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Griffith 2818 from Burma is probably this species, though the 

 internodes on the main branchlets are much longer than in the 

 Siamese specimens. 



Hyptianthera bracteata, Craib, H. strictae, Wight et Arn., valde 

 affinis, a qua stipulis multo longioribus, calycis lobis majoribus, 

 bracteolis conspicuis facile distinguenda. 



Frutex ad 2*4 m. altus (ex Kerr), inflorescentia excepta glaber ; 

 ramuli subquadrangulares, cortice rubro-brunneo. Folia lanceolata 

 vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata, mucronata, basi cuneata, 

 13-16*5 cm. longa, 3*5-4 cm. lata, subcoriacea, margine integro, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 9 intra marginem arcuatis supra 

 conspicuis subtus cum nervis transversis prominentibus ; petioli 

 1 cm. vix attingentes ; stipulae rigidae, dorso superne carinatae, 

 usque ad 1 cm. longae. Inflorescentia generis. Bracteae 

 bracteolaeque stipulis similes, calycis lobos vix aequantes, ciliatae. 

 Receptaculum turbinatum, 1*5 mm. altum. Calycis lobi 3*5 mm. 

 longi, acuti, ciliati. Corollae albae (ex Kerr) tubus vix 2 mm. 

 longus, lobi 2 mm. longi, ciliolati. Stamina pistillumque generis. — 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 393. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1145; 

 on old clearing on Doi Sootep, 750 m., Kerr, 1792. 



This plant in its calyx and bracts somewhat resembles the narrow- 

 leaved Khasia plant included in the Flora of British India under 

 Hi stricta but is readily distinguished from it by its leaves which 

 are similar to typical H stricta. 



Diplospora siamica, Craib, a D. pubescente, Hook, f., cui affinis, 

 foliis tenuioribus longius petiolatis, calyce subtruncato, corolla majore 

 recedit. 



Ramuli primo pubescentes, mox glabri, ad 5 mm. diametro. Folia 

 ovato-lanceolata, oblongo-oblanceolata vel obovato-elliptica, apice 

 acuminata, obtusiuscula, basi nonnunquam inaequalia, cuneata, 

 11-19 cm. longa, 5*2-7*2 cm. lata, chartacea, supra costa pilosula 

 excepta glabra, subtus costa nervisque pubescentia, integra, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 7-10 intra marginem arcuatis supra sicco cum 

 costa plerumque impressis subtus prominentibus ; petioli circiter 

 1 cm. longi, ut ramuli pubescentes ; stipulae connatae, subulato- 

 acuminatae, ad 8 mm. longae. Inflorescentia ex axillis foliorum 

 delapsorum, petiolos subaequans ; pedicelli breves ; bracteae bracteo- 

 laeque parvae, ciliatae, illae connatae, hae liberae. Receptaculum 

 campanulatum, 0*75 mm. altum, 1 mm. diametro, glabrum. Calyx 

 subpatelliformis, 1 mm. altus, fere 2 mm. diametro, subtruncatus, 

 pauperrime ciliatus. Corollae tubus 2*5 mm. longus, lobi 4, 3 mm. 

 longi, 2*5 mm. lati. Antherae 2*5 mm. longae, filamentis brevibus. 

 Stylus 4 mm. longus, glaber, ad medium bifidus. — Craib, Kew Bull. 

 1911, p. 393. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, evergreen jungle, 1650 m., Kerr, 1749. 



Scyphiphora hydrophyllacea, Gaertn. — F.B.I., iii. p. 125 • For. Fl. 

 Burma, ii. p. 4 ; Williams, 1 Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 953. 



Sriracha, along beach, Kerr, 2098. 



Distr. In mangrove swamps of India, Malaya, N. Australia. 



