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Dioscoreaceae. 



Dioscorea L. 



1. D. daemona Roxb., Fl. India, III, p. 805; Wight, Icones, tab. 811; 

 Hook, f., Fl. Brit. India, VI, p. 289. 



Only the male racemes, the roots and old leaves were brought home, 

 but the roots were cultivated in the Botanical Gardens of Copenhagen 

 and have given rise to new shoots and 3-foliate leaves. 



On rocks in the jungle near Klong Munsé (No. 469), opposite Koh Sarlak 

 on the E. coast (No. 721). 



Area: India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Malay Islands, Tonkin. 



