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Dischidia singularis, Craib, a speciebus asiaticis foliorum forma 

 facile distinguenda. 



Planta epiphytica, corolla excepta glabra ; caules graciles, sicco 

 viridescentes vel brunnescentes, irregulariter striati. Folia linearia 

 sed paullo supra medium expansa, vel lanceolata, apice plerumque 

 acuta, basi in petiolum plus minusve distinctum attenuata, 2*5-6*5 cm. 

 longa, 0*3-2 cm. lata, margine revoluto, nervis obscuris. Umbellae 

 pluriflorae, plerumque ad apices ramulorum brevium crassorum 

 gestae * pedicelli usque ad 1 mm. longi. Sepala parva, ovato- 

 lanceolata, obtusa. Corolla urceolata, lobis exceptis glabra; tubus 

 2 mm. longus, lobi lanceolati, acuti, 1*5 mm. longi, suberecti, crassi, 

 extra glabri, intra lobo utroque pilorum alborum linea densa tubi os 

 claudente et e basi paullo supra medium extensa instructo. Coronae 

 lobi e recti, membranacei, subrotundati, distincte stipitati. — Craib, 

 Kew Bull. 1911, p. 419. 



Chiengmai, on trees in open jungle on Doi Sootep, 900-1200 m., 

 Kerr, 1294, 1294a. 



Brachystelma Kerrii, Craib, ab affini B. eduli, Coll. et Hemsl., 

 caule elongato, internodiis elongatis facile distinguenda. 



Herba perennis ; rhizoma tuberosum, sicco 2 cm. diametro ; caulis 

 monocarpicus, simplex, erectus, gracilis, fere 5 dm. altus. Folia 

 sparsa, angusta, acuta, 6-6'5 cm. longa, sessilia, glabra, costa sicco 

 supra leviter impressa subtus prominula, nervis lateralibus omnino 

 obscuris. Inflorescentia terminalis, pauciflora ; pedicelli 7 mm. longi, 

 puberuli. Calycis lobi lanceolati, acuti, 1*5 mm. longi, glabri. 

 Corolla atro-purpurea (ex Kerr) ; lobi late lanceolati, acutiusculi, 

 marginibus recurvis, 5 mm. longi, 1*5 mm. lati, supra parce pilosi. 

 — Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 420. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 360 m., Kerr, 1273. 



Up to the present there has been received at Kew only one 

 specimen with one expanded flower, which unfortunately had been 

 pressed too flat to allow a complete description being given. 



Ceropegia sootepensis, Craib, ab affini C. angustifolia, Wight, 

 foliis longioribus angustioribus vix petiolatis, umbellis subsessilibus 

 recedit. 



Herba scandens • caules graciles, straminei, parcissime puberuli. 

 Folia subsessilia, linearia vel anguste lineari-lanceolata, apice acuta, 

 basi attenuata, 5-18 cm. longa, 1-9 mm. lata, chartacea, supra 

 puberula vel fere scaberula, subtus fere glabra, margine integro 

 revoluto. Umbellae axillares, pauciflorae, subsessiles ; bracteae 

 parvae ; pedicelli usque ad 9 mm. longi, fere glabri. Sepala 

 lanceolata, acuta, circiter 5 mm. longa. Corolla ad 5 cm. longa, 

 basi ellipsoidea vel anguste ellipsoidea, medio constricta, lobis 2 cm. 

 longis. Coronae exterioris lobi angusti, usque ad 1*5 mm. longi, 

 interioris lobi eos exterioris duplo superantes. — Craib, Kew Bull, 

 1911, p. 420. 



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

 Kerr, 695. 



LOGANIACEAE. 



Mitreola oldenlandioides, Wall. — F.B.I., iv. p. 79. 



Chiengmai, in mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1462. 



Distr. India, Burma, Malaya, Australia. 



