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lanceolatl acutiusculi long lore. Filamenta yalida compressa antheris 

 linearibus acutis. Stigma subglobosun. 



Dran, 3,000-4,000 ft. 



Branches pale-coloured, the oldest 5 mm., the younger 2- 

 3 mm. wide. 



Leaves with a b'ade 8 5-12 cm. long, at the middle 3.5-4 cm. 

 broad, grey -green when dry ; petioles stoutish, channelled above 

 about 2 cm. long. Peduncles, 5-7 mm. long, somewhat angular, 3 mm. 

 across, after boiling. Bracts and bracteoles about 1 cm. in length, the 

 former rugulose on the bick, reddish brown. Calyx-tube 4 mm. long. 

 Corolla tube (unmoisteaed) about 3 cm. long, 3 mm. wide below, 

 5 mm. near the top, pink ; lobes 2 cm. long, purple at base, carmine 

 above. Filaments (of bud) 7 mm., anthers 5 mm. long. Berry 

 ovoid, 10 x 8 mm., brown when ripe. 



L. albidus Bl. has similar foliage, but slenderer peduncles, 

 smaller bracts and bracteoles and corollas unlike in several respects. 

 BALANOPHORACEjE 

 179. Balanophora (Diphora) annamensis S. Moore, sp. no v. 



Rhizoma sparsim lobatum omnimodo pustulis stellatis arete 

 indutum. Squama'} pedunculi paucae imbricata ovatae vel ovato- 

 oblo igae obtusae. Capitula magna dioica. Bracteae 6 oblongo-obo- 

 voide.ie triquetrae apice truncatae tuberculioque parvulis obsitae. 



Periantldum 4-5-lobum lobis oblongo-lanceolatis. Antherae 

 4-5 in columnam connatae loculis hippocrepiformibus. Flores $ recep- 

 taculo necnon spadicellorum ampul! if ormium stipiti crasso inserti. 

 Ovarium subsessile ovoideum in stylum loniorem desinens. 



Dalat, 5,000 ft. ; Langbian Peaks, 6,000 ft. 



Bliizome up to 7 cm. in thiekness, sometimes reduced to 3 cm. ; 

 pustules dull brown, nearly 3 mm. high and somethat more in 

 diameter, each with several deep radiating grooves. Peduncle short, 

 about 1-1.5 cm. long and some 2 cm. broad; the squamae coriaceous, 

 brown, shining, 3-nearly 4 x 1.5-nearly 2 cm. Receptacle d cylindrical, 

 8x4 cm. Perianth with flattened 10-14 x 1.5-2 mm. tube and 5 mm. 

 long spreading lobes. Bracts 4-5 mm. wide, at the more or less quad- 

 rangular top 3x3 mm. Staminal column 6 mm. long. Receptacle 2 



VOL. IV, NO. 3, 1921. 



