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Rubia siamensis, Craib, a R. cordifolia, Linn., foliis semper 

 oppositis, inflorescentiae rhachi crassiore, bracteis parvis facile 

 distinguenda. 



Caules scandentes, breviter sparse aculeati. Folia ovata vel 

 ovato-lanceolata, cordata, apice acuta, 6-11 cm. longa, 3-7'2 cm. 

 lata, chartacea, utrinque costa nervisque aculeata, e basi 3-5 nervata, 

 nervis supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus nervis secondariis 

 obscuris vel subobscuris ; petioli ad 8 cm. longi, ut caules 

 aculeati. Panicnlae axillares, ad 30 cm. longae, bracteis parvis ; 

 pedicelli ad 3 mm. longi. Rcccptacuhim 0'5 mm. altum, 1'25 mm. 

 latum, glabrum ; calyx obsoletus. CoroUuc viridis tubus 1'25 mm. 

 longus, lobi lineari-lanceolati, acnti, 2 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, intra 

 pulverulento - pilosuli. Discus parvus, tumidm:. Stylus brevis, 

 glaber, stigmate capitate 2-lobato. Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 397. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1832. 



V ALERT AN ACEAE. 



Valeriana Hardwickii, Wall. F.B.I., iii. p. '213. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in open grassy jungle, 1500 m., Kerr, 882. 



Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Yunnan, Java. 



COMPOSITAE. 



Vernonia bracteata, Wall F.B.I., iii. p. 232 ; Williams, Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600-650 m., Kerr, 828a, Hosseus, 31 3a. 



Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Assam. 



Hosseus, ii. p. 445, refers his 313a to forma silhetcnsis (DC. 

 pro sp.). 



Vernonia bracteata, Wall., var. subserrata, Hosscus, ii. p. 455. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 900 m. (ex Hosseus). 



Vernonia chinensis, Less. F.B.I., iii. p. 235. V. sinensis, 

 Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1200 m., Kerr, 789. 

 Distr. China, throughout Indo-China, Malaya. 



Vernonia Cumingiana, Benth. ? 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kcrr, 1114. 



Vernonia divergens, Edgcw. F.B.I., iii. p. 234 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 69. 



Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1200-1650 m., 

 Kerr, 524. 



Distr. India, Burma, Assam. 



Vernonia elaeagnifolia, DC. F.B.I., iii. p. 237 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 80 ; Williams, Bull. Herb^, Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. 



Chiengmai, 300 m., in scrub jungle,. Kerr, 1693 ; Bangkok, 

 Schomburgk, 116, Zimmermann, 101 ; Chantaboon, Murton, 63. 



Distr. Burma. 



Vernonia Parishii, Hook. J., F.B.I., iii. p. 240 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 455, 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600-1800 m., Hosseus, 458. 

 Distr. Burma, Yunnan. 



