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ERRATA, Page 138, line 13 tits top, transfer 1000 m. from after Sezner, to after Kwebe Hi Page 168, line 6 ison bottom, for V erleptcraam read Verleptpraam. Page 27 5, line 12 from bottom, for University read College. Page 276, line 21 from top, for 5,000 read 500. Page 299, line 3 from top, for dipositi read dispositi. Page 300, line 6 from top for superne read inferne. Page 302, line 8 from bottom for 9, v. read g. v Page 354, line 19 from bottom, for iongii exsiccat, read longi, exsiccati. fi ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. BULLETIN OF MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. No. 1.] (1911. I—CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FLORA OF SIAM. I.—SKETCH OF THE VEGETATION OF CHIENGMAI. A. Fi GQ. Kerr. Chiengmai, the capital of Northern Siam, lies about 1000 ft. above sea-level, approximately in Iat. 18° 50’ N., Long. 99° 0’ E., and is situated on the banks of the Meh Ping, which here traverses a valley nearly 120 miles long but not more than 20 or 30 miles at its broadest, reaching from the Chieng Dao gorge in the north to the Meh Ping rapids in the south. This valley, an alluvial plain almost wholly under rice cultivation, is bounded on the east by the moun- tains of the Meh Ping—Meh Wang watershed, and on the west by those of the Salween—Meh Ping watershed. The mountains on the west are the higher, among them being Doi Intanon, which reaches a height of 8400 it. and is the highest mountain in Siam, and Doi Sootep 5500 ft. Doi Sootep, with whose vegetation I will chiefly deal, is composed of metamorphic rock, overlain in most places by red clay. It stands more to the east than the general line of the range, but is not actu- ally isolated, and has two peaks, both practically the same height, and about a mile apart, the ridge connecting them dropping about 500 or 600 ft. Chiengmai lies somewhat to the north and a good deal to the west of the centre of this valley, about two miles from the foot of Doi Sootep. CLIMATE. The year may be divided into three seasons : a hot season lasting from the middle of February to the middle of May, a rainy season from the middle of May to the end of October, and a cold (18391—6a.) Wt, 92—428, 1375. 1/1, D&S, 2 season from November to the middle of February. ot ite table gives the main meteorological features for the yea _ Meteorological Record taken at Chiengmat. April, 1909-March, 1910. 1909. 1910. Oct. | Nov.) Dec.f Jan.| Feb. | Mar. Apr. May | June | July | Aug. | Sept. Mean Shade | 87°02| 86°39] 86°09} 83°12] 83-95 | 83°21] 83°67 | 76°25) 71°95} 74-21) 76°20) 78°81 Mean Daily | 33:35) 24-67] 22°52] 20°40] 21°45 | 20°68] 22°32 | 20°31) 32°90)36°76) 36°48 | 32°55 Range. HighestShade j108°8 {1075 j103°0 |104°5 |1040 |102°5 |102°0 | 93-0 | 93-0 196°0 |100°5 |103°5 Lowest Shade| 67°0 | 69°0 | 72°0 | 69:0 | 76°0 | 70° | 70°0 [57-0 |60°5 [465 | 48°5 | 54°0 Highest Sun 162 |} 152] 146] 140] 142] 143] 143] 188 | 128]129 | 141) 140 Rainfall in 0°79| 4:69] 3°29] 1460} 9°94} 10°33 ya es 0 0°03| 3°91 inches, Number of.| 10.) 199 | 161 98 | BoP So ae) ee | oc Mean Shade Temperature for the year .... 89°91° F, Total Rainfall for the year ... i .-- 57°628 inches. The Mean Shade Temperatures are calculated from the maxima and minima only. So far I have a meteorological record for one year only, which is, on the whole, a fairly average one with the exception of the rainfall, which was unusually large in the hot season of this year. Owing to the kindness of the Borneo Company, Ltd., Chiengmai, I am enabled to give the average monthly rainfall for : the nine years eee. 1901-1909 :— _danuary-April ... oye ... 1:701 inches. ee 6°809 “eee ee acre AOA. ws September - dey oo 39°19) fe October... siti ssi; FBOA: ae November... ck sas oss, Se oe December... Average yearly rainfall .., 51°285 ,, The temperature at higher altitudes on the mountains is very much cooler than at Chie engmai, and I think it probable that, at and near the top of Doi Sootep, frosts are not uncommon in the ould season. On the same range, but about 50 miles south of Chiengmai, at an altitude of about 3000 ft., I myself experienced a sharp frost one night in January. 3 CHARACTER OF THE VEGETATION. I propose to limit my remarks chiefly to the vegetation of Doi Sootep as most of my collecting has been done on that mountain. : Chiengmai itself is surrounded by rice fields, but here and there occur patches, which have either gone out of cultivation, or are not | considered worth cultivating. These patches are usually covered with a scrub jungle, consisting for the most part of a small thorny bamboo, bushes of Capparis tenera and Zizyphus Jujuba, with season preventing any further development; such are Brucea sumatrana, Desmodium longipes, Clerodendron serratum and Hibiscus cancellatus. iganosma marginata, Celastrus paniculata, Acacia pennata, Calycopteris floribunda and Hurrisonia Bennettii are the chief woody climbers. A plentiful growth of herbaceous plants comes up in the rains, including several ground orchids, Habenaria Helferi, Peristylus constrictus and two or three species of Pogonia, and many other plants such as Zingiber Zerumbet, Clerodendron diversifolia and Inula polygonata. This jungle extends to the foot of the first steep slope, where it gives place to the deciduous jungle knuwn in this country as “Pah Paa” and in Burma as “Eng Jungle.” The pah paa extends up the mountain to an altitude of about 2000 ft.; its characteristic trees belong to the Dipterocarpaceae, the prevailing species varying with the nature of the soil, and the slope of the ound, ere are certain features common to the different forms of pah paa. The jungle is open, the ground being either bare and stony, or covered with a tufty growth of grass; epiphytes abound, but there are few or no woody climbers. Where the ground is very stony the jungle is composed chiefly of stunted trees of Pentacme siamensis—75 per cent. of all the trees present may belong to this ecies. These trees are much infested by such parasites as ranthus and Viscum. Occasionally, on somewhat similar ground, Shorea obtusa is found as the predominant tree, but intermixed with Pentacme siamensis. 18391 | A2 4 On red soil, and particularly where the slope is not very steep, the pah paa has a much greater variety of trees; here Diéptero- carpus tuberculatus is one of the most noticeable trees and reaches a large size as does also Dipterocarpus obtusifolius, and sometimes Melanorrhoea usitata, but most of the other trees, such as Shorea obtusa, Quercus Helferiana, Buchanania latifolia, Diospyros ehretioides, Strychnos Nuz-vomica, and many others, are small. Here again most of the shrubs are burnt down to the ground in the hot season, throwing up fresh shoots in the rains, Ochna Wallichit, which sometimes grows out into a small tree, Ellipeia chereevensis, Blinkworthia lycioides and Clausena excavata being the commonest. he ground is covered with a tufted growth of grasses and cyperads, amongst which numerous herbaceous plants spring up during the rains. A considerable number of these, belonging to various natural orders, have grass-like leaves and they are nearly all perennials with tuberous roots, annuals being rare. Many have conspicuous flowers such as the orchids Spathoglottis pubescens and Eulophia graminea, the pretty blue iris (J. Colletti), whose flowers open in the afternoon, Curcuma sessilis, Crotalaria neriifolia, Barleria cristata, Vernonia teres, and Striga Masuria. Epiphytes are abundant; particularly noticeable is the curious Diéschidia Rafflesiana with its clusters of pitcher leaves, which are not, by the way, us or storing water, forming extensive growths on Dipterocarpus tuberculatus. Other common epiphytes are a species of Hoya, and numerous orchids—of which Dendrobium secundum, Dendrobium Draconis, Eria Grifithit, Aerides multiforum, Brom- headia aporoides and Sarcanthus Williamsont are among the commonest. Above 2000 ft., the typical pah paa is succeeded by a jungle with a great variety of trees, many of them lofty, a considerable undergrowth of shrubs and herbs, many woody climbers and numerous epiphytes. This jungle, which might be called an oa jungle from the number of species of Quercus and Castanopsis occurring in it, is also subject to forest fires, but is not so com- pletely burnt as the jungles below. There is a mixture of deciduous and evergreen irees, the most abundant being several species of Quercus and Castanopsis, Gmelina arborea, Bauhinia variegata, Cassia Fistula, Schima Wallichii, and Lagerstreemia Balansae, A number of the trees support such woody climbers as Dalbergia stipulacea, Celastrus paniculata, Millettia auriculata, var. extensa and Hiptage Madablota. Here also most of the herbs are perennials with tuberous roots, conspicuous being several Scit- aminads, Gagnepainia sp., Cureuma sp. and Kaempferia rotunda, flowering towards the end of the dry season, after the fires, their leaves not appearing till the rains. Among other herbs found are Cynoglossum micranthum, Disporum calcaratum, Hapaline Benth- amiana and Eulophia nuda. The epiphytes are chiefly orchids, many with very fine flowers as Dendrobium gratiosissimum, Dendrobium aggregatum, the curious little hairy Dendrobium sessile, Coelogyne Rhodeana, and Vanda Parishii. There are also a few epiphytic ferns. This jungle is found in open valleys, and on moderate slopes from about 2000 to 3000 ft. In the narrower Kew Bulletin, 1911. OPEN GRASSY JUNGLE, 5200 ft. [ Zo face page 4, Kew Bulletin, 1911. 400 £t. ro) f al ) a =) a) A <>) e a2 fa 5 EVER 9) with such trees as Talauma Hodgsoni, Hopea odorata, Garcinia cornea, Diospyros sp. and Baccaurea sapida. Here appears Vanilla stamensis, which often covers the tree trunks to a height of 50 feet or more with its thick leathery looking leaves, and which is known to the natives as Ploo chang or the elephant’s betel vine, and also, though rarely, a curious leafless orchid, Galeola sp., of which I have not yet been able to find good flowering material. Where the slope is steep, and on the tops of the spurs, an open grassy jungle, similar to the pah paa of the lower slopes, is found with Dipterocarpus obtusifolius as the predominant tree ; associated with it are several oaks, and a few trees of Pentacme siamensis and Shorea obtusa growing to a larger size than on the lower slopes, but no Dipterocarpus tuberculatus. There are very few woody climbers, but a good many epiphytes, chiefly orchids similar to those found in the pah paa below, with the addition of Bulbophyllum nigrescens, and Saccolabium fragrans. The soil is usually sand or red clay. At about 3000 ft., the upper limits of this jungle, Pinus Khasya is first met with. Above 3000 ft., and to about 4500 ft., we find the open valleys and moderate slopes clothed with an evergreen jungle, recalling the European backwood in summer, predominant being a lofty tree, Quercus Junghuhnii, with a smooth grey lichen-blotched bole, while, to enhance the resemblance, Hypopitys lanuginosa, sc like the Hypopitys multiflora of the English woods, is not uncommon on humus. The nut of Quercus Junghuhnii, called by the Laos “Makan Dohey,” is eaten and greatly esteemed by the natives. Other trees found here are Carpinus viminea, Rhododendron oxyphyllum and Vaccinium exaristatum. here is a considerable undergrowth of small shrubs, such as Pithecololbium glomeriflorum and Evodia triphylla, interlaced with Smilax lanceaefolia and other weak prickly climbers, large woody climbers being very scarce. There are a few herbs, most of them with inconspicuous flowers, Arisaema Jacquemontti, Vernonia chinensis and a saprophytic Aphyllorchis being the most common. iphytes, mostly ferns, are not numerous; a species of Cymbidium is also found. A _ thick layer of humus covers the ground, and is usually underlain by red clay. Near streams, and in narrow valleys this type of jungle gives place to a dense evergreen jungle with a great variety of tall trees, very few of which I have been able to collect, numerous climbers, including a Calamus, and a dense undergrowth, in which a small palm, a species of Musa and tall Scitaminads abound. At higher altitudes, almost to the summit, 5500 ft., we find again an open grassy jungle on the slopes, and here along the crests of ridges Pinus Khasya, growing to a large size, is the most noticeable tree. Most of the associated trees are small, particularly when situated on exposed ridges ; Pieris ovalifolia, Helicia erratica and a small oak, are the commonest of these trees. e meet with two trees here, Phyllanthus emblica and Anneslea fragrans, also found in the pah paa of the lower slopes, and at least one herb from that jungle reappears here, Polygala triphylla. Scattered among the grass are small shrubs with bright flowers, Desmodium oblongum and Osbeckia 6 crinita, and numerous herbaceous plants, many of them belonging to temperate genera and usually with conspicuous flowers, among which Lilium nepalense, Drosera peltata, whose small white flowers dot the grass in all directions in July, Sonertla Kerri, Valeriana Hardwickii, Swertia pulchella, and Paris polyphylla may be men- tioned. There are no woody climbers but many of the trees are loaded with orchids and ferns, the commonest being two species of Bulbophyllum, Cirrhopetalum papillosum, Coelogyne siamensis, Dendrobium bellatulum and Pholidota obovata, At or near the top of the mountain, where the ground is fairly level and the humus can collect, we find the most luxuriant vegeta- tion to be seen on the whole of Doi Sootep, every bit of available space being occupied by plant life. The trees, Pyrenaria camelliae- ora, Adinandra integerrima, Litsaea salicifolia, and very many others I have not collected, are of medium size and their stems are clothed, as are the numerous lianes, with epiphytic mosses, ferns, asclepiads, gesnerads, orchids and ericaceous shrubs. The ground flowered Rhododendron Veitchiannm are the commonest of the epiphytic shrubs. Many of the trees are also burthened with immense masses of the orchid, Otochilus alia, other orchids here worthy of mention being Monemeria barbata, Eria barbata, Dendrobium bica- ‘meratum, Dendrobium Falconeri, and Dendrobium ochreatum. Clearings are frequently made lower down at from 2000 to 3000 ft. for the cultivation of mountain rice. These clearings, growth of a small tree, Trema amboinensis. A secondary growth of bamboo, common in other districts, is not often seen on Doi Sootep. In time, no doubt, most of these clearings return to the original jungle. I have attempted to sketch only the leading types of vegetation on Doi Sootep, but many others are to be met with, such as open marshes and evergreen swamps. In many places, too, the types of vegetation I have described are found more or less intermixed, II, List or SramMese PLANTS WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. W. G. Cratps. At the present time the only guide tothe Flora of Siam is the list compiled by Dr. Williams and published in Bull. Herb. Boiss. (1904-05), a list which, in view of more recent collections, must be regarded as very incompletely representing the flora of that country. At the time that Dr. Williams was compiling his list Northern Siam was practically unrepresented i in the Kew Herbarium, With the result that his list unduly emphasises the Malay Peninsula element in the flora. Quite recently, however, some very important additions have been made to our botanical knowledge of that part of the country. In 1904-05 Dr. C. C. Hosseus made a large collection of plants, chiefly in N. W. Siam, and a fairly complete set of his piants is preserved in the Kew Herbarium. Lately large collections have om and are still being received at Kew from Dr. A. F. G. Kerr from the same district but mostly from Doi Sootep, a mountain near Chiengmai. Dr. Kerr has the great sivatane of being resident in the district—an advantage which can hardly be overestimated when it is remembered that ane pid the district is practically unknown. This has enable who is a keen and careful collector, to forward very scasolie e material to Kew. The officers of the Siamese Forest Service have also commenced the botanical investigation of their districts, as shewn by a small consignment of specimens lately received. It is to be earnestly hoped that the officers concerned may pursue the good work thus begun. The present list which, it is hoped, may be completed this year, is to be regarded as additional to the list published by Dr. Williams. In order, however, to illustrate as fully as possible Dr. Kerr’s “introduction, dealing with the botany of his district, all Dr. Kerr’s specimens are quoted, whether the species has already appeared in Dr, Williams’ list or not. In cases where the species has already been included by Dr. Williams a reference will be found to his list. Besides the collections already referred to, a small collection made by Mr. D..O. Witt, chiefly in Southern Siam, and several specimens of the older collections which had been overlooked by Dr. Williams ‘have been included. hiengmai, in its flora, shows a strong affinity with Upper tt and Yunnan—as might be expected from its geographical sition. Several of the new species described from the. Shan States bee ‘Collet t and Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc., vol. xxviii., e.g. Phyjlacium majus, Lonicera Hildebrandiana, &c., have been collected Mr, J. H. Lace includes Grewia Lacei, Modecca pinnatisecta, Lagerstroemia Collettii, Osbeckia rostrata, &c., species which were — described for the present paper from Dr. Kerr’s ' Throw shicick the list references have been given to Hooker’s Flora of Britis sh 1 India’ (contracted FB; B. ik » to. yore! s _ Forest Flora of 8 Burma (contracted For. Fl. Burma), and to Collett and Hemsley’s paper on the Flora of the Shan States published in the Journal of the Linnean Society. References have also been given to Lecomte’s Flore Generale de l’Indo-Chine so far as that work has been published (contracted Fl. Indo-Chine), and to various other papers which serve in the writer’s opinion to throw light on the species under consideration. ’ The distribution of the species is taken, except when otherwise stated, from specimens in the Kew Herbarium, Several species are quoted, of which no specimens from Siam have been seen, but in such cases the authority for the record is alone quoted. The sequence of Bentham and Hooker’s Genera Plantarum is followed on the whole and the species are arranged alphabetically under the genera. As Dr. Kerr is still forwarding large collections the present instalment, which deals with the Polypetalae, includes the specimens received at Kew up to the end of the year 1910. New species which have already been published are denoted by an - asterisk (*), The Lao names, except when otherwise stated, are taken from Dr. Kerr’s notes. POLYPETALAE. RANUNCULACEAE. Clematis smilacifolia, Wail—F.B.L., i. p. 3; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 16; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 22; Fl. Indo- Chine, i. p. 3. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 500-700 m., Hosseus, 297. Distr. India, China, Tonkin, Malaya. DILLENIACEAE. Tetracera sarmentosa, Vahl, var. Loureiri, Finet et Gagnep.—Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 16. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 74. Distr. (of var.). Cambodia, Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula. Dillenia Kerrii, Crazb, sp. n., ab affini D. scabrella, Roxb., floribus majoribus, pedicellis brevioribus facile distinguenda. Arbor decidua, ramulis crassis primo breviter appresse fulvo- pubescentibus mox glabris. Folia elliptica, utrinque rotundata sed basi rarissime inaequalia cuneata, 28°5-30 cm, longa, 14°2-17:2 cm. lata, chartacea vel subcoriacea, supra nervis nervulisque pilis brevibus rigidiusculis parce instructa, subtus costa nervisque primariis fulvo-pilosa, nervulis ut in pagina superiore, nervis lateralibus utrinque ultra 40 ad marginem simplicibus inter se - 5-7 mm. distantibus, cum costa supra conspicuis subtus pro- minentibus nervis transversis subtus prominulis, margine nervis excurrentibus denticulata ; petioli 4°5-6°5 cm. longi, supra valde canaliculati, basi dilatati, ut in costa appresse fulvo-pubescentes. Flores mane expansi (ex Kerr), plerumque gemini, ramulis brevissimis ligno anni praeteriti exoreuntes; pedicelli 1°5-2°5 cm. longi, crassiusculi, densius puberuli, apicem versus bracteola ovato- lanceolata obtusa 9 mm, longa 6 mm. lata instructi. Sepala exteriora 9 maxima, rotundata, circiter 1-4 cm. diametro, interiora Hate elliptica, 1*7 cm. longa, 1*2 cm. lata, coriacea, ciliata, extus appresse pubes- centia, intus glabra margines apicesque versus parce brevissime ilulosa. Petala sulphurea (ex Kerr), obovata, apice rotundata, basi cuneata vix stipitata vel interdum in unguem distinctum contracta, 2°5-2°6 cm. longa, 1°4-1°5 cm. lata, “utrinque glabra, distincte nervata. Ovarium e carpellis 6 constitutum, 8 mm. altum, superne appresse er aan hy ; styli 8 mm, longi, uncinati, glabri. Hill wig 2 Prow and Chieng Dao, 600 m., in mixed Jungle, Kerr, 10 ‘ Distr. Buri , Kurz, ae Sane 140 ? The specimen collecte d by Kurz in Burma was named D. parvi- flora, and it is possible that this plant may be the D. parviflora, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, I. p. 21 non Griff. From Griffith’s species D. Kerri is readily distinguished by its larger dower and by the very different shape and indumentum of the ag als. Dillenia pulcherrima, Aurz—F.B.1., ae gr Burma, i, p.19; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Bes xxviii. p. 16. Meh Fang, 360 m., Kerr, 1063. Distr. Burma, Lao name, Ma San Quang. MAGNOLIACEAE. Talauma Hodgsoni, Hook /. et Th.—F¥.B.L., i. p. 40. Chiengmai, evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 660-900 m., Kerr, 1098 Distr. Serge a Upper Burma. Lao name, Boon Tah dais Meant F fw —F.B.L., . Fl. Burma, i. 25; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boseis me es. ~ 23; FI. Indo- Chine, i isp, 38, Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 900-1140 m., Kerr, 1279, Hosseus, 480. Distr. India, Yunnan, throughout Indo-China, Malaya. Lao name, Chum Pi (ex Kerr). ANONACEAE., Uvaria rufa, - ear te me: Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 23; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. Chiengmai, in scrub aes at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 660 Distr. Cochinchina, Java. Ellipeia cherrevensis, Pierre ex Finet et Gagnep.—¥ |. Indo-Chine, i. p. 58, Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-450 m., Kerr, 636—* a few twigs about 45 cm. high from a perennial rootstock.” Distr. Cambodia. Artabotrys burmanicus, oe i B.L., i. p. 55; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 32; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. Petchabouri (ex FI. Indo-Chine, LG.). 10 Unona dubia, Craib, sp. n., a speciebus ceteris carpellis 4 tantum distincta. Fruticulus 45 cm. altus (ex Kerr); ramuli ad 2°5 mm. diametro, primo tomentelli, demum glabri, cortice rubro-brunneo. Foélia oblonga, oblanceolata vel oblongo-oblanceolata, apice obtusa vel brevissime obtuse eowaty basi rotundata vel leviter cordata, 3°6-12°5 cm. longa, 1°5-4°7 cm. lata, supra glabra, subtus molliter pubescentia, rigide chartacea, integra, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 8 intra marginem arcuatis supra leviter impressis subtus prominulis ; petioli crassiusculi, 3 mm. longi, tomentelli. Flores plerumque solitarii, ex axillis veteribus pedicellis brevibus. Sepala 3, late deltoidea, 2 mm. longa, fere 2 mm. lata, extra fulvo-tomen- tella, Petala 6, 2-seriata, subaequalia, ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, 5-8 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, extus fulvo-pilulosa, intus glabra. Stamina co, filamentis productis truncatis antheras obte- gentibus. Carpella 4, quorum 1 vel 2 tantum maturantia, dense pilosa, ovulis & uniseriatis. Fructus haud semper torulosus, 1-2 em. longus, 1°3 cm. diametro, stipite 5 mm. longo, tomentellus. cae Mr mixed jungle ‘at foot of Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, = hectic to Kerr the fruit is edible. Lao name, Noom ‘ The systematic position of this plant is a little doubtful. It agrees with Unona in everything but the carpels and would appear to be intermediate between that genus with its many carpels and Monocarpia with its solitary carpel. bere; her Roxb.—F.B.L., i. p. 59; FI. —— i. p. 60. Near Chantaboon, Murton, 82. Distr. yeneng Goniothalamus Griffithii, Hook. /. et Th. —F. B.L., 1. p. 73; For. Fl. urma, i. p. 42. Chiengmai, ar streams on Doi Sootep, 660 m., erase 1209. _ Distr. Burm Mitrephora Maineayi Hook. f. et Th. “ var. Kurzii, King. WM. vandaeflora, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 6 Doi Saket, Ban Sun Pak Suk, 600 m., Kare, 1024, Distr. Pegu. Anomianthus heterocarpus, Zol/—F 1]. Indo-Chine, i. p. 46. Chiengmai, common, 300 m., Kerr, 607. Distr. Indo-China, Java : Miliusa velutina, Hook. f et Th oy BL, Lp. S73) ors Fi. Burma, i. p. 47; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 17 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 112. Chiengmai, Doi i Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 1078. Distr. India, Burma, Coe hinching. Miliusa sp. n. aff. M. Thoreliz, Finet et Gagn Small dioecious tree—d only known, nollitad by Kerr (1162) on Doi Sootep. Orophea polycephala, Pierre—F'l. Indo-Chine, i. p. 119. Muong-pran (ex Fl. Indo-Chine l:c.). ll MENISPERMACEAE. Feoapore crispa, ocagaigt B.L., i p. 96; For. Fl. Burma, 1. p- 52; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. ! Ratpura Province (ex Ki. Indo-Chine 1. 6.}. _— velutina, coneagy B.1L., i. p. 100; For. FI. Burma i. p- 45; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 144. N ear Mis ote (ex if 1. Indo-Chine, Le.). Limacia triandra, Miers—F.B.1., i. p. 100; For. Fl. Burma, i. . 55; Fil. Indo-Chine, i. p. 146. Petchabouri River (ex Fl. ne Le). Cocculus oe a —F.B.I., i. p. 101; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. inn. Soc., xxviii. p. 17; FI. I indieOhing L p- 143. Near Mian neers tae Fl. Indo-Chine, |.c.). Stephania hernandifolia, Walp.—f. BI, ip. 20383: Fi. Indo- Chine, i. p. 147. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 748. Distr. Asia, Africa, Australia ee rotunda, Lour.—F. B. I., i. p. 103; FL. Indo-Chine, i. Ehiengiual annual shoots from a large, round, perennial, woody tuber, usually lying on rocks, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 750 m., Kerr, Dists. India, China, Indo-China, Malaya. Cissampelos Pareira, Linn.—F.B.L., i. p. 104; FI. Indo-Chine, i. p. 149. Petchabouri River (ex Fl. {ndo-Chine, l.c.). oe dpevonee, Kurz—For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 56; Fl. Indo- Chine, i. * Siam = Fl. ‘Indo-Chine, lLe.). Pachygone nitida, Pierre 4 lig fi —Fl]. Indo-Chine, i. p. 153. Som-reap, (ex Fl. Indo- e, l.c.). Antitaxis nodiflora, uauing % 1. crap eg oe é fu 154. Muong-pran, Wai Wan (ex FI. Indo-Chine, | BERBERIDACEAE, Mahonia nepalensis, DC. Berberis nepalensis, Spreng.—F.B.L, . 109; For. yi urma, i, p. 58; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, “peed Soc., xxviii. p. 1 Chiengmai, De: Sootep, 1500-1650 m., ots 1107. Distr. India, Burma, China, Philippines CAPPARIDACEAE. heats pentaphylla, DC.—F.B.1., i. p. 171; Fl. Indo- Chine, i. 75. Ringel, Zimmermann, 4. Distr. Common in Tropics. Niebuhria decandra, Gagnep., var. angustifolia, Gagnep., FI, Indo-Chine, i. p. 176. 12 Muong-pran, (ex FJ. Indo-Chine, l.c.). Niebuhria, siamensis, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 59; FI. Indo- Chine, i. p. 177. Ratbouri Province, (ex Fl. Indo-Chine, l.c.). eer echinocarpa, Pierre ex Gagnep.—¥l. Indo-Chine, 1. p- Pau Pierre, 4016. Capparis flavicans, Wall.—F.B.1. i. p. 179; For. Fl. Burma, 1. p. 63; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 19. C. cambo- diana, Pierre ex Gagnep.—Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. Lakon, 300 m., Kerr, 1010; Ratbouri, Tez ySMANN § ; Paknampo, Witt. Distr. Burma. Capparis foetida, Blame—F'l. Indo-Chine, i. p. 184. Paknampo, Witt, 6 Distr. Cochinchina. Capparis Lee: Linn. f.—¥.B.L., i. p. 178; For. Fl. Burm i. p. 62 ; et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 21; Fl tae. Chine, i i. p. Nas. Meh Ngat, 420 m., Kerr, Distr. India, Burma, Midler, Philippines. Capparis micrantha, DC.—F.B.L, i. p. 179; For. Fl. Burm . 61; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 186. ? C. popilisoefihas Kurz, For. “PL surma, i. p- 61. C.sp., Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. (1905) p- 24. p.p. ; Paknampo, Witt 3,4; Bangkok, Zimmermann, 63, Schomburgh, Distr. Burma, Malaya, Philippines. Capparis sepiaria, Linn.—F.B.L., i. p. 177; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 66 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 21: Fl. Indo- Chine, i. p. 191. Chiengmai, mixed jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 609. Distr. India, Malaya, Philippines. Capparis siamensis, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 63; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., vy. (1905) p. 24; Fl. Tido-Ching, 1 p- 195. Ratbouri, Teysmann, 5927 in Hb. Kurz; Paknampo, Witt, 1. reer tenera, Dailz., var. latifolia, Hook. f. et Th., F.B.L, i. p- 179. CC. disticha, Kurz, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., xliii. p. 69. Chiengmai, scandent — bamboo clumps on pe of Meh Ping, 300 m., Kerr, Distr. Pegu, Segoe feasaninety olay Gagnep., var. pranensis, Gagnep.—F I. Indo- Chine 190 Miong-eeaiy Pierre, 4018, . Crataeva Spey Ham. C. religiosa, Forst., var. Nurvala, Hook. f. et Th., F.B.L., i. p. 172. C. religiosa, Forst., var. Narvala, F1. Indo-Chine, i. p- 178. Phre, Hooey Kamin, 180 m., Kerr, 989. Distr. India, Indo-China, Malay a. Lao name, Mai Fuk Koom (ex Kerr). 13 VIOLACEAE, Viola Se Wall.—¥.B.L, i. p. 184; Coll. et. Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxv Chiengmai, Doi ry Seem 1200-1500 m., Kerr, 518, 518a; 1700 m., Hosseus, 190. tstr. India, China, Burma, Java. *Alsodeia Murtonii, Craih, Kew Bull. 1910 p. 275. A, macro- phylla, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 24. p.p.; FL. Indo-Chine i. p. 217, p. P. non Decne. Koh Klone, Murton, 1 Alsodeia on hae ee Bull. 1910 p. 275 in nota. A. acro- Closely related to A. membranacea, King, a native of Perak. pel eae Pierrei, H. de Boissien—F]. Indo-Chine, i. p. 218, cum Near: Chantaboon, Murton, 84; Doi Chieng Dao, 420 m., Hosseus, 465, Distr. Cochinchina. BIXACEAE. resin Thorelii, Gagnep.—F 1. Indo-Chine, i. p. 236, v engmai, Doi oe 600-900 m., Kerr, "562 (d)3 fobs ‘Meh Tah, 450 m., Kerr, 562a (Q ). Distr. N ong-kay. This species is represented in Herb. Kew by female specimens only. Kerr’s 562a agrees with these, but 562 differs from the description in having the filaments glabrous. Taraktogenos serrata, Pierre ex AERP —F'. Indo-Chine, i. p, 225. Muong-pran (ex FI. Indo-Chine lL.c.). PoOLYGALACEAE. Salomonia cantoniensis, Lour.—F.B.I[., i. p. 206; FI. Indo-Chine, 250. _e . p. 2 m1 Doi oo 360 m., Kerr, 1335. Distr. S.E. A Ginlacniet iongaiit, Peale Indo-Chine, i, p. 251, cum tab. ang Djao, Hosseus, Distr. ire longifolia, Poir.—Chodat, Monog. Jog hy «li, p. 358 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 257. P. leptalea, DC.—F.B.L,, i. p. 202, p.p. ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 22. Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi ais 300-600 m., Kerr, 755. Distr, India, Burma, N.E. Aus Polygala persicariaefolia, DC. ae . i. i. p. 202. Chiengmai, among grass on Doi Sootep, 1500 m., a 887. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Yunnan, Trop. Afric Polygala here ti Chodat, Monog. Polygal., ti. p. 98. P.— arillata, Ham.—F.B.1., 1. p. 200, p.p. 14 Chiengmai, scandent in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 700. _ Distr. Nepaul, Khasia. Polygala ee Ham., var. glaucescens, 4. W. Benn., F.B.I., i. p. 201 ; Coil. et Hemsl., ‘Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 23. Chiengmai, ele grass on Doi Sootep, 1500 m., Kerr 777, 886 ; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 55. Distr. Sse. es Burma, Malay Peninsula. Poe carpa, Kurz, which is not represented in Herb. Kew must be ‘leaks sitied to this plant. According to Fl, Indo-Chine ? ot cardiocarpa does occur in Indo-China, whereas P. glaucescens is not mentioned in that Flora. Xanthophyllum flavescens, Rox)., var. virens, A. W. Benn., F.B.L., p- 209. irens, Roxb.—For. Fl. Burma, i. p. Muang Prow, Meh Neat, 480 m., Kerr, 1038. . Distr. Burma, Assam. _e . CARYOPHYLLACEAE. Brachystemma calycinum, Don—F’.B.L., i. P. 235 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, 65. —e . Doi Chieng Dao, 400 m., Hosseus, 470. Distr. Nepaul to Yunnan Polycarpaea corymbosa, Exwki kB. I., i. p. 245 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn, Soc., xxviii. p. 24; FI. Indo-Chine, i i. p. 267. Kan Phra Dang, Hosseus, 158. Distr. India, ice Burma. HYPERICACEAE. Hypericum japonicum, Thun).—-F.B.1., i. p. 256 ; For. Fl, Burma, i. p. 83; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 24; FI. Indo-Chine, i. p. 286 Chiengmai, on Doi Sootep, 700 m., Hosseus, 485. Distr. India, Burma, China, Japan, 1 Malaya, Australia, now Zealand. Cratoxylon polyanthum, Korth.—F.B.L., i. p. 257 ; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 84; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 25. Chiengmai, Doi Soot ep, 390 m., Kerr, 1080. Distr. Throughout Indo-China, China, Malaya, Phili Cratoxylon prunifolium, Dyer, F.B.I., i. p. 258; FI. gee i. p. 289. C. pruniflorum, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, i i. p. 84 iengmai, ee ag jungle on lower s!opes of Doi Sootep, 300-600 m., Kerr Distr. ES tae Cambodia, GUTTIFERAE. Garcinia cornea, Linn.—F.B.1., i. p. 260; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 88. " Cibenenal: von Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1073 & : Meh Kung, 420 m., Kerr, 1020 Q. Distr. Tnaia, Burma, Malaya. 15 _ Garcinia Cowa, Rorhb.—F.B.1., i. p. 262 p.p.; For. Fl. Burma, 1. p. 90. Disengmsi, Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 1124. Distr. Bengal, Burma, Assam, Yunnan. . Garcinia Sil omar Li eB B.L., i. p. 267; For. Fl. Burma, . p. 89; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 299 Chiecumame Doi Sootep, 600 m. : Aer, 1135 9, 11390. Distr. Burma, Malacca, Cambo dia - Garcinia Schomburgkiana, Pierre _Fl. a a i. p. 312; non Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. iam, Schomburgh, sine num. Ai eee Xanthochymus, Hook. f. ex T, And., F.B.1.,i. p. 269; For. 1. Burma, i. p. 93 ; ahiaes Bull. ae Boiss. + (1905) p. 25. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m. , Kerr, 1 Distr. India Sei paliivaved: Lao name, Mai Dah. Ochrocarpus ——, DT’. Aud, .3 BA 270; For Burma, i. p. 94 ; ee do-Chine i ?. 293 ; "Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. Chiengmai, on Seas scaltiece of Doi Sootep, 300-450 m., Kerr, 548. _e istr. Burma, Cambodia, Cochinchina. Lao name, Salup peri bike Jnophytlum, Linn.—¥.B.1., 1. p.. 273; For. FI. urma, i. p. 95 Indo-Chine, i. p. 324 ; ’ Witkiams, Bull. Herb. Béiea: v. (1905 'p. 25. Garcinia Schomburghiana, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. v4 non Pierre eo Schonburgh, 15 Distr. India, Burma, China, Cochinchina, Malaya. Meus ferrea, Sie —F.B.L., i. p. 277; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 97 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 328 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Bbise:, ¥: (1905) . 25. Chiengmai, cultivated, 300 m., Kerr, 1211; Bangkok, Zimmer- mann, 110. Distr. Throughout India, Indo-China, Malaya—often cultivated. TERNSTROEMIACEAE, Anneslea fragrans, Zinn.—F.B.1., i. p. 280; For. Fl. Burma, i p- 98 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 25 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905 p. 25; Fil. Indo-Chine, i. p- 335. eee Doi Lanes 1350-1650 m., Kerr, 509, Hosseus, 216. Distr. Burm Ternstroemia japonica, Thunb, irk ‘3 ~ a kp: 98135. Bow. Fi, Burma, i. p. 99 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1500 m., ——. 1307 (Q), 900 m., Kerr, 1257 (d). Hae India, Burma, China, Japan, Cambodia, Cochinchina. dra integerrima, 7. And. ex Dyer, F.B.I., i. p. 282; Fi. Indo-Chine i p. 334. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 1156. . Distr. Yunnan, Cambodia, Malay Peninsula, 16 Eurya acuminata, DC., var. Wallichiana, Dyer, F.B.L., i. p. 285. ae ai in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1350-1500 m. s Kerr, 875. Dise India, Burma, China, Malaya. Eurya japonica, Thund., var. nitida, Dyer, F. Bale ck: p. 284-5 Ki. Indo-Chine, i. p. 338. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1500-1700 m., Kerr, 510, Hosseus, 181, 3. Distr. India, Cochinchina, Tonkin, Cambodia, Malay Archi- pelago. Saurauje ra Wall.—F .B.U, i. p. 287; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 103; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn, Soc., xxviii. p. 25; FI. Tnde-Cheaape p 26. Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 86. Distr. E. India. Schima Wallichii, Chois—F.B.L, i. p. 289; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 106; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 25; FI. Indo-Chine, i. as Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, ret nent m., Kerr, 1083. Distr. India, Burma, Yunna Lao name, Méh Tah Loh. Pyrenaria camellieflora, Kurz, var. ? Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1350-1650 m., Kerr, 1102. Differs from P. camelliefilora, chiefly in ‘the “Hehtly larger flowers. en drupifera, Lour.—F.B.1., i. p. 293; For. Fl. Burma, hee . ue Doi Sootep, 1200-1700 m., Kerr, 889, Hosseus, 180, Distr. India, Burma, China. DIPTEROCARPACEAE Dipterocarpus alatus, Rorb.—F’.B.L., i. p. 298, excl. ce D. costatus; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 116; Brandis, Journ. Linn. Soc., xxxi. p- 34; Fl. Indo-Chine, i i, p. 362; Williams, ‘Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. Chicstanad Din, 300 m., Kerr, 532. str. Burm Dipterocarpus oie Gaertn.—For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 117 Brandis, Journ. Linn. Soc., xxxi. p. 35. D. alatus, Dyer, js 3 i. p. 298 p. p. Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 600-(? 1500) m., Kerr, 1067. A portion of Kerr’s 1067 was sent to Calcutta Herbarium, and was compared with the material there by Mr. W. W. Smith, "who remarks that it agrees well with the Burmese specimens referred to D. costatus by the late Sir George King. Through lack of material, Dyer, i in the Flora of British India, l.c., pais 7 species to D. alatus, and Brandis, for the same reason enumerating it as a distinct species, seems to indicate that it A sot a very satisfactory species. The receipt of good material shows, a. that it is a well-marked species, and quite distinct from ala Distr. Chittagong A Jide Smith in litt.) Burma, Robertson, 118, Brandis in Herb. Kur Dipterocarpus idles oo Journ, Linn, Soe., xxxi. p- 39; FI. Indo-Chine, i. Korat, 60-90 m., Witt. Dists: Cambodia, Cochinchina, Vern. Mai Krat (ex Witt). Dipterocarpus obtusifolius, i age —F.B.I.,i. p. 295; For, Fl. Burma, i, p. 115 ; Brandis, Journ. Soc., xxxi. p. 27; FI. Indo-Chine, i. p. 358; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-900 m., Kerr, 031, Hosiens; 298 ; Teysmann, 5918 Herb. Bog. sine loc. Distr. Burma. Lao name, Mai Hieng (ex Kerr). Dipterocarpus tuberculatus, Roxb.—F.B.1., i. p. 297 ; os Fl. Burma, i. p. 113; Brandis, Journ. Linn. Sec Sxxh. p. 3 - Indo-Chine, i. p- 361 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Bateaiws (1 Bossure Chiengmai, on lower slopes of Doi Sootep, 300-450 m., coer, 1066 ; Korat, 60-90 m., Witt; Teysmann, 5932 in Herb. Bog. Distr, Burma, Cochinchina. Lao name, Mai Tiing (ex Kerr). Dipterocarpus turbinatus, Gaertn.—F.B.L.,i. p.295e.p.; Brandis, Journ. Linn. Soc., xxxi. p. 27. D. laevis, Ham. For. Fl, Bur rma, i. p. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600 m., Kerr, 1152. Distr. Assam, Burma, Malacca Shorea floribunda, Aurz—F.B.I., i. p. 304; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 119; Brandis, Journ. Linn. Soe., xxxi. p. 85. oC hiengma, Doi Sootep, 300-800 m., Kerr, 527, 567, Hosseus, ia Burma. Lao name, Kun Gaum (ex Kerr). Shorea obtusa, WVall.—F.B.1., i. p. 306 ; For, FI. Burma, i. p. 118 ; Brandis, Journ. Linn. Soc., xxxi. p. 80; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 378. Chiengmai, lower slopes of Doi Sootep, 300-600 m., Kerr, 549. Distr. Throughout Indo-China, East India Lao name, Mai Ngaa. Hopea odorata, Roxh.—F.B.L., i. p. 308 ; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 120 ; Brandis, Journ. Linn. Soc., ski, p. 59; Fl. Indo-Chine, i, p. 373. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-750 m., Kerr, 1099; Muang Win, 420-450 m., Nisbet, 1069 in Herb. Kerr; Bangkok, Zimmer- mann, 103; Lem ’ Tong Lan, Murton, 1 Distr. General in Indo-Chin a, Andaman Is., Borneo. Lao name, Mai Takien (ex K aise Murton, 121 is referable to var. eglandulosa, Pierre. Pentacme siamensis, Aurz, For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 119; FI. Indo- Chine, i, p. 385. Shorea siamensis, Miq.—F.B.1., i. p. 304; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 25. 18391 B 18 Var. 8 suavis, Pierre—F. Indo-Chine, l.c. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-750 m., Kerr, 556 e.p. Var. y mekongensis, Pierre—F. Indo-Chine, Le. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 400-800 m., Kerr, 556 e.p., Hosseus, 477. Distr. Burma. Lao name, Mai Pow From Dr. Kerr’s notes it appears that there is a glabrous and a pubescent form of Dipterocarpus Acoli and of D. sighs os as well as of Pentacme siamensis. These two forms of eac th three species are recognised by the fee as distinct, ¢.g., the glabrous and pubescent forms of D. tuberculatus are known. to them as the red and the white Mai Tiing. Dr. Kerr has so far been unable to collect a complete set of specimens showing these MALVACEAE. Wissadula zeylanica, Medik—Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 410. W. ros- trata, Planch.—F.B.L., i. p. 325. Lakon, 300 m., Kerr, 1012 ; Menam, Hosseus, 716a. Distr. Tropics. : rae “yaaa W. & A—F.B.I., i. p. 322; FI. Indo-Chine, é ‘Ghiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 959 Distr. India, Java, throughout Indo-China. — indicum, G. Don—F.B.I., i. p. 326; Fl. Indo-Chine, i, p. 409. Bangkok, a 208, Zimmermann, 165. Distr. Tropic : os aca Linn.—F¥.B.1., i. p. 329; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. Sak, —~ mann, 32. Distr. Tropic Urena lobata, ene var. sinuata (Linn.)—F 1. Indo-Chine, i. p. 414. U. sinuata, Linn, EBL = lp. 329. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 22. ‘Dist? Tropi 1CS. Urena repanda, Rorb.—¥.B.L,, i. p. 330 ; Coll. et Ham, Journ. Li Soe., cae it Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 416. engmai, Doi tep, 500 m., A 278; d- hard, 64 ; Siam (?), Candler. ea canes Distr: India, Burma, China, Urena rigida, Wall—F.B.L., i. p. 330: Fl. Indo- Siam (2) C a der, Dp. ndo-Chine, i. p. 414. Distr. India, Malacea, Borneo. Malvaviscus arboreus, Cavan.—F. Indo-Chine, i. p- 412. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 51. : Distr. Native of Trop. America and W. Indies, often cultivated in Tropics, 19 Decaschistia parviflora, Kurz, Journ. As, Soc. Beng., xxxix, p. 66. D. Thorelii, Pierre—F I. Indo-Chine, i. p. Kanburi, Teysmann, in herb. Kurz ; Petchabouri, Pierre, 3922. _ Distr. Cambodia. Hibiscus Abelmoschus, Linn.—F.B.1., i. p. 342; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 26; Fl. Indo -Chine, 1 ae 434, HI. cancellatus, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p- 28, non Roxb. “Bangles, Schomburgh, 310, Zimmermann, 148, str. India; generally ceed in the hs Hibiscus pe nace og Roxb.—F.B p-; Fl. Indo- e, i. ; non Williams, Bull, aS Boa ¥2 7. (1908) p. 28. Chiengmai, aed Jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, Distr. India, Yunnan. *Hibiscus eer x Craib, Kew Bull. 1910 p. 275. Chiengmai, Kerr, 778. Hibiscus Rosa-sinensis, Zinn.—F.B.1.,i. p. 344; For. Fl. Burma, i, p. 125; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 429 Ba angkok, Zimmermann, 43, 79. Distr. 'Tropics—often cultivated. Hibiscus sagittifolius, Kurz—? Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 434. Chiengmai, in open grassy spots'on Doi Sootep, 450 m., Kerr, ‘Disir: Burma, Cambodia, Cochinchina There is in Herb. Kew no authentically named material of HI, sagitti tag but specimens sent to Kew lately from Maymyo which seem to fit Kurz’s original description do not agree with specimens eocired from Paris under that name. Kerr’s plant Uhine, Le above approaches var. septentrionale, Gagnep., FJ. Indo- Hibiscus schizopetalus, Hook. Se aot, Indo-Chine, i. p. 432. Bangkok, Zimmermann, Distr. Mozambi ique. en one LP’ Herit.—F.B.L., 1. p. 336. g Cha, foot of Meh Ping "Rapids, vag m., Kerr, 906. Distr. Deo, Africa, Afghanistan, India, Burm Hibiscus subnudus, Crab, sp. n., radice Airis H. sagittifolio, Kurz, similis sed caulibus sub ‘anthesin fere nudis, indumen diverso, involucri bracteis brevioribus differt Herba 15-31 cm. alta; radix perennis, GFAbES, fusiformis vel napiformis ad 10 cm. longa, 6 cm. diametro; caules annui, 2°5-4°5 mm. diametro, juventute erecti, anni praeteriti prostrati, primo pilis brevibus rigidiusculis reflexis dense obtecti et praeterea pilis longiusculis deciduis parce instructi. Folia cordato-reniformia vel sagittata, apice obtusa, 1-5-2 cm. longa, 1°2-1°7 em. lata, rigide chartacea, crenata, utrinque pilis albis nitidis longiusculis rigidius- culis deciduis instructa, nervis e basi 5 utrinque conspicuis ; petioli 8-13 mm. longi, indumento ut in foliis ; stipulae parvae deciduae. Pedunculi axillares, uniflori raro furcati, 6°5-10 cm longi, indumento 13391 B 2 20 ut in caulibus. Jnvolucri bracteae 7, e basi liberae, lineari-lanceo- latae, obtusae, 1 cm. lon gae, 1°5 mm. latae, indumento brevi ut in boidea, 4°7 cm. lata, aca. ug brevi. Filiementa in columnam 15 em. altam connata. Styli rami 5, subconnati, stigmatibus spathulatis breviter pilosi. Fructus vix sta late ellipsoideus, 1°6 em. altus, 1 em. diametro, parce albo-hirsutu Near Meh Man, “se m., in deciduous jungle, pe 1004, Lao name, Chi Cha Hibiscus oe im, —F.B.L, i. p. 3 Doi Chieng Dao, 400 m., Hosseus, 468 ; See Lindhard, 65. Distr. Trop. —— Australia, Africa Hibiscus toga Linn, on ™ se Pi “338, Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 800. Disir. Tropine-sobten saad: Thespesia Lampas, - et Gibs. = hs i, up. 8453 For, FI. Burma, i. p. 128; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 4 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., arr, 795; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 54, Distr, India, Burma, China, Cochinchina, Malaya, Africa. — arboreum, Zinn.—F.B.I., i. p. 347 ; FI. Indo-Chine, i. ‘Beak Zimmermann, Sir G. Watt remarks on this plant that it is a “form approaching G. Nanking, Meyen Ee tat Sterculia campanulata, Wall. Hills between Muang Prow al Chieng Dao, 600 m., Kerr, 1043. The oe is not quite certain as the collection consists of a few male flowers. Sterculia ometa, Wall.—For, Fl. Burma, i. p. 136; Fl. Indo- Chine, i. p. 466. Ss. armata, Mast., F.B.L., i. p. 367, p.p. Doi Chieng se 1700 m. , Hosseus, 411, Distr. Burm Sterculia er panooler Indo-Chine, i. p. 462. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 48 Distr, Cochinchina, Chiengm lanceolata, C Chien wee a Booka” 660 m., Aerr, 1088. Distr” ve ra Linn. —F.B.L., i. p. 365, p.p.; Fl. Indo- Chine, i. p. 495. sie jao, Hosseus, 70a. Distr. India, China, Malaya. Helicteres elongata, Wall.—F.B.1., i. p. 365; For. FI. Burma, i, p. 144; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn, Soe., xxviii. p. 27. 21 Bebeng, 120 m., Kerr, 2 02s Wang Djao, Hosseus, 60. t , Bh India, Bur Helicteres giabriuscala, 1 Wall —F.B.L, i. p. 366 ; Coll. et Hemsl., ourn. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 26. 5 anaes in scrub jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, Distr. Burma. Helicteres lanceolata, DC.—For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 142 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p29; Fl. Indo-Chine, i i, p. 493. 1. angustifolia, ¥.B.1., i. p. 365, p.p. Wang Djao, Hesseus 8; oa Distr. Burma, Cochinchina, Java. Helisteres plebeja, wl - I., i. p. 366; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 144; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. Chiengmai, cp dime 6 on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 630a. istr. urma, Very closely allied nt if not identical with, H. elongata. Pterospermum semisagittatum, Ham.—F.B.1., i. p. 368; For. Fi. Burma, i. p. 146 ; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. va Chienguai, Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1 Dis Burma, Chittagong, Cambodia, s. India (cultivated ?)— often salti¢ated 3 in tropics. Eriolaena Candollei, Wali—F.B.1., i. p. 370°; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 148 ; pea se Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soe., xxviii. p. 27; Fl. Indo- Chine, i i. p. 5 Raheng, on banks of Meh Ping, 120 m., Kerr, 899. Distr. Bur Melochia laeie Linn.—F¥.B.1., i. p. 374; Fl. Indo-Chine, i. p. 509 Chiengmai, bank of Meh Ping, 300 m., Kerr, 852. Distr. Cosmopolitan in Tropics. TILIACEAE, Grewia aspera, Hoxd. vel species arcte affinis. G. abutilifolia, Masters, F.B.L., i. p. 390 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 29, an Juss. 2 Chiengmai, i in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., Kerr, 631. Distr. India, Burma, Cambodia, Malaya. Grewia humilis, Wall—F¥.B.1., 390. G. asiatica, Linn., p- var. vestita, Gagnep., Fl. Fado Ghiwes, + p- 537, non G. vestita, Wall. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 122. Distr. ma. Grewia Lacei, Drummond et Craib, sp. n., e grege G. tomentosae, Juss., a qua foliorum paginae superioris indumento et. venatione necnon marginum denticulis multo obscurioribus nec duplo-serratis bene co oscitur ; a G. hirsuta, Vahl, atque ejusdem affinioribus, indumento aavacies * foliis multo longioribus, et pedunculis i- cellisque multo brevioribus facile distinguenda. Arbuscula sarmentosa, circiter 1°5 m. alts (ex pe é rami virgati, ligno albo nitido, cortice fusco libero in fibras satis longas: 22 tenaciores demum soluto obtecti, juventi indumento densius inter- texto primo argenteo mox ferruginescente vestiti. olia anguste oblongo-lanceolata, basi leviter obliqua, ad apicem obtusum vel acutum nonnunquam vere cuspidatum, costa autem vix excurrente, sensim angustata, 18 cm. vel plus longitudinis, 4°2 cm. latitudinis attingentia, petiolo vix 5 mm. longo hirsutissimo rufescente suffulta, versus basin quasi tricostata, nervis lateralibus ad decem paria, angulo satis acuto a costa exorientibus, leniter arcuatis in pagina superiore leviter impressis laxe hirsutis, i in inferiore densius pilosis, versus basin prominentibus at superne prope evanidis, nervis nunquam ramificatis 2-3 mm. inter se remotis in pagina superiore venis lepide reticulatis sub oculo armato evidentibus connexis in inferiore propter tomentum omnino occultis, margine plus minusve at semper minute saepius irregulariter aliquando obscurissime denticulata, denticulis haud rariter pilorum quasi crista ornatis, subtus tomento aequo mollissimo dense coacto primum argenteo demum rufescente munita, supra pilis rarioribus subpellucidis singulis rarius bifurcatis at mnunquam stellatis conspersa. Inflorescentia saps polygamo-monoecia, e fasciculis duobus vel pluribus prope sessilibus, bracteolis singulis hirsutis inconspicuis instructis, RAST bractea circiter 4-6 mm. longa, ad basin deltoideam 1°5 mm. lata, superne in meram setam abeuns, valde pilosa ; pedicelli 2-5 mm. longi. Sepala oblongo-linearia, circiter 6 mm. longa, versus basin circiter 1°5 mm. lata, marginibus alte involuta, superne usque ad apicem cucullatum et obscure mucro- natum pedetentim angustata, interne aurantiaco-brunnea, externe -tomento robusto fulvo nitido hirsuta. Petala floris 3 circiter 1°5 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, parum incrassata, dorso pilis fulvis hirsuta, nectario mellis colore oculo pallidiore pilorum similium annulo circumdato — unguem 0°5 mm. attingente, ungui flavescente vix 0°5 mm. longo 1 mm. lato apice praemorso. Androgynophorii sistant circa 1 mm. longa, 0°5 mm. diametro, plus minusve compressa, subpurpurascens ; clavulus ovarium includens, iisdem pilis fulvis dense indutus ; stamina circa 20 vel pauciora, fils — circiter 2 mm. longis. Drupa ex quattuor pyrenis plus aria accretis, constans, depressa, subquadrata, pilis longitaoalis albidis 2-5 in tuberculis badii coloris junctim insidenti- bus instructa, juventa fusca, maturior x seg agieee urma, Maymyo Plateau, 1050 m., Lace, 32 Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Srotep 70 m., Kerr, 677. To this species probably belongs a plant collected in Laos by Spire (No. 547), but the material of the collection in Herb. Kew is too insufficient for a definite decision. Grewia Microcos, Linn.—F.B.I., i. p. 392 Chiengmai plain, on waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 613. Distr, India, Burma, Assam, China, Malaya. Allied to G. Microcos is a specimen collected by the Siam Forest. Officers (No. 170) which ed probably be G. ulméfolia, Roxb. Grewia tomentosa, Jus Banks of Meh Pig near Raheng, 120 m., Kerr, 903 ; epee Djao, Hosseus, 69. Grewia’ trichodes, Voigt. S > ae Roxb., non Lamarck. Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1 In identifying the plants Tolbuging to this critical genus I have availed myself of the able assistance of Mr. J. R. Drummond who has spent much time in the study of this group. The present state of our knowledge of the Indo-Chinese species and the complicated synonymy of the Indian species have forbidden the giving as full references to published works as have been given throughout the rest of this paper. Columbia floribunda, Wad/.—¥.B.L, i. p. 393; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 156; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn, Bod: XXViii. p. 28; Fl. Indo- Chine, i 1. p. 549. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 66U m. s Kerr, 1325. Distr. Burma, Assam, Yunna Columbia Seem ot Gen. Baa ‘he ex Brandis, var. siamica, Craib, var. nov.,a typa ramulis paniculisque pilis longis haud vel parcissime instructis, petiolis tenuioribus paulo longioribus, foliis basi vix tam obliquis, fructusque umbonis pilis minus rigidis. Chiengmai, mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, 450-540 m., Kerr, 895, 895a. At first sight the variety is markedly different from the type in the total or almost total suppression of the rather long stiffish hairs on the branchlets and panicles. The type is gee fp by Clarke’s. fruiting Chittagong specimens only and the fruit except for the rather stiffer hairs on the umbo is very similar to that of the Siam plant. Triumfetta procumbens, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 28, non Forst. f. The sheet quoted by Williams 1.c. contains specimens belonging to two distinct species and moreover both specimens were collected in the island of Phu Quoc in Cochinchina and not in Siam. Triumfetta spanner Sprague et Craib, nom. nov. T. ca Lawson, F.B.L., i. p. 396, non Blume. T. tomentosa, Gagnep., FL Indo-Chine, ip. 552, via Boje er. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., Kerr, Distr. India, China, Tonkin, Malaya, Philippines. - Corchorus acutangulus, Lamk.—F.B.L, i. p. 398; FI. Indo-Chine, | . 558 me * Chiengmai, oe grass, 300m., Kerr, 855. Distr. Tropics Muntingia Calabura, ee —F I. Indo-Chine, i. p. 562. Bangkok, Zimmerman Tatrdased from Trop. ‘America. Elaeocarpus floribundus, Blume—F.B.1., i. p. 401; For Fl. Burma, i. p. 167. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 689a. _ Distr. N. India, Burma, Cambodia, Malaya, Elaeocarpus siamensis, Craib, sp. n., ex affinitate A. We allichisi, Kurz, a quo petiolis tomentellis, Aelia nninoribus bast plerumque cuneatis facile distinguenda. 24 Arbor. a i m. alta (ex Kerr), ramulis teretibus juventute dense puberulis mox fere glabris cortice rubro vel cinereo-rubro parce tenrtinellsbot obtectis. Folia lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, _ acuminata basi interdum inaequalia, cuneata vel obtusa, -14 em. longa, 2°6-6 cm. lata, chartacea, supra costa tantum Aahapients mox fere glabra, subtus costa nervisque pra aecipue molliter puberula, margine glanduloso-serrulata, nervis aie utrinque 11-14 intra marginem arcuatis supra leviter impressis subtus prominentibus nervis transversis supra plerumque conspicuis subtus prominulis ; petioli 1-8-2°7 cm. longi, juventute tomentelli, mox puberuli, supra apicem versus glandulis 2-3 instructi. Racemz ex axillis veteribus breviter pedunculati, circiter 15 cm. longi, rachi angulato puberulo; bracteae ante anthesin deciduae ; pedicelli 6 mm. longi, breviter pubescentes. Sepala 5, lanceolata, obtusa, 4 mm. longa, 1°5 mm, lata, utrinque, intus parcius, imperfecte sericeo- pubescentia. Petala 5, alba, cuneata, fere 5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, ere ad medium fimbriata; parte integra ciliata intusque basem versus parce pubescentia. Stamina inclusa, filamentis brevibus ; antherae breviter puberulae, apice pilis longiusculis parce instructae. Disci glandulae 5, pubescentes. Ovarium 3-loculare, pubescens ; stylus deciduus, staminibus paulo brevior, apice glaber, basi ut in ovario pubescens. Fructus ignotus. Chiengmai, evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1200. Lao name, Mai LINACEAE. Erythroxylon burmanicum, Grif.—F.B.L., i. p. 414; For. Fl. UrTOR, b. Thole 1: Chieiiginal; Doi Sootep, 300-600 m., Kerr, 652. Distr. Burma, Malaya. Differs from typical E. burmanicum, in the leaves having generally fewer nerves and the reticulation being rather more prominent and open on the under surface. MALPIGHIACEAE. Hiptage candicans, Hook. f., F.B.1., i. p. 419; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 174; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 29. Meh Taang, 360 m., Kerr, 1064. Distr. Burma, Manipur, Yunnan. ; ae Madablota, Gaertn,—F.B.1., i, p. 418 ; For. FI. Burma, i. Chiengeals Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, Distr. India, Burma, China, Malay “archiva: Philippines. ZYGOPHYLLACEAE, Tribulus terrestris, eign BI, i pi. 42s ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 2 Raheng, 120 = Kerr, ae Distr. Tropi 25 GERANIACEAE, Impatiens aoe Hook. f., Nuov. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. ar., Ser. iv. x. p. 256. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600-900 m., Kerr, 590.—det. Hook. f. Distr. Yunnan (ex Hook. f., l.c.). Biophytum alee DO—F.B.L., i. p. 436; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 217. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 805. Distr, Tropies. RUTACEAE. = ag triphylla, DC.—F.B.1., i. p. 487; For. Fl. Burma, i. Chiengmaiy in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1050-1350 m., Kerr 1109, 1286. Distr. jonoel China. Zanthoxylum acanthopodium, DC.—F.B.L, i. p. 493; For. FI. Burma, i. p. 181. Chiengmai, Dai Sootep, 1500-1650 m., Graig 1103. Distr. Himalaya and Khasia Hills, Burma, China. haters ey gohe. a ae: var. a, Oliver, Journ. Linn. Soc., v. suppl. 2 37; FBI, i. p. 500. G. pentaph ylla, Correa— For. FI. frdetha. i. p. 186?; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., XXViii. ‘ Chiengmai, i in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 126 Distr. Throughout India, Indo-China, ‘clap Australia. Micromelum hirsutum, Oliver—F.B.L., i. p. 502; For. Fl. Burma, i, p. 187; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviil. p. 30. Siam Forest mei 141. istr. Burma, Malaya. Micromelum pnitidaadtis Blume—¥.B.L., i. p. 501; For. Fl. Burma, i. ee n, Hooey Meh Tan, 450 m., Kerr, 1017; Kow Sabap, 690 n m. cy Pt 108 ; Kow Hoo Wen, Marton. 107. Distr. Himalaya, Burma, China, Malaya. Triphasia trifoliata, DC.—F.B.1., i. p. 507; For. Fl. Burma, i. « 192. Bangkok, Zimmerman, 138. wddiste, — Dro ae ie ly Burm.—F.B.L., i. p. 504 5 For. Fl. Burma, i. 188. Seas Meh Mau, 300 m., Kerr, 1007 ; Siam Forest Service, 162. Distr. E. Himalaya, Yunnan, Malaya, Philippines. Clausena Wallichii, Oliver ? Doi Saket, near Ban Sun Pak Suk, 600 m., Kerr, 102 I have been unable to confirm this identification "by reference to any authentic material of the species. Luvunga scandens, Ham.—F.B.L., i. p. 509; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 191. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 800 m., Hosseus, 430. Distr. India, Burma, Coahiachina, Sumatra. 26 SIMARUBACEAE. Quassia amara, Linn Bangkok, Zimmermann, 67, Distr. Native of Trop. einer often cultivated in Tropics. Picrasma javanica, Blume—F.B.L1., i. p. 520; For. Fl. Burma, i. 201. * Mek Ping, Doi Chieng pe 420 m., Kerr, 1057. Distr. Burma, Malacca, Brucea mollis, Wail. “FBI, i, p. 521; For. Fl. Burma, i. * Chiengmai Doi ene rhe m., Hosseus, 432. Distr. EK, Himalaya, Bur ‘Hein ileal Rosd—F Bil 3 1. p. O25 3 Por... FE purih | i. " Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 589. Distr. India, Burma, China, aya. Eurycoma longifolia, Jack—¥.B.1., i. p. 521; For. Fl. Burma, 1. p. 202 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p . 218. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 450-750 m., Kerr, 633, Hosseus, 479a. Distr. Burma, Malaya, Philippines. Irvingia malayana, Oliver—F.B.L,, i. p. 522. Chiengmai, ne oo 300 m. , Kerr, 1141, 11l4la. Distr. Malac Harrisonia Soni, Planch —¥.B.1., i. p. 519 ; For. Fl. Burma, 203 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 31. ae Chieng Dao, 450 m., Kerr, 1048, 1048a. Distr. Burma, China, Malaya. Lao name, Mai Chi. OCHNACEAE. : 5966 Wallichii, Planch.—F.B.1., i. p. 524; For. Fl. Burma, i. Chior Doi mops 300-600 m., Kerr, 544, Hosseus, 445 ; Siam Forest Service, 176. . Distr. BURSERACEAE, _ Garuga pinnata, Roxb.—F.B.L, i. p. 528; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 207 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 31. Near Pang Pooey, 420 m., Kerr, 1002. Distr. India, Malaya. Protium serratum, Engler. Bursera serrata, Colebr—F.B.L, i, p. 530; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 208. hiengmai, in eng jungle, — Kerr, 581. nae Bengal, Bartha, Assa Canarium Kerrii, Craib, sp. n. pore C. resinifero, Brace ex King, similis sed foliolis fere glabris ris, "inflorescentiae rachi breviter parce hag drupa paulo breviore basi rotundata distincta. Arbor parva vel mediocris (ex Kerr); ramuli teretes, jnventute fulvo-tonmeitalli vel villosi, demum puberuli vel fere glabri, cortice 27 rubro-brunneo lenticellato striato obtecti. Folia 7-9 foliolata, 22-29 cm. longa; petiolus communis 11°5-14 em. longus, cum rachi sulcatus minuteque puberulus; stipulae deciduae, lineari-lanceolatae, ad 9 mm. longae, fulvo-villosae; foliola opposita, variabilia, plerumque oblonga vel ovato-lanceolata, apice breviter acuminata, obtusa, basi interdum inaequalia, cuneata, truncata vel cordata, 8-15°5 cm. longa, 4°3-8°5 cm, lata, rigide chartacea, margine subintegra, glabra nisi costa supra, costa nervisque primariis subtus uberulis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 10-13 intra he ape arcuatis supra prominulis subtus prominentibus, nervulis utrinque prominulis; petioluli puberyli, 5-13 mm. longi, foliolo seventh a lateralibus 2-2'8 cm. distante. Inflorescentia 5 e aoe racemose dispositis 6°5-9°5 em. longa, pedunculo communi 6-9 cm. longo, pedunculis partialibus ad 1°5 cm. longis; bracteae Gesetilanceolntne, 5 mm. longae, ‘utrinque pubescentes. Calyz 4 mm. longus, 2°5 mm. diametro, lobis 3 brevibus, extus breviter appresse pilulosus. Corolla longe exserta, vix 1 cm. longa, petalis 3 lineari-oblanceolatis indumento extus ut in calyce. Stamina 6, filamentis 6 mm. longis ad medium in tubum connatis. Ovarii- radimentum parvum, breviter eee Inflorescentia Q ignota. Infructescentia quam inflorescentia ¢ dimidio brevior. Drupa ovoidea, 3 cm. aoe 2 cm. diametro, glabra, sicco nigra, endocarpio ligneo 2-2°5 mm lato. Chiengmai, mixed jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 05. MELIACEAE. mers Azadirachta, Linn.—F.B.1., i. p. 544; For. Fl. Burma, i Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 54 In a note Kerr says this sé may be merely cultivated as it occurs always near houses. The flowers and young leaves, which are bitter, are boiled and eaten with rice m. Melia Toosendan, Sieb. et Zucc.—King, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixiv. p. 20. Muang Prow, Meh Kaut, 450 m., Kerr, 1034. - Distr. Japan, oe Manipur, Sumatra. Lao name, Mai Krien - Amoora Rohituka, W. et. A—F.B.L., i. p. 559; For. Fl. Burma, . 220 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss, v. (1905) p- 218 Chie engmai, Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 713 Distr. India, China, Malay tnoe: Seakck - Walsura vila, Wall.—¥ .B.1., . 564; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 223; Williams, Bull. Herb. Dai v. (1905) p. 219. Meh Kung, 450 m., Kerr, 1023. Distr. Burma, Cochinchina. Lao name, Mai Ki Qau Heynea trij rijuga, Loxb aR, B.L., i. p. 564. Walsura trijuga, Kurz, es . _ Chiengmai, Doi Soo tep, 300 m., Kerr, Distr. India, Bittiiia, Yunnan, Malay Paateds. 28 OLACACEAE. Olax scandens, Rorb.—F.B.1., i. p. vi For. Fl. Burma, p. 233; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn. So 0¢., XXVili. p. 31. pialiery Saori ea Warb. apud De Willd. Pl. Nov. Herb. Hort. Then., Tab. lxxx Chiengmai, Do: Saute: 300 m., Kerr, 1222 ; Bangkok, Zimmer- mann, 119; Lem Tong Lan, Murton, 127, Distr. India, Burma, China, Java. Anacalosa args Mast., F.B.L., i Chiengmai, Doi sa i 600-750 m., ty cite 1192. Distr. Khasi ICACINACEAE. Pittosporopsis, Craib, gen. nov., Apodyit, HE. Mey., affine, inflorescentia axillari tantum, calyce majore 5-partito, petalis apice induplicato-valvatis inferne apertis, antherarum connectivo pro- ducto, stylo haud excentrico distinctum Flores hermaphroditi. Calyx 5-partitus, diu persistens. Petala 5, spathulata, apice induplicato-valvata, basi aperta. Stamina 5, petalis alterna iisque basi brevissime adnata ; filamenta complanata, superne subito contracta; antherae oblongae, basi bilobae, dorso afixae, connectivo apice producto. Discus ovario adnatus. Ovarium ellipsoideum, uniloculare, ovulis 2 pendulis; stylus sub anthesin rectus, mox basin versus geniculatus, diu persistens. Fructus immaturus tantum visus; pedicelli nodus supremus _articulatus, Se cum fructu deciduus. —Fryutex inermis. Folia simplicia, alterna, chartacea, margine cartilagineo undulato. Jnflorescentia aria cymosa, floribus majusculis, Species unica. / pda oy — vie sp. n Frutex ad 45 m s (ex Kerr) ; ; ramuli subteretes, glabri, Riess ‘tus SCO - neatieg grees Folia oblongo-oblanceolata vel oblonga, apice acuminata vel fere caudato-acuminata, apice sub- obtusa, basi cuneata, 14-21 cm. longa, 4-6°5 cm. lata, chartacea, utrinque glabra nisi costa subtus minute parceque pilulosa, margine ae undulato, nervis Iptgepli bus © utrinque 5-7 intra m. ry infructescentes fractui appressi. Petala Madge nt circiter 7 mm. mo 2 mm. bas extus medio eeren pilulosa, Filamenta sounaeive apice ae anes pouer ee ovario adnatus, circiter 0°75 mm, altus. Ovarium glabrum, circiter 1:75 mm, altum, Figs es 2 pendulis ; ; stylus crassiusculus, apice brevissime bifidus, mm. longus, glaber. ructus immaturus, cum pedicelli nodo pres leviter incrassato deciduus. 29 Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Seater 750 m., Kerr, 58. Distr. Burma, 8. Shan States, Macgregor, (Herb. Kew et Calcutta). pple maeinse 7, Ilex suleata, Wall.—F.B.L., 604. Chiengmai, in calaaiiae eis on Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 20. Distr. Bengal, Assam, Burm: Probably identical with J. Gilby ons Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 245 (ex Brandis). CELASTRACEAE. Euonymus sp. n.? near /. glaber, Roxb. and £. timoriensis, Zipp. