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Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1500-1650 m., 

 Kerr, 617. 



Distr. Himalaya to China, Assam, Malay Archipelago. 



Paris polyphylla, Smith— F.B.I., vi. p. 362; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 139. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in open grassy jungle, 1380 m., Kerr, 

 1189. 



Distr, Himalaya to China. 



PONTEDERIACEAE. 



Monochoria hastata, Solms — Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., iv. 

 (1904) p. 229 ; Hosseus, i. p. 471. M, hastaefolia, Presl.— F.B.I., 

 vi. p. 362. 



Chiengmai moat, 300 m., Kerr, 1361 — "eaten as vegetable." 



Distr. S.E. Asia. 



Lao name, Puk tope (ex Kerr). 



Monochoria vaginalis, Presl— F.B.I., vi. p. 363; Hosseus, i. p, 

 471 et ii. p. 372. 



Doi Intanon, 1095 m., Garrett, 58 ; Wang Djao, 100 m. and 

 Doi Sootep, 1050 m. (ex Hosseus). 



Distr. S.E. Asia, Tropical Africa. 



Garrett's plant is referable rather to the variety plantaginea, 

 Solms-Laubach. 



Xyridaceae. 



Xyris pauciflora, Willd.— F.B.I., vi. p. 365 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., iv. (1904) p. 228 ; Hosseus, i. p. 468 et ii. p. 371. 



Ban Meh Kah, above Meh Ping Rapids, in open marshy ground, 

 195 m., Kerr, 913 ; Wang Djao, IJndhard, 20, Hosseus, 118. 



Distr. S.E. Asia to Australia, 



Xyris pauciflora, Willd., var. 

 Doi Intanon, 2150-2170 m., Garrett, 69. 

 Xyris schoenoides, Mart. — F.B.I., vi. p. 365. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in open grassy jungle, 1350-1500 m., 

 Kerr, 1503. 



Distr, India, Khasia, 



COMMELINACEAE. 



Pollia Aclisia, HassL— F.B.I., vi. p. 367. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle by stream, 1260 m., 

 Kerr, 1288. 



Distr. Himalaya, Assam, Burma, China, Tonkin, Java. 



Pollia thyrsiflora, Hassk. — F.B.I., vi. p. 367 ; Hosseus, i. p. 468. 

 Klong Sarlakpet (ex Bot. Tidsskr., xxvi. p. 164). 

 Distr. S. Andamans, Borneo, Celebes, Philippines. 



Commelina benghalensis, Linn.— F.B.I., vi. p. 370. 

 Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1344—" a garden weed." 

 Distr. Trop. Asia and Africa. 



Commelina nudiflora, Linn.— F.B.I., vi. p. 369; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc, xxviii. p. 139, 



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