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lateralibus 6 mm. longis utraque 0-7.") mm. lata intra paulo supra 

 alae mediae apicem corpusculo albido circiter 1 mm. longo ornatis 

 ala media 1*75 mm. longa. Fl. S . Perianthium staminaque maris 

 nisi paulo longiora. Pistillum glabrum, 2*5 mm. altum, ovulis 

 2 erectis. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720-900 m., erect or scandent on low 

 herbage, Kerr, 707. 



LlLIACEAE. 



Smilax Hemsleyana, Craib, sp. n., a S. lanceaefolia, Roxb., foliis 

 late ellipticis vel ovato-ellipticis distinguenda. 



Hamuli straminei, striati vel minute striati, glabri, aculeis spar- 

 sissime instructi. Folia elliptica, late elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, 

 apice breviter acuminata, basi truncato- vel rotundato-cuneata, 

 9-12 cm. longa, 6-9*5 cm. lata, glabra, rigide chartacea, 5-nervia, 

 nervis cum nervulis pagina utraque prominulis, petiolo 1*5-2 cm. 

 longo suffulta ; vaginae petiolis 5-7 mm. adnatae. Pedunculus 

 inflorescentiae Q 3*7 cm. longus, 8 mm. e basi bibracteatus, glaber ; 

 pedicelli circiter 8 mm. longi, glabri. Perianthii albi (ex Kerr) 

 segmenta medio reflexa, exteriora suboblonga, apice cucullata, medio 

 (ubi reflexa) parum angustata, 4*5 mm. longa, 2*25 mm. lata, interiora 

 4*5 mm. longa, basi 1 mm. lata, superne 0*75 mm. lata. Staminodia 3, 

 filiformia, 2*5 mm. longa. Ovarium 3 mm. altum, glabrum. 

 Fructus globosus, sicco substramineus, 7-8 mm. diametro. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, climbing over bushes in evergreen jungle 

 by stream, 660 m., Kerr, 5967 



Collett, 653 referred to by Coll. and Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc, 

 xxviii. p. 137 under S. lanceaefolia, probably also belongs to this 

 species. 



Smilax lanceaefolia, Roxb. — F.B.I., vi. p. 308 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 137 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 373. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1050-1350 m., Kerr, 

 522 ; Doi Intanon, 1300 m., Hosseus, 337. 



Distr. Sikkim, Assam, Burma, China. 



Smilax macrophylla, Roxb, — F.B.I., vi. p. 310 j Hosseus, ii. p. 373. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in mixed jungle, 330 m., Kerr, 1847. 

 Distr, India, Burma, Assam. 



Smilax peruana, A. DC— F.B.I., vi. p. 303. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1050-1350 m., 

 Kerr, 679. 



Distr. Burma. 



Smilax prolifera, Roxb.— F.B.I., vi. p. 312. 

 Chieng Kiim, 390 m., Kerr, 2465. 

 Distr, India, Assam, Burma. 

 Lao name, Mai dao (ex Kerr). 



Smilax sp. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-750 m., Kerr, 632. 



Smilax sp., Hosseus, ii. p. 373. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1675 m. (ex Hosseus), 



Asparagus acerosus, Roxb. — F.B.I., vi. p. 317. 



