Burmannia uniflora, Rottler ex Spreng. ? 



Chiengmai, in open marshy ground on Doi Sootep, 480-720 in., 

 Kerr, 929, 2644 ; Wang Djao, 100 m., Ilosseus, 115. 



This is B. coelestis, Don, in the wide sense as understood in the 

 Flora oi British India. Hosseus ii. p. 374 refers his 115 and a 

 plant from Ban Jang not seen by the writer to B. coelestis. 



Burmannia Wallichii, Hook./., F.B.I., v. p. 666 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, 

 vi. p. 21. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, on mossy bank in evergreen jungle by a 

 stream, 5^0 m., Kerr, 926. 



Disti . Burma, Hong-Kong. 



SdTAMINEAE. 



Globba Clarkei, Baker, F.B.I., vi. p. 201 ; K. Schum., Engler 

 Pflanzenr., Zingib., p. 134. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900-1500 m., Kerr, 

 1370, 1370«. 



Distr. Sikkim, Khasia. 



Globba Kerrii, Craib, sp. n., ob staminodia majuscula distincta. 



Herba ereeta, 43-82 cm. alta. Folia lanceolata, apice acuminata, 

 acuta, basi in petiolum brevissimum attenuata, 12-22 cm. longa, ad 

 2 cm. lata, utrinque glabra ; vaginae infimae circiter 6, parum 

 rubrescentes, sub-tomentosae, supremae parcc l)reviter pubescentes, 

 omnes ciliatae ; ligula circiter 2 mm. longa. Panicula ereeta, ad 

 9 cm. longa, ramis inter se satis distantibus mox patulis infimis 

 ad 3 cm. longis glabris ; bracteae bracteolaeque deciduae ; bulbilli 

 rari. Calyx 5 mm. longus, lobis deltoideis 1*5 mm. longis ciliatis. 

 Corollae tubus 1*3 cm. longus, extra puberulus, lobi ad 7 mm. longi. 

 Staminodia lateralia subelliptica, 1*7 cm. longa, 8 mm. lata, corollae 

 lobos insigniter excellentia • labellum 1*2 cm. longum, bilobatum, 

 lobis oblongis obtusis 5 mm. longis 1*5 mm. latis ; anthera 2*25 mm. 

 longa, ala inaequaliter bilobata 2*5 mm. longa utrinque instructa. 

 Ovarium ad 4 mm. altum. 



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

 Kerr, 1278. 



Globba Nisbetiana, Craib, sp. n., G. pan ci florae, King ex Baker, 

 facie similis sed indumento crassiore distinguenda. 



Caules 7-15 cm. alti. Folia ovato-lanceolata, acuminata vol 

 inconspicue acuminata, acuta, basi late cuneata, 2-4*5 cm. longa, 

 0*8- 1*6 cm. lata, breviter petiolata, supra pilis longis rigidis hie 

 illic instructa, subtus tenuiter pilosa, ciliata ; vaginae infimae ad 4, 

 parce hirsutae, ciliatae ; ligula vix 1 mm. longa, pilosa. Inflore- 

 scentia pauciflora, ereeta ; bracteae oblongae, acuminatae, 6 mm. 

 longae, 3 mm. latae. Calyx 2*5 mm. longus, lobis brevibus acutis. 

 Corollae tubus 1*6 cm. longus, extra puberulus, lobi ad 5 mm. longi. 

 Staminodia lateralia elliptica, circiter 8 mm. longa et 5 mm. lata ; 

 labellum 8 mm. longum, bilobum, lobis parum lobatis ; anthera 

 2 mm. longa, ala inaequaliter biloba (lobo infero supero parum 

 minore) ad 2*5 mm. longa 1*25 mm. lata utrinque ornata. Ovarium 

 1*5 mm. altum. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900-1200 m., Kerr, 

 129., 



