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Chiengmai, cultivated, 300 to., Kerr, 2626 — " said to have been 

 brought from the jungle." 



Distr. Bengal, Assam, Burma (N. Australia?). 



Asparagus racemosus, Willd. — F.B.T., vi. p. 316 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., iv. (1904) p. 230. 



Sriracha, on rocks by beach, Kerr, 2096. 

 Distr. Trop. Asia, Australia and Africa. 



Asparagus racemosus, Willd., var. subacerosa, Baker— F.B I., vi. 

 p. 317. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., in scrub jungle, Kerr, 1961. 

 Distr. Sikkim. 



Asparagus sp., Hosseus, ii. p. 373. 

 Doi Intanon, 1100 m. (ex Hosseus). 



Disporopsis longifolia, Craib, sp. n., a speciebus adhuc descriptis 

 foliis multo longioribus facile distinguenda. 



Herba glabra, Polygonati speciebus facie persimilis ; rhizoma 

 repens, circiter 1 cm. diametro ; caules solitarii vel bini, 33-107 cm. 

 alti. Folia lanceolata vel late lanceolata, apice longe acuminata, 

 acuta, basi cuneata vel rotundato-cuneata, 12-30 cm. longa, 2*6- 

 5*2 cm. lata, nervis primariis 3-5 pagina utraque prominulis, 

 secondariis conspicuis, petiolo brevi validiusculo suffulta. Flores in 

 fasciculas ad 7-floras axillares dispositi.; pedicelli ad 1*5 cm. longi, 

 sulcati vel subalati. Perianthii albi (ex Kerr) tubus subglobosus, 

 3-4 mm. altus, lobi exteriores elliptico-lanceolati, acutiusculi, 7 mm. 

 longi, 4*5 mm. lati, interiores exterioribus paulo breviores latio- 

 resque, apice rotundato-truncati vel fere truncati. Corona 1*75 mm. 

 alta, paulo ultra medium lobata, lobis apice emarginatis. Stamina 

 ad apices coronae loborum affixa, filamentis brevissimis ; antherae 

 dorsifixae, basi saccatim productae, 3 mm. longae. Pistillum 

 corona occlusum; ovarium 3 mm. altum, stylo vix 2 mm. longo. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 960 m., Kerr, 

 687a ; in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 687. 



Distr. S.W. China: Szemao, 1350-1800 m., Henry, 12,225, 

 12,225b, 12,225c ; Lungchow, Morse, 603. 



The description has been drawn up from Kerr 687a which is the 

 type of the species and which agrees with Morse's plant and with 

 part of Henry's. Part of Kerr 687 agrees with the type but part 

 agrees with the remainder of Henry's plants in having shorter and 

 relatively broader leaves which are not nearly so long acuminate. 



D. longifolia differs from Hance's original plant in some im- 

 portant points besides the diagnostic character given above. The 

 flowers are here arranged in axillary fascicles whereas in Hance's 

 plant they are solitary. Again the structure of the corona is 

 markedly different. In the original plant the lobes alternate with 

 the stamens whereas here the stamens are situated at the apex of 

 the lobes. 



Ophiopogon brevipes, Craib, sp. n., ob racemum breviusculum 

 validum subcernuum foliaque longinscula angusta distincta. 



Rhizoma repens, radices longiusculas satis crassas emittens. 

 Folia rigidiuscula, sub anthesin circiter 20 cm. longa et 4 mm. lata, 

 deinde in fructu ad fere 40 cm. longa et 7 mm. lata, petiolo circiter 

 4 cm. longo suffulta, pagina utraque glabra, inferiore nervis 



