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48. D. Cumingii, Prain et Burkill, in Journ. Asiatic Soe. 

 Bengal, iv. (1908), p. 459. Philippine Islands, rather widely 

 distributed in Luzon. 



49. D. Blu.viet. D. pentaphylla, Blume, Enum. Plant. 

 Jav. i (1827), p. 20. Collected by Reinwardt in Java. 



D. Blumei. Tubera ignota C aides glabri, parce aculeafci, sinis- 

 trorsim volubi'es. Folia alterna, 5-foliata, supra glabra, infra pilis 

 parcis in norvis majoribus induta : foliolum medium basi obtusum vel 

 subrotundatum, apice abrupte acuminatum, venis pinnatU, ad 12 cm. 

 longum, ad (j cm. latum : foliola externa asymmetrica 3-nervia, nervis 

 duobus parte externa versus medio currentibus : petioim 5 cm. longus, 

 sparsim hirsutus : petioluli ad 1 cm. longi. Flo es maris in paniculam 

 magnara bis et iterum r « mo-am dispositi : rami hirsuto-glabrescentes : 

 racemi spiciformes ad 2 cm. longi axibus ferrugineo-hirsuti : bractese in 

 pedicellorum apicibus insidentes, late triangulari-ovatae, extra dense 

 ferrugineo-pubescentes, acuminatiusculae, 1 mm. longae : bracteola 1 similes 

 minores. Sepala ovata, obtusa, extra et mar^inibus pilis fulvo-rufis in- 

 duta, 1 mm. longa Petal* elliptica, breviora, obtusa. Stamina 3, brevi- 

 ora: staminodia S t petalis requilonga. Flores fveminei ignoti. 



Java. Sine loco exacto, Reinwardt I Typus in Herbario Lugdu- 

 nense conservatur. 



50. D. Scortechinii, Prain et Burkill, in Journ. Asia- 

 tic Soc. Bengal, iv. (1908), p. 465. D. pentaphylla, Ridley et 

 Curtis, in Journ. Roy. Asiatic Soc, Straits Br., (1902), p. 66, 

 in part. Through the Malay Peninsula and in Tonkin. More 

 material is wanted of it, of D. Blumei and of D. Cumingii, in 

 order to de6ne them better than we can do at present. 



51. D. triphylla, Linn., Amoen. Acad., iv. (1754), p. 131: 

 Syst. Nat. ed. 13, ii. (1791). p. 581 ; Jacq. Collect., ii. (1788), p. 

 365 : Lam., Encyc. Meth , iii. (1789), p. 234: Jacq., Ic. Plant. 

 Rar., iii. (1790), p. 627. D. amoena, Wight (by error for D. 

 daemona), Icones, (1840), t. 811. D. altissima, Roxb. MS. in 

 Herb, propr. D. dcemona, Roxb., Hort. Beng., (1814), p. 72, 

 name only : and Flor. Ind., iii. (1832), p 805 : Hook, f., Flor. 

 Brit, Ind., vi. (1892), p. 289. D. dcemonum, Kurz, in Prelim. Rep. 

 Pegu, (1875), appendix p. xxii. D. hirsute, , Roth, Nov. Plant. 

 Sp., (1821), p. 370: Blume, Enum. Plant. Jav., i. (1827), p. 21. 

 D. hispida, Demist., Schltiss., (1818), p. 33. D. lunata, Roth, 

 Nov. Plant. Sp.,( 1821), p. 370: Kunth, Enum., v. (1850), p. 397. 

 D. macrocarpa, Wall., Cat. Lith., (1832), No. 5100. D. mollissi- 

 ma, Blume, Enum. Plant. Jav., i. (1827), p. 21. D. pentaphylla, 

 Wall., Cat. Lith., (1832), No. 50891. D. tomentosa, Kurz, 

 Prelim. Rep. Pegu. (1875), appendix p. xxii. D. virosa, Wall., 

 Cat. Lith., (1832), No. 5099. D. trinervia, Roxb. ex Wall., 

 Cat. Lith., (1832), No. 5099F. Smilaz altissima, Roxb. ex 

 Wall., Cat. Lith., (1832), No. 50U9C. S. narcotica, Ham. ex 

 Wall.. Cat, Lith., (1832), No. 5099A. Helmia ? dcemona, 

 Kunth, Enum., v. (1850), p. 439. H. hirsuta, Kunth, Enum. 

 v. (1850), p. 438. H. dumetorum, Kunth, Enum. v. (1850), 



