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Chlorophytum simplex, Craib, sp. n., racemis laxis simplicibus 

 folia lata plerumque paululo excedentibus, florilms majusculis 

 distinguenda. 



Herba 18-34 cm. alta, glabra ; radices satis crassae, anguste 

 fusiformes, ad 16 cm. longac, circiter 4 mm. diametro. Folia 

 plerumque oblongo-lanceolata, apice subacuminata, acuta, basi in 

 petiolum plus minusve distinctum contracta, 14-30 cm. (petiolo 

 incluso) longa, 2*5-4 cm. lata, nervis primariis subtus prominentibus 

 supra conspicuis vel prominulis, petiolis basi in vaginam expansis 

 pedunculum amplectentibus. Racemi solitarii, simplices, circiter 

 15 cm. longi, pedunculo communi racemo subaequali suffulti ; 

 bracteae 1-3 infimae plerumque steriles, anguste lanceolatae, acutae, 

 1'5 cm. longae ; bracteae fertiles plerumque 3-fiorae ; pedicelli sub 

 anthesin circiter 3 mm. longi, fructescentes paululo incrassati 

 elongatique ; alabastra ambitu plus minusve oblongo - ovata, 

 obtusa. Periantliii segmenta alba (ex Kerr), inter se subaequalia, 

 linearia vel lineari-oblonga, apice obtusiuscula, vix 1 cm. longa, 

 2 mm. lata. Filamenta circiter 4 mm. longa, ut antherae, superne 

 praecipue, minute papillosa ; antherae 6 mm. longae, basi bilobae. 

 Ovarium 1*5 mm. altum, trigonum ; stylus 9 mm. longus ; loculi 

 4-ovulati. Fructus 5 mm. altus, 7 mm. latus. 



Muang Hawt, in deciduous jungle, 210 m., Kerr, 2204. 



Anthericum sp., Hosseus, ii. p. 373. 

 Wang Djao, 150 m. (ex Hosseus). 



Dianella ensifolia, Redout^ F.B.I., vi. p. 347. D. sp., Hosseus, 

 ii. p. 373. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 750-1400 m., Kerr, 1319, Hosseus, 456. 

 Distr. Tropical Asia and Australia, Mascerene Is. 



Urginea indica, Kunth F.B.I., vi. p. 347. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in deciduous jungle, 330-450 in., Kerr 9 

 1754, 1754a, 1754b. 

 Distr. India, Burma. 



Lilium nepalense, D. Don F.B.I., vi. p. 350 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 138. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in open grassy jungle along tops of 

 ridges, 1260-1560 m., Kerr, 734. Also flowered in Hort. Trin. 

 Coll., Dublin in August this year. 



Distr. Himalaya, Upper Burma. 



Iphigenia indica, Kunth F.B.I., vi. p. 357. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, among grass in an open spot, 600 m., 

 Kerr, 752. 



Distr. India to Australia. 



Disporum calcaratum, Don F.B.I., vi. p. 359 ; Coll. et Hemsl., 

 Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 139. D. latipetalum, Coll. et Hemsl., 

 I.e., p. 139. 



Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, among grass in open jungle on ridges, 

 1350-1500 m., Kerr, 672 and in deciduous jungle, 720-900 m., 

 Kerr, 693. 



Distr. Himalaya, Assam, Burma, Yunnan. 



Disporum pullum, Salisb. F.B.I., vi. p. 360. 



