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prominentibus, supra cum nervulis prominulis ; petioli ad I cm. lougi. 

 Glomeruli axillares, pluriflori ; pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi, tomentelli. 

 Sepala 5, basi breviter connata, subaequalia, 3-4 mm. longa, 

 2*5-3 mm. lata, apice obtusa, extra tomentella, margine membranaceo 

 ciliata. Filamenta 2*5 mm. longa, glabra nisi basi intra puberula, 

 staminodiis 1*5 mm. loogis basi brevissime adnata. Ovarium 

 1 mm. altum, superne villosum ; stylus 2 mm. longus, inferne ut 

 ovario villosus, stigmate capitate. Fructus ellipsoideus, 4 cm. 

 longus, 2 cm. diametro, glaber, pedicello crasso 8 mm. longo 

 suffultus. Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 55. 



Chiengmai, in deciduous (eng) jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 580. 



Lao name, Ki Sua Luang (ex Kerr}. 



Homalium minutiflorum, Kurz> For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 532 ; F.B.I., 

 ii. p. 596. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1138. 

 Distr. Burma. 



PASSIFLOKACEAE. 



Passiflora lunata, Willd. 

 Bangkok, Zimmermann, 53. 

 Native of Trop. America. 



Passiflora siamica, Craib, affinis P. hainanensi, Hance, sed cauli- 

 bus haud glabris valde diversa. 



Herba scandens ; ramuli ad 2'5 mm. diametro, pubescentes, striati. 

 Folia lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acutiuscula, mucronata, 

 basi rotundata, 5'2-14'5 cm. longa, l'5-5'5 cm. lata, supra pilis basi 

 incrassatis f ere hispida, subtus, nervis praecipue, molliterpubescentia 

 et praeterea matura glandis 10-14 in lineas duas costae parallelas et 

 ab ea circiter 1 cm. utrinque distantes dispositis, chartacea, margine 

 integro, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 5 intra marginem arcuatis 

 cum nervis transversis supra conspicuis subtus prominulis. Petioli 

 ad 1*5 cm. longi, ut rhachi pubescentes, basin versus glandis duobus 

 sessilibus instructi. Cirrhi plus minusve 15 cm. longi, unilateraliter 

 pilosi, cum inflorescentia axillari orti. Bracteac lineares, acutae, ad 

 1*5 cm. longae, 2*5 mm. latae, puberulae. Sepala 5, basi breviter 

 connata, oblonga, obtusa, 1*5 cm. longa, 6 mm. lata, extra puberula. 

 Petala 5, alba, sepalis conformia sed paullo minora et glabra. 

 Corona duplex, exterior fimbriata, ad 8 mm. alta, interior dentata, 

 plicata, quam exterior dimidio brevior. Filamenta 16 mm. longa, 

 ad medium connata, ovarium includentia, glabra ; antherae 4 mm. 

 longae. Ovarium 2*5 mm. altum, hirsutum, gynophorio circiter 

 4 mm. longo filamentis adnato ; styli 4-5 liberi, filamentis subae- 

 quales, cum petalis filamentisque sicco sparse brunneo-picti. Fructus 

 globosus, 1*5-2 cm. diametro ; semina 5 mm. longa, nigra, foveolata. 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 55. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1049a ; Chieng Dao, 

 450-840 m., Kerr, 1049, 1256. 



Modecca pinnatisecta, Craib, a M. apiculata, Masters, cui affinis, 

 foliis pinnatim 5-sectis, glandis subtus aliter dispositis, antherarum 

 cauda longiore, praecipue differt. 



