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Amarantaceae. 



Amarantus spinosus, Linn. — F.B.T., iv. p. 718 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 960. 



Meh Ping, Sop Chem, on waste ground and mud bank, 210 m., 

 Kerr ; Wang Djao, LJndhard, 36. 



Distr. Tropics. 



Lao name, Puk Kom (ex Kerr). 



According to Kerr the stem is eaten as a vegetable. 



Psilotrichum trichotomum, Blume — F.B.I., iv. p. 725. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in deciduous jungle, 600 m., Kerr, 1427. 

 Distr. Burma, Assam, Malaya. 



Aerua Monsonia, Mart. — F.B.I., iv. p. 728. 



Cape Liant, Murton, 29 ; Sriracha, on sand by beach, Kerr, 2129. 



Distr. India, Burma. 



Celosia argentea, Linn. — F.B.I., iv. p. 714 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. 

 Boiss., iv. (1904) p. 1030 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 388. 



Chiengmai, on sandbanks in streams, 330 m., Kerr, 1933 ; Wang 

 Djao, 100 m. (ex Hosseus) ; Paknampo, Hosseus, 15 ; Bangkok, 

 Schomburgk, 166 ; Siam (?) Candler. 



Distr. Tropics. 



Cyathula prostrata, Blume — F.B.I., iv. p. 723 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 388. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1000 m. (ex Hosseus). 

 Distr. Tropics. 



Achyranthes bidentata, Blume — F.B.I., iv. p. 730. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1322. 



Distr. India, Khasia, China, Japan, Java, Trop. Africa. 



Alternanthera sessilis, R. Br. — F.B.I., iv. p. 731 ; Hosseus, ii. 

 p. 388. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 854, 2303. 

 Distr. Tropics and subtropics. 



POLYGONACEAE. 



Polygonum barbatum, Linn. — F.B.I., v. p. 37 ; Gage, Rec. Bot. 

 Surv. Ind., ii. p. 397 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., iv. (1904) 

 p. 1030. 



Chiengmai, bank of Meh Ping, 300 m., Kerr, 851 ; Bangkok, 

 Schomburgk, 225. 



Distr. Tropical and subtropical Asia, Africa, Australia. ' 



Polygonum chinense, Linn. vars. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1500-1650 m., Kerr, 1104, Hosseus, 193 ; 

 Doi Intanon, 2300-2570 m., Hosseus, 345, 355. 



Of the above Hosseus, 345 is probably P. chinense and the 

 remaining plants might be referred to the variety ovalifolia (Miq.). 



Hosseus, ii. p. 387 refers his 193 and 345 to true P. chinense, 

 Linn, and another collection from Doi Intanon to var. ovalifolia. 



Polygonum Damrongianum, Hosseus, Fedde Rep. Nov. Sp., x. p. 62, 

 Doi Chieng Dao, 2100 m. (ex Hosseus). 



