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65. Oapparis horrida L. 

 Tour Cham. " Crimson to purple. " 

 Distrib. Widely distributed. 



66. Capparis corymbosa Lam. 

 Tour Cham. " Yellow-white." 



It is with considerable hesitation that I venture to refer this 

 plant to the above African species, but it presents all the leading 

 characteristics, namely, the branches have the short spines, the 

 flowers are in fascicles, the buds globose and glabrous or nearly so, 

 and the ovary is ovoid, glabrous and the stigma minute. 

 67. Niehuhria decandra Gagnep. 

 Tour Cham. " Greenish white. " 

 Distrib. Cambodia, Siain. 



VIOLACE.E. 

 68. YlOLA ANNAMENSIS Bak. fil., sp. nov. 

 Perennis. Folia ovata vel triangulari-ovata, margine serrata, 

 glauca, glabra vel fere glabra, apice acuta, basi cuneata, graciliter 

 petiolata, lamina 15-20 mm. longa, 13-18 mm. lata, petiolo 10-18 

 mm. longo suffulta. Pedunculi graciles, pubescentes, bibracteolati, 

 apice reflexi. Flores parviusculi, solitarii, pallide violaceo-albi. 

 Repaid lanceolata, omnia deorsum in appendices producta, lineis 

 notata 4.5-5.0 mm. longa. Petala patentia, inferius deorsum in 

 calcar breve productum. Stylus superne clavatus. Capsula ignota. 



• Dalat, 5,000 ft. " Flowers pale violet, lip white streaked with 

 dark violet." 



A plant with glabrous glaucous foliage and rather small 

 flowers with a short saccate spur. The petioles are slender. 

 Allied in some respects to V. serpens Wall. 



69. Viola serpens Wall. 

 Langbian Peaks, 6,000-6,500 ft. "White, lip streaked with 

 violet; other petals faintly veined or tinged with violet." 

 Distrit). India. 



70. Viola distans Wall. 

 Dalat, 5,000 ft. " Pale violet with darker violet blotches and 

 reticulations." 



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