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720-1200 m., Kerr, 649, 736. In the absence of fruit I hesitate to describe this as new. Celastrus et ort Willd.—F.B.1., i. p. 617; For. Fl. Burma, is 252; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soe., xxviii. p. 32; Williams; Bull. Herb. Boiss., Y. (1905) p. 224, Chiengmai, Doi be 320 m, , Kerr, 586, Distr. India, Malaya. Salacia prinoides, DC.—F.B.L, i. p. 626; For. Fl. Burma, i, p. 260, Palat, 300 m., Kerr, 1 Distr. India, Burma, "Malas ' RHAMNACEAER. Ventilago calyculata, 7u/.—F.B.1., i. p. 631; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 262; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn, Soe., xxviii. p. 33. Hooey Meh Tan, 420 m., Kerr, 1015, Distr. India, Malaya. Zizyphus Jujuba, ZLamk.—F.B.1., i. p. 632; For. Fl. Burma, is p Riueiennat 300 m., Kerr, 122 Distr. Afghanistan eae to China, Malaya, Australia, frica. Lao name, Ma Tan. Zizyphus Oenophila, Mil?—F.B.I1., i. 634; For. . fenes i. p. 266 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn. 8 XXviil, p. 3 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-900 m., Kerr, 696. Distr. Tropical Asia, Australia. Zizyphus rugosa, Lamk.—F.B.L, i. p. 636; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 265 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 33. : hiengmai, i in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., Kerr, 564, 1077, 1077a. Distr. India, Burma. ee asiatica, Brongn.—F.B.1., i. p. 642; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 2 aie Hiosseus, 20. Distr. India, Burma, China, Malaya, Australia, 30 Colubrina pubescens, Aurz—F.B,L., i. p. 642; For. Fl, Burma, i, p. Siam Forest oe 165. Distr. AMPELIDACEAR, Tetrastigma cruciatum, Crazb et Gagnep., sp. n., a T. tuberculato, Blume (sub Cisso), stigmate grandi sessili cruciato valde distinctum. Ramuli scandentes, glabri, primo fere teretes, graciles, mox compressi, dense tuberculati. Folia trifoliolata, petiolis 2°7—-4°5 cm. longis suffulta ; foliola oblanceolata vel anguste obovata, apice acuminata, mucronata, basi terminalia in petiolulum attenuata, lateralia obtusa parum obliqua, 8-11°5 em. longa, 3°5-5°5 cm. lata, subcoriacea, utrinque glabra, juventa distanter crasse serrata, mox subintegra subsinuata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-6 intra marginem arcuatis pagina neutra valde conspicuis ; petioluli semi- centimetrales, inter se aequales. ei bas edawie axillaris, globosa, congesta, 1 cm. diametro; pedicelli compressi, 1-2 mm. longi, dense pilosi ; sin pasti cylindracea apice dilatato.tmntata, papillata. Calyx brevis, cupuliformis, pilulosus, dentibus triangularibus acutis. salar alba, deltoidea, fere 2 mm. longa, 1:25 mm. lata, ad arginem apicemque slain: corniculata, corniculis brevibus, definate papillatis 0°5 mm. longis. iseus a, annularis, ad basin ovaril adnatus, ovarium strangulans. Stamina fertilia non visa. Ovarium glabrum, vix 1 mm. altum, loculis 2 biovulatis ; stigma sessile, cruciatum, circiter 1 cm. = ramis 4 divaricatis apice sensim dilatatis truncato-emargi na — in thick evergreen ay on Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 599. Mons. Cantobehs who is at present engaged in a study of the species of Vitis and allied genera and who has kindly collaborated with me in the description of this species, has supplied very copious notes on two allies of this plant. T. cruciatum differs from 7’, rupestre, Planch., in (1) its erg being equal and its leaflets more symmetric at the base ; (2) its sessile inflorescence ; (3) its corolla not all papillose ; (4) its large altese cross-shaped stigma ; and (5) its small acute calyx teeth. From 7. glabratum, Planch. , it is distinguished by (1) its larger iat with equal petiolules; (2) its more condensed and much arrower inflorescence ; (3) its shorter flower buds; (4) its corni- Galak petals ; (5) its large sessile stigma ; and (6) its short acute (not pes calyx teeth. Mon agnepain further remarks that #4 ETH possesses the lato stigma of the species examined by Tetrastigma lanceolarium, Planch, p.p. ie Shit Roxb.— F.B.L, i. p. 660; For. Fl. soaps i. p. Chiengmai, Doi Sata i 0 m., Kerr, 919. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, China, Malay Peninsula. . arthenocissus reese es wisi — semicordata, Wall.— King, Journ. As. eng., Ixv. ie V. himalayana, ae var. a Lawson, FBil., en 656 ; oe Fl. B i, p. 273, 31 _ Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1590 m., Kerr, 1296 Dir, Sikkim, Khasia. Cissus adnata, Roxb. en adnata, Wall. eats Bi, 1. p.. Goo Coll. et Hemsl., Journ n, Soc., xxviii. p. 33. Chienpaaa = scrub ‘andlé at foot of Doi Bostep, 330 m., Kerr, Distr. India, throughout Indo-China, Malaya. “4 Cissus assamica, Craib, comb. nov. Vitis assamica, Lawson, L., i. p. 648, phe: eaan in scrub jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, pie Assam, Bengal, (Burma ?). Planchon in his monograph includes this plant under C. adnata as a “ forma glabrior.” Cissus carnosa, Lamk. Vitis Fade Wall.—F.B.L, i. p. 654. Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 1228. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, China, Malaya. Cissus discolor, Blume. Vitis discolor, Dalz.—F.B.I., i. p, 647; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 271; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn, Soc., XXVIll. p. 33. Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 720-1350 m., 6. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Malaya. Cissus Kerrii, Crazb, sp. n., ab affini C. repente, Lamk., foliis lobatis valde distincta. Planta disco excepto glaberrima ; F ramuli teretes, sulcati, 3 mm. diametro, juventute lepidoti, mox ut in V. repente albi. Folia ambitu interdum ‘reniformia plerumque late ovata ne rotundata, basi cordata, 3-lobata lobis deltoideis apice acutis mucronatis, 6-11 em. longa, 5-10°5 cm. lata, chartacea, margine remote denticulato-serrata, trinervata, nervis secondariis (e costa ortis) utrinque 4-5 omnibus utrinque prominulis nervis transversis subtus conspicuis ; petioli 2-6°5 em. longi ; stipulae deciduae, oblongae, basi truncatae, apice rotundatae, 5 mm. longae, 2°5 mm. latae ; cirrhi oppositifolii, sim- plices. Cymae oppositifoliae, umbellatim dispositae, pedunculo communi ad 4 cm. longo, pedunculis partialibus 1-1°5 cm. longis ; bracteae parvae. Calyx cupuliformis, 1 mm. diametro. Petala 4, oblonga, cucullata, 2°5 mm. longa, 1°75 mm. lata. Stamina 4, fila- mentis 1°25 mm. longis. Discus ovario aequialtus, margine crenu- lato interdum parcissime puberulo, Stylus brevis, obtusus. Fructus ignotus. Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 1238. Cissus reawi Lamk. Vitis pedata, Vahl—F.B.I., i. p. 661; For. Fl. Burm 273. Chiengmai, Doi i Bose, 330 m., Kerr, 1210. . India, Burma, Assam, J ava. Ampe us Martini, Planch., DC. Monogr., v. 2, p. 373. Vitis bar Sie, “Wall, var. tri ilobata, King—Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., Ye (1903) p. 216 32 gas saa in mixed jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, Dir. Cambodia, Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula (Hong Kong, cult.). SaPINDACEAE. Cardiospermum Halicacabum, Linn. —F.B.I. 670. oo in scrub jungle on banks of Meh Ping, 300 m., Kerr, 757 Distr. “Tropics. Allophylus varians, Crazb, sp .n., habitu A. ig bi Radlkofer, similis sed racemis saepissime haud furcatis differ Fruticulus 1°2 m. altus (fide Kerr); aiid teretes, 3 diametro, fere glabri, cortice rubro-brunneo obtecti. Folia txifolio. lata ; foliola breviter petiolulata, oblanceolata vel oblongo-lanceo- ata, apice acuminata obtusa, basi versa Bdeciigs lateralia inaequalia ores foliorum ramulorum apices versus maxima ad 9 cm. longa 5°5 em. lata, ielioraa. paulo Cit 4°5-12°5 cm. longa, 1:84 cm. lata, membranacea, juventute utrinque pilulosa mox fere glabra, margine praecipue a medio apices versus distanter serrata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 10-11 ad marginem excurrenti- bus cum costa supra conspicuis subtus prominulis nervis transversis utrinque, subtus magis, conspicuis ; petioli foliorum majorum 10°5- 13°5 em. longi, minorum 3-6 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, puberuli vel fere glabri. Thyrsi axillares, solitarii, saepissime simplices, 7-15 cm. longi, pedunculo communi 1°5-2°5 cm. longo, fere glabri. Pedicelli graciles, 2 mm. longi, glabri. Flores albi, mediocres, glabri. Fructus ignotus. Chiengmai, thin bush about 12 m. high in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 685. Schleichera trijuga, Willd—¥.B.L., i. p. 681; For.-Fl. Burma, 1. p- 289; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. hiengmai, Doi Sootep, poe ™., Kerr, 571, 1184 ; Ban Pou, Meh Saang, 390 m., Kerr, 1062. Distr. India, Pdimd: Matias Lao name, Ma Chohk. Otophora cambodiana, Pierre Bangkok, SANE ON 112. Distr. Cambod STAPHYLEACEAE. Turpinia Sera re —For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 292. 7. pomifer Wall.—F.B.L, i. ok . jo ssa Chiengmai, Doi Soube 1600 m., Hosseus, 504. Distr. India, Burma, China Turpinia pomifera, Wall._—F. B. I, 1. p. 698 p. p, 5 For. Fi. Burma, i. p. 292 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 3 Chiengmai, Doi _ Sootep, 720 je Kerr, 536 ; sera Muang Prow and Chieng 600 m., 1047. Distr. Aaa Teteoet al tedo-Ching, Malaya. 33 SABIACEAE. ee simplicifolia, Rox).—F.B.1., ii. p. 5; For. Fl. Burma, 1, p. 3 ge Prow, Hooey Meh Wah, 540 m., Kerr, 1041. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Yunnan Meliosma a ae Roxb., var. sootepensis, Crath, var. nov., a typo ramulorum indumento parcio re, cortice rubro-brunneo haud nigro, foliis lenis bhlaideolues apice obtusis vix acuminatis pena foliorum maturorum nervis supra leviter 1 impressis subtus alde prominentibus differt. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 5 According to Dr. Kerr this tree, w whieh i is about 12 m, high has the young branches mostly hollow and inhabited by a small black a nt. ANACARDIACEAE. Buchanania latifolia, Roxd. eis B.L., ii. p. 23; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 307; Fl. Indo-Chine, ii. p. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300- 10 m., cate 946. Distr. India, Burma, Yunnan, Cambo dia Buchanania sp. aff. B. glabrae, Wall. Wang Djao, Hosseus, 144; Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, Hosseus, 283. Probably represents a new species but the material in Herb. Kew is too incomplete to admit of certainty. Melanorrhoea usitata, Wall—F.B.L, ii. p.25; For. Fl. Burma, p- 318; Coll. oe Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 36; Fl. indo-Chine, ; iis pe? Chiengmai, Doi rte 300-900 m., Kerr, 933. Distr. Throughout Indo-China, Malay Peninsula. Lao name, Mai Hak. Odina Wodier, Roxb.—F.B.1., ii. 29; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 321 ; oe mg Hemsl., Journ. Linn. tae XXVill. D. 36; Fl. Indo- Chine, i i, p. 3 Between Laon and Phre, 300 m., Kerr, 978; Pang Pooey, 420 m., Kerr, 1003. Distr. Tain, Diving Malaya. rage oe cgi Willd.—F.B.1., ii. p. 42 ; For. Fl. Burma, i, p- 3 Fl. Indo-Chine, ii. p. 28. Hill, between Muang ae and Chieng Dao, 600 m., sree: 1045. Dine: India, ci China, Cochinchina, Malaya. Lao name, Ma Kau CoNNARACEAE. we gibbosus, Wall.—F.B.1., 52; For. Fl. Burma, 1. p- 327; Williams, Bull. Herb. ade my 1M u 1904) p- 1034. Chaat Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 1071. Distr. Burma, Malay Peninsula. 18391 CG 34 Ellipanthus tomentosus, Awrz—F.B.L., ii. p. “ ; Fl. Burma, i. p. 330; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Bee = lix. p. 2¢ Lakon plain, 300 m., Kerr, 972. Distr. Burma. LEGUMINOSAE. Crotalaria acicularis, Ham.—F.B.L., ii. p. 68; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 349. C. hi piifiea Brake Journ. de Bot., v. p. 186; C. B. Clarke apud Ostenfeld, Bull, Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p- 713 ; non Grah. Raheng, Lindhard, 27. Distr. Madras, Bengal to Tenasserim, China, Pena: Java. bing alata, Ham.—F.B.L., ii. p. 69; non Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, 0C., XXVill. p. 37. Chinnpuist: Doi Sootep, 450-600 m., Kerr, 776; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 59a ; Petchabouri, Hosseus, 7 14a, istr. Kumaon to Khasia, Burma, China, Java. Crotalaria albida, Heyne—F. B.L., ii. p- 71; Coll. et Hemsal., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 38. Chiengmai, evergreen jungle on Doi Boe 1050 m., Kerr, 876. Distr. India, Burma, China, Malaya Crotalaria assamica, Benth.—¥.B.1., i. p. 75; Prain, Journ, As. © Soc. Beng., xvi. ay Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 3 700-720 m., Kerr, 830, an 302. Distr. Assam, Upper Burma, China, Philippine Crotalaria bracteata, orb.—F.B.L., ii. p. 83. Meh Ping Rapids, near Ban Kan, 180 m., Kerr, 909. Distr. India, Burma, Yunnan, Philippines. Crotalaria Hossei, Craib, sp. n., floribus leguminibusque C. aldidae, rene foliis C. linifoliae, Linn. ., similis, ab ambabus_ habitu istin Rhizoma lignosum, ad 26 cm. longum. Caules solitarii, pleruamque usque ad inflorescentiam simplices, 30-70 cm. alti, albo-strigillosi. Folia linearia vel lineari-oblanceolata, apice subacuta vel rotundata, mucronata, basi bhi 1-2 em. longa, 2-4°5 mm. lata, brevissime petiolata, margine integro, subcoriacea, supra fere glabra, subtus mdumento ut in caule, costa supra subconspicua subtus prominente, nervis obscuris. Inflorescentiae rami 4-8, corymbosim dispositi. Racemi circiter 8 cm. longi, laxiusculi ; ; bracteae parvae, persistentes ; pedicelli vix 3 mm. attingentes. Calyx bilabiatus, extus appresse flavo-hirsutus; labium superius e lobis duobus oblongo-lanceolatis acutis 3°5 mm. longis 2°5 mm. latis, inferius e lobis tribus lanceolatis acutis 4-5 mm. longis 1 mm. latis. Corolla lutea (ex Kerr); vexillum reflexum, oblongum, apice emarginatum, ‘5 mm. longum, 5 mm. latum, basi squamis duabus 1 mm. longis et latis margine subintegro instructum, extus superne parce fulvo- hirsutum, bas, ee brevi “albo-piloso-ciliato suffultum ; alae oblongae, 5 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, glabrae, foveolatae, ungui 1 mm. longo ; carina 4°5 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, marginibus liberis albo-piloso- ciliatis, ungui 1 mm. longo: " Stamina generis ; tubus circiter 2 mm. longus, filamentis longioribus subaequalis. Ovarium subsessile, 3 mm. altum, glabrum, 8-ovulatum; stylus 4°5 mm. i ck: parce 35 pilosus. Legumen oblongum, sessile, 1 cm. longum, 4 mm. latum, apice truncatum, calyce stylique basi persistentibus, Wang Djao, Hosseus, 59; Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-600 m., Kerr, 839. (Herb. Kew, Mus. Brit. et Calcutta.) Crotalaria medicaginea, Lamk.—F.B.1., u."p. 81. é Meh Ping Rapids, Ban Kan, 180 ate ere; 908 ; Sea shore, Cape Liant, Murton, 3 Distr. India, China. Crotalaria neriifolia, Wall.—F.B.1., ii. p. 74; Coll. et Hemal., se Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 39 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., xvi. ps Chalaacak —— Sootep, 300-700 m., Kerr, 829, Hosseus, 287. Distr. Burm refunded jocitg Benth. ex Baker, F.B.1., ii. p. 77. ~ Chiengmai, Doi “sre ep, 1350 m., Kerr, 784, iosisad 209. istr. r Bur Closely Upper to, aiid oily identical with, C. Kurzii, Baker. Crotalaria sessiliflora, Linn.—F.B.1., ii. p. 73; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxvi. p. Chiengmai, in mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-540 m., Kerr, 898 ; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 112. Distr. Himalaya, China, Burma, Philippines. mea arial Ms —F.B. me ii. p. 84. C. Saltiana, Prain, Journ. As. eng., Ixvi. p. 353, non Andr. C. siamica, Williams, Bull, Tek. Boiss., v. (1905 )p. 20. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 135. Distr. Tropics. Crotalaria verrucosa, Linn.—F.B.L., 1. p. 77. Meh Ping Rapids, Ban Kan, 180 m., kee 910. Distr. Tropics een Fe endecaphylla, Jacg.—¥.B.I1., ii. p. 98; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 39. hi Schomburgh, 258. Distr. India, Burma, China, Africa. Indigofera linifolia, Retz—F.B.I., ii. p. 93; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxvi. p Cape Liant, ation Distr. Afghanistan, “Tadia, Burma, China, Malaya, Australia, Africa. So See pulchella, Roxd.—F.B.L., ii. p. 101; For. Fl. Burma, i. Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. So 0C., XXVili. p. 39. ai Mich Wang, 30 00 m., Hosseus, 362, Kerr, 1006. Dee, N. India, Burma, China. Indigofera siamensis, Hosseus, Fedde Repert. Nov. Sp., iv. (leer) p- 291. Wang Djao, Hosseus, 120. Indigofera sootepensis, Craih, sp. n., affinis J. — DC., a qua ramorum foliorumque novorum indumento haud albo, foliolis raping bracteis al fcaguinian, o— fere dimidio breviore turgidiore differt 18391 C2 36 Frutex ad 2°5 m. altus (ex Kerr). Rami flexuosi, subangulati, juventute dense brunneo-pubescentes, mox parce brevissime appresse strigillosi, cortice brunneo. Folia 15-18 cm. longa, petiolo ad 1 cm. longo, rachi supra Pere ; stipulae e basi fere 1 mm. lata longe attenuatae, ad 12 mm. longae; foliola 37-41, opposita nisi infima subopposita, ome oblonga, vel terminalia obovata, apice rotundata, mucronata, basi rotundata vel terminalia cuneata, 1°5-3 em. longa, 6-8 mm. lata, tenuiter chartacea, utrinque parce pube- scuba sir ine integro, nervo primario utrinque conspicuo, nervis lateralibus obscutis, supra fusca subtus pallide viridia ; stipellae minutae ; petioluli circiter 2 mm. one Racemi axillares, usque ad apices ramorum, multiflori, ad 9 cm. longi, pedunculo 1 cm. longo. lores breviter pedicellati, san deciduis alabastra superantibus. Calyx fere 2 mm. longus, dentibus parvis, dense strigillosus. Corolla longe exserta, circiter 1 cm. longa, vexillo carinaque extus dense _brunneo-strigillosis. Legumen teres, ad 4°5 cm. longum, 5 mm. diametro, basi : attenuatum, parce puberulum. Vaiss ash in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 480-900 m., Kerr, 684 radiates squalida, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 355. Chiengmai, in oe jungle on Doi Sootep, 480 m., Kerr, 658. Distr. Upper Burma. Tephrosia purpurea, Pers.—F.B.I., ii. p. 1 iengmai, on waste ground, 300 n m. we 710; Anhin, Sehom- m Sh Distr. §S. E. Asia, S. Africa. Millettia auriculata, Baker, var. extensa, Benth.—Prain, Journ, As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 363. M. extensa, Benth.—F.B.1., 1. p. 109 ; For. FI. Penne « 352. Chiengmai, Doi if Sooten, 450-750 m., Kerr, 595. Distr. (of var.) Burma. Millettia ae ee, Kurz—F.B.L., ii. p. 108; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 355 ; . et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. Near Ban: Meh Tah, 300 m., Kerr, 985; Siam Forest Service, str. Burm The material of Hosseus, 140, is Soe scanty in Herb. Kew but it is evidently allied to this specie pores ovalifolia, Aurz—F it: ii, p. 107; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- Siatn, Te eden 6026 in Herb. Bog. Distr. urma Sesbania aculeata, Pers.—F.B.L., 114; Prain, Jou " Te -» Ixvi. p. 369; Williaa Bil Herb. Boiss., v. es “Chisagael in erie. ground, 300 m., Kerr, 811. Distr. Trop Sesbania sad Pers.—F.B.1,, ii. p. 115; For. Fl. Burma, i. Rt ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc Baap J cic p- 370; Williams, Bull. erb. Boiss., v. ( 1905) p. 20. 37 Chiengmai, near villages, 300 m., Kerr, 964. Distr. India coming Australia, Mascarene Is. Lao name, Dauk Kaa Aeschynomene indica, Li inn.—F’.B.L., ii. p. 151. Chiengmai, in Sead ground, 300 | m., Kerr, 768. Distr. Tropic Desmodium che rae ro Grah.—F.B.L, ii. p. 172. Raheng, Lindhard, 26. Distr. Martaban, Tenasserim, Desmodium capitatum, DC.—F.B.L., 170 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 400. D. eter Williams, Bull. Herb. C angkok, Zimmerman Distr. Ceylon, hatin, 3 Mails: Philippines. ety tra cephalotes, Wall., var. typica, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 389. D. cephalotes, Wall.—F.B.L, ii. p. 163 e.p. Stam Forest Service, 117. Distr. India (rare), Burma, China, Tonkin, Java. Desmodium Griffithianum, Benth—F.B.1., ii. p. 171; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. £00. rmedien 800 m. Tan tlge 253. Dist hasia, urm ale gyrans, oe. es ne es 4, hiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi Soakin, 300-540 m., Kerr, 816 ; Kan Phra Dang, Hosseus, 156. Distr. India, Burma, China, Malay Archipelago, Philippines. Desmodium gyroides, DC.—F.B.L., ii. p. 175; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 401. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 745 Distr. India, throughout Indo-China, Molise Desmodium insigne, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxvi. p. 398. Wang Djao, seg Distr. ‘Tenas ¥ Desmodium ate Craib, nom, nov. D. grande, Kurz—F¥.B.L.,, ii. p- 162; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 384 ; Prain; Journ. As. Soe. Beng. ob Ixvi. p. 389, non HE. Mey. Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 766. Distr. Burma. Desmodium laxiflorum, DC.—F.B.L., ii. p. 164. Wang Djao, Hosseus, 95. Distr. oaleras Assam, Burma, China, Malay Archipelago, Philippines. %* Desmodium me Tose Craib, Kew Bull., 1910 p. 20. D. elegans, Drake, Journ. de Bot., v. p. 189, non Benth, hiengmai, i in mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 715. Distr. Tonkin, Cambodia. Desmodium ape Baher-P. B.L., ii. p. 166 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. Chiengmai, Dot Sten, 1000-1020 m., Kerr, 873, Hosseus, 234. Distr, Burm 38 Desmodium oblongum, Wall.—-F.B.1., ii. p. 166 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 43 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 394. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 510-1500 m., Kerr, 877, 894, Hosseus, 258 ; Kan Phra Dang, Hosseus, 154. Distr. Burma, Manipur, Yunnan. Desmodium polycarpum, DC.—F.B.1., ii. p. 171; Prain, Journ. As, Soc. Beng., Ixvi Chiengmai, in deciduous “jungle on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 729 ; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 128. Distr. India, China, throughout Indo-China, Malaya, Africa. ' Desmodium polycarpum, DC., war: ve ae hy Benth. MSS. iengmai, in eng jungle on Doi Sootep, 600 m., Kerr, 772. Distr. Tavo oy (Wail. Cat. 5729 K in Herb. Kew). Desmodium pulchellum, Benth.—F.B.L.,ii. p.162; For. Fl. Burma, p. 383. ry . Wang Djao, eh gess 66. Distr. EK. Asi Desmodium auboniae DC.—Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., “ot p. 394. D. floribundum, Don—F, ty, ii. p. 167; For. FI. Bur i. p. 387 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 43. Chiengmai, in open grassy jungle on Doi Sootep, 1200-1350 m., Kerr, 782 Distr. “Punjab to Khasia, Upper Burma, China. Desmodium trichocaulon, ahs D. polycarpum, DC., var, tricho- caulon, Baker, F.B.1., ii. Chiengmai, i in open orassy ie on Doi Sootep, 1350 m., Kerr, a, Distr. KE. Himalayas, Khasia, Burma. Desmodium triflorum, DC.—F.B.L, ii. p. 173 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 401. Chiengmai, in a clearing on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 794. Distr. Tropic 8. Uraria lagopoides, DC._—F.B.I., ii. p. 156; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 380. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 390 m., Kerr, 6 Distr. Bengal and Assam to S. Chika, Tonkin, ses Uraria latifolia, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 383. Chiengmai, seg sai ‘jungle on Doi Sootep, 420 m., Kerr, 1275. Distr. Upper Bur — sicrcidiiegls Wall—Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. gonabien scrub jungle on Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1330. Distr. Burma, China. Phylacium majus, Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Loe XXVlil. p. 44, cum tab.; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. ws ERVI. YD Chiengmai, by a stream on Doi Sootep, 540 m. Ke 925. Distr, Upper Burma. Alysicarpus bupleurifolius, DC.—F.B.L., ii. p. 1658. 39 Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-450 m., Kerr, 808 ; Wang Djao, Husseus, 108 ; Ban Tang, Hosseus, 703. Distr. Tropical Asia and Africa. Lespedeza parviflora, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 381; F.B.L, ii. p. 144; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 5. Chiengmai, Doi ss "300-1500 m., Kerr, 951, Hosseus, 288. pave Upper brus seats Le Br var. Hossei, Craib, var. nov., a typo foliolis rigidioribus numerosioribus utrinque usque ad 15, legumine paulo latiore, “arise vix tam obliquo distinguenda. - Kan Phra Dang, 320 m., Hosseus, 155. This plant has not as yet "been collected by Dr. Kerr, and although the single specimen preserved in Herb. Kew differs from apie A, cantoniensis in the points noted, a more complete set of specim is necessary to form a definite opinion as to its exact ution re cantoniensis. "There is another species of Abrus (?) represented at Kew collected by Dr. Kerr at Chiengmai (No. 588), and again by the officers of the Siamese Forestry Department (No. 157), which is quite i ete most notably in its leaflets, which are large for the genus, but absence of fruit I hesitate to refer it definitely to this genus. Clitoria macrophylla, Wall—F.B.L., ii. p. 209. Chiengmai, in ee jungle on Doi Botte, 390 m., Kerr, 645, Distr. Burm Clitoria aaria Linn.—F.B.L, ii. p. 2 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1900-1650 m. , Kerr, 671. Distr. Khasia, Burma, Yunnan, ‘Amerion Clitoria ternatea, Linn.—F.B.I., iu. p. 208 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 21. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 5, 15, 156. Distr. Trop Dumasia ses DC., var. leiocarpa, Baker, F.B.L., ii. p. 183 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn, Soc., xxviii. p. Chiengmai, Doi be 1200-1650 m. , Kerr, 883, Hosseus, 205. Distr. Sikkim, Khasia, Burma, Ceylon. Shuteria hirsuta, Baker, F.B.1., ii. p. 182; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 402 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. " Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1000 m., isa 232; Ban Meh Tah, 300 m., Kerr, 998; Raheng, Lindhard, 51. Distr. Sikkim, Khasia, Burma, viens Sum For uniformity with F.B.I., l.c., I refer this par to Shuteria, but it would eee be more satisfactory to follow Kurz, and place it in Puerar Erythrina Hidibaperiie Mig.—F.B.1., ii. p. 190 ; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 367; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p, 411. parkaine between Lampoon and Lakon, 450 m., Kerr, 969; Doi Chieng Dao, 500 m., Hosseus, 419. Distr.. Burma, Malaya. Erythrina suberosa, Hox).—F.B.1., ii. p. 189; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 369; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxvi., p. 410. 40 Near Pang or 420 m., Kerr, 1001, Distr. India Apios —, Benth —F.B.L, ii. p. 188; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p jahitoas in sp Tinos jungle on Doi Sootep, 1500 m. , Kerr, 881, Distr. Nepaul, Khasia, Upper Burma (ex Prain, l.c.), (Yunnan 2). Butea superba, Roxd.—F .B.LI. ie A 195; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 365. Lakon, Palat, 300 m. , Kerr, 10 Distr. engal, Burma. Lao name, Mai Kwou Krena. Spatholobus meg ae Benth.—F.B.L, ii. p. 193; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 412. Butea parviflora, Roxb.—For. Fl Burma, i. p. 365. Chiengmai, i in eng jungle on Doi en: 450 m., Kerr, 723. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Yunnan Grona Grahami, Benth.—F.B.1., ii. p. 191; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 411. Chiengmai, i in eng jungle on Doi Phas 4 300-600 m., Kerr, 837. Distr. Bengal (ex Prain, l.c.), B * Pueraria alopecuroides, Crazh, ee bob 1910, p. 276. Hills between Muang Prow and Chieng Dao, 600 m., Kerr, 1044. According to Dr. err, the Saecatad | is white, with a yellow spot at the base, and the keel is purple. Pueraria Candollei, Grah—F.B.I., ii. p. 197; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. _ Soc., xxvill. p. 47 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 4 Near Muang Prow, 300 m., Kerr, 992. Distr. Andaman Is, (ex Prain, l.c.), Burma. Pueraria siamica, Craib, sp. n., ab affini P. Collettiz, — foliolis acuminatis acutis, stipellis duplo longioribus, racemis acili- oribus longioribus haud tam densis, pedicellis sub anthesin gracias calyce longioribus distincta. Herba scandens ; ramuli 3 mm. diametro, molliter albo-tomentelli. Folia pinnatim trifoliolata ; petioli 4~7 em. longi, supra canali- culati, indumento ut in ramulig : ; foliola ovata, apice acuminata acuta, basi terminalia cuneata, lateralia obliqua rotundata, 9-14 cm. longa, 4-6°5 cm. lata, margine integro, chartacea, supra hispidula, subtus molliter pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-6 cum nervulis supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus ; petioluli ad 4 mm longi; foliola terminalia a lateralibus 2—3°2 cm. distantia; s llae ad 6 mm. longae. Racemi scene axillares vel ad apices a ec paniculati, graciles, ad 32 cm. longi, nodis basalibus 2°5-3°5 cm., intermediis ad 1°5 em. ditantebie: ; bracteae lanceolatae, acutae, 2 mm. longae ; pedicelli graciles ad 3°5 mm. longi. Calycis lobi 1 mm, longi, duo supremi in unum connati, tubus 2 mm. longus. Corolla purpurea, longe exserta; vexillum amplum, reflexum, emar- ginatum, basi auriculatum, 4°5 mm. longum, 6 mm. latum, ungui circiter 2 mm. longo; alae oblongo-obovatae, basi appendiculatae, 5°5 mm. longae, 2° 5 mm. latae, ungui 2°5 mm. longo ; carina obtusa, 4mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, ungui 2°5 mm. longo. Stamen vexillare 41 . ima basi liberum, medio cum ceteris connatum ; antherae uniformes. Ovarium 3 mm. altum, 9 ovulatum, stylo gla Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 831. Pueraria Wallichii, DC.—F¥.B.1., ii. p. 197; Coll. et ore Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 47; Prain, J ourn, As. Soc eng Ixvi. p. 419. —— Doi a 1000-1700 m., eee 878, Hosseus, 207. Dis E. Himalayas, Burma, Yunna ordinal insignis, Prain, Journ. As. Soe. Beng., Ixvii. p. 287. Chiengmai, in open jungle on top of Doi Sootep, 1500-1650 m., Kerr, 727. Distr. Upper Burma. Dysolobium dolichoides, wae: Journ. - Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 427 ? Vigna dolichoides, Baker, F.B.1., i 206. Vigna vevillata, Williams, Bull, Herb. Boiss. ig i (1905) p- 52, now Benth. Bangkok, Schomburgk, 300. Distr. Bengal, Assam, Burma. Schomburgk’s plant differs from the specimens in Herb. referred to this species in having the leaflets occasionally rae we a not uncommon occurrence in this section of the Phaseoleae. There is no trace on the herbarium sheet of the name Pueate phaseoloides, which, according to Williams, l.c., had been erroneously given to this plant, but in any case the name he suggests is also applicable. Dolichos ret fie ?—F.B.L., ii. p. 211; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxv Chiengmai, in ane es 540 m., Kerr, 834; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 45. Distr. India, Burma, China. Dunbaria fusca, Kurz—Prain, Journ. ae Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 434. Phaseolus fuscus, Wall.—¥.B.I., ii. p. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, te m., Kerr, ey Distr. Upper Burma, Chin * Dunbaria longeracemosa, ae Kew Bull. 1910, p. 277. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, Kerr, 917; ie me Dang Hosseus, 148. Dunbaria podocarpa, Aurz—F.B.L1., 8. Vigna retusa, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1903) p. ot, ai non Walp. Chiengmai, rib i jungle on Doi Sootep, 750-1050 m., Kerr, 870 ; Nakontai, 600 m. Gitar 717; Siam (?), Candler. Distr. Burma, Chin As this is the ‘only ilasit belonging to this section collected by Candler, it may be the plant enumerated by Williams, I.c., as fen retusa. There is, however, no evidence on the sheet of ‘the plant having been seen by Williams. Atylosia barbata, Baker, F.B.I1., ii. p. 216; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., x ee 8. Doi Chieng Dao, 450 m., Kerr, 1050. Distr. Throughout eve ytins Malaya. Atylosia crassa, ream Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 45. A. mollis, Benth. —F.B.L, . p. 213° ep. ; Coll. et Hein Journ. Linn. Soce., xxviii. p. 42 Chiengmai, mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 945; Ban Djam, 360 m., Hosseus, 368. Distr. India to foot of Himalayas, Burma, Assam, Tonkin, Java, Philippines. Rhynchosia longipetiolata, Hosseus, Fedde Repert. Nov. Sp., iv. 291 p- 291. Kan Phra Dang, Hosseus, 150. Eriosema chinense, Vogel—F.B.1., ii. p. 219; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviil. p. 49. Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi Sootep, 450 m., Kerr, 722. Distr. S.E. Asia, Australia. Flemingia bracteata, Wight—For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 372; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxvi. p. 437. F. strobilifera, var. bracteata, Baker, F'.B.I., ii. p. 227. Piang Pooey, 420 m., Kerr, 981. Distr. India, Burma, Yunnan. Flemingia Chappar, Ham.—¥.B.L., ii. p. 227; For. Fl. Burma, i. 371 p- 371. Ban Meh Chang, 300 m., Kerr, 980. Distr. Bengal, Burma. Flemingia ferruginea, Ham.—Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. . 440. . congesta Roxb., var. Wightiana, Baker, F.B.I., ii. 229, p.p. Banks of Meh Ping, opposite Ban Salu, Hosseus, 381. Distr. Burma. Flemingia Kerrii, Cratb, sp. n., affinis F. congestae, Roxb., sed bracteis parvis, floribus haud tam congestis, calycis brevioris indumento parciore, eiusque lobis supremis alte connatis. corolla longe exserta, legumine minore distincta. Fruticulus 15 m, altus (ex Kerr); ramuli primo sub-triangulares mox. teretes, glabrescentes, cortice rubro-brunneo striato. obtecti. Folia trifoliolata ; petioli 3-5 cm. longi, alati, parce pilosi ; stipulae subpersistentes, lineari-l latae, inatae, acutae, 8 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae ; foliola elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica, apice acuminata, mucronata, basi terminalia cuneata, lateralia obliqua subrotundata, 6-10 cm. longa, 2°5—5 cm. lata, margine integro, chartacea, supra breviter puberula subtus nervis pilulosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 7 [pseudo-trinervia ob nervos basales valde obliquos], supra conspicuis subtus cum nervulis prominulis; petioluli vis 5 mm. longi, runneo-tomentelli. Racemi 1°5-3 cm. longi; bracteae parvae, ovatae, acutae, vix 2mm. longae. Calyx extus breviter sericeus, atin lobis praecipue imperfecte sericeus praetereaque extus oborum margines versus dense rubro-glandulosus ; tubus 1°75 mm. longus ; lobus infimus 4 mm. longus, lobi laterales 2°5 mm. longi, supremi in unum apice bifidum connati, omnes lanceolati vel late lanceolati,acuti. Corolla purpurea; vexillum obovato-ellipticum, apice brevissime obtuseque acuminatum, basi appendiculatum, 7 mm. longum, 4 mm. latum, ungui circiter 1:5 mm. era alae anguste oblongae, basi breviter appendiculatae, 5 mm, longae, 15 mm. latae, ungui 2 mm. longo; carina obtusa, basi truncata, 5 mm. longa, 2°5 mm. lata, ungui 2°5 mm, longo. Ovarium vix 2 mm. altum, 43 pire: uperiic glabro. Legumen 1 cm. longum, 0°5 cm. diametro, pube Near Laken, in dry stream bed, 300 m., Kerr, 976. Flemingia sootepensis, Crab, sp. n., affinis F. semialatae, Roxb., a@ qua racemis quam foliis brevioribus, calycis indumento breviore, lobis valde brevioribus, leguminibus oblongis angustioribus recedit. Fruticulus vix 1 m, altus (ex Kerr); ramuli primo triangulares resse brunneo-pubescentes mox fere glabri, cortice rubro-brunneo letttivellato obtecti. Folia trifoliolata ; petioli 3-7 cm. longi, alati, glabrescentes ; stipulae lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, acutae, longae, 3 mm. latae, caducae; foliola plerumque lanceolata, apice acuminata, pci 9 basi terminalia So aR lateralia wotiohid 3-5 me faleo, Tami, Racemi 2-10 cm. an bracteae Svaelaiceblaes acuminatae, ad 6 the longae, 2 mm. latae. lyx pilulosus, distincte nervatus ; tubus 3 mm. longus ; a lobi ithideartltisedilnts: acutissimi, laterales supremique 4 mm. longi, infimus paulo longior. Corolla alba ; vexillum late ellipticum, basi auriculatum, 6 mm. longum, 4 mm. ‘latum, ungui 2°5 mm. longo; lae oblongae, srpancuarse, 5 mm. longae, 1°5 mm. latae, ungui gracili circiter 3 mm. longo; carina obtusa, haud Sppene wet, 5°75 mm. longa, 1°5 mm. Thi. ungui gracili, 3 mm. lon Ovarium vix 2 mm. altum. Legumen rca 3 ae styli ast " persistente apiculatum, 1°3 em. longum, 6 mm. Chiengmai, in evergreen ‘itigle’ on Doi Sootep, 600-900 m., Kerr, 934, Hosseus, 309. The nervation of the calyx tube is scarcely so distinct in the specimen collected by Hosseus as in that collected by Kerr and the racemes are slightly longer but it apparently belongs to this species. Dalbergia praia Grah.—F.B.L., ii. p. 233; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 342; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn Soc., xxviii. p. 50; Prain, Ann. Roy. Bot. ‘Gard. Cale., x. p. 5 oe eae “ig Sootep, 450 m., Bere. 1075. r. Burm ante Kerrii, Crazb, sp. n.,e grege Canarum affinis D. Kurzii, Prain, a qua foliolis formae diver sae numerosioribus, stipulis magnis, legumine haud glabro vix reticulato differt. Arbor ad 15 m. alta (ex Kerr); ramuli ad 7 mm. diametro, juventute fulvo-tomentelli, mox glabri, cortice striato vel irregulariter fisso obtecti. Folia innata, ad 16°5 cm. longa, rachi vo- tomentello; petioli 5 em. longi; stipulae deciduae, lanceolatae, apice acutae, 14 mm. longae, 5 mm. latae. Foliola 15, oblonga, elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, apice breviter acuminata, obtus, basi rotundata vel cuneata, 2-7 cm. longa, 1°4—2°3 cm. lata, cha rtacea, margine integra, ciliolata, supra glabra nisi nervis cinixcanantlbioes subtus fere glabra costa fulvo-tomentella excepta, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 44 Peduneuli awe ay oe pedicelli graciles, circiter 3 mm. longi. ulatus, 4 mm. longus, 4 mm. diametro, extra fere glaber ; dente oadueequales circiter 1'5 mm, longi, obtusi. Corolla longe exserta, glabra ; vexillum late ellipticum, apice emarginatum, basi cuneatum, reflexum, 6°56 mm longum, 3 mm. latum; alae oblongae, apice obtusae, basi hastatae, 4mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, ungui 2 mm. longo; carina alis subaequalis, basi hastata, ungui 2 mm. lo ongo. Ovarium 3 mm. altum, 1 mm. latum, sparse er air stipite 2°5 mm. longo, uniovulatum ; ; stylus subulatus ss m. longus, basi vix glaber. Legumen late ligulatum, apice sonata. apiculatum, basi cuneatum, 7-8 cm. longum cm latum, breviter molliterque pubescens, haud conspicue reticulatum, stipite 5 mm. longo ut in Prey pubescen Muang Prow, Meh Kaut, 450 m., Kerr, 1033. Lao name, Mai Ket Dalbergia rimosa, et eae ii. p. 232; Prain, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale., x. p. 38. rg ogre Doi Sootep, 750 m., Kerr, 1 Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Nee "Tonkin aber stipules, Roxb.—¥.B.1., ii. p. 237 p.p.; For. FI. Burma, i. p. 346 ; Prain, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Cale: x. p. 102. Chiengmai, Dei cal 660-900 m. sl 560, 1175. Distr. Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Dalbergia tamarindifolia, Rowxd. aS B. i. 234 ; es Fl. Burma, i. p. 348 ; Prain, suet ett Bot. Gard. Cale, x. p. 6 Lem Tong Lan, Murton Disir. India, Burma, China, Malaya, Philippines. Dalbergia volubilis, Roxb.—F.B.1., ii. p. 235; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 346; Prain, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. cos: - Pp 100 Lakon, Hovey Meh Tan, 360 m., Kerr, 1 Distr. India, Burma, Assam. hn Pterocarpus macrocarpus, Aurz—F.B.I., ii. p. 239; For. Fl Burma, i. 49. Korat, 600-900 m, Witt. Distr. Burm ern. Mai E Pidosk (ex Witt). Derris robusta, Benth.—F.B.1., ii. p. 241; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 838 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 458. Doi Chieng Dao, 350 m., Hosseus, 523. Distr. India, Burma, Yun n. pre cy digyna, Rott/—F.B.I., ii. p. 256; For. Fl. Burma, i. ee ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 51; Williams, ull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) wid. Chiengmai, in scrub amek on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 806. Distr. India, Mala Caesalpinia minax, Baik var. burmanica, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. nape Ixvi. p. 469. C. Morseiz, Dunn, Journ. Linn. Soc., xxxv. © Chienguy in scrub jungle on banks of Meh Ping, 300 m., Kerr, pre Burma, China, Tonkin. 45 ane Sappan, Linn.—F.B.L., ii. p. 255; For. Fl. Burma, i. ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 51. Oittarnst Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1262, Distr. SE. Asi Cassia alata, Lina, _F. B.L., ii. p. 264. Bangkok, ae mann, 26. Distr. Tropic Cassia (aha Craib, sp. n., a C. nodosa, Ham., calyce corollaque multo majoribus, a C. javanica, Linn, ie foliolorum magnitudine et forma, ab ambabus indumento recedit. olia 35°5 cm. longa, petiolo fulvo-puberulo tereti 4 cm. lon suffulta ; foliola utrinque 10, oblonga vel terminalia oblanceolata, apice acuta vel breviter acuminata, basi obliqua, cuneata, 6°3-8°5 ¢ longa, 17-3 cm, lata, subchartacea, utrinque, subtus costa sdevibaie praecipue, densius pilulosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 10, supra vix conspicuis subtus prominulis, costa supra sicco impressa ; petioluli 2 mm. longi. Racemi laterales (?), 4°5-7°5 cm. longi; bracteae sub anthesin conspicuae, lanceolatae, apice acutae, ad 1 cm. longae, 3 mm. latae, utrinque pilulosae. Pedicelli 6 cm. attingentes, suleati, pilulosi. Calycis lobi Janceolati vel ovato - lanceolati, obtusiusculi, 0°9-1°2 em. longi, 2-3 mm. lati, utrinque ut in bracteis pilulosi. Petala subaequalia, lanceolata, oblongo - lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, acutiuscula, 3°5-4°5 cm. longa, 1°2-2°5 cm, lata, utrinque pilulosa, basi in unguem 0°5 cm. longum contracta. Stamina omnia fertilia, 3 alia longe superantia eorumque filamentis medio incrassatis, filamentis glabris. Ovarium longe stipitatum, arcuatum, albo-pubescens, stylo brevi apice incurvo. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1000-1500 m., Hosseus, 478. o this species probably belongs Griffith’s Prome Hill specimen (Kew Distr., 1909) mentioned in Flora of British India by Mr. Baker as a variety of C. javanica or a new species Cassia Fistula, ZLinn.—F.B.1., ii. p. 261; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 391; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxvii. p. 51. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1194 ; Bangkok, Zimmermann, Distr. India, China, Malaya—often planted in Tropics. Cassia glauca, Lamk.—F.B.L., ii. p. 265. Raheng, Hosseus, 1 Distr. 8. E. Asia—often planted. Cassia Leschenaultiana, DC.—Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. C. mimosoides, Linn., var. Wallichit, Baker, F.B.I., 266. Chiengmai, Hosseus, 257. Distr. India, Burma, Malaya. Cassia mimooide, Linn.—F.B.L., ii. p. 266; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Ben p. 4 + aa ao, Hossens, 129. Distr. gE Cassia sient Linn.—F.B.1., ii. p. 262; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 474; Williams) 1 ‘Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. rere p- 19. 46 Distr. Tropi Cassia pumila, Lamh. —F.B.L, ii. p. 2 Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi "Bootes 300 m., Kerr, 840. Distr. ‘Tropical Asia, N. Australia Cassia siamea, Lamk.-—¥.B.1., ii. p. 264; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 19. Siam Forest Service, 135; Ban Takilek, 300 m., Hosseus, 321. Distr. India, Malaya. Hosseus 321 in Herb. Kew consists of leaves only but is apparently this species. Cassia Sophera, Linn.—F. ve [., iL. p. 262. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 14. Distr. 'Yropics. Cassia timoriensis, DC.—F.B.I., ii. p. 265; For. Fl. Burma, i. 393. Chiengmai, in scrub jungle on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 797 ; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 86. Distr. India, throughout Indo-China, Malaya. Cassia Tora, Linn.—F.B.L., ii. p. 263 e.p.; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 475. Chiengmai, on waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 807; Raheng, Houses. 169; Bangkok, Zimmermann, 13. Distr. sia, Chiengmai, on waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 759. pics. Bauhinia Sicnlase Linn.—F.B.I., ii. p. 276; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 397 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Lok ‘Soc., XXvVili. p. 51. Chiengmai, mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 610 ; Bangkok, Zimmermann, 14 Distr. India, ies hte bs Bauhinia Blancoi, He... Pas 27 8c 0 Di Williams, Bull. Herb. Bais v. ee 18, non DC. Anhin, Schomburgh, 2 Distr. Philippines, Malay a Bauhinia bracteata, Grah.—F.B.L., ii. p. 282. Gulf of Siam, Finlayson i in Wall. Cat 5802 in Herb. Kew. Distr. Tenasserim Bauhinia Hisrmatina. Hosseus, Fedde Repert. Nov. Sp., iv. (1907) 290 coccinea, p P Banks of Meh Ping Rapids up to Chiengmai, 135-300 m., Kerr, 507 Bauhinia polycarpa, Wall.—For. Fl. Bu urma, i bh BOF PCR. T ii. p. 276; Prain, Journ. A ere Beng., Ixvi. p. 495. B. bitecinats, Drake, Journ. de Bot., v. ae Chiengmai, mixed jungle ‘Doi Sootep, 360 m., Kerr, 1247 ; Siam Forest Service, ont Distr. Kerr remarks that the flowers are pale green. Bauhinia purourea, Linn.—F.B.L, ii. P- 284; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 398, 47 Raheng, 120 m., Kerr, 914 ; Salween, Mg. Youam, Witt ; Siam Forest Service, 137. Distr. India, Burma, China, Singapore,—often cultivated. Bauhinia unguiculata, Baker, F.B.I., ii. p. 277. Anhin, Schomburgk, 241. Bauhinia variegata, Linn.—F'.B.L, ii. p. 284; For. Fl. Burma, i. p- 397 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soe., xxviii. p. 51. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 330-360 m., Kerr, 525; Doi Chieng Dao, Hosseus, 407, Distr. India, Baca: China. Afzelia siamica, Cratb, sp. n., a speciebus indicis adhuc descriptis foliolis usque 5-jugis, staminibus 7, floribus majusculis recedit. Arbor alta, ramis patentibus, ramulis gracilibus teretibus juventute puberulis cortice virido-brunneo lenticelloso obtectis. Folia 16-26 cm. longa, glabra, petiolis basi incrassatis 2°5-3 cm. longis suffulta ; foliola 3-5-juga, gloves apice obtusa, emarginata, basi rotundata vel truncata, 4-9 cm. longa, 3°5-4°5 cm. lata, s supra viridia, subtus pallidiora vel maa. haa, margine integro leviter cartilagineo, nervis lateralibus utrinque numerosis, intra ay cea arcuatis cum nervulis utrinque conspicuis ; petioluli 3-4 mm. longi, rugosi. Racemi terminales et axillares, simplices vel redak e basi simpliciter ramosi. Pedicelli ad 1 cm. longi, ut in calyce bracteisque albo-tomentosi ; bracteae ovato - oblongae, apice acutiusculae, 9 mm. longae, 4 mm. latae, ante anthesin deciduae ; bracteolae bracteis similes sed tomentellae et sub anthesin sub- poet: Calycis tubus superne leviter dilatatus, vix 1 cm ongus, medio 2°5 mm. diametro; lobi 4, virides, oblongi, lane ae usque ad 1°5 em. longi, 11 cm. lati, Petalum unum roseu 3; unguis 1 cm. longus, intus basin versus parce lanatus; limbus ibsietiieda tas, 9 mm. longus, 8 mm. latus, apice emarginatus, extus medio pubescens. Stamina 7 ; filamenta 3-3°5 cm. longa, apicem versus attenuata, basi parce cc onibiaial: ; staminodia 3, quorum duo circiter 1 em. longa, tertium 3 mm. longum, omnia inferne pubescentia. Ovarium stipitatum, suturis et stipe lanatum; stylus glaber, vix 3 em. longus. Legumen ig ngum, 18 em. longum, 7°5 em. latum, valvis lignosis 7 mm, cra Chisel Ban Meh Sah, gi streams, 330 m., Kerr, 1068. Sindora siamensis, Teysm. ex Miqg.—Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 481. S. Wallichii, var. siamensis, Baker, F.B.I., 1. p. 268. S. Wallichii, Williams, re: Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 18. Korat, 60-90 m., Witt ; Ratbouri, Teysmann, 6050. By a slip Williams, Len quotes the Ratbouri plant as having been collected by Dr. Wallic Neptunia —_ ae —F.B.L, ii. p. 285; Williams, Bull. fark. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 18. Chiengmai, 300 m., Rav, 841. Leucaena glauca, Benth.—F.B.1. ii. p. 290; Williams, Bull, Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 18. dite slaiidaian, 166 ; —— Witt, 10. Distr. Tropics. 48 * Xylia Kerrii, Crazb . Hutchinson, Kew Bull., 1909, p. 357 ; Hook. Ic. Plant., tab. 293 ela meas in sdohivocs “jungle at. foot of Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 5 ae “Burma. Acacia Catechu, Willd.—F.B.1., ii. p. 295; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 422; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. , Ixvi. pp. 508, 509. Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m., ‘Kerr, | 12 Approaches the form catechuoides (Benth. sp. \. but the calyx and. corolla are never pruned glabrous. Lao name, Sia Siat. Acacia si pene var. arrophula, Baker, F.B.1., ii. p. 297 ; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. Chiengmai, foot of Doi a 300 m. , Kerr, 720. Distr. EH. Himalayas, Bur cage Lebbek, ah asta: ii. p. 298; For. Fl. Burma, 427. —e . Bangkok, Zimmermann, 157. Distr. Tropics—often planted. ee lebbekoides, Benth.—Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 5 Wat Mai, Hosseus, 1. Distr. Uvper Burma, Malay aoe Albizzia myriophylla, een we B.I., ii. p. 300; Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Ixvi. p. ; Williams, Bull. He rb. Boiss., v. (1905) p- veo = proveras: Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p- 18, non Benth. Anhin, Schomburgh, 268. Distr. India, Burma, Malay Peninsula. Pithecolobium angulatum, Benth.—F.B.L., - 806 ; For. Fl. urma, i. p. 430; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Lan. rs noe Xxvili., p. 54. Doi Chieng ee 520 m., Kerr, 1052 ; Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr Distr. ee Indo-China, Malaya. Pithecolobium glomeriflorum, Aurz—For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 430; Prain, Journ. a oc. Beng., Ixvi. p. 517. Albizzia glomeriflora, Kurz—F.B. I., i. p. 300. Chiengrnal vi in ds sn) jungle on Doi Sootep, 1200-1600 m., Kerr, 561, Hosseus, 5 Distr. Burma. Enterolobium Saman, Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng., lxvi. p. 252. Pithecolobium Saman, Ben Chiengmai, planted along roads, 300 m., Kerr, 573. Introduced—a native of Guian RosacEAk, ae Hosseusii, Diels, Fedde Repert. Nw. Sp., iv. (1907) 289. "Chieu: Doi Sootep, 1650 m., Hosseus, 260. More complete material is necessary to establish this as a a distinct from P. Puddum, Roxb. 49 Rubus ellipticus, Smith—F.B.I., ii, p. 336; Coll. et Hemsl., ourn. rT nn. Soc. xxviii. p. 54. R. flavus, Ham.—For. FI. Burm i 8. Phimiginni, Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr, 1119. Distr. India, Burma, Philippines, China. Rubus (Malachobatus) Kerrii, Rolfe, sp. n., ab affini R. birmanico, Hook. f., ramulis velutinis, stipulis floribusque minoribus recedit. Ramuli petiolique velutini, aculeis sparsis brevibus uncinatis instructi. Folia quinque- vel obscure septem-loba, 5-8 cm. longa, -8 cm, lata, subcoriacea, denticulata, supra bullato-rugosa, glabra, venis hirsutis, subtus lacunoso-reticulata, griseo-tomentosa, in nervis hirsutula ; lobi deltoideo-ovati, praesertim intermedii paucidentati ; petioli 3-4 cm. longi. Stpulae bracteaeque ambitu oblongae, pectinatae, 0°6—1°2 cm. longae, velutinae. Flores in racemos breves axillares et terminales dispositi. Pedicelli 5 mm. longi. Sepala deltoideo-ovata, subobtusa, 5-6 mm. longa, velutina. Petala sub- sessilia, orbicularia vel latissime ovato-orbicularia, 4 mm. longa. Stamina numerosissima ; epee: 3°5 mm. longa, glabra. Carpella numerosa, glabra ; styli 6-7 mm. longi, conferti, glabri. iengmai, on edges of Sakon on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, With the general facies of R. birmanicus, this species is very distinct in its pubescence, the texture and veining of its leaves, the shape of its stipules and bracts, and in its having smaller and more congested flowers. CRASSULACEAE. Bryophyllum calycinum, Salisb.—F.B.1., ii. p. 413, Ban Muang Gang, 300 m., Hosseus, 363. Distr. Tropics. DROSERACEAE. Drosera Burmanni, Vahi—F.B.I., ii. p. 424; Coll. et Hemst Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. ax Chiengmai, Hosseus, 320, 463, 493, Kerr, 575. Distr. Trop. Asia, Africa, and Australia, Drosera peltata, Sm., var. lunata, C. B. Clarke, F.B.L., ii. p. 425 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1200-1650 m., Kerr, 673, Hosseus, 535, Distr. India, Burma, China, Malaya. COMBRETACEAE. ppinalis Chebula, Retz.—F.B.L, ii. p. 446; For. Fl. Burma, 456. hed @ * Chiengmai, Doi oeters 300-450 m., Kerr, 665. Distr. India, Burma a oe Craib et Hutchinson, Kew Bull., 1909, p. 3 » Chicago, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 540 m., Kerr, he name, Mai Pooey. . vio, Bot 18391 ' Gard: = D 50 Terminalia tomentosa, Bedd.—F.B.I., i. p. 447 ; Coll. et Hemsl., by Linn. Soc., xxviii. p.57. 7. alata, Roth. —For. Fl. Burma, " Chisnpinal, in ag jungle on Doi Sootep, 540 m., Kerr, 626. Distr. India, Bur Calycopteris tathunds Lamk.—F¥.B.L, . 449; For. FI. Burma, i. p. 468 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. inn: Soc., xxviii. p. 57. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300 ae Kerr, 961; Ban Djam, 350 m,, Hosseus, 366; Raheng, Witt, 2 Distr. S. India, Burma, ace Malay Peninsula. Anogeissus acuminata, Wall., var. lanceolata, C. B. Clarke, F.B.I1., li. p. 451. haan t Lampoon, 300 m., Kerr, 965. Distr. India, Burma. Combretum deciduum, Coll. et Hemsil., Journ. Lah Soc., xxviii. p. 58. C. ovale, Kurz, For, Fl. Burm a, i. p. 462, 2 Lakon, Pak Kaung Nai, 300 m., Kerr, 971; Doi 5 cae Dao, 500 m., Hosseus, 461. Distr. Burma. Combretum extensum, Rozxb.—For. F]. Burma, i. p. 463; F.B.L., il. p. 458. Near Lampoon, in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 966. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Java, Philippines. MyYRrTAcEAE, Tristania rufescens, Hance, Journ. Bot., v. (1876) p. 259. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 390-600 m., Kerr, 516, Hosseus, 423. Distr. Phu-quoe. Lao name, Mai Kau (ex Kerr). Probably only a variety of 7. burmanica, Griff. ex Duthie. Psidium Guyava, Linn.—For. FI. Burma, i. p. 476; F.B.L, i p- Bangkok, Zimmermann, 154, Distr. Naturalised throughout India and Indo-China. — balsamea, Wight—For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 485; F.B.L., ii. Ohiregaus Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 9 Distr. Sikkim, E. Bengal, Burma, haan. Yunnan. — formosa, Wall.—F.B.1., ii. p. 471; For. Fl. Burma, i. Chiengmai, eye a’ 300-450 m., Kerr, 545. Distr. Burma, Bengal. ras iui Roxb.— F .B.1., ii. p. 499; For. Fl. Burma, 1. P hone in mixed jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m. , Kerr, Distr, Burma, Bengal. ne grata, Wight—F.B.L, ii. p. 486; For. Fl. Burma, i. P Chicco, Doi Sootep, 300-450 m., Kerr, 554. Distr, Burma, Malaya, (China ?). 51 Eugenia Kurzii, fib var. vel species nova ei valde affinis Chiengmai, Doi Soo tep, 700-900 m., Kerr, 1091, Hosseus, 479. These specimens appear to be intermediate between E. Kurzit, Duthie and &. albiflora, Duthie. Zimmermann, 160, from Bangkok, is also closely allied to these, According to Kerr the Lao name of this plant and also of EF. fruticosa is Mai Hah, _ Barringtonia racemosa, Roxd.—F.B.L., ii. p. 507 ; For. Fl. Burma, 1. p. 496. Bangkok, Schomburghk, 211. Distr. India, Burma, Tonkin, Cochinchina, Mal By an oversight Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss. ny A C1904) p. 1031, says that Schomburgk 211 was “ not kept. _, Careya arborea, Rorb.—For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 499; F.B.I., i, p. 51 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, ie m. ae 1089. Distr. India, Burma, Malay MELASTOMACEAE, Osheckia chinensis, Zinn.—F.B.L., ii. p. 5 Chiengmai, ee Sootep, 360-600 m., Kerr, 827, 1302; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 133. Distr. India, China, Burma, area N. Australia, Osheckia eager: Benth.—F.B.L., ii. p. 5 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1200- 1700. Korn 819 p-p-, Hosseus, 188. Distr. Sikkim, Bhotan, Khasia, tee ma Osbeckia nepalensis, Hook.—F.B.I., ii. p. 521. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 790-1000 m m., Kerr, 749, Hosseus, 270. Distr, Himalaya, Burma, China. Osbeckia racemosa, Craid, sp. n., ab affini O. rostrata, Don, foliis majoribus longe petiolatis, inflorescentia racemosa haud paniculata differt. Frutex usque ad 1:2 m, altus ; rami tetragoni, internodiis parce appresse setulosi, nodis setosi, cortice albido. Folia ovato-elliptica, lanceolato-elliptica vel elliptica, oe acuta vel vix acuminata, basi plerumque rotundata vel juniora cuneata, 13—20 cm. longa, 4°2~8°5 cm. lata, membranacea, supra distanter, subtus nervis tantum breviter setulosa, margine integro setoso-ciliato, e basi 7-nervia, nervis subtus prominentibus supra levit ter impressis, nervulis utrinque, subtus magis, perc omer ; petioli sicco rubescentes, foliorum oppositorum parum inaequa 1-4 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, ut in ramis setosi. Racemi Febapaaloe, ad 10 cm. longi, rachi crasso nodoso. Bracteae sub anthesin deciduae, alabastra obtegentes, ovatae, apice obtusae vel subacutae, 2°2-2°3 cm. longae, 12-15 mm, latae, membranaceae, ciliatae. Flores 5°5 cm. diametro. Calycis setosi tubus 12 cm. longus, lobi 6 mm. longi. Petala obcordata, 3°3 cm. longa, 3 cm. lata, minute ciliata. Stamina 8; filamenta 1°5 cm. longa, glabra ; antherae arcuatae 1°5 cm. longae. Fructus pedicello usque ad 3°5 mm. longo suffultus, inferne ovoidens, apice in collum attenuatus, 1*3-1°6 cm. longus, 7 mm, diametro 18391 D2 52 Chiengmai, by streams in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 540 m., Distr. Burma ; Maymyo (Lace, 4123). Osheckia stellata, Wall—F.B.L., ii. p. 517. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1200-1500 m., Kerr, 879 p.p. Distr. Himalaya, Bengal. Osbeckia truncata, Don—F.B.L., ii. p. 5 Wang Djao, res 130 ; Raho te Lindbard, 23. Distr. india * Sonerila Kerri, Craib et Stapf, Kew Bull., 1910, Chiengmai, in open jungle on ye Rue 1320-1500 m. Rae, 705. Sonerila tenera, Roy/e—F.B. ee p. 530. S. stricta, Hook., var. burmanica, C. B. Clarke, F.B.L., te 530 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc. XXxviii. p. 59. Chiengmai, evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 660-1020 m., Kerr, 8 Die N.W. India, Burma, Chia Stapf (Ann. te vi. p. 305) tightly reduces S. stricta, var. bur- manica to S, tenera. The variety is in no way related to S. stricta, and Kerr’s spooinieas serve to connect this variety with typical . tenera, the indumentum on the calyx and branches being denser and more persistent than in the type. Memecylon pauciflorum, B/.—For. Fl. Burma, i, p. 514; F.B.I., ii. p. 555. yee Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 584. Distr. Bengal, Burma, Timor, Australia. Memecylon plebejum, Aurz—For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 513; F.B.I. ii. p. 561, Ghichertiais' in ee jungle on Doi Sootep, 960 m., Kerr, 1213. Distr. Burma LYTHRACEAE. Ammannia baccifera, Zinn., la, aa, Koeh Siam, Hosseus (ex Koehne, Engl. Bot. J hen: xlii. Beibl. 97, p. 53). Rotala diversifolia, Koehne, Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xli. p. 77. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 750 m., Hosseus, 275. Rotala mexicana, Cham. et Sehlech. .» var. Chamissoana, Koehne, f. minima, Koehne Siam, Fou ‘(ex Koehne, Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xlii. Beibl. 97, . 53). Distr. E, India (ex Koehne). Rotala rotundifolia, Koehne, Engl. Bot. Jahrb., i. Am mannia rotundifolia, Ham —F.B.1, sds p; 566'5 Goll, “ Hew 6 ourn, Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 7 50-1050 m. » Hosseus, 273, 491. Distr. India, Burma, China, Formosa, onkin. on ae Balansae, Koehne, Engl. Bot, Jahrb., xxiii. Beibl. * Ginga, Doi Doi Sootep, wa Son m., Kerr, 7 18, 718a. str 53 Lao name, Mai Looey Doo. The leaves of Kerr’s specimens are rather broader and less acuminate than the type tea collected by Balansa, but the flowers appear to be identica Lagerstroemia Hossei, Kiiahne, Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xlii. Beibl. » p. 50. . Near Doi Sootep, Hosseus (ex oe. Le.). ~ Lagerstroemia Collettii, Craib, sp. affinis L. quanquevalvis Koehne, a qua calycis fructiferis tubo Dcwich haud patelliformi differt. Arbor circiter 9 m. alta (ex Kerr). Ramuli ad 9 mm. diametro minute puberuli. olia ovato-lanceolata vel anguste elliptica, apice obtusa basi acuminata, 8-14 cm. longa, 3-5 em. lata, margine integro, rigide chartacea, supra glabra, punctata, subtus pallidiora, nervis minute velutina, nervis lateralibus eat circiter 9 supra interruptae, ramis dense minute velutinis. Alabastra apice rotun- data, apiculo brevi coronata. Calyx extus dense cinereo-pulveru- lentus : ; tubus 6 mm. longus ; lobi 7, deltoidei, acuti, 3 mm. longi, intus vix glabri; jugi in lacinias anguste lanceolatas acutas 3-4 mm. longas producti. Petala oblongo-obovata, 8 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata, in unguem 1 mm. longum contracta. Stamina - filamentis‘usque ad 1°7 cm. longis. Ovarium globosum, glabrum stylus glaber, 1:7 cm. longus. Calyx fructifer obconicus, Aphis deciduis. Fructus ellipsoideus vel fere globosus, 1 cm. saltem diametiens. L. sp. aff. L. piriform’, Koehne—Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 60. Chiengmai, in serub jungle, 300 m., ri 1264. Distr. Burma, Collett, 857, Lace, 4 LL, quia iquevalvis i is a very in perfectly known species in fruit only. L. Collettii is distinguished from it by the sha ape of its fruiting calyx and by its lobes being not glabrous on the inner surface. Lagerstroemia intermedia, Koehne, var. oblonga, Crazb, var. nov., a typa foliis oblongis apice "truncatis vel rotundatis breviter acum- inatis, nervis nervulisque supra prominulis, reticulatione haud tam tenui, alabastris floribusque paulo majoribus recedit.—L. oblonga, Craib Chiengmai, i in eng jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 578, = Loudoni, Teysm. et Binn.—For. Fl. Burma, iL "Siam, Teysmann ; Paknampo, Witt, 14. Lagerstroemia macrocarpa, Wall.—For. Fl. Burma, i, p. 924; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 59. L. speciosa, Koehne, Engl. Palanzent. iv. 216, p. 261, p.p. Korat, 90 m., Witt, Dist. Burma. Vern. Mai Intanin (ex Witt). _Lagerstroemia tomentosa, Presl.—F.B.L, ii. p. 578, exel. var.; For. Fi. “sires i. p. 522; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ: Lion. Soe., xxviii. p- 6 aha Witt, 19, 20. 54 var. caudata, Koehne, Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xlii. Beibl. 97, p. 51. Chiengmai, "Doi Sootep, 1000 m., Hosseus, 512; Meanie hie, 1000-1600 m., Hosseus, 600. Distr, Burma (type). Lagerstroemia turbinata, Kochue, Engl. Bot. Jahrb., iv. p. 34. L. floribunda, Jack—F.B.L., ii. p. 577, p-p.; For. Fl. Burma, 1. p. 522, p.p. ; Vonpes Bull. Herb. Boiss., - ( 1904) p. 1031. Menan, Hosseus; 4 ; Anhin, Schomburgh, 2 Distr. China, Burma, Cochinchina, Slay Ean Lagerstroemia undulata, Kochne, Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xlii. Beibl. , p. 52. Meh Ping Rapids, 200 m., Hosseus, 530. lesa cary villosa, W all. —For. Fl. Burma, i. p. ah F.B.2., i. p. 578 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn, Soc., xxviii. p. 5 bay 5) open Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 1150 ; Muang Fang, 100 m., Hosseus, 61 Distr. Burma. Duabanga sonneratioides, Mam.—F.B.1., i. p. 579; For. FI. Burma, i. p. Muang Prow, Meh Kaut, 450 m., Kerr, 10 Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Yunnan, Tonkin, Lao name, Tohng eng. ONAGRACEAE. Jussiaea suffruticosa, _ a B.L, ii. p. 587; Williams, Bull. erb. Boiss., iv. (1904) p. Chiengai edge of dy fields, 300 m., Kerr, 802. Distr. ‘Tropic indwiiia ee Rozxb.—_F¥ .B.1., ii. p. 588. Chiengmai, edge of paddy fields, 300 m., Kerr, 804. Distr. Tropical Asia and Africa. SAMYDACEAE, Casearia flexuosa, Craib, sp. n., affinis C. Lobbianae, Turez., a qua foliis serratis basi attenuatis, stipulis persistentibus, stylo longiore haud glabro, fructu ellipsoideo recedit. Fruticulus 1°2 m. altus, ramis albescentibus puberulis, ramulis angulatis mox teretibus h 5-2 mm. diametro flexuosis dense puberulis. Pons blon2’o tin ocbtnt ta ta, mucro onata, basi attenuata, 3° 5-13 om. longa, 1°2-3- 5 om. lata, membranacea vel rato oe puberula, margine serrato leviter recurvo, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 5 cum nervulis utrinque conspicuis ; petioli usque ad 7 mm. longi; stipulae persistentes, rigidae, 2 mm. longae, 0°5 mm. latae. (lomeruli axillares ; pedicelli breves glabri. Sepala 5, basi breviter connata, subaequalia, 3 mm. longa, fere 2 mm. lata, apice obtusa, fere glabra, margine ciliato. Stamina 10, staminodia 10 paulo ‘puperantia ; ; filamenta staminodiis villosis back adnata, villosa. Prstildem 1°5 mm. altum ; ovarium stylo subaequilongum, glabrum, stylo inferne pubescente. Fructus pedicello 3 mm. longo, ellipsoideus, glaber, circiter 1 cm. altus, 8 mm. diametro ; semina albida, nitentia, 6 mm. longa, 55 Chiengmai, in an overgrown old clearing on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 694, Casearia Kerrii, Crazb, sp. n., a C. tomentosa, Roxh., cui affinis, foliis multo majoribus apice rotundatis vel obtusis interdum emarginatis, staminibus longioribus, antheris duplo majoribus, ovario superne villoso, fructu multo majore recedit. Arbor, ramulis teretibus, juventute dense velutino - tomentosis, cortice rubro-brunneo striato parce lenticelloso obtectis, Folia obovata, obovato-elliptica vel oblonga, apice rotundata vel obtusa, interdum emarginata, basi inaequalia juventute attenuata mox rotundata vel truncata, 8-16°5 cm. longa, 4—8°5 em. lata, subcoriacea, supra minute puberula nisi costa tomentosa, subtus costa nervisque primariis tomentosa, margine sub anthesin subintegro, fructu distincte crenato-serrato, nervis lateralibus utrinque 9-11 subtus prominentibus, supra cum nervulis prominulis; petioli ad 1 em. longi. Glomeruli axillares, pluriflori ; pedicelli 3-5 mm. longi, tomentelli. epala 5, basi breviter connata, subaequalia, 3-4 mm. longa, 2°5-3 mm. lata, apice obtusa, extus tomentella, margine membranaceo ciliato. Filamenta 2°5 mm. longa, glabra nisi basi intus puberula, staminodiis 1°5 mm. longis basi brevissime adnata. varium mm. altum, superne villosum ; stylus 2 mm. longus, inferne ut in ovario villosus, stigmate capitato. Fructus ellipsoideus, 4 cm. longus, + 2 cm. diametro, glaber, pedicello crasso 8 mm, longo. Chiengmai, in deciduous eng jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 580 Lao name, Ki Seua Quang. Homalium minutiflorum, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 532, ex deser. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1138. Distr. Burma (ex Kurz, l.c.). This species is not represented in Herb. Kew. PassIFLORACEAE. Passiflora lunata, Willd. angkok, Zimmermann, 53. Native of Trop. America. ’ Passiflora siamica, Crazb, sp. n., affinis P. hainanensi, Hance, sed caulibus haud glabris valde diversa. Herba scandens; ramuli ad 2°5 mm. diametro, pubescentes, striati. Folia lanceolata vel ovato-lanceolata, apice acutiuscula, mucronata, basi rotundata, 5:2-14°5 em. longa, 1°5-5°5 em. lata, supra pilis basi incrassatis fere hispida, subtus, nervis praecipue, molliter pubescentia et praeterea matura glandis 10-14 in lineas duas costa parallelas et ab ea circiter 1 cm. utrinque distantes dispositis, chartacea, margine integro, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 5 intra marginem arcuatis cum nervis transversis supra conspicuis subtus prominulis, Petiold ad 1°5 cm. longi ut in rachi pubescentes, basin versus glandis duobus sessilibus instructi. Cirrhi plus minusve 15 cm. longi, unilateraliter pilosi, cum inflorescentia axillari orti. Bracteae lineares, acutae, ad 15 cm. longae 2°5 mm. latae, puberulae. Sepala 5, basi breviter connata, oblonga, obtusa, 1°5 em. longa, 6 mm, lata, extus puberula. Petala 5, alba, sepalis conformia sed paulo minora et glabra. Corona duplex, exterior fimbriata, ad 8 mm. alta, interior dentata, plicata quam exteriore dimidio brevior. Filamenta 16 mm. longa, 56 ad medium connata, ovarium includentia, glabra ; antherae 4 mm. longae. Ovarium 2°5 mm. altum, hirsutum, gynophorio circiter 4 mm. longo filamentis adnato ; styli 4-5 liberi, filamentis subae- quales, cum petalis filamentisque sicco sparse brunneo-picti. Fructus zlobosus, 1°5-2 cm. diametro ; semina 5 mm. longa, nigra, foveolata. