THE 



JOURNAL 



OF THE 



Natural History Society of Siaiii. 



Volume IV. Bangkok. Number 3. 



ON PLANTS FROM SOUTH ANNAM 

 BY 



Messrs. E. G. Baker, S. Moore, A. B. Rexdle, H. N. Ridley 



and H. F. Werxham. 



With an introduction by the collector, 



Mr. C. Boden Eloss. 



PREFACE 

 BY 



Dr. A. B. Rexdle. F. R. S. 



The collection of plants made by Mr. C. Boden Kloss, in the 

 South-east corner of Annam, in March, April and May r , 1918, has 

 been determined by members of the Department of Botany, British 

 Museum (where the specimens are preserved), and Mr. Ridley. Mr. 

 Kloss has supplied an account of the localities in which the plants 

 were collected, mainly the highlands of the Langbian province ; and 

 also records of colour i, which are printed between inverted 

 commas. The collection presented by Mr. Boden Kloss to the 

 Natural History Museum comprises 191 species of flowering plants, 

 including one Gymnosperm, Dncrydiiiuc elatum, and 4 Cryptogams. 

 There are 60 Monocotyledons, 33 of which are Orchids, and among 

 these are a new genus, Zetagyne, near Pholidot" ; six new species 

 and a new variety. Three of the six members sent, in the family 

 Zingiberaceie, are also new species ; and there is a new ftmilax. Of 

 the 131 Dicotyledons the best represented families are Rubiace<e, 

 13 species, and Composite, 20 species, with six new species in each. 

 Altogether there are 39 new species, including two new genera and 

 4 new varieties. The majority of the novelties come from the 



1 Omitted by Mr. Moore. 



