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for D. deflexa, Hook, fil., and D. Prainiana, Knuth,, added as a 
synonym. 
D. ZoUingeriana, Kunth, is said by Knuth to be a distinct 
species from D. tenmfolia. 
Vol. iv. p. 318, after sp. 14, Dioscorea Porteri Prain and Burkill, 
insert : — 
(14a) D. Kingii Knuth. Pflanzenreich, iv. 43; Dioscoreacea? , p. 289. 
Glabrous woody climber, stem smooth. Leaves opposite, 
stiffly coriaceous, oblong shortly acutely cuspidate, base blunt, 
shortly cuneate; nerves 7, the outer pair very slender and close 
to the edge, the other 5 prominent beneath, reticulations and 
nervuiles conspicuous on both sides; 4 in, long, 1-5 in. wide; 
petioles slender, 1*25 in. long. Male panicles 6 to 8 in. long. Spikes 
•75 to I in. long, in whorls of 5 to 8 about *75 to i in. apart. 
Flowers sessile, very small. Bracts triquetrous acute. Perianth- 
lobes coriaceous. Stamens 6. Pistillode very minute. Hab. 
Penang at 2000 to 2500 ft, altitude, {Kunstler 1748). 
Burkill notes that the leaves suggest D. Porteri, the inflorescence 
that of D. orhicidata. 
D. Nurii, Knuth., andD. Harrissii, Knuth., Pftanzenreich, iv. 43, 
p, 352 {Dioscoreacece) , are species based on leaf specimens only, 
collected in Penang. They are referred probably correctly by 
Burkill to D. Kingii, Knuth. 
Vol. iv. p. 319, after sp. 15, Dioscorea laurifolia Wall., insert : — 
(15A) D. calcicola Prain and Burkill, Kew Bulletin, 1925, p. 64. 
Glabrous climber with slender stems. Leaves alternate or 
opposite, narrowly lanceolate acuminate, base cordate or rounded, 
5-nerved, 4’5 to 5 in. long, -5 in. wide; petioles *5 to 75 in. long. 
Male flowers in compound a.xillary spikes, rachis angled, reddish. 
Sepals minute, acute. Petals shorter, obovate. Stamens 6, shorter 
than sepals. Female flowers similar but sepals and petals thicker. 
Capsules glomerate ; *5 in. long, 75 in. wide, wings semicircular, 
on pedicels -25 in. long. Seeds thin ovate-oblong, -5 in. long, 
•25 in. wide. Hab. Kedah Peak (Hanifi and Nur 5189). Disirib. 
Pungah, South Siam. 
Vol. iv. p. 319, tosp. 18, D. piscatorum Prain and Burkill, add :— 
Kew Bull., 1925, p. 61, and locality Perak, Jor (Burkill). 
The flowers and fruit have not yet been obtained, so that the 
affinity of the plant is still doubtful. 
Order CXLVII. Liliace^. 
Vol. iv. ‘ p. 327, sp. I, Chlorophytum orchidastrum Lindl. 
note :— 
The type of this species was a West African plant to which was 
added later by Baker one or more Indian plants, including 
C. Nimmonii Dalz. 
The plant described as C. orchidastrum by me, is distinct from 
that and apparently all other Asiatic species, and I hereby name it 
Chlorophytum malayense Ridl. 