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 10492; Chieng Dao, 450-840 m., Kerr, 1049, 1256. Modecca RTH Craib, sp. a M. apiculata, Masters, cui affinis foliis pinnatim 5-sectis, ands mate aliter dispositis, akthanrnas cauda longiore, praecipue differ Herba scandens, omnino glabra. Ramuli ‘cinereo-albi, apa a 1 mm. diametro. Folia 11-19 cm. longa, 14-24 cm, lata, pinn 5-secta, segmentis lanceolatis vel anguste lanceolatis, apice saute reviter mucronatis 9-15 em. longis 1-2 cm. latis, membranacea, margine integro, nervis lateralibus utrinque 2, nervulis plerumque patulis intra marginem distincte arcuatis, omnibus utrinque conspicuis, pagina superiore basi glandis 2 instructa, subtus glandulis 4 sinus adversus medio intra marginem et rachem ornata ; petioli 2°3-4°5 cm. longi. Pedunculi axillares, 6-10 em. longi, in viticulas producti ; pedicelli graciles, ad 1 cm. longi. ¢: Calycis tubus plus minusve 3 mm. longus, lobi 5, lanceolati, apice acutiusculi, 1-1 cm. longi, 2 mm. lati, 7- 9-nervati : ; loborum basi iisque oppositae glandae plougsey paras carnosae, apice recurvae. Petala 5, oblanceolata, 8°5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, margine fim briato, 3-nervata. ‘Staniing libera, petalis isomera ; ‘filamenta basi leviter reacting 2°5 mm. longa; antherae 3 mm. longae, cauda 3°5 mm nga. Ovarii rudimentuni 1 mm. altum. Q: Calycis tubus, lobi et glandae maris sed paulo minores. Petala maris, nisi tantum ‘5 mm. longa, 0°5 mm. lata. Staminodia parva. Ovarium gynophorio 2 mm. longo suffultum, 4 mm. altum, 1°5 mm. dia- metro; stylus circiter 1 mm, longus, ramis 3 bifidis, Fructus - gynophorio 7 mm. longo, 5 em. longus, exocarpio tenui rubro- ~ brunneo. Chiengmai, Doi sae 720 m. eis 751. Distr. Burma, in Hb. Lac Carica Papaya, Liaawsth B.L., ii. p, 599. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 134. Cultivated throughout India. test reneg es gee a ie Malaya, N. Australia. Trichosanthes multiloba, Mig.—F.B.L., ii. p. 607. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 ~ Kerr, 653. str, Sikkim, Khasia, Bur Trichosanthes palmata, Roxb, _F. B.L,, ii. p. 606 ; Coll. et Hemsl, Journ. Linn. Soe., xxviii. p. 61. Chien tibia: 300 m., Kerr, 1266. Distr. India, Burma, Malaya, Australia, Momordica macrophylla, Gage, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind,, iti, p. 61. + \ 57 ees} in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 1263. Distr. Burma. Kerr’s plant (3) agrees with Lace’s en & Q) from Maymyo which was named M. macrophylla in in Herb, C Thladiantha Hookeri, C. B. Clarke, ¥.B.L., Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Saale, 72 m., Kerr, 2. Distr. Assam. Zehneria umbellata, Thwaites—F.B.1., ii. p. 625 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn. Soce., xxviii. p. 61. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 1130, 1130a. Distr. Afghanistan, India, Burma, seam, Tonkin, Java. BEGONIACEAE. finaats incerta, Crazb, sp. n., ex affinitate B. Pal Craib, sed floribus majoribus, ovario capsulaque haud glabris differ erba subacaulis, 4-9 cm. alta. Foltu solitaria Gal gemina, orbicularia, apice obtusa, basi cordata, ad 2-5 cm. diametro, membranacea, utrinque brevissime, subtus parcius, pilosa, margine subintegro ; petioli 1-1°5 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, ut in foliis pilosi. Pedunculi Bienen ad 6:5 cm. longi, breviter pilosi. d: Sepala 2, alba, rotundata, 7-5 mm, longa, 7 mm. lata, extus parce minute pilosa, margine ‘ciliolato. Petala 2, Bras lineari-oblonga, 5 mm, longa, 1°5 mm. lata, glabra. Filamenta 2 mm. longa, ‘ad medium connata, anthers parvis oblongis, connectivo haud gpctene Q: Pertanthii segmenta 5, alba, inaequalia, usque a longa et 4 mm, lata. Styli 3, e basi liberi, stigmatorum aude ¢ 2. Capsula ihe matura, brevissime pilosa, 8 mm. alta, 6 mm. lata, loculis 3 Meh Pike Rapids, banks of river on limestone 180 m., Kerr, 508. Begonia integrifolia, Dalz.—F.B.L., ii. p. 648. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 m. pee 730. Distr. Western Ghauts, Burma. Begonia Kerrii, Crazb, sp. n., affinis B. parvulifiorae, DC. a qua capsulae ala maxima ‘breviore apice rotundata haud attenuata differt. Herba _acaulis, unifoliata, 4-11 cm. alta. Folia se ape Se m longus, saepissime seat ig? interdum fere e basi rons vix a. “2, eS 7 mm. gag mm, lata, extus connectivo haud producto. Q: Perianthi Hors % Aneciualis, ad 6 mm, longa, 5 mm. lata. Styli 3, e basi liberi, apice brevissime bifidi. Capsula glabra, alis membranaceis salle inaequalibus, nervis honizontalibus, 7 mm. alta, fere 1 cm. lata, 3-locularis, placentis bifidis. Ban Katy on damp limestone, Kerr, 508a. 58 Begonia Roxburghii, DC.—F¥.B.L, ii. p. 635. iengmai, Doi Sootep, 1200 m., Kerr, 888. Distr. Himalaya, Burma, Assam. Begonia sootepensis, Craib, sp. n., habitu B. yunnanensi, Levl., similis sed altior, caule vix glabro, foliis aaneatee supra a setulosis. Herba erecta, ad 43 em. alta; caulis ruber, rigidiusculus, teres, sulcatus, ad 5 mm. diametro, glabrescens, nodis basi praecipue incrassatis. Folia oblique lanceolata, apice attenuata, basi valde oblique cordata, 3°5-7 cm. longa, 1°5-3 cm. lata, membranacea vel subchartacea, supra breviter setulosa, subtus glabra nisi nervis pilis brevibus parce instructis, margine serrato vel dentato, e basi 3-5- nervia, nervis cum nervulis supra subobscuris subtus prominulis ; petioli ad 6°5 cm. longi, glabri; stipulae subdeciduae, oblique lanceolatae, apice attenuatae, circiter 1 cm. longae, 3 mm. latae, argine fimbriato, nervis conspicuis. Racemi vel solitarii terminales tantum Me ramulos breves axillares quoque terminantes ; pedicelli ad 7 mm. longi, graciles, medio bracteolis duobus parvis deciduis scariosis aren 3S: Sepala 2, late elliptica vel subrotundata, apice shin ad 5°5 mm. longa 4mm. lata. Petala 2, late lanceolata, 2°5 m . lon a Te: lata. Filamenta previa; basi connata, otinetie in appendicem triangularem membranaceam producto. Q: Perianthiit segmenta 5, exteriora late elliptica vel subrotun- data, ad 6 mm. longa, 4°5 mm. lata, interiora late lanceolata, 5 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, omnia Sea aan Styli 3s — connati, stigmatibus 3 lunatis. Capsula ut visa immatura, 9 mm. alta 11 mm. lata, alis chartaceis wilde inaequalibus, ried 3, placentis bifidis. Chiengmai, in crevices on damp rocks on Doi Sootep, 1350 m., Kerr, 785 Begonia, sp. n. Chiengmai, Dei Sootep, 660-900 m., Kerr, 557. Represented by male flowers only. ‘It is closely allied to some of the Yunnan Begonias collected by Henry, Dr. Kerr remarks that the stem is edible and tastes like rhubarb. UMBELLIFERAE. Hydrocotyle javanica, dormer ii. p. 667; Coll. et Hemsl., ourn. Linn. Soc., xxviii. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 9001 m., Kerr, 1258. Distr. Tropics. Hydrocotyle siamica, Cratb, sp. n., ab affini ‘H. Hookeri (C. B. Clarke, pro var.), pedicellis multo longioribus facile distinguenda. Herba repens, ad nodos interdum radicans. Folia pentagona, vix vel fere ad medium lobata, ad 9 cm. longa et 10 cm. lata, utrinque parcissime setulosa et praeterea nervis subtus puberula, e "basi 7-9- nervia, nervis supra conspicuis subtus prominulis ; petioli ad 15 cm. longi. Umbellae axillares, solitariae, pedunculo ad 10°5 cm. longo ens, suffultae. Pedicelli ad 8 mm. longi, vel pilis perpaucis rigidiusculis deciduis instructi, basi conspicue bracteati. Calycis dentes deficientes. Petala subviridia, oblonga, 59 apice acuta incurva, 1 mm. longa, vix *5 mm. lata, glabra. Antherae oblongae, filamentis circiter 1 mm. longis dorso affixae. Styli persistentes, ad 1°5 mm. longi. Fructus a latere compressus, 1°5 mm. altus, 2 mm. latus, jugis exceptis pilis albis brevibus obtusis rigidis instructus. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1200-1650 m., Kerr, 670, Hosseus, 192.' For uniformity with the Flora of British India the Siam plant might have been treated as a variety of H. javanica but in the writer's opinion the variety Hookeri, C. B. Clarke, of H. javanica should be raised to specific rank as should also the variety chinensis, Dunn, of the same species. These three species H. chinensis, Hookeri, and H. siamica, form a very natural group distinguished from H. javanica by their solitary generally long peduncled umbels. Eryngium foetidum, Linn. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 738. Distr. Burma, Assam, Trop. Africa and America. Dr. Kerr remarks that the leaves, which are strongly aromatic, are eaten with curries. Seseli siamicum, Craib, sp. n., ex aftinitate S. yunnanensis, Franch., sed foliis sine articulis, radiis paulo longioribus, involucelli bracteis liberis, pedicellis longioribus, calycis dentibus minutis differt. rba erecta, 5 dm.-1 m. alta, glaberrima; radix fusiformis, apice foliorum vestigiis vestita ; caules solitarii vel gemini, superne ramosi, ad 3 mm. diametro, rigidi, striati. Folia basilaria et inferiora 6-11 cm. longa, 8-15 cm. lata, decomposita, segmentis ultimis linearibus ad 4 em. longis 1:5 mm. latis, petiolis ad 15 em. longis caules amplectantibus, media et superiora bipinnata, tri- foliolata tantum, vel ad vaginas reducta. Pedunculi ad 10°5 cm. longi. Znvolucrum nullum vel monophyllum ad 1 em. longum, margine membranaceo; radii 4-8 subaequales, 3-4-3 cm. longi. Involucelli bracteae lanceolatae, quam pedicellis dimidio breviores, liberae. Pedicelliad 7 mm. longi. Calycis dentes minuti. Petalu alba, acumine inflexo. Styl perbreves. Fructus ovoideus, 3 mm. longus, 1°5 mm. diametro. Chiengmai, Eng jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-750 m., Kerr, 774. ARALIACEAE, Heptapleurum venulosum, Seem., var. macrophylla, C. B. Clarke, F.B.L., ii. p. 729. H. venulosum, Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., XXvili, p. 62. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-450 m., Kerr, 555. Distr. (of var.). Burma. Lao name, Mai Gin Pet. Brassaiopsis speciosa, Dene. et Planch.—¥ .B.L., ii. p. 737. Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1170, Distr. Himalaya, Assam, Yunnan, Java. ALANGIACEAE. Alangium begoniifolium, Wang. Marlea beyoniaefolia, Roxb.— F.B.L, ii. p. 743; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 544; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p- 62. 60 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 900 m. Ag 1121. Distr. India, China, Japan, Mala Alangium Kurzii, pest nom. nov. aah tomentosa, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 545, n Endl. . Chiengmai, Doi § Satae. 660 m., Kerr, 1172. Distr. Burma (in Herb. Calc.). Wangerin, in his monograph of the Alangiaceae in Engler’s Pflanze nreich, quotes Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, for the true Marlea » tomentosa, Endl. The desorption given by Kurz does not, however, agree with the Java specimens, ¢.g., in the size of the flower and in the indumentum of the under eieds of the leaf. On the other hand, Kurz’s description applies very well to the plant quoted above, which i is, in the writer’s opinion, the M. tomentosa, Kurz non Endl. t may be noted that no Burmese specimen is quoted as having been seen by Wangerin. Alangium econ — “s se hexapetalum, Wang. A. Lamarchii, Thwaites—F.B.L., Ban Meh Chase, “300 m., dee pre -Chiengmai, 300 m., Hosseus, 440. Distr. India, Andamans, Malaya, Philippines, Comoro Is. Lao name, Mai Poo (ex Kerr). IIl—A PINE DISEASE. (Diplodia pinea, Kickx.) K. BANCROFT. A disease affecting various species of Pinus was reported from ee separated districts in England during the years 1903 to 1 In March, 1906, Massee investigated the disease and ptm by infection experiments that it was caused by the fungus Belin pinea. The fungus has also been recorded in France, y: ring the early part of 1910 a consignment of diseased shoots of Pinus insignis and Pinus montana was received from the eastern forests of Cape Colony. An examination showed that in every case the disease was caused by the above-mentioned fungus. The shoots remain attached and furnish successive crops été Fiore of the it which naked eye as. minute black dots ; they can usually be eae on the affected leaves, though here ‘they occur less frequently than on 61 the shoots. The spores are evidently wind-borne and are thus transferred from diseased to healthy parts of the shoots. The hyphae of the fungus occur in abundance in the infected shoots and leaves; they are colourless when young and become darker in colour as they grow older, the old hyphae being of a dark- brown colour ; they are septate at frequent intervals and measure on the average 5-6 m in width. The hyphae are most frequently met with in the cortex and phloem, but sometimes they extend into the wood along the medullary rays. e tissues which are more especially affected are those which serve as channels for the conduction of elaborated food material. The resultant*effect of an attack of the disease is the diminution of the food material available for the growth of the plant. In the experiments which were conducted at Kew for the purpose of determining the mode of entrance of the fungus into the tissues and its variety of hosts the following’species were employed : Pinus sylvestris, P. Strobus, P. insignis, P. Pinaster, P. montana, Picea excelsa, Abies pectinata, and Larix europaea. The plants were three years old, and in each case three plants were infected and one kept as a control. Various attempts were made to infect the leaves and the younger and the older parts of the shoots by transferring the spores of the fungus to the unbroken surface in a drop of distilled water. The plants were kept in a greenhouse at a temperature of 75° F., and five attempts were made on each plant. The capacity for germination of the spores was previously tested by mounting them in water in a hanging-drop and germination was found to be active, taking place within 24 hours. All attempts to infect at an unbroken surface failed. By similar experiments it was found that infection could occur readily at a wound ; it was demonstrated that only a small wound, such as a puncture, was sufficient, the spores being transferred to a drop of water on the puncture. Positive results were obtained only with the species of Pinus ; repeated attempts failed to produce any infection of the species of Picea, Abies and Larix the nc following that of infection. My results showed that no 62 The two conclusions which are of primary importance in connexion with the fungus are (1) that species of Picea, Abies and Larix appear to be immune to the disease, and (2) that it is only possible to infect species of Pinus at a broken or wounded surface. The disease has been most commonly met with in the nursery, and it is here that measures should be taken to stop its spread. The removal and destruction of diseased parts should be carefully attended to. In the forest direct methods of treatment are scarcely practicable. In districts where the disease is known to occur it is advisable to avoid cultivating large areas with species of Prnus ; the disease would be more easily kept under control by practising a mixed cultivation. It should be borne in mind that a close aggregation of large numbers of plants of the same kind favours the development and spread of an epidemic. In connexion with the mode of entrance of the fungus Massee has mentioned in his publications, and I have also observed, that on the samples of diseased material received at Kew infection could be traced to small wounds on the bark. Such wounds are probably made by insects, and it is important that this point should be investigated. If these wounds can be traced to one or two species of insect in a district, it might be advisable that an attempt should be made to exterminate the insects. In the above it has been only possible to indicate certain lines of investigation of the disease and of its method of treatment ; further work has had to be postponed until some future period. The fungus was originally described from France, and has since been recorded from Belgium, Italy and Finland, on dead needles of Pinus sylvestris and Pinus montana. ther species of Diplodia which occur on pines and are closely related to Diplodia pinea are D. acicola, Sacc., D. conigena, Desm., D. sapinea, Fries, the difference between these species being in the relative sizes of the spores. The following is a diagnosis of Diplodia pinea :— erithecia globose, erumpent; spores oblong, 35-40 x 16-18 pn, stalked, at first continuous and yellowish, becoming later one-septate and fuliginous, not constricted at the septum. Kickx.—Fl. Flandr. I, p. 397. Massee.—Diseases of cultivated Plants and Trees, 1910, p. 574. IIIL—SOME ADDITIONS TO THE LEGUMINOUS GENUS FORDIA. S. T. Dunn. name Fordia was given in his honour and the species was described under the name of F. cauliflora. As Hemsley pointed out, the tree 63 differed from all allied species then known in its multifoliolate he old new genus than to add a fresh type to that already perplexing collection. The object of this paper is to associate with Fordia several species of small trees inhabiting the Malayan islands which show a very complete agreement with the Chinese species in the structure of their inflorescence, flowers and fruit. The leaf characters of the genus, as thus extended, form a gradual transition towards those of Millettia sericea and allied species, while the occasional axillary position of the racemes in one of the species makes it a connecting link with the group of that genus to which M. piscidia belongs ; and Indo-China, it will be one more genus which, like Illigera, entirely surrounds this almost isolated basin. | CLAVIS SPECIERUM. Foliola stipellata os eee os -» Ll. F. cauliflora. Stipellae nullae Foliola coriacea ... bes ots .. 2, F, cortacea; Foliola papyracea Flores subsessiles oliola glabra, terminale 15 cm. ongum see Sis -. «=. 3. F.. stepularis. Foliola subtus subsericea, ter- minale 25 cm. longum -. 4, F. Gibbsiae. Flores graciliter pedicellati ... vee O. FF. filipes. 1. F. cauliflora, Hemsi, Enum. Pl. China, i. (1886) 160, t. 4. Cuina. Kwangtung: West River, Ford. The trees in the Botanic Garden at Hong Kong are now some 12 feet high and have spread by throwing up shoots from the ground over a considerable area ruund their original position ; they bear every year upon their bare stems, now some inches thick, an abundance of pink-flowered racemes. - F. coriacea, Dunn, sp. n. Arbor parva ; ramulis glabris griseis lenticellatis. Folia 5-8-juga, 40-60 cm. longa, rachide glabra exstipulata ; foliola anguste lanceolata, apice gradatim acuminata, si acuta, 12-15 cm. longa, rigide coriacea, supra glabra, subtus pilis adpressis sericeis nitentia tarde glabra, costa utrinque 64 prominula, venis secundariis ascendentibus marginem propinquanti- bus 8-paribus exstipellatis, Aacemz in caulibus veteribus fascicu- lati, ad 15 em. longi, st outa breviter pedunculati. Flores in nodis nonnunquam ad 4 mm. productis fasciculati, 1 cm. longi, subsessiles. Calyx breviter bau piagilatei, tandem latior, 2 mm. longus, obscure lobatus, puberulus. Vezilli lamina rotundata, basi maculis duabus notata, extus sericea ; alae eeruniie aequilongae. Stamina diadelpha? Ovarium 2-ovulatum Millettia coriacea, Dunn Borneo. Kuching, Haviland, 2902, Hewitt, March, 1893 ; Sarawak: Baram District, Hose, 75 : Selabat, Haviland. 3. F. stipularis, Dunn, nom. nov. Millettia stipularis, Prain in Journ, As. Soc. Beng. nate li. (1897) 363. SumaTRA. | Forbes, 4, F. Gibbsiae, Dunn ms Baker f., ine Haviland and Hose, 3280, Hose, 334 oa Barber, 36, all from the island of Borneo, agree with specimens collected by Miss Gibbs in that island and are named in her honour. They will be described by Mr. E. G. Baker and myself in the part which will shortly be published upon the subject of her collection 5. F. filipes, Dunn, sp. nov. Arbor oe inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; ramulis eriseis lenticellatis. Folia 4-juga, 20-30 cm. longa, exstipulata; foliola lanceolata, acuminata, caudata, basi acuta, 8-15 cm. longa, chartacea, venis marginem propinquantibus utrinque 8, sti ellis 0. Racemi axillares et laterales, fasciculati, fere ad basin nodosi, rachide puberula. Flores in nodis 1-4-ni, 1 em. longi, pedicellis eracilibus, 3-5 mm. longis, puberulis. Calyx breviter campanulatus, tandem crateriformis, 2-3 mm. longus, tenuissime sericeus, lobis obscuris, basi bracteolis duabus minutis suffultus. Vezilli lamina rotundata, cordata, basi bimaculata, dorso sericea, rubella. Alae carinaque aequilongae. Stamina diadelphia, vexillare medio paullo connatum. Ovarium sericeum, 2-ovulatum. Millettia filipes, Dunn, MS. Borneo. Kuching, ‘Haviland, 2893, 2903. IV.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Mr. F, M. Battuy.—We note with pleasure, in the list of New Year Day Honours, that Mr. F. M. Bartry, Colonial Botanist, Brisbane, Queensland, has been appointed a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. Mr. F. C. McCLetian.—We are informed that Mr. F. C. McCLeLLan ae ee Re Leas, Director of Agriculture, Zanzibar, in succession to M who, we learn, has been appointed Director of pee Mozambique. 65 Mr. M. T. DAawre.—We are informed that Mr. M, T. Dawe lately Officer-in-Charge and Superintendent of Forests in the Botanical, Forestry and Scientific Department, Uganda, has been appointed Director of Agriculture under the Macsuilace Company. Mr. Harry Tuomas, a member of the gardening staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, has been appointed by the Secretary of State for India in Council, on the recommendation of Kew, a probationer gardener for service in India. Visitors during 1910.—3,546,302 visitors iy the Royal Botanic Gardens have been recorded during the year 1910. These figures show an increase of 186,081 over those of the previous year and are the largest numbers on record. During the ten years 1900-1909, 20,023,749 persons have visited the gardens giving an average of 2 ,002, 374, The t total number of visitors on Sundays during 1910 was 1, 614,085 and on weekdays 1,932,217. unday visitors have increased by the large amount of 229,716 while the number of visitors on weekdays show a decrease of 43,635 from the figures of the previous year in spite of the fact that there were five Bank Holidays when as many as 424,010 persons visited the gardens as against 242,372 persons on the four Bank Holidays in 1909. The greatest attendance on any one day was 152,454 on Whit- Monday, May 16th, being nearly 40,000 more than any figures previously recorded for a single day. The smallest number on any one day was 290 on November 3rd. The largest Sunday attendance was 91,058 on May 15th and the smallest 251. The former figures are about 20,000 in excess of those recorded for ane year. The detailed monthly returns are given bel January 65,212 February. 77,528 arc 507,192 i 343,437 Ma 679,734 June js 364,521 Jul 383,646 August . 562,420 September + 270,978 October ti sis’ .» 191,844 November ... es peice? Si ae December... vs ive > 62,098 3,546,302 Additions : Gardens, 1910.— Additions to the collections of plants cultivated at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, have been made during the pe by exchanges with other gardens, private as well as" 18391 ale 66 public, and by purchase from nurserymen and others. _Contribu- tions of plants and seeds received from botanic gardens include the following :— 7 Arnold Arboretum. A large number of trees and shrubs, and packets of seeds. Calcutta. Wardian case of plants ; orchids and bulbs ; collec- tions of seeds from the Himilaya. . Dunedin. Wardian case of plants; seeds of New Zealand Jamaica. Two Wardian cases of ferns. Java. Wardian case of plants. Mauritius. Orchids. _. = — Natal. Wardian case of Sansevierias, etc. ; seeds. New York. Succulent and other plants. Penang. Wardian case of plants. Singapore. Two Wardian cases of plants; box of orchids ; seeds of palms, etc. Sydney. Wardian case of plants ; collection of seeds. : United States Department of Agriculture. Collection of Opuntias. Exchanges were made with the Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, Glasnevin, Cambridge and Oxford, and with most of the European gardens upon whom Kew is largely dependent for seeds of those annual herbaceous plants which fail to produce seeds at Kew. .M. the King of Italy presented a quantity of seeds of Ginkgo biloba, Captain A. A. Dorrien-Smith, D.S.O., gave plants and seeds obtained by him in Western Australia. Mr. P. W. Davis, Bedford Park, sent a quantity of New Zealand ferns. Mr. Derring, British Vice-Consul, Manaos, Brazil, sent seeds of Leopoldinia Piassaba. Dr. Drake-Brockman, Berbera, presented seeds of Cor- deauxia edulis (Yeheb). Lady Hanbury, La Mortola, Ventimiglia, presented succulents, and other plants and seeds. Mr. J.T. Hibbert re a collection of bulbs and seeds from Namaqualand. Lt.-Col. Sir G. Holford, Tetbury, and Mr. G. F. Moore, Chardwar, presented hybrid Cypripediums. Mr. R. Hoffman, Streatham, presented a collection of Caladiums. Sir Everard im Thurn, Governor of Fiji, and Mr. H. Tilly, Moulmein, sent orchids. The Earl of Jersey presented a large orange tree. Monsieur J. H. de Lehaie, Mons, sent bamboos. Sir E. Loder, Bart., Horsham, dendron argenteum. Mr. R. ‘Tower, H.M. Minister, Mexico, sent seeds of Parthenium .argentatum (Guayule rubber plant), and of other economic plants. Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, and Messrs. S. Low & Co., Enfield, presented orchids. _ Among the seeds and plants of interest distributed from Kew during the year were the following :—Cordeauzia edulis (Yeheb) (seeds), Dolichandrone platycalyx (seeds), Ginkgo biloba (seeds), Metrosideros tomentosa (seeds), Parthenium argentatum (seeds), Phor- mium, tenax, var. (seeds), Platycarya strobilacea (seeds), Senecio cruentus (seeds), Zizania aquatica (seeds), and tubers of “ Helianti.” - s 67 A large consignment of trees and shrubs was sent to the Arnold Arboretum ; cuttings of Salix to the Forestry Department, pce East Africa; plants and seeds to Darjeeling Botanic Garden collections of greenhouse plants to St. Andrews and Leeds Sage sities ; a collection of economic plants to Eton College for the botanic garden; bamboos to 2 oper: J. H. de Lehaie and Monsieur Maurice de Vilmorin, etc., ete. There was a large demand for seeds —_—, at Kew and acest ‘for distribution in Bulletin, Appendix I., 1910. In connection with the opening of Cambridge Cottage as a museum of British Forestry, the garden of the cottage, which is enclosed by its original walls pierced by two wrought-iron gates, has become accessible to the public. The largest consignment of new trees and shrubs received during the year was from the Arnold Arboretum. The Assistant Curator visited this establishment during the summer with the result that about 500 species and varieties were noted as desirable for the Kew collection. Almost all these were sent by tee tae and 50 packets of cuttings in one of the cold storage rooms where the temperature during the voyage was kept at about 42° Fahr. Ten days elapsed between taking the cuttings from the plants in the Arnold Arboretum and placing them in the propagating frames at Kew, but although this was in mid-July, they arrived almost as fresh as when they were cut and only six sorts failed to strike root. Among the more interesting plants sent by Professor Sargent were a set of American Am sigachiere—6 genus which badly needs revision ; several new species of North American /isculus, a set of dwarf American Crataegi, about 160 Chinese trees and shrubs introduced by Mr. E. H. Wilson, a set of American and Asiatic Willows, and such rare plants as Leitneria floridanum, Larix Lyallii, Kalmia caroliniana and K. microphylla, Pinus pentaphylla, Pteroceltis Davidiana, Tripetaleia bracteata and Vaccinium membranaceum. f special interest was a new and undescribed species of Hamamelis from Missouri remarkable as flowering in spring like the Asiatic species ; the ted American species previously known, H. virginica, flowers in autum Mr. Maurice r de Vilmorin sent in March a most interesting coma which has since flowered and been figured for the Botanical agazine. pa Veitch have, as usual, been generous donors of their new Chinese plants ard through them the followi wing have been added to the Kew collection: Meliosma cuneata, Picea complanata, Pterocarya hupehensis, Rosa Willmottiae, Rhododendron nigro-punctatum, Vi- burnum theiferum, V. pend and J’, Davitii, Lonicera yunnanense, ge yunnanense 18391 fo E2 68 From the Japanese authorities at the recent exhibition at Shep- herd’s Bush several Japanese trees, shrubs and seeds were received, amongst which the most noteworthy were two specimens of the Japanese Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga japonica) ; although in rather oor health they are on their own roots and hitherto this conifer bad only been known in Britain by a few miserable grafted plants. A packet of seeds of Picea Breweriana, hitherto the rarest of spruces, was sent by Miss Alice Eastwood, and germinated freely. Cuttings of Populus Thevestiana were brought from Algeria by the Assistant Director, some of which have taken root. This poplar is very distinct in its white bark and fastigiate habit. Waterfowl.—During the past year several additions by presenta- tion and exchange have been made to the collection of Waterfowl in the Royal Botanic Gardens. They include— air of black swans presented by the Royal Zoological Society, Dublin. Two pairs of Garganey teal presented by H.M. Office of Works A pair of Magellan geese received in exchange from Col. C Tottenham, Ballycurry, Ashford, Co. Wicklow, Treland. A pair of white-faced tree-ducks. A pair of hybrid yellow-billed. ducks, a red-crested Pochard drake and a maned goose received in exchange from the Zoological Society of London. andarin duck, a pair of common teal and two pintail ucks received iu exchange from Messrs. McLean & Wormald, East Dereham, Norfolk. A red-crested Pochard duck received in exchange from Mr. C. E. Inglis, Ball’s Grove, Grantchester, Cambridge. The black-necked swans nested again on one of the islands in the Lake and laid three eggs ; two young birds were hatched, but only one was reared, which, unfortunately, got killed when four weeks old. Other birds reared at Kew during the year include 15 Carolinas, 4 sheldrakes and several call ducks, tufted ducks and the black variety of the mallard. A pair of storks have been reared as usual. Fish.—Some interesting varieties of Goldfish were presented to Kew at the close of the Japan-British exhibition by the Tokyo Goldfish Trader’s Association. These Goldfish are kept as pets and various transformed species are produced by the Japanese which are described in the official handbook of the Fisheries section of the Exhibition. The forms presented to Kew include a curious black variety with highly developed eyes and fins, called Demekin, and several goldfish with fan tails, the Shukin and Ranchin varieties and others. They have been placed in the lily tank in the T. range. Some Golden Orfe have also been received in exchange from Mr. R. Beale, Raynes Park, S.W. 69 Official Visits—During the past year the vote for travelling expenses has been utilised as follows :— e Director—As Representative of Great Britain at the “1% Congrés International d’Agronomie Tropicale,” at russels, The Assistant Directer.—In connection with a visit to the rdin d’Acclimatation, Villa Thuret, Antibes, and to the gardens of Lady Hanbury, La Mortola, Ventimiglia. The Curator.—To visit various gardens and horticultural exhi- bitions in Belgium and Holland. The Assistant Curator.—For the purpose of visiting the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, the New York Botanic Gardens, and other botanical establishments in . America. The Keeper of the Museums.—To study museum collections in Belgium and to visit various commercial centres in the North of England in connection with economic botanical enquiries. Mr. Holland, Assistant in Museums.—To visit Hull in connection with the importation of botanical products, and to attend a meeting of the Museums Association at York. Mr. Dallimore, Assistant in Museums.—To take part in the excursion of the Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society for the study of forestry in the Western Highlands of Scotland. Mr. Cotton, Assistant in the Herbarium.—In connection with the Survey of Clare Island, Ireland, and also towards the investigation of the growth of Ulva latissima in relation to sewage in Belfast Lough and on the South Coast of England. Museums.—In a review of the work for the past year special mention must be made of the opening to the public, in June last, of the collection of exhibits illustrating British gionbrie which is housed in Cambridge Cottage, formerly the residence of H.R.H. the late Duke of Cambridge. During the past few years through the kindness of numerous contributors whose donations have already been duly recorded in the Bulletin, it has been possible to acquire the material necessary to form the nucleus of such a collection. At the close of the Japan-British Exhibition, held at Shepherd’s Bush, a large and interesting collection of varied products was obtained and is now being dealt wit As in former years an exhibit was prepared, mainly from material obtained from the Arboretum, and forwarded to the Bath and West and Southern Counties Society’s Show, held at Rochester. In the past year 175 contributors have presented a considerable number of miscellaneous products to the Museum, the more important donations having been, from time to time, recorded in the Bulletin. All available and fully labelled duplicate specimens have been distributed to various institutions including the following :— Museum, County Borough of Bolton ; atm Museum, Warrington ; Natural History Museum and Art Gallery, Bristol ; Corporation Art Gallery, Oldham; Museum, Botanic Gardens, 70 Sydney ; Forestry Department, University of Aberdeen ; Museum, Forest of Dean, &c. : As in previous years much of the time of the Museum Staff has necessarily been devoted to.dealing with the increasing number of products received from commercial firms, colonial correspondents and others, for determination and for general information as to their properties and uses. e rearrangement of specimens rendered necessary owing to the formation of a collection to illustrate British Forestry, and the alterations called for in connection with the reception of the Taito- kuin Shrine [Kew Bull. 1910, p. 396], have delayed the issue of a new edition of the Guide to the Timber Collection. much needed work was commenced in Museum No. I. where a third of the number of cases have been re-polished. Individual members of the Staff attended the Tropical Products Congress at Brussels, the Meeting of the Museums Association at York, and the Annual Excursion of the Royal Scottish Arbori- cultural Society to the Fort William District of Scotland. Presentations from the Japan-British Exhibition —In the dispersal of the large collections of Vegetable Products exhibited in the Japanese section of the Japan-British Exhibition held at Shepherd’s Bush last year, the Commissioners in charge of the several sections have liberally presented much valuable and interesting material to the Museums of the Royal Botanic Gardens. This when carefully selected and arranged in the Museums will go far to form complete representative series of the varied products of Japan, Formosa, Corea and Manchuria. Special mention must be made of the Japanese Agricultural Section, presented in its entirety to the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries and transferred by the Board to Kew. From this col- lection, which includes food products, fruits preserved in fluid, fibres, matting materials, straw and straw-plaits, specimens illus- trating plant diseases, &c., a large selection must necessarily be retained. . _ From the Forestry Section the bulk of the material asked for was obtained, including sections from a_ series of timber specimens cut to show the radial and tangential surfaces; a col- lection of bamboos ; samples of several forms of edible fungi including “ Shitake” or Jew’s Ear fungus (Hirneola polytricha) argely consumed as food in China and Japan, together with illus- trations showing its cultivation on tree trunks in Japan ; specimens of the wood and shavings of Cupressus obtusa with examples of fabrics and other articles made from the shavings; wood and shavings of Acanthopanax sciadophylloides applied to uses similar to those of the above mentioned; berries of the Haze tree _(Rhus succedanea) and wax obtained from the berries; tapped stems of the Lacquer tree (Rhus vernicifera), and a photograph to illustrate the method employed in tapping the stems for the collection of Lacquer ; galls formed on Rhus semialata, together with a coloured drawmg of the same. Other valuable material was obtained from this Section, including a collection of Forest tree seeds from the Japan Seed and Plant Company. 71 From the Corean Section the collection of miscellaneous vegetable products was secured, including fibres, food grains, tobacco, ginseng, and a series of timbers. The Formosan Section contained a particularly interesting and varied series of products. Among those especially desired and obtained for the Museums the following may be noted :—Stem of the Bird-lime tree (Trochodendron aralioides); stem and rubber of Ecdysanthera utilis; Rice paper products consisting of stems, pith, sheets of pith prepared for the use of artists and for the manufacture of artificial flowers, and plaits formed of the pith for use in millinery ; samples of tea, sugar cane, various fibres and fabrics; some fine examples of hats in imitation of the Panama hat, made from the prepared leaves of the Areca Nut Palm (Areca Catechu), and from a species of Pandanus, and some hats of the “ Taiko” rush, a darker coloured material, so far undetermined. The Manchurian collection of Agricultural Products containing much material of value for the Museum collections was secured, together with several oil vessels used in the Soy bean industry, samples of bean cake and a coloured photograph to illustrate the shipping of bean cake from Dairen. These latter were presented in which Soy is packed for export. The Japanese Educational Section presented several cases of insects injurious to plant life, together with some examples of abnormal growths and thirty small sections of timber exhibited by the Morioka Higher School of Agriculture and Forestry ; some interesting photographs and a book of impressions of type leaves of Morus alba from the Osaka Agricultural School were also presented. Two cases of plant diseases from the University of Tohoku, Sapporo, were at the request of Prof. Miyabe likewise transferred to Kew. Research in Jodrell Laboratory in 1910 :— Bancroft, C. K.—Researches on the Life-history of Parasitic Fungi. (Ann. Bot., Vol. XXIV., pp. 359-372, t. 24.) Bancroft, 0. K—A Disease of the Cacao Plant. (Kew Bull. 1910, pp. 93-95.) Bancroft, C. K.—The Brown Rot of Tomato. (Journ. Board Agric., Vol. XVI., p. 1012.) Boodle, L: A—Gralls on an Indian Grass. (Kew Bull., 1910, pp- 69-73, with one plate.) Georgevitch, P.— Bacillus thermophilus vranjensis. (Archiv fiir Hygiene, Bd. LX XIL., pp. 201-210.) Georgevitch, P.—Preliminary note on Apospory and Apogamy in Trichomanes Kaulfussii, Hk. et Grev. (Ann. Bot., Kaulfussii, Hk. et Grey. (Jahrb. fiir wiss. Bot., Bd. I 72 Lawson, A. A—The Gametophytes and Embryo of Sctadopitys verticillata. (Ann. Bot., Vol. XXIV., pp. 403-421, tt. 29-31 -) [Massee, G. 2 amen Diseases of Celery. (Journ. Board Agric., Vol. XVI., pp. 1,010-1,011, with Figs. in text. [ Massee, G. + Wak Disease of Potatoes checked by “Greening.” (Journ. Board Agric., Vol. X VIL, pp. 46-47.) [Massee, G.]—A Disease of Fig Trees. (Journ. Board Agric., Vol. XVIL., pp. 47-49, with one Fig. in text.) [Massee, G.]—Shot-hole Fungus (Cercospora cir CUMSCISSU, Sace.). (Journ. Board Agric., Vol. X VII., pp, 211-214, with half a plate.) ee. aA —Cauliflower Disease of Strawberries. (Journ. rd Agric., Vol. X VIL., p. 214, with half a plate.) y antag J—Tomato and Potato Bacteriosis. (Journ. Board Agric., Vol. XVIL., pp. 297-299, with one plate. [Massee, G.|—Strawberry Leaf-Spot. (Journ. Board Agric., Vol. XVIL., pp. 476-477, with one plate : [Massee, G. }—On the Occurrence of “Crown-Gall” in England. (Journ. Board Agric., Vol. X VIL., pp. 617-620, with one late. Massee, G@.—Crown-Gall (Dendrophagus abt fink Toumey). (Kew Bull., 1910, pp. 309-312, with one [Massee, G. }_Powd ery > Mildew of Peach and Peork (Journ. Board Agric., Vol. XVIL., pp. 652-653, with one plate.) Scott, D. H. and Maslen, A. J.—On Mesoxylon, a New Genus of Condaitales, Preliminary Note. (Ann. Bot., Vol. XXIV., pp. 236-239.) Stephens, E. L. and Sykes, M. G.—Preliminary Note on Apogamy in Pteris Droogmantiana. (Ann. Bot., Vol. XXIV., wv p- 487. Worsdell, —The Rhizophore of Selaginella. (New Phytologe, Velie pp. 242-253, with two Figs. in Mr. o. i Bancroft completed his study of nfo te herbarum, and carried on other mycological researches : see above Mr. L. A. Boodle finished an investigation on an insect-gall on a grass (Ischaemum pilosum), and studied the floral histology of Foetidia mauritiana, and continued some cultural experiments with seedlings : see above r. R. C. Davie studied the anatomy of Peranema cyatheoides, Don, an Indian Fern, with the object of determining its true affinities. Mr. J. Fraser, on behalf of Lord Avebury, continued the study of ea begun in the previous year. J. Maslen er mea his work on the anatomy of Mesoa ke Sutclifii : see a Dr. T. Nicoloff inventigtad: some points in the anatomy of the secondary wood in Dicotyledons. Mr. H. Takeda studied the floral structure of Achlys, and the characters of the seed in some species of Cerastium. Mr. orsdell continued his investigations on the vascular anatomy of the Dicotyledons, more particularly the Cucurbitaceae. 73 Pathology.—The number of reports issued continues to increase yearly, and the samples of material received, as well as the tone of the queries, clearly indicate that farmers and horticulturists are beginning to realise that parasitic fungi and injurious insects are factors that cannot be ignored with impunity. “Corky Scab,” caused by Spongospora solani, has been the most prevalent disease of potatoes during the past year. ‘ Crown-Gall,” an infectious disease, forming large galls at the collar or on the roots of man economic trees and plants, has been seen on plum, a chrysanthe- mum, raspberry and loganberry, during the past yea Much time has been devoted to the beevaelipaticn: of algae and fungi occurring in sewage, and contaminated sea and river water. The investigation, commenced the previous year, on the fungi causing discoloured spots on “ehilled beef from Argentina, has been continue A Soticitlordble amount of diseased material, more especially cacas, rubber plants, oranges and pineapples has been received at Kew for investigation, from the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, West Indies, Singapore, Federated Miley States, New Zealand, ete, Additions to the Herbarium during 1910.— During the year rather more than 16,000 specimens were received as donations or exchanges, while 11,350 were acquired by purchase. The principal collections are enumerated below. Eurorr. Presented :—Fungi, by Abate G. Bresadola. Purchased : — E. ce Holmes, “ Algae Britanicae Rariores ae fase. H. Sydow, ‘ Mycotheca Germanica,” fasc. 18-19; W. ered and J. pa oe Mycotheca Rossica,” pa 1-2; A. Kneucker, “ Gramineae et Cyperaceae Exsiccatae Po Fiori, Béguinot and Pampinini, “ : Wlozn Italica Exsiccata,” Cent. xi.-xiv. Ortent, Norta Asta anv Norta AFrica. Presented :— Persia, by Mr. W. Ethelbert James; Manchuria, og the Royal Botanic Gardens, St. Petersburg ; Algeria, by Mr. A. W. Hill. Purchased :—Dr. Reno Muschler, Egypt. Canis AND JAPAN, pi meca ey :—China, Cavalerie and Esquirol, through Monseigneur A. A. H. Léveilleé ; Shistbangr F. N. Meyer ; Japan, H. Takeda. Purchased :—T-Taquet, Corea; E. H. Wilson, China (photo- graphs). Inpia €ND Mataya. Presented :—Burma, Mr. J. H. Lace Tibet, Sikkim and the Malay Peninsula, by the Royal Botante Garden, Calcutta ; North-West Frontier Province, the late Sir Harold Deane through Lady Deane; specimens of Indian Pedi- cularis, by Messrs. J. R. rammond & nd J. F. Duthie; “ila and Mr. W. Lloyd ; “Philippine fulcndée by Mr. E. D. Merrill ; Java, by the id egg me Botanic Gardens ; Sumatra, etc., by Dr. R. Schlec hter ; Borneo, by the Sarawak Museum, shi conig Mr. J. C. Moulton Purchased : Die R. Schlechter, New Guinea; Mr. A. D. E. Elmer, Philippine Islands. 74 AusrraLasia. Presented :—Western Avairalias by Capt. A. Dorrien Smith ; Queensland Marine Algae, by r. F. M. Bailey ; New Zealand, by Mr. T. F. Cheeseman and M L. Cockayne. TropicaL Arrica. Presented: es Nigeria, by Mr. B. E. B. Shaw ; Sudan, by Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Broun; Abyssinia and Somaliland, by Dr. R. E. Drake-Brockman ; British East fueled by Mr. E. Battiscombe ; Uganda, by Mr. M. T. Dawe and r. R. Fyffe; the Roosevelt Eeeetone, through Mr. Gerrit S. Miller Swaziland, by Miss M. M. Stewart ; Rhodesia, by Mrs. W. Craster ; Loranthaceae, by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Berlin. Purchased :— essmann, Spanish Guinea G. Zenker, Cameroons; G. Schefiler, British East Africa ; ie F. A. Rogers, North-West Rhodesia ; K. Dinter, German South-West “Afrion. Sournh Arrica. Presented :—Namaqualand, by the Percy Sladen Trustees, through Prof. H. H. W. Pearson; various localities, by Dr. R. Schlechter, Dr. Hans Schinz, Dr. S. Schonland, My. E. E. Galpin and Mr. E. P. Phillips. Purchased :—Miss Alice Pegler, Kentani ; W. Tyson, “ Marine Algae,” fase. 1-2. Norra America. Presented :—British Columbi ia, by Miss KE. M. Warren; United States, by the Smithsonian Institution, Weshingion and ie, Field Museum, Chicago. Pure :—E. Palmer, issourl Uratce: gi; Miss Alice ra Slesag “dani as California ; A. H. Brinkman, Canadian mosses ; BF, S. Collins, “ Phyestheos Boreali-Americana ” fasc. 33. Mexico. Purchased :—C. R. Orcutt. West Inpries. Presented :—Bahamas and Jamaica, by the New York Botanical Gardens Purchased :—H. Tiirckheim, San Domingo. ouTH AMERICA. Presented :—British Guiana, by Prof. J. b. Harrison, C.M.G.; South Brazil and Chile, Mr. G. M. Hall. Purchased :—Dr. E. Hassler and K. Fiebri rig, Paraguay. Sir G. Watt has presented the original drawings, as well as many specimens of Gossypium, used in the preparation of his book on * The wild ad cultivated “Cotton Plants of the World.” An mmond and Mr. J. F. unis have been named by Monsieur G. “Bonati who is ‘intent a special study of the genus. Mr. J. F. Lace’s collection is represented by nearly a thousand poate Dr. A. F. G. Kerr has continued sending plants from iengmai in Siam, and also one set collected during an expedition to Muang Phre, south-east of Chiengmai. Amongst the plants sent from the PP Lippe Islands by Mr. E. D. Merrill are some orchids named by Mr. Oakes Ames. Mr. T. F. Cheeseman has pres esented some of the specimens used i in the preparation of his “ Illustrations of the New Zealand Flora.” An interesting collection, contain- en PE oa is from South Chile, has been Pest! by 75 In addition to the numbers mentioned above, about 8000 specimens have been received on loan from various institutions, chiefly for use in the preparation of the Flora of Tropical Africa and the Flora Capensis. Presentations to the Library during 1910.—One of the more im- portant of the contributions made to the Library during the year is a copy of the rare and valuable work on roses by Miss Mary Lawrance, for which the establishment is indebted to the Bentham Trustees. Its fnll title is: A collection of Roses from Nature ; published by Miss Lawrance, Teacher of Botanical Drawing. The title-page bears the date 1799, but the plates, of which there should be 90, in addition to a coloured frontispiece, are variously dated from 1796 to 1799. Perfect copies of the work appear to be very rare, and the Kew copy is deficient in the frontispiece and plate 1. The volume is a nearly square folio standing 19 inches high. The coloured drawings, though somewhat adversely criticised by Redouté, “ parce que, dans un grand nombre d’occasions, le peintre a sacrifié la vérité aux formes pittoresques,” have considerable merit as works of art. The Bentham Trustees have also presented a copy of Der orientalisch-indianische Kunst- und Lust-Gértner, by G. Meister, published in Dresden in 1692. It is a small quarto volume con- taining many curious observations on fruit and fruit-culture, amongst other things, made by the author during his travels to Japan through India, Siam, Java, &c. From the same source have been received the following: Wiéissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia, 1898-1899, Bd. ii. Teil iti. Das Kapland, by R. Marloth, Jena, 1908 ; two copies of the fifth volume of The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland, by H. J. Elwes and A. Henry; Nova Acta Academiae C. L.-C. G. Naturae Curiosorum, vols. 85-89, in continuation ; 16 volumes comprising travels in South America and the little known Flora de Colombia by Santiago Cortes, Bogoté, 1897 ; and the issues for the year of nearly thirty serial or periodical works, continuing sets which in most cases have been added to the library by the Bentham Trustees. The Trustees of the British Museum have presented the third volume (L—O) of the fine Catalogue of the Library of the British Museum (Natural History), and the first volume of the Flora of Jamaica, by W. Fawcett and A. B. Rendle, This volume includes the Orchidaceae. Through the kind offices of Mr. R. T. Tower, C.V.O., H.M. Minister, Mexico, numerous additions of Mexican publications have been received from the Acting Secretary of Fomento, Mexico, and the Librarian of the Instituto Médico N: acional de México. These include Materia medica mexicana (1904), and 89 1195. Loranthus (Rufescentes) ee $05 ague, in Dyer, Fl. ra = igo Pi vi. sect. 1, p. 282, anglice [Lo Srenthipederdtell aioe ae]; L. nigritano, Hook. f., a quo floribus breviter potialistie, bractea calycem haud aequante recedit. Ramuli janiores pilis multiramosis ferrugineo-tomentosi vel jribescenkengl seniores glabri. Folia oblongo-lanceolata vel elliptico- oblonga, breviter obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata, 4~11-5 cm. longa, 2-4°5 em. lata, coriacea, supra opaca, statu juvenili excepto glabra, subtus ferrugineo-tomentosa vel pubescentia ; petioli 2-8 mm. longi. Fasciculi densi, multiflori, ferrugineo-tomentosi ; pedicelli 1°5 mm. longi; bractea deltoideo-ovata, circiter 2 mm. longa, intus glabra. Torus 1°3-1°8 mm, Pao Calyx 0°8—-1°3 mm. longus, pilis 0°5 mm. longis ciliatus. Corolla 3°8 cm. longa, extus pilis patentibus verticillatim ramosis ferrugineo-tomentosa; tubus intus minute glandulosus, ampulla basali 3 mm. longa 2 mm. diametro ; lobi patuli vel patentes, spathulato-lineares, circiter 11 mm. longi. Filamenta circiter 2 mm. supra basin corollae loborum inserta, sursum sensim angustata, 5-5°5 mm. longa, basi 0°5 mm. lata, superne 1-1*5 mm. connata, glabra ; antherae lineares, 2—-2°5 mm. — longae ; locelli 6-7 in quaqua serie verticali. Discus pilis erectis rigidis 0°5-0°8 mm, longis dense ferrugineo-pilosus. Stylus glaber, superne se collo 2-2°3 mm. longo; stigma ellipsoideum, TROPICAL wero Sierra Leone: Bagroo River, Mann; Oldfield’s Farm, on Psidium p Ail Sart Linn., Barter ; ; Wallia, Scarcies Valley, Scott-Elliot, 4578; Talla Hil ls, near Lumbaraya, Scott-Eilliott, 4997 ; Fala ba, by Dantilia River, Scott-Elliot, 5294 ; near Kabusa (Limba), Scott-Elliot, 5472. 1196. Erythrococca olacifolia, Prain sncnadeameaart rea 4 —e E. miti, Pax, et E. rigidifoliae, Pax, quam nis, mbabus tamen ovario dense adpresse oan facillime Sintingoian nda. Fruter, vamulis glabris, cortice pallido lenticellato; gemmae perulatae, squamis persistentibus. olia petiolata, membranacea, ovato-lanceolata, obtusa, basi late cuneata, mar gi ne regulariter crenata, 6°5-8 cm. longa, 2°5-4 cm. lata, saturate viridia, glabra, nervi laterales utrinsecus subtus elevati : petiolus parce pubescens, supra cananiculatus, 0°8-1:2 cm. longus; stipulae cartilagineae, persistentes, in mammillas vel spinas perbreves mutatae. Flores minuti, in glomerulos axillares breve ecapetiroieer ageregati ; pedunculi graciles, parce pubescentes, 4 ngi, feminei subglabri 6 mm. longi; pedicelli prope basin articulati, masculi glabri, capillares, 8mm. longi, feminei rigiduli mm. longi. * — idprosse airigpences 3-loculare ; 3 a 3s beri a a 3 i 90 loculis alternantibus ovarioque aequilongis compositus. Capsula ‘saepissime abortu 1-2-cocca, viridis, parce setosa. Semina rubescentes ; testa minutissime reticulata. TropicaL Arrica. Nile Land: Uganda; Toro, Bukarungu, 884 m., Bagshawe, 1191. 1197, Erythrococca usambarica, Prain [ Euphorbiaceae-Crotoneae] ; affinis E. abyssinicae, Pax, sed foliis minus rigidis stipulis rarissime spinulosis racemis masculis brevioribus pedunculo hirsutis, pedicellis masculis brevioribus glandulisque receptaculi haud piligeris facillime sejungenda. Frutex 1-3-metralis, ramulis gracilibus glabris, basi annulo rularum cinctis, cortice cinereo lenticellato. folia breviter petiolata, ovato-lanceolata, in apicem obtuse acuminatum attenuata, basi late cuneata vel rotundata, margine distanter glanduloso- crenato-dentata, membranacea, 3°5-5 cm. longa, 2-2°5 cm. lata, vel glaber supra canaliculatus, 3-4 mm. longus ; stipulae rarissime in aculeas conicas 2 mm. longas fragiles mutatae. Flores minuti, racemosi, racemis masculis axillaribus pedunculo gracili parce uberulo 1-1:25 cm. longo, pedicellis capillaribus glabris prope asin articulatis 2 mm. longis, bracteolis ovatis minutis saepe pluri- floris. Calyx viridis, membranaceus, glaber, in alabastro sub- sphaerico minute apiculato clausus dein profunde valvatim 4-(rarissime 5-) partitus, lobis ovatis acutis. Stamina 6-7, exteriora. l-coccus, glaber, 6 mm. latus; styli a basi fimbriati; glandulae hypogynae 2 ; cocci loculicide dehiscentes. Semina sphaerica, testa reticulata, TropicaL Arrica. Mozamb. Dist.: German East Africa ; Usambara, Derema, Scheffler, 160 ; near Amani, 915 m., Engler, 708 ; Handei, Nquelo, 900 m., Heinsen, 74. Very nearly allied to EL. (Dejlersia) abyssinica, Pax, but the facies of the plant, owing to the smaller size and thinner texture of the leaves, is quite different and very distinctive. 1198. Erythrococca zambesiaca, Prain [ Huphorbiaceae-Crotoneae]; species E. natalensi, Prain, et E. berberideae, Prain, proxima, ab ambabus tamen floribus minutis facile distinguenda ; ab hac etiam differt foliis valde tenuioribus, ab illa staminibus paucioribus. Fruter, ramulis parce adpresse pubescentibus, cortice pallido lenticellato ; gemmae perulatae squamis persistentibus. Folia breve petiolata, membranacea, ovata, obtusa vel subacuta, basi cuneata, margine obscure crenulata, 2-2°5 cm. longa, 0°8-1 cm. lata, pallide viridia, pilis perpaucis adpressis secus nervos subtus exceptis glabra; nervi laterales utrinsecus 2-3, adscendentes ; tiolus parce adpresse pubescens, supra canaliculatus, 4 mm, ongus ; stipulae cartilagineae, persistentes, in aculeos basi crassos apice pungentes mutatae. ores minuti in racemos axillares dispositi ; 91 pedunculi thang 4—6 mm. longi et rhachides pedunculis brevi- oribus adpresse pubescentes ; pedicelli masculi capillares, glabri, > mm, longi, prope basin articulati. Calyx masculus viridis, eke in Palubasire depresso-globosus minute apiculatus ; lobi saepius 4, nonnunquam 5, casu 3, fere ad basin usque partiti. Stamina nunc 15, nunc 18, exteriora 9, cetera centralia; filamenta antherarum loculos subglobosos exeodentia ; elandulae complanatae, ambitu ovatae, albo-ciliatae ; exterio 6 in urceolum lobatum extra- staminalem connatae, ceterae ee elas Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. TropicaL Arrica. Mozamb. Dist.: Nyassaland; Chiromo, Scott Elliot, 2795. __ A very distinct species, in foliage and armature most resembling FE. natalensis, with which it also agrees in the shape and arrange- ment of the receptacular glands, but from which it is readily distinguished by ci minute green flowers with fewer stamens, and by its smaller leave 1199, Space ene Prain ee ee ; affinis FE. aculeatae, Benth., oribus majoribus r is laxifloris, calyce maris semper sepattito, pedicellis prope naiit "articolada, staminibus numerosioribus glandulas receptaculi manifeste excedenti- bus erage extrastaminalibus et staminibus seriei extimae 10 nec 5 differ Frutex, iti eres eee parce pubescentibus cito glabris, basi annulo perularum deciduarum cinctis, cortice pallido fonticellato. Folia breviter pidtialitie ovato-lanceolata, acuta vel obtusa, basi angustata, margine distanter glanduloso - crenato- dentata, tenuiter membranacea, 2°5-4 cm. longa, 1°25-2 cm. lata, laete viridia, opaca, utrinque glabra; nervi dsctnaaens 2-3, adscendentes, indistincti ; petiolus glaber, supra eee 2-3 mm. longus ; stipulae in aculeos conicos pungentes 2 mm. longos mutatae. Flores parvuli, racemosi, racemis masculis sixillaribus pedunculo gracili glabro 1-2 em. longo paucifloro, pedicellis capillaribus glabris supra basin articulatis 3-5 mm. longis, bracteolis ovatis acutis minimis saepissime 2- 3-floris vel nonnunquam 1I-floris. Calyx albidus, tenuiter membranaceus, in alabastro subsphaerico minute apiculato clausus dein profunde valvatim 4-partitus, lobis ovatis acutis. Stamina circiter 30, exteriora 10, cetera centralia, glandulis juxtastaminalibus ovatis piligeris intermixta glandulisque extrastaminalibus 10 piligeris annulatim circumcincta; filamenta antherarum locellis subglobosis longiora.. Flores jfemineit adhuc ignoti. Soutu Arrica. Natal: Inanda, Mt. Edgecumbe, Wood, 1089 ; Mt. Moreland, 150 m., Wood, 1391; without precise locality, Gerrard, 81. _ The only other species of this genus hitherto known with deciduous as cales and much enlarged stipular spines is 92 species E. natalensi, Prain, quam maxime affinis sed foliis rigidio- ribus acutatis floribusque minoribus staminibusque paucioribus apte 1200. Erythrococca berberidea, Prain Epophbe bidding: € rotonee ; ovata, apice acuta, basi nunc late nunc anguste cuneata, margine regulariter et distincte serrata, 4-6 cm. longa, 1°5-2 cm. lata, Sourn Arrica. Natal: near Durban, 60 m., Medley Wood, 7582. Very nearly allied to the other Natal species and like it somewhat closely allied to the original FE. aculeata from Sierra Leone, as well as to E. zambesiaca from Chiromo. 1201. Erythrococca Ledermanniana, Prain [Euphorbiaceae-Cro- toneae]; affinis irtae, Pax, sed foliis minoribus fere glabris, stamimibus numerosioribus filamentisque longioribus facillime distinguenda, nonnunquam in mammillas latiusculas mutatae. Flores perparvl, hispidulo 5 mm. longo; pedicellis capillaribus glabris 3-4 mm. longis prope basin articulatis; bracteolis parvis. Calyx maris 93 pleaniatia juxtastaminalibus rhomboideis apice hirsutis intermixta ; fila antherarum locellis triplo longiora, Flores feminei Tropical ArFrica. Upper Guinea: Cameroons; Esole, on Mt. Basso, 1860 m., Ledermann, 2032; Mfongu, slopes of Muti, 1700-1920 m. , Ledermann; 5877. Nearly allied to E. hirta, Pax, which in turn is very closely related to E. trichogyne (Claoxylon trichogyne, Muell.-Arg.), and to E. Mildbraedii (C. Mildbraedii, Pax). These four species appear to constitute a very definite natural group. The male flowers o EE. trichogyne are unknown but those of the other ie species are readily distinguished from the male flowers of EL. Ledermanniana by having fewer stamens. 1202. Claoxylon (Athroandra) patulum, Prain [Huphorbiaceae- Crotoneae]; affinis C. Mannii, Hook. f., sed foliis majoribus pallidioribus hispidis nervis numerosioribus petiolisque brevioribus, staminibus numerosioribus facillime distinguenda. Arbuscula vel fruter, ramulis gracilibus hispidis, basi annulo perularum persistentium cinctis, cortice fusco hispido lenticellato. Folia breve a. ae vel anguste elliptica, abrupte acuminata acumine ad 2 . usque longo, basi rotundata, margine minute et distanter sed ce "plkadulompalentara! tenuiter membranacea, 20-25 cm. longa, 6-8 cm, lata, pallide, viridia, pilis patentibus praesertim secus nervos utrinque hispida, vel nonnunquam pilis patentibus perpaucis secus nervos faciei inferioris exceptis glabra, subtus minute verruculosa ; nervi utrinsecus 8-10, primum subpa- tentes hee adscendentes, intra marginem anastomosantes ; petiolus 6-8 mm. longus, pilis patentibus hispidus. ores parvi, racemosi, racemis ss aillan bn pedunculo maris glabro gracillimo rigidulo 3-5 cm. longo, eager maris capillaribus glabris prope basin articulatis 1°2-3 ¢ ongis, bracteolis membranaceis lanceolatis acuminato incrassatis. Stamina alba, 50-54, exteriora 10, cetera centralia, glandulis gil agercarat rhomboideis apice _ pilis elongatis _viscidulis ustis intermixta; antherarum _locelli obovoidei ; filamenta foe obsoleta. Flores feminet et fructus adhue ignoti. TROPICAL AFRICA, EP Guinea: Cameroons; Jabassi, 60-100 m., Ledermann, 1063 Most nearly related to C. '(Athroandra) Mannii, Hook. f., with 1203. Claoxylon (Athroandra) Poggei, Frain [ Euphorbiaceae-Cro- toneae|; species C. columnari, Muell.-Arg., similior eoque qu antherarum numerum congruens, differt tamen indumento pilorum patentium composito et praecipue bracteolis longioribus linearibus subulatis. _ Frutex, ramulis gracilibus — patentibus pubescentibus, basi annulo_ perularum rsistentium cinctis, cortice viridescente _lenticellato. Folia distincte peiselaitie ange, sac acute 94 articulatis 6 mm. longis; bracteolis herbaceis subulatis 2 mm. longis plurifloris. Calyx maris viridis, membranaceus, glaber, in alabastro e basi lata breviter conico clausus dein profunde valvatim 4-lobus, lobis late triangularibus apice acuminato incrassatis. Stamina ultra 60, exteriora 10, cetera centralia, glandulis juxta- staminalibus rhomboideis apice pilis elongatis viscidulis onustis intermixta ; antherarum locelli obovoidei ; filamenta fere obsoleta, Flores feminei et fructus adhuc ignoti. C. columnare, Engl. in Sitz. Preuss. Akad, Wiss, xxxviii. p. 829; nec Muell. Arg. Tropical, Arrica. Congo State: Lualaba-Kasai Dist. ; Mukenge, Pogge, 1373; Kwango Dist., Butaye ; environs of Lazaret, Vanderyst. 1204. Claoxylon (Athroandra) oleraceum, Prain {Euphorbiaceae- Crotoneae] ;_ affinis atrovirenti, Pax, sed foliis saturatius viridibus maturitate rigidioribus fere glabris nervis paucioribus magisque prominentibus, pedicellis brevioribus fructibusque subtus pallidiora minutissime verruculosa, et parce persistenter pubescentia praesertim secus nervos ; nervi utrinsecus 3-5, sub- patentes, intra marginem distincte anastomosantes et maturitate longo, pedicellis capillaribus glabris prope basin articulatis, maris 0°8-1'2 cm., feminei 2 Stamina 30-40, exteriora 10, boideis apice _ pilis elongatis viscidulis onustis intermixta ; ; : culare, glabrum ; stylus crassus, _Stigmatibus 2 ovatis vel lineari-ovatis integris aevibus divaricatis coronatus. Fructus cinnabari bort Semina cinerea, fere faci manifeste reticulata.—C. Barteri, Hook. f., Journ, Linn. Soe. vi. p. 21, partim et queads is . Barteriana in insula Lagos lecta tantum., C. africanum, Muel So¥ in DC, 95 Prodr. xv. 2, p. 777 partim et quoad Barter n. 2223 tantum ; De Wild. et ae Bull. Herb. Boiss. sér, 2, i. p. 47 et in Ann, Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. = ii. 209; De Wild. Miss. Laurent, i. p, 130 et in Ann. Mus. Congo, Bot. sér. 5, ii. p. 279 (spp. Sapiniana i in regione Linalabe-Kassi- excludenda ‘Rendle in Journ, Linn. Soe, Bot. XXXvVll. p. 213; nec Trewia? africana, Baill. TROPICAL Aird: Upper Guinea: §S. Nigeria; Lagos Island, Barter, 2223. Catdenioa ; Tchape Pai, 1500 m., Ledermann, 2845; Tibati, 890 m., Ledermann, 2433 ; Yaunde, 800 m., Zenker and Staudt, 211; Zenker, 184, 499, 712. Lower Gainde: Spanish Guinea ; Rabao, Tessmann, 555. Nile Land: Uganda; coast of Lake Victoria Nyanza, 1220 m., Bagshawe, 588, Congo State: Stanley Pool Dist., Kisantu, Gillet, 37, 74, 1419, 1865 ; Kimuenza, Gillet, 2144 ; Luko lela, Dewevre, 748 ; ‘Injolo, Ledoux and Huyghe, 22; Lulonga, Pynaert, 767; Kala, Pynaert, 525, 920; Bangala Dist., Bumba, Laurent ; Abumonbasi, Thonner, 200 ; Leopold II. Dist., near Lake Leo pold Il., Body, 92. This is very closely related to C. atrovirens, Pax and more ceevae _ the form of C. atrovirens which has been distinguished er the name C. inaequilaterum. As a rule the leaves differ metals: in shape and are much more sparingly pubescent but in some of the gatherings the leaves of the two much resemble each other. ‘The female flowers of C. atrovirens and C. oleraceum are not distinguishable but the fruit of C. oleraceum is smaller and more deeply depressed between the cocci than is the case in C. atrovirens while the seeds in our plant are more deeply reti- culated than those of its near ally. CC. Barteri Hook. f. africanum, Muell.-Arg.), to which this species has hitherto been referred, differs in having a much shorter style with subglobose and papillose stigmas and in having a shallow urceolate hypogynous disk, slightly 5-lobed in fruit. Its leaves also are smaller and are thinly membranous even when quite mature. We are indebted to the kindness of Dr. Engler and of Dr. De Wildeman for an opportunity of studying the extensive series of specimens of this species which are preserved in the Berlin and the Brussels herbaria. From the field notes accompanying many of the specimens collected in the Congo State it would appear that throughout the area in which it occurs the leaves of this plant are generally used as a vegetable. In monographing the genus Claoxylon it will be found desirable to transfer the section Athroandra to the allied genus Erythrococca, Benth. 