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Dioscorea pentaphylla, Linn., var. malaica. 



Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 2251 ; Doi Sootep, in 

 mixed jungle, 330 m., Kerr, 2251a. 



Distr. (of var.). Malaya and perhaps in the Pacific. 



ROXBURGHIACEAE. 



Stemona aphylla, Craib, sp. n., caulibus florigeris crassis, foliis ad 

 bracteas squamoideas reductis, pedunculo comrauni brevi distincta. 



Gaules florigeri ad 4*5 mm. diametro, teretes, primo leves, mox 

 striati, hie illic glaucescentes, glabri. Folia, saltern caulium flori- 

 gerorum, ad squamas deltoideas acutas 7 mm. longitudinis et basi 

 fere 7 mm. latitudinis attingentes glabras reducta. Pedunculus 

 communis abbreviatus, squama brevior vel earn subaequans, glaber ; 

 bracteae lanceolatae, acutae, ad 4*5 mm. longae, squamiformes, 

 glabrae ; pedicelli plerumque circiter 1*5 cm. longi, glabri, medium 

 prope articulati ; flores virides (ex Kerr). Fl. tf . Perianthii 

 segmenta 4, exteriora anguste oblonga, acuta, 2*5 cm. longa, 

 5'5 mm. lata, interiora oblongo-ovata, acuta, exterioribus subaequi- 

 longa, circiter 1 cm. lata. Stamina 4 ; filamenta brevia, basi 

 breviter connata ; antherae (appendice inclusa) 21 mm. longae. 

 Ovarii rudimentum parvum. Fl. Q (vel d ?). Perianthiium masculi 

 sed minus. Stamina 4, (fertilia ?). Ovarium 4 mm. altum, stylo 

 obtuso vix distincto, ovulis pluribus erectis. 



Near Phre, Me Ta, perennial with trailing shoots, roots numerous 

 thick and fleshy, in dry bamboo jungle, 240 m., Kerr, 2351. 



Stemona Burkillii, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxxiii. p. 43, 

 ex descr. , 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 420 m., Kerr, 1403, 

 in mixed jungle, 570 m., Kerr, 1403a. 



Distr. Upper Burma (ex Prain). 



Stemona Griffiithiana, Kurz — F.B.I., vi. p. 299 ; Prain, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng., lxxiii. p. 42. 



Phre, Rawng Kwang, in deciduous jungle, 180 m., Kerr, 2365. 

 Distr. Burma. 



Stemona Kerrii, Craib, sp. n., a S. Curtisii, Hook, f., foliis 

 minoribus haud glabris facile distinguenda. 



Herba erecta vel volubilis ; radices e rhizomate perenni fusi- 

 formes, ad 10 cm. longae, 7 mm. diametro ; caules breviter crispatim 

 pubescentes, juventute gracillimi, si erecti flexuosi. Folia ovata 

 vel late ovata, apice acuminata, acuta, basi cordata, plerumque 

 altius cordata, 3-8 cm. longa, 2-6*3 cm. lata, basi plerumque 11-13- 

 nervata, nervis lateralibus supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus, 

 nervis transversis densis parallelis utrinque conspicuis, nervis 

 nervulisque pagina superiore pilis albis parcissime instructa, inferiore 

 piloso-pubescentia, sicco viridia ; petioli 0*7-3 cm. longi, supra 

 canaliculati, indumento ut caules. Infiorescentia axillaris, 1-3-flora, 

 petiolos subaequans, floribus polygamo-dioicis. Fl. <3 . Perianthii 

 segmenta 4, lineari-lanceolata vel late lanceolata, acuta, 9 mm. longa, 

 2*25-3*25 mm. lata, extra pilis paucis rigidis erectis instructa, intra 

 glabra. Filamenta brevissima, ima basi connata, ovarii rudimentum 

 minutum cingentia ; antherae sicco subvirides, 2*25 mm. longae ; 

 connectivi appendicula sicco rubra, inaequaliter trialata, alis 



