151 



Stereospermum chelonoides, DC. — F.B.I., iv. p. 382; For. Fl. 

 Burma, ii. p> 230 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. 

 p. 102. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600 m., Kerr, 1167. 



Distr. India, Burma, Yunnan, Java (?), Trinidad (cult.). 



Stereospermum neuranthum, Kurz — F.B.I., iv. p. 382 ; For. Fl. 

 Burma, ii. p. 230. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 840 m., Kerr, 1128. 



Distr. Burma. 



The indumentum of the calyx is not so dense as in Kurz's type 

 specimens but is exactly that of Parish's Moulmein plants. 



Radermachera sp. n. 

 Bangkok, Legation Garden, Paget. 



A very distinct plant on account of its densely warted calyx but 

 unfortunately not sufficiently represented for description. 



Pedalineae. 



Sesamum indicum, DC. — F.B.I., iv. p. 387 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 249, in nota. 



Chiengmai, on waste ground by a village on Doi Sootep, 330 m., 

 Kerr, 1936. 



Distr. Tropics — often cultivated. 



Martyniaceae. 



Martynia annua, Linn. M. diandr a, Grlox. — F.B.I., iv. p. 386, 

 in nota. 



Chiengmai, on waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 779. 

 Introduced from Trop. America. 



ACANTHACEAE. 



Thunbergia similis, Craib, a T. fragrante, Roxb., foliis integris 

 basi cuneatis vel obtusis breviter petiolatis distinguenda. 



Herba repens vel scandens ; caules monocarpici, quadrangulares, 

 pilis reflexis rigidiusculis parce instructi. Folia infima elliptico- 

 lanceolata, suprema lanceolata, apice obtusa vel acutiuscula, 

 apiculata, basi plerumque cuneata vel obtusa, 1*8-8 cm. longa, 

 1-3*1 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, supra pilis paucis rigidis scabridula, 

 subtus fere glabra, margine integra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 4-6 intra marginem arcuatis duobus basalibus valde obliquis utrinque 

 subprominulis, petiolis circiter 0*5 cm. longis suffulta. Flores albi, 

 axillares,gemini,pedicellis vix 3 cm.attingentibus suffulti; bracteolae 

 sub anthesin liberae, oblongo-lanceolatae, apice acutae, 1*1-1*4 cm. 

 longae, 0*5 cm. latae, dorso parce pubescentes et apices versus 

 pauci-ciliatae. Calycis lobi lanceolati vel late lanceolati, acuti, 

 breviter pilosuli. Corollae albae tubus 2*2 cm. longus, 2*5 mm. 

 diametro, superne parce pubescens, lobi obcordati, 1*8 cm longi, 

 1*8 cm. lati, ciliati. Antherae 3 mm. longae, connectivo apice 

 producto.— Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 434. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-900 m., Kerr, 753 ; Sriracha, Nawng 

 Kaw, 30 m., Kerr, 2088 ? 



