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Rubia siamensis, Craib, a R. cordifolia, Linn., foliis semper 

 oppositis, inflorescentiae rhachi crassiore, bracteis parvis facile 

 distinguenda. 



Cdules scandentes, breviter sparse aculeati. Folia ovata vel 

 ovato-lanceolata, cordata, apice acuta, 6-11 cm. longa, 3-7*2 cm. 

 lata, chartaeea, utrinque costa nervisque aculeata, e basi 3-5nervata, 

 nervis supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus nervis secondariis 

 obscuris vel subobscuris ; petioli ad 8 cm. longi, ut caules 

 aculeati. Paniculae axillares, ad 30 cm. longae, bracteis pai-vis ; 

 pedicelli ad 3 mm. longi. Receptaculum 0*5 mm. altum, 1*25 mm. 

 latum, glabrum ; calyx obsoletus. Corollae viridis tubus 1*25 mm. 

 longus, lobi lineari-lanceolati, acuti, 2 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, intra 

 pulverulento - pilosuli. Discus parvus, tumidun. Stylus brevis, 

 glaber, stigmate capitato 2-lobato. — Crafty Kew Bull. 1911, p. 397. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1832. 



Valertanaceae. 



Valeriana Hardwickii, Wall.— F.B.I., iii. p. 213. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in open grassy jungle, 1500 m., Kerr, 882. 



Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Yunnan, Java. 



COMPOSITAE. 



Vernonia bracteata, Wall.— F.B.I., iii. p. 232 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600-650 m., Kerr, 828a, Hosseus, 313a. 



Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Assam. 



Hosseus, ii. p. 445, refers his 313a to forma silhetensis (DC. 

 pro sp.). 



Vernonia bracteata, Wall., var. subserrata, Hosseus, ii. p. 455. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 900 m. (ex Hosseus). 



Vernonia chinensis, Less. — F.B.I., iii. p. 235. V. sinensis, 

 Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1200 m., Kerr, 789. 

 Distr. China, throughout Indo-China, Malaya. 



Vernonia Cumingiana, Benth. ? 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1114. 



Vernonia divergens, Edgew. — F.B.I., iii. p. 234 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 69. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1200-1650 m., 

 Kerr, 524. 



Distr. India, Burma, Assam. 



Vernonia elaeagnifolia, DC. — F.B.I., iii. p. 237 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 80 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., in scrub jungle, Kerr, 1693 ; Bangkok, 

 Schomburgk, 116, Zimmermann, 101 ; Chantaboon, Murton, 63. 



Distr, Burma. 



Vernonia Parishii, Hook./., F.B.I., iii. p. 240 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 455. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600-1800 m., Hosseus, 458. 

 Distr. Burma, Yunnan. 



