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Near Lakon, in deciduous bamboo jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 974. 

 Distr. Upper Burma : Shan States, 'Robertson. 

 Lao name, Chidi Dooan (ex Kerr). 



According to Dr. Kerr the root is used by the natives for 

 poisoning fish. 



Euphorbia Lacei, Craib, ab E. anti<juorum, Linn., spinis breviori- 

 bus, involucris subsessilibus vel breviter pedunculatis recedit. 



Arbor ad 3'5 m. alta (ex Kerr) ; ramuli floriferi 17-25 cm. longi, 

 sicco ad 2'5 cm. diametro, succulenti, glabri ; anguli 3, alaeformes, 

 distanter dentati, dentibus ad 5 cm. distantibus ; spinae geminae, 

 parvae, divaricatae, f usco-brunneae. Bracteae late ellipticae, 3'5 mm 

 longae, 3*5 mm. latae. Involucra solitaria, subsessilia vel brevitei 

 pedunculata, vix 1 cm. diametro, glabra, e glandulis 5 et lobis 

 5 fimbriatis circiter 2 mm. longis et latis glabris constituta ; glan- 

 dulae transverse oblongae, 4*25 mm. latae, 2 mm. longae, glabrae. 

 Craib, Kew Bull. 1911, p. 456. 



Lakon, Hooey Meh Tan, 600 m., Kerr, 1018. 



Distr. Burma, Hantawaddy, Yoma Reserve, Lace, 2920. 



The lateral involucres of the cyme which are not developed in 

 any of the above specimens will probably bear the female as no 

 trace of an ovary is found in the developed terminal involucres. 



Euphorbia linearifolia, Hosseus, ii. p. 404, an Roth ? 

 Pitsanulok, Ban Jang, 120 m. (ex Hosseus). 

 Distr. Deccan Peninsula (ex F.B.I., v. p. 249). 



Euphorbia serrulata, Reinw. 



Chiengrnai, among grass in open jungle on Doi Kum, 420 in., 

 Kerr, 1656. 



Distr. Formosa, Macao, Philippines, Tonkin, Malay Archipelago. 



Euphorbia thymifolia, Burm. F.B.I., v. p. 252. 

 Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1475 " a garden weed." 

 Distr. S.E. Asia. 



Euphorbia congener a, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) 

 p. 32, an Bl. ? 



The specimens quoted by Williams I.e. under this species agree 

 rather with the description of E. rcniformis, Bl., but in the absence 

 of authentic material the writer cannot refer them definitely to 

 either species. 



Bridelia affinis, Craib, B. pubescenti, Kurz, habitu similis sed 

 inflorescentia fere glabra facile distiriguenda. 



Arbuscula ad 6 m. alta (ex Kerr) ; ramuli primo parce ferru- 

 gineo-pilosi, mox glabri, cortice rubro-brunneo parce lenticellato 

 obtecti. Folia obovato-elliptica vel oblanceolata, apice rotundata 

 vel plerumque breviter obtuse acuminata, basi obtusa, 5-15 cm. 

 longa, 2-6 cm. lata, chartacea, supra costa nervisque praecipuc 

 pilosula, subtus parce molliter pilosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 

 10-14 ad marginem excurrentibus supra conspicuis subtus cum 

 nervis transversis prominentibus ; petioli ad 7 mm. longi, teretes, 

 breviter pilosi ; stipulae deciduae, circiter 5 mm. longae, 1 mm, 

 latae. Injlorescentia axillaris, sessilis. Floris Q calycis segmenta 

 triangularia, acuta, 1'5 mm. longa, 1*5 mm. lata, quam petala 



