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apu it markedly differs from this and AT other small 
s in its very short racemes. The sepals are nearly 
Wis the pota tals stained with yellow on the disc, and the lip white.. 
The precise locality is not known. 
140. Pelexia saccata, Rolfe ; foliis petiolatis elliptico-ovatis subacutis 
variegatis, scapis erectis pubescentibus, racemis elon ic is multifloris, 
bracteis lanceolatis acuminatis, ovario  pubescente, alo tico 
hea A oblongo subobtu oncavo, latera ee “ancealato linearibus: 
acutis, petalis oblanceolatis subobtusis eum sepalo postico in galeam 
conniventibus, labello columnzx marginibus adnato ovato apice subobtuso 
reflexo basi in ea itus saccato obtuso ovario fere omnino adnato extenso,. 
columna clavata. 
Has.—Guatemala. 
Folia 5-6 poll. longa, 2-2} poll. lata; petiolus 3-4 poll. longus. 
Scapi 3-11 poll longi; racemi 5-7 po oll. lon gi  Bractee 8-12 lin 
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ment in May last. Near P. maculata, Rolfe (Kew Bulletin, 1893, 
p. 7), but is feadily distinguished by its shorter flowers and shorter more 
Sa sipol spur. The leaves are light green marbled with small irregular 
olive-green blotches, and a darker irregular band along the midrib, 
which is light reddish purple underneath. The sepals are green, and 
the petals and lip whitish. 
CCCCLXXII.—SIAM BENZOIN (continued). 
3 brief account was recently given in the Kew Bulletin (1895, 
pp. 154-155) of the source of Siam Benzoin. This was obtained from - 
a report furnished to the Foreign Office by Mr. Walter R. D. Beckett, 
Vice-Consul at Bangkok. 
As the result of inde ependent inquiry made at the instance of Kew by 
the India Office, the following further information has n received.. 
This was obtained through the Siamese Minister of the Interior at 
Bangkok. It affords, therefore, an account of Siam Benzoin from the 
purely native point of view. All the accounts agree in ascribing the 
region of the Benzoin trees to the left "pai of the Mekong river, in 
what is now French territory. This isa tract of a sra er east 
and north-east of the important town of Luang Prabang 
InpiA OFFICE to ROYAL GARDENS, Kew. 
India age Whitehall, London, S.W. 
Sir, 1895. 
In c ontinuation of previous Siento I am directed by 
the Secretary of State for India to forward herewith “for your informa-. 
tion a copy of a letter, and its enclosure, regarding the tree producing 
