18 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [January, 1914. 



loo. cit. p. 455. Shan Plateau and the Chinese Provinces of 

 Yunnan and Kweichow. 



31. D. stjbcalva. Plentiful in Yunnan. 



D. stjbcalva. Tuber in terram descendens, longum, rufo-fuscum. 

 Caules inermes, glabri, striati, alterni, ginistrorsim volubiles. Folia 

 glabra, latissime cordata, abrupte cuneatim acuminata, ad 4 cm. longa, 



aA fi oTYi- lata.. Q-nervia : area media a nare nrimo nervorum lateralium 



terminata obovata, nervis extimis bifidis : venae secundariae subrectse : 

 petiolus ad 1 cm. longus, supra canaliculatus. Florea maris 1-7, in 

 racemos breves secundarios unilateraliter congregati : racemi ipsi sparsim 

 in axin tenuem angulatum ad 12 cm. longum admodum parce hirsutum 

 dispositi : bracteae ovatae, acutae* 1 mm. longae, glabrae, fulvae atque 

 rubro-maculatae. Perianthii maris lobi ovati, ligulati, apice rotundati, 

 1-75 mm. longi, *5 mm. lati, fiore aperto excurvati, rubro-maculati : 

 tubus perbrevis. Stamina ad perianthii Jobos basin supra affixa, lobis 

 breviora. Flores fceminei singuli vel bini in spicis 9 cm. longis in axin 

 angulatum glabescentem positi : bracteae lanceolatae, 2 mm. longa*. 

 Sepala anguste ovata, obtusiuseula, 1*5 mm. longa, atro-rubra in sicci- 

 tate. Petala similia, obtusiura. Staminodia minuta. Capsulce respici- 

 entes, 25 mm. longae, infra obtusae, supra truncatae et mucronatae : alae 

 subrectangulares, 23 mm. longae, 6 mm. latae. 



China Austradis. In Provincia Yunnan ad Yunnan-fu (Duclo-ux, 

 107 I 318 !), in montibus supra Ta-pm-tze (Delavay, 374 ! 182G !), La-ko- 

 chan prope Ta-pin tze, {Delavay, 2834!), Peo-tsao-chan, (Delavay, 6654 !), 

 Kiao-che-tong prope fauces Hee chan-men (Delavay, 3853!). Sine locis 

 (Bons d'Antyl Wilson, 4552!) Typi praecipue in Herbario Horti botanici 

 ad Lutetias Parisiorum conservantur ; at nonnulli in Herbario Kewensi 

 conservantur. 



32* D. kitbns. A species of Yunnan. 



D. nitens. Radix ignota. Cauies juniores sparsissime hirsuti, vetus- 

 tiores glabrescentes politi, leviter striati, sinistrorsim volubiles. Folia 

 longe cordata, acuminata, infra in nervis primariis perparce hirsuta, ad 

 10 cm. longa, ad 7 cm. lata, 7-nervia: area media a nervorum lateralium 

 pare primo terminata lanceoiata : nervi extremi bifidi : venae secun- 

 dariae rectae vel subrectae, paucae, supra indistinctae : petiolus 35 cm. 

 longus, glabervel sparsissime hirsutus, supra canaliculatus, infra carina- 

 tus. Flores maris in racemos breves secundarios unilaterales 4 mm. longos 

 aggregati: racemi ipsi parce in axes singulos vel binos vel ternos nunc 

 simplices nunc compositos sparsim hirsutos dispositi : bracteae ovatae, 

 breviter acuminata, glabrae vel fere glabrae, 1 mm. longae. Perianthii 

 maris lobi biseriati anguste ovati, subacuti, 1*5 mm. longi, 25 mm. 

 lati, uninervii, sparsim rubro-punctati, exteriores interioribus paululo 

 longiores: tubus *25 mm. longus. Stamina 6; filamenta ad perianthii 

 lobofl supra basin adnata. Flores fceminei in spicis elongatis, (capsulis 

 maturis) ad 20 cm. longis. Perianthii fceminei lobi sparsim hirsuti, bi- 

 seriati, exteriores late lanceolati acuti 1-5 mm. longi, interiores latiores 

 rotundati. Staninod a minuta. Capsulce respicientes, imbricantes, gla- 

 brae, glaucae, apice retusae, ad 25 mm. longae; alae fere subrectangulares, 

 ad 22 mm. longae et 7 mm. latae. Semina (immatura solum visa) admo- 

 dum inaequaliter alata. 



China Australis. — In Provincia Yunnan, ad Yunnanfu (Ducloux, 

 784!), Mengtze ad 5000 ped. alt., (Henry, 10287 B !), Szemao, 4000—4500 

 ped. alt. (Henry, 12338 ! 12338B !). Sine loco, (Bons d'Anty, 430 !). Typi 

 praecipue in Herbario Kewensi conservantur. 



33. D. Martini. A species of Yunnan and Kweichow. 



