94 



Momordica macrophylla, Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind., iii. p. 61. 

 Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 1263. 

 Distr. Burma. 



Kerr's plant (<$} agrees with Lace's 3287 (Q) from Maymyo 

 which was named M. macrophylla in Herb. Calc. 



Thladiantha Hookeri, C. B. Clarke, F.B.I., ii. p. 631. 

 Chieugmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 

 662. 



Distr. Assam. 



Zehneria umbellata, Thwaites F.B.I., ii. p. 625 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 61. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 1130, 1130a; Sriracha, 

 Nawng Kaw, in evergreen jungle, 30 m., Kerr, 2084. 



Distr. Afghanistan, India, Burma, Assam, Tonkin, Java. 



BEGONIACEAE. 



Begonia ( Casparya) Acetosella, Cralb, a B. Roxburghii, DC., 

 foliis angustioribus basi oblique truncatis vel cordato-truncatis 

 nunquam alte cordatis recedit. 



Herba circiter bimetralis (ex Kerr} ; caules glabri vel juventute 

 subglabri, primo flexuosi, striati, basi ad 8 mm. diametro. Folia 

 alterna, lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuminata, acuta, 

 basi oblique truncata vel cordato-truncata, 13-27 cm. longa, 3-8*5 cm. 

 lata, membranacea, supra parcissime setulosa, subtus costa nervisque 

 setulosa, margine setoso-serrulata, e basi circiter 5-nervata, nervis 

 secondariis (e costa ortis) utrinque ad 7 pagina utraque sicco 

 prominulis, nervis transversis satis distantibus utrinque conspicuis ; 

 petioli 1-12 cm. longi, glabrescentes ; stipulae brunneae, lanceolatae, 

 acutae, 1-1*3 crn. longae, 3*5 mm. latae, deciduae. Flos $ pedicello 

 ad 1*4 cm. longo ut pedicello Q bibracteato suffultus. Sepala 2, 

 obovato-elliptica, 1*4 cm. longa, 1*2 cm. lata. Petala 2, oblongo- 

 oblanceolata, circiter 1*3 cm. longa et 0*5 cm. lata. Stamina per- 

 plurima, filamentis liberis, connective manifeste producto. Flores Q 

 axillares, solitarii, pedicellis 0*5-1 cm. longis bracteolis majusculis 

 stipulis conformibus paullo supra basin instructis suffulti. Sepala 

 petalaque maris sed minora. Cra.ib, Kew Bull. 1912, p. 153. B. 

 sp. n., Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 58. 



Chiengmai, in damp shady spots by stream on Doi Sootep, 

 660-900 m., Kerr, 557, 1744. 



Begonia incerta, Craib, ex affinitate B. Kerrii, Craib, sed floribus 

 majoribus, ovario capsulaque hand glabris differt. 



Herba subacaulis, 4-9 cm. alta. Folia solitaria vel gemina, 

 orbicularia, apice obtusa, basi cordata, ad 2*5 cm. diametro, 

 membranacea, utrinque brevissime, subtus parcius, pilosa, margine 

 subintegro ; petioli 1-1*5 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, ut folii 

 pilosi. Pedunculi simplices, ad 6*5 cm. longi, breviter pilosi. <$ : 

 Sepala 2, alba, rotundata, 7*5 mm. longa, 7 mm. lata, extra parce 

 minute pilosa, margine ciliolata. Petala 2, alba, lineari-oblonga, 

 5 mm. longa, 1*5 mm. lata, glabra. Filamenta 2 mm. longa, ad 

 medium connata, antheris parvis oblongis, connective hand producto. 



