40 D. Prain— :-^o^es on the Uoxhurghiacese. [No. 2, 



1. STEMONA Lour. 



Key to the species. 

 Leaves whorled or opposite : — 

 Leaves sessile or shortly petioled, 3-4-nate, 3- veined ... sessilifolia. 

 Leaves long-petioled, more than 3-veined : — 



Leaves 3-6-nate, 5-7-nerved ,,. ... ... japonica* 



Leaves opposite at least below, sometimes alternate to- 

 wards ends of branches : — 

 Leaves oblong-cordate, 7-13 -veined, peduncles 1-2- 

 fiowered ... ... ... ... tuherosa. 



Leaves ovate-cordate, 7- 11- veined; peduncles 2-3- 



flowered ... ... ,,, ... moluccana. 



Leaves all alternate, long-petioled : — 

 Stems twining : — 

 Leaves ovate-cordate : — 

 Stems slender; peduncles 1-2-flowered; leaves 7- 

 veined ... ... ... ... jacaniva. 



Stems stout ; peduncles 3 — more-flowered ; leaves 



13-15- veined ... ... ... ... Curtisii. 



Leaves oblong : — 

 Leaves truncate at base, 7-10 in. long, 9-11-veined j 

 stem stout ... ... ... ... Kurzii. 



Leaves cuneate at base, 3 in. long or less, 7-veined ; 



stem slender ... ... ... ..e minor. 



Stems erect; leaves ovate-cordate ; main-nerves 13-17: — 

 Flowers greenish-white flushed with pink ; perianth- 

 lobes linear lanceolate, 1 in. long ... ... Qriffithiana. 



Flowers brownish-red j perianth- lobes ovate-acute, 



•6 in. long ... ... ... ... Burkillii. 



1. Stemona sessilifolia Miq. Prol. PI. Jap. 386 (1867) ; Franch. 

 & Savat. Enum. PI. Japon. ii. 92. 



Boxhurghia sessilifolia Miq. Ann. Mas. Bofc. Lugd. Bat. ii. 211 

 (1866). 

 Japan. 

 Figared by Yokasai in Somoho Zusets ii. (2 ed.) t. 55. 



2. Stemona japo^ica Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. 386 (1867); Franch. 

 & Savat. Enum. PI. Japon. ii. 92. 



Boxhurghia japonica Blame, Enam. i. 9. (1827). 



Japan. 



Figared by Yokusai in Somoko Zusets ii. (2 ed.) t. 56. 



3. Stemona tuberosa Lour. Flor. Cochin-Chin. 404 (1790) ; Flor. 

 Brit. Ind. vi. 298. 



