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prominulis ; petioli usque ad 2 cm. longi, indumento ut caulibus. 

 Gymae densae, subsessiles vel pedunculis usque ad 5 mm. longis 

 suffultae. Sepala 5, subrotundata, 3 mm. diametro, ciliata, extra 

 puberula. Corollae lilacineae tubus 3 mm. longus, lobi oblongi, apice 

 rotundati, irregulariter leviter emarginati, 2 mm. longi ; corona e 

 squamis 5 apice emarginatis 0*5 mm. altis carnosis lobis alternis et 

 anulo denso pilorum junctis. — Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 416. 



Chiengmai, in open deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 450 m., 

 Kerr, 635. 



Distr. Upper Burma, Tsegain Hills, Griffith, 3806 (Kew Distr.) ; 

 Southern Shan States, Keng Tung, MacGregor, 556 (v.s. in herb. 

 Calc). 



Tylophora asthmatica, Wight et Am. — F.B.I., iv. p. 44; Coll. et 

 Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 87. 

 Bangkok, Schomburgk, 173. 

 Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Malay Archipelago. 



Tylophora fasciculata, Ham. — F.B.I., iv. p. 40. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep-, 390 m., Kerr, 644. 



Distr. S. Nepal, Khasia, Upper Burma, Concan. 



Tylophora Kerrii, Craib, a T. macro stac hide, Hook, f., cymis 

 pedunculatis haud congestis, a T. longifolia, Wight, foliis angusti- 

 oribus, floribus majoribus recedit. 



Caules volubiles, monocarpici, ad 1*6 m. longi, bifacialiter, infra 

 nodos ipsos praecipue, breviter puberuli, striati. Folia lineari- 

 lanceolata, apice acuta, basi obtusa, 4*5-13 cm. longa, 0*3-1 cm. 

 lata, chartacea, fere glabra, costa supra impressa subtus prominente, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 intra marginem arcuatis supra 

 obscuris subtus prominulis nisi iis foliorum apices versus evanidis, 

 nervis transversis obscuris. Cymae axillares, pedunculo communi 

 ad 1*5 cm. longo suffultae, glabrae ; pedicelli usque ad 1 cm. longi, 

 bracteis minutis. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, vix 2 mm. longa, ciliata. 

 Corollae lobi oblongi, obtusi, circiter 6 mm. longi, 2*5 mm. lati, 

 glabri. Corona e tuberculis 5 apice columnae staminali brevi 

 adnatis basi gibbosis inter se liberis constituta. — Craib, Kew Bull. 

 1911, p. 417. 



Chiengmai, in open jungle on Doi Sootep, 1350 m., Kerr, 704. 



Tylophora purpurea, Wall. — F.B.I., iv. p. 41. 



Chiengmai, in scrub jungle on Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1446. 



Distr. Burma, bank of Irrawaddy. 



Tylophora sootepensis, Craib, ab affini T. Augustiniana, Craib, 

 inflorescentia plerumque vix tarn furcata, floribus majoribus, sepalis 

 valde acutis recedit. 



Herba volubilis, ramis striatis apices versus internodiorum bifa- 

 cialiter parce piloso-pubescentibus. Folia ovato-lanceolata vel 

 lanceolata, apice vix acuminata, basi cordata nisi juniora interdum 

 rotundata vel obtuse cuneata, usque ad 17*5 cm. longa et 8 cm. lata, 

 membranacea, costa supra parce pilosula excepta glabra, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque circiter 7 intra marginem arcuatis supra con- 

 spicuis subtus prominulis • petioli usque ad 2*5 cm. longi, supra 

 valde canalicular* , apice supra glandulis instructi. Inflorescentia 

 e cymis plerumque sessilibus sed interdum pedunculatis unilateraliter 



