124 MESSRS. BAKER, MOORE, RENDLE, RIDLEY AND WERNHAM. 



BURMANNIACEAE TO GRAMINEAE. 

 BY 



Dr. A. B. Rendle, f.r.s. 

 BURMANNIACEAE. 



40. BURMANNIA DISTICHA L. 



Lirtii Khanh Falls, 3000 ft. la grassy swamps. 



" Flowers violet and yellow. " 



Distrih. India, China, Australia. 

 LILIAGEAE. 



41. SMILAX ANNAMENS1S Rendle, sp. nov. 



Frivtex scandens, glaber. Gaules subangulosi, laeves, aculeis 

 par vis subrecurvis sparse aimati. Folia ovata vel ovato-elliptica ; 

 apice acuta, basi rotundata demum subacuta, conspicue 5-nervia, nervi 

 duo centrali propiores cum eo supra basin coaliti ; petioli infra medium 

 in vaginam subfoliaceam saepe cirrhiferam expansi. Bacemi c? 

 2-umbellati, 2 in exemplo unico 3-umbellati, inter folium et 

 squamam ovatoacutam nunc lissam nascentes, folio duplo vel triplo 

 breviores. Bracteae late ovato-cordatae, acumine setaceo. Umbella.e 

 multiflorae, globosae ; alabastrae oblongae obtusae pedicelli tenues 

 patentes. FL mas. Sepala oblonga, ut petala lineari-angustata paullo 

 longiora demum revoluta/; stamina 6, antherae obtusae demum 

 excurvatse. Fl. fern. Sepala anguste ovato-oblonga ; petala e basi 

 latiore linearia, sepalis subsequalia ; stamina sterilia 3, sepalis 

 opposita ; stigmata psene e basi libera, crasse linearia, excurvata. 



Langbian Peaks, 6000 ft. " Flowers green and pinkish or 

 pale crimson." 



Leaves 10-16 cm. long by 4.5-9 cm. broad; petiole 2-4 cm. 

 lono". Bracts .5 cm. or less. Peduncles of umbels 2-4 cm. long, 

 pedicels slender, generally 6-10 mm. long. Sepals and petals 

 about 6 mm. long. Most nearly allied to the Indian 8. prolifera 

 Roxb., but easily distinguished by the few-umbelled inflorescence. 



42. DlANELLA ENSIFOL1A Red. 



Dalat, 5,000 ft. "Flowers blue and white ; stamens yellow 

 tipped with brown ; fruit violet. " 



Distrih. Tropical Asia to tropical Australia, Mascarene Is. 



JOUEN. NAT. HIST. SOC. S1AM. 



