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solitarias dispositi. Fl. Q . Calyx parvus, fere ad medium lobatus, 

 extra parce puberulus. Corollae tubus circiter 3*5 mm. longus, 

 dentes breves, cucullati. Stamina (an omnino sterilia ?) duo, corollae 

 tubo adnata. Ovarium oblongum, glabrum, stylo brevi. Fl. <$ . 

 Calyx et corolla maris sed minores. Ovarii rudimentum deficiens. 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 411 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 425. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 900-1000 m., Hosseus, 515a (Q) (Herb. 

 Kew et Hossei!), Kerr, 1100 (tf), 1843 (Q). 



Distr. Yunnan, Szemao, 1500 m., Henry, 11661e (cO- 

 Henry 11661b and 11661a (in part) from the same locality 

 probably also belong. 



APOCYNACEAE. 



Allamanda cathartica, Linn. For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 164. 



Bangkok, Zimmcrmann, 49. 



Distr. Native of Trop. America cultivated in Tropics. 



Melodinus Henryi, Craib, ab affini M. khasiana, Hook, f., foliis 

 multo majoribus facile distinguenda. 



Frutex scandens ; ramuli novelli olivacei, minute parcissime 

 pilosuli ; rami cortice brunneo striato obtecti. Folia opposita vel 

 rarissime subopposita, elliptica, oblonga vel oblanceolata, apice 

 acuminata, subacuta, basi cuneata, 6-16 cm. longa, 2*5-6 cm. lata, 

 chartacea, utrinque glabra, margine integra, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque numerosis intra marginem arcuatis pagina utraque con- 

 spicuis ; petioli ad 8 mm. longi. Cymae in paniculas terminales 

 trichotomas dispositae ; bracteae bracteolaeque parvae ; pedicelli 

 breves. Sepala rotundata vel late elliptica, 2 mm. longa, ciliata. 

 Corollae flavidae tubus 6 mm. longus, basi excepta intra, superne 

 densius, villosus, apice squamis majusculis bifidis instructus, lobi 

 3'5 mm. longi. Stamina paullo infra medium inserta, filamentis 

 brevibus. Stylus 3 mm. longus, cum ovario glaber. Craib, Kew 

 Bull. 1911, p. 411. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1159. 



Distr. Yunnan, Szemao, 1200-1500 m., Henry, 11,944, ll,944a, 

 12,725. Burma, Amherst, 600 m., Lace, 4760. 



Lace's plant differs from the others in its larger leaves which 

 measure up to 22 cm. long and 8 cm. broad. 



Rauwolfia densiflora, Benth. F.B.I., iii. p. 633 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 

 426. 



Pahombuk, Muang Fang, 1000 m. et Doi Intanon, 1700 m. 

 (ex Hosscns). 



Distr. India, Khasia. 



Rauwolfia peguana, Hook./., F.B.I., iii. p. 632 ? ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 85 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 426. Tabernae- 

 montana ophiorrhizoides, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 175 (ex 

 Brandts). 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 660 m., Kerr, 1136. 



Distr. Burma. 



Carissa Carandas, Linn. F.B.I., iii. p. 630 ; For. Fl. Burma, 

 ii. p. 169. 



Meh Ping, Doi Noi, 300 m., Kerr, 2009. 

 Distr. India, Burma, Malaya. 



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