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Frutex scandens (ex Kerr} ; ramuli teretes, ad 4 mm. diametro, 

 primo puberuli, mox glabri, cortice pallide brunneo vel rubro- 

 brunneo striato parce lenticellato obtecti. Folia oblanceolata, 

 oblongo-oblanceolata vel rarissime obovato-oblanceolata. apice 

 acuminata, basi cuneata, 8-22 cm. longa, 2*5-6 cm. lata, chartacea, 

 utrinque glabra nisi nervis subtus brevissime adpresse pilosula, 

 subtus pallidiora, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-9 arcuatis supra 

 conspicuis subtus prominulis, nervulis utrinque, subtus magis, 

 conspicuis ; petioli 1 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, subglabri ; 

 stipulae deeiduae, acuminatae, 2 mm. longae. Cymulae in corymbos 

 foliis breviores dispositae, pedunculo communi usque ad 5 cni. 

 longo, peduuculis partialibus ad 1'5 cm. longis, pedicellis brevibus ; 

 bracteae parvae. Receptaculuw glabrescens, circiter 3 mm. altum. 

 Calycis lobi ut videtur post anthesin decidui, normal es lineari- 

 lanceolati, acuti, 1-1-5 mm. longi, parce setulosi et breviter setuloso- 

 ciliati, aucti albi (ex Kerr), majusculi, longe petiolati. Corollae 

 tubus 2'5 cm. longus, extra glabrescens, intra pilosus, lobi deltoidei, 

 acuminati, 3 mm. longi, 1*5-2 mm. lati. Anthcrae anguste lineares, 

 4 mm. longae. Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 389. 



Chiengmai, marshy ground in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 

 660 m., Kerr, 1112 ; Phre, 180 m., Luang Vanpruk, 196. 



Lao name, Dok Kem bai (ex Luang Vanpruk). 



Mussaenda neosootepensis, Craib, ab affini M. incana, Wall., 

 ramulorum indumento breviore parciore, foliis valde minoribus, 

 corollae tubo breviore indumento parciore distincta. 



Suffrntex parvus ; ramuli primo breviter pilosi, mox fere glabri, 

 cortice rubro-brunneo striato obtecti. Folia elliptica, ovato-lanceolata 

 vel ovata, apice distincte vel vix acuminata, obtusiuscula, basi 

 attenuata vel rotundata, 3-6 cm. longa, 1*3-3*3 cm. lata, chartacea, 

 supra pilis basi incrassatis iustructa, subtus hirsuta, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 6 pagina utraque conspicuis ; petioli ad 4 mm. longi ; 

 stipulae lanceolatae, 5 mm. longae, apice plus minusve bih'dae. 

 Cymulae in corymbos terminales digpositae ; bracteae parvae, 

 lineari-lunceolatae ; pedicelli breves. Receptaculum 3 mm. altum, 

 dense hirsutum. Catycis lobi 5 mm. longi ; sepala in laminas expansa 

 rara, parva. Corollae luteae tubus 2'2 crn. longus, lobi acuminati, 

 6 mm. longi, 3 mm. lati. Anthcrae anguste lineares, 4 mm. longae, 

 filamentis circiter 1 mm. longis. M. sootepensis, Craib, Kew Bull. 

 1911, p. 389, non M. sutapcnsis, Hosseus. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, deciduous jungle, 600 m., Kcrr, 1 1 83. 



Dr. Kerr describes this plant as a low straggling shrub but I 

 cannot distinguish specifically from it his 744 also collected in 

 deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep 300-720 m. which he describes as 

 having prostrate creeping shoots. The latter would appear to have 

 grown under more adverse conditions and has slightly narrower 

 leaves which dry brown. 



Mussaenda uniflora, Wall. F.B.I., iii. p. 86 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 445. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 680 ; Muang Fang, 

 500 m., Hosseus, 603. 

 Distr. Lower Burma. 



