi, Finet et Gagnep., foliis 

 longioribus basi cuneatis, ovulis solitariis recedit. 



Suffrutex ad 4*5 m. altus (ex Kerr) ; ramuli primo f ulvo-tomentelli, 

 mox puberuli, ad 4 mm. diametro, cortice brunneo lenticellato obtecti. 

 Folia oblanceolata vel late oblanceolata, apice acuminata, acuta vel 

 obtusa, basi cuneata, 4-14 cm. longa, 1*5-4*4 cm. lata, chartacea, 

 supra costa tantum breviter pubescentia, subtus primo costa densius 

 fulvo-pubescentia, cetera pilosula, matura molliter puberula, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 12-15 intra marginem arcuatis pagina utraque 

 subconspicuis ; petioli 3-4 mm. longi, indumento ramulorum. In- 

 florescentia pauciflora, plerumque ex axillis foliorum delapsorum ; 

 pedicelli ad 2*7 cm. longi, sub anthesin graciles, postea paullo 

 incrassati, basi minute bracteati et circiter 7 mm. e basi minute 

 bracteolati. Sepala 3, deltoidea vel late lanceolate, acuta, vix 

 2 mm. longa, ad 1*25 mm. lata, breviter ciliata, pauperrime pubes- 

 centia. Petala exteriora sepalis conformia, circiter 3*5 mm. longa, 

 0*75 mm. lata, indumento ut sepalis, interiora viridia (ex Kerr) 

 1*2 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, concava, basi parum sacciformia, intra 

 puberula. Stamina circiter 6-seriata, filamentis brevibus. Ovaria 

 parce pubescentia, 1*25 mm. alta, stylo 0*75 mm. longo ; ovula 

 solitaria, basilaria. — Craib, Kew Bull. 1912, p. 145. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on the Doi Sootep, 900 m., 

 Kerr, 1837. 