1205. Claoxylon (Athroandra)macrophyllum, Pran [ Euphorbiaceae- Crotoneae]; species C. hispido, Pax, et C. Dewevrei, Pax, valde affinis ab ambobus tamen ramulis pedicellis petiolisque adpresse molliter pubescentibus nec patule hispidis, lamina basi angustiore, petiolisque longioribus differt. Frutex, ramulis molliter adpresse_pubescentibus ; gemmae per- ulatae squamis persistentibus. Folia petiolata, membranacea, obovato-lanceolata, apice acuminata, basi cuneata, margine sub- undulato crebre sed breviter crenata, 22°5-25 cm. longa 7-7°5 cm. lata, saturate viridia, subtus pallidiora, supra primum sparse pubescentia praesertim secus nervos, cito glabrescentia, subtus secus nervos nervulosque persistenter adpresse pubescentia ; nervi laterales 96 utrinsecus 5-6, adscendentes, intra marginem anastomosantes ; petiolus sparse adpresse pubescens, supra canaliculatus, 1°25-2 cm, longus; stipulae minutae, subulatae. Flores parvi, in racemos axillares dispositi, masculi tantum noti; pedunculi pergraciles, adpresse sericei, 125-2 cm. longi; pedicelli glabri, capillares, 6-8 mm. longi, prope basin articulati. Calyx masculus viridis, glaber, in alabastro globosus minute apiculatus ; lobi 4, fere ad basin usque partiti, Stamina 24, quorum exteriora 10, cetera centralia ; antherarum loculi obovoidei filamenta excedentes ; glandulae juxta- staminales rhomboideae apice pilis elongatis viscidis hirsutae. Flores feminei fructusque ignoti. TropicaL Arrica. Congo State: Eastern Province; Fort Beni, Kwa Muera, Mildbraed, 2197. Apparently very nearly allied to, and as regards its male flowers not distinguishable from C. hispidum, Pax, a species confined to the Cameroons, and to C. Dewevrei, Pax, which occurs both in the Cameroons and in the south-eastern portion of the Congo State. It differs, however, from both species in shape of leaf and in the absence of the spreading hispid hairs which occur on the petioles, peduncles and main nerves of the leaves in the two species men- tioned. The section Athroandra is probably more satisfactorily referred to Erythrococca than to Claoxylon, on account of the character of its buds. 1206. Urera Woodii, N. &. Brown [Urticaceae-Urticeae] ; similis U. cameroonensi, Wedd., sed foliis pro portione brevioribus et —S basi obtusioribus, cymis ramosioribus et floribus minoribus ert. _ Frutex diffasus, ramis glabris inermibus. Folia alterna, coriacea, integra, basi trinervata, utrinque glabra vel pilis urentibus pancis subtus secus nervos et in apice petioli armata; petiolus 1°5-3 cm. longus ; lamina 6-9 cm. longa, 3-6 em. lata, late elliptica vel rotundato-ovata, apice cuspidato-acuminata, basi obtusa, late rotun- data vel subcordata, exsiccata cystolithis minutis utrinque dense obtecta. Stipulae 5-10 mm. longae, attenuato-ovatae, acutae. Cymae masculae 4-7 cm. longae, 2°5-4 cm. latae, multiramosae. inermes ; femineae 2*5-3°5 cm. longae, 3-5 cm. latae, ramosissimae, | sohg coon armatae. lores sessiles :—masculi calicis lobis 2 mm. ongis ovato-oblongis apice subtruncatis minute denticulatis ; feminei calyce tubuloso ovarium aequante apice 4-crenulato crenulis minutissime denticulatis, Achaenium fere 2 mm. longum, semiex- sertum ; stigma subsessile, capitatum, magnum, fulvum. South Arrica. Pondoland; in a cutting to the lighthouse near Port St. John, Miss A. Pegler, 1533. Natal; near Umzinyati Falls, Wood, 1803, and without precise locality, Sanderson, 594. ) 1207. Sansevieria gracilis, N. E. Brown [Liliaceae-Dracaeneae] ; species suffruticosa, ramosa, foliis teretibus et perianthio basi minute tuberculato distinctissima. Suffruticosa, breviter caulescens, ramosa ; rami 15-20 em. longi, 6 mm, crassi, apice foliosi. Folia 22-60 em. longa, 6-11 mm. crassa, teretia, basi brevissime vaginata, apice spinoso-acutissima, obscure viridia, atroviridi-lineata, juniora inconspicue zonata, laevia. Racemus laxus, 6-7 cm, longus. Pedicelli 2-2-5 mm. longi, supra 97 medium articulati. Perianthium album ; tubus 2 cm. longus, gracilis, ad basin obconicam minute tuberculatus ; lobi 1 cm. longi, lineares, obtusi, revoluti. TropicaL Arrica. British East Africa: Mazeras, common, Powell, 11. 1208. Sansevieria Jacquinii, N. F. Brown [ Liliaceae-Dracaeneae ]; ffinis S, guneensi, Willd., sed foliis longioribus marginibus viridibus facile distinguitur. Aletris guineensis, Jacq., Hort. Vindobon. vol. 1, p. 36, t. 84. Acaulis, Fola solitaria vel bina, 60-120 cm. longa, 4°2-7 cm. lata, anguste lanceolata, subulato-acuta, basi in petiolum longum attenuata, viridia, fasciis transversis dilutioribus variegata, marginibus viridibus. Racemus cum pedunculo ad 45 cm. longus. asciculi 3-6 flori. Flores subsessiles, albi ; tubus 25 mm. longus, lobi 22 mm. longi, lineares, obtusi. rigin unknown, but probably a native of West Tropical Africa, 1209. Sansevieria Pearsonii, N. £. Brown [ Liliaceae-Dracaeneae]); affinis S. cylindricae, Boj., sed foliis brevioribus distinete canalicu- latis differt. Acaulis. Folia disticha, erecta, rigida, 6°8-8°3 dm. longa, basi 3-4 em. crassa, cylindrica, acuta, antice acute canaliculata, laevia. Inflorescentiam et flores non vidi. Pedicelli fasciculati, in fructu mm. longi, infra medium articulati. Baccae aurantiacae. TropicaL AFRICA. South Angola: among rocks in open forest, near kilometre 108°5 on the Mossamedes Railway, 500 m., Pearson, 20 1210, Sansevieria singularis, V. LE. Brown [Liliaceae-Dracaeneae]; species foliis solitariis validis longissimis cylindricis distinctissima. Acaulis. Folium solitarium, erectum, 0°45-2°60 m. longum, basi 2-43 cm. crassum, cylindricum, acutum, demum 5-9-sulcatum, scabridulum, brunnescens vel griseo-virens, leviter subglaucescens, junioribus obscure zonatis. lores ignoti. Tropica, Arrica. Uganda: by the river, mile 150-200, Tompson, British Kast | Africa : Voi, common, Powell, 2. VIIL—RUBBER CULTIVATION IN TOGOLAND AND GERMAN EAST AFRICA. 18721 B 98 “Togoland.—The cultivation of rubber in Togo has hitherto been very insignificant. Rubber-growing has beén taken up by only one of the two plantation-companies, viz., the Agu Planting Company, and about 140 hectares have been planted with Manihot Glaziovii, and 30 hectares with Kickxia elastica. The latter plant, however, does not thrive. It evidently suffers during drought, yields scarcely any latex, frequently dies off, and is being slowly replaced by Manihot. Manihot Glaziovii develops excellently, and the increase in production is large, the twenty oldest trees having yielded 160 grams on an average last year. Also the tapping is very simple, since the sap remains fluid (here but not in Kast Africa), and can therefore be collected in basins after the usual methods of cutting. The expense of tapping amounts to less than one mark per kilogram of dry rubber, and this is only a third of the cost for the same tree in Hast Africa. As there is no lack of cheap and good labour, the cultivation of this plant will presumably extend considerably here. Ficus elastica develops quite favourably on the Agu-plantation, but only 14 hectares are planted with it. “German East Africa is the land of the cultivation of Manihot experimental tappings the production is quite satisfactory. According to Prof. Zimmermann, one may count on 100 grm. of management the expense per kilogramme should amount to 2°80 marks for tapping, including the cost of recruiting and of building huts, 99 rubber fetches a considerably lower price than Kickxia-rubber. Generally the labourer collects each day only 500 grm. of wet rubber, corresponding to 250 grm. of the dry product. Thus to obtain 125 kg. of dry rubber per hectare, 600 working days are necessary, and consequently, allowing for the rainy season, holidays, &c., about three labourers to the hectare are required. With the rapid increase in the cultivation of rubber, it must, however, be assumed that the available number of labourers will soon be insufficient. Even the 8000 hectares, which have now been planted, or 1 kg. of dry rubber per labourer per day may be obtained. Should this prove correct, the cost-price would be materially less, and also the number of labourers required would be reduced to one-fourth. * The rubber not only includes all sorts of impurities, on account of its mode of preparation, but it also contains much more resin than the better kinds among other rubbers. It therefore only fetches a little more than half the price of Para-rubber, and is even 25-30 per cent. cheaper than good African liane-rubber. It was consequently difficult to find a market for it at times when rubber was abundant; but, with the high prices of the present day, it is now much in request. The export of plantation-rubber from East Africa is naturally only of very recent date. Lewa, the oldest plantation, exported 34 tons (Tonnen) in 1905, 74 in 1906, and 124 in 1907. “ In the year 1908, however, 87 tons of plantation-rubber, of the value of 416,000 marks were exported from East Africa, as against 124 tons of wild rubber having a value of 576,000 marks. When once the 8000 hectares are ready for the collection of rubber, 1000 tons may be expected from them, and the value of this would be 7-8 million marks. Thus even in the next few years plantation-rubber will have far outstripped wild rubber in East Africa, and will probably be the most important article of export of the country. Other species of the same genus, Manihot dichotoma, M. heptaphylla and M. piauhyensis, recently introduced from Brazil, have not yet passed their experimental stage. “ Kickzia has been planted in rather large numbers only in the Neulangenburg district, where there are about half a million trees, as well as 30,000 trees of Castilloa while in the principal region of rubber-plantations, in the Tanga district, only 10,000 Castilloa and 670 Kickria were counted in the year 1908. Neither of these plants has any great future in German East Africa, There is a better future for Hevea, which thrives quite well in certain places on the damp alluvial soil of the rivers. Nevertheless, in consequence of two long periods of drought, the climatic conditions are not exactly favourable to its development. According to these results, obtained 18721 FO ht 100 especially in Sigital, one may advise, for those praising on which irrigation is possible, that Hevea should be planted between the Manihot. If the experiment should succeed, the large gains from Hevea-rubber would more than compensate for the loss of the Manihot, which would probably be killed off by overshadowing. “The plantations of rubber-lianes in the Neulangenburg diettict on Lake Nyassa are also interesting, and appear to be doing quite well. These lianes may be recommended for planting as a sub- sidiary culture. The species most generally planted here is Landolphia Stolzii, a robust liane, which develops well even on dry soil, and in ten years attains a height of 15-20 m. with a stem 20 cm. in circumference. According to Dr. Eduardoff one can now reckon on obtaining 75 grm. of eood rubber by tapping once in zig- zag fashion, and this can be done once a month, periods of rest being naturally allowed. In this species young plants give bad rubber, and therefore tapping does not appear to be advisable before the seventh year. The cultivation of the shrubby Landolphia dondeensis has also been started, and is perhaps locally promising. * All the other rubber-plants in East Africa are still in the experimental stage. mong these are Cryptostegia grandiflora, Clitandra hilimandjarica, Mascarenhasia elastica, which does not appear to thrive, and Ficus Schlechieri, a tree, which, after yal years ee cultivation, is only now beginning to increase its rate o growt VIII—THE JAPANESE SPECIES OF CERASTIUM. H. TaKepa. Historical. Thunberg* was the first botanist to record the J apanese species the present genus. He enumerates two species, viz. :—C. vulgatum C. viscosum, According to Miquelt these two plants of Phushers a not differ from each other but are C. vulgatum, Linn. a brachy- petalum lusus glandulosum, Fenzl. In 1875 Franchet and Savatiert Pecan published in 1879 made some alterations and saiditions to their previous knowledge. They considered that the specimen, no. 137, collected by Savatier at Yokosuka and referred to in their work ander C. glutinosum must be C. vulgaium var. glandulosum, apon. Franchet oe Saeiillaes Enum. Pl. Japon, nto . 50 ( EE owiez, in Bull. Acad. Imp. St. Pe aaake pony Xviii. pp. 385-386 101 es following Maximowicz, they added Nagasaki as the locality iG. glutinosum, Fries. They were in doubt as to the existence of C. viscosum in the Flora of Japan, since this species is not enumerated in Maximowicz’s paper, and supposed — specimen might be a glandular form of C. vulyatum. They added to vulgatum another variety, var. alpinum, Bock, based on a specimen obtained from Mount Ibuki. Afterwards Maximowicz* published a new species of this genus, called C. shleapetalann from Central Japan, which is very interesting and is distinguished by having regularly 4-lobed petals. In the Flora of the Kurile Islands published a few years later Professor Miyabet enumerated three species with varieties, viz. :—C. semidecandrum, Linn. var. herbaceo- bracteatum, Fenzl; C. selgplet ah Linn. var. glandulosum, Koch ; : a egel; var. Fischerianum, Torr. et Gray. Of these the author had seen the specimens of the diene: and the last plants; others were inserted in his paper on the authority of the Russian botanists. In 1898 Williams} made a revision of the Japanese species. Accord- ing to his opinion there are eight species known as Japanese, two of them being new :—C. schizopetalum, Maxim. ; C. robustum, Williams ; C. alpinum var. oe apis Torr. et Gr.; C. pumilum, Curtis ; Cc. Lanthes, Williams ; C. arvense, Linn. ; C. triviale, Link with two varieties namely : ypicum, Will. and glandulosum, Koch; and C. glomeratum, Thuill. A few years ago another new species, C. oxalidiflorum, was added by Makino§ to the Japanese Flora. No specimen of this genus had been collected in the extreme South of Japan, until Dr. Hayatal| reported the occurance of two species in the island of Formosa :—C. pilosum, Led. and C. morrisonense, ayata, From the results of the labours of these botanists we ert ste _ the following species to be reckoned as natives of Japan : l. C. pilosum, Ledeb. 2. C. oxalidiflor um, Makino. 3. C. triviale, Link. var. typicum, Willia = C. vulgatum lusus hirsutum, Maxim. var. glandulosum, rti = C. Pee ae Fr. = C. scuciiusitrid + var. ee bacco-bracteatum, Maxim. 5. €: tanthes, Williams. 6. C. glomeratum, Thuill., = C. viscosum, Fr. et Sav. 7. C. alpinum, Linn. var. Beeringianum, Regel. var. Fischerianum, Regel. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sc. St. Peters. xxxii. p. 483 (1887). * Maximowi T Miyabe, FL "Kuril, in Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. iv. No. 7, p. 220 (1890). Iliams, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. pp. in9-92 (1859) 102 908). Makino, in Tékyé Bot. Mag. xix. p. 1 i Hayata, Fi. Mont. Formos. p. 57 (1 102 8. C. robustum, Williams. OC. morrisonense, Hayata. 10. C. arvense, Linn. ll, C. schizopetalum, Maxim. = Critical. Having had the opportunity of examining at Kew most of the original specimens of Cerastium from Japan as well as the valuable specimens referred to in the list given above, I have been able to make a careful study of the various Japanese specimens in connec- tion with those of my own collection. Before entering 1 detailed account and criticism of each plant, I should like to preface my remarks with a few words as to the characters of systematic importance in the genus. Species of this genus cannot be distin- guished by only a few characters. The habit, hairiness of stem, size and shape of leaves, characters of bracts, length and direction of pedicels, proportion of length between sepals and petals, size and shape of petals and direction of capsules, must all be consulted ; still they are to some extent not constant. Great care must be paid in examining the direction of the pedicels and capsules ; the pressing of the plants often causes them to assume a quite unnatural direc- tion. 1t is also my conviction that the size and marking of mature seeds afford a very good distinctive character, though the various kinds of marking are rather difficult to describe satisfactorily in words. specimens were not always at my disposal. According to Dr. Hayata the specimens of C. pilosum collected perennial, though weak annual specimens are often met with. So far as I am aware the Japanese form of this plant, and especially usually has leaves oval in form like those figured in Iwasaki’s Dzufu* and Tin Id. op. xlviii., fol. 14 verso. — + Id. op. viii. fol. 71. d. tab. xxx., g. 1. : § Id. op. i., 2, tab. 42 | Id. op. v.-vi., fig. 4972. es 103 Yezo, are scarious on the margin. a Franchet* states, Japanese specimens are mostly viscid, and I have seen no specimens from Japan without glandular hairs. I have been able to examine the specimens collected by Oldham at Nagasaki in 1862, which aximowiez took for C. vulgatum lusus hirsutum, Fenzl, and vane Williams determined as C. triviale a typicum, Will specimens, however, show that it is really var. glandulosum, Kick is quite doubefal, I doubt whether si? really examined the specimens to which he refers under that name. One of these specimens collected by Savatier at Yokosuka and taken by Franchet or C. glutinosum, Fries, is, according to the statements of Franchet and Savatier in ‘the second volume of their Enumeratiot said to be a glandular form of C. triviale, Link. I suspect, therefore, that the plants recorded as C. glutinosum or U. Pi epg ete h bey var. herbaceo-bracteatum, may be small specimens of C. triviale var. glandulosum. The petals of this Japanese species are pehenstiy a little shorter than the calyx, oblanceolate ri }-bilobed. The specimens collected by me in the neighbour of Nemuro Haye petals slightly exceeding the calyx in ieee, shovate-SBGAEE 4 i- bilobed, and often subciliate at the base. C. Lanthes, Williams, is, so far as I can decide from his original specimen, also a weak form C. triviale var. glandulosum, though he places the plant near C. HIS. laying stress upon the length of the pedicels and the direction of the capsules. The pedicel of C. triviale is filiform and as long as or sometimes 3-4 times as long as the calyx, and the capsules are usually nutant.} About C. glomeratum I should make some remarks upon Williams’ view. He refers to two specimens. The one was ome eee by Williams and Morrow at Shimoda and the other was ered by Faurie in the island of Rebunshiri. He refers the Shimoda specimen after Franchet and Savatier, who considered it to be C. viscosum in the first volume of their Enumeratio and afterwards in the second yolume doubted about it and have said fortasse ad speciei sequentis (i.e., C. vulgatum = C. triviale) ee glandulosam referenda.” The specimens from Rebunshiri, which Williams himself examined and preserved at Kew are, however, about 25 cm. high, eo distantly pee with oblong, obtuse leaves, bearing a diffuse inflorescence with young flowers. They very much resemble the “plant hike I collected at some places in Hokkaidé and propose to name C. boreale. But as there exists no ripe fruit, the determination is rather conjectural ; still so far I am quite sure that the specimens do not represent C. glomeratum, Thuill., so that C. jppeniitein should be excluded from the Flora of Japan. The plant believed by several botanists to be C. alpinum var. eee ans is in fact neither the plant of Regel nor that of Torrey and Sey The species is rather remotely related to * Franchet et Savatier, Enum. Pl. Japon. ii oF Franchet et Savatier, Enum. Pl. Seon i 4 an 994, 295. 104 Judging from the description, C. morrisonense, Hayata seems to be closely allied to C. arvense, from the narrow-leaved form of which this plant is distinguished by having larger flowers with more deeply bilobed petals. Maximowiez and Williams suppose that plate 30 of Sémoku Dzusetsu, vol. viii. represents C. arvense, Linn. The plant there figured is however Moehringia lateriflora, so that C. arvense can- not be reckoned a native of Japan. C. schizopetalum, Maxim. is a very distinct species with 4-lobed petals. This is distributed in the alpine region of the high moun- tains of Central Japan. Consequently the eleven species enumerated above should be reduced to seven. I add to them one new species and another one which is new to the Flora of Japan. The following enumeration comprises all the Cerasiia known to me at present. Enumeratio specierum mihi notarum. 1, C, pilosum, Ledeb. in Mém. Acad. Se. St. Petersb. v, p. 539.— Bunge, in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. ii., p. 178.—Fenzl., in Ledeb. F1. Ross. i, p. 398.—Turez. FI, Brin Deke i, p. 240.—Regel, Tentam. FI. Ussur. no. 95; Pl. Radd. i, p. 427.—Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Imp. Sc. St. Petersb. xviii., p. 385.—Komar. Fl. Ross. ii, p. 181. Syn. C. Ledebourianum, Ser. in DC, Prodr. i., p. 420. Var, amurense, Regel, Pl. Radd. i., p. 428 Syn. C. alpinum var, Fischerianum, Maxim, 1.c. p. 386, tamen quoad F erasy Japonicam nec non pl. ex. St. Olga.— Williams, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. (1899), p. 130, pro parte non Regel nec Torr. et Gr. C. oxalidiplorum, Makino, in Tékyé Bot. Mag. xix. (1905), p- 102, Hab. Alpine pastures, prov. Shinano, T'schonoske, 1864 ; Mount Morrison ? ex B. Hayata. 2. C. triviale, Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. i., p. 433. Var. glandulosum, Koch, Syn. F. Germ. et Helv. ed. 1., p. 122, ed, 2, p. 134.— Williams, l.c. p. 132. _ 105 Syn. C. vulgatum, Thunb., Fl. Japon. p. 188. C. vulgatum a brachy ypetalum lus. glandulosum, Fenzl, l.c. p. 408. —Migq. Prol. Fl. Japon. p. 10.—F ranch. et Sav. Enum. Pl. Japon. ly p. 50, id, p. 295. C. vulgatum 2 glandulosum, Regel, Pl. Radd. 1., p. 432.—Maxim. Cc. p. 386, C. din lus. hirsutum, Maxim., |.c. nec Fenzl (fide spec. in herb. Kew C. viscosum, Thunb., triviale a typicum, "Williams, Le. p. 131 (fide spec. in herb. C. ‘pumilum, Williams, l.c. p. 131, nec Curtis (fide spec. orignal. in herb. Kew C. Lanthes, ‘Williams, Le. p. 131 (fide spec. original.). | Hab. Satporo, shines 3. vi. 1887, no. 340, K. Miyabe et Y. Tokhubuchi, 26. v. 1890; circa Hakodate, pi ase 1861 ; Samtbongi, Fauric, 9; vi: 1886, no. 586; Toékyé, H. Takeda, a: tees Terasaki, v. 1906; Nagasaki, Oldham, 1862, no. 487; Vokvhaina: J, Bisset, v. 1876, . 51; Japan, Dickins; x 1881; C. Wright, 1853-56. 3. C. rigidulum, Takeda, sp. n Species C. uwnalaschhensi, Takeda, affinis, sed planta iis te sepalis brevioribus, petalis calycem non superantibus basi glabris, seminibus minoribus ad marginem non echinatis distinguitur. Perenne ; caulis fere pedalis, crassus, a basi ramosus, genicula atus, ferrugineo-pubescens, in parte superiore pilis glanduliferis immixtis Folia: crassiuscula, basilaria obovata basin versus attenuata, inferiora oblonga, media superioraque ovata vel oblongo-ovata, acutiuscula, pilis eglandulosis dense obsita, Dichasium 3-5-florum ; pedicelli crassi, rigidi, centrales fructiferi erecto-patentes vel “suberecti, apice vix incurvi, calyce fere Bip longiores ; bracteae infimae foliaceae, omnes herbaceae. Sepala 8 mm. longa, lanceolata, acuta, margine scariosa, apice biloba, dorso glanduloso-pubescentia. Petala oblanceolato-oblonga, fere 8 mm. longa, apice lobis angustis acutis in,z parte biloba, basi glabra. Capsula late cylindracea, recta, apice vix curvata, calyce duplo longior, dentibus rectis obtusis. Semina matura triangulato-oblonga, compressa, ferruginea, tubercu- lata, 1-2 mm. longa. Kuri.e Isianps. ins. Shikotan: in port. Shakotan, H. Takeda, vii. 1909. 4. C, per Takeda, sp. n A. C. triviale, Link, cul alow affine, tloribus majoribus, icellis ehiishiebibin seminibus majoribus oblongo-globosis nec triangulari-globosis tuberculis magis prominentibus distinguitur. Caulis caespitosus, 15-30 em. altus, erectus, simplex, basi divisus, modice pubescens, pilis reflexo-patentibus eglandulosis vestitus, in parte superiore pilis glandulosis immixtis. Folia inferiora a obovata, basin versus “attenuata, superiora ovata, acuta, ‘ omnia uninervia, hirsuto-pubescentia. Dichasium 5 Toflomtad 4 ; rami longe pedunculati ; pedicelli fructiferi calyce triplo longiores, patuli, apice nutanti, pubescentes, pilis glanduligeris immixtis ; bracteae anguste ovatae, acutae. Sepala Tancslucs, acuta, late 106 scariosa, parte herbaceo glanduloso-pubescenti, 7 mm. longa. Petala elliptico-oblanceolata, calycem ad 4 superantia, ad 1 cm longa, leviter biloba, lobis anguste ovatis acutiusculis, basi glabra. Capsula calyce duplo longior, apicem versus leviter curviuscula, dentibus rectis sab sis. Semina oblongo-globosa, compressa, por Sr tubercula Syn t cpohtendte “Williams, le. p. 132, nee Thuill. a scariosum ; bracteis superioribus margine scariosis. Japan. Yezo: Tumoshiri prope Nemuro, H. Takeda 12. vii. 1909 ; Rebunshiri, Faurie, no. 7286. pB ferbaces dractentuin : ; bracteis omnibus herbaceis. Kurivte Isuanps. ins. Shikotan: Anama, H. Takeda, vii. 5. C. Schmidtianum Takeda, sp. n Speciei praecedenti quoad statdvati similis, sed ab ea caule robustiore, dichasio multifloro, petalis majoribus obovatis profunde bifidis nec oblanceolatis leviter bilobis, nec non foliorum forma dis- tinguitur. Species etiam C. rigido, Ledeb., remote affinis, sed caule crassiore, foliis ovatis vel late ovatis nec basin versus attenuatis crassioribus, pedicellis centralibus patulis nec erectis, sepalis longioribus acutioribusque, petalis staminibusque non ciliatis, seminibus distantius tuberculatis differt. Perenne ; caulis basi divisus, adscendens, geniculatus, robustus, ad 40 cm. altus, subsimplex, inferne pilis reversis eglandulosis, superne pilis glandulosis dense obsitus. Folia itidsiors oblongo- obovaia, obtusa, media oblongo-lanceolata, acutata, superiora remota, ovata vel late ovata, acuta, basi dilatata, saepe subamplexi- caulia, omnia pilis brevibus rigidis pubescentia, saepe glanduloso- ciliata. Dichasium plerumque multiflorum, demum diffusum, ramis longe pedunculatis, viscidis; pedicelli crassi viscidi, centrales fructiferi erecto- -patentes vel subdeflexi, apice subnutantes, calycem duplo vel ultra superantes; bracteae infimae foliaceae, supremae margine anguste scariosae, omnes viscidae. Sepala oblongo-lanceo- lata, acutiuscula, margine scariosa, dorso dense viscida, 6°5-7 mm. onga. Petala calyce subduplo longiora, obovato-cuneata, apice triente bifida, lobis obtusis, basi glabra, Capsula calyce duplo longior, conico-cylindracea, recta vel paulo curviuscula, dentibus rectis, obtusis. Semina oblongo-globosa, compressa, fusco-ferru- ginea, Bere or: paulo ultra 1 mm. longa. n. C. Fischerianum, A. Gray in Parry’ s Expedition, ii, p- 309.—Fr. Satin Reis. Amurl. Sachal. p. 118, excl. syn, nec ee C. alpinum var. Fischerianum, Fr. et Sav. Le. i. p- 50,.excl. s non Regel.—Maxim. ].c. pro parte tamen quoad pl. Japon. sacha- linensemque, excl. gy non Rgl.— Williams, L.c. p. 130, pro parte, excl, syn. nec Torr. e JAPAN (nose Yonck C. Wright, 1853-56 ; Harland, no. 655; Hakodate, C. P. Hodgson, 1860; Albrecht, 1861; R. Yatabe, vii. 1878, Faurie, 160 (18. v. 1887) ; K. Miyabe et Y. Tokubuchi; 9. vii. 1890; Toyohira near Satporo, S. oe 5. vil. 1905; Satporo, in hort. “bo t. ex prov. Hidaka cult., ie 24. vi. 1906 ; Po tpee Fr. Schmidt; Mauka, Saghalien, 7. ; Miyake, 3. vii. 107 6. C. robustum, Williams, l.c. p. 129. Japan. Yangeshiri island, rocky places, Maurie, 7165 (29. vii. 1891). 7. C. ciliatum, Turcz., Fl. Bac.-Dah. i., p. 245. Perenne; caulis paused 10-30 cm. vulgo 20 ecm. altus, erectus, gracilis, simplex, basi divisus, medio glabrescens, linea icelli centrales fructiferi erecto-patentes, apice plus minusve esiievatis calycem 4—-5-plo superantes, glanduloso-pubescentes ; bracteae infimae plerumque foliaceae, ciliatae, superiores minores, late lanceolatae, margine membranaceae, in nervis puberulae, acutae. Sepala tere 5 mm. longa, elliptico-lanceolata, obtusa, apice plerumque leviter bifida, puberula, margine late-scariosa, saepius apicem versus atro- -purpurea. Peiala obovato-cuneata, basin versus valde attenuata, profunde in } bifida, lobis ellipticis rotundatis, calyce duplo lon iora, ungue ela bra. Capsula calycem subduplo superans, conico-cylindracea, recta, dentibus rectis obtusis. Semina matura spel as ferruginea, 1 mm. diametro, leviuscula, sub lente leviter rugulosa Syn. 'C. vulgatum var. ciliatrk, Fenzl, l.c. i., p. 410. C. alpinum 3 Fischerianum lus. ciliatum, Regel, Pl. Radd. i., . 439, JAPAN. Mt. Shirouma, alpine region, 10,000 ft., H. Takeda, vill. 1905. The occurrence of this plant which is distributed in the Altai district and in Transhaicalia, Siberis, is highly interesting. It 8. C. morrisonense, ils Fl. Mont. Formos. p. 57. JaraNn. In montibus Morrison, sec. B. Hayata. 9. C. schizopetalum, Mazim., - Bull. Acad. Imp. Se. St. Petersb. Xxxii. p. 483.— Williams, l.c. p. 1 JAPAN. In montibus Na cotaka, H. Takeda, vii. 1903 ; monte Komagatake, prov. Kai, H. Takeda, viii. 1903, vill. 1906 ; in monte Shédzu, prov. Etchi, H. Takeda, viii. 1906 ; ad fi. Akagawara superior., prov. Shinano, 17. Takeda, vii. 1907. 108 Plants unknown to me. Specimens of the following plants which have been rec pied in the Flora of Japan have not been at my disposal, so that I do not attempt to discuss them in this paper 1. C. vulgatum var. alpinum, Fr. et Sav., Enum. Pl. Japon. Ts p- 239. os MS vulgatum var. grandiflorum, Maxim. in Miyabe, Fl, Kuril, ee es alpinum var. Beeringianum lus. flavescens, Regel, Pl. Radd. a 438.—Miyabe, le Clavis Specierum mihi Notarum. The following key is based principally on characters of pedicels, sepals, petals, and leaves, &c. Characters of capsules and seeds are possibly not consulted, as they are not always to be had in herbarium specimens. 1. Petalis obovato-cuneatis apice integris interdum cuneatis, basi staminibusque ciliatis, sepalum obtusum 2-3-plo superantibus. Planta elata, pilosa, foliis tenuibus basin versus sae ogo C. pilosum, Ledeb., var. amurense, Regel. Petalis apice bifid bilobis vel qu uadrilobis 2 Petalis oblanceolatis calyce maximo 14-plolon gioribus a obovato-cuneatis calyce minimo peepee jong. oribus 3. Sepalis 6 mm. non excedentibus vulgo 4-5 mm. ‘ae Seminibus ? mm. longis triangulari-globosis granulato- tuberculatis, pedicellis ” filiformibus, petalis calyce brevi- oribus aequilongis vel calycem paulo a basi interdum subciliatis. Planta tenuis, glandulosa . triviale, Link, var. glandulosum, Koch. Sepalis 7-8 mm. longis. Seminibus 1 mm. longis vel paulo ultra tuberculatis ; pedicellis crassis rigidis 4 Petalis calycem aequantibus. Seminibus subtriangulari- globosis 1 mm. longis, pedicellis rigidis apice vix incurvis. "p anta crassa, ip ORR ferrugineo-pilosa, foliis ovatis acutis nec distante disposit ag = e C. tisha Takeda. Petalis calycem } superantibus. Seminibus oblongo-globosis mm. longis, ‘pe edicellis erecto-patentibus apice incurvis. Planta viridula, foliis superioribus ca . C. boreale, —— Petalis bilobis Petalis cuneato-obovatis triente ‘quadrilobis. Planta aie cola, ad pedalis, tenuis, viscida, foliis Tinenri-lanceolats ots alum, Maxim. 6. oe Briar tees foliis late lidinonitie: vad ate ovatis = 3 cm. longi Planta cabaniions okie’ lnuedlatid veal Hineari-lanceolatis longitudine 3 cm. non excedentibus ... wis ee ee Kew BuLLetin, 19ll. Japanese species of Cerastium. 69. 92.428. 1375. 2. 1. To face page 109] 109 7. Foliis superioribus distantibus ovatis late obovatisve basi dilatatis, dichasio laxo, pedicellis subdeflexibus apice in- curvis, seminibus 1 mm. diametro laxe tuberculatis, Planta in parte superiore bar ee C. Schmidtianum, Takeda. Foliis late lanceolatis, a ioribu us ad 7 em. longis, asin versus subattenuatis, dichasio subcompacto, Bsr cellis apice paulo tantum ee: seminibus 14 mm longis densissime elevato-tuberculat robustum, Williams. 8. toe! circa 5 mm. longis obtusis leviter bilobis. Petalis on excedentibus triente bifidis. Foliis lanceo- ee minimis 3 mm. latis glabrescentibus ciliatis. Planta alpicola, glabrescens _.. 7. C. ciliatum, nee Sepalis 7°5 mm. longis lanceolatis, petalis ultra 1 cm. pee pee bifidis. Foliis lineari-lanceolatis infra m. lat ae: 8. C. morrisonense, Hayata. EXPLANATION OF PLATE. Figs. 1-5. C. boreale, Takeda. 9. C. Schmidtianum, Takeda. Fig. 10. C. rigidulum, Takeda. oe ll. CC. robustum, Williams. Figs. 12-16. C. ciliatum, Turez. All seeds are magnified 18 times, except Fig. 17 which is 12 times. Other figures are enlarged five times natural size. Sepals are seen from inside. IX.—-THE BEECHWOOD INDUSTRY OF THE CHILTERNS W. DALLIMORE. A. good illustration of the way in which large industries may be Per and towns built up through the presence of woodlands, m which a continuous supply of wood can be drawn, is to be seen in the Chiltern district. Here, dotted about in Buckingham- shire, Hertfordshire and some of the adjoining counties, there are several towns owing their existence almost entirely to wood-working trades which originated in connection with, and still owe much of their prosperity to the numerous woods in their respective neighbourhoods. The beech, beg the dominant tree of the Chilterns, enters largely into the various manufactures and the wood has lon g been a source of revenue to estate owners in the locality ; ; for timber grown on the heavy soil, overlying chalk, which is peculiar to the country, has acquired a reputation for strength and durability which is unsurpassed. A tour through the district reveals the fact, that while a considerable area is covered by beech woods, there are no very extensive plantations, the object apparently being to restrict tree growth to the positions eg suitable for agricultural purposes and 110 together with badly placed trees. (raps, so caused, are filled up 1 considerations in determining the price, but such items as whether the timber is sold standing or felled ; its distance from a good road and manufacturing centre, and whether it can be partly worked on the ground, are all subjects which help to determine its value. Trees of small girth are sometimes well sold at from sixpence to ninepence a cubic foot, while trees with a large quarter girth have been known to reach half-a-crown a cubic foot in the neighbourhood of Chesham. The most frequent price for medium sized, clean grown trees would appear to be from one shilling to one shilling and sixpence a cubic foot. Of the several towns where an outlet is found for beech timber, High Wycombe is perhaps the most important. As a centre for chair-making it is of world-wide fame, whilst general cabinet work and numerous minor industries are also established there. Beech timber enters largely into these various industries, and it is of special importance in the manufacture of chairs, though of late years a rival has sprung up in imported birch which arrives partly worked. Windsor chairs, with the exception of the seats, are made of beech, and many of the commoner upholstered chairs are also made from the same kind of wood. Formerly, a considerable amount of work in preparing the wood for chair-making, such as the turning of legs, spindles, &c., was carried out in the woods; the articles being put together in factories and shops in the surrounding towns and villages. fen from these places found work in the woods for the greater part of the year, and in some cases bothies were erected for the accommo- dation of those men whose homes were too far distant to allow of their return each evening. For some years past, however, this practice has been gradually dying out, for the competition with machine-made articles and imported wood, already partly worked, 911. e Kew Bulletin, 1 Woops. AtR-LEG INpustRY, GREAT HAMPDEN Cu To face page 111.] 111 has made it increasingly difficult for men working under the old conditions to earn an adequate means of livelihood. The practice, however, still obtains in a few places, and through the courtesy of the Earl of Buckinghamshire and his agent Mr. A. G. Hobart- Hampden, some particulars of the ore were gleaned in the woods at Great Hampden during Janu se or spindles. A sector end edt an aR ate triangle, the base being wide enough for two legs and the apex for one leg. From a section of a trunk 12 to 13 inches in diameter, it is possible to obtain about two dozen legs, but if the wood were sawn instead of being split, it is probable that more could be made. The radial splitting of the wood is a matter of prime importance, for if it were split in any other way, the legs would be weak and liable to fracture. The rough pieces of wood, after being trimmed into shape with an axe, are turned and finished off by means of a primitive pole lathe installed in a quaint little thatched hut or ‘ shop. The lathe consists of an ordimary bed and mandrels, the power being obtained by means of an inclined, flexible pole, a thin rope and a treadle. One end of the pole, which may be from 12 to 15 feet long, is firmly secured outside the hut at a height of about 2 feet above the ground. ‘The other end passes into “the hut and in doing so rises, so that at the lathe it is several feet above the worker's head. To this end a loose rope is secured, the other end of the rope being ane between the bed and the rest of the machine and made fast to the treadle near the ground. In placing the object to be turned in oe between the mandrels it is encircled by a turn of the rope. By using the treadle the object is made to revolve, first foreaais as the pole descends, then back- wards as it flies back into position. During the forward movement, the working tool is brought to bear on the chair leg or whatever is being turned, and in a very short space of time the article is removed in a finished state. The accompanying illustrations taken in the Great Hampden woods show the thatched huts packed round with wood shavings, the long lathe-pole passing into the hut and the rough timber for the chair-legs lying around. Trees from medium to small girth are preferred to large trees for the purpose, and clean grown timber is necessary. From 9 to 12 the result of their labours goes a very little way towards satisfying the demands of the Wycombe manufacturers, for it is said that 112 upwards of 2,000,000 chairs are made in the town annually. The method of working up the timber in the woods strikes one as being more wasteful than methods which obtain in factories ; for, in the former case, not only does loss occur in spliting in place of sawing, but also the workers are unable to use up any timber which is inclined to be rough and which, on the other hand, might be con- verted into small articles of one description or another in a factory. The question of turning the waste material into acetone has been considered, but owing to the lack of a large and constant supply and the low price offered, it would not be likely to prove a financial success. As the town of High Wycombe is famous for its chairs, so Chesham is renowned for its brushes. The town contains a num of factories which expend the whole or the greater part of their energy on the manufacture of brushes. Though beech is not the only wood used in the brush-making trade, it is the most important, for no other wood has been found to answer so well for the blocks into which the hair or fibre is secured. These blocks have, of necessity, to be pierced by a large number of holes and very few woods are found which will stand the boring and subsequent wiring of the bunches of hair or fibre into position, so well as the beech. For large bass brooms and a few other kinds of similar construction, where the holes are comparatively few in number and the blocks thick, preference is given to birch on the question of lightness, but or all the smaller and denser kinds of brushes such as scrubbing These backs are sometimes attached directly to the block with its filling of hairs or fibre and wire, or there may be a thin veneer between the two, The kind of wood used for the backs differs in the various kinds of brushes. For scrubbing brushes, horse chest- nut is most in favour on account of its whiteness, and makers state that brushes backed with this kind of wood find a more ready sale than those backed with woods which are less clean looking. used. Some idea of the importance of the brush business to Chesham may be gathered from the fact that one factory alone, which is engaged solely in the manufacture of brushes, finds regular employ- ment for upwards of 150 men and women. By the kindness of Messrs. R. Webb and Sons I was enabled to see the whole process of up-to-date brush manufacture, and I am indebted to them for much information on the uses of beech and other timber. Important as the brush-making industry is in the town, Chesham woodworkers find many other outlets for their talents, for there are numerous factories which manufacture a great variety of articles. Thus, in one factory visited, the owner had gained a reputation for malt shovels or barn shovels as they are variously called. These large, wide-mouthed shovels are shaped out of single pieces of wood. 1138 Only trees which possess a large quarter girth are available for the purpose, for a shovel made from a plank taken from the centre of a tree would split easily and be of no value, therefore each shovel is sawn from a radial section of a quarter of the girth of a tree. These sections are then shaped, partly by hand and partly by machinery, and placed in an airy building to season. Colour has a bearing on the sale, consequently the shovels are smoked to a brownish colour before being delivered to dealers. Other woods, particularly poplar, are used for shovel-making, but they are less esteemed than beech. When shaping shovel handles, a good sized piece of wood is taken from each side; these are all utilized, for they are cut up into toy spades, cheap cricket bats, handles for toy tennis rackets, &c. he manufacture of playthings from beech forms an extensive business. oops, and spades for the seaside, alone give employ- ment to large numbers of men for many months of the year. Wood for hoops is cut into long thin laths the width of two hoops. The laths are planed and then seasoned; afterwards they are steamed and, while hot, bent into the required shape and placed in a mould until dry. Two laths are nailed together and the circle of wood is afterwards sawn through the middle to form two hoops. Spades, bats, handles of various descriptions, small household necessaries, heels for boots and shoes, spoons and various other articles are cut out of wood which is too small for shovels and other large articles, the wood being worked up to the smallest possible piece. Refuse is also made use of, for it is used as fuel to generate steam for the engines. Boards cut from radial sections of the wood are used largely for panelling, either alone or asa base for veneer. Sections of large trees are brought into use in the manufacture of certain machines used in cloth mills, whilst spindles and shuttles required in the spinning of cotton are often made from beech. The same kind of wood is esteemed for butcher’s trays, the heads of golf clubs, lasts for boots and shoes, and many other articles. Beech is not used much by the builder but the handles of many of his smaller tools are made from it, an was informed by a master builder a short time ago, that for stone-mason’s mallets, no wood stands hard wear so well] as beech, providing it is eut correctly. Two kinds of beech wood have been described, “red” or “male beech” and “white” or “female beech.” The difference is, that wood of an ordinary tree. In addition to the towns referred to, there are others such as Berkhamsted and Watford which include wood-working among their industries, while in some of the larger villages throughout the Chiltern district, small factories and workshops are to be found, It is hoped that a series of articles representing the application of beech and other British grown timbers, will be obtained in the near future for the Forestry Museum at Kew. 18721 Cc 114 EXPLANATION OF PLATES. of the picture and between it and the further hut there is a stack of wood split ready for turning. Fig. 2. A front view of a thatched hut; shavings and wood chips are piled against the hut and cover the ground. The lathe pole is attached to an upright post in front of the hut and passes over the entrance into the hut; on the left a workman is spliting the logs into sectors. A stack of split wood ready to be turned may be seen at the back of the tree near the hut. X.—MALLET BARK. (Eucalyptus occidentalis, Endl., var. astringens, Maiden.) Mallet Bark is one of the more important of the many tanning materials that have appeared in European commerce during recent years, and though considerable doubt existed for a time as_ to its botanical origin, its value as a tanning agent was readily recognised. The early history of the commerce in this bark, which is a product of Western Australia, is given by Mr. E. M. Holmes in the Pharmaceutical Journal, February 4th, 1905, p. 141, under the name of Eucalyptus occidentalis, the name having been determined from flowering specimens of the plant received from a correspondent in Albany, Western Australia. In the article referred to, the writer draws attention to the fact that some of the commercial bark is evidently derived from another species of Eucalyptus, an opinion confirmed by Mr, Maiden in the w . communication printed belo Mr. Holmes, quoting from Der Gerber, xxx. December 15th; 1904, indicates that the following percentages of tannin available for leather manufacture are contained in the bark, viz., young bark 35 per cent.; medium bark 40 to 50 per cent.; old bark 39 to 70 per cent., giving an average of about 38 per cent. A specimen of the powdered bark analysed by Professor H. R. Procter gave tanning matter absorbed by hide 54°5 per cent.; soluble non- tanning matter 8 per cent., matter insoluble in water at 15° C., 25°3 per cent., and 11°6 per cent. water. The tintometer colour measurement of solution containing 0°5 per cent. of tanning matter in 1 cm. cell is given as red 3:0, yellow 8:6. Procter adds that there is no question that “it is one of the strongest natural tanning materials we have had through our hands.” The tanning matter when extracted has a cinnamon-brown colour. It is said to act quickly and easily, and to tan fully. But there appears to be some doubt as to the best method of using it, since 115 one Australian tanner states that it requires to be used like Valonia in conjunction with other tanning materials, for if used alone it makes a hard thin leather that becomes very brittle. The fact, however, that the demand for the bark has increased so rapidly since its introduction indicates that if used in proper proportions and under suitable conditions it is a valuable tanning material, at least to those who know how to use it. As the bark is easily powdered and the powder easily exhausted of its tannin by col water, and the leather produced by it is of a pale colour, it evidently possesses considerable advantages, and if it can be produced at a cheaper rate than Mimosa bark, may become a strong competitor of that widely used product. : r. J. H. Martpren, Government Botanist of New South Wales, has kindly furnished the following particulars about Mallet Bark. He is of opinion that the tree which yields this product is a variety of Eucalyptus occidentalis, Endl., to which he has given the name astringens, Maiden :— This has been a well-known article of commerce for the last six years at least, and as there has been some doubt as to its botanical origin, I spent a good deal of time during my botanical journeys in Western Australia (September—December, 1909), in endeavouring to clear up the matter he ordinary “ Flat-topped Yate” is, in my view, typical Eucalyptus occidentalis, Endl. It is a tree with black hard bark for the lower half of the trunk, while the upper half of the bark is black and feathery, the loose bark quivering in the wind strongly reminding one of the feathers of a French fowl. The branches are more or less smooth or ribbony. The bark of this form has no commercial value, The Mallet is a smooth barked Eucalypt—a Gum in Australian parlance, It also is more or less flat-topped, but quite distinct in appearance to the ordinary flat-topped Yate. No bushmen that I consulted would ever allow that the trees are the same. I have described the Mallet as a variety (astringens), in the Journal Nat. Hist. and Science Soc. of Western Australia, 1910. The ordinary Yate is E. cornuta, Labill. “The tops of a ver high species of Eucalyptus which they (the natives) call Mallert ” a mmond in Hooker’s Lond. Journal Bot.). This is the first instance I can find of the use of the name, which is always now called “ Mallet,” although one hears of other spellings, ¢.g., *© Mallat.” The commercial Mallet trees occur in a north and south strip of the South Eastern part of the State, practically following the Great Southern Railway from Beverley or Brookton to Mount Barker, and at a distance of about 40 miles on either side of the line. It is now prohibited by the Forest Department to cut Mallet Bark from any portion of the area 20 miles each side of the Great Southern Railway. It can be legally stripped from Ist March to Ist November. - The Acting Inspector-General of Forests informs me that the industry has fallen off during recent years, owing to the Mallet 18721 C2 116 within payable cartage of the Great Southern Railway Line having been cut out. The “quantity of bark exported has fallen off from 318,315 ewts. in 1905 to 226,399 cwts. in 1908. The truck loads of Mallet Bark at so many stations on the Great Southern Railway are a feature which serves to impress the magni- tude of the industry on the memor In Western Australian commerce ,theke are two recognised kinds of Mallet Bark, viz. :— (a.) Brown Mallet (commercially the more valuable). (b.) White Mallet There is a “ Spotted Mallet,” of which only five tons have been handled by a large sa especially interested in this trade (Messrs. Henry Wills & Co. f Albany), and this kind may be dismissed from notice for the present. Stained inferior pieces known as Black Mallet are sometimes — disposed of under a different brand and name. Sometimes “ White Gum” bark (£. redunca and other pre) is mixed by the strippers as an adulterant or unintentional The pieces or strips are sent in by strippers in lengths of about 3 feet, and commonly 6 inches wide. Brown Mallet.—This is the better variety and usually contains exudations of a brownish friable kino, which is quite evident to the eye, and a fracture discloses such. Externally it is whitish (brown stained) with greyish blotches. It would be dase by bushmen as a “ White Gum.” I studied the Brown Mallet irees in the bush in several pala and peg are notes made by me on the spot in two of the Narrogin.—Erect in habit, both as regards trunk and Vewiline Flat-topped liked a broom or brush. Grows on rises or ridges, not on swamps or ape ; therefore only in patches and not in large rime areas. ws on ironstone gravel and not on alluvial. Mr. J. H. Gregory (the eg District Forester) has often seen Mallet 2 ft. 6 ins, in diameter. He has seen 10 to 15 bundles of bark ae one tree, the Weight of bark being usually 50-70 lbs. per bundle d It may attain a diameter of ane ‘feet, but trees of such size. have been destroyed in accessible places. It pie a dense almost. impenetrable thicket of young saplings, and it seems to me that it would handsomely pay to thin out such —. ‘scientifically. 2. Near the Kalagan River bridge, Albany, Porongorups, to Stirling Range (near a sandstone cliff) we came across some allets which were being stripped for their bark. ‘The trees are small, say 9 inches to 1 foot (I am informed there were some 18 inches). Bark perfectly smooth, dark and glossy. Underneath the bark is a layer of kino uniformly Getriboied: This is the Brown Mallet. White Mallet——Through the kindness of Messrs. Wills & Co., I obtained commercial samples of the White Mallet. This bark has a pinkish fracture and little or no kino. It is a “ cleaner” bark than the Brown Mallet; that is to say, a white, smooth bark with few stains of any kind, 117 Mr. J. H. Gregory described the White Mallet tree id ie me more straggly than Brown Mallet. He says it is like a White Gum (£. redunca), and that one locality is 20 miles from Narrogin (near the Willis River). To me it was a “ Will o’ the Wisp.” Any White Mallet trees shown to me were similar to Brown Mallets, and I travelled many a mile after the White Mallet. Brown Mallets I felled myself and took herbarium specimens from them, but it remains to pe proved if the White Mallet differs botanically from the Brown o Mallet Bark is chiefly shipped to the continent of pe (largely, es 2 mainly) from Albany, and principally to Hamburg and Antw For these two markets it is sent in sacks, broken or ottialted into pieces about 2 inches long. There is a smaller market for it in the Eastern States, principally New South Wales and Victoria, and for those markets it is shipped in powder, For ehipment from Albany it comes from Tambellup, Katanning, and even more northern stations The price of Mallet Bark was £4 15s. a ton on the trucks in 1909. - Broome Hill seems a very active centre for it, in fact the local police say it is the centre : The following are some biblidgraipliionl references to Mallet a :— . “Source of the new ee Fee ates Eucalyptus occidentalis, the Flat-topped Yat by Dr. A. at eae on, Journ. Agric. W. Australia, September 1904, p. 1 [This is Mallet, which is a flat-topped ere: * Flat- topped Yate ” is E. occidentalis, normalis, J. H. M. . © Mallet Bark,” by E. M. Holncs, Pharm. Fiuka: 4th February, 1905, p. 141. “ Mallet Bark,” by T. R. Sim, Natal Agric. Journ. and Mining Record, March 24th, 1905, vol. vili., no. 3, p. 209. Y oe pie es of the barks of four West Australian ecies of Eucalyptus,” by Henry G. Smith, Journ, os ric. W, Australia, 20th April, 1905, p. 219 # Mallet Eucalypt Bark better saa Black Wattle,” by . E. Hutchins, Agric. Journ. Cape of Good Hope, J fine; 1905, p. 784. bo - Or XI—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. ForemEeN AND SToOREKEEPER.—The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury have sanctioned, on the recommendation of the Board of Agriculture an isheries, the transfer of the have been issued for Messrs. G. Dear, Ww. ese Te ~ A. Osborn, T. W. Taylor and J. Coutts. 118 Mr. Harotp GREEN, a member of the gardening staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, has been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, Assistant Pilg of the Botanical and Forestry Department, Hong ong. Mr. Harry Dopp, whose appointment as Curator of the Botanic Station at Onitsha, Southern Nigeria, was recorded in Kew Bulletin, 1906, p. 224, has been appointed by the Secretary of State for India in Council, on the recommendation of Kew, a probationer gardener for service in India. Presentations by Mrs. Cooke——Mrs. Cooke has very kindly pre- sented to Kew the bronzed terra-cotta model of the bust of the late Dr. Theodore Cooke which was made by the sculptor preparatory to the execution of the marble bust presented to the College of Science, Poona. The model was taken from life about fifteen years ago. rs. Cooke has also presented a selection of books from Dr. Cooke’s library, among which may be mentioned, T. Moore’s “ British Ferns and their Allies,” 1866, and “ Vernacular names of Plants in the Presidency Proper, Bombay,” 1901, by W Symonds, which were not represented in the Kew Library. Two books of Indian and Queensland Ferns, also received from Mrs. Cooke to be dealt with at the discretion of the Director, have been presented to the Botanical Department of the Hast London College, Mile End Road. Hooker’s Icones Plantarum.—Three parts of this work have appeared since the last notice in the Bulletin. Part 4 of Volume xxix., including plates 2876-2900, was issued in June 1909. Plates 2876, 2877, represent Manihot dichotoma, Ule, the Jequié Manicoba of Brazil, which is said to be one of the best rubber- yielding species of the genus. The remainder of the part is devoted to the genus Sapium, and includes numerous new or little- known species, among which are S. Hippomane, G. F. W. Meyer, and S. utile, Preuss, both of which yield rubber. Part 1 of Volume xxx. was issued in January 1910. It is wholly devoted to the illustration of Asiatic species of Impatiens, described by Sir J. D. Hooker. Hight of the species figured are f ndo-China, six from the Western Himalaya, five from the Nilgiri Hills, three from China, and one each from Afghanistan and Nepal. Fourteen of the 25 species are described for the first time Part 2 of Volume xxx. appeared in January 1911. Eighteen of the plates illustrate new or recently described genera. : Gooringia, t. 2944, Caryophyllaceae, tribe Alsineae, differs from Arenaria by its tetramerous flowers and from Buffonia by the 4- valved capsule. G. Littledalei, F. N. Williams, has the habit of a Sagina. It is a native of Tibet and Sikkim. 119 Kolkwitzia, t. 2937, is a genus of Caprifoliaceac, tribe Capri- folieae, allied to Abelia. K. amabilis, Graebn., was introduced into England from Hupeh, Central China, by Mr. E. H. Wilson, who found it on cliffs in the Fang District, at 10,000 ft. Plates 2939-2942 represent four monotypic South African genera of Ericaceae, originally described in the Flora Capensis. Eremiopsis differs from Hremia in its 1-celled, l-ovuled ovary, and from all other South African heaths in the style, which is recurve at the base, then erect and incurved at the apex. Lepterica is near Coccosperma, from which it may be distinguished by the 1-ovuled ovary and eight stamens. The very numerous suberect parallel branchlets give it a peculiar habit. Platycalyx differs from [rica in having a gamosepalous calyx and ovules solitary in each cell. Aniserica is allied to Sympieza from which it differs in its campanulate, equally 4-lobed calyx. Guiana. Acrymia is a monotypic genus of Labiatae, tribe Ajugoideae, allied to Cymaria, from which it may be distinguished by the 2- lobed upper lip which does not conceal the 1-celled anthers. A. ajugiflora, Prain, t. 2946, is a native of Perak, Malay Peninsula. | Titanotrichum, Solereder, t. 2936, is a genus of Gesneriaceae, tribe Didymocarpeae, which was described almost simultaneously by Hemsley under the name Matswmuria. It is founded on Rehmannia ? Oldhamt, Hemsl., a native of Formosa. Hypodaphnis, t. 2938, Lauraceae, tribe Perseeae, is allied to Nectandra, from which it differs in the presence of distinct filaments and the inferior ovary as well as in the position of the anther- locelli. H. Zenkeri, Stapf, is a native of the Cameroons. Teonongia tonkinensis, Stapf, t. 2947, Moraceae, tribe Strebleae, is the rubber-tree of Tonkin. It was at first considered a species of Streblus and was afterwards described as a Bleekrodia. Teonongia differs from Streblus in the dehiscent fruit and the equal semiglobose cotyledons and from Bleckrodia in the perianth of the female flower. Aristogeitonia, t. 2926, Euphorbiaceae, tribe Phyllantheae, differs from the other genera of the tribe which have digitately compoun leaves in the inflorescence and in having a biseriate perianth in the flowers of both sexes. A. limoniifolia, Prain, is a native of Loanda, Angola. Protomegabaria, t. 2929, belongs to the same tribe, its affinities being with Thecacoris and Maesobotrya. Two species are known, both natives of West Tropical Africa. Neodregea, t. 2931, Liliaceae, tribe Anguillarieae, is a monotypic genus allied to Dipidax, Laws. N. Glassii, C. H. Wright, has the habit of a dwarf Ornithoglossum, the flower (except the ovary) of Androcymbium, and the ovary of Veratrum. It is a native of Cape Colony. 120 Hancochia, t. 2945, is a monotypic genus of Orchidaceae, tribe Epidendreae, differing from Nephelaphylium in its short 1-flowered scapes, subconnivent sepals and petals, and long slender spur. uniflora, Rolfe, was collected in mountain forests of Mengtze, unnan, by Mr. W. Hancock. Heteranthoecia, t. 2927, Gramineae, tribe Paniceae, is inter- mediate between Jsachne and Coeluchne. H. isachnoides, Stapf, has been collected in Nupe and in the Snussi Country, French Congo. Lintonia, t. 2949, ass aca tribe Aveneae, is allied to the Australian genus Astrebla. L. nutans, Stapf, is known only from Nairobi, British East Africa. Dignathia, t. 2950, Gramineae, tribe Zoysieae, consists of two species, natives of British Last Africa. It is allied to Latipes, Kunth. Among the other — figured are the followimg :— Xylia Kerrii, Craib et Hutchinson, t. 2932, Leguminosae, tribe Adenanthereae, a sities of Siam and Burma. Brachylaena Hutchinsit, Hutchinson, t. 2928, Compositae, tribe Tnuloideae, a native of British East Africa, It is a tree attaining a height of 90-100 ft., and gan a durable timber, which is not subject to the ravages of white ants. Arrabidaea crassa, Sprague, t. 2933, Bignoniaceae, tribe Bignonieae, a very distinct species remarkable for its exserted stamens and acutely angled, almost winged capsule. Ocotea usambarensis, Eingl., t. 2934, Lauraceae, tribe Perseeae, a very valuable timber tree, native of Tropical Kast Africa. Tylostemon ugandensis, Stapf, t. 2943, a native of Uganda, belongs to the same tribe. Phyllanthodendron roseum, Craib et ea t. 2935, Euphor- biaceae, tribe Phyllantheae, a native o rath pape Sp tesselata, Munvo, t. 2930, “He South African Bam- of which flowering specimens have only recently been collected. « Die-Back ” of Cacao and of Para Rubber. ny htie cacaoicola, P, Henn., was first observed on cacao wood from the Cameroons in 1896. "Since that date the fungus has proved a veritable scourge in cacao plantations, in localities as far distant from each other as the West Indies, St. Thome, Federated Malay eit Philli-. pines, &e. The form-genus Diplodia contains many injurious parasites, and in only a few instances the higher or ascigerous condition of the fungus is known. An attempt to solve the life-history of D. cacaoicola, was undertaken by Mr. Keith Bancroft, in the Jodrell Laboratory, at Kew, from material received from West Africa, teeming with the Diplodia, which has resulted’ in demon- strating that the Diplodia is followed in due course, on dead material, by an ascigerous condition of the fungus, which proves to belong to the genus i tana The species is new and. has been described as 7. tarda, Bancro . Further observations have oe that. Thyridaria tarda is the cause of the “die-back ” disease of the cacao plant and of, the, 12) “brown-rot” of cacao pods and that its Diplodia form is identical with that of the fungus which is the cause of the ‘die-back. disease of Para rubber in the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. It appears therefore highly probable that both diseases are primarily due to Thyridaria tarda. A preliminary account of this fungus with a description and elucidation of the synonymy is given in the Agricultural Bulletin of the Straits and Federated Malay Straits, ix. (1910), pp. 475-478. A. note was also published in the Kew Bulletin, 1910, pp. 93-95. G. M. Dacrydium ‘cupressinum.—This tree, a native of New Zealand, where it is widely distributed, yields the wood known commercially as Rimu. From a correspondent of Kew we learn that Rimu varies very greatly in quality and texture according to the nature of the locality in which the tree grows. Thus in the northern part of North Island the tree while attaining a large size yields a timber, particularly when it grows in swampy ground, which is poor in colour and of coarse and open texture. The best quality is what is known locally as ‘ Mountain Rimu,’ from trees grown at about, or over, 1000 ft. above sea-level, and in soil of a suitable character. Such trees are stated to be about 3 ft. in diameter and as a rule have a clean trunk of about 40 ft. In estimating the amount of ‘prime wood’ in such a tree the portion beyond the point where branching begins is said not to be considered. rime Mountain Rimu is stated to be sold in the London market at somewhere about 30s. per 100 ft. super net, but the price is understood to vary somewhat according to the demand. The Queen Victoria Niagara Falls Park System.—The following account of the Park system in process of formation at Niagara Falls in the Dominion of Canada is part of an interesting communi- cation received from Mr. H. J. Moore, Chief Gardener, formerly a member of the gardening staff at Kew. The scheme outlined promises to provide the Dominion of Canada with a most important botanical collection of trees, shrubs, and hardy plants, as well as a park system of remarkable beauty, unique in the grandeur of its surroundings :— 122 of land which the Provincial Government of Ontario very wisely purchased and set aside as a national park, the total area of which is just over 800 acres. At one end of this reserve, near Lake Ontario, is the battlefield of Queenston Heights ; and at the other end the battlefield of Fort Erie. The city of Niagara Falls, Ontario, is about midway between these two points, and here the Queen Victoria Park Commissioners are doing a splendid work in developing a park system which will undoubtedly rank with the best in the world, both from an aesthetic and an educational standpoint. erhaps the most important project the Parks Commission have in hand is the construction of a boulevard extending from a point near the Falls to Bridgeburg 16 miles up the river. I need not enter into details of its construction; suffice it to say that each mile section along its course will be planted with one variety of shade tree, w ile at several points, where the width is sufficient, small ri Falls and Buffalo, renders its construction essential and in time it will no doubt rank with the best American park systems in point of utility as well as beauty. he area in the vicinity of the F ais pmoanting to two hundred acres, is being transformed and laid out more or less in the nature of a large botanical garden. The southerly portion will form the arboretum. A large range of iron-frame greenhouses and con- -gervatories will be built to accommodate various exotic species and varieties of plants, also to furnish a sufficient space to display the decorative or greenhouse types, such as Chrysanthemums, Cyclamens, Primulas, So. ., in their respective seasons, The northerly sorhion, in which are situated the herbaceous borders and flower beds, also contains the baseball, football and cricket grounds, the t tennis courts and bowling greens. In this aes many beautiful and valuable specimen trees and shrubs are Coniferae are strongly represented and flourish well under the conditions at the Falls. Thuya occidentalis, Juniperus virginiana, suga canadensis, Pinus Strobus and Taxus canadensis grow naturally at various points in the park proper aud are also to found in abundance along the lower Niagara Gorge. Evergreens other than conifers are rare, very few of the broad- leaved type have up to the present proved hardy enough to stand the rigours of the severe Canadian winters, therefore this class of plants. is only represented by such subjects as Rhododendron catawbiense, R. maximum, and Kalmia latifolia. There are many remarkable specimens of deciduous trees, some of which are growing naturally, while others, perhaps the ans ie have been planted. Splendid specimens of Ulmus americana. 