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Dioscorea pentaphylla, Linn., var. malaica, 



Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 2251 ; Doi Sootep, in 

 mixed jungle, 330 m., Kerr, 2251a. 



Distr. (of var.). Malaya and perhaps in the Pacific. 



ROXBURGH i ACE AE. 



Stemona aphylla, Craib, sp. n., caulibus florigeris crassis, f'oliis ad 

 bracteas squamoideas reductis, pedunculo communi brevi distincta. 



Caules florigeri ad 4*5 mm. diametro, teretes, prime leves, mox 

 striati, hie illic glaucescentes, glabri. Folia, saltern caulium flori- 

 gerorum, ad squamas deltoideas acutas 7 mm. longitudinis et basi 

 fere 7 mm. latitudinis attingentes glabras reducta. Pedunculus 

 communis abbreviatus, squama brevior vel earn subaequans, glaber ; 

 bracteae lanceolatae, acutae, ad 4*5 mm. longae, squamiformes, 

 glabrae ; pedicelli plerumque circiter 1*5 cm. longi, glabri, medium 

 prope articulati ; flores virides (ex Kerr). Fl. $ . Penanthii 

 segmenta 4, exteriora anguste oblonga, acuta, 2*5 cm. longa, 

 5*5 mm. lata, interiora oblongo-ovata, acuta, exterioribus subaequi- 

 longa, circiter 1 cm. lata. Stamina 4 ; filamenta brevia, basi 

 breviter connata ; antherae (appendice inclusa) 21 mm. longae. 

 Ovarii rudimentum parvum. Fl. Q (vel <3 ?). Perianthiium masculi 

 sed minus. Stamina 4, (fertilia ?). Ovarium 4 mm. altum, stylo 

 obtuso vix distincto, ovulis pluribus erectis. 



Near Phre, Me Ta, perennial with trailing shoots, roots rurmerous 

 thick and fleshy, in dry bamboo jungle, 240 m., Kerr, 2351. 



Stemona Burkillii, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixxiii. p. 43, 

 ex descr. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 420 m., Kerr, 1403, 

 in mixed jungle, 570 m., Kerr, 1403a. 



Distr. Upper Burma (ex Praiti). 



Stemona Griffiithiana, Kurz F.B.I., vi. p. 299 ; Prain, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng., Ixxiii. p. 42. 



Phre, Rawng Kwang, in deciduous jungle, 180 m., Kerr, 2365. 



Distr. Burma. 



Stemona Kerrii, Craib, sp. n., a S. Curtisii, Hook, f., foliis 

 minoribus haud glabris facile distinguenda. 



Herba erecta vel volubilis ; radices e rhizomate perenni fusi- 

 formes, ad 10 cm. longae, 7 mm. diametro ; caules brevifer crispatim 

 pubescentes, juventute gracillimi, si erecti flexuosi. Folia ovata 

 vel late ovata, apice acuminata, acuta, basi cordata, plerumque 

 altius cordata, 3-8 cm. longa, 2-6*3 cm. lata, basi plerumque 11-13- 

 nervata, nervis lateralibus supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus, 

 nervis trans versis densis parallelis utrinque conspicuis, nervis 

 nervulisque pagina superiore pilis albis parcissime instructa, iuferiore 

 piloso-pubescentia, sicco viridia ; petioli 0'7-3 cm. longi, supra 

 canaliculati, indumeuto ut caules. Inflorescentia axillaris, 1-3-flora, 

 petiolos subaequans, floribus polygamo-dioicis. Fl. tf . Periantkii 

 segmenta 4, lineari-lanceolata vel late lanceolata, acuta, 9 mm. InngM. 

 2*25-3'2o mm. lata, extra pilis paucis rigidis erect is instructs, intra 

 glabra. Filamenta brcvissiina. im;i b;isi coniuitn, ovarii rudimentura 

 iiiinutuni ciugentia ; antherae sicco sul>\ iridcs, 2'2o mm. longar : 

 connectivi appendicula sicco mbra, inaequaliter tiialata. M I is 



