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Curculigo gracilis, Wall. — F.B.I., vi. p. 278. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1812. 



Distr. E. Himalaya. 



Curculigo latifolia, Dry and.— F.B.I., vi. p. 280 ; Hosseus, ii. 

 p. 373. 



Koh Yai (ex Hosseus). 



Distr. India, Burma, Malaya. 



Curculigo orchioides, Gaertn. — F.B.T., vi. p. 279. 



Chiengmai, in mixed jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 330 m., 

 Kerr, 1195. 



Distr. S. China to Australia. 



Curculigo recurvata, Dryand — F.B.I., vi. p. 279. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle bv streams, 660 m., 

 Kerr, 1176. 

 Distr. S. China to Australia. 

 Curculigo sp. 



Chiengmai, in mixed jungle, 660 m., Kerr, 1873. 

 Crinum Wattii, Baker— F.B.I., vi. p. 281.. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in mixed jungle, 300-900 m., Kerr, 1 844. 

 Distr. Manipur, Upper Burma. 



Taccaceae. 



Tacca Garrettii, Craib, sp. n., a T. laevi, Roxb., involuero nmlto 

 majore e segmentis 4 quorum duobus aliis multo majoribus 

 eonstituto recedit. 



Folia anguste elliptica, apice acuminata, acuta, basi rotundata, 

 ad 45 cm. longa et 18*5 cm. lata, chartacea, glabra, nervis 

 lateralibus primariis circiter 12 subtus cum costa prominentibus 

 supra conspicuis subprominulis, petiolo ad 45 cm. longo suffulta. 

 Pedunculus 66 cm. longus, glaber. Invohicri bracteae glabrae, 

 majores 7 cm. longae et 8 cm. latae, minores 7 cm. longae, 3*5 cm. 

 latae ; bracteae filiformes, ad 20*5 cm. longae. Pedicelli 3-3*5 cm. 

 longi, glabri. Receptaculum 7 mm. altum, subalatum. Periantkn 

 tubus circiter 6 mm. longus ; lobi exteriores oblongi, apice rotundati, 

 circiter 1 1 mm. longi et 8 mm. lati ; interiores exterioribus paulo 

 majores. 



Doi Intanon Range of the Pah Ngeam, 1230 m., in wet jungle 

 among rotting wood, Garrett, 45. 



Tacca laevis, Roxb.— F.B.I. , vi. p. 288. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle by a stream, 690- 

 900 m., Kerr, 1168, 1168a — "fruit lying on ground, underneath 

 fallen leaves." 



Distr. S.E. Asia. 



DlOSCOREACEAE.* 



Dioscorea alata, Linn. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., in scrub jungle, Kerr, 1528a; Doi Sootep, 

 330 m., in scrub jungle, Kerr, 1528b. 



* The specimens of Dioscorea have been kindly named for me by Mr I. H. 

 Burkill who, with Sir D. Prain, is at present engaged on a monograph of the 

 genus. Owing to the involved synonymy references to published works have 

 been omitted. 