123 Aesculus 6 ee and Fraxinus americana are to be seen at every turn; Juglans nigra, the Black Walnut, is fairly common and attains a great height, many specimens in the Park are at least 80 feet high. The herbaceous garden has during the past been arranged in the form of a huge border, but steps are being taken to arrange the number of plants may be approximately estimated. Liliums, rs visitors who annually visit the Park. The proposed arboretum in the southerly portion of the park will be so designed that the trees and shrubs can be planted botanically in groups for educational purposes. There will be a pinetum, an ericaceous garden containing a Rhododendron glen and a collection of lilacs amongst other features. I mention these simply to give the idea of what is contemplated. All trees and shrubs indigenous to temperate North America and especially to Canada will be planted in this area, while acclimatized exotic subjects will also be included in the collection. A better location for an arboretum would be hard to find ; on the west the area is flanked by an escarpment 100 feet high covered with beautiful hardwood trees interspersed with a few pines. It is sheltered from violent storms from that quarter, also in some degree from the north, as the escarpment bends round and covers a distance of two and three-quarter miles. At the most southerly point are situated the beautiful Dufferin Islands. The Niagara River borders the entire park system on its eastern side. In both the old and newer portions of the park system the trees and shrubs will named after the method in vogue in Kew, lead labels being used One of the objects of the Park Commission is to develop the park system along educational lines, and the Commission and their Superintendent, Mr. John H. Jackson, have entered upon the work in the right spirit. What the Ontario Agricultural College is to the Province in agriculture, so will the Queen Victoria Park be to 124 the Province and to the Dominion of Canada in horticulture and botany. In landscape beauty the park system will undoubtedly rank amongst the ae of its kind, for glorious natural features abound on every panys e Toronto Power Com any s generating station is a magnificent structure, and although it is not quite completed it has the | appearance of a beautiful library or museum. In the immediate foreground are beds sunk in concrete, the whole elt arranged in the form of a terrace approached by steps. In these beds are pig al — sub-tropical and ordinary bedding planting plants in spring, and in the autumn bulbous plants such as Tulips, Fiyachwiluc and Narcissus. The Administration Building contains the offices of the Parks Commission and of the Superintendent and his staff; the basement is divided into lavatories and Constables’ headquarters. The second floor serves as a restaurant, while the Board room of the Commisssion and their bedrooms are on the top or third floor. These rooms are only used when the Board is in session. Standing as it does in proximity to both the American and Canadian Falls the building has a igre ns oe location and from its balconies splendid views can be o ned. The number of men employed in the park proper is about 80 in There are only ‘Seve trained gardeners sia by the Pann SOrERODs two of them Kew men. I have met many gardeners from Britain, and am glad to say that in nearly every case the best aitiene are held by old Kewites. I may state that the mere fact of having taken the Kew course places a man in the front rank of horticulturists out here. Let me say that alae else is it possible for a gardener to obtain such a training a rds. This fact strikes home to many a Kewite, when Kew to him is a thing of the past. As an old Kewite I would advise the young fellows in Kew to make the best of their time, not only as far as practical work is concerned, but also in the various courses of lectures. Two years is a very short perion rey should, therefore, crowd all they possibly can into the e opportunity will never come again, and when they leave ‘thay should remember it is their duty where- ever they may be to uphold the reputation of Kew. By so doing the chances of their fellow Kewites ¢ are materially improved. 125 Botanical Magazine for J mabe —The plants figured are Meliosma ecae Franch, (t. 8357); Kennedya Bechzxia ana, FE, v. Muell. (t. 8 ; Urceocharis edentata, C. H. Wright (t. 8359) ; Fane por C. A. Mey. (t. 8360); and Macsietiihe pachyura, Reichb. f, (t. 8361). The Meliosma is a Chinese plant found in Szechuan, Hupeh and Yunnan. The specimen figured was raised from seeds collected on ount Omi and sent to Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons b Wilson. This genus is the only one of its order, Sabiaceae, which can be grown in the open in Great Britain. With its many- flowered, pyramidal panicles of small, greenish-yellow flowers it — an interesting addition to our collections of ornamental shrubs, ya Beckziana is a striking coc — rom twining plant from New South Wales and was raised at Kew from seed purchased from Mr. J. Staer, Wahroonga, New "South Wales, in 1908. The flowers are a good red with a greenish-yellow patch at the base of the standard and are larger than those of any other Kennedya in cultivation. The Urceocharis which forms the subject of the next plate appears to be a natural hybrid between Urceolina pendula and Eucharis grandiflora and is very similar to the hybrid Urceocharis Chibrani, Mast., raised by Messrs. Clibran and described in 1892, The plant fioured was collected in Peru by Mr. Forget and was iso ey from Messrs. Sander and Sons, si Albans. It flowered t Kew in a moist tropical house in July, 1909. The delicate little Cherry, Prunus microcarpa, was acquired for Kew from Zoeschen in 1900 and is a native of the near Hast. The species is a variable one as regards habit and tomentum, the form depicted resembles ar closely Cerasus tor tuosa, Boiss. & Hausskn, Under cultivation it requires a sunny situation and though it flowers freely in May it seldom sets fruits in this country. The Masdevallia is » member of the small group Amandae with —— flowers 9g oe from sexe where it was discovered by Roezl. It was described as long ago as 1874. Mr. Consul atin jnteodiced the plant to cultivation having sent plants to Mr. J. O’Brien, with whom it flowered in 1897. In its native country it is found at from 5600-8300 feet above sea level in damp thick woods on trees or occasionally on rocks, Lagos Silk Rubber Tree (Funtumia elastica). caps species which is under experimental cultivation in many tropical countries, is ce ame both to East and West Tropical Africa. In these regions it is widely Bap one for rubber which, when carefully prepared, finds a ready market and commands a hig rice. The Provincial Forest Officer, Western Province, Southern Nigeria has conducted a series of experiments both in tapping and coagulating the latex of this tree ; the following observations upon the results obtained bein gathered from the “ Annual Report on the Forestry and aan: aie Departments for the year 1909, p. 7, published at Lagos in “ There are two ways = lapping this tree for latex, namely the excision and the incision systems. 126 * By the excision method deep cuts as far as the cambium are made, while by the incision system only shallow channels are opened, just deep enough to allow the latex to run down ne tree ; incisions are then made into these channels by means of a “ Of the incision tapping, the most satisfactory witoas showing a decrease in yield. ** Experiments were also made in connection with the preparation of Funtumia rubber “ Of the cold methods, i i.e. coagulation without boiling the latex— purub and acetic had no effect on the Funtumia latex. Good biscuits can be prepared by adding formalin or absolute alcohol to the latter. But there is no reason why the native should use expensive chemicals for the preparation of his rubber, as good thin biscuits can just as well be made by simply boiling the latex and then washing and pressing it, the principal thing being to boil as small a quantity of latex as possible at a time, so as to ensure the promarphen of very thin biscuits. The latter are then easily ried. Notes on F elastiea will be found in the Kew Bulletin, 1905, p. 56; 1907, pp. 187 and 249 ; 1909, p. 147 and 1910, p. 206. Forestry among the Chinese.—It is curious to turn from the deliberately business-like method with which a European nation attacks the question of afforestation to the slow and irregular beginnings of the idea of forestry in the Oriental mind. To the Chinese the very notion of the conservation of forest, or of the afforestation of denuded ee is foreign. The Mandarins and idea of forestry which is found in South China, it is necessary to remember that the present inhabitants, originating from the north, netrating in past ages little by little into the virgin forests hich then covered the mountains before them, came to regard it a a virtue to clear from the ground the trees which afforded 127 agriculture. As fis, cities began to. spring up it was natu ay moreover, that, along the river valleys and other places whence timber and fuel contd be cheaply transported to them, a regular system of exploiting this produce should become prevalent, At the present time, in districts like the one near Hong Kong, with which the writer is well acquainted, the process of exploitation has been succeeded by one of absolute denudation. The cutting of the trees for timber has been followed by long-continued clearing of the secondary undergrowth, and as scrub, however 5 will not survive many centuries of constant cropping, many of the mountain sides have become quite bare of all kinds of seectaon except an irregular growth of coarse grass. It is in this sort of country, where cultivated ground is scarce, and steep mountain ranges abundant, where the streams are drying up year by year, as their valleys lose their verdure, and where the dialetee=ens representing the older mand less-civilised es, which had become dominated by a more highly cultured invading race, and had poet driven ved them into the mountains and other unfavourable tracts of country. It is among the older and wilder portion that the remains of woodcraft is found, and it is naturally among them that interest in re-afforestation becomes first a arent. In Kwantung Province, while the more civilised agricultural popu- lation, sometimes called Punti, confine their attention to the rich alluvial tracts along the sea-shore and in the larger et the d hill men or Hakka people get what living they can by cultivating the small mountain valleys and the more fertile slopes aro m. It is these latter who have made the most general practice of formin slattationsy mostly of pine trees, on the hills round their villages; but they have not developed a sound principle of forestry, and therefore obtain only a scanty return for the labour expended upon it. It is indeed quite a rare thing to see any trees planted by the Chines permitted to attain their proper development for market purpos It is interesting to see the offect of the introduction of western scientific methods of forestry among a i rect which has already arrived at the stage above indicated. The nese are extremely loth to adopt any method which is ienitily different to that employed by their ancestors before them, and it is only ver gradually that any attempted improvement of their operations finds favour among them. It is in fact only when direct and obvious advantages are observed by them to follow a new plan that they take any interest in it at all, The inhabitants of the district, some six hundr uare miles in extent, which has come under the control of the British government of ‘Hong Kong, have for the last thirty years had an opportunity of wen the effect of re-afforestation on sound modern principles. A large number of them have actually been employed by the ritish fotiets department, and others are having the advantages of al brought before their notice in the 128 native schools throughout the territory, and at the present time there are certainly signs of an awakening to an aspect of forestry which is entirely new to them. They are beginning to appreciate the advantages which accrue to the whole neighbourhood from the systematic planting of the bare hills. The plantations established by the Chinese are more extended, and better tended than they are few places in the world where good coniferous timber will grow more easily or more quickly than in certain parts of South China, and it might very easily not only supply its own needs of timber and fuel, but even replace its timber import trade by a flourishing output of valuable soft and hard woods into the neighbouring commercial centres of the Southern Pacific. 5: FD. The Broad Stone of Empire.*—In this important and interesting work, Sir Charles Bruce deals with the problems of Crown Colony administration, and gives an exhaustive survey of our policy, National, Colonial and Imperial, and of all the factors concerned with the development of the dominions of the British Empire. To review so comprehensive a book is beside our functions, though from the close association of Kew with the Colonies the numerous botanical and agricultural problems referred to in the earlier pages deserve more than passing notice. Chapters xviii, and xix., dealing respectively with Agriculture and Forestry, concern Kew more nearly, since, as Sir Charles points out, “ The gardens have, in fact, for 150 years been the botanica headquarters of the Empire.” The development of the organised agricultural system in the West Indies is described in detail and, as with most of the problems dealt with in the book, the author has been able to bring his great personal experience to illustrate his review of the course of events. The wisdom of the establishment of Botanic Stations and Gardens, of Agricultural organisation and of definite systems of forest preser~- vation is ably demonstrated. In the records placed before us there are on all sides sad stories of neglect, indifference and reckless waste, but there is also the history of the gradual ascendancy of wiser councils and of the adoption of more definite lines of policy, some of which, and by no means the least important, as the printed records show, have emanated from Kew. The book should be carefully studied by all who are interested in the rise and progress of our colonial administration. * The Broad Stone of Empire. Problems of Crown Colony Administration with records of personal experience, by Sir Charles Bruce, G.C.M.G., with Maps 2vols. Macmillan & Co., Lid., London, 1910. Kew Bulletin, 1911. To face page 129.] 19061 ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. BULLETIN OF MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. No. 3.] (1911. XII—SAXIFRAGA LINGULATA AND 8. LANTOSCANA. T. A. SPRAGUE. Recent correspondence in the Gardeners’ Chronicle (ser. 3, vol. xlviil. pp. 311, 340, 371, 416, 426, 454, 474, Oct. 29-Dec. 24, 1910) has shown that some horticulturists claim specific status for Saxifraga lantoscana, while others prefer to treat it as a variety of S. lingulata. Apart from this difference of opinion, some confusion has arisen as to matters of fact, and it seems desirable, therefore, to give an historical account of the matter. s the question whether a given group should be regarded as a variety or a distinct species depends partly on the definitions assigned to these terms, it may be well to state that the writer is in entire accordance with the views elaborated by Briquet in the preface to the third volume of Burnat’s Flore des Alpes Maritimes. As numerous intermediate forms (apart from possible hybrids) - undoubtedly exist between S. lingulata and S. lantoscana, the latter is here regarded as a variety of S. lingulata. It is obvious that no classification of S. lingulata and 8, lantoscana ean be considered satisfactory which is not based on the study of — all the varieties of S. lingulata, and it will therefore be necessary also to take into consideration S. australis, Moric. The species S. cochlearis, Reichb., S. catalaunica, Boiss. et Reut., and S. erustata, Vest., have been considered varieties of S. lingulata, but they are now weorgaes accorded separate rank, and their history need not be traced, Sazifraga lingulata was described in 1792 by Bellardi, Appendix ad Floram Pedemontanam, p. 20, from specimens collected in the Pesio valley, the mountains of Limone and elsewhere in Piedmont. As Bellardi’s work appears to be scarce, his diagnosis may be reproduced :— ae “ Sawifraga lingulata. Saxifraga foliis radicatis longissimis linearibus sulcatis cartilagineis integerrimis, caule folioso paniculato. Frequens in alpibus maritimis locis rupestribus, praecipue in valle (19061—6a.) Wt 118—9. 1125, 4/11, D&S, ‘ 130 Pisii, in montibus Limoni, aliisque locis alpinis Monregalensibus. SS eee o nova et distincta species colitur m hortis Londin- ensibus, referente cl. Smithio, cui plura specimina mis1, ecimens of 8. lingulata collected by Bellardi in Piedmont were distributed in James Dickson's Collection of Dried Plants, fasc. 3, 1791, No. 63, accompanied by a printed ticket as follows:— “ Saxifraga callosa, Smith, Obs. Bot. ined. Foltis radicalibus ageregatis lineari-lingulatis margine cartilagineo-tuberculatis, caule paniculato, Sm, — Piedmont, Dr. Bellardi, August. Smith’s name thus antedates Bellardi’s by a year, but it has never been accepted by other botanists. In Rees’s Cyclopaedia, vol. xxxi. 1819, under Sazifraga, No. 2, Smith retained the name S. callosa, however, and quoted as a synonym 9. longifolia, Lapeyr., from which A. P. De Candolle had carefully distinguished it four years previously. ; = =a S. lingulata, Bellardi, did not obtain recognition as a distinct species until thirteen years had elapsed after its publication. Lamarck and De Candolle in 1805 quoted it as a synonym 0 S. longifolia, Lapeyr. (Fl. Franc. ed. 3, vol. iv. p. 359) ; and Stern- berg in 1810 referred it to S. longifolia, var. a (Rev. Saxifr. p. 1). In 1815, however, De Candolle recognised it as a distinct species (Fl. Franc. ed. 3, vol. vi. p. 516); and in 1819 Bertoloni gave a long and careful description of it in his Flora Alpium Apuanarum (Amoen. Ital. p. 358). Saxifraga australis was described in. 1820 by Moricand, Flora Veneta, p. 431, from material collected on Mt. Virgine near Naples by Gussone, who sent it to Moricand under the name. S. A/zoon. Moricand’s diagnosis is as follows :— i “ Sazifraga australis, nob. 8. foliis radicalibus rosulatis lanceolatis margine incrustatis basi ciliatis; caulinis ovatis subdenticulatis acutis ; caule glabro anguloso, panicula ramosa multiflora ; calycibus glabris, petalis ovatis obtusis calyce triplo longioribus.” In 1830 Seringe in }. Prodr. vol. iv. p. 20 gave an amended description of S. australis, as follows :— “ §. australis (Moric! fl. ven. i, p. 431) glaberrima, caule anguloso, foliis rosularum oblongo-spathulatis margine crustaceis basi ciliatis, caulinis oblongis subdenticulatis acutiusculis, panicula ramosa multiflora, petalis ovatis obtusis calyce multo longioribus, stylis - per anthesin rectis adscendentibus. Planta rhizocarpica. In monte: Virgine prope Neapolim Nullo modo differt ex Moretti a S. longifoli i Sard. vol. ii. 1840-1843, p. 146, t. 74. Seon le. 59 (Syl. FI. Nap. p. 200) also Bi abo S. thyrsoidea, Tausch in Syll. Ratisb.. vol. ii, 1828, p. 240, to S. lingulata, var. australis. This reduction, however, escaped the notice of subsequent botanists, and S. thyrsoidea was lost sight of. Engler did not account for it in his monogra of Saxifraga, and it appeared as an independent species in the Index Kewensis, ices 131 Gussone in 1842 restored specific rank to S. australis, having in the meantime seen specimens of typical S. Lingulata from the Col di Tenda (Florae Siculae Synopsis, vol. i. /p. . Subsequent writers on Sicilian botany, including Strobl in Flora, 1887, p. 164, and Lojacono, Flora Sicula, vol. i. part 2, p. 209, also kept up S. australis ; whereas Engler, Monogr. d. Gattung Saxifraga, 1872, p- 237, Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. p. 267, and Fiori and Paoletti, Fl. Anal. Ital. vol. i. 1898, p. 538, who dealt with a wider area, treated it as a variety of S. lingulata. Sazifraga lantoscana, Boiss. et Reut., was discovered by the authors in the Lantosque valley, Alpes Maritimes, and was described in Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Nov. ser. 2, No. 2, 1856, p. 63, from flowering specimens cultivated in Boissier’s garden at Valleyres. : Ardoino, Fl. Alp.-Mar. 1867, p. 149, and Rouy, Suites Fl. Fr. vol. ii. p. 61, retained S. lantoscana as a distinct species. Engler, Monogr. d. Gattung Saxifraga, 1872, p. 237, reduced it to a variety of S. lingulata ; and this reduction has been accepted by Nyman, Consp. Fl. Eur. 1882, p. 267; Arcangeli, Comp. Fl. Ital. 1882, . 255; Ball in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, vol. v. 1896, p. 160; Fiori and Paoletti, Fl. Anal. Ital. vol. i. 1898, p. 538; Rouy and Camus, Fl. de France, vol. vii. 1901, p. 79; Burnat, FI. Alpes Marit. vol. iii. 1902, p. 260; and Coste, Fl. de France vol. ii. 1903, 138. * Boissier et Reuter (l.c.) ont caractérisé comme suit la var, 3: *‘ Affinis S. lingulatae, Bell., vallis finitimae Tendensis incolae, ab ea differt virore minus griseo ad brunneum magis vergenti, foliis supra saepius conyexis nec ut in S. dingulata sulcatis, foliis inferne multo minus longe attenuatis raroque et obsoleteque acutatis, crusta marginali tenuiori et ob paginae superioris convexitatem minus icua. M. Engler (l.c.) s’est borné a la diagnose suivante : ‘Folia brevia, inferne minus longe atténuata, apice non attenuata, crusta marginali tenuiori.’ On sépare facilement les échantillons typiques de cette variété dont les feuilles subspatulées ou cunéi- formes vers leur base ont environ 30 4 40 mm. long., parfois moins, sur 5’ 7 mm., parfois 8 mm. de larg., avec un sommet obtus, plus ou moins arrondi, rarement acutiuscule, tandis que les échantillons de la var. a ont des feuilles plus longues (jusqu’A 11 cm.), 19061 A2 132 moins larges, plus insensiblement ¢largies de la base au sommet qui est acutiuscule ou aigu. Mais entre ces formes extrémes se recontrent de trés nombreux intermédiaires douteux. Con- cernant la couleur du feuillage et la marge foliaire crustacée blanche, simulant des dentelures, nous ne trouvons nulle différence & noter. Sur les echantillons d’herbier il en est de meme des caractéres tirés de la disposition de la surface des feuilles. L’espéce varie du reste beaucoup: certains échantillons atteignent 50 et méme 60 cm. de haut. avec une panicule de 30 & 35 em. de long. sur 15 & 20 cm. de larg., tandis que certaines colonies montrent des tiges de 10 4 15 em. avec une panicule étroite, de 5 4 6 cm. long. ; les pétales varient dans leur forme et longueur (jusqu’a 13 mm., parfois seulement 7 mm.) avec ou sans taches purpurines 4 leur ase Examination of the material in the Kew herbarium confirms the result arrived at by Burnat and other authorities, that it is best to treat S. lantoscana and S. australis as varieties of S. lingulata. Owing to the large number of intermediate forms it is difficult to divide S. lingulata (in the broad sense) into varieties, and it is quite probable that different results might be arrived at from the study of different herbaria. As a basis for future work, however, it may be well to state the conclusions arrived at from the study of the Kew material, which includes a fine series of specimens forming part of the Churchill herbarium, which was bequeathed to Kew in 1906 (see Kew Bull. 1906, p. 387). Four more or less distinct races may be recognized. The first (fig. 1) is typical S. lingulata, Bellardi (var. Bellardii, Sternberg). This is characterized by numerous long linear acute leaves, channelled on the upper surface, with a conspicuous calcareous incrustation. It appears to be all but confined to the Italian part the Alpes Maritimes, and ave seen no specimens except in the Kew herbarium by a co-type, collected by Bellardi and distributed in Dickson’s Collection of Dried Plants, No. 63, as S. callosa, Smith. The second race corresponds to S. australis, Moric. (S. lingulata, var. australis, Engl.). It appears to vary considerably in the shape and size of the leaves according to situation, and is accordingly difficult to define. Well-grown plants from lower altitudes (fig. 2) have long broadly linear or linear-spathulate leaves, nearly flat on the upper surface.’ Specimens from higher altitudes have short broadly spathulate leaves, resembling those of Jantoscana, but broader. The distribution of S. australis is as follows, according to the Kew material :—Mountains of Carrara and Massa, Pistojan Apennines, Monte Majella and Monte Morrone in Abruzzo, mountains near Latronico in Basilicata, and the mountains of Northern Sicily. It is probably this race of S. lingulata which has been discovered recently in Calabria (Longo in Ann. di Bot. Roma, vol. i. 1903, p. 98). There are no Sardinian specimens of S. lingulata in the Kew herbarium but the figure given by Moris, Fl. Sard. t. 74, suggests that the Sardinian A belongs to S. australis. This is the view taken by Nyman, Consp. FI. Eur. p. 267, who gives the distribution of S. australis as Southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, 133 _ The third race (fig. 3), to which in the meantime. it does not appear desirable to give a name, is represented by specimens gathered near the Col di Tenda, by Mr. Reginald Farrer, on the Aiguille de Menton by Hawker, and the Cime d’Anan, near Fontan, by Reverchon. It is characterised by elongated spathulate obtuse leaves with a fairly conspicuous incrustation, As some doubt has been cast on the identity of the plant culti- vated at Kew and elsewhere in this country under the name S. lingulata var. lantoscana, it may be well to state that it appears to be correctly named. It is hoped that it may be possible to give more detailed descriptions of the races of S. “ingulata when the living plants in the Kew collection come into flower. Kew is indebted for plants of S. lingulata (type and varieties) to Miss Willmott, Mr. Reginald Farrer, and Messrs. Heath and Sons, Cheltenham. EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 1. Sacifraga lingulata, Bellardi (typical).—Plant received from Miss Willmott in 1910. 2. S. lingulata, var. australis, Engl.—Plant received from Miss Willmott in 1910 3. S. lingulata, var.—Plant received from Mr. R. Farrer in 1910, collected on rocks by the Col di Tenda. 4, S. lingulata, var. lantoscana, Engl,—Kew plant. Figures slightly reduced from natural size. XIII—DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE: XL. 1211, Loranthus (Rufescentes) nitidulus, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr, vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 283, anglice [Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; affinis 1. discolori, Engl., a quo foliis angustioribus supra nitidulis conspicue reticulatis differt. Ramuli juniores pilis multiramosis ferrugineo-pubescentes, mox glabri. Folia anguste lanceolato-oblonga, apice obtusa, basi obtusa vel rotundata, 3°3-5'7 em. longa, 1°2-1°7 cm. lata, coriacea, supra glabra, nitidula, subtus ferrugineo-tomentosa ; petioli 1-1*4 cm. longi. Umbellae 4-florae, ferrugineo-pubescentes ; pedunculus 2°5 mm. longus; pedicelli 1°5-2 mm. longi; bractea ovato-oblonga, 2 mm. longa, 134 suberecta, intus glabra. Torus 2mm, longus. Calyx circiter 0°5 mm- longus, obscure lobatus, breviter ciliatus. Corolla 3°2-3°8 cm. longa, recta, ampulla basali carens, extus pilis stellatis ferrugineo-pubescens, radiis pilorum sursum deorsumque spectantibus ; tubus intus glandu- osus ; lobi spathulati. Antherae oblongae, 1-5 mm. longae ; _locelli in quaque serie verticali. iscus parvus, ferrugineo-pilosus. Stylus glandulosus, superne metuliformis, collo 1°3 mm. longo ; stigma eapitatum, 0°8 mm. diametro. Bacca ellipsoidea, 7 mm. longa, 8. L AFRICA, — Po: Fernando Po Mountain, 2100 m., Mann, 2346. 1212. Loranthus eas te sibticiiig, ere gue in Dyer, Trop. Afr. vol. ye sect. 1, P. 287, anglice [Lo bc beta bared theset ; affinis L. vei bak , Steud. »5 & quo capris pedunculatis corollaque extus breviter eotianboua differt Ramuli primum pilis ramosis ae vel fulyo-tomentosi, mox puberuli vel glabri. Folia ovata, ovato-oblonga vel elliptico- oblonga, apice obtusa vel rotundata, bani obtusa, leviter Sadia 6-17 cm. longa, 2°5-9 em. lata, statu perjuveni tomentosa, mox glabra ; petioli 1-2-7 em. longi. Umbellae axillares, fasciculatae, 2-florae, pilis ramosis ferrugineo-tomentosae ; pedunculus 2-2°5 m longus ; pedicelli 1-5-2 mm. longi; bractea late ovata vel sake cularis, 25-3 mm. longa, intus glabra. Torus 2°5 mm. longus. Calyz 15 mm. longus, breviter ciliatus. Corolla 4°5-5 cm, longa, unilateraliter fissa, basin versus vix ampliata, extus ferrugineo- tomentosa ; lobi erecti, spathulati, 1:7 mm. longi. Filamenta 1 em. onga ; antherae auguste oblongae, 2°3-3 mm. longae; _locelli circiter 3 in quaque serie verticali, Discus peers pentagonus, glaber. Stylus glaber, superne metuliformis, collo 2°5 mm. longo ; stigma capitatum, 0°8 mm. diametro. Bacca an 1-1'2 cm. longa, ferrugineo-pubescens, cupula apicali 1°5 mm. lon Tropica Arrica, Eritrea: near Saganeiti, 2200 m., Schwein- Jurth and Riva, 785, 1800. 1213. Loranthus cere" Albizziae, De ved var. Rogersii, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 289, anglice [Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; a typo basi folii ater Folia elliptico-oblonga, basi obtusa vel cuneata, 7° 5-10 cm. longa, 2°5-4°5 em. lata, in sicco viridia. Pedicelli 1-1°3 mm. lo ongi. Antherae 1°3 mm. longaé, TroricaL Arrica. North-West Rhodesia: near Ndola, Rogers, 8318. 1214. Loranthus (Rufescentes) crassicaulis, Engl. emend. Sprague yer FI. Trop, Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 291, anglice [ Loranthaceae- Bulovantheac] ab L. Wentzeliano, fn quibus affinis, corolla minore recedit. Ramuli crassi, laeves, glabri, viridi-lutei, sen versus 3-3°5 mm. diametro, nodis valde prominentibus. alterna, ovata vel OyA0-OUIOUED, apice obtusa vel edie, ce rotundata, 9-11°5 m. longa, circiter 6 cm, lata, crasse coriacea, glabra, opaca, minute corfagats. margine cartilagineo undulato; nervus medius supra leviter impressus, subtus valde prominens ; nervi aoe utrinque 8-9, patentes vel patuli, procul a margine anastomosantes, in [ gl., et L. ber liniicola, Engl., ] 3 6 utraque facie prominuli; petioli crassi, basi-ampliati, 7-12 mm, longi. Umbeltae 4—5-florae ; pedunculus sub fructu 2-3 mm, longus ; pediealli 0°5 mm. longi, dense ferrugineo-pilosi ; bractea late ovata, valde concava, 1 mm. longa, extus dense ferrugineo-pilosa. Torus cupularis, fere 2 mm. longus, ferrugineo-pilosus, Calyx circiter 0°25 longus, subtruncatus. Corolla in alabastro 2°5-3 cm. longa, extus stellato-puberula, parte apicali ampliata ellipsoidea 2°5 mm onga ; tubus anguste infundibuliformis, intus g andulosus, ampulla basali ellipsoidea costata 2-2-5 mm. longa ; oa erecti, spathulati, arte apicali ovata acuta 2 mm. longa 1:3 mm. lata. Antherae elliptico-oblongae, vix 1 mm, longae. Discus in cavo situs, circiter 5 mm, altus, 5-lobus, intus minute ferrugineo-pilosus. Tropicat Arrica, Congo State: Mayombe District; near Shinganga, Dew?vre, 278; Stanley Pool “Duthie: Kimuenza, Gillet, 2036. 1215. Loranthus (Lepidoti) eerie Engl., var. sessilis, Sprague [ Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; a typo u umbellis sessilibus recedit. Umbellae_sessiles ; pedicelli 1 mm. longi; bractea calycem superans, elliptico-oblonga vel ovato-oblonga, 3°5 mm. longa. Calyw irregulariter lobatus, 1°3-1'5 mm. longus, lobis longioribus posticis. Corolla 5 cm. longa ; lobi 1°8 cm. longi. Antherae circiter 4 mm. longae. Discus intus dense ferrugineo-pilos us.—L, ATE Schum. & Thonn., var. sessilis, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 293, anglice. _Duovicat ‘AFRICA. Gaboon: Munda ; Sibange Farm, Soyau., os albus, Sprayue ; a typo corolla minore alba recedit. Corolla _usque ad-3°5 cm. longa, alba, Antherae 3-3'5 mm. longae.—ZL. - incanus, Schum. & Thonn., var. yates gga in’ Dyer FI. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 293, anglice TROPICAL Apaiba: Fernando Po, Mann. O75. 1216. Loranthus (Cinerascentes) cistoides, Welw. ex er: emend. Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p, 295, anglice [ oranthaceae-Eulorantheae]; bracteis foliaceis antherisque minori- bus ab L. glaucocarpo, Peyr., distinetus, _ Fruticulis multiramosus, 0°3-1 m. altus, in vivo albido-tomentosus, in sicco fulyus, Folia opposita, liptien vel ovato-elliptica, apice obtusa. vel Py eeUne Be basi rotundata vel subcordata, 1:6-2°7 cm. longa, 1-1°5 cm. lata, pilis verticillatim ramosis utrinque tomentosa, tandem en pubescentia; petioli 2-3 mm, longi. Capitula ramulos brevissimos axillares paria 1-2 foliorum gerentes termi- hantia, 3-4-flora, tomentosa ; pedunculus circiter 5 mm. longus ; bractea foliacea, late ovata, apice rotundata, 1*2 cm. longa. Torus eupularis, 5 mm. longus, pilis ramosis dense ferrugineo-villosus. Calyx circiter 0°17 mm. longus, truncatus. Corolla circiter 4°2 cm. longa, in alabastro apice quinquealata, viridi-lutea vel lutea, loborum parte suprema interdum roseo-purpurea, extus tomentosa ; tubus intus glandulosus, ampulla basali ellipsoidea 3°5 mm. longa; Jobi érécti, spathulati, 11 mm. longi, parte apicali ampliata ovata 3—3°5 mm. longa, 1:8-2 mm. lata marginibus tenuibus 0°5-0°7 mm. latis inclusis. Filamenta basi corolla laborum’ inserta, 8 mm. longa, a antherae oblongae, 0°8 mm. longae, locellis 3 in quaque @ vertieali, Discus’ 0°25 mm. altus, carnosus. Stylus sursum 136 haud incrassatus ; stigma capitatum, 0°5 mm. diametro, Buacca matura caerulea,—Phra gmanthera cistoides Van Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, vol. xli. p. 262. Loranthus glaucocarpus, Hiern in Vat. Afr. Pl. Welw. vol. ii. p. 928, partim, non Peyr. Tropican Arrica. Angola: Pungo Andongo, on Citrus medica, cae Welwitsch, 4848 ; on various trees, Welwitsch, 4847 ; Mechow, 9 1217, Loranthus (Involutiflori) rubroviridis, Oliv., var. bechuanicus, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 299, anglice [Loranthaceae —Eulorantheae]; a typo bracteis multo minoribus recedit. Pedicelli 1°3 mm. longi; bractea anguste oblonga, obtusa, 3-4 mm longa, 0°8-1°3 mm. lata. Corollae fubus 1*5-2°3 mm. longus ; obi circiter 1°7 cm. longi, apice leviter inflexi. Filamenta 2°5-3 m supra basin corollae loborum inserta, inferne per 8 mm. sini papillato-pilosa Taepioar “AFRICA. Bechuanaland : Eastern pasar i= Territory ; between Nagatatollo and Henryspan, Holub 1218, Loranthus (Involutiflori) Bussei, Sprague in Dyes, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 299, anglice [Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; affinis ZL. Hildebrandtii, Engl. +5 & quo inflorescentia fere glabra recedit. ; Ramuli nodosi, circiter 2°5 mm. AsAErS 30 cm. infra apicem, juventute puberuli, mox glabri, dense lenticellati. Folia opposita, lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi cuneata, 5-6°3 em. longa, 1°6-2°3 cm. lata, coriacea, glabra; nervi laterales seo utrinque sat prominentes ; petioli 5-8 mm. longi. Pedunculus 2 mm. longus ; pedicelli_1:3-1°5 mm. longi, sparse puberuli; bractea e_ basi cupulari lanceolata, cornu dorsali longo subulato, 1°5—2 mm. lon cornu excluso, 2°5-4 mm. longa cornu incluso, 0°8 mm. lata, ciliata, margine ventrali 0°3 mm. longo. Torus vix 1 mm, longus, glaber. Calyx 0°25-0°3 mm. longus, leviter lobatus, ciliatus. Corolla rubra, ¥ ae 4 cm. one extus sparse puberula, intus appe rine quinque 5-2 a basin insertis, appendiculis corollae lobis alternantibus delacis oes een pilosis ; lobi connati, intus infra insertionem staminum in marginibus et filamentorum parte adnata Filamenta glabra, sursum ampliata ; ; antherae oblongo- lineares, 1°5 mm. longae, connectivo emarginato-bicuspidato. Discus circiter 0°25 mm. longus, vix lobatus. Trorigat Arrica. German East Africa: Lindi District ; Meniige: on the way to Lindi, Busse, 2462; Lindi, Busse, 2997 ; Namguru, Busse, 2949 ; Nondora, Braun, 1254. 1219. Loranthus (Cupulati) opacus, Sprague in Dyer, FJ. Tro Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 300, anglice Frcterthapone ‘It alsetatlaeeat ; affinis L. Dinklagei, Engl., a quo foliis basi cuncatis,(m nervis supra haud obviis differt. Ramuli juniores subteretes, nents glabri, seniores cinerei grosse lenticellati ; internodia 2°5-7-5 em. longa. Folia opposita, ovato-lanceolata, acute vel obtuse Better basi cuneata, 5°5- 11°5 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, coriacea, gla bra, opaca, in sicco subtilissime rugosula, haud reticulata, margine crispatulo ; nervi valde obliqui, in utroque latere 2, supra occulti, subtus prominentes ; 137 petioli 3-6 mm. longi, supra applanati. Umbellae axillares, “aes pel 3-4-florae ; pedunculus 1°5-2 mm. longus; pedicelli 1°5 ongi, in cavis cupularibus inserti; bractea oblique eupulueis vel oblique patelliformis, vix 1°5 mm, longa, minute ciliata, margine dorsali 1 mm. longo haud umbonato, margine ventrali 0°25-05 wm. longo. Torus calycecum campanulatus, ‘8mm. longus. Calyx subtruncatus, minute ciliatus, vix 1 mm. longus. Corolla circiter 3°2 cm. longa, parte apicali ampliata in alabastro haud alata: tubus usque ad 9 mm. supra basin bilobus, intus glandulosus, ampulla anetbeeal’ 0°5-0°8 supra basin sita ellipsoidea 3°5-4 mm. longa; lobi elongato-spathulati, 1°6 cm. longi. Filamenta 1:2 cm. ager antherae sien Ses 13 mm. longae, leviter emarginato-biapiculatae. Discus 0°3 altus, carnosus. Stylus collo 1:3 mm. longo ; stigma late dvoideotuaterne, 0°8-1 m longum. Tropica, Arrica, Gaboon River, Mann. 1220. Loranthus (Hirsuti) sae Se Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Tro Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 308, anglice [Tionad thats Welorentheas|; affinis Z. Commiphora, Engl, a quo calyce multo minore extus dense villoso recedit Ramuli_juniores mox_ glabrescentes, brunnei, adulti sulcati, cinerei. Folia shi ape eae: apice rotundata, basi cuneata, 11-5 em. longa, 5-7°5 mm. lata, glabra; petioli 4~5 mm. longi, albido - tomentelli. Disabil fox, ramulos valde abbrevi- atos pulviniformes terminantia; pedunculus 1*2-1‘4 cm, longus, sulcatus, sparsissime stellato-puberulus ; bractea obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, 1°6-1°8 cm. longa, 7-9 mm. lata, glabra. Torus calycecum cupularis, 18 mm. longus, extus dense albido-villosus, villis calycem 2 mm. superantibus. Calyx 0°5 mm. longus, villoso- ciliatus. Corolla extus in alabastro juveni albido-villosa, sub anthesi glabrescens strictura excepta, ultra 4°5 cm. longa; tubus 1:2-1'3 cm. longus, ampulla basali ellipsoidea 4 mm. longa, strictura conspicua albido-pilosa ; lobi subspathulato-lineares, ultra 3°2 cm. longi, supra insertionem filamentorum reflexi. Filamenta 8 mm. supra basin corollae loborum inserta, circiter 1°6 cm. longa, superne ni ti ; antherae lineares, 5 mm. longae, biapiculatae. Discus altus. Stigma ellipsoideum, 0°5 mm. longum. Taos cAL Arrica. German East Africa: without precise locality, Bias, 1128. 1221. Loranthus (Hirsuti) neeTE eenagee: in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol, vi. sect. 1, p. 310, anglice [Lo nthaceae-Eulorantheae]; foliis utrinque pubescentibus, capitulis sa abbreviatos axillares foliatos terminantibus bracteis haud foliaceis distincta. Ramuli juniores pilis verticillatim ramosis tomentelli, seniores glabri, longitudinaliter rugosi. Folia opposita, elliptica vel ellip- tico-oblonga, oni rotundata, basi obtusa vel rotundata, 1*2—3°2 em. longa, 8-14 mm. lata, coriacea, utrinque densiuscule pubescentia ; petioli 2-9 mm. longi. Capitula solitaria, ues valde abbre- viatos axillares terminantia, 3-5-flora; pedunculus 0° 8-2°5 cm. longus, tomentellus ; bractea toro calycecum subaequalis vel brevior, ovato-oblonga, valde concava, 5-6 mm. longa, extus tomentella. Torus calycecum cupularis, 4°5-5 mm. longus, e basi densissime villosus, cingulo villorum 3°5-4 mm. longo. Calyw 138 : subtruncatus vel leviter lobatus, quam torus sparsius villosus,- longe ciliatus, 3-3°5 mm. longus. Alabastra subeylindrica. Corolla viriditrerien; circiter 5 cm. longa, extus dense ericcevill 6a tubus 1-8 cm. longus, inferne per 7 mm. levissime ampliatus ; lobi lineares, sursum ampliati, 3:2—-3°4 cm. longi, supra insertionem filamentorum reflexi. Filamenta 5-5°5 mm, supra basin rete loborum inserta, 18 cm. longa; antherae lineares, 5-5: longae, post dehiscentiam bicornutae. Stigma capitatum, 0°5 mm. diametro. Bacca ellipsoidea, 1*2-1°4 cm. Pn te vivide’ rubra, hirsuta, cupula apicali 2°5-3 mm. longa = nn Ae var., N. E. Brown in Kew Bull. 1909, p. 135, non Eckl. & eyh. TROPICAL AFRICA. Bechiahabind: Wiech kates, 900 m., Seiner, 1000 m. ser. ii. 124. Ngamiland: Kwebe Hills, Mrs. Lugard, 44; near Lake Ngami, on Acacia sp., sg esha 30 ; on Acacia detinens, Burch., Fleck, 313 A. 1222. Loranthus (Hien Dregei, Eckl. et Zeyh., var. subcunei- tte Sprague im . Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 312, anglice [ oranthacene-Kulorantheae] ; a typo floribus majoribus, corolla densius vestita recedit. Innovationes ferrugineo-tomentosae. Folia ee petiolata, obovato-oblonga vel elliptica, apice rotundata, basi cuneata vel obtusa, 3°2-12°5 cm, longa, 2-6°3 cm. lata, tenuiter aiiaea. juven- tute grosse pubescentia praesertim subtus, tandem glabra ; petioli 4-23 mm. longi. Capitula 2-4-flora ; pedunculus 5-10 mm. longus, crassiusculus, tomentosus ; bractea oblique spathaceo-cupularis, peli ad 4-5 mm. longa, 2°5-3 mm. ant Torus calycecum 8-9 m pes hae vel infra, cingulo villorum 3-6 mm. longo. Calys *5-7°5 mm. longus vel infra. Corolla 5-6°3 cm. longa, extus dense aie solide 3; tubus circiter 1°8 cm. longus; lobi circiter 3°8 cm. longi. Filamenta 55-7 mm. supra basin corollae loborum inserta ; antherae 8-8-5 mm. longae, biapiculatae. Diseus quin- quelobus lobis pilosis. LL. Dregei, forma is Ft ba Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xx. p. 104, excl. specim. nonnull. LZ. Dregei, forma obtusifolia, Engl. l.c. 105, partim ; En ngl. lc. xxviii. p. 383, partim. LL. Dregei, var. subcur vifolia, Engl. ex Schinz, PI. Meny- harth. p. 43, nomen, sphalm. L. oblongifolius, Steud. ex A. Rich. . Tent. 1. x yss. vol. i. p. 342, non HE. Mey. L. hirsutiflorus, Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. p. 178. TropicaL Arrica. Abyssinia: near Gapdia, Schimper, 768. German East Africa: Usambara ; Gombelo, Holst, 2174 ; Pangani, Stuhlmann, 196; Braun, 1514 ; Dar-es-Salaam, Holtz, 395 ; Ruaha Kiver, 500 m., on Vitex sp., Goitzé, 421. Portuguese East. Africa : Lower Zambesi’s ; Lupata Mountains, between Sena and Tete, on Cordyla africana, Lour., Peters, 8 ; between Sena and Lupata, Kirk ; Boruma, Men? ce ai 509. Nyasaland : between Kondowe and Karonga, Whyt The foal mensteeboaits are from Schimper’s and Whyte’s specimens. The remaining specimens quoted have smaller: oe and ohn § a transition to typical L. Dregei. Var. kerenicus, Sprague, |.c., anglice; forma foliorum a var. subcuneifolio distincta. - Folia ovato-oblonga vel ovata, rarius subir bloulatiig apice — vel obtusa, basi rotundata vel cordata, 4-7°5 em. longa, 139 2°5-7 cm. lata, coriacea, juventute utrinque grosse ine in statu ‘adulto supra glabra, subtus puberula ; sees: i 8-15 m longi, tomentelli vel pubescentes. Capitula 2- 4-flora sdnndillias 5-16 mm. longus, crassus, tomentosus vel ssitiGtitel ; bractea spathaceo-cupularis, circiter 5 mm. longa. Torus oP ant 6°5 mm, longus, cingulo villorum 35-4 mm. longo. Calyx sub- pies: 4—4'5 mm. longus, extus sparse appresse villosus. Corolla em. longa, densissime villosa. L. Dregei, forma obtusifolia, Enel. in Engl. Jahrb. xx. 105, partim TropicaL AFRICA. Eritrea‘ Bogos, Beccari, 82; Keren, on Combretum Hartmannianum, Schweinf., Hildebrandt, 517. Gallabat : Matamma, Schweinfurth, 2193. Var. nyasicus, ame le. 313, anglice ; a var. Sodenii, Engl., cul proximus, foliis angustioribus subtus pube persistente, petio. ols, calyce antheris longioribus recedit. Folia elliptica, obovato-elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, apice rotundata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, rarius subcordata, 4—5°5 em. longa, 2-3°5 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, juventute utrinque grosse dense pubescentia, in statu adulto supra glabra subtus Pa cat te ; petioli 6-18 mm. longi. Capitula 3- 4-flora ; pedunculus 2-3 m longus, Sonnbepaité us; bractea spathaceo-cupularis, 1:5 mm. tra limbo horizontali foliaceo 0°5-0°8 mm. infra apicem inserto late elliptico vel suborbiculari 2-3°5 mm, diametro utrinque tomentello saepius munita. Torus calycecum elongato-cupularis, circiter mm. longus, superne glabrescens, cingulo basali villorum 4 mm. longo. Calyx subtruncatus, ciliatus, 3°5 mm. longus. Corolla circiter 5 cm. longa, extus parciuscule villosa ; tubus circiter 2 cm. longus, ampulla basali clavata 7-8 mm. longa inferne glabra superne longe pilosa ; lobi circiter 3 cm. longi. Filamenta 6-7 mm, supra basin corollae loborum inserta ; antherae 3°5 mm. longae. Discus 3 mm, altus, leviter 5-lobus, lobis parce pilosis. . Dreg forma obtusifolia, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 383, partim, non SS in Eng]. Jahrb. xx. 105. PICAL AFRICA, German East Africa : Uluguru ents 106! ot Goetze, 162 ; Kinga Mountains, Goetze, 1014. Nyasaland : Zomba, rine 154. Var. ovatus, Sprague, l.c. 314, eagle ee ENE ovatis, floribus eee villosis a var. Soden Folia late ovata, apice rotundata vel obusisima, basi cordata vel subcordata, rarius rotundata, 3-9 cm. longa, 2°5-6 em. lata, coriacea, juventute pilis verticillatim ramosis utrinque eae pubescentia, in statu adulto supra glabra, subtus grosse pubescentia ; petioli 5-12 mm, longi. Pedunculus 2-5 mm. longus, tomentosus. Corolla circiter 4°5 cm. longa, densissime ferrugineo-villosa. TropicaL Arrica. German East Africa: Usambara; Aman Braun, 1092, 1970; Warnecke, 349 ; clearings in rain-forest, 900 "aa on Citrus Aurantium, Linn., Engler, 707. Var. foliaceus, Sprague, l.c., anglice ; affinis var. subcunerfoli, Sprague, et var. herenico, Sprague, a quibus bracteis foliaceis distinguitur Folia subséssilia vel petiolata, elliptica vel ovata, apice rotundata vel obtusissima, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 4-7 cm, longa, 140 2-4 cm. lata, coriacea, juventute utrinque grossissime pubescentia, in statu adulto supra glabra, subtus pubescentia, petioli usque a 8 mm. longi. Capitula 4-6-flora; pedunculus 1°2-3 cm. longus, grosse dense villosus ; bractea foliacea vel subfoliacea, elliptica, 8-20 mm. longa, utrinque grossissime densissime pubescentia. Corolla 4°5-5 em. longa. TropicaL Arrica. Abyssinia: Harar, Ellenbeck, 797 ; Walenzo, 2000 m., Ellenbeck, 1303; Djebel Haquim, FEllenbeck. British East Africa : Kibwezi, 800-1000 m., Scheffler, 193, 346 ; Makindu River; Kassner, 575. Var. kilimanjaricus, Sprague, l.c., anglice ; inflorescentia sessili vel subsessili a var. foliaceo, Sprague, bracteis superne foliaceis a var. Sodenii, Engl., distinguitur. Folia elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, apice rotundata, basi cordata, rarius rotundata, 3-5 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, supra glabra, subtus grosse pubescentia ; petioli 5-8 mm. longi. Capjitula axillaria, solitaria, 4—-6-flora, sessilia vel brevissime pedun- culata ; pedunculus usque ad 6 mm. longus, tomentellus ; bractea inferne subspathacea, superne foliacea, suborbicularis, 4-8 mm diametro, plana vel plus minus convexa vel concava, pilis verti- cillatim ramosis tomentosa. Torus calycecum elongato-cupularis, 4-5 mm. longus, cingulo basali villorum 3-4 mm. longo. Calyx 3°4 mm. longus. Corolla 45 cm. longa ; tubus 1°5-1°6 em. longus, ampulla basali clavata 5°5 mm. longa inferne glabrescente superne longe villosa ; lobi 2°5-3 em. longi. Filamenta 6-5 mm. supra basin corollae loborum inserta, superne ampliata, intus sulcata ; antherae mm. longae, connectivo emarginato-malleiformi. Discus 0°35 mm. altus, glaber. TropicaL Arrica. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, on Albizzia maranguensis, Taub., Volkens, 1934. Var. longipes, Sprague, |.c., anglice ; foliis parvis tenuibus, pedunculo longo, bracteae limbo foliaceo horizontali vel reflexo distinctus, Ramuli juvenes ferrugineo-tomentosi. Folia elliptico-oblonga vel obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, subtruncata vel emarginata, basi obtusa, rotundata vel subcordata, 2-3 cm. longa, 8-14 mm. lata, chartacea vel tenuiter coriacea, juventute utrinque dense pube- scentia ; petioli 6-9 mm. longi. Capitula 4-flora; pedunculus gracilis, 2°5-3 mm. longus, dense pubescens ; bractea limbo foliaceo horizontali vel reflexo utrinque dense pubescente. Torus calycecum fere 5 mm. longus. Calyx irregulariter dentatus, ciliatus, 4 mm. longus, extus fere glaber. Corolla circiter 4°2 em. longa, viridi- lutea, inferne rubescens. Antherae 2°3-2°6 mm. longae, connectivo malleiformi. TropicaL Arrica. German East Africa: Ssongea District ; Kiva Kihingi, Busse, 764. 1223, Loranthus (Hirsuti) nyikensis, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr, vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 315, anglice [Loranthaceae-Kulorantheae] ; affinis ZL. Dregei, var. foliaceo, Sprague, a quo ramis brevibus flexuosis, internodiis brevioribus, foliis minoribus minus coriaceis, bracteis majoribus, pilis corollae magis appressis. , 141 Frutex multiramosus, ramulis junioribus pubescentibus vel tomen- tellis. Rami breves, flexuosi, glabri, subtiliter rugosi, inconspicue lenticellati ; internodia 1°2-3°7 cm. longa. Folia opposita, sessilia vel breviter petiolata, elliptica, elliptico-oblonga vel ovato-elliptica, apice rotundata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 1°8-3°4 em. longa, 1°2-2°5 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, grosse stellato-pubescentia praesertim subtus, supra tandem plus minusve glabrescentia ; petioli usque ad 6 mm. longi. Capitula solitaria, axillaria vel ramulos valde contractos foliatos axillares terminantia, 3-4-flora; pedun- culus 6-16 mm, longus, tomentellus ; bractea foliacea, late ovata, 9-14 mm. longa, 6-11 mm. lata, utrinque tomentella. Torus calycecum cupularis, 1°8 mm. longus, inferne cingulo denso villorum circiter 2°5 mm. longo, superne sparse breviter villosus. Caly« sub- truncatus, ciliatus, 3-3°4 mm. longus. Corolla 4°5 em. longa ; tubus 1*4-1°5 cm. longus, ampulla basali clavata 5 mm. longa inferne sub- glabra superne dense villosa; lobi 2°5-3'2 em. longi. Filamenta 5°5-6 mm. supra basin corollae loborum inserta, 1°7-1°8 cm. longa ; antherae lineares, 4 mm. longae, biapiculatae. Déseus 5-lobus, ‘> mm, altus, carnosus. Tropical Arrica. Nyasaland: Nyika Plateau, MeClounie, lll 1224, Loranthus (Hirsuti) alveatus, Sprague in Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. vol, vi. sect. 1, p. 315, anglice [ Loranthaceae-Kulorantheae] ; foliis obovato-oblongis basi cuneatis vel obtusis glabris, bracteis . foliaceis distinctus. 0°25 mm. altus, ingl. in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xx. p. 104, partim. TROPICAL go German East Africa: Usambara; Doda, Holst, 2946. 1225. Loranthus (Hirsuti) lindensis, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 316, anglice [Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; affinis L. alveato, Sprague, a quo foliis ovato-ellipticis vel ellipticis basi cordatis vel rotundatis recedit. ec Ramuli longi, recti, penduli, graciles, vix ultra 2 mm. dametro 30 cm. infra apicem, primum ferrugineo-pubescentes, _ lati 2 stellato-puberuli, tandem glabri, subtiliter densiuscule lenticellati ; nodi satis conspicui; internodia 1-8-4 cm. lenga. Folia opponies breviter petiolata, elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, apice rotundata, basi 142 cordata vel subcordata, 3-5°5 cm. longa, 1°8-4 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, glabra, subglaucescentia ; petioli 3-5 (rarius usque ad 9 mm. longi, pubescentes. Capitula axillaria, solitaria, 4-flora ; pedunculus 1°8-2°5 cm. longus, satis Se cilis, glaber vel. stellato- puberula ; bractea foliacea, elliptica, 1°2-2°5 em. longa, 0°2-1'°6 cm. lata, utrinque glabra. Torus calycecum tubularis, 5-5-6 mm. longus, cingulo pasali villorum circiter 2 mm .longo. Calyx subtruncatus vel” irregulariter lobatus, 4°5 mm. longus, extus sparse pilosus, ciliatus. Corolla 5°5 em. longa, extus ‘dense villosa parte basal mm. longa gue. aurantiaca lobis viridibus ; yl ae 8-2 cm longus ; lobi 3 . longi, lineares, superne per 7 . lineari- lanceolati. Filamenta 75 mm. supra basin actllask “‘loborum inserta; antherae 4 mm. longae. Discus non lobatus, 0°35 mm. altus, glaber. Bacca hia Soo aha 8 mm. longa, glabra, intense rubra, cupula apicali 3°5 m TROPICAL AFRICA. Oocman East Africa: Lindi, on Terminalia Catappa, Linn., Busse, 3005. 1226. Loranthus (Infundibuliformes) falcifolius, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Tro ir. vol, vi. sect. 1, p. 317, anglice [Loranthaceae- Eulorantheae] ; foliis faleatis vel acinaciformibus, filamentis dente carentibus distinguitur. Rami nodosi, grosse rugosi, 3-8 mm, diametro ; ramuli juvenes subangulati, compressiusculi, glabri, viridi-cinerei. Folia saepius alterna, faleata vel acinaciformia, apice rotundata, interdum apiculata, sensim in basin angustata, 6°5-9°5 cm. longa, 11-14 mm, | iata, coriacea, glabra, 5-7-nervia, nervis prope basin ortis supra magis prominentibus ; ; petiolt 4- 8 mm. longi. Umbellae axillares, solitariae, 3-florae ; pedunculus circiter 2 mm. longus; pe icelli 1:5 mm. ames ; bractea oblique copulate: crasse carinata, margine dorsali 2 mm, longo, ventrali 1°3 mm. longo. Torus calycecum aie prope medium ein constrictus, 7 mm, longus, — extus glaber. Calyx 4°5-5 mm. longus, subtruncatus. Corolla rubro-aurantiaca, 6 cm. longa, in alabastro acute pentagona, supra medium latior ; tubus fere 5 cm, ongus, haud ad medium unilater- aliter fissus ; 3 a erecti, linares, 11 mm. longi, 1°3-1°5 mm. lati. Filamenta circa basin corollae loborum inserta, sursum leviter longae, 0°8 mm, latae. Discus leviter lobatus, circiter 0°5 mm. altus. Stylus in basin ampliatus, superne leviter incrassatus Tropical Arrica. Angola: Kaconda, on Caesalpinieae, Gossweiler, 1701. 1227. Loranthus ( ote eee deltae, Baker et Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 319, anglice [Loranthaceae- Kulorantheae]; affinis 1. Rayieri Engl., a quo corollae lobis reflexis recedit. Ramuli juniores papillati, seniores subcinerei, glabri. Folia opposita vel alterna, obovata, elliptica vel elliptico-oblonga, apice rotundata, basi obtusa vel cuneata, leviter obliqua, 3-5°5 em. longa, 1°6-3°8 em. lata, coriacea, glabra, bask 5-7-nervia ; petioli 3-8 mm. longi. Umbellae axillares, subsessiles, 3-florae, eet vel fasciculatae ; pedicelli 0°8 mm. longi; bractea cupularis, lariter truncata, 2 mm, longa, extus dense glanduloso-papillat es 3 a * 143 ase calycecum breviter tubularis, 2°8 mm, longus. COalyz’ 1 mm. longus, sparsissime glanduloso-ciliatus. Corolla rosea, eae 3°7 cm. longa, extus glanduloso-papillata, praesertim superne; tubus cylindrico-infundibuliformis, unilateraliter fissus, intus glandulosus; lobi a basi sursum discedentes, lineari- apaihalate 10-11 mm. longi, demum reflexi. Filamenta 5 mm, longa, deflexa; antherae lineares, 3:4-3°6 mm, longae. Discus leviter lobatus, 0°35 mm. altus, carnosus. Stylus sursum haud mm. incrassatus, pentagonus, glaber ; stigma capitatum, diametro. Bacca oblongo-ellipsoidea, 9 mm, longa, cupula apicali 1 mm. longa. TroricaLt Arrica. Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta ; at. the mouths of the Luabo and Kongone Rivers, on Avicennia sp., Kirk. 1228, Loranthus Cnfentihas gees) pennatulus, Sprague in Dyer, Fl, Trop. Afr. vol. sect. 1, p. 324, anglice [Loranthaceae- Rulorantheae] ; affinis Z brunneo, fagl., a quo nervatione foliorum plus minusye pinnata recedit, Ramuli juniores ubaagulete glabri, seniores Bae subcinerei, dense lenticellati. Folia subternata vel alterna, ovato-elliptica vel eis apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi rotahdlate vel obtusa, 5-7 longa, 2°5-5 cm. lata, coriacea, glabra; nervi rubri (Scher, laterales utrinque 2- 3, supra et subtus prominuli ; petioli 2-5 mm. longi. Flores axillares, sessiles, glomerati; bractea oblique cupularis, minute ciliata, basi solida 0°5-0°8 mm. longa, margine dorsali 1°5-1°8 mm. ote truncato vel leviter emarginato 0°5 mm, infra apicem umbonato, margine ventrali 0°8 mm. longo. Torus calycecum cylindrico-lageniformis, 3°4-3°6 mm, ‘longus, ‘alye quinquedentatus, 2 mm. longus. Corolla rubro-purpurea, 9°5 mm, me Filamenta 0°8 mm. supra basin corollae loborum inserta, 5°5 mm. longa, = ae ee meen: ; antherae lineares, leviter emargina lon Discus . acute ~~ 0-8 mm. Gobde Stigma ‘iieg lonse, 0°83 mm. diametr Seoxiox Arrica. Uganda: Lamuru, 3000 m., Schefler, 308. British East Africa, C. F. Elliott, 23. 1229. Loranthus HM aepet remotus, Baker et Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 327, anglice [Loranthaceae- oe : sacs perdistincta indumento sectionis Cinera- scentium, a qua corollae lobis induplicatis, filamentis erectis, go ade haud Sse aes wong differt. Rami crassi, 4°5 . diametro 30 cm. infra apicem, leviter flexuosi, nodosi, ees “pilis verticillatim ramosis dense albido- tomentosi, demum pubescentes vel puberuli, tandem glabri, subo- chracei vel cinerei ; internodia 1°3-3°8 cm. longa. Folia opposita subopposita vel alterna, breviter sone obovata vel obovato- oblonga, apice rotundata, basi cuneata, 5-7 cm. longa, 2°5-3°8 em. lata, crasse coriacea, juvenilia pilis Vee ee ramosis dense albido-tomentosa, adulta glabrescentia, penninervia ; nervi leviter prominuli, subtus vix Visi, laterales aieree circiter 4, 144 obliqui, levissime curvati ; venulae haud obviae ; petioli 4-6 mm longi. Unmbellae axillares, solitariae vel geminatae, pilis verticl latim ramosis u tas dense albido-tomentosae, 5-6-flo pedunculus 3-5 mm. longus, crassus ; pedicelli 2-3 mm. rong bractea e basi ieee unilateraliter evoluta, anguste oblonga vel oblongo-linearis, in basin leviter ampliata, circiter 4 mm. longa, concava, intus glabra, een ee inflexis. Torus calycecum cupularis, 2°3 mm. lon Calyx truncatus, circiter 0°25 mm. ongus. Corolla optihdrico infundibuliformia, 4°5 cm. longa ; tubus in basin leviter ampliatus, ultra medium unilateraliter fissus ; lobi erecti, oblongo-lineares, valde concavi, in alabastro induplicati, mm. longi. Filamenta erecta (Kirk, icon.), circiter 2°5 mm. longa, infra gpa valde incrassata “et obscuriora ; antherae vo n ss to. Distus in cavo situs, pentagonus, breviter lobatus, 0°25 mm. altus, pilis ramosis dense albido-pilosus. Stylus sursum sensim angustatus, inferne crassus, pilis ramosis dense peop superne oracilis, claber : ; stigma ellipsoideum, levissime bilobum 0°8 mm. longum PN cop APRICA. Portuguese East Africa: Shupanga, irk, 40 1230. ere iageenle hie aay Sprague in Dyer, FI. Trop. Afr, vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 329, anglic e [Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; affinis 1. Welwitschis, Engl., a a ramis valde nodosis et foltis obovatis recedit. Rami fragiles, neem ms sicco cinereo-brunnei, glabri, valde nodosi, circiter 3 mh: dia o 30cm. infra apicem ; internodia 4-12 mm. longa. Folia meses aiep posit vel alterna, obovata, apice rotundata, basi cuneata, 1:2-25 cm. longa, 0°7—1*2 em. lata, carnosa, glauco-viridia (Gossweiler), i in sicco rigide coriacea ; nervi laterales vix obvii; nervus medius utrinque leviter prominulus ; petioli 1-2 mm. longi. ere gm axillares, ut videtur fasciculatae, 3-4-florae ; pedunculus 3-3°5 mm. longus ; pedicelli 2 mm. longi ; bractea e basi patelliformi ovata, rotundata vel subemarginata, valde concava, crasse carinata, glanduloso~ciliata margine dorsali 1-1°3 mm. longo, margine ventrali 0°25-0°4 mm. longo. Torus alycecum anguste campanulatus, 2°5 mm. longus. Calyx patulus, truncatus, glanduloso-ciliatus, 0°8 mm. longus. Corolla circiter 1°8 cm. longa, viridis lobis ‘iilphiteets Snes ; tubus 4°56 mm, longus, circa medium constrictus usque ad 1°5 mm. supra basin unilateraliter fissus ; lobi suberecti, 1°3 cm. longi, subspathulato- lineares, meinen leviter incurvati. Filamenta basi corollae loborum inserta, 7 mm. longa, sursum leviter angustata, involuta ; antherae lineares, 5°5 mm, longae, connectivo 0°4 mm. lato 0°25 mm. ultra loculos producto. Discus breviter lobatus, 0°4 mm. altus, Stylus superne haud incrassatus ; stigma subglobosum, 0°8 mm. diametro. — Arrica. Angola: near Benguella,- Gossweiler, 1231. sade (Longiflori) unyorensis, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. vol. vi. sect.: 1, p. 330, anglice [Loranthaceae- Bualorasithone}; foliis basi obtusis vel rotundatis, floribus racemose dispositis a L. platyphyllo, Hochst., distinctus. 145 Ramuli juniores superne leviter compressi, nigrescentes, inferne fulvi, subtiliter lenticellati, seniores subteretes, 3°5 mm ro 22 cm, infra apicem, pallide cinereo-brunnei, subtiliter lenticellati ; internodia 3°8-6°3 cm. longa. Folia opposita vel subopposita, lanceolata, acute acuminata, basi obtusa vel rotundata, 9-11 cm. longa, 3°2-4°4 cm. lata, crasse coriacea, glabra, penninervia ; nervi laterales patuli, utrinque circiter 8, supra prominuli, subtus vix Visi ; nervus medius prominens, praesertim subtus ; petioli 1-1°6 em. longi. Racemi axillares, solitarii vel fasciculati, brevissimi, valde contracti, umbelliformes, 8-13-flori; pedunculus 5-9 mm. margine dorsali rotundato 1°5-1°8 mm. longo, slats ventrali circiter 0°S mm. longo. Torus calycecum campanulatus, 2°38 mm, longus, glaber. Calyx truncatus, 0°8-1 mm. longus, annulo intra- marginali 0°2 mm. alto. Corolla (evoluta non visa) in alabastro circiter 3°3 cm. longa, rosea apice luteo (Bagshawe), circa medium latior quam alibi, sursum in apicem leviter incurvum sensim angustata, deorsum icueeatie versus basin leviter ampliata ; tubus intus glandulosus ; lobi lineares, in alabastro circiter 1 cm, longi. Filamenta surgum leviter sensim angustata, in sneer circiter 5°5 mm. longa ; antherae oblongo-lineares, in alabastr longae, ‘connectivo ultra thecas leviter producto, Tica vix lobatus, 0°4 mm. altus. Stylus superne haud metuliformis ; stigma subglobosum, 08-1 mm, diametro. Bacca eee vel oblongo- ellipsoidea, 7-8 mm. longa, ster apicali 1 mm, ROPICAL AFRica. Uganda: Unyoro; es Kibero, 900 m., on Fieus sp., Bagshawe, 911. 1232, Loranthus (Longicalyculati) Stuhlmannii, Hing Ie a0 lensis, Hngl. ex Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. v 331, anglice [Loranthaceae-Hulorantheae] ; _foliis Llaseboieks Rami juventute puberuli, mox glabrescentes; internodia 6-14 mm, rice ‘olia eblancedlata, eee rotundata, in basin sensim angustata, 3-5°7 cm. long ‘6 cm. lata, paullo aan basin obvii; petioli 1-4 mm. longi. Pedicelli 1 mm. longi. Torus calycecum 5 mm, longus. Corolla in alabastro 1°6 em. longa ; tubus 4 mm. longus ; lobi 1°2 em. — Tieton 9°5 mm. longa, valde applanata ; antherae 2°8 mm. ROPICAL AFRICA. Sountland, "Webi Abdallah, Keller, 218. 1233 Loranthus ee glabratus, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 335, anglice [ Loranthaceae - Eulor- antheae]; affinis L. Fischeri, Engl., a quo filamento dentigero recedit. Ramuli juventute subtetragoni, brunnei, glabri, demum subteretes costis quatuor longitudinalibus, fulvo-cinerei, subtilissime lenti- cellati ; internodia 1°2-3°2 cm. longa. olia alterna, obovato- elliptica vel mug a apice rotundata, basi obtusa vel cuneata, 2'5-6°3 cm. longa, 1°2-3°8 cm. lata, rigide coriacea, glabra, opaca, margine irregulariter undulata, e basi 3-5-nerv ia; mervi supra prominentes, subtus prominuli ; petioli 3-7 mm. longi, epcans es 4-florae ; pata 95-3 mm. longus ; ; pedicelli 1 146 longi; bractea oblique somes glabra, margine dorsali_ crasse carinato 1:8 mm; longo e arginato, margine ventrali 1:3 mm longo. * Torus calycecum arlnl nom, 4~4°5 mm, longus. Calye truncatus, 2°8 mm. longus. Corolla 1*6-1° 7 cm. longa, in ss ad insertionem staminum ampliata; tubus cylindricus, 3-3°5 m longus, exappendiculatus ; lobi infra medium reflexi, lineares, 54 insertionem staminum valde ampliati, circiter 1°4 cm. longi, 5-0°7 mm. lati, parte ampliata elliptica 1 mm, lata. élamenta 2 mm, supra basin corollae loborum_ inserta, involuta, sursum leviter angustata, 5°5 mm. longa, quadrangularia, angulis rigide serratis, dente 0°13 mm. longo ; antherae lineares, 5°5 mm. longae. Diseus leviter lobatus, 0°35 mm, aides, —IL,, Fischeri, var. glabratus, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xl. p. 5 ROPICAL AFRICA, Galla Highlands: Abu-el-Kasin, Eillen- beck ; Luku, 1500 m., Ellenbech, 1229 1234, Loranthus (Obtectiflori) ionidetpe, Baker et Sprague in Dyer Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 341, anglice [Loranthaceae- Eulorantheae]; ramulis non tetragonis, iiidten ealycem ep vel leviter tantum superante distinctus. Rami juniores graciles, nigrescentes, versus apicem levite ye are mox teretes, adulti teretes, cinerei, minute lenticellati, 3°6 mm, diametro 30 cm. infra apicem ; internodia 1°9-5 cm. longa. a opposita, ovato-elliptica, apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi beordata, rotundata vel obtusa, 6°3-8°3 cm. longa, 3°2-6°3 cm. lata, enmeiet coriacea, glabra ; nervi laterales: utrinque 4-5, patuli, ota a margine anastomosantes, utrinque prominuli ; petioli 4-6 mm. longi. Umbellae axillares, fasciculatae, 10-14-florae ; patitiicaien gracilis, 1°2-3°8 ¢ m. longus ; ; pedicelli 3-4°5 mm. longi ; bractea breviter late aprabiiotinis 2°3-2°6 mm. longa, _—, vel retusa, ——- ciliolata, crassissime carinata, carina supra uta, cornu —— 0°35-0°5 mm. longo, margine ventrali avellsfabtic "35 foes ngo. Torus calycecum cupularis, 1°8-2 mm. longus. Crip | ‘tabiaentieels 0°5-0°7 mm. longus, ainda intramarginali 0°2 mm. alto. Corolla 3°8-4°2 em. nies in alabastro parte apicali ampliata ees ese pentagona ; tubus roseo-ruber lineis intensioribus notatus, erne leviter ampliatus tantum; lobi spathulati, 11 mm. “Tong Filamenta sursum se 8 mm. longa, dente 0°7 mm. longo; antherae oblongae, 2°3 mm. longae, connectivo ultra loctio paullo producto. Discus hissed ‘distincte Trorreat mnie German East Africa : Dar-es-Salaam, 1235, Loranthus (Purpureiflori) Eylesii, Sprague in Dye Trop. r. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 343, anglice [Lo ot Hit be antheae]; foliis ellipticis vel ova to-ellipticis crasse coriaceis, petiolis glabris, calyce ferrugineo-ciliato distinctus. Rami crassi, 5°2-5°7 mm. diametro, brunneoli, grossiuscule densiuscule lenrtivelings: ; Internodia 2-3-2 em. lo onga. Folia steele vel subopposita, late elliptica vel ovato-elliptica, apice rotundata, e parte inferiore rotundata abrupte in basin cuneata, 5-9 cm. longa, mat 8 em. lata, crasse coriacea, plabea: ne nervis venisque inentibus ; nervi laterales irregulares, utrinque 2-3, superiores rpliquii, fere in apicem procurrentes ; petioli erassi, 4-7 mm, eee 147 Capitula axillaria, sessilia, glomerata, 2-flora; receptaculum 2°5-3 mm. longum, cavis obliquissime sitis patelliformibus ; bractea lcci cupularis, 2°5-2°8 mm. longa, plus minusve bilabiata, ciliata, margine dorsali 1-8-2 mm. longo, margine ventrali circiter mm. longo. Torus ne se Fin campanulatus, circa lobatus, ferrugineo-clintus, 2°3-2°6 mm, longus, aurantiaca e Eyles), circiter 4°5 cm. longa; tubus ampulla basali ollipeouloneotionge mm, longa, supra ampullam anguste infundibuliformis, ap ces fissus ; 3 lobi erecti, lineares, 9 mm. longi. Filamenta 1 mm. supra basin corollae loborum inserta, sursum sensim angustata, 4 mm. longa, deflexa, dente 0°7 mm. longo ; antherae lineares, 2°5 mm. longae. Discus distinctissime lobatus, 0°8 mm. altus. Stylus superne metuliformis, collo circiter 3 mm. longo. Tropica, Arrica. Rhodesia: Bulawayo, 1350 m., Eyles, 1194, nares. ie ia! (Constrictiflori) Farmari, Sprague in Dyer, FI. Trop vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 345, anglice [Loranthaceae-Eulor- aac ems LL. ogowens?, Engl, a quo pedunculi cavo apicali iff Rami graciles, circiter 2°5 mm. diametro 30 cm. infra apicem, teretes, laeves, cinerei ; internodia 4°5-10 cm, longa. Fola opposita vel subopposita, ovata vel lanceolata, apice obtusa, interdum minute apiculata, basi obtusa vel rotundata, 6°5-9 cm, longa, 2°5-4°2 em. lata, tenuiter coriacea, glabra, nervis yenisque utrinque prominentibus ; nervi laterales “tate 4-6, obliqui, procul a margine anastomosantes ; petioli 5-9 mm. longi, some axillares, solitariae, circiter 9-florae ; pedunculus 2-4 mm. lon superne convexo-discoideus, circiter 2°8 m mm. diametro, cavo spite profundo, floribusin circulum dispositis ; pedicelli 1°5-1°8 mm, longi ; bractea oblique ovato-patelliformis, eae ciliolata, eee dorsali 13. mm. longo, margine ventrali 0°5-0°7 mm. longo, Torus calycecum campanulatus vel cupularis, 2°5-3 mm. longus. Calyx subtruncatus, ciliolatus, 1°3 mm. longus. Corolla coccinea ot Farmar), 4°2 cm. longa, in alabastro parte ampliata apicali ellipsoidea depresse truncata dentibus 5 divergentibus triangularibus coronata ; tubus ampulla basali ellipsoidea 4°5 mm, longa, supra ampullam infundibuliformis, unilateraliter fissus; lobi reflexi, valde getter phe gain a appendicem ant sotalls ‘7 mm, longae. Dishles vix | eats: 0°35 mm. altus. St pias superne conspicue metuliformis, parte incrassata 4°5-5 mm. longa, collo 1-1°3 mm. longo sursum in basin stigmatis ellipsoidei satislen incrassato. Tropicat Arrica. Gold Coast, Farmar, 503. 1237. Loranthus (Constrictiflori) guttatus. cs sat ed in Dyer, FI. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 350, anglice [ orltithdseds Balo¥. antheae]; corolla extus glabra conspicue guttata, parte ° apicali ampliata nec corniculata nec truncata nec alata distincta. 