454 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [September, 1908. 
Droscorea Morsur. Radix nobis ignota. Caules glabri, fili- 
formes, inermes, sinistrorsum volubiles, virides. Folda alterna, 
tenuiter chartacea, supra errima, subtus ad nervos pilis per- 
pusillis simplicibus sparsim hirtella, deltoideo- cordata, acutissima 
vel acuminnto-acutissima, sinu basis latissimo, margine undulata 
scariosa, 7-nervia, nervis extimis bifidis, nervulis pelion ish infra 
distinctis, plurima 6 cm. longa, 3:5—4 cm. lata; petiolus glaber, 
sulcatus, 2—3 cm. longus. Spice mascule s singule, simplices, 
axillares ; flores solitarii vel bini, sessiles, in rhachi trigono 
sparsim dispositi ; bracteew sub glomerulis flornm ovate, acumi- 
nate ; bracteole obtuse. SEP trilobee. Perianthiz masculi crateri- 
formis laciniz o vate, apice subrotundate. Staminum filamenta 
sex, zqualia, fertilia aa sterilia tres; anthere didyma. Planta 
feminea ignota. 
Cuina AvstRALis. In provincia Kwangsi, ad Kuling, Morse, 
Typus in Herbario Horti Regalis Kewensis conservatus est. 
Species haec foliis D. panthaice, Prain et Burkill, similis; differt 
staminibus 
DroscorBa PERSIMILIS. Radix ee Caules tata a 
rangulares, inermes, dextrorsum volubiles, rufescentes. Folza 
suboppouith ta vel alterna, chartacea, glaberrima, jieltncide lineolata, 
ovato-hastata, acuminata, apice minutissime mucron sabe sinu 
basis late deltoideo, margine integro, rufinervia, 8—10c m. longa, 
5—8 cm. lata, septem-nervia, nervis extimis profunde bifidis, ner- 
vulis secondariis subrectis subtus diakiniotin; petiolus glaber, supra 
canalicuintus, 5—8 cm. longus. Spicxe masculse sin vel per 
ia in racemum 10—16 cm. longum disposite, 1O—15 mm. longe 
5—20-flore ; flores in rhachi glabro 1 mm. ‘pemnend ; alabastra snb- 
rotunda; bractes rufe, ovate, ad 1 mm.longe ; bracteole rufe, 
late ovate, acute vel acuminate, glabre, floribus dimidio breviores. 
Perianthii masculi lacinie fere equilonge, brunneo-lineolate, 
exteriores naviculari-concave ‘ahaa, interiores obovate obtuse. 
Stamina sex, sequalia; anthere filamentis longiores. Spicxw fe- 
mines: axillares, dependentes, simplices, 10—20 cm. longe ; bh 
8—15, breviter pedicellati, ae eee "5 rhachi angulato cire 
em. remoti; bractew et bracteole adsunt. Cap ule dekgicusltiae: 
alee mature. ee paullulo ible quam semicirculares, 
rufo-straminex, livido notate, 20 mm. longe, 15 mm. late. Semina 
in quoque locu lo gemian orbiculata, complanata, ala membranacea 
testacea fere regulariter circumcincta. D. glabra et D. japonica, 
C. H. Wright, pro arty! in Journ, Linn. Soc. Bot, xxxi (1903), 
pp. 91-92, 
Curna Avsrratis et Tonxry. In selene Chinensi Kwang- 
tung in montibus Lo-fan, Fordit mercenari 8, 330 ; Kow-lun vel 
in terra adjacente, Fordit mercenarins, 183: "in ‘insula Hainan, 
Henry, 8407, 8690. Tonkin, in sylvis montosis prope Quangyen, 
Balansa, 300 ; ad Moe-ha, Balansa, 4454. | 
