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solitarias dispositi. Fl. Q . Calyx parvus, fere ad medium lobatus, 

 extra parce puberulus. Corollae tubus circiter 3*5 mm. longus, 

 dentes breves, cucullati. Stamina (an omnino sterilia ?) duo, corollae 

 tubo adnata. Ovarium oblongum, glabrum, stylo brevi. Fl. <$ . 

 Calyx et corolla maris sed minores. Ovarii rudimentum deficiens. 

 — Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 411 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 425. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 900-1000 m., Hosseus, 515a ( Q) (Herb. 

 Kew et Hossei!), Kerr, 1100 (rf), 1843 (Q). 



Distr. Yunnan, Szemao, 1500 m., Henry, 11661e (<3). 



Henry 11661b and 11661a (in part) from the same locality 

 probably also belong. 



Apocynaceae. 



Allamanda cathartica, Linn. — For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 164. 



Bangkok, Zimmermann, 49. 



Distr. Native of Trop. America — cultivated in Tropics. 



Melodinus Henryi, Craib, ab affini M. khasiana, Hook, f., foliis 

 multo majoribus facile distinguenda. 



Frutex scandens ; ramuli novelli olivacei, minute parcissime 

 pilosuli • rami cortice brunneo striato obtecti. Folia opposita vel 

 rarissime subopposita, elliptica, oblonga vel oblanceolata, apice 

 acuminata, subacuta, basi cuneata, 6-16 cm. longa, 2*5-6 cm. lata, 

 chartacea, utrinque glabra, margine integra, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque numerosis intra marginem arcuatis pagina utraque con- 

 spicuis ; petioli ad 8 mm. longi. Cymae in paniculas terminales 

 trichotomas dispositae ; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae ; pedicelli 

 breves. Sepala rotundata vel late elliptica, 2 mm. longa, ciliata. 

 Corollae flavidae tubus 6 mm. longus, basi excepta intra, superne 

 densius, villosus, apice squamis majusculis bifidis instructus, lobi 

 3*5 mm. longi. Stamina paullo infra medium inserta, filamentis 

 brevibus. Stylus 3 mm. longus, cum ovario glaber. — Craib, Kew 

 Bull. 1911, p. 411. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1159. 



Distr. Yunnan, Szemao, 1200-1500 m., Henry, 11,944, 11,944a, 

 12,725. Burma, Amherst, 600 m., Lace, 4760. 



Lace's plant differs from the others in its larger leaves which 

 measure up to 22 cm. long and 8 cm. broad. 



Rauwolfia densiflora, Benth.— F.B.I., iii. p. 633 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 

 426. 



Pahombuk, Muang Fang, 1000 m. et Doi Intanon, 1700 m. 

 (ex Hosseus). 



Distr. India, Khasia. 



Rauwolfia peguana, Hook./., F.B.I., iii. p. 632 ? ; Coll. et Hemsl, 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 85 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 426. Tabernae- 

 montana ophiorrhizoides, Kurz, For. FL Burma, ii. p. 175 (ex 

 Brandis). 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 660 m., Kerr, 1136. 



Distr. Burma. 



Carissa Carandas, Linn. — F.B.I., iii. p. 630 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 169. 



Meh Ping, Doi Noi, 300 m., Kerr, 2009. 



Distr. India, Burma, Malaya. 



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