19061 B 2 148 Rami crassi, flexuosi, 5-10 mm. diametro, brunnei, sat subtiliter densiuscule lenticellati, lenticellis horizontaliter elongatis; ramuli -3 mm, diametro, pallide brunnei; internodia 1:3-3°8 cm. longa. Folia opposita vel subopposita, lanceolata, ‘Spine obtusa, basi obtusa vel cuneata, 9-12°5 cm. longa, 2-3°8 cm. lata, crasse co oriacea, glabra, penninervia ; nervi laterales pesagde 4—5, obliquissimi, supra prominuli, subtus vix visi, procul a margine anastomosantibus ; petioli 6-12 mm. longi. ‘Umbellae axillares et ex ligno annotino ortae, solitariae vel fasciculatae, 4-florae; pedunculus 3-3°5 mm. ongus, cavis cupularibus 0°8 mm. profundis ; pedicelli 1-1°5 mm. longi; bracteae ovato-cupularis, margine dorsali 1°5-1'8 mm. longo truncato vel obtuso, margine ventrali 8-0-9 mm, longo. Torus calycecum campanulatus, late apertus, 3°4-3°6 mm. longus, pallide viridis. Calyx truncatus. 1°8 mm. longus. Corolla circiter 4 cm. longa, rubella, dense albo-guttata, extus glabra, in alabastro parte ampliata apicali oblongo-ellipsoidea 5-costata 4 mm. longa; tubus 1'2-1°4 em. deorsum unilateraliter fissus, =e basali obovoideo- globosa 4 mm. longa circiter 3 mm. diametro; lobi intense rubri, reflexi, subspathulati, 65-7 mm, longi, circi iter 1°5 mm. lati: : Filamenta 1-1'5 mm, infra basin ‘corollae loborum inserta, deflexa ay mm. ag dente 0°7 mm longo ; antherae oblongo-lineares, : mm, ie Discus pentagon us, 0°25 mm. altus. — Stylus euperne pan iformis, parte incrassata intense rubra 6 mm. longa, longo. TropicaAL ArFRica. North-west Rhodesia: near Bw ni 1350 m., Rogers, 8320. Mashonaland : Mazoe Bice Eyles, 3 1238, Litanthae (Constrictiflori) constrictiflorus, Engl., var. karaguensis, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 352, anglice [Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; corolla in ‘dabantais truncata a typo differt. PICAL AFrica. German East Africa : Karagwe ; So Stuhlmann, 40194 ; Mtagata, StuhIimann, 3190. . 1239. Loranthus (Constrictiflori) globiferus, A. R Fo var. hornuensis, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 352 anglice [Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; foliis plerumque elliptico- oblongis, floribus minoribus a typo recedit. Folia plerumque elliptico-oblonga. ° Flores quam in typo. minores. Torus calycecum 2 mm, longus. Calyx 1 mm. longus. Corolla circiter 3 mm. longa, ampulla basali subslobots 3 mm, diametro ; lobi circiter 6 mm. longi. Antherae 1:8 m TropicaL Arrica. Northern Nigeria: Nupe, on Anona sp. Barter, 1126 ; on Mimosa asperata Linn., hone 1149. oe one Acacia spp., Vogel, 79. Bure, near Lake Chad, W. R. Elliott, Var. sali icifolius, Sprague, |. c., anglice; foliis lineari-lanceolatis vel lineari-oblanceolatis distinct Folia l\ineari - lanceolata ar Jineari-oblanceolata, 6°5-9°5 cm. Fisk 149 Tropica, Arrica. Abyssinia: Province of Tigre; Amba Harrer, 2200 m., Schimper, 888. Memsach District; Gessat Errar, Schimper, 414, Amba Sea, Schimper, 567. Province of Amhara ; Lake Tana, Mitraa, 1800 m., on Acacia sp., Rosen ; without precise locality, Plowden. 1240. Loranthus Spin ates) lanceolatus, cite var. cornicu- latus, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. v . 390, anglice [ Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; : Pe te in ciahestio truncata breviter 5-corniculata a typo recedit. Tropicat Arrica. Togo: Banyatera, 240 m., Schroder, 224, 1241, Loranthus (Constrictiflori) erianthus, Brraaue in Dyer, FI. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 359, anglice [Loranthaceae-Eulor- bse big 3; affinis L. glaucophyllo, Engl., a quo corolla extus villosa recedit Ramuli. jJuventute velutino-pubescentes, 2-5-3 mm. diametr 20-25 cm. infra apicem ; rami nigrescentes, inconspicue lenticéliati, glabri ; internodia 2-3 cm. longa. Folia opposita vel subopposita, subsessilia, late ovata, apice rotundata, basi leviter cordata, 3-4°5 om. longa, 1°8-2°7 em. lata, coriacea, glabra, sh ot margine leviter crispato ; nervi laterales utrinque 3-4, arcuato- ascendentes, procul a margine anastomosantes, utrinque lente: - petioli usque ad 1°5 mm. longi, pilosi. Capitula axillaria, solitaria vel fasciculata, 4-flora; pedunculus villosus, 15-2 mm. longus columna centrali cavis patelliformibus circumdata inclusa ; _bracten oblique cupularis, extus dense villosa, pare basali solida 0°5 mm. onga, margine dorsali ascendente 15-2 mm. longo, marg ventrali suberecto 0°8 mm. longo. Torus slveedis campanulatus, late apertus, 2°5 mm. longus. Calyx patelliformis, villoso-ciliatus, margine-1 mm. longo. Corolla in alabastro circiter. 3°8 cm. longa, extus villosa, parte apicali ampliata oblongo-ellipsoidea 4 mm, longa subterete rotundata ; tubus deorsum circiter 1-2 cm. unilater- aliter fissus, ampulla basali subglobosa 3°5 mm. longa, 3 mm, diametro ; Tobi reflexi, spathulati, acuti, 7 mm. longi, parte superiore ampliata 4°5 mm. longa 1°5 mm. lata. ilamenta 1 mm. infra: basin corollae loborum inserta, deflexa, sursum sensim angustata, 4 mm. longa, dente 0°5 mm. longo; antherae oblongae, 2°3 mm. longae. Discus pentagonus, 0°5 mm. altus, minute pilosus. Stylus superne eae parte incrassata 5°7 mm. longa infra medium majore, collo 1°8 mm. longo ; stigma ellipsoideum, 0°8 mm, longum. Tropica, Arrica, North-west Rhodesia, 1200 m., Rogers, 8353. 1242. Loranthus (Erectilobi) reat Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 365, anglice [Lorantha acne ee ; affinis LL. sansibarensi, Engl., et L. Fuellebornii, Engl., a floribus See ab hoc ramulis foliisque crassioribus, nell 2-6-floris distinetu Ramuli i Bac: crassi, nigrescentes, subangulati ee compressis, basin versus subtiliter lenticellati ; rami crassissim circiter 6 mm. diametro 15 em. infra apicem pearacntal densissime Yoditieiellats. lenticellis ferrugineo-brunneis ; ; ternodia circiter 6 mm. longa. Folia alterna, oblanceolata, recta el subfaleata, apice obtusa vel rotundata, saepe apiculata, in basin 150 longe cuneata, 3°8-7°6 cm. longa, 1-2°5 cm. lata, rigide coriacea, glabra, opaca, in sicco utrinque subtilissime rugosa ; nervi laterales utrinque 2-3, obliquissimi, utrinque paullulum elevati ; petioli 6-10 mm. longi. Umbeliae axillares, fasciculatae, 3-6-florae ; pedunculus crassus, 2-3 mm. longus, glaber ; pedicelli 1:5 mm, longi, glabri; bractea ovato-cupularis, margine dorsali 1°5-1*8 mm. longo truncato umbonato, umbone perapplanato, margine ventrali0°5mm. longo, Torus calycecum anguste campanulatus, 4°4 mm. longus. Calyx ascendens, 1°8 mm. longus, irregulariter fissus. Corolla in alabastro circiter 4 cm. longa, extus glabra, rubra, tubi parte constricta lutea, leborum parte superiore violacea ; ampulla basalis subglobosa ; lobi lineares, subacuti, circiter 8 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, apice introrsum uncinati. Filamenta sursum sensim angustata, 5 mm. longa, dente 0°5 mm. longo ; antherae oblongo-lineares, rotundato-subtruncatae, 5 mm. longae, connectivo loculos paullo excedente. Discus profunde 5-lobatus, 0°4 mm. altus, lobis deltoideis. Stylus superne metuliformis, parte incrassata 6-6°5 mm. longa, collo 2°5 mm. longo, supra medium in basin stigmatis incrassato; stigma depresso- globosum, apice concavum, 0°7-0°8 mm. diametro.— L. Sadebeckii, Engl. in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xxx. p. 304, nee in Engl. Jahrb. vol. xx. P . 122. TropicaL Arrica. German East Africa: Ussangu ; Kinga Range, Tikurugwa Mountain, 2400 m., on Protea sp., Goetze, 989. 1243, Loranthus (Erectilobi) nyasicus, Baker et Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 371, anglice [Loranthaceae- Eulorantheae]; affinis /.. celtidifolio, Engl., a quo corolla extus glabra distinguitur. Ramuli basi foliis pluribus redactis suffulti,4-15 em. longi, valde compressi, nodosi, glabri, in sicco subtiliter striati, pulli, internodiis 2-6 cm. longis ; rami crassiusculi, 4-6 mm. diametro, pullo-brunnei, in sicco longitudinaliter rugosi, densiuscule inconspicue lenticellati, lenticellis in rimas longitudinales extensis, Folia opposita vel subopposita, anguste elliptico-oblonga vel lanceolata, apice rotundata vel obtusa, basi rotundata, rarius obtusa, 3°5—8 em. longa, 2—-3°2 cm. lata, coriacea, glabra, inconspicue subtiliter reticulata, praesertim supra; nervi laterales utrinque circiter 3, obliquissimi, utrinque paullum elevati; petioli 0°2-1 cm. longi. Umbellae axillares, solitariae, circiter 8-florae, glabrae ; pedunculus 7-8 mm. longus ; pedicelli circiter 6 mm. longi; bractea unilateraliter evoluta, e basi disciformi vel patelliformi late ovata vel quadrangularis truncata vel subtruncata, umbonata, margine dorsali 1°3 mm. longo, margine ventrali patente vel patulo 0°35 mm. longo. Torus calycecum suburceolatus, circiter 2°5 mm. longus, Calyx suberectus, 0°5 mm. longus, paullulum lobatus, annulo intramarginali 0°25 mm. alto. Corolla circiter 4°5 cm. longa, extus glabra ; tubus deorsum 1°2-1°3 em. unilateraliter fissus, ampulla basali ellipsoidea 5 mm. longa ; lobi erecti, subspathulato-lineares, acuti, 9 mm. longi, parte superiore cymbiformi intrinsecus visa lineari-lanceolata 5 mm, longa 1 mm. lata extus valde carinata intus strato duro basi abrupte terminato. Filamenta circa basin corollae Joborum inserta, deflexa, sursum sensim angustata, 5°7 mm, longa, dente 0°35 mm. longo ; antherae lineares 2°8-3 mm. longae, connectivo loculos excedente. Diseus..breyiter Jobatus, 0°38 mm. altus, Stylus in basin leviter 151 incrassatus, superne metuliformis, parte incrassata 5-6 mm. longa, collo 2°5 m ongo; stigma depresso-globosum, non distincte lobatum. TropicaL Arrica. Nyasaland, Buchanan, 1090; Naniesij Cameron, 8. 1244, Loranthus (Erectilobi) Cecilae, V. oc Brown, var, Buchananii, Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 374, anglice [ Loranthaceae-Eulorantheae] ; foliis Stas suborbicularibus vel latissime ovatis, umbellis multiflorig, corollae lobis vix carinatis a typo recedit. Folia 4-5 em. longa, 4-4°5 om. lata, TropicaL Arrica. Nyasaland: Blantyre, very common, Buchanan, i a Loranthus (Erectilobi) Carsonii, Baker et Sprague in Dyer, Afr. vol. vi. sect. 1, p. 376, anglice [Loranthaceae- ftuboumasehnals affinis L. Keil, Engl. a < foliis lineari- lanceolatis, umbellis multifloris, corolla minore rece Rami elongati, circiter 75 cm. longi, 2°8 mm. ‘init 30 cm. infra apicem, 4 mm. diametro 60 cm. infra apicem, juniores ut ramuli dense ferrugineo - pubescentes, seniores apr wsing brunneoli, inconspicue lenticellati ; internodia 1°2—6°3 longa. Folia opposita vel subopposita, rg era prac apice ehtniies in basin attenuata, 4—9 cm. longa, 0°5-2 ¢ lata, coriacea, glabra; nervi laterales utrinque circiter 4, obliquiesimt supra elevati, subtus paullum elevati vel vix adspecta iles ; petioli 3-6 mm. longi, ferrugineo-pubescentes. Umbellae axillares, solitariae, subsessiles, nultiflorae ; receptaculum ferrugineo-pubescens, 3-4 mm. longum ; pedicelli 1°3-1'5 mm. longi, ferrugineo-pubescentes ; bractea e basi cupulari scpulnagedavetith cers mips dorsali. 1 mm. ake suleatis ; tubus deorsum circiter 1°2 em. unilateraliter fissus, ampulla basali subglobosa 2°3-2°6 mm. diametro ; lobi_ erecti, spathulati, acuti, 6°5 mm. longi, parte superiore cymbiformi 3 mm, longa 0°8-0°9 mm. lata intrinsecus visa oblongo-lanceolata intus strato duro basi abrupte terminato. Féilamenta paullulum supra basin corollae loborum inserta, deflexa, 3°6 mm. longa, sursum sensim angustata, superne 0°5 mm. incrassata, dente 0°25 mm, longo; antherae oblongo - lineares, 1°8 mm. longae. Liseus pentagonus, crassus, 0°35 mm. altus, breviter lobatus. Stylus superne metuliformis, parte incrassata 3°4-3°6 mm. longa, collo 1:8 mm. longo ; stigma subglobosum, circiter 0°5 mm. diametro. Tropica, Arrica, Nyasaland: Urungu; Fwambo, Carson. 1246. ages angolensis, ene Repeat gs 9798 Langs- dorflieae] ; nis J, sessili, Leco a qua differt capitulis distincte petals floribus petiesh perianthio instructis et florum femineorum ares angustissime eylindrico ore obscure, dentato, eter 152 Pedunculi 0°6-1'8 cm. iongi, squamis crassis ovatis 6-8 mm. longis bacutis intus pilosis. Capitula bisexualia, globosa, 18-3 cm. diametro. Flores masculi exteriores, pauci, 1- vel 2-seriati, 5-7 m longi, perianthii lobis saepe 3 linearibus inaequilongis acutis “ph columna staminifera brevioribus. Flores feminei minuti, nume- enol 2-3 mm. longi; perianthium filiforme ; ovarium stylo longius.—“ sa sanguinea,” Monteiro, Angola and the River Congo, vol, i. p. 198. THOCTOUS Arrica. Angola: —— Monteiro. 1247, Thonningia dubia, Hems/. [B I lorftieae]; species vel varietas imperfecte cognita. as sanguineae, Vahl., proxima differt pedunculis (an semper ?) brevioribus, squamis parvis, capitulis majoribus et florum masculorum perianthio bene evoluto. Volva brevis, truncata, margine lacerata. Pedunculi. conferti, 0°6-1°2 cm. longi vel interdum obsoleti. Sguwamae aaa ORT 4-8 mm. longae, subobtusae. Jnvolucri squamae ovato-lanceolatae, intermediae fere lineares, vix acutae, Saulkiees serrulatae. Capitula unisexualia ; mascula cireiter 50-flora, floribus 1-1'2 cm. longis bracteolis sabulatis intermixtis, Perianthii lobi saepius 4, lineares, tubum subaequantes, aequales vel inaequales. Flores feminei capillares, 2-3 mm. longi; perianthium stylum exsertum TROPICAL cn pty Cameroons: Cameroon Mountain, 1248, Thonningis slepatte Hemsi. [Balanophoraceae - Langs- dorffieae]; species ob capit se ovoidea et involucri squamas longs longe acuminatas distincta. Volva bene evoluta, late irvegulariterque lobata. Pedunculi 1-3 em. longi, squamis crassis utrinque glabris inferioribus obtusis. Involueri squamae lanceolatae vel oblongo-lanceolatae, 2°5-3°5 cm. longae, longe acuminatae, acutissimae. Capitula unisexualia ; mascula tantum adsunt, cireiter 50-flora. _ Flores masculi bracteo- Tropica Arrica. Gold Coast: Aburi, W. H. Johnson, 521. 1249, Thonningia ugandensis, Pahise [Balanophoraceae-Langs- dorffieae] ; affinis 7. T’. sanguineae, Vahl., sed involucri squamis longe acuminatis acutissimis. Volva circiter 1°5 cm. alta, fere truncata. Peduneuli 1°5-6°5 em. longi; squamae crassae, obtusiusculae, carinatae, intus leviter pilosae. Jnvolucri squamae inileg: sed majores, acutissimae, obscure serrulatae. Capitula unisexualia; mascula circiter 2°5 ¢ feminea 4 cm. diametro, globosa vel subglobosa. Flores maicult in quoque capitulo 40-50, 1*2-1'6 cm. longi, bracteolati. Perianthit lobi 3 vel 4, lineares, aes ‘Staminum columna a perianthii lobos paullo excedens. Flores feminei or - as sed saepe 3 mm. longi. Stylus quam ovarium dimidio brev Tropica, Arrica. Uganda: Entebbe, M. T. Dawe, 1904. 153 1250. Kyllingia ae km Kikenthal bet eprint habitu K. odoratae, Vahl., a qua spiculis longioribus, nuce oblonga, imprimis autem stylo valido basi srievisadade longe distat. In nulla alia specie Kyllingiae stylum talem observavi hizoma brevissimum, lignosum. Culimas solitarius, 14-20 cm. altus, gracilis, sed firmus compresse trigonus, laevis, superne plurifoliatus, basi paullo incrassatus. Folia culmo multo breviora, 2 mm, lata, complicato-plana, longe attenuata, acute carinata, oe divaricatis wafielta enki 7mm. in iametro, compa acta. Spiculae numerosae, demum patule divaricatae, lanceolato-ovatae, 4°5 mm. longae, pee i ne a. Squamae floriferae naequales, stramineae, in acu breve lanceolatum obtusiusculum rectum productae, in carina ee pe ine utrinque 3-4-nervosa, florem hermaphroditum fovens, superior binervis, florem d includens. ux cum squama inferiore aequilonga, oblonga, nigra, nitida, dense punctulata, apiculata. Stylus validus, basi conspicue incrassatus. Stigmata 2 longa. PICAL Arrica. Angola: Mossamedes; near Hum co places, 1830 m., H. H. W. Pearson, 2774; ibidem tame O. Stapf), H. H. Ww, Pearson, 2079 et 2767. XIV.—ON THE INCREASE OF COLPOMENIA SINUOSA IN BRITAIN. A. D. Corron. The marine alga Colpomenia sinuosa was first recognised on the British coast in September 1907, and an account of its appearance in the English Channel was ‘shortly after published in the Kew Bulletin (1908, p. 73). Being a conspicuous plant, and one growing between the tide-marks, there could be no doubt whatever that it was a recent introduction. At that date the alga was only known in England from Torquay and Swanage, but within the last three years it has been received from various places on the coast of orset, Devon and Cornwall; it probably now extends along the whole shore from Lands End to the borders of Hampshire. In certain localities it occurs in extraordinary abundance, being the in th ee pa and the locality being a niet cia one for observation, of access from London, it was decided to coe Hae the Aas 154 structure and life-history of the plant. Owing to unforeseen circumstances the investigation has not been carried out in the detail that was intended, but from 1908 to the end of 1910 the Weymouth neighbourhood has been visited nine times, and the growth of the plant as it occurs there has been followed during all seasons of the year. - Although a certain number of specimens are found during the summer, Colpomenia in these latitudes is essentially a winter plant. n a general way it commences growth in the autumn and disappears in late spring or early summer. The account given If the larger rock-pools are carefully searched during the begin- ning of September, a number of small Colpomenia plants will be found attached to the submerged and shaded parts of such stout algae as Halopithys pinastroides and Cystoseira granuluta. At this date, the spherical thalli are not more than 1 or 2 mm, in diameter, and are thus apt to be overlooked. By the end of the month a marked increase in the size and number of the thalli is noticeable, and specimens a centimetre or more in diameter are of frequent occurrence. During October and November the growth is very rapid, and by the end of the latter month many specimens will have reached the average size of the winter-growth, namely 14-2 inches in diameter. In late autumn Colpomenia forms a most conspicuous feature of the lower part of the shore. It occurs in pools, and on rocks from about half-tide level downwards ; it is also found in the sub-littoral region, namely in the shallow water immediately below the low-tide limit. On rocks the plant is generally epiphytic, growing attached to Chondrus, Halopithys, Corallina, and other algae, but specimens attached directly to the rock may also be found. In the sub-littoral region it is-likewise epiphytic, and, if the locality be sheltered, it often occurs in great profusion, In pools it is even more abundant, the larger specimens crowding the stems of Halopithys, Cystoseira, and Fucus serratus; and the smaller ones being foun on species of Ceramium, Polysiphonia, and many other algae, The Colpomenia-thalli act as buoys to their host-plants, and, when attached to slender species such as Ceramium, frequently cause damage to the shoots, in that they sooner or later break away carry- ing with them a portion of the slender frond. The conditions of rock-pools resemble those of the sub-littoral region rather than the littoral ; and, though Colpomenia flourishes when exposed to the air as a low-littoral plant, it is always larger and more abundant when growing in pools or in shallow-water, 155 During the winter months numbers of algae are washed away, and Colpomenia though still one of the most abundant weeds has rocks “ the winter gales, but the Colpomenia-thalli anenechath are of increased size, and thus more liable to be detached by w action. ot a few specimens also ‘lan detached owing sete imprisoned air within them rendering the thalli sufficiently buoyant to break away from their moorings when covered with water on the return of the tide. n the spring Colpomenia is again re. paneaneHt st, a second ee development has been March pril. Numerous Eporelings develop Doh poets and sprin 3; so that specimens of all ages have net found at Easter. Such plants are either epiphytic or saxicolou After April Colpomenia cis to disappear. A certain number of plants continue to develop during April and May, but the bulk of the growth is by this time of a pale yellow-brown colour, and much eaten by marine animals, or infested with epiphytes. A small number continue till June, but after this date, with the exception of isolated examples, the plant disappears till autumn. Very large specimens are to be found in May ; these usually occur in rock-pools in the more sheltered localities (ex .g., Studland Cliffs) where there is less risk of their being torn or detached by wave- action. The large epenany probably represent individuals which germinated in autumn and survived the winter, but precise infor- mation on this nt is not to hand, as efforts to keep individual plants under observation were not successful. Plants 9-10 em. in diameter are not at all uncommon, and the largest noted measured 12 cm. in length. Sauvageau refers to a case at Cherbourg where irregular in shape, and more or less eaten and tor urning now to ecological considerations, the substratum to which Colpomenia is found attached has already been dealt with, and also its vertical distribution on the Bnore which is regulated. sheltered ground within the Portland breakwaters, it is plentiful. At Studland also, where the cliffs face north and the rock-pools are pneaery sheltered, it is very abundant, the pools from this region haying provided the largest specimens which have been seen. At Handfast Point (Old Harry pos where rougher water occurs, Colpomenia is not found. The effect of exposure may be 0 also at Swanage. In the quiet ee near the pier the plant i is plentiful ; at. Peveril Point, where the conditions are ge it is almost absent, or only found between the two reefs which imeéasure-of shelter, In Durlston: Bay, with its shelving rocky shore 156 open to the S.E. and semi-exposed, it has not been found ; though it should be added that this ground has not been thoroughly examined. In other parts of England Colpomenia is found in sheltered positions; and, judging by the accounts given by French writers, it is most frequent in similar situations on their side of the Channel. Sauvageau, however, mentions one spot on the island of Oléron where he found Colpomenia exposed to the “ mer sauvage.” With regard to the distribution of the alga in Britain, the records given below show that it is widespread in 8. Cornwall, S. Devon and Dorset. It will be observed that the alga existed on the Cornish Coast previous to 1907, and this may be true of other places from which it is here recorded for the first time. There is no doubt, however, that it now occurs in greatly increased quantities ; and that, with regard to Weymouth and Swanage, it was absent or only present in small quantity previous to 1906 and 1907 re- spectively. It will also be noted that several of the specimens were collected in July and August, which suggests that summer-plants are not infrequent in the West of England. Scilly Islands speci- mens, collected there in August 1908 and 1909, were forwarded by Mr. R. W. Smitham, who states that he first noted the plant on those islands in August 1905, in a spot where the Breton shell-fish boats shelter when driven from their fishing-grounds near the Seven Stones lightship. This date would appear to be the earliest that ‘olpomenia was observed on either side of the English Channel : at the time (as at other places) it was mistaken for Leathesia difformis. Mr. Smitham also mentions that the alga occurs at Fowey, Cornwall, and that he first observed it there in 1906. Further Cornish records were supplied by the Rev. H. Boyden, who found the plant at Long Rock, Mounts Bay, in July 1908; and his dried collection contains two specimens from West Looe, collected in July 1906. Mr. Boyden also forwarded specimens:from Falmouth, where he observed a few small plants in rock-pools near the low- water line in August 1909. In Devon, Colpomenia was noted by Mr. and Mrs. Gepp at Goodrington and Paignton in March and June 1910; and by Mr. Boyden in August 1910 at Torquay (where it was first observed by Mr. Holmes in 1907). The Dorset records are :—Weymouth, Chapman’s Pool, Swanage, Studland, and near the mouth of Poole Harbour, in the first four of which places it occurs in great profusion. The above records probably represent all the suitable localities on the south coast that have been visited by algologists during the past three years with a view to noting the presence of Colpomenia. It doubtless occurs in many other places, and, judging from its abundance in several of the districts named, it is reasonable to conclude that it may be found more or less along the whole coast from Lands End to Poole. It is regrettable that there are so few persons in England who may be appealed to for help in a matter of this kind, and that, in a country possessing a fine sea-board and excellent collecting-grounds, the systematic study of algae has fallen to so low an ebb. With regard to the absence of Colpomenia in other parts, a certain amount of evidence has been obtained. Mr. Smitham 157 coast, in 1906, 1907 and 1908, and did not pap the plant. Parts of ampshire and Sussex have been examin y the writer, but though the plant was not seen, its absence untae be certified, as the tides on one oecasion and the season of the year on the other were somewhat unfavourable. It will be ess to follow the progress of Colpomenia in the English Channel, and to note how far it will advance in any easterly direction, and whether it will ipeaee on the northern coast of Cornwall and Devon. Sauvageau records a single specimen found attached to wreckage ~ Wimereux (near Boulogne), but, with this exception, the alga not known further east than Poole Harbour in England and the Cherhditre neighbourhood in Franc “When Colpomenia was s first recorded in the English Channel doubt was expressed as to whether it would be able to survive the cold of winter. Up to the present time an ordinary English winter has in no way igre the plant ; and it is remarkable that the alga reaches its maximum development during the season that the sea is coldest ; there is thus every probability that it has become an essential constituent of our south-coast flora. The species occurs in many of the warmer parts of the world, and it would be of interest to learn something of its seasonal development i in the tropics, and in Australia, or other parts of the southern hemisphere. As far as has been observed the vigour of Colpomenia on the British coasts shows no sign of abatement, the growth during the spring of 1910 being as abundant and luxuriant as on any previous occasion, Sauvageau mentions a case at Vannes in which its growth was completely suppressed by a species of Enteromorpha. Some oyster-beds, which he states were deplorably invade Colpomenia in 1906, were attacked by the Enteromorpha (probably a variety of EF. clathrata J. Ag.),in 1907. The latter developed in such profusion that it choked the Colpomenia, and in the spring of found. lescribed. Althou h Weymouth has bee Teed times since that date so good an illustration of “ ballon Bait as not again been seen 158 XV.—ECONOMIC NOTES ON TRANSVAAL GRASSES. The following notes have been supplied by Lt.-Col, A. F. AppPLEron, P.V.O., of the Army Headquarters at Pretoria. They were drawn up jointly by him and Mr. Burtt Davy, Botanist of the Transvaal Department of Agriculture, whilst the determina- tions were revised by Dr. O. Stapf, excepting the species marked with an asterisk, of which no specimens were submitted, Lt.-Col. Appleton supplied on a former occasion—when serving in the Somali Campaign of 1902-04—some valuable information on the fodder grasses of Somaliland which was incorporated in a paper on the Grasses of Somaliland by Dr. O. Stapf (A.B. 1907, pp. 203- 226). As he has special opportunities for collecting experience regarding the economic value of the grasses of the Transvaal in their wild condition, and as very little is known on the subject, it has been thought desirable to publish his and Mr. Burtt Davy’s joint notes in the hope that this may lead to a more comprehensive and systematic treatment of a subject the importance of which is self-evident in the case of a country so rich in grazing land as the Transvaal. ; agile arundinacea, Cyr., var. Thunbergii, Hack, (Fl. Cap. vii., 20). A hard, wiry grass which is common in swampy places, but is of no value for feed. Urelytrum squarrosum, Hack. (Fl. Cap. vii., 330). A coarse, hard grass, with rather a bitter taste, of little or no economic value, Elionurus argenteus, Nees (Fl. Cap. vii., 332). This grows plentifully round Transvaal farms and forms the bulk of bedding grass, It is a very sour grass, disliked by all kinds of stock, having a bitter turpentine flavour. ae pertusus, Willd., var. capensis, Hack. (FI, Cap. vii., A useful hay grass. Heteropogon contortus, R. ct S. (Andropogon contortus, L.; Fi. Cap. vii., 350). (Spear Grass.) _ A coarse grass not to be encouraged, for, though yielding good grazing when young, the sharp calli of the ripe fruits are injurious to sheep, sometimes causing death. Cymbopogon marginatus, Stapf, var. validus, Stapf (Andropogon gg L., var. marginatus, Hack. y validus, Stapt ; Fl. Cap. vii., This is one of the Tambookie grasses, and is of no use for fodder. Cymbopogon polyneuros, Stapf (Andropogon Schoenanthus, L., var. versicolor, Hack. ; Fl. Cap. vii, 354), (Turpentine Grass.) A useless, hard, bitter grass, Andropogon hirtus, Z. (Fl. Cap. vii., 355). A hard, wiry grass which is of no use for fodder, 159 gi sees Forskalii, Hack. (Anthistiria imberbis, Retz. : Fl. Cap. vii., Common everywhere, growing to a height of from one to three feet. It is one of the most useful fodder grasses of the veld as well as one of the commonest. It is a good hay grass and liked by stock of all kinds, but it should be cut before the seed-heads turn rown. In the condition in which it is usually cut for hay (in March) it has but little feeding value. Paspalum dilatatum, Poiret. (Breed zaad. ) arge water-grass, a native of America. It forms excellent though coarse pasturage, and when sell-eatabiidhet keeps green through most of the winter in moist heavy veld soils, In Australia it is valued as a hay grass for dry seasons. ot Sots monodactyla, Stapf (Fl. Cap. vii., 373 useful pasture grass, but usually found in scattered tufts, = sanguinalis, Scop. (I'l. Cap. vii., 378). (Crab Grass,) An alien which is spreading rapidly. It is an annual. When pro- perly cured it forms good hay and also aftords excellent pasturage. Panicum serratum, Spreng. (Fl. Cap. vii., 388). pom grass growing lentifally % in * peliig land and liked by sto Panicum Helopus, Z’rin., var. glabrescens, K. Schum. (Fl. Cap. vii., 392), An annual, spreading rapidly, but of poor feeding properties. Panicum ee Stapf, var. planifolium, Stapf (Fl. Cap. vii., 414}. (Sweet Grass.) nannual and one of our most valuable forage grasses for the moist land of laagtes, yielding a heavy crop of good forage hay, Common on old lands, and one of the two grasses sold for sweet grass hay. Axonopus semialatus, Hk, f. (Fl. — vii., 418). A coarse native grass liked by stoc *Setaria nigrirostris, Dur. et Sch. a Cap. vii., 423). A perennial, rather coarse grass, but greedily _ by stock of all kinds, The seed is much liked by quail and other birds and is . therefore difficult to collect. It is one of our most 0 grasses, Setaria imberbis, A. et S. (Fl, Cap. vii., 427). Affords a fair feed. Setaria verticillata, Beauv. (FI, Cap. vii., 429), (Klit’s Grass.) A useless, annual, naturalised weed. It ‘tangles the wool of sheep and goats, Pennisetum Thunbergii, Kunth. coe Cap. vii., 436). A promising perennial grass of wet lands. Tricholaena rosea, Mees (FI. Cap, vii., 443). (South African ed-top. An annual or biennial grass which is found plentifully on foadsides and old lands. It makes good ha Trichopteryx simplex, Hack. (Fl. es vil., 450). Readily eaten, but not of much value, 160 Pr ae as fe simplex ? Hack., var. minor, Stapf (Fl. Cap. vii., ge sees, in large chistes and a fair feed when young, but the older stems are hard an Tristachya Rehmannii, ent (FI. yo Vii., gets dangerous grass on account of the *Koeleria capensis, Nees (K. cristata, Pers, ; FL. Cap. vii., 468). A perennial grass of har nutritious value which sustains itself on dry soil. It is too short to be of much value for hay, but is useful for sheep. Agrostis lachnantha, Nees (Fl. Cap. vii., 549). A good grass which usually grows on river banks or wet places, keeping green piscere the winter and liked by stock. Aristida lc banare Trin. et Rupr. (F1. Cap. vii., 559). A hard, wiry, and practically useless grass. Tragus racemosus, Adi. (I'l. Cap. vil., 577). (Carrot-seed Grass.) A useless annual which is injurious to wool. “Sporobolus indicus, R. Br. (Fl. Cap. vil., 586), A wiry, tufted, and very strong grass, which ‘is usually found on roadsides, old lands and farmsteads and is spreading rapidly. It is readily eaten by stock when young, but soon becomes too tough and wiry and is then usually avoided except in scarcity of other food. Eragrostis curvula, Nees (F]. Cap. vii., 599). A valuable pasture grass. rin pe plana, Nees (FI. Cap. vii. 609). (As Grass or Outspan Like most of the species of Eragrostis, this grass makes good grazing and is much liked by stock when young, “put soon becomes hard and wiry. Eragrostis — Trin, (FI. Cap. 3 Vil. 615). A good sheep gras : Eragrostis Sei News at Cap.ivil., 622). A good sweet fodder 8. ‘Cynodon Diaby Pers “( Cap. vii., 634). (Doob- or Dub-Grass | or Bermuda Quick Gra Yields excellent weet pasturage on abandoned lands. In the Southern United States and India it makes good hay which keeps sweet for years in stack. It grows very freely and to a large size on cultivated land, but is most valued as a sand binder for the walls of dams, &c. Michrochloa see Nees (Fl. Cap. vii., 636). A poor fee Chloris virgata, Sw. (FI. Cap. vii, 641). (Old Lands Grass or weet Grass. n annual weed in old lands, keenly relished by stock and considered a highly nutritious fodder. It is largely used for hay, in which character it commands a good price. Baled sweet-grass hay is sold largely in the markets of P Pretoria and Johannesburg. 161 Chloris petraea, Thunb, (FI). Cap. vii., 643). Found chiefly on kopjes, and of ver ; “little feeding value. bee indica, —— (Fl. Cap. vii., 645), cag Grass.) A troublesome ual weed, of no use in the winte pide anode, ef B. K, (Fl. Cap. vin, 734). Fadel Grass or Prairie Grass. A native of South America and Mexico which has been introduced into South Africa, It is an excellent drought-resisting forage grass in suitable districts. It grows rapidly and seeds freely, but unfortunately dies out after seeding. If prevented from seeding by mowing or close grazing, its duration may be continued over two or three years, Lolium temulentum, 2. (FI. Cap. vii., 738). (Darvel, Cheat, or Drabok. lien, annual weed, introduced from Europe ; sometimes causes poisoning. Lolium perenne, 1. (Perennial Rye-grass.) An introduced pasture grass which is subject to rust and is not doing well in the Transvaal. XVI._SPATHOLIRION, S. T. Dunn. In 1896 Ridley described as a new genus under the above name (Journ. Bot. 1896, 329) an herbaceous plant of the Natural ee Commelinaceae which he had received in a living state from Leg arrangement and structure of their lowers identical with those of Spatholirion, and, although Ridley’s plant is an acaulescent one while these two are tall herbaceous climbers, there can be no doubt that all are congeneric One of the Chinese species was first collected some 30 years ago by Delavay, but the specimens seem to have been accidentally left among his sheets of bed han paper at Yunnan-fu until found there by Ducloux a few years ago. Meanwhile, however, the same plant had been gathered by the latter collector in the neighbourhood of Yunnan-sen and sent to Paris, where Gagnepain described it as a new Streptolirion, Gagnepain, working perhaps with imperfect material, did not appreciate the divergence from that genus shown by the number of ovules in each cell and the monoecious character of the flowers, neither of which are indeed mentioned in his description. The second Chinese species which has been received at Kew from Yunnan, Kweichau and Szechuen is fortunately represented by complete material, including fruit, so that the characters of the capsule and seeds of the genus can now be degecribed for the first time, 19061 y 162 SPATHOLIRION, Ridley, Clavis specierum. Caulis telias fe ie a we «ol. SY. ornatum, Caulis longus ahdone Folia subtus hirsuta : ; ovarium acutum y a OY pes Folia glabra ; ovarium abrupte acuminatum 3. S. scandens 1, 8. ie Pee Ridley, in pourn: Bot. 1896, 329, t. 360. Matay Penrnsuta. Legeh: Tomoh (fide Ridley). 12 8. fonpitelian, Dunn. — eee. longifolium, Gagn. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xlvii. (1909), p. 334, t INA. Yunnan: ah eters ”"Duclou: 503 (fide Gagn.), * trouvé dans de vieux papiers du p. Delavay,” "Yunnan-fa, Ducloux, 680. V 3. 8. grec Dunn. Herba alte scandens, inflorescentia excepta, omnino gilabr. Folia alterna, oblongo- vel ovato-lanceolata, oradatim senna, basi obtusa, membranacea, 10-20 em. longa ; petioli 1-3 em. longi basi ocreati. Llores polygami sessiles in cymis scorpioideis paniculam 8-15 cm. longam formantes ; paniculae axillares, pedunculis sibi paullo aequilongis, ramis puberulis alternis, infimo distante hermaphrodito, bractéa foliacea sessili cordata, 6 7 cm. longa, 4-6 ecm. lata, suffulto, ceteris masculis. Florum hermaphroditorum : Sepala 3, obovata, obtusa, 8 mm. longa, rosea, rubida vel viridula aspectu cerea. Petala 3, similia sed linearia. ina 6, petalis paullo longiora, antheris didymis lateraliter dchiscentibus, filamentis medio pilosis. Ovarium ovatum in stylum curvatum abrupte acuminatum, loculis 3, 5-7-ovulatis. Flores masculi similes sed ovario carentes, post anthesin decidui paniculae partem masculam persistentem nudam reliquentes. Capsula locu- licidalis ; valvae 3, quadratae, 8-9 mm. longae, chartaceae. Semina 5-7, in seriebus duabus primo in axi loculi cujusque disposita, disse- pimentis detractis ob valvis resilientibus diu in medio fructu. in columna cohaerentia, oblato-spaeroidea margine acuta, 3-4 mm. diametro, 2 mm. alta ; testa dura, siccitate nigra ; albumen copiosum corneum ; embryo minutus H Kweichau : Wiiecke Pin-fa, Cavalerie, 3322 ex Herb. Acad. Géogr. Bot. ; Szechuen : Chang-yang Wilson, 2526 ; Yunnan: mountain moors at 1800-2100 m.; Mengtze, Hancock, 374; north mountains, Mengtze, at 2100 m., Henry, 9447 ; Mi-lé district, Henry, 94474 ; forests in west mountains at 1500 m., Henry, 12,504, 12,504a, 12, 5048 ; Yunnan, Ducloux, 742, XVII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Mr. Josep Davenport Snowpen, a member of the garden- ing staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, has been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of _ Kew, Assistant in the Agricultural Department of Uganda. Joun HiycuLtey Hart.—We have received the sad news of the death, on February 20th, of Mr. J. H. Hart, F.L.S., formerly. Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens of Trinidad, after a. 163 long and painful illness. Mr. Hart was born in 1847, and received his early education at the Grammar School of Botesdale, Suffolk. Ile then took up the study of Agriculture and Gardening, and from 1872-75 held a position as landscape-gardener in Nova Scotia: From there he proceeded to Jamaica to take charge of the gardens and grounds of King’s House, and in 1881 became Superintendent of the Cinchona plantations in that island. On the departure of Mr. (now Sir Daniel) Morris in July, 1886, he acted as Director of Public Gardens and Plantations until his transfer to Trinidad as Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Gardens in June, 1887, Some ten years later he designed and planted the Botanic Station at Tobago, which was then added to his charge. He will also be remembered for having established the St. Clair experimental station in Trinidad. Upon his retirement from Government service in 1908, the old botanical department of Trinidad was merged into a wider organisation, and the new Department of Agriculture was created with Professor P. Carmody as its first Director. Mr. Hart’s work in the field of botany, agriculture and horticul- ture in the West Indies covered a long period, and was distinguished throughout by unbounded energy and marked ability. The scope of his duties increased as time went on from the charge of the gardens to the superintendence of a fairly large botanical and agricultural department, and he also took a keen and active interest in the affairs of the Agricultural Society. His knowledge of the flora of the West Indies and particularly of the floras of Jamaica and Trinidad was extensive. Among his published works one of the most useful is the Herbarium list of the botanical department of Trinidad published in 1908. He also wrote an interesting account of a visit to Nicaragua in 1885, and in 1892 published “ A Treatise on the Cultivation and Curing of Cacao,” which appeared in a second edition in 1900. In December, 1909, he edited a volume of ‘* The Ferns and Fern Allies of the British West Indies and Guiana,” by the late Mr. G. S. Jenman. He also edited the quarterly. Bulletin of the botanical department. rt was a man of decided opinions which he would not readily change, though he was open to conviction, and he was always prepared to defend what he believed to be right against all opposition. He did much useful work in connection with plant diseases, and was among the first in the West Indies to recognise the true significance of fungi and insects in causing disease, and for many years past he has been a valued contributor of interesting material to Kew. A correspondent in Trinidad informing us of his death writes : ‘He was regarded as one of the best and most reliable authorities in the tropics in his special line of engagement and thought. have lost an invaluable friend and a counsellor of discretion, judgment and ability that one seldom has the privilege of meeting in the plant world in this part of the earth.” - An interesting note of Mr. Hart’s work appeared in the Proc. ic. Soc., Trinidad, 1908, pp. 217-219, together with his portrait, and was published on the occasion of his retirement from govern- ment service. A further note was published in the same journal, 1911, part 2, pp. 141-143. = . : a 19061 C2 164 Cox. R. H. Beppomr.—By the death of Col. Beddome, F.L.S., which occurred at his residence, Sispara, West Hill, Putney, on 23rd February, 1911, another gap has been made in the ranks of Indian officers who have devoted their-leisure to botanical studies. Col. Beddome, who at the time of his death was in his 81st year, was educated at Charterhouse and entered the Indian Army in 1848. He rose to be Quartermaster and Interpreter to his regiment, the 42nd Madras Infantry, in 1856. As a young officer he showed a strong taste for natural history pursuits, devoting himself both to zoological and botanical studies. His aptitude in this direction was well and favourably known, and in 1857 when a Forestry Department was for the first time being organised in adras, with the late Dr. H. Cleghorn as Conservator, Lieut. Beddome was selected to act as Cleghorn’s senior assistant. Some years later, when Cleghorn became Inspector-General of Forests under the Government of India, Beddome succeeded him as Conservator in Madras and filled this appointment until he retired from the service of Government in 1882. His association with the Forest Department naturally led to Beddome giving more attention to botany than to zoology, and to a considerable extent to botany in relationship to the needs of forest officers. The results of his studies in this direction were embodied in his work on ‘the Trees of the Madras Presidency, published in 1863, followed by his ‘Flora Sylvatica of Southern India,’ a work in two volumes with 400 quarto plates issued between 1869 and 1874. z Lue peg ee os, io Rcd e PLPLP EZ. PEGE LOS MaLay PENINSULA. Java. Horsfield, 19. P. Maingayi, Dunn, nom. nov. ; Millettia Maingayi, Baker, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. ii. (1876), 110; Prain |. ¢. 364. Mavay Peninsuna. Perak, King’s Collector, 8759 ; Selangor (fide Prain); Singapore, Maingay, 605; Hallett, 145; Ridley. XXII.—BALATA. Mimusops bidentata, DC. (M. Balata, var. Schomburghii, Pierre: Sapota Mulleri, Bl.) J. M. Hivurer. This is one of the more important products of the natural order Sapotaceae, which includes the Gutta trees of Malaya and also many oil-bearing seeds of considerable economic value. n the authority of Dr. J. Huber,* the above is the only species definitely known to afford the Balata of commerce, though it is possible and indeed probable that other nearly allied species, natives of Dutch Guiana and the Lower Orinoco may also yield this product. Balata is the inspissated juice of the Bullet or Bully tree, a large forest tree of Tropical America growing to a height of one hundred and twenty feet with, usually, a large spreading head, and a trunk * Arvores de borracha e de Balata da regido amazonica, pelo Dr. J. Huber, Boletim du Museu Goeldi, Dec. 1904, vol. iv., p. 415. 199 sixty to seventy feet long and four to five feet indiameter. The trunk is nearly cylindric, and as it does not buttress much at the base, is of almost uniform size from a few feet above the ground up to the first branches. The leaves are clustered towards the ends of the branchlets. They are four to eight inches long, by two to three inches wide, ovate-oblong in shape, and rounded or apiculate at the end, very leathery in texture, dark green above, but from the presence of a very fine lepidote coating are of a bright rusty tint beneath while young. The flowers spring from among the leaves and are very small but protuuely produced. ‘The fruit is about the size of a marble, resembling in taste and character the fruit of the allied Sapodilla or Naseberry tree (Achras Sapota),a much esteemed it of Tropical America and of the West Indies. This latter species is also the source of Gum Chicle largely used in the United States of America as a masticatory. Balata is sodecina for commercial es tee in the Guianas and Venezuela, from whence it is exported to the United States of America and to eng There i is little doubt that the possibility of converting the milky juice of this tree ne mot Sart sii was first discovered by the Dutch in the Col f Surinam the Journal of the Society of Arts, Gatelen ‘oth, 1857, p. 625, Professor S. Bleekrode, after reviewing the state of the outta percha market in Amsterdam, gives a full and interesting account of the Balata tree and also the results of chemical investigations ‘made by him on samples of the latex. From this paper it appears that the tree is commonly called Bolletrie (paardenvleesch, Dutch) but this popular name gives no information as to its true origin, for it is given to various plants of different botanical affinity. In the description of Guiana, published in 1770, by the Dutch Governor, T. T. Hartsinck, no mention is made of ‘the milky juice of the Bolletrie (Boerewy, ss called Bocrowé by the Arawack Indians. Mr owever, gives a description of the tree, which has been eontieriell be poveht ear ; he describes it as having a thick rough bark, containing a gum-like juice, or a bitter oil; the fruit resembles the plum, and is sweet, with a white, hard kernel ; the leaves are like those of the laurel, glossy, oval and acuminated. In continuation, Professor Bleckiode refers to a letter written to him by Mr. J. A. Muller from Paramaribo respecting the latex forwarded for examination and described by the writer as having een obtained from the Bullet tree, and also quotes from the Revue Coloniale (de Juillet Aodit, 1855), where it is stated, that in French Guiana will he found a tree (of the genus Ficus) containing a substance intermediate between caoutchouc and. gutta percha. “ Hence it was of the highest interest to decide upon the botanical species of this wes which gives the milky juice of gutta percha. . * As an wise tet description of a plant requires the examination of the flowers, foliage, and fruit, I took care to have specimens sent to me at the first opportunity. I received, in April last, the leaves and fruit; the flowers I am still expecting. I had thus sufficient means to determine the species of the Bullet tree, besides having the assistance of my friend and colleague, the well known botanical Professor, Dr. Blume. It was decided to be a new species 200 of Sapota, which has received, in honour of the first observer, r. Muller, at Paramaribo, the name Sapota Mulleri, Bl. A full description, with a drawing of the new plant, is given in the Dutch Journel De Volksvlijt, uitgegeven door de vereeniging boor _ Volksvlijt, te Amsterdam, 1857, Nos. 6 and 7, p. 279. | “ An illustration is given of the fruit of the Lueuma mammosa [to which also the name Bolletrie is applied] to show the difference between the fruit of our gutta percha Bullet tree and that of the Lucuma. Several other botanical characters have led to the con- clusion that our Bullet tree is not a species of Mimasops, this genus being indigenous to tropical Asia, as the Sapota is to the New World. The Bullet tree, or gutta percha Sapota, is very common in groups on the hilly country in Surinam, above the alluvial plains. To collect the milky juice an incision is made in the trunk, seven feet above the ground, and this is enclosed by a ring of clay, which serves at the same time as a reservoir. The juice flows out of the stratum between the liber and the alburnum in profusion ; there is no necessity to cut the tree down, as was universally done at the commencement of the collection of gutta percha in the Indian Archipelago. ° ‘ : A specimen of the gutta percha of Surinam, shown at the exchange at Amsterdam, was declared to be of first-rate quality. Another specimen was tried in the gutta percha manufactory at Amsterdam. The result was, that it was declared to be of first- rate quality and that its strength was proved. It appears, however, that the gutta percha requires some time before it is thoroughly solid and hardened.” In the description of a specimen of the wood of the Buruch, Bully, or Bullet tree forwarded with other products from British Guiana to the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1855, it is stated in the catalogue that the leaves, branches, and trunk produce a whitish milk. Samples both of the milk and inspissated juice were sent from British Guiana to the London International Exhibition of 1862, also to the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1867. In_ the preface to the catalogue of the latter contribution from British Guiana, p. Ixvii., Mr. D. Melville, of, Berbice, makes the follow- then hardly satisfactory; but at the Exhibition of 1862, Sir William Holmes actively interested himself in bringing the h 201 enable them to make certain experiments that might lead to satis- factory results. It so happened, that this communication was received just a day or two previous to the dispatching of a boat and crew which had been prepared for the Canje Creek for the purpose of collecting a quantity of the gum meant to be submitted to the Gutta Percha Company of London. No delay was therefore experienced in the matter. The quantity of balata asked for by the Messrs. Silver was promptly forwarded, and this, followed by larger shipments, formed the initiatory of a new trade in the Canje reek.” In many of its properties balata is stated to occupy an inter- mediate position between india-rubber and gutta percha, possessing the elasticity of the one ani ductility of the other, without the intractability of the former or the brittleness of the latter, thus becoming under certain circumstances more valuable than either for industrial purposes. It is found in commerce both in block for i eets and is chiefly used as a substitute for gutta ercha, and amongst other applications is employed in the mannu- facture of belting for machinery, hose, solid tyres, moulded goods, tubing, fruit jar rings, boot soles, year, but this is accounted for by the fact that negotiations were proceeding between an English Company, “The Consolidated Rubber and Balata Estates Limited,” and some of the larger balata licencees in the Colony for the transfers of their holdings. These negotiations were not brought to a close until the end of the year, and little work was done on the tracts meanwhile. manner laid down by the Government, they extract as much as possible from each tree ; this practice, if allowed to continue, must eventually bring the industry to an end. It is desirable that a sufficient number of trustworthy inspectors or warderis should be appointed to protect the trees by seeing that the existing laws are observed, and so to preserve one of the most valuable assets of the Colony. With regard to labour it appears that many more men are being employed this year; recently 100 men were imported from St. Lucia for the work; these had, of course, no previous experience. Quoting from Diplomatic and Cousular Report No. 4411, Annual Series, on the trade and commerce of Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, for the year 1909 it appears that balata (block) was exported to the extent of 1624 metric tons. The high price prevailing for this article has stimulated its production. The system of felling the 202 trees to collect the gum still continues, and the productive forests are becoming more and more distant from the base of operations. The extent of country bearing the balata trees appears, however, to be so great that as soon as one district is exhausted another is discovered. Considering the total absence of modern transport facilities and that the product has to be carried from the forests over bad roads and tracks on donkey back or in ox wagons for distances exceeding 200 and 300 miles, it is surprising that the production should be so well maintained. The Board of Trade Journal, April 27th, 1911, states, upon the authority of H.M. Consul at Ciudad Bolivar, that block balata was shipped in 1910 to the extent of 1880 metric tons, of the declared value of £451,275. This is the largest quantity and the highest value reached in any one year up to the present. The production in 1909, itself a record one, was 1624 tons. The principal supply now comes from very distant parts beyond the Caroni and Paragua rivers, and from both sides of the Cuyuni, near the frontier of British Guiana. It is estimated that these forests contain a further four years’ supply. After that period it is difficult at present to see where any considerable quantity can come from, and even now these distant parts can only be worked while prices of balata gum remain high. Should they at any time fall below 1s. 9d. to 2s. per Ib. it appears that it would be impossible to continue the working at a profit. It is said that even now a large proportion of the block balata shipped from Ciudad Bolivar is not the pure article, but is mixed with gums from other trees like the Pendare, Purguillo. Mata Palo, &c. It appears that these latter gums alone would scarcely find a good market, and they are therefore in many cases worked in with balata, in the proportion of one in three. Those who are interested, commercially or otherwise, in this subject will find in “ Rubber and Balata in British Guiana,” by . B. Harrison and F. A. Stockdale, full and trustworthy informa- tion on the present condition of the industry in that Colony. This work has recently been issued by the Department of Science and Agriculture of British Guiana, and contains two maps and twenty-four illustrations. Price sixpence, At present the market for this product is firm with a limited supply: the “block” form realizing 3s. and the “sheet” 3s. 11d. er Previous notes on this subject have appeared in the Annual Reports of the Royal Botanic Gardens, 1873, p. 6, 1877, p. 31, 1878, p. 39, 1881, p. 46. XXIII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. W. E. Gumsieton.—The death of this gentleman, which occurred on April 4 at his residence at Belgrove, Queenstown, Co. ork, has removed one who took a keen interest in Kew, and more particularly in that channel in which the energies of the establish- ment flow which is represented by the preparation of the Botanical Magazine. This interest he showed equally in a readiness to offer criticism and, what was of more consequence, in a constant desire 203 to assist. Gifted with an artistic temperament and at the same time possessed of a wide knowledge and endowed with a strong character, his personality was an extremely cor rare one constitutional readiness to cavil at the opinions expressed by others and a peculiar sensitiveness to contradiction so far as his own views were concerned, prevented his being universally popular. ra by those who could pong and appreciate his enthusiasm, who d find their way to the kernel within the husk—and the his of these was by no means limited—the death of Mr. Gumbleton will be felt as barat created one of those blanks which cannot readily be filled. A man of means, leisure and taste, Mr. Gumbleton devoted himself to gardening and accumulated at Belgrove one of the richest libraries of works bearing on this subject in Ireland, and brought together there an extremely interesting collection of plants. These he dealt with in a characteristic and methodical fashion, concentrating his interest for the time being on some special genus or group of genera, acquiring as many forms as possible of the genus or group on which his attention was focussed and studying them proto from the horticultural standpoint. e cou not, however, be induced to supplement the notes which he made and often published, by the preservation of authentic specimens ; as a consequence much of the varied and valuable information so carefully acquired disappears with his decease; a circumstance which intensifies the regret which his death causes, not only to those who fully understood him and appreciated his many. high qualities, but to those who only knew him as a keen and competent student of garden plants. Seeds of Chinese Trees and Shrubs.—Kew has lately received through Mr. J. C. Williams and Mr. A. K. Bulley a quantity . seeds ~eollsotal in South-Western China by Mr. Forrest. The plan collector’s work has always been attended with per eres of climatic, sometimes of human origin—but from what has been recounted in the public press of Mr. Forrest’s adventures, we may judge that few indeed of the long line of plant collectors, which began with Francis Masson in 1772, have encountered more cardabips and perils from both these agencies than Mr. Forrest. The country traversed by this intrepid collector is considerably to the south of that explored by Henry and Wilson, and the respective floras whilst presenting much the same general features are, no doubt, in many ways distinct. That of Mr. Forrest’s country had in part been revealed by the work of some of the earlier Jesuit ft notably by Abbé Delavay. Mr. Forrest’s seeds (of most of which the genus only is bene, there is a considerable number of rhododendrons, ranging from low matted shrubs to trees 30 feet high. One of the latter, described as having large, pale yellow, fragrant flowers, is of exceptional interest. Will it provide us with the long-desired, yellow-flowered, hardy rhododendron with large sid hg and trusses ? All the yellow species we cultivate at present, with the exception of R. campylocarpum, are of a small Alpine ‘a and although 204. very pretty in their way, they are not robust and their charms are a modest kind. Mr. Forrest describes this new one as growing in the rhododendron forest on the Tali range of mountains at 12,000-13,000 feet altitude. On the same range, at somewhat lower altitudes he obtained seed of two other yellow rhododen- drons; these he describes as from 2 to 4 feet high, one with “bright yellow,” the other with “deep yellow ” flowers. Of the remainder of the seeds the most interesting are two spruces, two firs, a larch and a cedar. Mr. Forrest seems somewhat doubtful as to the generic identity of the cedar, but we may hope that his estimate is correct. A new cedar would be a great acquisition and, with the deodar growing on the Himalayan ranges, the existence of one on the mountains northward seems at least probable. Maples and Cotoneasters are also in the collection. Unlike the cedars, of which we have still only three (or at most four) species, our gardens are already well stocked with these. All the conifers were collected by Mr. Forrest on the Lichiang range of mountains. Botanical Magazine for April—The plants figured are Clematis aristata, R. Br. var. Dennisae, W. R. Guilf. (t. 8367) ; Pseuderan- themum malaccense, Lindau (t. 8368); Hlaeagnus argentea, Furs (t. 8369); Felicia petiolata, N.E. Br. (t. 8370); and Dendrobium muricatum, Kinet, var. munificum, Finet (t. 8371). e Clematis which forms the subject of the first plate is a native of Victoria and is unusual in being a dioecious plant. It is also interesting and beautiful owing to the long salmon-red coloured anther filaments. This character in particular distinguishes the plant from any other form of Clematis aristata. Though the plant was probably discovered by von Mueller it was not until 1904 that it was brought to notice and cultivation by Mrs. Dennis of Murngal and Mr. Guilfoyle named it in her honour. It was sent to Messrs. Sander and Sons of St. Albans by Mr. Guilfoyle, and from them a plant was received at Kew which furnished the subject of the illustration. Pseuderanthemum malaccense is a native of the Malay Peninsula and was sent to Kew by Mr. H. N. Ridley from the Singapore Botanic Gardens in 1908. The figure has been prepared from this plant which flowered at Kew in May, 1910. It is a handsome plant with violet flowers, the lower petal being sprinkled with red dots. The Silver Berry (Hlaeagnus argentea), is the solitary species of the genus found in North America, the others being natives of South-Eastern Asia and Japan. The leaves are covered by a close lepidote indumentum which gives them their peculiar metallic lustre. Felicia petiolata is a ee little Composite from Basutoland and the Albert division of Cape Colony. It was first found by Mr. T. Cooper in Basutoland in 1861, and was not again collected until 1903 when some ripe ,achenes were sent with herbarium specimens to Montpelier by Mr. Dieterlin. By this means the plant has been introduced to European gardens. The material for the plate was ¢ 205 supplied by Mr. W. E. Ledger, of Wimbledon, who sent s pecimens to Kew for identification. At Kew the plant flowers about mid- i especially in the widely hastate-cordate anterior lobe. The plate was prepared from material received from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, where the plant, presented by Dr. Schlechter, flowered in 1909. Prunus microcarpa, C. A. Mey.—Figures of this species in the flowering and fruiting state were recently published in the Botanical Magazine (tab. 8360). The flowers are represented as having a pink receptacle and calyx and a whitish-pink corolla, and the fruits asgreen. In the description the colour of the receptacle was given as “pubescens,” of the petals as “albo-rosea vel alba,” and of the fruit as “ruber vel luteus,’ whilst in the accompanying English Ma 29 with “fruits yellow as a Quince. remarks made in the Botanical Magazine as to the variability of the plant, and it is only to be hoped that in normal summers and in situations with a maximum of available sunshine this pretty shrub may also be able to ripen its dainty fruits in our country. O.S. 206 distinct species have been confused. The object of the present note is to clear up this confusion so far as the materials available anomalous in the genus. Miquel, some ten years later, reduced C. Thunbergit, Blume, to C. macranthum, Sw. (Prolusio Fl. Jap. p. 142), but was not able to add anything to the history of the plant, having only seen the unique original specimen. In 1876 Franchet and Savatier recorded the plant (Enum. Pl. Jap. ii. p. 40), as C. macranthum var. 23 ventricosum, Reichb. f., citing figures in two Japanese works, but giving no character. They, however, cite the Japanese name “ Ats’ mori so,” and mention two Japanese localities. In 1903 Pfitzer, in monographing the genus (Engl. Pflanzenreich, Arch. Pleon. p. 36), separated C. Thunbergii, Blume, giving C. macranthum, Franch. et Sav. nec Swartz, as a synonym, but he was only able to cite the original specimen at Leiden, repeating some of thie details of Blume’s figure. In 1905 Matsumura (Index Pl. Jap. ii. p. 242), included the whole of the plants previously mentioned under C. Thunbergii, also . Calceolus var. Atsumori, Morren (to which he gave no reference), and C. macranthum var. ventricosum, Reichb. f. Lastly, the writer, in 1908 (Orch. Rev. xvi. p. 186), separated the Japanese plant from the Siberian C. macranthum, Swartz, but followed Matsumura in calling it C. Thunbergii, Blume, a view which now proves erroneous The plant which Matsumura calls C. Calceolus var. Atsumori, Morren, is clearly C. Atsmori, Morren, described and figured in 1851 (Belg. Hort. i. p. 171, t. 21, fig. 1), from a specimen which flowered at the Botanic Garden, Ghent, and which is sai on, were pointed out. It has narrower sepals and petals than C. Thunbergii, Blume, while the staminode is also narrower, and without the acute basal angle shown in the latter. Thus the identity of the two remains somewhat doubtful in the — absence of more complete materials. We now come to the two Japanese figures cited by Franchet and Savatier. So moku Zusetsu, xviii. t. 83, is a figure in black and white, labelled C. macranthum, Sw. It is said to be indigenous in apan, but is very different from C. Thunbergii. Honzo Zufu, XXxix,, t. 19,is a coloured figure of a quite different plant, and \ 207 may sea represent C. Thunbergii, Blume. It is sho own as an Moe with Cat beneath. The staminode is not den dT and the colouring of the lip is probably erroneous, for in the Japanese text the flower is described as “ yellow” (as kindly deciphered by Mr. Takeda). On the other side of the same page, however (t. 18, recto) is a coloured plate of the macranthum-like species figured in So mokou Zusetsu, the colour being shown as white, with numerous rose-pink lines on_ the sepals and petals, and numerous rose-pink spots on the lip. The latter detail is probably erroneous, for other- wise it agrees well with the Japanese plant now in atric and Mr. Takeda says that it represents the common Japanese species. This is the plant mentioned by Franchet and Savnsicr under C. macranthum as a doubtful species. We have therefore evidence that two quite distinct plants are now confused under a single name, one being the common Japanese species, now erroneously called C. Thunbergii, the other the true C. Thunbergii, Blume, whose history is still very imperfectly known. Whether there is a third species is at present doubtful. The former apparently requires a new name. The following is the revise -_ nymy. C. Thunbergii, Blume, Coll. Archip. Ind. et Jap. p. 169, t. 60, fig. 2; Pfitzer in Engl. Pflanzenreich, Arch. Pleon. p. 36, fie. 9 A, 16 C. “Calceolus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 30. nec L. - C. macranthum, Miq. Prol. Fl. Jap. " 142, nec Swartz. ? C. Atsmori, Morr. in nen Hort. i. p. 171, t.21, fig. 1. ? Honzo Zufu, xxxix. t. Japan, without precise ssadiay Only certainly known from lane! s original specimen. His figure of the lip is incorrectly drawn, the infolded angles of the side lobes, which are invariably included within the pouch in Cypri- pedium, beg represented as a pair of free external lobes. The character is repeated by Pfitzer. The species seems to have been lost sight of ; perhaps the present note may lead to its Derma and to the ‘clearing up of the doubtful points respecting it. I seems most allied to C. Calceolus, L., and the Himalayan C. cordi- gerum, Don. C. speciosum, Rolfe; a C. macrantho, Swartz, floribus pallidis roseo-striatis et staminodio acutiore differ C. macranthum var. ventricosum, Franch. et Sav. Enum. PI. Jap. i. P. 40, excl. syn., nec Reichb. f.; Matsumura, Nomencl, Pl. Jap., p. 63. C. macranthos, Finet, in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. xlvii. p. 285, nec Swartz. C. Thunbergiit, Matsumura, Index Pl. J te ii, 242, excl. syn., nec nner Rolfe in Orch. Rev., xvi. p. mokou Zusetsu, xviii. t. 83; Honzo Za, xxxix. t. 18 (recto). A common Japanese species, hitherto confused with the preceding and with the Siberian C. macranthum, Swartz, but differing from the latter in the colour of the flowers, which are white or pink veined with rose, and in some small details of floral structure, It 208 will be fully characterised in the Botanical Magazine, t. 8386. Both it and C. macranthum have been cultivated in quantity during recent years. According to Matsumura, the species extends as far north as Urup, in the Kurile Islands, but I have not seen specimens from there or from the Island of Yezo. R. A. R. A Forest Flora of Chota Nagpur.'