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secondariis utrinque sex, piers reticulatis gus sat distinctis ; 
foliola intermedia similia ; foliola externa inzqualiter anguste 
elt pen 7 cm. longa, 2°5 cm. lata, nervo laterali primo fere 
medium equante; petioluli lem. longi. Racemi mas uli amenti- 
rmes in paniculam ad 50 cm. Jongam axillarem copiose producti, 
pedicellati, 5—10 mm. longi; flores efiote in rhachem villosum 
aggregati, pedionltati-s ; bractea in pes insidens, ovato-acumi- 
ta, villosa; bracteole similes at minores. Perianthiz masculi 
lacinize ovato-lanceolate, ad apic cem canaliculate, albo notatee, 
velutsi pein proferentes, exterivres interioribus paullo majores. 
Stamina tres, equalia; anthers filamentis equilonge ; staminodia 
> lata, stelinidibn paullulo mugis conspicua. 
InsuLz PHILIPPINENSES. In insula Luzon, districtu Batangas, 
Cuming, 9. 
Typus in Herbario Horti Regalis Kewensis conservatus est. 
Dioscorea patnza, Rhizoma ? horizontale, carne alba ba. 
glaberrima, 
apice acuminata, sinu basis vel ‘profundo id est anguste deltoideo 
vel in foliis parvis aperto, margine integro, majora ad 16cm. longa, 
ad 7 cm. lata, 5— ka pervis extimis ad mediam bifidis, nervis 
proximis conspicuissime curvatis, nervis ondariis in rete 
nervulorum sopodlentebias utrinque distinctis ; _ petite glaber, 
canaliculatus, 5 cm. longus. Racemi masculi vel axillares vel in 
lum gerentes diunidia vel ultra breviorem ; Phaghis glaber, rec- 
tus; alabastra globosa, glabra; bractexe perparve, lanceolatze, 
acuminate, 0°5 longe ; bisctache similes, minores ; flores respici- 
entes; pedicelli 1 mm. longi. Perianthii masculi lacinie in 
bo infundibuliforme connate, subsimiles, lanceolate, acute 
brunneo-mac ulate, 2m mm. longe ; tnbus 1.5 mm. longus, Stomina 
sex, equalia, in parte inferiori perianthii laciniarum inserta 
antherxz oblonge, didyme, incurve, albs, introrse. 
Borma. In districtu Amherst in cacumine montinm Danna 
inter vicos Kawkareik et Thingan-nyi-naung versus fines si 
enses, alt, 3000 ped. alt., Burkill, 30296, 
Typi in ae ae hortorum botanicorum ad Kew et Cal- 
cuttam conservati sunt. 
 Dioscorga Forp. Radix nobis ignota. Caulis oe teretius- 
inermis, dextrorsum volubilis, viridis. Folia opposita, 
glaberrima, ovato-hastata ae ovato-sagittata, acumi- 
nata, sinu tase late deltoideo, ae integro, 7—8 cm. longa, 4 
cm. ta, 5- vel 7-nervia, nervis subexternis distinctiasiiniy 
is, nervulis secondariis vetionlatis infra distinctis ; petiolus 
