URTICACEAE 

 Oreocnide obovata (C. H. Wright) Merr. Sunyatsenia 3: 250. 1937. 



Ih-hiff/rasia obovata C. H. Wright in Forbes & Hemsl. Jour. Linn. Soc 



Bot. 26:492. 1899. 

 Villebrunca paradoxa Gagnep. Not. .Syst. 4: 130. 1928, in LeconitL-, FI. 



Gén. Indo-Chine 5 : 881. /. 103. 22-23. f. 104, 2-3. 1929. 

 Wright's species of 1899 is manifestly the same as the one described 

 by Gagnepain in 1928, and clearly Oreocnide {Villebrunca) is repre- 

 sented rather than a Debrcgeasia. The species occurs in Indo-China, 



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The Indo-Chinese form has cauline inflorescences, thèse sometimes also 

 on the branches, but in other characters does not appear to be différent 

 from Blume's Philippine type. In the Philippine form the inflorescences 

 are sometimes on the branches below the leaves. The genus is new to 

 Indo-China. 



OLACACEAE 



Schoepfia fragrans Wall. Tent. FI. Népal. 18, pi. 9. 1824; Mast. in 

 Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1: 581. 1875. 

 Indo-China, Laos, Tranninh Province, Petclot 444, July, 1931. India 

 to western China. 



CARYOPHYLLACEAE 



Stellaria paniculata Edgw. Trans. Linn. Soc. 20:35. 1846; Edgw. & 

 Hook. f. in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1: 229. 1874. 

 Indo-China, Tonkin, route from Lo Qui Ho to Ta Phinh, near Chapa, 

 ait. 1700 m., Petelot 4761, October, 1933. Western Himalayan région 

 and the Khasia Mountains to Siam and Yunnan. 



Stellaria aquatica (L.) Scop. FI. Carn. éd. 2, 1: 319. 1772. 



Ccrastium aquatictirn Linn. Sp. PI. 439. 1753. 



Indo-China, Tonkin, Chapa, Petclot 5716, April, 1936, aiong roads, 

 ait. 1500 m. Widely distributed in Europe and .Asia, introduced in 

 North America. 



Cerastium vulgatum Linn. Sp. PI. éd. 2, 627. 1762; Edgew. & Hook. 

 f. in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 1: 228. 1874. 

 Indo-China, Tonkin, Chapa, Petelot 5717, April, 1936, along roads. 

 Widely distributed in Europe and temperate Asia, introduced in North 