—The area with which this work deals is that portion of the highland region of Central India which is included in the political province of Bengal. Mainly composed of the administrative division of Chota Nagpur with the tributary state of Gangpur on its south-western border, it also takes in a single district, that of the Santal Parganahs to the north-east, which belongs to another division. The addition of this last district is fully justified ; it is an outlying one only in an administrative sense; topographically and botanically it forms an integral part of the upland country to the west of the lower and to the south of the upper portions of the great Gangetic Plain. The work, which has been drawn up primarily with reference to forest requirements, is directly benefited by the limitation of area which has been adopted, since it thereby includes practically the whole of the western forest divisions of Bengal. The addition of an excellent map enables the topographical features of the area to be readily understood and appreciably increases the usefulness of the book. : or, who has lived much and travelled extensively within this tract of country, is on this account, as well as because of the long and careful study he has bestowed on its vegetation, well qualified to prepare a satisfactory flora. The introductory remarks are concise and well put, and satisfy the reader that he knows the region well and that he fully appreciates the factors which have decided the character of its vegetation. Unfortunately, departmental needs have debarred him from discussing fully those elements of the Flora which cannot be claimed as “economic.” But for what he has given us we are grateful because we find, when the technical portion of the work is examined, that this is in no sense a compila- tion ; it is clearly the result of careful and independent study, while the resulting views are stated with much judgment and caution. e map, compiled by the Forest Survey and published by the Survey of India, sustains the reputation of these departments. The appearance of the book, however, is not attractive. But in spite of this drawback, this Forest Flora should form a useful companion to those residing in the area with which it deals who may be interested in its vegetation. 1H. H. Haines; A Forest Flora of Chota Nagpur ; pp. xxxvii +634, with a map: Calcutta, 1910. ~ ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW. BULLETIN MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. No. 5.] | (1911. XXIV.—ON THE BALSAMINACEAE OF THE STATE OF CHITRAL. J. D. Hooxer. _ Geographically the State of Chitral is of interest as occupying the limited area in ich the four great Asiatic dominions approximate or meet, British on the south-east, Afghanistan on the west, Russian on the north-west and Chinese on the north-east. Its latitude, 34-36° N. and longitude 71-73° E., reach the extreme north of the British possessions in Asia. Botanically it occupies the extreme north-west of the Himalayan flora. It is a mountainous member of the great Hindu Kush range, consisting of barren stony tracts alternating with cultivated valleys, limited forests, pastures and naked or snow-capped peaks. The indigenous flora commences -at an elevation of 3000 ft. and ascends to between 14,000 and 15,000 ft., and is described as remarkable for the prevalence in summer and early autumn of species of Impatiens at medium elevations. the pages prefacing that essay Mr. Duthie has discussed the gence ‘ atacre, (20080—6a,) Wt 118—~9, 1125, 6/11, D.&§, 210 specimens from the commencement of the campaign. He includes a few species collected in 1894 by Capt. (now Col.) Sir Francis Younghusband, : More recently an extensive, carefully by other collectors. In Mr. Duthie’s essay six species are enumerated, of which three are correctly identified, J. Balsamina, I. Roylei, and I. brachycentra; I. amphorata, Edgew., is I. Lehmanni; I. laxiflora, Edgew. and I. scabrida are, I think, both LZ. Edgeworthii. ~ The North-West Himalayan flora which extends from the Nepal frontier to Afghanistan contains, as at present known, nearly 40 species of Impatiens of which only about eight have been found east of Nepal, in Sikkim, where about 80 species in all have been collected. No doubt many both of the N.W. and Sikkim species enter Nepal, which itself must contain many endemic forms of the genus in the thousand miles of the Himalaya that it covers, and which are a terra incognita geographically and botanically. Of the Chitral species two alone, J. Balsamina and I. Thomson, are found eastwards as far as Sikkim. Returning to the north-west, the Chitral Balsams no doubt enter the conterminous Afghan northern province of Kaffristan and there disappear, the climate of the western and southern regions of that kingdom, as of Persia, being prohibitive. No Himalayan member reappears in the Caucasus, where the only species known to me is I, nolitangere, L., which ranges continuously from Britain to Japan but nowhere enters India. It isremarkable that J. bicolor, Royle, which is perhaps the most common N.W. Himalayan species at 4000 to 11,000 ft., has not been found in Chitral. To the following list of Chitral species I have added their distribution and brief diagnoses which will enable an amateur in Chitral to recognise them. The leaves of all, except I. Roylei, are alternate. A. Inflorescence simply pedicelled in the axils of the leaves. * Flowers white, rose-pink or purplish. 1. I. Balsamina, L.; leaves lanceolate, serrate, flowers pink, capsule short, densely tomentose. Alt. 4000-5000 ft. Hamilton, Toppin. Distrib. throughout India, Malaya, China. B. Inflorescence peduncled, peduncles 2—many-flowered. * Flowers white, rose-pink or purplish. 2. I. Roylei, Wahl.; leaves opposite, alternate, and whorled, serrate, flowers white and pink or purple, capsules short, clavate, glabrous, deflexed. Alt. 6000-10,000 ft., Gatacre. Distrib. southward to Murree and eastward to the Nepal frontier, 211 I, Lehmannt, Hk. f. et Thoms.; leaves ovate, crenate, pedicels aan at the top of the peduncles, flowers rose-coloured or purplish, variable in size, capsule linear, locerred or deflexed. t. 7500-11,000 ft., Gataere, Harriss, Toppin, Wall and Stirling ae Distrib E. Afghanistan southward to the Kurrum Valley and ab 4, oi Flemingti, Hk. f.; leaves ovate, serrulate, bracts minute, flowers small, white or pale pink, capsu a es slender, erect. Chitral, Gatects: i in Herb. Hort. Petrop. Distrib, southward to ws and mitt to Kiashtwar. I. Thomsoni, Hk. £. ; leaves ovate, crenate, bracts at base of Bete elongate, very narrow, flowers rose-coloured or purplish, oe linear or subclavate, deflexe Chitral, Wall and Stirling Distrib throughout the Wan Himalaya ; alt. 8000-10,000 ft.. sii ik 4, Harrissii, Hk, f.; leaves ovate, crenate, peduncles 2-flowered, = ovate-lahocolate, membraneous, flowers rose-coloured ? capsules short, narrow. . 864 speaks highly of the tree and the durability of its timber. He h removed posts from the ground which had been in use for 20 year, which did not show a sign of decay. Two seoeree trees p by him in 1823 had made very good progress d contained a large percentage of heart-wood. On February see 1856, we find him * 220 writing again in the same journal, p. 119, and strongly recommend- ing the planting of the tree. He had been cutting from _ his plantation for several years and found the wood of good quality, whilst the posts referred to in his earlier note were still sound. Replying to A. P., Cheam, R. J. Selby does not consider the tree worth planting as it is very easily damaged by wind. Perhaps the best article on the subject is one by “ Tassel” in the “ Gardener’s Chronicle” for April 14th, 1855, pp. 240-241. He discusses the tree from actual experience and advises cutting at an early age, 30 to 35 years. Planted with larch, Turkey oak and fir it grew faster than the latter two but was over-topped by the larch. He instances an isolated tree which had been planted in 1816; this m 1855 was 60 feet high, and girthed 7 feet 10 inches at the ground, 4 feet 4 inches at 10 feet high and 4 feet at 20 feet high. The species is a native of the Eastern United States, where it grows to a height of from 60 to 80 feet with a trunk 2} to 34 feet in diameter under favourable conditions, though in some places it is much smaller. Its rate of growth in Great Britain compares favourably with American records, while as regards size, it grows almost as large in England as in its native country. The yellowish coloured timber is hard and durable. In America it is used for shipbuilding, tree-nails, hubs for wheels, posts for fencing and various other purposes. In some continental countries the wood of young trees is in demand, both round and split, for vine props and older wood is used for spokes, &c. “ Forest Service Circular,” No. 64, United States Department of Agriculture, gives the life of a post made from the heart-wood as from 15 to 25 years. It adapts itself to a variety of soils and conditions, for it flourishes on poor, light land and also in ground of a clayey character. Good specimens are notable both on low land and on hill sides where shelter from rough winds is provided. Suckers are produced freely, and for this reason it has been recommended for planting on loose banks to help to bind the soil. The timber ought apparently to be cut when the trees are between the ages of 35 and 55 years, for older trees often show signs of decay. The scarcity of the false acacia in our woods after being planted somewhat extensively, suggests that it is not suitable for forest planting. the absence of any definite information on the subject, however, the usefulness of the timber makes it well worth a further trial. The Black or Cherry Birch (Betula lenta, L.)—This is one of several American birches which supply a large amount of timber each year both for home consumption and for export. Some idea of the importance of our imports of American birch-wood may be red-from the statement made in J, R, Batterden’s book 221 ‘ Timber,” p. 104, that 1,500,000 cubic feet were imported into the Mersey in 1906. This wood is received aged in the log, partly as boards, and sometimes worked ready for use. It is employed for a variety of purposes, the better qualities ‘eine used in the manufac- ture of furniture and for cabinet work, while wie shuttles, shoe lasts and other articles are made from the remainder B. lenta is described in the “ Silva of N. America ” ix., pp. 50-52. It is stated to form a tree 70 to 78 feet high with a trunk 2 to M4 foct in diameter. The wood is reported to be heavy, very strong and hard, close-grained, with a satiny surface, susceptible of receiving a beautiful polish. A dark-brown or reddish heart-wood. is con- trasted with yellowish sap-wood, It is used largely for furniture and in some of ae Reoanoss on the Canadian sea-boar buildmg. Hough, “American Woods,” ii, p. 35, reports very favourably on the wood, dnd says that it makes a good imitation of mahogany and cherry when polished. The species is found in Canada and the N.E. United States, and is distinguished from other birches by its aromatic bark and leaves. he bark is of commercial importance in America, for it is collected during late summer and by processes of maceration and gence furnishes an oil, known as “ oil of sweet birch” and “ oil of bet which is used. for flavouring purposes (‘ American Medicinal Barks,” by Alice Henkel, Bulletin No. 10, U.S. Dept. of Agri- culture). It is also said that beer is made from the sap of the tree. Planting in this country appears to have been limited, for well- grown trees are rare. Representatives are to be found at Kew, but the older trees have hardly proved so satisfactory as some other American kinds. As the birches are usually fast growing trees a plantation would soon prove its worth. It would be well to try it on somewhat net soil than that which is usually associated with the growth of birch. The Yellow Bist (B. — Michx.).—The distinguishing features of this species and B. lenta are less marked than is the case with other American birches, thoaeh the sweet bark of the cherry birch is a good character. Descriptions of both trees are to be found in the “Silva of N. America,” vol. ix., and their botanical characteristics are also recorde d in “Trees of Great Britain and Ireland,” iv. It is found in the N.E. United States and Canada, the better developed trees being up to 80 feet high and 3 feet in diameter. Hough, “ American Woods,” i., pp. 64-65, refers to the timber as follows :—“ Wood hard, close-grained, tough, heavy and very strong, compact, taking a beautiful satiny polish ; heart-wood reddish-brown, sap-wood nearly white.” Its uses are numerous, for in addition to being employed by wheelwrights and cabinet-makers, it enters largely into the manufacture of chair- bottoms, friction-pulleys and small wooden articles. Young saplings are split for hoops for casks, and burrs from old trees make gx mallets and beetles. It would probably succeed best as a — dense, pure stand. Pine and spruce might, however, be tri : it a form a mixed w a r or seas Birch (Betula papyrifera, Marsh. )— is sadn pdecihh American birches which appears to be worth a trial 222 in British woodlands, for it grows quite as well as the common birch and produces a good quality timber. Hough, ii., pp. 33-34, describes. it as being a favourite timber for such small articles as clothes pins, spools, pill-boxes, shoe-lasts and pegs ;_he also says that it is used for wood-pulp and for furniture. Its bark was formerly an object of considerable importance to the North American Indians, for in addition to fashioning their canoes from it, it furnished them with waterproof tent covering, baskets, and various other commodities. In Museum No. 1 at Kew an interest- ing series of articles manufactured from the bark of this tree may be seen. “Trees and Shrubs tested in Manitoba and the North-West Territories,” published by the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada, it is about equal to B. alba, L. for hardiness and stands better than either B. lenta or B. lutea. It grows well at Kew in poor sandy soil. The largest specimen is 50 feet high with a girth of 4 feet at 5 feet from the ground. All the birches are suitable for close planting in pure stands, and they may also be mixed with spruce or pine. (For full particulars of this tree and its uses see “ Paper Birch in the North-east,’ Forest Service Circular, 163, U.S. Dept. of Agric.). The River or Red Birch (Betula nigra, L.).—Though of less importance than the birches already referred to, this species grows freely enough to warrant a trial under forest conditions. Hough describes it as a tree 80 feet high by 2) feet in diameter, extending from Massachusetts southwards to Florida and westwards to Iowa, Kansas and Texas. Its wood is said to be “rather hard, strong, close-grained, compact, with fine medullary rays, yielding a smooth finish ; used in turnery, woodenware, shoe-lasts, &c.”’ Under natural conditions it is found inhabiting moist land, such as banks of streams and marshy places. ‘hat it grows fairly well on dry ground, however, is shown by several good specimens which are growing in the natural sand at Kew. One of the best, standing near the Victoria Gate, is 55 feet high and 4 feet 10 inches in girth at 5 feet above the ground. B. nigra may be distinguished amongst other birches by its rough, reddish-brown bark. The Oregon Maple (Acer macrophyllum, Pursh.).—This is one of the most important of several American Maples which are likely to prove usefu for British woodlands, for it grows quickly, forms a large tree and its timber is of good quality. Although introduced a century ago It is not common, but some good examples have been noticed in a few places. In the “Silva of N. America,” ii, pp. 89-90, it is described as forming a tree up to 130 feet high with a girth of 15 feet. It is found along the Pacific Coast, below 2000 feet elevation from Alaska to S. California, and appears to reach its maximum dimensions in the moist climate of Vancouver Island and the adjacent mainland. The timber is said to be 0 good quality, light, soft, close-grained and capable of receiving a beautiful polish, In “ Trees of Great Britain and Ireland,” iii., 223 p. 683, the wood is said to be equal in beauty and similar in character to that of other eastern maples, and is more valued than any other native hardwood in Britisk Columbia and Washington. The largest tree known to Mr. Elwes in this country is growing at Boynton, in Yorkshire. When measured a few years ago it was 70 aves he and 6 feet in girth, and had been planted about 60 year This « species may be distinguished from others by means of its large sycamore-like leaves, which are sometimes 9 inches across, and by its hairy fruits. The pendulous racemes of fruits are sometimes very conspicuous, for they are from 6 to 9 inches long, and the wings are i ganene red in colour. Fertile seeds are borne on trees at Kew. A. macrophyllum is likely to thrive under similar con- ditions to the common sycamore, and as its wood is apparently quite equal in quality, there would appear to be no reason to doubt of its ving a commercial success, providing it thrives nerd under forest conditions. It could be grown as a pure wood or as a mixture with beech or silver fir for a companion. Planting might be done at 4 feet apart. ve XXVI—FUNGI EXOTICI: XII. (With Plate.) G. Masser. Eleven new fungi are here described from material sent to the Royal Botanic Gardens from the Malay Peninsula, Tropical Africa, Natal and Queensland. Of those described the Puccinia appears to be the most serious as it is a destructive disease of the emon grass at Entebbe, Uganda AGARICACEAE. Clitocybe egregia, Massee. Pileus carnosus, convexo-umbilicatus, real pallido-ochraceus, centro obscuriore, fibrillis fuscis centro praesertim virgatus, margine lobato primitusque involuto, 25-30 cm. Tata Lamellae decur- rentes, subdistantes, perangustae, crassiusculae, subfurcatae, acie integra, albidae, aetate brunneo-tinctae. Stipes "deus, 25-35 hl aieg hyalinae, 8 x 5 pu. Car Rea palli SINGAPORE. “On the ground, ide, 89. but the bad species far exce eeds in size those staan described. C. egregia is most nearly allied to C. maxima, the latter being distinguished by the decries infundibuliform, glabrous pileus, much shorter stem, paler colour and smaller spores, 224 USTILAGINACEAE, Ustilago trichopterygis, Massce. (Figs. 1 Sori olivaceo-atri, compacti, dein aren ovarium implec- tentes. Sporae ellipsoideae vel globosae, acl ae orio levissimo, fuligineo-olivaceae, 4° ies x 3°5u vel 3°5—4'5u diam TROPICAL AFRI N. Nigeria: ee in ovaries of Trichopteryx hordeiforms, Stapf. J. M. Dalziel, 276. Resembling lago olivacea, Tul., in habit and in general appearance, but asthe raishod by the much smaller, smooth spores. Ustilago virens, Cooke. SUMATRA. Indragiri : on rice, Ridley, 11,252. Coll. C, Curtis. Ustilago polytriadis, Massee Sort ovaria tantum implectentes ac ea globose See friabiles, cito pulverulenti, aterrimi. Sporae globosae vel mutua pressione obtuse angulatae, 15-16» diam., atro-fuligineae, opacae, leves vel vix subrugulosae. -Matay Perninsunta. Malacca: in the ovaries of Polytrias - praemorsa, Hack. Resembling Ustilago australis, Cooke, in general ape and habit, but differing in the lar eee and darker coloured spores Ustilago vastatoria, Mass Sori bases peduncu doen folia vaginasque nondum evolutas infestantes, eaque saepe majuscule distendentes, primo epidermide tenui tecti, dem nudi ac pulyerulenti, fusco-atri. Sporae sub- globosae, intense subopace fuligineae, episporio minutissime denseque papilloso, 15-17 diam TropicaL AFRICA. Baghirmi, N., between Massema and LENS on Panicum sp., Chevalier, 9638. mewhat resembling Ustilago hypodytes, Fr., in habit, but Aeinguchad by the much larger spores. UREDINACEAE. Puccinia cymbopogonis, Massee. Maculae epiphyllae, rubescentes vel fulvescentes, indeter- minatae. Acervuli hypophylli, minuti, lineares, erumpentes, super- ficiales, pulverulenti, saepius densissime gregarii et totum folium occupantes, cimamomei. Uredosporae sphaeroideae vel ovatae, 20-33,4 incrassato minutissime striatulo intense cinnamomeo, TroPICAL AFRIC Uganda : Entebbe, on Gonbiagsh citratus, Stapf. R. Fuffe. This appears to be a very destructive parasite. The Lemon grass was taken from a plot in the Botanic Gardens, Entebbe, and practically every leaf was —— Puccinia pulvinata, Mas Maculae nullae. yan hypophylli vel amphigeni, concentrice vel areolatim in centro dens: slus dis positi, pulvina rominuli, compacti, intense cinnamomei dein grisei et’ subpulverulenti, 225 0°5 mm. diametro. Teleutosporae late ellipsoideae, subinde ‘sub- globosae, medio subconstricto-l-septatae, episporio tenui apice incrassatulo, pallide melleae, 50 x 35u, pedicello longiusculo hyalino vel pallidissime fuscescente suffultae. ATAL. Tabam lope, 1520 m., on leaves of Osyridoearpus natalensis, DC. Wood, 10,527. This fungus occurred on the leaves of the specimen bearing Aecidium osyridocarpi, Mass., but there is no evidence to show that the two are forms of the life-cycle of one species. The spores of the Puccinia germinate in situ, the n umerous germ-tubes giving a hoary and jets pulverulent appearance the acervuli or sori. The secondary spores are broadly elliptical and measure 12-14 x Qu. Aecidium osyridocarpi, Massee. (Figs. 11-14. Pseudoperidia densissime gregaria, late ramulis foliisque distortis ac contorto-gyrosis insidentia, erumpentia, cylindracea, ore lacero- fimbriato albido, contextu cellulis. elongato-hexagonis crasse tunicatis. Sporae globosae vel e mutua pressione angulosae episporio tenui minutissime verruculoso hyalino protoplasmate eee bi eat 18-20 diam. NATAL mhlope, 1520 m., on branches and leaves. of SD iptilactapes ci dolla, DC. Wood, 10,527. Pseudoperidia densely crowded, causing much contortion of the shoots and leaves attacked, and in this respect closely resembling Aecidium duces Kalchbr., met with on Acacia horrida, Willd., at. the Cap ; SPHAERIACEAE, Balansia sessilis, Massee. (Figs. 8-10.) Stromata sessilia, globulosa, subtus plus minus angustata, dara, extus atra ac minutissime punctulata, intus albida, 1°5-2°5 m diam. Perithecia in stromatis capitulis peripherica, donsissiene constipata, oblongo-ovata. Asei cylindracei, tunica ad apicem rotundata valde incrassata, 200-220 x 10-12u, basi leniter attenuati, aparaphysati. Spores filiformes, paene longitudine ascorum, hyalinae, multiguttulatae dein multiseptatae Mauay Penrinsuta. Johor: ery Pahat, on the inflorescence of a species of Ichnanthus. Ridley, | Most closely allied to Balansia pal 3 Fe Cooke and Massee ; differing in the absence of a concave Ephelis, or conidial condition, in the sessile stromata, and in the longer asci and spores. The inflorescence is evidently attacked by the fungus while yet enclosed in the sheath, as the branches of the normally much branched and ~ widely spreading inflorescence, are all-bound together by a general stroma, and the inflorescence emerges as a simple spike. All species are parasitic on grasses. The genus has a wide peogmpene eS ——— from S. America, through Africa, to om Saiaacis asperata, Mow (Figs. | Stromata stipitata, hemisphaerica ad ene infra ig ti asperata, extus atra, 1 mm. diam. Stipes cylindrieus, hi carnosulus, duriusculus, extus ater, sub lente minuteque squamu- losus, circa 2, mm. longus. Perithecia. in , stromatis oo 20080 E 226 peripherica, densissime constipata. Asc? cylindracei, 100-120 x -8u, basi attenuati. porae filiformes, longitudine ascorum, hyalinae, multiseptatae. Matay Peninsuua. Johor: Mount Austin, on the inflorescence of Ichnanthus pallens, Munro, Ridley, 12,508. ; In this species the ovary of the host is converted into a black sclerotium, which produces a single, stipitate, ascigerous stroma. Allied to Balansia Jungueri, P. Henn., but much smaller in every part. Gibbera tinctoria, Massee. Perithecia epiphylla, densissime aggregato-constipata, crustam atram superficiem foliorum obtegentem efficicientia, globosa, purpureo-atra, rugulosa, ostiolo papillulato donata, 0°5 mm. diam., contextu minutissime parenchymatico sordide purpureo, Ase? cylindraceo-clavati, apice crassiuscule tunicati, basi attenuato- pedicellati, 80 x 7-8. Sporae oblique distichae, ellipsoideae, utrinque rotundato-truncatae, 1-septatae, dilutissime flavae, 11-12 TropicaL Arrica, Rhodesia: on leaves of Monotes glaber, Sprague. Allen, 734. This species was first detected by my colleague, Mr. I. Sprague, B.Sc., on phanerogamic material sent to Kew for deter- mination. Differs from Gibbera Vaccinii, Fr., in the much smaller, and relatively narrower spores, and in the dingy purple colour of the tissue of the perithecium. When treated with a dilute solution of potassic hydrate a brilliant purple colouring matter is liberated. HyYPHOMYCETES. Hainesia aurantiaca, Massee. Acervuli subcutanei, sparsi, vix pulvinati, parvuli, 0°5-1 mm. diametro, saepe confluentes, laete aurantiaci, dein pallescentes. Sporulae ellipticae, utrinque latissime rotundatae, hyalinae, saepe curyulae, 10-12 x 3-3'5u, in sterigmatibus e strato prolifero fusco exsurgentibus filiformes, hyalinae, solitariae, acrogenae. SL a the pericarp of Endiandra insignis, Bailey. Distinguished from its nearest ally, Hainesia rhoina, Ell. and Sace., by its clear orange colour and somewhat larger sporules. EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. Figs. 1-7. — Balansia asperata. Figs. 8-10. — Balansia sessilis, Figs. 11-14.— Aecidium osyridocar pi. Figs. 15-17.— Ustilago trichopterygis. XXVIIL—THE RAISED TURF SYSTEM OF PLANTING BOG-LAND. (With Plates.) W. Daturmore. The successful planting of wet, bogey land is one of the most difficult problems the forester has 2 with, and when such conditions prevail at a high elevation and an unsatisfactory climate = a to be considered, the planter finds full scope for his Kew Bulletin, 1911. [ To face page 226. 20080 227 In the past the great. difficulty has been the proper draining and aerating of the ground at such a cost as would bring the work within the limits of practical commercial forestry, for, although in many cases proper draining would have been quite practicable, the cost was prohibitive. Onthe other hand, the opening of surface drains 15 to 20 feet apart, which could be done at a small cost, had little effect in districts where the rainfall was heavy, consequently the ground never became suitable for tree growth. A certain amount of success has attended ridging, especially where the ground has not been very wet to begin with, but this method of planting is not applicable to all circumstances. planting. This consists of opening drains 6 or 8 feet apart and 12 to 18 inches deep. The turves obtained during the process are laid face downwards at distances of 3 or 4 feet apart, the distance being regulated by the spacing of the trees. The turves are allowed to dry for several months, sometimes a year, during which time they become well aired and sweet. At planting time—April or May are considered the best months for the work—a circular hole is made in each turf. The soil removed is mixed with a handful or experimenting with the planting of bog-land on his - Inverness- shire estate at Fersit and Corrour, at altitudes varying between Society,” vol. xx, pp. 1-7. After a trial of three years the results 1910, vol. xxiii, pp. 153-157, The results as published there give overwhelming evidence of the superiority of this method of culture over those already tried, while details of cost show that it is well within the bounds of practical forestry. A description of the experiments from notes made during a visit to the experimental area last June may also be found in the Kew Bulletin, 1910, pp- 242-243. : : : The kindness of Sir John Stirling Maxwell in_ presenting speci- mens of young trees grown under both old and new systems culture, for the Forestry Museum at Kew, has been the eatin’ of obtaining the accompanying photographs. The iueaplts Sire rngeel tory remarks about the plants figured have been furnished by Mr. D. Grant, forester to Sir John at Fersit :-— ae “No, 1. Sitka spruce raised in Pollok seed beds, and lin one year in Fersit nursery. Planted on turf (Belgian bese 20080 3 08006 | "886 abnd aavf oy] | "TIGL ‘Meaning nay Kew- Bulletin, 1911. To face page 229.) 229 XXVIII—DIAGNOSES AFRICANAE: XLII. 1261. Heteromorpha scandens, J. J. Clark [Umbelliferae] ; affinis H. arborescenti, Cham. et Schlecht., sed caule scandente, foliis biternatis et margine crenato-dentatis, calycis dentibus nullis, fructu immaturo leviter alato differt. Herba scandens, glabra, ramis tenuibus interdum tortis leviter multi-costatis. Folia alterna, biternata, petiolis 2°5—-5° A longis, petiolulis primi ordinis 1°4-2°2 cm. longis, secundi dinis 2-4 m TropicaL AFrica. British East Africa: Aberdare moun- tains, 2286 m., Battiscombe, 278. longi, glanduloso-pubescentes ; stipulae lineari-subulatae, 6 mm. longae, parce pilosae. e i J solitarii, circiter 6 cm. longi; axis parce glanduloso-pubescens ; bracteae conspicuae, lineares, 3 mm. longae, stipitato-glanduligerae. Spicae Q terminales, 5-7°5 cm. longae ; bracteae ad 1°2 cm. longae, multidentatae, breviter acuminatae, dentibus glandulis stipitatis ornatis. Sepala 3, ovata, glanduloso-ciliata. — varium profunde trilobum, pilosum, eglandulosum ; styli laciniati vel pectinati, dorso pilosi. Capsula non visa. ROPICAL ArFrica. Rhodesia: Gwaai forest, Allen, 238; Leshumo Valley, Holub. Wankie Line, 80 miles north of Bula- wayo, onsandstone, Eyles, 1130 ; ‘ South African gold-fields,’ Baznes. 1263. Acalypha glomerata, Hutchinson [Euphorbiaceae - Cro- toneae]; A. crenatae, Hochst., similis, inflorescentus ad apices ramorum confertis, bracteis Q glandulis stipitatis numerosis ornatis ditfert. 230 Herba gracilis, erecta, ramosa; caulis basim versus interdum lignosus, subteres, sulcatus, pilis brevibus pubescens, stipitato- glanduligera. Folia ov ato-elliptica vel smarnneny ace paaes oe obtusa vel subacuta, basi cuneata, 2°5-6°5 cm. longa, 0°5-4 cm, lata, crenata, membranacea, utrinque setuloso - pubescentia, e " Dasi 5-nervia, nervis lateralibus utrinqgue 3-4 prominentibus, nervis tertiariis laxis plus minusve parallelis subtus distinctis; petioli foliis aequilongi vel longiores, pubescentes; stipulae subu- atae, parvae, pilosae. Flores monoici. Inflorescentiae ad ramorum apices glomeratae. Bracteae Q ee foliaceae, suborbicu- lares vel fere reniformes, circiter 3 mm. longae et 4 mm. latae, 8-10-dentatae, dentibus triangularibus intra marginem pilis longis apice glandulis ornatis, extus Saban intus fere glabrae. Sepala 3, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, cilia Ovarium trilobatum, superne setoso-pubescens pilis Slantuligeuis intermixtis ; styli gracillimi, paullo breves, fere basi divisi. Semina ovoideo- ellipsoidea, minute punctata, vix 2 mm. longa. A. crenata, var. ele a -Arg. in Linnaea xxxiv. 42, et in DC. Prod xv. 871; A. fimbriata, Baill. Adansonia i. 272, vaiikie non Schumach, nec Hochst. (ex Miiller). rRopIcAL A¥rrica. Bongo: Addai, Schweinfurth, 2522 ; Gir, Schnooinfirth. 2609. Uganda: Muka, Kaessner, 929. G alunka, Kaessner, 791; without precise locality, Stuhlmann, 1251, 1258. omen Schlechter ; ; Stuhlmann, 421, 423. German East Africa : aramo, Stuhlmann, 6599, 7005, 8674 ; Mrogoro, Stuhlmann, 8285 ; Marangu, Volkens, 2316 ; Dar-es-Salam, Stuhlmann, 7007, 7410, 7415, 7824, 7562; Tanga, Holst, 2022; Volhkens, 166 ; = chars Holst, 2746. Portuguese East Africa : Mozambique, 1264, Acalypha Grantii, Baker et Hutchinson [Kuphorbiaceae-Cro- toneae]; affinis A. ornatae, Hochst. ex British Agriculturist. He seems to have considered it a fungus. Mr. McNab thought that the Coccus only appeared on trees which were already in an unhealthy condition. Dr. Balfour stated that the same species of Coceus had destroyed some beech trees in the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, which had been planted very closely and were hemmed in by other trees and shrubs. In the “ Gardeners’ Chronicle” for August 19th, 1865, p. 776, M. J. B, [Berkeley], replying to E. T., aye about the Cocks that it has been called a fungus, Psilonia nivea, but is an insect, and appears frequently on the bark of living trees, but that it was not known to cause death.” He adds that “the drought of the previous year had been fatal to many trees which were in an 335 unhealthy condition and that a quantity of fine beech perished a few years earlier on Sir W. Middleton’s estate. In that case it was found that the roots of the trees were extensively attacked by a fungus.” In the same journal Mr. A. D. Webster alludes to the presence of the insect on the Penicuik estate, Midlothian, in 1875, in au article which appeared on October 10th, 1908, whilst several references are made to the disease in “ Woods and Forests ” for that the next generation will only know by pictures and reports how gloriously beautiful our forest-beeches have been.” In the face of such gloomy predictions we find other people writing in a much more hopeful strain. In the “ Gardeners’ Chronicle” for July 23rd, 1904, p. 58, Mr. Brotherston writes as follows. ‘ At present there is not a little consternation evinced concerning the safety of beeches on account of the prevalence of what used to be called Coecus, but now Cryptococcus fagi, on many trees. It is a question if this almost microscopic insect effects the amount of mischief that is laid to its charge, and on account of which so much fear is entertained concerning the very existence of so many specimens of this noble tree. For one thing it is no new pest, old people have known it all their lives and not only that, but ave an acquaintance with trees that have sheltered and_ fe generation after generation without any apparent distress to them- selves. I have watched a young tree for more than a quarter of a century, and it has gone on increasing in size and stature all that time, and at present is in the perfection of health, notwithstanding the innumerable colonies of the Beech-Coccus that are congregated on its bark. ‘The only difference discernible between unaffected trees and this, is that the bark of the latter is covered with low, warty excrescences, in which the greater part of the Coccus congregate. ? “Still more interesting is the fact that old beech-trees in the vicinity of this young one occasionally die as they stand and some of these have not one Coccus on the bark. Two old trees within less than a stone’s-throw indicate by their foliage and growth that two to five years hence will see the limit of their life. One of these has a very few Cocci here and there on its bark, which is ing in patches; the other is quite free from Coccus, and it has reached the stage when the bark is so badly decayed that pieces are falling off. Experience shows that trees such as these are decayed at the roots, a result of old age, possibly accelerated by unsuitable soil, especially when too wet. It se to me that if the insect is indigenous, there is not much fear of its being greatly mischievous to its host. We know that its relatives, the Kermes of 336 the Quercus coccifera, and the cochineal insect, in the case of the Opuntia, effect no appreciable harm on these plants.” This article is of peculiar interest, as it was written from Tyninghame and refers to the same affected beech-woods, to which attention was drawn by the Earl of Haddington in 1863 in the letter to Prof. Balfour quoted in extract above. On December 28th, 1910, Mr. Brotherston, replying to a request for information as to the present state of the beech-trees at Tyninghame, states that he notices very little difference from the condition which prevailed in 1903. He says, however, that nowhere in Scotland has he observed trees so thickly coated with Coccus as he has seen them in Herefordshire. In his letter, Mr. Brotherston refers to the death of trees in Scotland, obviously due to causes other than Coccus, as follows :—“ At the same time large numbers of beech- trees have been dying and others are approaching death on many estates. It is not a question of soil, for trees growing in almost pure sand go as fast as those which have a clayey loam to root in. The symptoms, which are at first apparent, are leaves which year by year diminish in size till a spring arrives when they fail to appear, or sometimes appear to shortly wither away. When the tree is felled the main roots are usually in a condition approaching rotten- ness and sometimes the centre of the trunk is also rotted. But there are influences that account for these conditions. The trees are (perhaps) invariably aged for beech. Those which die at Tyninghame are over or nearly 200 years of age. At Mellerstain, Berwickshire, they are a few years younger. Protracted drought is vyory hartita: = 7. 3 $s ina decaying condition also bear enormous crops of mast, not every year, but sufficiently often to lessen the vitality of the trees. In the “ Journal of the Board of Agriculture ” for November, 1910, pp. 642-3, an article occurs in which a reference is made to the presence of Cryptococcus fagi in the forest of Charbonnicre, Belgium ; in this reference it is said that the disease is not taken seriously by the Belgian forester. A full account of Cryptococcus fagi, its life history &c., is to be found in * A Monograph of British Coccidae ” . Newstead, vol. ii., pp. 215-221, plate lxx., figs. 1-10. Leaflet No. 140 of the Board of Agriculture also deals with the insect, and the treatment of the disease ; and an account of recent observations on the dis- tribution of the Coccus in beech-woods is given by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in the Annual Report of the Intelligence Division, Part II, for the year 1909-10. PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS. In the following notes on a selection of the beech-woods visited, the condition of individual trees is dealt with. _Ashridge Woods.—These, the property of Earl Brownlow, were visited on April 7th, 1910, when Mr. Wheatley, the agent, very kindly allowed the forester to accompany us. Our attention was first directed to a wood composed principally of old beech-trees. Most of these had been pollarded in hess youth, and many were in 337 various stages of decay. The soil was shallow and heavy, over- lying chalk. All through the wood large numbers of trees were in bad condition, and several were dead, but the majority carried no large amount of Coccus. Fungi occurred on the bark in many cases but those noted were saprophytic species. We were told that the Coccus had been noticed on the estate for thirty years, but that it had not increased rapidly until from twelve to fifteen years ago. For old trees, some were quite as healthy as could be expected ; others were in a bad state of decay. A small amount of Coccus was seen on most of the trees, but, except for three badly-infested specimens it was in no greater quantity than may be ound in many plantations which show no signs of injury Of the three trees bearing the largest amount of Coccus, one was as healthy as other trees of the same age on the estate, or in woods or parks elsewhere. The second was in fair health, but the growth made in 1909 was shorter than in the previous case, while the third tree was in bad health, and had several dead and broken branches, and dead patches of bark. ere were many trees in the wood in a similar condition, but which bore little or no Coccus. On other parts of the estate a little Coccus was noticeable here and there. In a plantation of trees about thirty years old (near the Sequoia Avenue) there was a fair amount of Coccus, but it did not seem to be doing any serious damage ; a few trees were dead, but that was due to overcrowding. In this case the Coccus was not confined to trees of a particular character, and some of the most vigorous trees had as much Coccus as any. We asked that this plantation might be kept under observation with a view to ascer- taining the effect of the disease on quite young trees. Chenies Woods.—These occupy a portion of the Duke of Bedford’s Buckinghamshire estate, and they were visited on April 12th, 1910. Taken as a whole, the trees on this estate were remarkably healthy. Here and there a specimen was noted carrying a fair amount of Coccus, and a number of trees were seen which had broken off at about twenty feet above the ground. A small amount of Coccus was widely distributed on the trees, as elsewhere, but badly affected trees were few in number, isolated, and far apart. Where the Dead bark full of a fungus was often seen near a stump of a branch, the fungus being also present in the wood. Where the bark was dead at fifteen or twenty feet from the ground, the bark at the base was in good condition. In other cases dead patches of bark were found about the bases of the trunks and the roots, while the bark higher up was healthy. 338 Tn cases like the latter a small black fungus (Melogramma spini- ferum) was found on the dead bark. ere the bark dies higher up, there is often a minute reddish fungus (Nectria ditissima) present. These species have been identified by Mr. Massee ; bot are parasitic,* and appear to account for the death of many trees. The same conspicuous saprophytic fungus, noted in the Ashridge Woods, was also found here on the dead and dying trees. Micklefield Hall Woods, Rickmansworth—Mr. Clutterbuck, the owner of these woods, kindly accompanied us on April 19th, 1910, and pointed out various diseased trees which he had had under observation. e first examined two beech-trees standing on the edge of a wood, the trunks being within a few feet of one another and the branches interlaced. In the case of one tree, parts of the stem and main branches were thickly covered with Coccus, while the other tree was almost free from it. The two trees had remained in about the same state for some years, and, as far as one could judge, they were both fairly healthy. They are admirably placed for observation, and Mr. Clutterbuck intends to note carefully an changes in their condition which may occur. Most of the trees in the vicinity were fairly free from Coccus, with the exception of one middle-aged tree, which stood at about one hundred yards from the two trees mentioned above. There was a large amount of Coccus on this tree, but the growth of the tree appeared normal. On ascending the tree, it was found that there was a large patch of dead bark running down the trunk in an irregular manner for a distance of two or three feet. This dead bark originated just below a wound, and there was nothing to show that it had any connection with the Coccus. Coccus was also noted on other parts of the estate, but was nowhere so bad as on the trees already referred to. On the out- skirts of a distant wood, we were told that a bad tree had been cut down two or three years ago; close to where this tree stood, Coccus was noticed on several trees, but none of them were really were practically clean. We were told that trees which had been illed, or were reputed to have been killed by Coccus, had very dry bark and were hard to cut, The woods were kept very free from dead trees. Hall Place, Maidenhead.—This, the estate of Sir Gilbert Clayton- Tiast, was visited in the company of the owner on May 19th, 1910. Our attention was directed to this estate in connection with questions referred to the Board of Agriculture, by Sir Gilbert, respecting Coccus and diseased beech-timber. The death of several large trees bearing Coccus had been reported, and samples of timber from living trees showing brown discoloration had been sent for examina- tion ime of our visit, though Coccus in small quantity was fairly general, as in other districts, only a few trees had a large amount on the bark. From the general appearance of these trees, they are at present in good average health, Several dead trees * Nectria ditissima is a wound parasite. See Massee, “‘ Diseases of Cultivated Plan * p. 183 : Trees,” p. 183, 339 bearing Coccus were seen in other parts of the woods; these appeared to have been killed by fungus in most cases, Specimens of fungus-infested bark and wood were brought away, and the fungi were subsequently identified by Mr. Massee as being identical with the parasitic species previously recorded. n a portion of one wood where trees were being felled, our attention was directed to dark stains which occurred in muc of the timber. The stains were dark brown and usually confined to the central part of the trunk. In one or two cases local stains of this kind appeared to be connected with wounds, but in the majority of cases, in which the stain was continuous through the length of the trunk, it was mae due to the trees having experienced severe check at some past period. Such a check might have been brought about by drought, especially as ahs trees had been grown on a ‘steep eae in clayey ground. The following table of the rain-fall at Hall Place, for 17 years from 1893, kindly given to us by Sir Gilbert Clayton-Hast, shows two years, 1893 and 1898, which might well be responsible for a severe check. 1893 1900 78 days drought. 00... 22° * inches. a oe ,. 3901, 31487 ,. i > eke days with only 1902. 5037 a slight rain-fall. 1903. 37°95 ,, 1894, 27°62 i 1904. 23°63 ,, 1895 UD. 4% 1905... 22°12... 4 1896. 23:02 , 1906. 25°64 ,, 1897. 22:04 ,, 1907. 25°45 ,, 1898. 17:10 ,, 1908. 26°81 ,, 1899. ae 1909, 28°13 On this estate our attention was specially Seceted to black blister-like sales on the trunks of beech-trees. These blisters were filled with a yellowish liquid which had an offensive smell. ome connection was suggested between them and Coccus. Similar blisters had been noted on other occasions, Asa rule they are little more than from one to two inches across, and their action seems to be purely local. They appear to be of the same nature as slime-flux _ Latimer Woods. —These, the property of Lord Chesham, were visited on October 18th, 1910. In the company of the forester various infested trees were examined. ‘There appeared to be rather more Coccus in these woods than in those already referred to, but nothing more could be learnt respecting the action of the Coccus than in former visits. A number of trees broken off from 15 to 20 feet from the und were noted. These were similar in every respect to ores trees on other estates, and bore the same parasitic and saprophytic fungi. The black watery blisters noticed in other woods were present at Latimer, and they were attribut to the gee of Coccus, This theory was not, however, borne out, for similar blisters were found on trees which showed no s ign of Coccus, and one large tree which was badly blistered and had much of the bark about the base killed, was practically free of Coccus, pnd showed no signs of ever having carried any. This tree was, 340 In addition to the estates referred to, notice has been taken of the disease in various parts of Lancashire, Cheshire, Norfolk, South Wales, Scotland, &c. An interesting case was noticed at Sandringham. A tree about 40 years of age was covered with Coecus more thickly than any tree noted elsewhere. The leaves and young growths appeared to be quite healthy ; the tree however, for various reasons, had to be cut down, and on the timber being split up, it was found to be as clean and as full of sap as unaffected trees could be expected to be. Microscopic INVESTIGATIONS. A microscopic examination was made of numerous specimens of bark from trees badly affected with Coccus and from clean trees, also from pieces of bark thickly coated with Coccus and from bark of the same trees where little or no Coccus was present. Among these specimens differences were noted as regards the amount of sclerotic tissue in the bast, and the amount of cell-contents in the young bast ; but in neither of these particulars did there appear to be any constant character associated with the presence or absence of Coccus. Here and there under a small thick patch of Coccus a brown spot was found in the bark. . This often included a few dead cells near the surface and showed a layer of cork dipping a little deeper than elsewhere, but the greater part of the bark appeared to be unaffected. Sucking tubes of the insects were met with here and there in the outer tissues of the bark, sometimes reaching to a depth of one millimeter. In a certain number of trees small watery blisters are found on the lower part of the trunks, and are attributed by some people to a action of the Coccus, but no connection between the two was o SUMMARY. There can be no doubt that the Coccus is widely distributed about the country at the present time, as it has been for the last 50 years. It is also equally evident that it has, on the whole, increased in quantity during the last 15 years, but that it is doing any serious amount of harm, or that it is likely to do so, is doubtful. In some of the early records the disease appears to have been quite as plentiful as it has been of late years, and to have caused the same uneasiness, but the worst expectations were never realised. ere can also be little doubt that climatic conditions, varying from time to time, favour its increase or decrease. The recent increase of the disease may probably be accounted for by the series of mild winters which succeeded the severe one of 1894-5. This may have favoured the spread of the Coccus on trees, which had 341 - were probably unfavourable to the growth of the Coccus. Thus drought and mild winters would appear to provide the exact conditions under which it is possible for the Coccus to thrive, whilst enfeebled health of the trees (due primarily to drought and in some cases accelerated by old age) makes them peculiarly susceptible to insect attacks. From what we can learn, however, the Coccus appears to cause very little real harm by sucking the juices of the trees, though doubtless, if an already enfeebled tree is badly infested, a certain amount of further injury must take place, for it is not in a condition to spare even the small amount of food-substances which the insect requires, The insect may thus be regarded as doing a small amount of harm by extracting sap from the outer bark, but any injury it may cause would be infinitesimal when compared with Saw-flies and other leaf-eating insects and with various fungoid pests. That the Coccus has not assumed an epidemic stage is apparent everywhere, for, though scores of trees may be found carrying traces of Coccus, it is only a tree here and there that is badly affected, and those trees are usually far apart. In much that has been written on the subject, it appears to have been taken for granted that the Coccus eventually kills the trees on which it finds a home, and the same opinion prevails largely amongst foresters and other people. But there is very little evidence to prove that careful observations have been taken of particular trees, to ascertain whether death can be traced directly to the insect, or whether some other less conspicuous agency may not have played the responsible part and been wholly or partially the cause of death. Further, it is difficult to obtain reliable information as to the length of time a tree, which is said to have been killed by Coccus, lived with a considerable amount of Coccus on the bark, Some people assert that a period of seven or eight years is required to kill a tree after the disease has obtained a footing ; others maintain that three or four years is quite long enough, whilst still others have known trees to be thickly covered for a period of from 12 years upwards, and be vigorous still, as in the case of the tree mentioned in Mr. Brotherston’s article. Trees at Kew have been known to bear Coccus for at least 20 years, and no serious effects have been traced O it. The conclusion we have arrived at is that while the Coccus is doing very little harm, certain fungoid pests account for a serious amount of injury, which is usually credited to Coccus. On all the dead trees pointed out to us as having been killed by Coceus, we found destructive parasitic fungi present, which alone would account for the death of trees. The same fungi kill or injure other kinds of trees on which the Beech Coccus does not oceur. wo parasitic species were common. In cases where the trees had broken off 15 or 20 feet from the ground, in the region where the fructification of the fungus (the wound parasite, Nectria ditissima, Tul.) was most prevalent, patches of a dull red colour were seen on the bark. They were not conspicuous and might be easily overlooked. The patches were due to numerous minute, red, granular lumps, which form the fructification of the fungus. The 21218 B 342 roots and bases of the trunks of such trees were quite healthy. Itis of interest to note that a section of beech-wood shown in the Forestry Section of the Glasgow Exhibition, which is said to have been cut from a tree killed by Coccus, has its bark thickly covered with the fructification stage of Nectria. ther instances of dead trees occurred where the roots had died first. A black fungus (Melogramma spiniferum, De Not.) was present in this case, and was seen breaking through the bark of the exposed parts of the roots and the base of the trunk. It has been frequently noted that such trees die suddenly, soon after the leaves expand, or during the summer. This may be accounted for by the fungus, which has been present for a long period, and has affected the health of the trees, at last becoming so abundant as to prevent the efficient working of the conducting tissues at a time when they ought to be working at full pressure. The fructification of the black fungus referred to above, though larger than the Nectria, is also small and not very conspicuous. A conspicuous fungus was present on a large number of dead and dying trees and was often seen accompanying the Nectria. The fructifications are greyish, fan-shaped, and often two or three inches across. It has been identified as Polyporus adustus, Fr., and though it may be purely saprophytic and not harmful to living trees, it has been suspected of having parasitic tendencies. (Massee, Diseases of Cultivated Plants and Trees, p. 387.) Trees attacked or killed by the Nectria or the Melogramma are a serious source of infection to other trees, and ought to be removed and burnt at once, and not be left lying where they fall as is too often the case. The fact of certain trees dying as they stand probably accounts for the hardness of the wood and bark, which has been noted by some people, and has been attributed to the action of the Coccus. _ The Weymouth Pine, Pinus Strobus, is subject to attack by an nsect, i covering, and thus resembles the Beech Coccus. This has led to the belief that a connection exists between the disease on the two trees. This, however, cannot be the case, for the Weymouth Pine insect is known to be a species of Chermes (C. strobi) and thus belongs to a different group of insects from the Beech Coccus. 343 trees in woods should be removed as soon as noticed, unless the injury is of a trifling character and can be easily treated. The frequency ye which trees broken off re from 15 to 20 feet from the ground are met with appears to us to require more than passing robe The fact of = breaking at this point is due to the wood becoming rotten in this region though it is healthy above Fe below. As the Fpacalion of Nectria ditissima is chiefly to be seen in the same region, it is thought that this fungus may be principally ses aneee for the rottenness of the wood, The fungus being a wound parasite an explanation of this localisation of attack should be attempted. Wounds made by fallen ranches would account ior the entrance of the fungus, but the badly diseased places would then be expected to occur on various parts of the trunk from base to summit, therefore some other cause must be looked for. It has occurred to us that this may be sun- burn following thinning of the trees. During a certain parts of the crack and enable ici spores to gain an entran Fruetifications of Polyporus adustus are also common on the same region of the trunk. The black ping Melogramma spiniferum, as stated above, is generally found on the roots and on the base of the trunk. Thes parts of the tree are very liable to bark-injuries by animal ‘a human agency. Such injuries would account for the inlet of the fungus spores. XLVI—DECADES KEWENSES PitantraArum Novarum 1n Hersario Horr Reait CoNSERVATARUM. DECAS LXII. 611, Biophytum a Sprague [Geraniaceae-Oxalideae] ; affine B. somnianti, G. Don, a quo bracteis quam flort ribus_ brevioribus, sepalis pro rata latioribus minus attenuatis differt. : Herba erecta, caule 5°5 em. longo appresse piloso. Folia 8, apice caulis quasi verticillata, 3°5-8 cm. longa, 3-6-juga; foliola ter- minalia oblique obovata, 2-3°2 em. longa, 1°3-2'2 em. lata, cetera deorsum sensim minora, basi truncata, intermedia subtrapezoidea, infima triangulari-ovata. Pedunculi 4 em. longi, erispule pubes- centes, multiflori. Sepala ee acuminata; setula 0°5-1 mm. longa terminata, 6°3 mm. longa, 1:7 mm. lata, pilis acutis minute ciliata, extus Sapllintolon:: 7 -9-nervia. Corolla alba, aap! basi excepta gamopetala ; tubus 6 mm. longus, basi foraminibus 5 tri- angularibus vix 0°5 mm. longis; lobi reflexi, oblongo-obovati, explanati 4°5 mm. longi, 3°5 mm. lati. Stamina 7. antisepala, breviora antipetala; filamenta breviora 3-3°3 mm. longa, sursum angustata, glabra, extus basi glandula vix 0°4 mm. diametro ; 344 filamenta longiora 4°7 mm. longa, extus pilis acutis et papilli- formibns minute pilosa, basi leviter angustata, vix ang”) Pistillum 1-7 mm. longum, superne per 1 mm. minute pilosu Perv. Described from a living Bian collected by Mr. Wie Fox, and presented by him to Kew in : 612. Hedyotis glauca, W. W. eo. es -Hedyotideae] ; species H. uncinellae, Hook. et Arn. , comparabile, sed caule terete foliis lineari-lanceolatis floribus valde diversis distinguenda. Herba (annua ?), 1-1°2 m. alta, erecta, Caulis simplex, teres, remote foliosus, lineis duabus fulvo-pilosis instructus, ceterum glaber, glaucus. siesty opposita, paulo recurva, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata, acuta, semiamplexicaulia, 8-15 cm. longa, 0°3- 1°5 cm. lata, scabridule pete supra subglabra, infra in venis numerosis distinctis plus minusve parce 8 eee stipulae cum foliis conjunctae, 3-5 mm. longae, pectinatae, pilosae. Flores in cymas globosas terminales et axillares 1°5 cm. diametro bracteatas multifloras dispositi, more H. wuncinellae; bracteae lineares, ad 4 cm. longae. Calyx vix 1 mm. longus, glaber, dentibus quatuor subaequalibus sino etre erectis vix 0°5 mm. longis glabris. Corolla infundibuliformis, 3 mm. longa, carnea, tubo brevi glabro fauce longiore, ‘tite “albo-pilosa, lobis minutis tri- angulari-ovatis acutis erectis. Stamina 4, fauci corollae inserta, inclusa, filamentis perbrevibus. Ovarium 2-loculare, stylo filiformi, loculis plus minusve 6-ovuliferis. Fructus deest. Burma. Upper Burma: Kachin Hills; near Myitkyina, Shack Mokim, 86. DIA. Assam: district of a. ; Charali, near Bishnath, Burkill, 32,470, Burkill records the flowers as flesh-coloured and the eae as standing up sporadically in the tall grass. 3. Styrax Lacei, W. W. Smith [Styracaceae]; species inter Ietricaict Giirke, calyce brevi, annulo staminum maximo con- spicua ; ab aliis speciebus indo-burmanicis remota ; in mone Styracacearum auctore cl. Perkins prope S. hypoglaucum ponenda Arbor mediocris ? ; rami robusti, longitudinaliter sulcati, 3-4 mm. diametro, juniores parce tomentelli mox glabrescentes. Folia alterna, petiolata, Sines 1-1'5 cm. longo tomentello, oblonga vel elliptico-oblonga, 12-15 cm. longa, 5-7 cm. lata, apice breviter acuminata vel poe basi cuneata, coriacea, integra vel subintegra, minute gland eno deemicalatty supra glabra, subtus minute cinereo- realists otlercl ad marginem n inentibus aecaltelig Inflorescentia racemosa vel Sat ieoliini samen <, 3-4 em. longa, axillari terminalis, 10-—20-flora ; ae minutae, lineares ; rhachis stellato-tomentella. Flores (albidi ?) circiter 1 cm. longi ; icelli 2 mm. longi. Calyx cupuliformis, brevissimus, 1 mm. ie Corolla 5-partita, tubo _brevissimo, i aestivatione imbricatis membranacecis 8 mm. longis 4 mm. latis See extus minute sementellie intus parcius. Stamina 10, inferne in tubum glabrum 6 mm. longum cohaerentia, filamentorum parte ey antheris cradle biariaes : ; antherae in tubo fere sessiles, margine stellatis 345 pilis parce ornatae. Ovarium immaturum obovoideum, tomentel- lum, in juventute 3-loculare, stylo in parte inferiore piloso ceterum ce stigmate subtrilobato. Fructus deest RMA. District of Katha: Kadu Hill, 1000-1300 m., Lace, 5107, in Herb. Kew. et Calcutta. 614, Solandra Hartwegii, NV. E. Brown [Solanaceae-A tropeae] - affinis S. guttatae, hes sed foliis et calyce glabris, corolla majore, tubo breviore differ Me annie rami 8-10 mm. crassi, glabri. Folia alterna, plus minusve aggregata, glabra ; petiolus 2°5-8 cm. longus, supra es ‘bioanaliaaag nes lamina 10-17-5 cm. longa, 4°5-12 em, lata, elliptica, acuta, breviter acuminata vel obtusa, basi acuta. Flores solitarii, terminales. Pedicelli 1:2-2 em. longi, 8-10 mm, (siccati 5-7 mm.) crassi, in calyces sensim transientes, glabri, Calyx 5-7 cm longus, 2-2°2 cm. diametro, 5-angulatus, inaequaliter 3-4- lobus, glaber, viridis. Corolla 20-25 em. ere lutea, vittis 5 fusco- urpureis notata, glabra; tubus calyce multo longior, infra medium cylindrico-tubulosus, supra medium late infundibuliformis ; limbus 5-lobus ; lobi 7-8°5 em. longi, 5-7 cm. lati, oblongi, apice rotundati, integri vel inaequaliter lobati, plus minusve crispati. Stamina 9-10 om. longa ; filamenta ad insertionem villosa, lutea ; antherae 1:2 cm. longae, pallide brunneae. Sty/ws 16-25 cm. longus, glaber, i purpureus. S. grandiflora, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 69, nec artz. Mexico. Llano Verde, Faritegs 500, and cultivated specimen. This fine species was originally discovered y y Bilis in 1839 and mistakenly identified with S. grandiflora, Sw., and subsequently with S. guttata, Don, from both of which it is entirely different, A living plant of it was introduced from Mexico over 30 years ago by Mr. Moxam, formerly of Leyton in Essex. This plant or a portion of it was obtained and cultivated as S. grandiflora by - J. C. Daubuz, at Truro, in Cornwall, whence it was obtained by Sir Frederick Moore, Keeper of the | oyal Botanic Gardens, Glaanevin, Dublin, who forwarded it to Kew for determination. 615. Veronica Birleyi, V. F. Brown en ee ee affinis V. spathulatae, Benth., sed ramis ig oribus, foliis sub- sessilibus et pedunculis multo brevioribus differ Suffrutex nanus, 10 cm, altus, ramosus ; rami aybt, saepe flexuosi, 1-2 mm. crassi, puberuli demum sublignosi et glabri. Fola conferta vel inferiora ad 4 mm. remota, subsessilia, crassa, 6-9 mm. longa, 4-9 mm. lata, cuneato-obovata vel orbiculata, basi plus minusve cuneata, breviter et obtuse 3-7 loba, utrinque puberula, rubrotincta. Flores pauci, mag, prope apicem ramorum axillares. uli 2-3 mm. longi, 1-2-flori, bibracteati; bracteae 4-5 mm. longae, lineari-spathulatae, obtusae, glanduloso-puberulae. Pedicelli 1-1°5 mm, ong Calyx 4-partitus ; lobi 5-6 mm. longi, 2°5-2°75 mm. lati, ene obtusi, glanduloso-puberuli. Corolla “magna, 5-mera, alba” ( Gibds). “oe 5 rg longa, 4—4°5 mm. lata, glabra, in lobos oe obtusos 4 New ZEALAnp. South Island : betwen rks on the top ridge of Mount Bonpland, near Lake Wakatipu, 2435 m., Feb., 1908, Miss L. S, Gibbs, 1172. 346 Allied to V. spathulata, Benth., but differs in having much stouter branches, subsessile leaves, a finer and entirely different pubescence and very much shorter peduncles: The corolla, according to Miss Gibbs, was white, about } inch in diameter, with 5 subequal lobes ; several were collected, but unfortunately they were lost. e name is given in honour of Mr. Harry Birley, a well-known guide in the district, who accompanied Miss Gibbs when this plant was collected. 616. seat neee (Nautilocalyx) hirsutus, Sprague [Gesneriaceae- Cyrtandreae]; affinis A. Forgetii, Sprague, a quo foliis brevius petiolatis eldivas basi cuneatis marginibus planis recedit. Herba e basi ramosa, circiter 5 dm. alta, caulibus pluribus erectis teretibus crassis carnosis breviter villosis 1-1*2 cm. diametro, inter- nodiis 2-6 cm. longis. Folia oblanceolata, breviter acute seams, apice recurvula, basi cuneata, 15-16 em. longa, 6 cm. lata, plus minus bullata, supra nitidula, nervo medio inferne pilosulo excepto glabra, nervis venulisque supra conspicue impressis subtus prominen- tibus breviter villosis; nervi laterales ae 10-11; petioli osetia es, supra eviter excavati, 1°8-3 cm. longi, circa basin 6-7 mm, lati. Cymae sessiles, instar usuititoreds, 4-8 florae ; bracteae transversae 2 em. longae, 6 mm. latae, ‘extus breviter Calycis segmenta ovato-lanceolata, acute acuminata, 1°8-2 em. longa, 5-5-6 mm. lata, extus breviter villosa ; segmentum posticum caleare corollae basi ‘yepulsum. Corolla pallide flava, 3 cm. longa calcare excluso, extus breviter villosa ; tubus 3°2 cm. longus calcare incluso, ab 0°8 cm. usque ad 1°3 em. supra basin organicam ampliatus, abhine usque ad os 9°5 mm. latus, a dorso usque ad ventrem 7 mm. metiens, intus antice glaber, postice minute glandaloso-pilewas's ; calear amplum, rotundatum, 3 mm. longum, 4°5 mm, Jatum ; limbus 1°5 cm. latus, adorso usque ad ventrem 1°3 cm. metiens ; lobi trans- verse ns ae patuli. #ilamenta in vaginam postice fissam corollae tubo atam connata, basi saa ag postica extus glanduloso- ek vagina antice 0°8 mm. alta, lateraliter 0°5 mm. alta; antherae 1°75-2 mm. lengaas loculis omnino sejunctis parallelis mytiliformibus, connectivo crasso convexo 1°75 mm. anese 1°3 mm. lato, Disci glandula unica, postica, ovata, glabra, 2 ) basi vix 2 mm. lata. Ovarium 3 mm. longum, pilis sulbecllalatives acutis villosum; stylus pilis aliis glanduloso-capitatis aliis longi- oribus acutissimis dense indutus ; ; placentae ad basin bipartitae, segmentis plano-convexis introrsum tantum ovuliferis Peru. Collected by Forget for ee Sander & Sons, St. Albans, by whom a plant was presented to K 617. Alloplectus (Nautilocalyx) pallidus, aa [ Gesneriaceae- Cyrtandreae]; foliis magnis pallide glaucescenti-viridibus specie glabris, petiolis brevibus necnon corollae colore distinctus. Herba e basi ramosa, circiter 5 dm, alta, caulibus pluribus erectis teretibus crassis carnosis nitidulis Breviter pilosis inferne circiter 1-7 cm. diametro superne 8-9 mm. diametro, internodiis 3°5-7°5 em. longis. Folia opposita, ovato-lanceolata, apice breviter acute acuminata, recurva, in basin sensim angustata, a, Se? em. longa, 6°5-10°5 em. lata, margine plana, crenato-se » Sparse ciliata, supra nitidula, pallide viridia, pilis paucis. nde inconspicuis 347 exceptis glabra, nervis venulisque conspicue impressis, subtus opaca, albido-viridia, prima visu glabra, revera nervis sparse puberulis mesophyllo ee atiegits puberulo, nervis prominentibus, lateralibus utrinque 12-14, venulis prominulis ; petioli 0°8-2 cm, longi. Cymae 3~6-florae, bracteis duabus transversis patulis lanceolatis acutis primum circiter 8 mm. longis demum_ usque ad 1°5 cm. longis sparse ciliatis extus puberulis intus glabris ; pedicelli sub anthesi circiter 2°5 ¢.m. longi, villosi, demum elongati. Calyx zygomorphus; segmenta ovata, acute acuminata, basi ‘rotundata vel subcordata, 2°4-2°5 cm. longa, 1*4-1°7 cm. lata, tenuia, denticulata, sparse ciliata, extus sparsissime puberula, intus elabra ; ; segmentum posti- cum caleare corollae basi repulsum valde curvatum. Corolla e calyce presi cremeo-albida, dorso calcarata; tubus calcare incluso ongus, extus breviter crispule pilosus, intus antice glabrius- ouilus purpureo-striatus, postice minute glanduloso-pilosus, purpureo- amplum, rotundatum, circiter 5 mm. ig ete limbus 3 em. latus, fere 3 cm. a dorso ad ventrem metiens ; lobi leviter reflexi, trans- verse elliptici, 1°1~-1°2 em. longi, 1°4-1°6 cm. lati. #ilamenta in vaginam postice fissam in calcar 3 mm. productam corollae tubo adnatam connata, superne antheris disjunctis spiraliter torta, autica longiora, vagina antice 7:5 mm. longa, lateraliter 5 mm. longa; ite parallelis mytiliformi ibus. Déscei glandula unica, postica, 2°5 mm longa, sparse longiuscule ciliata. Ovarium ovoideum, 5 mm. longum, pilis multicellularibus acutissimis dense indutum; stylus vix 3 cm. longus, pilis multicellularibus acutissimis et paucioribus glanduloso- capitatis patule hirsutus ; placentae ad basin bipartitae, segmentis plano-convexis introrsum tantum ovuliferis. Perv. Collected by Forget for Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, by whom a plant was presented to Kew. The corolla is creamy white, with a broad band of purple blotches inside the tube on the posticous side and about 9 purple lines on the anticous. 