

47. Dioscorearum novarum Descriptiones quedam 
auctoribus 
D. Pratn et I. H. Burkitt. 
Desoripte 8 sunt :— 
ea aspersa, ex China yustrale; 
Devscorent belophylloides, ex China orientale, 
Dioscorea Benthamii, ex China orientale, 
Dioscorea bicolor, ex China australe 
woscorea Cumingii, ex insulis Philippinensibns, 
Dioscorea daunzxa, ex Burma inferiore, 
Dioscorea Fordii, ex China orientale 
Dioscorea Hemsleyi, ex China australe et collibus Shanorum, 
Dioscorea Listeri, ex provincia Assam in India 
Dioscorea melanop yma, ex alpibus “Wiuaileyioin et China 
trale, 
| Dioscor orea Morsei, ex China australe, 
Dioscorea persimilis, ex China australe et colonia gallica Tonkin, 
ioscorea preecoe, ex China australe, 
Dioscorea Scortechinii, ex peninsula Malayana et colonia gallica 
Tonkin, 
on 
Dioscorea verans, ex insulis Andamanicis, 
poscorea warburgiana, ex insula Celebes, 
Dioscorea Wattii, ex montibus Assamicis Silkkimensibusgue 
Droscorga ASPERSA. eleaads nobis igno ota. Caules glabri, 
obscure triangulares, inermes, dextrorsum volubiles, purpureo- 
fusci.. Folia alterna, membranacea, glabra, nigro-aspersa, late 
cordata, acuminata, spies mucronulata, sinu basis obtusissimo, 

extevtan a 
paullulo minores, params rassate. Stamina sex, equal, 
oderthare distincte bievioen ; - eatheags filamentis squilon 
lanta foeminea ignota. 
Cuina Avstratts. In provincia Yunnan, supra Meng-tze in 
monte ‘Great Black Mountain” dicto ad 7000-8000 ped. alt., 
Hancock, 287. 
Typus in Herbario Horti Regalis Kewensis conservatus est. 
