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latcralibus 6 nun. long-is utraijuc 0'7f> nun. lata intra paulo supni 

 alae mediae apiccm corpusculo al])ido circiter 1 mm. longo ornatis 

 ala media 1*75 mm. longa. Fl. <$ . Perianthium staminaque maris 

 nisi paulo longiora. Pistillnm glabrura, 2*5 mm. altum, ovulis 

 2 erectis. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720-900 m., erect or scandent on low 

 herbage, Ken; 707. 



LILIACEAE. 



Smilax Hemsleyana, Craib, sp. n., a S. lanceaefolia, Roxb., foliis 

 late ellipticis vel ovato-ellipticis distinguenda. 



Ramuli stramiuei, striati vel minute striati, glabri, acaleis spar- 

 sissime instructi. Folia elliptica, late elliptlca vel ovato-elliptica, 

 apice breviter acuminata, basi truncato- vel rotundato-cuneata, 

 9-12 cm. longa, 6-9*5 cm. lata, glabra, rigide chartacea, 5-nervia, 

 nervis cum nervulis pagina utraque prominulis, petiolo 1*5-2 cm. 

 longo suffulta ; vaginae petiolis 5-7 mm. adnatae. Pedunculus 

 inflorescentiae Q 3*7 cm. longus, 8 mm. e basi bibracteatus, glaber ; 

 pedicelli circiter 8 mm. longi, glabri. Perianthii albi (ex Kerr) 

 segmenta medio reflexa, exteriora suboblonga, apice cucullata. medio 

 (ubi reflexa) parum angustata, 4*5 mm. longa, 2*25 mm. lata, interiora 

 4*5 mm. longa, basi 1 ram. lata, superne 0*75 mm. lata. Staminodia 3, 

 filiformia, 2*5 mm. longa. Ovarium 3 mm. altum, glabrum. 

 Fructus globosus, sicco substramineus, 7-8 mm, diametro. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, climbing over bushes in evergreen jungle 

 by stream, 660 m., Kerr, 596. 



Collett, 653 referred to by Coll. and Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., 

 xxviii. p. 137 under S. lanceaefolia, probably also belongs to this 

 species. 



Smilax lanceaefolia, Roxh. F.B.I., vi. p. 308; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 137 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 373. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1050-1350 m., Ken; 

 522 ; Doi Intanon, 1300 m., Hosseus, 337. 



Distr. Sikkim, Assam, Burma, China. 



Smilax macrophylla, Roxb. F.B.I., vi. p. 310 ; Hosseus, ii. p. 373. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in mixed jungle, 330 m., Ken; 1847. 

 Distr. India, Burma, Assam. 



Smilax peguana, A. D C. F.B.I., vi. p. 303. 

 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1050-1350 m., 

 Ken; 679. 

 Distr. Burma. 



Smilax prolifera, Roxb. Y.E.I., vi. p. 312. 

 Chieng Kum, 390 m., Kerr, 2465. 

 Distr. India, Assam, Burma. 

 Lao name, Mai dao (ex Kerr}. 



Smilax sp. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-750 m., Kerr, 632. 



Smilax sp., Hosseus , ii. p. 373. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1675 m. (ex Hosseus). 



Asparagus acerosus, Roxb. F.B.I., vi. p. 317. 



