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brevi ; bracteae lanceolatae vel anguste lanceolatae, acutae, ad 

 1 cm. longae, 2 mm. latae ; pedicelli 5-7 mm. longi, pilo.si. 

 Reccptaculum subtubulosum, 5 mm. altum, 1 mm. diametro, pile-sum. 

 Calycis atro-purpurei (ex Kerr) pars ima basi tubulosa, 3 mm. longa, 

 0*5 mm. diametro ; utriculus subglobosus, 3 mm. diametro, tubus 

 superne dilatatus, circiter 8 mm. longus, 1 mm. diametro ; limbus 

 oblongus, breviter apiculatus, ad 1*6 cm. longus, extra, nervis 

 praecipue, pilosus. Fructus pedicello ad 3*5 cm. longo suffultus, 

 6-costatus, 2-3 cm. longus, vix 2 cm. diametro ; semina triangularia, 

 tenuia, alis 1 mm. tantum latis. — Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 450. 

 A. Roxburghiana, Hook, f., F.B.I., v. p. 75, pro parte ; Coll. et 

 Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 118, vix Klotsch. 



Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi Sootep, 390 m., Kerr, 838 ; in 

 mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, 420 m., Kerr, 1454. 



Distr. Upper Burma, Collett, 23; Rangoon, McClelland. 



To this species probably also belong Lace 3286 and 4328 from 

 Maymyo Plateau although the larger, broader leaves remind one 

 rather of A. Tagala, Cham. 



Aristolochia Kerrii, Craib, a speciebus indicis et indo-chinensibus 

 habitu erecto recedit. 



Caules e rhizomate oriundi annui, 30-45 cm. alti, puberuli, valde 

 sulcati. Folia ovato-lanceolata, apice acuta, basi cordata, 3*5-8*5 cm. 

 longa, 1*5-5*5 cm. lata, chartacea, supra juventute minute puberula, 

 matura glabra, subtus nervis nervulisque minute densius puberula, e 

 basi 5-nervata, nervis supra conspicuis subtus cum nervis transversis 

 prominentibus ; petioli 0*5-1*7 cm. longi, ut caules puberuli. 

 Cymae axillares, pauciflorae, breves, pedunculo perbrevi suffultae ; 

 bracteae conspicuae, lanceolatae, acutae, 6 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae ; 

 pedicelli ad 7 mm. longi, fere glabri. Receptaculum subtubulosum, 

 circiter 3 mm. longum, 0*5 mm. diametro, sulcatum, glabrum. 

 Calycis extra glabri utriculus subglobosus, 3 mm. diametro, tubus ad 

 7 mm. longus, superne parum dilatatus, limbus 8 mm. longus. — Craib, 

 Kew Bull. 1911, p. 450. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 600 m., Kerr, 627. 



PlPERACEAE. 



Piper boehmeriaefolium, Wall. — F.B.I., v. p. 85; Hosseus, ii. 

 p. 383. 



Chiengmai, in marshy evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 900 m., 

 Kerr, 1260 ; Doi Intanon, 1600 m., Hosseus, 341 (Herb. Kew ! 

 et Copenhagen !). 



Distr. E. Himalayas, Assam, Burma. 



Of the specimens of this species collected by Dr. Kerr half of 

 them agree with typical P. boehmeriaefolium in their glabrous leaves 

 and branchlets but the remainder differ in that the under surface of 

 the leaves and the young branchlets are not glabrous. 



Piper sp. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1169. 



Represented by male plants with only young inflorescences, 



Peperomia pellucida, Kunth. 

 Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1442. 

 An introduced garden weed, 



