230 ■ ■ ÜÜLLIiTlN DK l'HKBBIKR ßOISSlKK (2'"« SKft.). (14) 



■ 116. Allium tuberosum Roxb. — Bangkok (Schomburgk, ii. 326), and -ex 

 Hooker FI. Brit. Ind. VI, p. 343(1892). Possibly thi s is a form of A. orfonm 

 L., modified by cultivai! on. 



: H7. Dracaena gracilis Hook. i. Fl. Brit. Ind. VI, p. 330 (July 1892). — 

 Two mountain forms of tbis plant occur in Lower Siam. — -(o) a fall long- 

 branched shrub, wilh broad oblong or lanceolate dull green leaves as mach' as 

 It) cm. long by (i cm. broad; panicle long, lax, pendent, and spreading with 

 very slender brancbes; flowers rather distant, yeliow or greenisli-white, 24 mm. 

 long, on slender pedicels : it occurs on Kedah Peak (Piidley, in Jonrn. Bot. 1896, 

 p, 167). (6) is a smaller form, whicli also occurs on Kedab Peak at 900 mètres 

 (Ridley, 1. c, p. 167), it as narrow lanceolate acuminate leaves 12 cm. long by 

 4 cm. across, with a smaller panicle and smaller flowers. 



• Native name «andong», wbicb is, bovA^ever. also appiied to CordyUne ferrea 

 C. Koch. 



Syii. D. atropurpurea var. gracilis Baker in Joiirn. Bot. 1873, p. 264. 



118. Dracaena Porteri Baker. — Kedab, in Lower Siam (ex Hook. f. Fl. 

 ßrit. Ind. VI, p. 330). Native name «Jarom-Jarom Padang» (ex Ridley, in 

 Jouni. Bot. 1896, p. iöo). At Pecha Kub, 2^1 rniies north of Chantabuti 

 (Murton, n. 99). 



119. Dracaena Siamiea Ridl. in Journ. Bot. 1896, p. 166. — Pungab (Cur- 

 tis, n. 2945). In bud this plant looks like a young spécimen of Dracœna Canl- 

 leyi Baker. Native name « Chemou ». 



120. Dracaena yuccifolia Ridl. in .lourn. Bot. 1896, p. 168 (yuccœfolia). 

 — On limestone rocks at Gbirbee, Lower Siam (Curtis. 1893, n. 2935). The 

 leaves resemble those of some Yucca rather than those of a Dracœna. 



Fam. 14. ASPARAGACE/E 



121. Asparagus racemosus Willd. — Anbin in the province of Battam- 

 bong (Schomburgk, n. 250). Langkawi Islands, 1888, on limenstone rocks (Cur- 

 tis, n. 1674). 



Fam. 15. SMILACACE/E 



122. Smilax Kingii Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. Vf. p. 307 (July 1892). — 

 Kedah district (King's collector). 



Fam. 16. HYPOXIDACE/E 



123. Hypoxis aurea Lour. — Bangtaphan, on the west coast of Upper 

 Siam. Sent by Dr. Keilh to the Botanic Garden of Singapore (H. N. Ridley). 



Fam. 17. TACCACE/E 



124. Tacca viridis Hemsl. in Hook. f. Ic. Plant. 2515-16 (Feh. 1897. — 