618. Staurogyne shanica, W. W. Smith {[ Acanthaceae-N elsonieae]; inter species orientales proxima S. delili, Clarke, ex insulis Philippinis, speciei imperfecte descriptae ; foliis coriaceis, subtus tomentellis, inflorescentia magis contracta inter alia distinguenda. Herba 15-20 em. alta, suberecta. Caulis simplex vel parce ramosus, teres, nodosus, dense fulvo-tomentellus, Folia opposita, lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice obtusa, basi cuneata, 4-8 cm, longa, 1-2°5 em. lata, margine paululum undulata, coriacea, supra minute scabridula, in costa tomentella, subtus praesertim in venis dense tomentella, supra nervis immersis indistinctis subtus con- spicue reticulatim prominentibus 6~10-jugis ; petioli ad 1 cm. longi, tomentelli. lores in racemos terminales vel pseudo-axillares vix elongatos 8-15-floros dispositi ; bractea bracteolaeque duae similes, m 348 didynama, filamentis undique sed parce pilosis. ructum maturum non vidi. Burma. Southern Shan States: near poke Tuny, 1900 m., Macgregor, 755 bis, in Herb. Kew. et Calcu 619. Fimbristylis Lacei, Turrill seine Sire] affinis F. distichae, Bcklr., sed anthelae radiis pubescentibus, glumis angus- tioribus acutioribus differt Planta annua ; culmi érecti, ad 12 em. alti, eet basi foliati. Folia numerosa, linearia, curvata, apice acuta, ad 7 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, glaucescentia, margine scabra. Anthela e radiis 3-6 pubescentibus, spiculis 3-7 constituta ; bracteae breves, foliosae. Spiculae 6-8-florae, 5-7 mm. longae, 1° 5 mm. latae, rhachilla haud torta. Glumae distichae, cymbiformes, 2°5 mm. longae, 0°75 mm latae, minute puberulae, brunnescentes, carinis angustis scabris, ad margines anguste membranaceae. Stamina 2, filamentis 2°75 mm. longis, antheris linearibus 0°6 mm. longis haud apiculatis. Stylus 1:5 mm. longus, glaber, cum basi incrassata deciduus, ramis ‘ ‘ longis. Nur obovoidea, faciebus 3 convexis, 0°75 mm, alta 0-6 mm diametro, alba, vix verrucosa, haud stipitata, cellulis epidermatis hexagono-rotun is. MA. Upper Chindwin District: Sittung; Tammu Road, 150 m., Lace, 4210. y ARCHIPELAGO. Borneo: Tenom; “ Residency,” burnt clearing paths, 240 m., Gibbs, 2771. 620. Fimbristylis tortispica, Zurri/l [Cyperaceae-Scirpeae]; ab affint Ff. disticha, Beklr., partibus omnibus majoribus, spicularum rachillis tortis facile distinguenda, Rhizoma nullum vel brevissimum. Culmi erecti, ad 5 dm. alti, rigidiusculi, basi dense foliati quasi bulboso-incrassati. Folia apiculata, ad 13 mm. lon 5 lata, glauca, margine scabra Anthela radiis ad 7 laevibus. Bracteae breves, ad margines ciliato- seabrae. Spiculae 9 mm. longae, 2 mm. latae, rhachilla semel vel 3 mm. longae, 2°5 mm. latae, glabrae, in parte superiore natenitert in arte inferiore et ad carina stramineae, ad margines anguste mem- ranaceae. Stamina 3, filamentis 3 mm. longis, antheris linéanbts mm. longis apiculatis, Stylus 2 mm. longu us, glaber, cum basi incrassata deciduus, ramis 3 gracilibus, 2 mm. longis. Nuzx obovoidea, faciebus 3 convexis, 1 mm. longa, 0°75 mm. diametro, alba vel per Ss, verrucosa, non stipitata, sdiabs inilensatis hexagono- rotun Inpo-Cuina. Siam: Chiengmai; re oO ng sing! in eclak amgit 330-540 m. ar Sepia ae ae XLVII.—MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Mr. Tuomas HunTEr, a member of the gardening staff of the Royal Botanic Gardens, has been appointed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the recommendation of Kew, a Curator in the Agricultural Department of the Gold Coast. 349 number of horses. For e years a considerable “phopoetitl of the manure thus obinniad: tes been made with peat-moss litter, imported we believe from Denmark, and composed chiefly of com- pressed dead moss and bog peat, as it has been formed in marshes, It is neither peat nor moss as these are understood in horti- culture and is entirely unsuited for the growth of plants. It is imported in the form of bales which are broken up in the stables to be spread as bedding in the stalls. Whenit becomes saturated with urine and contains a considerable proportion of horse droppings it. is thrown into a heap to be carted away. Compared with straw- made manure this eeriitee maaure is cheap, but it is not looked upon with favour by market gardeners. Its use at Kew has been mainly as a top dressing for lawns and borders, but only after it has been exposed to the air for about six months and turned several times. It has not been used for mixing with the soil, but this spring some of the flower beds were in error manured with it. Its effect on the health and growth of the plants which were afterwards put into these beds for the summer was markedly deleterious. The weakened and died, and as this was evidently due to the manure in the soil in which the ae were set, samples of the soil and manure were submitted to Dr. J. A. Voelcker for analysis and report, and we are indebted to him for the dake analysis and observations. Dr. Voelcker writes as follow “T have now completed my scabs of the sample of Soil and that of Peat-Moss Manure which you sent me some time back. “ The analysis of the Peat-Moss Manure is as follows :— Moisture : 39°59 ieee matter and ‘salts of ; ammo ao: -SORZ of iron and Sat, with te “of phos- Pobre id é ie eae wwe hos ck Lime.. ioe oe ai a “90 Alkalies, magnesia, be. ie eds i = iii, p. 23. Sarcocephalus Distr. India, Assam, Tonkin Milage Lao name, Mai Toom Adina polycephala, Benth, —F.B.L., p. 25; Haviland, Journ. Linn, Soc., xxxili. p, 46. Nauclea pidanale Wall.—For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 65. en by stream on Doi Sootep, 660-750 m., Kerr, 1 1065, 1764. Distr. India, Burma, Cambodia, Cochinchina, ae Mitragyna diversifolia, Haviland, Journ. Linn. Soc., xxx. p, 71. Stephegyne diversifolia, Hook. f., EB. L., 11,-p, 26; Coll. Fe etal Journ, Linn. Soc., xxviii, p. 64, Nauelea parvifolia, Roxb., var, diversifolia, Kurz, Fo or. Fl, Burma, ii. p. 6 eae 156-240 m., Luang Vanpruk, 129 ; Meh Ping, Kampeng, err Distr. iatoae Burma, Philippines. Mitragyna hirsuta, Haviland, Journ. Linn. Soc., xxxiii. p. 72. Chiengmai, os i Sootep, deciduous jungle, 300-450 m., Kerr, 661. Distr, a. Unearia esta “Hook. fy BL, iii, p. 30; Haviland, Journ, Linn. Soce., xxxiii. Chiengmai, Doi Bsoten: 900 m., ee st Distr, (Khasia, Manipur, Tenasse Uncaria macrophylla, Wall.—F.B. L. . ui. p. 32; Haviland, Journ, Linn. Soc., xxxiii. : Chiengmai, Doi Boot tep, 720m., Kerr, 692 Distr. utan, Khasia, Cachar, Manipur, Yunnan. Nauclea sp. near N. purpurascens, Korth, NV. purpurea, K. Sch Bot. Tidsskr., xxiv. p. 331; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p- 951, vex Klong oa: ‘Schmidt, 680 (in bud only !). Hymenopogon parasiticus, Wall—F.B.I., iii. p. 34; For. FI. Burma, ii. p. 73. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, evergreen rs 1440 m., Kerr, 1392. Distr, Himalayas, Burma, Assam Wendlandia glabrata, DC.—F.B. I. 5 Bk p 39 ; For. Fl. Burma, ii, p. 74; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 65. hiengmai, Doi Sootep, i in deciduous jungle, 3 300-900 m., Kerr, 963 ; ? Phre, 156-240 m., Luang Vanpruk, 112 (in young bud only). Di str, Mysore, Burma, China, Tonkin, Wendlandia glabrata, DC., var. floribunda, Craib, var. nov., a typa floribus congestis, alabastris apice pilosis, corollae tubo graciliore recedit, Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, i in Open jungle, 1440 m., Kerr, 1674. The species comprising the genus “ae BS are very closely allied, and probably the plant here described as a variety may eventually have to be raised to specific rank, 387 hieetae paniculata, DC.—F.B.L,, iii. p. 39. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, i in mixed jungle, 660 m., Kerr, 1710, 1715. Distr oe inats Indo-China, Malaya. é eae tinctoria, DC.—F.B.L, iii. p. 38; For. Fl, Burma, i, Boi Chie Dao, 400 m. y ere 472, Distr. N, India, Burma, Yun Dentella repens, Forst.—F.B. L. ») lil, p. 42; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. ae Soc., xxviii. p. 65; Willige, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 9 Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1476; Koh Chang, Klong Sarlakpet, Schmidt, 731. istr. Trop. Asia, Australia, pie heer America Cent, Argostemma stellatum, Craib, sp. ab A, verticillato, Wall., antheris longioribus haud liberis facile aisinghanda Herba erecta, 5-12 cm. alta, folis supra stereiued pauperrime brevissime setulosis exceptis omnino glabra. Folia 4, verticillata, anguste obovata, obovato-elliptica vel fere elliptica, apice pra breviter acuminata, obtusiuscula, basi cuneata, 1*2-3°5 em, 2cm. lata, sessilia vel subsessilia, membranacea, supra fusco- subtus pallide viridia, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 5 pagina utraque subconspicuis. Jn/lorescentia terminalis, e pedunculis 1-5 fasciculatis unifloris vel dichotome cymosis laxe paucifloris constituta, pedun- culo communi ad 2°5 cm. longo, pedicellis 1°5-2°3 cm. longis, Covolta alba (ex Kerr), fere rotata, lobis 4-5 anguste lineari- lanceolatis circa 8 mm. longis 2 mm. latis. Htlamenta brevissima ; antherae in columnam corolla paullo breviorem conniventes, con- nectivo producto Chiengmai, Meh Hia, damp rocks by stream, 390 m., Kerr, 1413. Argostemma verticillatum, Wol/.—F.B.L, iii. p. 43, pro parte. Chiengmai, on damp rocks on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 728. Distr. Himalayas, Khasia, Burma, Yunnan. Oldenlandia auricularia, 7. Muell. a ac Bull. Herb. Boiss., 6 v. (1905) p. 950. O, costata, K. Sch., Bot. Tidsskr., xxiv. p. 330 Williams, l.c. p, 950, non Spermacoce wie Roxb. Hedy yotis auri- cularia, Linn,—F. B. L., iii. p. 58. hang, Schmidt, 412, Distr, SE. Asia, Australia. Oldenlandia coronata, Williams, Bull. agit Boiss., v. (1905) p, 950. Be connata, Hook. f., F.B. L., iii. lengmai, in a vio ‘jungle on Doi Bick 720 m., Kerr, 792. Distr. Amherst, Mergui, Gia laa mé (Pierre, 2034). Oldenlandia states Koen,—F.B.L, iii. p. 67. Raheng, Lindhard. Distr. India, Malay Peninsula. Oldenlandia diffusa, Rord.—F.B.L., iii. p. 65. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1357. Distr. S.E. Asia. Oldenlandia hirsuta, Zinn. f. Hedyotis stipulata, Br.—F.B.T., iii. hiengmai, Doi Sootep, 690 m., Kerr, 1491. Distr. Himalayas, China, J apan, Khasia, Malay Peninsula, 21716 AQ 388 = erate hispida, Benth. Hedyotis hispida, Retz.—F.B.L1., ill ‘Ghicusmas in mixed jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 2 Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Assam, China, Philippines, Cambodia. Oldenlandia nudicaulis, Roth.—F.B.1., iii. p. 70; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 951. Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 767. Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Assam, Java. Oldenlandia paniculata, Zinn.—F.B.L., - Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1474—“a Baio weed,” ee (Hedyotis) tenelliflora, Bl., var. Kerrii, Crazb, var. ypa partibus omnibus paulo majoribus, cymis be og pesvncnr ey vel pedunculis usque ad 1 cm. longis suffultis differt Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, deciduous jungle, 300-750 m., Kerr, 821. The genus Oldenlandia is here used to include the genus Hedyotis of the Flora of British India as proposed by Schumann in Engl. Pflanzenfam., and it is possible that in a revision of the genus “the plant here treated as a variety may have to be regarded as a distinct species. Oldenlandia Wslliehis Craib, comb. nov. Hedyotis Wallichii, Kurz—F.B.L, : Chiengmai, i in » deciding Jame on ee Sootep, 360 m., Kerr, 1498. Distr. Andamans, Burma, Oldenlandia, sp. aif O. SES “(Kort h.). O. lineata, K. Sch Bot. Tidsskr., xxiv. p. 330; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p- 950, non Hedyotis lineata, oxb. oh Cha ang, Klong Son, ‘Schmidt, 634a Anotis quadrilocularis, Hook. f., ¥.B.1., iii. p. 74. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, pone rocks by avait 720 m. ; Kerr, 1421. Distr. Ceylon, S. India Ophiorrhiza Harrisiana, api var. argentea, Hovk. f., F.B.1., iii, p. 78. Chiengna, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 660-900 m., Kerr, 1174, 183 Distr. Bike: Khasia. Ophiorrhiza rosea, Hook. f., F.B.I., iii. p. 78. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 00-1350 m, ae 709, 1254, Distr. Khasia, Mishmi, Sikki V Mussaenda Hossei, Craib, sp. n.,a M. breviloba, S. Moore, foliis tenuioribus indumento subtus parciore, sepalis expansis majoribus, corollae tubo usque ad 2°3 cm. longo eiusque indumento extus parciore differt. Sufrutex circiter 1m. altus (ex Kerr) ; ramuli graciles, primo densius breviter albo-pubescentes, mox fere glabri, cortice rubro- brunneo parce lenticellato obtecti. Folia oblanceolata vel oblongo- 389 obscuris, petiolis usque ad 0°5 cm. Pe suffulta ; stipulae angusté lanceolatae, apice plus minusve bifidae, acutae, 5-7 mm. longae, tae. Receptaculum subellipsoideum, 2°5 mm. altum, 2mm. diametro. Sepala normalia lanceolata, acuta, 2 mm, longa. 0°5 mm. lata, aucta alba (ex Kerr), ad 5°5 em. longa, 4 cm. lata. Corollae aurantiacae (ex Kerr) tubus 2°2-2°3 cm, longus, superne dilatatus, extra, superne praecipue, strigillosus, intra apicem versus villosus, lobi suborbiculares, acuminati, circa 2 mm. diametro. Antherae 4 mm. longae, filamentis brevibus. #ructus oblongo- ellipsoideus, 1°8 cm. altus, 0°8 cm. diametro, lenticellatus, sepala tap) hee idea ore gerens , Doi Sootep, " Hosseus, 242 (Herb. Kew! Hoss. Copenhagen ive in deciduous jungle, 300-900 m., Kerr, 926, ie Hosseus, 447 also from Doi Sootep is probably only a form of M. ria a chiefly in the sparser indumentum of the inflorescenc ildenis oe Craib, sp. n., ex affinitate M. polyneurae, King, a qua foliis ae diversae ‘majoribus, cortice brunneo vel rubro- primo puberuli, mox glabri, cortice ‘pallid brunneo vel nab brunneo striato parce lenticellato obtecti. Folia oblanceolata, oblongo-oblanceolata vel rarissime obovato-oblanceolata, apice acuminata, basi cuneata, 8-22 cm. longa, 2°5-6 cm. lata, chartacea, utrinque glabra nisi nervis subtus brevissime appresse pilulosa, subtus pallidiora, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-9 arcuatis supra conspicuis subtus prominulis, nervulis utrinque, subtus magis, conspicuis ; vetiol 1 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, subglabri ; stipulae deciduae, acuminatae, 2 mm. longac. Cymulae in corymbos foliis breviores dispositae, pedunculo communi usque ad 5 cn. longo, pedunculis partialibus ad 1°5 cm. longis, pedicellis brevibus ; bracteae parvae. Receptaculum glabrescens, circiter 3 mm. altum. Calycis lobi ut videtur post anthesin decidui, normales lineari- lanceolati, acuti, 1-1-5 mm. longi, parce setulosi et breviter setuloso- ciliati, aucti albi (ex Kerr), majusculi, longe petiolati. Corollae tubus 2°5 cm. longus, extus glabrescens, intus pilosus, lobi deltoidei, acuminati, 3 mm, longi, 1°5-2 mm. lati. Antherae anguste lineares, mm, longae. Chiengmai, pares ground in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1112; Phre, 180 m., Luang Vanpruk, 196. Vern. Dok Kem bai (ex Luang Vanpruk). Mussaenda sootepensis, Crazb, sp. n., ab affini M. incana, Wall., ramulorum indumento breviore parciore, foliis valde minoribus, ee tubo breviore oe parciore distincta. rutex parvus ; ramuli primo breviter pilosi, mox fere glabri, dite rubro-brunneo stint obtecti. Folia elliptica, ovalilabeeitnts vel ovata, apice distincte vel vix acuminata, obtusiuscula, basi supra es basi incrassatis instructa, subtus hirsuta, inet lateralibus utrinque 6 pagina utraque conspicuis; petioli ad 4 mm. longi; stipulae lanceolatae, 5 o— te ongae, apice plus minusve é halides: Cy nales dispositae; bracteae parvae, lineari-lanceolatae ; pedicelli rapt Bicaunizhen 3 mm. altum, 390 dense hirsutum. Calycis lobi 5 mm. longi ; sepala in lamina expansa rara, parva. Corollae luteae tubus 2° 2 em. longus, lobi acuminati, 6 mm. longi, 3 mm. lati. Antherae anguste lineares, 4 mm. longae, filamentis circiter 1 mm. longis. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, deciduous jungle, 600 m., Kerr, 1183. Dr. Kerr describes this plant as a low straggling shrub but [ cannot distinguish specifically from it his 744 also collected in deciduous jungle o on Doi Sootep 300-720 m. which he describes as having prostrate creeping shoots. The latter would appear to have grown under more he conditions and has slightly narrower leaves which dry bro Mussaenda mee Wall —F.B.L, iii. p. 86. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 680; Muang Fang, 500 m., Hosseus, 603. Distr. Lower Burma. Mussaenda sp. allied to M. Kerrii, M. polyneura, and mnebany to M. Wallichit but too inoompicte to admit of certainty Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, esas 241, Mycetia cauliflora, Reinw., forma mai, Doi Sootep, sien jungle by stream, 900 m., Kerr, 1833. Distr. Java, Yunnan. Mycetia longifolia, K. Sch. Adenosacme longifolia, Wall—F.B. er iii. p. 95; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 54. Chicngiiiet in evergreen pray on Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1148. Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Assam, Yunnan, Tonkin, Malaya. Randia dumetorum, Lamk.—F.B.L., iii. p. 110. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-450 m., Kerr, 568. This plant is identical with the plant referred to R. tomentosa by Collett and Hemsley in Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 66. In the writer’s opinion it is referable rather to R. dumetorum in the wide sense and may possibly be R. nutans, DC.—a species maintained in For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. Randia Griffithii, Hook. fF 1. p. 112? Chiengmai,. a Sootep, ice aes 1050 m., Kerr, 1776. ries Khas This yibien: is ; represented at Kew by catag specimens only, = thos cole by Dr. ce are “oe in n flow ngifiora, Lamk.— p- “pro parte ; Williams Bult Herb. ee a. van e ‘952, ose ra Klong ‘Son, Schmidt, Distr, China, I int-Chig, Rigen Randia ni? mea a r.? RR. fasciculata, K. Sch., Bot. Tidsskr., xxiv. p. 3 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v . (1905) p. 952, Khang, Schmidt 372. 05) p- 952, pro parte. Webera -remssiine en For. Fl. Burma, ii. p48. Grifithia siamensis, Miq 391 Chiengmai, in deciduous (eng) jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 583; Cape Liant, Murton, on Bangkok, Schomburgk, 113. Distr. Burm The writer ante acquiesce in the treatment of R. longiflora in the Flora of British India, l.c. and proposes the name AR. stamensis for the Indo-China plant with the short corolla tube which was originally described by Miquel as Griffithia siamensis. Randia similis, Craib, sp. n, a RK. ral sha Hook. f., cui affinis, floribus paulo minoribus solitariis ad apices ramulorum brevium intovailicn gestis, robot lobis haud ciliatis recedit. Ramuli validi, cinerei, glabri, haud nitidi, Folia (vix matura ?) sessilia vel subsessilia, iF irsiice Ulannoolatd vel obovato-elliptica, apice rotundata, breviter apiculata, basi cuneata, 1°5-3°5 cm. longa, 0°5-1°5 em. lata, rigide chartacea, utrinque fere glabra nisi subtus inter costam et nervos primarios floccosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque — usque ad 12 pagina utraque conspicuis. Flores solitarii, ad apices ramulorum lateralium 2-5 cm. longorum” gesti. Receptaculum turbinatum, circa 4 mm. altum, fere glabrum, Calycis lobi 5-6, subaequales, lineares, obtusiusculi, cireiter 5 mm, longi, Saee 1-1° ‘c om. longi, 8-9 mm. Tati. Antherae anguste iaeares 9 mm.longae. Ovarium 2-loculare ; stylus validus, glaber, stigmate fusiformi apice brevissime 2-dentato. phe Siam, Paknampo, common in dry deciduous jungle, Witt, 2 Ra ai a sootepensi, Craib, sp. n., a R, macrophylla, Hook. f£., foliis minoribus, calycis lobis vix 4 mm. longis, corolla circiter 6°5 cm. tantum longa es Suffrutex ad 3°5 m. his (ex Kerr), pi oe calyceque exceptis fere omnino glaber. Folia lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice acuminata, acu itiuscula, basi cuneata, 5-15 cm. longa, 1°2-5 cm. lata, subcoriacea, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-8 intra marginem arcuatis pagina superiore subconspicuis inferiore eee ae tiolis : suffulti, Receptaculum cnaoe 4 6 mm. altum, 3 mm. diametro. Calycis tubus 3 mm. longus, lobi lanceolati, acuti, tubo aequialti ; alyx ut in receptaculo appresse albido-hirsutus, lobis intra appresse piihescantibins. Corollae albae et fauce pd eden (ex Kerr) tubus 5°5 cm. longus, parte basi tubulosa 2 mm, diametro superne ampliatus ad 1°2 cm. diametro, lobi 2 cm. fons 12 em, lati, apice obtusi. Antherae 1°4 cm. longae. Stylus 5 em. longus, glaber. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660-800 m., Kerr, 1651, Hosseus, 451a, Randia tomentosa, Hook. f., F.B.L., iii. p. 110; non Coll, et Hemsl., Journ, Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 66. Gardenia dasycarpa, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 42 (ex F.B.L., lc.). Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on lower slopes of Doi Sootep, 300-450 m., Kerr, 576; Murton, 140. Distr. Barna, Cambodis, Java. 392 Randia uliginosa,) DC.— F.B.1., iii. p. 110; For. Fl. Burma, li, p. 44 Chiengmai, in deciduous (eng) jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 579. Distr. India, Burma. Randia Wallichii, Hook. /., ¥.B.1., in. p. 1 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600 m., Kerr, ae Tiss 1196a. Distr. Bhutan, Yunnan, Burma, Khasia, Chittagong, Java. Randia Wittii, Cratb, sp. n., ab affini R. exaltata, Griff., foliis molliter pubescentibus, corolla multo majore facile distinguenda. Arbor 4°5-7°5 m. alta (ex Witt); ramuli primo dense albo- pubescentes, mox glabri, cortice fusco-brunneo obtecti. Folia oblanceolata vel anguste Se ae apice breviter acuminata, obtusiuscula, basi cuneata, * ad 12°5 cm. longa, 6 cm, lata, sub- coriacea, utrinque molliter Sabiaeaitt, nervis lateralibus ce 8-9 supra conspicuis subtus prominulis ; petioli ad 8 mm. longi; stipulae deciduae, 3 mm. longae, 3°5 mm. latae. Cymae pseudo- axillares, pluriflorae, densius breviter hirsutae, pedunculo communi circa 0°5 cm. longo, pedicellis fere 1:5 cm. longis, bracteis Se Receptaculum a Stet fere 4mm. altum. Calyx ad 3mm altum, dentatum. Corollae albae tubi purpureo-picti (ex Witt) pars basi aequalis 7 mm. longa, 4 mm, diametro, pars superior campanu- lata, ad 3°5 cm. longa, apice 4 cm. diametro, lobi oblongi, obtusi, 2°5 cm. longi, 1°7 cm, lati. Antherae linearés, 1°4 cm. longae. Lower Siam, Korat, in dry deciduous jungle, 60 m., Witt. Gardenia erythroclada, Kurz—F.B.L., iii. p. 119; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 40 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn, Soe., XXvill. p. Chiengmai, i in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 647. Distr. Burma ag gts obtusifolia, Roxrb.—¥.B.L., iii. p. 116; For. FI. Burma, a. p. 42, 7 GL ap., Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soe., XXviil. p. 66. Ciiengnai deciduous jungle, foot of Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., Kerr, 5 Distr, Saas Gardenia sessiliflora, Wall—F.B.L., iii. p. 118; For. Fl. Burma, ii, p. 40. Chiengmai, mixed jungle, foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 587. Distr. Pe _ Gardenia sootepensis , Hutchinson, sp. n., affinis G. coronariae, Ham., sed foliis subtus molliter tomentellis differt. nervis lateralibus utrinque 15-20 leviter obliquis subtus valde ibe geen venis subtus ‘aula conspicuis ; stoma ad 1 em s, viscidus, puberulus ; stipulae connatae, 1 cm. ratae et deciduae. lores ad ramulorum apices solitarii ; pedicelli d-1°6 em. longi, sie ee viscidi, puberuli. Receptaculum subcylin- draceum, 5 mm. longum, pu erulum um. Calyx tubulosus, superne unilateraliter fissus, 1°3-1°5 cm. longus, extus viscidus, parce 393 pubescens, intus appresse pilosus. Corolla alba, demum flava (ex Kerr); tubus cylindraceus, 5-5°5 em. longus, medio 3-4 mm. diametro, extus sane puberulus, intus glaber; lobi 5, late obovati, cireiter 4 em, ongi et 3 cm. lati, venosi, glabri. Antherae supra medium affixae, 1°5 cm. longae, circiter 2mm, exsertae vel inclusae. Stylus 6 cm. longus, sulcatus, inferne parce subappresse pubescens, stigmate clavato. Ovarit placentae 2. Fructus oblongo-ellipsoideus, 4 cm. longus, vix 3 cm. diametro, parce lenticellatus ; Sates Se durum, lignosum, 2 mm. crassum. Semina co, fove Sa Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, mixed jungle, 750 m., Ker 1794 Griffith 2818 from Burma is probably this sieht. though the intermodes on the main branchlets are much longer than in the — Siamese specimens. i erciawt Aeettcape Craib, sp. n., H. strictae, W. et A., valde affinis, a qua stipulis mult 0 longioribus, ealycis lobis sanjortuc, bracteolis eee facile distrust da. Frutex ad 2°4 m. altus (ex Kerr), peahe ce excepta glaber ramuli subquadrangulares, cortice rubro-brunneo. Folia Intieeolata vel erage ez apice acuminata, mucronata, basi cuneata, 13-16°5 cm. longa, 3°5-4 cm. lata, subcoriacea, margine integro, nervis fatorslibiis utrinque since 9 intra marginem arcuatis supra conspicuis subtus cum nervis transversis prominentibus; petioli em, vix attingentes ; stipulae rigidae, dorso superne carinatae, us ad 1 em. longae. Injlorescentia generis. Bracteae Srascootiaias stipulis similes, calycis lobos vix aequantes, es Receptaculum turbinatum, 1°5 mm, altum. Calycts lobi 3°5 longi, acuti, ciliati. Corollae albae tubus vix 2 mm. longus, ‘be 2 mm. longi, ciliolati. Stamina pistillumque generis Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Soot tep, 660 m. , Kerr, 1145; on By clearing on Doi Sootep, 750 m., Kerr, nt in its calyx and bracts somewhat resembles the narrow- le elas ° hase plant included in the Flora of British India under H., stricta but is readily distinguished from it by its leaves which are similar to typical HI, stricta. Diplospora siamica, Crab, sp. a D. pubescente, Hook, f., cui affinis, foliis tenuioribus longius ssstidlatigge calyce subtruneato, corolla majore recedit. ue ms co Ramu primo pubescentes, mox glabri, ad 5 mm.diametro. Folia wrutarlaiteolats, oblongo-oblanceolata vel obovato-elliptica, apice sian’ a mm. longae. teh ex axillis foliorum delapsorum, petiolos subaequans ; pedicelli breves ; bracteae bracteo- aeque parvae, ciliatae, ilae connatae, hae liberae. Receptaculum campanulatum, 0°75 mm. altum, 1 mm. diametro, glabrum. Calyx subpa atelliformis, 1 mm. altus, fere 2 mm. diametro, subtruncatus, pauperrime ciliatus. Corollae tubus 2°5 mm. longus, lobi 4, 3 mm. longi, 2°5 mm. lati. Antherae 2°5 mm. longae, filamentis foie Stylus 4mm. longus, glaber, ad medium bifidus. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, evergreen jungle, 1650 m., Kerr, 1749. 394 Knoxia brachycarpa, R. Br.—F.B.L, iii. p. 130. Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 450 m., Kerr, 721. Distr. Tropical Himalaya, Behar, Pegu, Cambodia Knoxia corymbosa, Willd.—F.B.I., i. p. 128 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviil. p. 66. hiengmai, in eng Une on Doi Sootep, 300-450 m. i Kerr, 799 ; in open grassy spots on Doi Sootep, 1350 m., Kerr, 78 Distr, India, Perini: China, Malaya, N. ‘Asal Plectronia didyma, Kurz, For. Fl. Bur dc. P; Soy grins : Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 953. i otcun did en Gaertn. f . —F.B.L, iii. p. 32, Chiengmai, deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, ae Kerr, 1079. Distr, India, Assam, China, Cochinchina, Malay Plectronia parvifolia, Kurz, For. Fl, Burma, ii. p. a Canthium ag neg Roxb.—F.B.1., iii. p. 135. engmai, Doi Sootep, 450-1050 m., Kerr, 664. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, S. China, Malaya. Vangueria pubescens, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, 'ii. p. 34; Coll. et Hemsl., sam Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 66. V. spinosa, Roxb., var. mollis, Hook. at BLy ili, p..136. Ciioneeal, in eng jungle, 300 m., — 582. Distr. Bengal, Burma, Ca mbodia Ixora amoena, Wall.—F.B.1., p. 146; non Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 954. ale stricta, Williams, le. p. 955, at least for Schmidt, 621a, non Roxb. Lem Dan, Schmidt, 621a. ala a Distr. Ixora arguta iA ecMears Br.—F.B.L, i P 149, p.p. Stylocoryne Walicki K. Sch., Bot. Tidsskr., xxiv. p. 3 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (190 5) p. ok non Webera Pattiohs, Hook. f Lem Dan, Schmidt, 800. Disir. Malay Peninsula. Ixora grandifolia, Zoll, et Mor., var. glabra, Crazb, var. nov., a typa paniculis glabris facile distinguenda. Chiengmai, in eng. jungle on Doi i Sootep, 330-600 m. Kerr, 530, 1706; xg a tae 178 (Herb. Kew! et Copenhagen!) ; : Doi Chieng Dao, 400m. 5 Hoseety: te Lao name, Dawk Kem (ex K Murton, 75 enumerated by Williams under J, stricta, is probably also a form or variety of J. grandifolia. Ixora pavettaefolia, Crab, comb. nov. Mussaenda pavetiuefolia, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, i b.-p. OF; F BES iis: pe-91, °-T. debits, Drake, Journ. de Bot., ix. (1895) p. "934, iengmai, Doi Sootep, 750 m., Kerr, 642. Distr. Burma, Tonkyeghat, Kurz, 1409. China: Yunnan, Henry, 13757 ; Hainan, Katsumatra in Herb. Hongkong, 6714, 6717, 6718, Tonkin. Balansa, 2662, 2663. The fruit of this plant has not, so ‘far as the writer is aware, yet been collected ; until fruit is collected, it would appear advisable to follow Drake and leave it in Ixora, though the habit is scarcely that of an Jzora. 395 Ixora spectabilis, Wall.—F.B.L., iii. p. 141. L. grandifoliae, var.? —Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., XXViii. p. 67. Chiengmai, 300 m. , Hosseus, 451 (Herb. Kew! et Copenhagen !) ; Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1800. Distr. urma. Ixora stricta, Rorb.—F.B.L., iii. p.145; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 26; Williams, Bull. Herb. ee v.(1905) p. 955, pro parte. I. amoena, Williams, l.c. p. 954, non Wall. m Dan, Schmidt, 25, Dai. India, China: Indo-China. Pavetta indica, Linn.—F.B.L., iii. p. 150. Zzora Pavetta, Roxb.— For. FI. urma, ii. 8. Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-1050 m., Kerr, 1149, 1775; Bangkok, Schomburgh, 214. Distr. India, . China, throughout Indo-China, Malaya. Pavetta indica, Linn., var. tomentosa, Hook, f., F.B.L, i. p. 150, Tvora tomentosa, Roxb.—For. F 1. Burma, ii. p. 19. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1050 m., Kerr, 725 ; Phre, 150-240 m., Ad Vanpruk, 185. istr. India, Burma; Assam, Tonkin, Malaya. Tas name, Khem Peh (ex Luang Vanpruk). Morinda tinctoria, Roxb.—F.B.L., iii. p. 156; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 67. »Chiengmai in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 600-900 m. » Kerr, ; Doi Sootep, 700-1000 m., Hosseus, 450 (Herb. Rew! e Chbeitegd n!); Phre, 120-180 m., Luang ee 151. Distr. Throughout India, Indo-China, Malay Probably ue form described as M. ininntha: Kurz., For, Fl. Burma, ii. p. Morinda Hecate Roxb., var. tomentosa, Bilehe J, ekheee eG p. 156. M. tomentosa, Heyne—For, FI. i, p. 60. Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sastep. 420-440 1 m., Kerr, 1182, 1819; Phre, 156-210 m., Luang Vanpruk, 172. istry. India, Burma, Prismatomeris tetrandra, K.Schum. P. albidz thee Thw.—F.B.L., ili, p. 159. Coffea tetrandra, Roxb.—For. Fl. Fetes » I, Py 28, Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 480 m., Kerr, 683 Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Cambodia, Cochiachina, Malaya. Psychotria sp. hiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 900-1050 m., Kerr, 1123, 1188. n the absence of fruit I hesitate to deseribe this as new. - Chasalia chiang Thw—¥.B.I p. 176; a Fl. Burma, ii. p. 14; William vee nee i, v. 7. (190 5) p. Chiengmai, Doi Bon , in evergreen jungle, 8 m., go 1154. Distr. India, Heo Indo-China, ya. “ Cephaelis = Craib, sp. n., a speciebus indicis adhuc descrip- tis foliis multo minori arm taolle distinguenda. Radix crassa, Serta, caules lignosi, teretes, ad 52 em, alti, primo ferrugineo-pilosi, mox glabri, cortice pallide brunneo striato obtecti. Folia lanceolata, apice acutiuscula, Aas: euneata, 7-13 cm. longa, 396 3-5 em. lata, chartacea, margine integra, supra glabra, subtus costa nervisque praecipue pilosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 7-8 intra marginem arcuatis ete Conspretis subtus prominentibus, nervis transversis et cons ; petioli 0°5-1 em. longi, pilosi ; stipulae deciduae. Iojlarestonti pata, terminalis, densa, capitata. Recepta- culum 1°5 mm. longum, hirsutum. Calycis lobi lanceolati, 3 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, extus hirsuti. Corolla viridis ; tubus fere 4 mm. longus, extus fere sige intus fauce dense albo-villosus ; lobi deltoidei, 1°5 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, apice duriusculi, extus apicem versus pilosi. Stamina fauce inserta, antheris paullo exsertis. Ovarium 2-loculare, ovulis solitariis erectis, disco majuscolo coro- natum; stylus 2 mm. longus, crassiusculus, styli ramis 0°5 mm longis suberectis. iengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 660 m., Kerr, 1173. As Psychotria stands at present this plant might about equally well be considered as belonging to that genus. Lasianthus Hookeri, C. B. Clarke ex Hook f., F.B.L., iii. p. 184. Chiengmai, et Sootep, i in evergreen jungle, 900 m. an 1157. Distr. Khas 49 Lasianthus tai Craib, sp. n., a L. Wightiano, Hook. f., ramulis Ad hse fulvo-hirsutis, foliis supra glabris, nervis lateralibus utrinque tantum recedit. Suffrutez prilets ela usque ad 1°2 m. altus (fide Kerr); ramuli appresse fulyo- vel juventute brunneo-hirsuti. Folia oblanceolata, sltptied-cbkandaolats vel oblonga, apice breviter acuminata, acutius- cula, basi cuneata, obtusa vel rotundata, 5-10 cm. longa, 1°7-4 cm. lata, chartacea vel rigide chartacea, supra glabra, subtus costa nervisque hirsuta, cetera pubescentia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-7 supra sicco oe ee subtus cum nervis transversis valde prominentibus ; petioli 4-9 mm. longi; stipulae deciduae, lineari- lanceolatae, ad 6 mm. longae, 1°5 mm. latae. Cymae axillares, Se: ; bracteae parvae, subulatae. Receptaculum 2 mm. altum, 15 mm. diametro, strigillosum. Sepala lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 2 mm. seem 0°75 mm. lata, extra strigillosa. Corollae albae tubus 7 mm. longus, extra parce hirsutus, lobi 2 mm. longi, obtusi. Antherae ee 1*5 mm. longae, filamentis brevissimis. Ovariwm 4-locular Chiationad, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1260 m., Kerr, 1501. Lasianthus Kurzii, Hook. f., F.B.L., iii. p. 183. LZ. stercorarius, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, ii. p- 31, non BL. (ex F.B.L., Le hiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m. , Kerr, 1122. Distr. Burm Lasianthus funidus: Bi—F.B.L, iii, p. 184; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 955. a Tntanon, 2350 m. if mimes 353 (Herb. Kew! et Copenhagen!). Khasia, Java, Celebes. sats Kerrii, Crab, sp. n., a P. lanuginosa, Wall., foliis minoribus indumento subtus viz. sa denso, receptaculo hirsuto haud tomentoso, sepalis ao corolla sicco nigra recedit _Suffrutex scandens ; ramuli primo parcius hirsuti, plus minusve glabrescentes, parce lenticellati. Folia ovato-oblonga vel ovato- elli apice acuminata, acuta, basi alte .cordata, 3-12°5 cm. 397 longa, 1-9 cm. lata, chartacea, supra icbetals, subtus tomentella, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-7 pagina utraque conspicuis ; petioli 0°7-3°3 cm. longi ; stipulae mediocres, ovatae vel oblongae, acutae, reflexae. Bracteae parvae, lanceolatae, acutae. Receptaculum plerumque densius hirsutum, 2 mm. altum, 2°5 mm. diametro Sepala Erato acutiuscula, 2 mm. longa, fere 1°5 mm. lata. Corollae tubus ad 1°6 cm. longus, 3°5 mm. diametro, pai parce pilosus, intus dands villosus. Styli glabri rami 1°3 cm. lon Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 534; behind Ban Djam, 350-500 m., Hosseus, 369 (Hb. Kew! et Copenhagen !). Distr. Tenasserim, Thoungyen, Beddome;? Yunnan, Henry, 9126. Henry’s specimen is referred. here doubtfully as it is in an advanced fruiting stage. Paederia pilifera, Hook. f., var. siamensis, Craib, var. nov., & typa foliis angustioribus, fructu majore, eiusque indumento crassiore, sepalis fructescentibus suberectis haud reflexis recedit. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 540 m., Kerr, 1076. The writer has seen only two sheets of P. pilifera—the type specimen in the Wallichian herbarium and one collected by Collett (P. lanuginosa, Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 67, non Wall.). Both are fruiting specimens and Kerr’s specimens—also i in fruit—differ from the type in the rather narrower more parallel- sided leaves, the somewhat larger fruit crowned by the suberect not reflexed sepals. Borreria stricta, K. Sch. Spermacoce stricta, Linn. £.—F.B.L, iii. p. 200. hiengmai, i in mixed jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1348 ; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 51. Distr. 8S. i, Asia, Trop. Africa, Mascerene Is, Rubia siamensis, Craid, sp. n., a A. cordifolia, Linn., foliis semper oppositis, inflorescentiae rachi crassiore, bracteis parvis facile distinguenda Caules scan nadentes, breviter sparse aculeati. Folia ovata vel ovato-lanceolata, cordata, apice acuta, 6-11 cm. longa, 3-7'2 cm. lata, chartacea, utrinque costa nervisque aculeata, e basi 3—5-nervata, nervis supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus nervis secondariis obscuris vel subobscuris; petioli ad 8 cm. longi ut in caulibus aculeati. Paniculae axillares, ad 30 cm. longae, bracteis parvis ; ; pedicelli ad 3 mm. longi. "Receptaculum 0°5 mm latum, glabrum ; calyx obsoletus. Corollae viridia tubus 1:25 mm. longus, lobi lineari-lanceolati, acuti, 2 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati, intra pulverulento - ilulosi, Discus Laila tumidus. Stylus’ brevis, glaber, stigmate capitato 2-lobat hiengmai, Doi Sootep, in acess jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1832. V ALERIANACEAE, a — Wall_—F.B.L,, iii. Chien oi Sootep, in open grassy jae, 1500 m., Kerr, 882, Distr. fcsicp Burma, Yunnan, Java 398 COMPOSITAE, Vernonia bracteata, Wall.—F.B.L, i. p. 232; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. Chiengmai, Doi Soot, 600-650 m., Kerr, 828a, Hosseus, 313a, Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Assam. Vernonia chinensis, Less —F.B.I., ii. p. 235. V. sinensis, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1200 m., Kerr, 789. Distr. China, throughout Indo-China, Malaya. Vernonia Cumingiana, Benth. ? Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1114, Vernonia Curtisii, Crazb et ray a Kew Bull., 1910, p. 22. Kedah, Langkawi, Curtis, 2127, 3 Vernonia divergens, Kdgew.—-F.B. : -» ii, p. 234; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soce., xxviii. p. 69. Chiengma, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1200-1650 m., Kerr, 524 Distr. ‘India, Burma, Assam. Vernonia elaeagnifolia, DC—E.BL +) li, p. 237 ; For. FI. aoe ii, p. 80; Williams, Bull. Herb, Boiss., v. (1905) p. 957. hiengmai, 300° m., in scrub ju ungle, Kerr, 1693; Bangkok, Schomburgh, As Zimmerman 101 ; Chantaboon, Murton 63. Di Vernonia faa Hook, f., F.B.L, iii. p. 240. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600-1800 m., Hosseus, 458. Distr. Burma, Yunnan, Vernonia Roxburghii, Less.—F.B.L, iii. p. 232. Wang Djao, Hosseus, 50 Distr. India, Bur Vernonia saligna, DC.—F.B.L, iii. p. 235, Doi Intanon, 600 m., Hosseus, 328. Distr. N epaul, Assam, Burma, Yunnan, Vernonia teres, Wall.—¥.B.1,, iii, 30. Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi Scotep 300-600 m., Kerr, 828, Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Yunn Vernonia volkamerifolia, DC.—F.B. .. + lil. p. 240. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1200-1650 m., Kerr, 523, Hosseus, 227. Distr. Sikkim, Ass: = Burma Sap itee ges i Forst., var. latifolia, as fas ‘FBI. = 242 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) 957. a ee Doi Sootep, 690-900 m., Kerr, 1259, M1499, Distr. Tropics. Ageratum conyzoides, Linn.—F’.B.L,, iii. p. 243 ; Williams, Bull, Herb. Boiss., v. (1905 )P . 958. Chiengmai, 300 m., “a garden weed,” Kerr, 1633 ; Doi Sootep, 700 m., Hosseus, 483 ; faces Zier mann, 70, Distr, Tropical ee eastwards to Japan and Malay Archi- 399 Eupatorium cannabinum, Linn. —F.B.I, «243. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in open end sie 1500 m., Kerr, 1387, Distr. Europe and Temperate Asia. Eupatorium odoratum, ae —F.B.L, iii. p. 244; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. Chiengmai, Doi Tete pve 720 m., Kerr, 924; Nakontai, 300 m., Hosseus, 718a; Raheng, Lindhard, 71. A native of W. Indi es—firmly established in Burma. ie ade I pelea. Poir.—F.B.1., iii. p. 247; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 70. Chieng ea banks of Meh Ping, 350 m., Hosseus, 526 ; Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1696—“ a garden weed.” Distr, Tropical Asia and Africa. Aster trinervius, Roxb.—F.B.L, iii. p. 252. Doi Chieng is 2000 m., Hosseus, 406. istr. Himalayas s, Burma, ssam, China, Jap The Siam plant quoted i is the A. asperrimum, Wall, Cat. 2970 in erb. Kew. Erigeron tga Willd, ie n old clearings on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 646. Distr. i pei and Philippines to Canaries, Conyza viscidula, Wall—F.B.L., iii. p. 258. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720-900 m., Kerr, 1725, Hosseus, 306. istr. India, Burma, Assam, China, Malay Archipelago, Australia, Blumea aromatica, DC.—F.B.L., iii. p. 270. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1650 m., Kerr, 1 Distr. Himalayas, Yunnan, Khasia, pee Bins balsamifera, DC.—F.B.L., ui. p. 270; Coll. et Hemsl., ourn, Linn. Soc., xxvili. p. 71; Williams, Bull, Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 958. uang Prow, 480 m., Kerr, 103 Distr. Tndia, Burma, Assam, Tonkin, Molag Blumea glomerata, DC.—F.B.L., iii. p. Coll. et acing Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 71 ; Williams, Ball Herb. Boiss., (1905) p. 958. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-700 m., Kerr, 940, Hosseus, 294. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, 8. China, Malay Archipelago, Philippines. Blumea merase, DC. eos B.1., iil. p. 263; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soce., xxviii. Chiengmai to Musas ee 450 m., Hosseus, 294a, Distr. India, Burma, China, Tonkin, Java, Blumea Hossei, Crab, sp. n., ab affini B. gracili, Dunn, foliis acutis haud integris facile distinguenda. Herba erecta, 25-40 em, alta ; caules solitarii, graciles, poe scabriduli praetereaque superne albo-pilosi icem versus gradatim decrescentia, sessilia, pases oe vel oblanceolata, apice acuta, mucronata, 2°5-6 cm. longa, 0°7-1°2 em, lata, margine irregulariter dentata dentibus induratis, rigida, supra juventute pilis albidis deciduis basi incrassatis instructa, mox partibus incrassatis persistentibus scabridula, subtus aoe primo costa nervisque 400 praecipue pilosa, dentibus exceptis ciliata, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 6 pagina superiore obscuris inferio e prominulis, Capitula ad caulis apicem congesta, erecta, circiter : mm, fone, 7 mm, lata, pedunculis brevibus suffulta. Involueri campanulati bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, acutae, exteriores gradatim minores, ciliolatae, extus pubescentes. sega Doi Sootep, 1050 m., Hosseus, 494 (Herb. Kew! et Copenhagen !). Blumea membranacea, ))C., var. subsimplex, see Af iy ages: i. p- 265; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. Chiengmai, at foot of Doi Sootep, ie m. oF ca. Disir. Sikkim, Bengal, Assam, —— Zimmermann’s specimen from Bangkok quoted by Williams lL.c. p- 958 under B. virens is referable rather to B. membranacea, and probably is the variety swbsimplex of shat species, Blumea oxyodonta, DC.—F.B.L, iti. p. 266; Williams, Bull. Herb. sia v. (1905) p. 958. n Gao, 360 m., Hosseus, 384. Distr. India, Burs, China, Philippine Evidently allied to this species is poste 482, from Doi Sootep. Laggera am eee —F.B.L, iii. p. 271; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. es Soares in — grassy jungle on Doi Sootep, 1350 m., Kerr, 1688 Distr. SB. Asia, Trop. Africa. Laggera flava, Benth—F.B.I., iii. p. 270; Coll. et ee Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 71; Williams, Bull, Herb. Boiss., (1905) p. 958. Chiengmad, Doi ace 300-800 m., Kerr, 939, Hosseus, 292; panes, Lindhard, 6 India ern Assam, Yunnan, Malay Peninsula. ie starodonita: Benth.—F .B.1., iii. p. 271; Coll, et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 71. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1650 m., Kerr, 1676. Distr. Trop. Asia and Africa Pluchea BL -ostocg Kurz—Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v (1905) p. 9 Meh ictier: 420 m., Kerr, 10 Distr. Burma, Szemao eBons @ Arty, 218). Sphaeranthus indicus, Linn.—F.B.L., iii. p. 275 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 72. Chiengmai, 300 m., in paddy fields, Kerr, 1666. Distr. Trop. E. Asia, Africa, Australia. Kerr’s plant belongs. to the form mollis (Roxb. pro sp.). Anaphalis margaritacea, Benth. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1700 m., Hosseus, 189. Distr. Asia, N, America Gnaphalium Lenioad Linn. ak, B.L,, iii. p. 289; Coll, et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 72. hiengmai, Doi Sota. 7 00-900 m. See 274, 487; Chieng- - 300 m., Kerr, 1671—* a garden weed.” _ Distr, Senegal to China and J spat ox south to Australia, 401 Gnaphalium multiceps, ’al/.—Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., ake P. 72. G.luteo-album, Linn., var. multiceps, Hook. f., F.B.L., iii, p. 288. Ocal, he bsg 660-700 m., Kerr, 1144, Hosseus, 488. Distr. Nor ndia, Burma, ‘Assam, China, i apan, Tonkin, Malay A canipsles Inula Cappa, DC.—F.B.L., iti. p. 295; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. inn. Soc., xxviii. p. 72. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-1570 m., for 937, Hosseus, 231, 289 ; Doi Chieng Dao, 2180 m., Hosseu At first sight remarkably different out the Simla form, this plant is probably I. oblonga, DC. Inula eupatorioides, DC_—F.B.L, iii. p. 295. Doi Intanon, 1000 m., Hosseus, 331. Distr, Khasia, Ann Hisalayse to Sikkim. Inula nervosa, Wall., var.? Magy et In open Shinty jungle on Doi Sootep, 1350-1500 m., err, 1502. Distr. Himalayas, Khasia, Naga Hills, es Inula polygonata, DC.—F.B.I., iii, p. 293; Coll. et Hemsl., ourn., Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 72; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. op Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-800 m., ae 916, Hosseus, 290 ; Rakontay, Pi srtay. 725; Raheng, Lindhar d, 3 Distr. Burma. Inula rubricaulis, C. B. Clavie %, B.L, iti. 296. Doi Chieng Dao, 2100 m., Hosseus, 417. istr. Himalayas, Assam, Yunnan. nula sp. iene Doi Sootep, 700 m., Hosseus, 422. Vicoa_auriculata, Cass.—F.B. : iii. p. 297; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soce., xxviii. p. 73. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-600 m., Kerr, 930, Hosseus, 293. Distr. India, Burma, Yunn Xanthium aaa a Linn. —F. B.L., iii. p. 303. uang Prow, 480 m., Kerr, 10 Distr. Tropics and seins tae Siegesbeckia orientalis, Linn.—F.B.I., iii. p. 304. ome aa by a temple on waste ground on Doi Sootep, 1020 m., Kerr, 86 Distr. “Tropics and subtropics. Enhydra fluctuans, Lour.—F.B.I., iii. p. 304; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soe., xxviii. a Bangkok. “Zimmermann, 9 ; Chiengmai, eee m., Kerr, 1667. abou 8. E. Asia, Australia, Biers Afric 21716 Gynura pseudo-china, DC.—F.B. I., iii. p. 334; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 74. hiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1802. Distr. India, Burma, Malaya res angustifolia, DC. £. ‘préensndillle DC,—F.B.L, iui. p. 3 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 700-1050 m., Kerr, 1118, Hosseus, 269, Distr. Sikkim, Assam, Yunnan, Philippines, mech Craibiana, Hosseus. hieng Dao, 1800-2200 m., Hosseus, 395 (Herb. Kew! Hoss. ! iitikagen iy Senecio nagensium, C. B. Clarke, var. Lobbii, Craib, S. densiflorus, Wall., var. rat Hook. f., F. se L., i. p. 355. Chien ngmai, Doi Sootep, 9 m., Kerr, 952; Doi Chieng Dao, °160 m., ews 397; Doi eta 1180 m., Hosseus, 335. Distr. Burma. This plant may eventually prove to be a rayed state of S. nagen- sium. ‘To the writer, the plant referred to this species by Collett and Hemsley, Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 75, appears distinct, its leaves being —— not cuneate at the base and the serrations being much finer. Senecio triligulatus, Ham,—F.B.L., iii. p. 356. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1650 m., Kerr, 1679. Distr. E. Himalayas, Burma, Yunn Saussurea phyllocephala, Coll. et ay. Saar Linn, Soe., xxviil. 3. 46, Distr. Tricholepis a "Kure. B.L, iii. p. 380. hiengmai, Doi Sootep, in open Jungle, 1350-1500 m., Kerr, 1641. Distr. Kieren. Tenasserim, Yunna Leucomeris decora, Aurz, For. FI. Bath il. Pr 78; F.B.L, iti. p. 387; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 77. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1380 m., Kerr, 601; Pre. 156- 240 m., Luang Vanpruk, 113. Distr. * heeste Yunnan. Ainsliva pteropoda, DC.—F'.B.I., tii. p. 388. Doi Intanon, 2565 m., Hosseus, 358a. Distr. Himalayas, ‘Assam, Burma, Yun The Shan Hill plant quoted by ‘Collett aia aaviasy; Journ. Linn. it ape p- 77, under this species is a much more robust plant, and is C, ar rie’ s A. silhetensis which that author afterwards regarded as a variety of A. pteropoda. Pertya Hossei, Craib, sp. a P. scandente, Sch. Bip., foliis rigidioribus, capitulis paulo Jotiglaeitiod. & P. ovata, Maxim., ramulis glabris, foliis minoribus, — longioribus angustioribus, involucri practeis paucioribus rece Suffruter 1*5 m. altos” (ex Hosseo); ramuli graciles, angulati, glabri, cortice cinereo-brunneo. Folia alterna, ovato-lanceolata vel Chiengmai, Doi Sti 1350-1570 m., Kerr, 1642, Hosseus, 230. pper 403 ovata, apice acuta, basi cuneata, 1°5-3°3 cm, longa, 1-2 cm, lata, subcoriacea vel rigide chartacea, glabra nisi margine ciliolata, distanter pauci-serrata, trinervata, nervis supra conspicuis subtus prominulis ; petioli breves, Cw ula pluriflora, 2°3 em. longa ; ae, interiores lineari-oblongae, vhiiase, rigidae, glabrae. Corollae tubus 1 cm. longus, superne ampliatus, lobi anguste lineari-lanceolati, apice revoluti, 0°5 em. longi. Antherae circiter 0°5 cm. longae, basi caudis 2 mm. longis ciliatis instructae. Achaenia vix matura, pilosula, _ costata, Doi Chieng Dao, 2100 m., Hosseus, 405 (Herb. Kew! et Copenhagen !). Gerbera gr rene Cass. ee B.L, iii. p. 389 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. Ghienglanl, on tops = oie in open jungle on Doi Sootep, 1350-1500 m., Kerr, 6 TAF, India, Ching, Trop. and §. Africa, Mascerene Islands, Crepis acaulis, Hook. f, F.B.1, iii. p. 396; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. Chiengmai, 300 m. , Hosseus, 442 ; Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 1727. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Yunnan. Crepis chloroclada, Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soe., xxviii. 78 Chiengmai, in open grassy jungle on Doi Sootep, 1200-1500 m., Kerr, 1108. Distr. Upper Burma, Yunnan. Crepis japonica, Benth.—F.B.1., iii. p. 395; Coll, et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 78. Muang Fang, 300 m., Hosseus, 615. spent Japan south to Australia and west to Afghanistan and S. Afri Lactuca " Parishii, Craib, sp. ee affini L. alatipidi, Coll. et Hemsl., foliorum lobis iagsienioebux. lobo terminal basi fere recto marginibus rectis vel nonnihil concavis sed nunquam convexis, lobis lateralibus a lobo a haud tam distantibus, acheniorum rostris multo brevioribus rece Herba ~eerp aaa 12 dm. vel ultra alta. /olia canlina inferiora petiolo 7-12 cm. longo alato suffulta, pnnalivete, 14-31 em. longa, lobo terminali deltoideo acuto 9-14 c 7-11 em. lato, lobis lateralibus utrinque 2-4 ieee a lobo terminali nunquam ultra 1 cm, distantibus plerumque lanceolatis acutis 2-5 cm. longis 1°2-2°5 cm. latis, rachi inter lobos alata, 'membranacea, margine irregulariter lobata et praeterea over denticulata. Capitula laxe paniculata, erecta, circiter 12-flor vix 1°35 cm, a attingentia. Achaenia compressa, 0°5 cm, alta, apice in rostrum 1 mm, longum attenuata, faciebus circa 5-costata, costis spate praecipue pilis brevibus rigidis scabridula. Burma, Moulmein, 1200-1500 m., Parish, 423. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600- 1000 m., Hosseus, 454 (Herb. ae ! et Hoss.!), Kerr, 1683, 21716 : ee 404 CAMPANULACEAE. Pratia begonifolia, Lind/—F.B.I., iti. p. 422 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 80. Uhidngiaih Doi Sootep, 1350 m., Kerr, 706, Distr, SE. Asia Lobelia cedar Wall. —F.B.1., 11. p. 4 Chien » Doi Sootep, 900-1050 m., “Hoane 497, Kerr, 1756. Distr. hats. Burma, Assam, S. China, Malaya Lobelia Griffithii, Hook. f. et as » var. dopattiniial, a Journ. As. Soc. Beng., xlvi. p. 211. LL. Griffithii, Hook. f. et Th. F.B.L, iii. p. 424, parte. Chiengmai, Doi Bes, 330 m., Kerr, 1466. Distr. Burma. Closely allied to this plant is Hosseus, 462 from Doi Chieng Dao. Lobelia terminalis, C. B.Clarke, F.B.I., iii. p. 424. aga Doi ag 800 m., Hosseus, 268. . Ben Dist Lobelia trialata, ag —F.B.1., iii. p. 425. eae ee Batali in open sae 660-1350 m. » Kerr, 1517. Distr. N. India, Burma, Assam, Java. Seaaicned ilohion piece. B.L., iii. p. 436. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 660 m., Kerr, 1217. Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Borneo. a cordata, Maxim. Codonopsis cordata, Hassk., Retzia, i. p. 9, Chien iengmai, in coe and open jungle on Doi Sootep, 900- 1200 m., Kerr, 1371. Distr, J ava, Sumatra. I have seen neither Hasskarl’s original plant nor the type of C. javanica, Bl. Kerr’s plant agrees with a plant collected by Teysmann and named C. cordata by lime esl plant however Koorders regards as C. javanica, Blum Oaacicaee. Agapetes Hosseana, Diels, Fedde Rep. Nov. Sp., i. p. 16 ; Hosseus, Bot. Centralbl., Beihefte, xxvii. 2, p. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1350-1650 m. , Hosseus, 219, Kerr, 514 ; Doi Intanon, 2550 m., Hosseus, 351; Doi Chieng Dao, 2180 m., Hosseus, 393. Lao name, Dog Ga fag, (ex Hosseo, l.c.). Karen name, Lonuteho, (ex Hosseo, l.c.). Vaccinium exaristatum, Awrz—For. Fl. Burma, ii. 91; Coll et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 81. V. bancanum, C. B Clarke LF .B.I,, iii. p- 454, pro parte, non Miq. V. Donian 5005 Hosseu Bot. Centralb, Beihefte, Xxvil. 2, p. 506 (at least for Hosseus, 495) non Wight Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 700-1350 m., Kerr, 541, Hosseus, 425 ; aoe gaan Poon d Ms te 114, Distr. an Closely allied to this pa is Hosseus, 204 from Doi Sootep (V. Leschenaultii, Hosseus, lc., p. 506, non Wight), and alas V, mandarinorum, Diels, from China, 405 ERICACEAR, Rhododendron I Fedde Rep Hook. f—¥.B.1., iii. p. 463. . stamensis, Diels, Fedde . Nov. aoe iv. p. 289 : Hosseus, Bot. Centralbl., Beihefte, xxvii. . iengmai, Doi siateiea 1500 m, Pihiaseds 507. Distr. Moulm Rhododendron ooyfiylival Franchet ents ai, common in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 900- n. Very close to and probably not specifically distinct from R. moulmainense, Hook. and R. Westlandii, Hemsl. Rhododendron Veitchianum, Hook. ee Pp . formosum, Wall., var. Vettchianum, Hosseus, Bot. coitraltl. i 5. iter Burma, | ani pur. Rhododendron Ludwigianum, Hosseus Doi Chieng Dao, 2180 m., Hosseus, 401. Pieris ovalifolia, D. Don—F.B.1., ili. p. 460; Hosseus, Bot. Centralbl., Beihefte, ee "9, p. 506. preter ovalifolia, Wall.— For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 9 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1350-1650 m., Kerr, 674, Hosseus, 533a. Distr. Himalayas, Burma, Assam, China, Japan. Craibiodendron shanicum, W. W. Smith, Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind., i 277 iv. ‘Chaenpmsi, Doi Sootep, 360-840 m., Kerr, 1282, 1282a, 1369. Distr. Burma, Yunnan MonoTROPACEAE. Hypopithys lanuginosa, Nutt.—F.B.L, iii. p. 476. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1230 m., Kerr, 678. Distr. Himalayas, Khasia, China, Japan, N. America, Mexico. PLUMBAGINACEAE, Ceratostigma asperrimum, Stapf ex Prain, Journ. Bot., (1906) p. 6. C. plumbaginoides, Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 81., non Bunge. Doi Chieng Dao, 1900 m., Hosseus, 398, pro parte. Distr. Hills. Ceratostigma Stapfianum, Hosseus. Doi Chieng Dao, 1900 m., Hosseus, 398, pro parte. Plumbago —— Linn.—¥.B.L, iii. p. 480. hiengmai, 330 m., Kerr, 1704, Distr. Tropics. 400 PRIMULACEAE. Lysimachia japonica, 7T’hunb. —F.B.1., ii. p. 505. hiengmai, in marshy ground on Doi Gacten p, 660 m., Kerr, 1146. Distr. Himalayas to Japan and southwards is Australia Kerr’s plant belongs to the form ZL. debilis, ‘ Lysimachia peduncularis, Wall.—F.B.1., iu. p. "B04, Chiengmai, Doi piel 420 m., Kerr, 1457. _ Distr, Upper Burma. MYRSINACEAE. Maesa montana, DC.—Mez, Engler Pflanzenr., Myrsin., p. 28. Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1050. m., Kerr, 110. Distr. HE. Himalayas, Burma, Assam. Maesa permollis, Aurz—Mez, ‘Bagter Pflanzenr., Myrsin., p. 5 M, mollissima, Kurz, For. FI. Burma, ii. p. 66, non DC. M. Pome C. B. Clarke, F.B.I., iii. p. 510 pro parte, non DC. Chiengmai, i in dense evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1650 m., Kerr, 1677. tstr. Yunnan, Upper Burma. Maesa ramentacea, DC.—F.B.L., iii. p. 508; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p- 99; Coll. et H eral; Journ, Lain: Soc., xxviii. p. 81; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 226; "Mez, Engler ‘Pflanzen. _Myrsin., p. 27. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 330-900 m., Kerr, 519, 526, ‘Hossens, 281; ae Hooey Kong Muang, 240 m. , Luang Vanpruk, 219. Distr. S.E. Asia (excel. Philippines). Embelia pulchella, Mez, Engler Pflanzenr., Myrsin., Chiengmai, a woody climber in evergreen jungle on ne Sédiep, 1650 m., Kerr, 1687. Distr. nipur. The writer has failed to trace in Herb. Kew any of Griffiths’ 3545 which he could refer to Watt 7277 from Manipur. Con- sequently the type of Mez’s species has been taken as Watt 7277(Q). Kerr’s plant quoted above is ¢ and has the calyx atl exactly as in Watt’s plant, and not as described and figured by Embelia sootepensis, Craib, sp. n., ab E. robusta, Roxb., foliis dentatis facile distinguenda. Ramuli graciles, juventute parce pilosi, mox fere glabri, cortice cinereo-brunneo obtecti. Folia oblanceolata vel elliptico-oblanceo- lata, apice acuminata, acuta, basi cuneata, 8-15 cm. longa, 2°5-6 em. lata, membranacea vel tenuiter chartacea, parte basali excepta dentata, supra pre subtus costa nervisque puberula, nervis later- alibus utrinque 6-8 intra marginem arcuatis supra conspicuis aie prominulis; petioli 1-1°5 em. longi, supra canaliculati, pube Racemi simplices, entropies solitarii, ad 3 em. longi , podweanio brevi suffulti; pedicelli 2 mm. longi, ut in rachi glanduloso-puberuli; bracteae filiformes, eae 1 mm. longae. Calycis lobi lanceolati, acuti, 1 mm. longi, 0°5 mm, lati, dorso ry tiers motte ae ie Corollae segmenta lanceolata, acutiuscula, 2°75 mm 1 mm. lata, extra glabra, intra papillosa, puelpeetata Stamina corollam aequantia, antheris dorso punctatis. Chiengmai, in mixed jungle on Doi Saoken | 330 m., Ker , 1355. £07 Embelia stricta, Crazb, sp. n., E. sessiliflorae, — valde pee bert floribus fructibusque sessilibus, floribus majoribus i —. rigidiores minus ramosas parcius puberulas sippostie di Suffrutee scandens ; ramuli primo parce puberuli, mox glabi, cortice rubro-brunneo irregulariter fisso obtecti. Folia oblongo- elliptica, apice obscure ane obtusa, basi obtusa vel rotundata, 3°5-9°5 em. longa, 1°2-4°7 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, utrinque glabra, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, ‘hand nitida, nervis lateralibus utringue numerosis subparallelis obliquis pagina utraque si spicuis ; petioli: 0°8-1 em. longi, irreguiariter alati. Spica solitariae axillares et in paniculas terminales dispositae strictae, ad 9 em. longae, rachi puberula ; practeae deciduae, rae lanceolatae, acutae, 3 mm, longae, patentes vel reflexae. Calyx fere basi ob pein 2° 15 mm. longa, 1°5 mm. lata. " Antherae parvae, filamentis ad 3 longitudinis affixis, Ovarium glabrum, stylo brevi, stigmate discoideo. Fructus globosus, mien tie 5 mm, diametro. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1650 m., Kerr, 1753. Embelia a aa Wall. E. Hobe C. B. Clarke, F.B.I., iii. p- 515, pro pa Chiengmai, Doi cities as in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1212. Distr. Bengal, Burm Kerr’s plant may belong to the form reticulata (Wall. et Mez pro sp.), but in view of the poor material available the writer does no feel justified in maintaining both species. oe andamanica, Kurz?—F.B.L,, iii. p. 521; For. Fl. Burma, ii. Eh F Klone, Murton, 10; Kow Chang Nun, Murton, 22. Distr. Andamans, Malay Peninsula. Ardisia arborescens, Wall. A. humilis, DC., var. arborescens, C. B. Clarke, F.B.L,, iii. p. 530 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 720 n m., Kerr, Distr. Burma (Collett), Chota pits (G B. Clarke). Ardisia corymbifera, Mez, Engler Pflanzenr., thle p- 149. Chiengmai, growing to a height of about 1'2 m., aes pink, spotted finely with purple, in eee tangle on Doi Sootep, 1500-1650 m., Kerr, 600, 1815 Distr. Ardisia Kerrii, Craib. ,8p.n.,ab affini A. yunnanensi, Mez, foliis ‘acagaiila vel obovato-oblanceolatis apice abrupte acuminatis, indumento vix tam denso magis cito deciduo, floribus minoribus differt. Arbor 4°5-7°5 m, alta es Kerr) ; ramuli validi, primo fe oa supra sieco impressa ; petioli 8 mm. longi. Inflorescentia submulti- flora, e corymbis pinnatim —— constituta, foliis brevior ; 408 eee egraciles, 7-8 mm. longi, Calyeis lobi deltoidei, subacuti, 0°75 m. longi, 1 mm. lati, ciliolati. Corollae tubus brevis, lobi Soeeny, subacuti, 2 mm, longi i, fere 1°5 mm. lati, glabri. Stamina corollae gel a antheris stern Stylus porrectus, ante anthesin exsertu Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 600-660 m., Kerr, 668, 1216. Ardisia maculosa, Mez, Engler Pflanzenr., Myrsin., 3 Chiengmai, a thin bush about 1°5 m. Es lowers purple, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 900 m., Kerr 699 Distr. Yunnan. Ardisia vestita, Wall. A. villosa, Roxb.—F.B.L, iii. p. 525; For. FI. ayn. p. 113; Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 720-900 m., Kerr, 667. Distr. Hainan, Yunnan, Malaya EBENACEAE, Maba oe a Pers.—¥F.B.1I . p. 551; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 139 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Botasy v. (1905) p. 227. Chinngeind; Doi Sootep, in dlbeidnoms jungle, 540 m., Kerr, 594, 34. Distr. S.E. Asia, Australia, Trop. Africa. or ehretioides, Wall.—F.B.L,, iii. 559 ; For. FI. Burma, i ii, p- 1 Ching, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-540 m., Kerr, 577, 114 Distr. Hai: / Diospyros Kerrii, Craib, sp D. Packmanni, C. B. Clarke, habitu similis sed cay aa fina peetert lobis fere e basi liberis facile distinguen Arbor 9 m, alta je Kerr); ramuli pad densé appresse ferrugineo- hirsuti, plus minusve glabrescentes. Folia lanceolata vel oblongo- lanceolata, apice acuminata, subacuta, nk cuneata vel rotundata, 4-10°5 cm. longa, 2-4 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, margine integra, supra juventute costa tantum pubescentia, mox omnino glabra, re costa indumento ut in ramulis novellis, nervis lateralibus utrinqgue circiter 8 intra marginem Recansit pagina ae ng Javenttth conspicuis mox fere obscuris; petioli circiter longi, indumento ramulorum. Cymae 3 axillares, amidase, pedunculo communi vix 1 cm. ours indumento ut in ramulis suffultae. Calycis segmenta 4, subrotundata, 3 mm. longa, 2°75 mm. lata, extus appresse albo-pubescentia, intus glabra. Corolla urceolata, extus ut in calyce pubescens, intus superne albo- pilosa ; tubes 3°5 mm. longus; lobi 4, lanceolati, acutiusculi, sub anthesin recurv i, circa 4 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati. Antherae geminae, 14, acumihatae, filamento communi 1 mm. longo glabro, filamentis partialibus 1-175 mm. longis parce albo-hirsutis. Ovarii rudimen- tum parvum, subglobosum, apice pilis paucis albis ornatum Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 660 m., Kerr, 1090, 409 Diospyros mollis, Griffith, Journ. Agric. Hortic. Soc. Ind., m (1844) p. 145. Chiengmai (ex* Griffith, l.c.). Distr. Burma Diospyros Packmanni C. B. Clarke, F.B.L., iii. p. 564. Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1818 ; Bangkok, Mvion 12, Zimmer- mann, 17 avr cultivated. Distr. Lao name, “ME ‘Shans (ex Kerr). red be Devers Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 133. Siam (ex Kurz, Dingeis Ramat Hoche. 5 Pl. Bog. Exsice., No. Very closely allied to D. Embryopteris, Pers. Semone 115, which Williams erroneously states “ was not kept,” is also allied, Diospyros variegata, Kurz—F.B.1., iii. p. 557; For. Fl. Burma, As 5,-1.8. Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 660-720 m., Kerr, 1132, 1789. Distr. Burma, Assam. STYRACACEAR. Symplocos adenophylla, Wall.—F.B.I., iii. p. 575. Kedah, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 17, p. 241). Distr. Malaya. _ Symplocos racemosa, Rozb. —F.B.L, iii. p. 576; For. Fl. Burma, i, p. 144; Coll, et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. ian ee Doi Sootep, Stet m., Kerr, 928, 1767, ' Hosseus, Dist. Himalayas, Burma, A Sasi oe spicata, Roxd., var. attenuata, C. B. Clarke, F.B.L., iti. Poul (ex Mat. Mal. na 17, p. 238). Distr. Assam, Burm Symplocos yunnanensis, Bet Engler Planzenr., Symploc., p. 68. Chiengmai, in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1650 m., Kerr, 1507. Distr. meLEee Symploco S. racemosae et S. PS haat habitu similis. Sp. Chistes. Doi Sootep, 1020 m., Kerr, 8 Styrax benzoin, Dryand—F.B.L., iii. p. 5 tg Chiengmai, tr ees 1050-1350 m. , Kerr, 669. Distr. Malay OLEACEAE. Jasminum arborescens, Hoxd., var. latifolia, C. B. Clarke, F.B.L., i. p. 594 ? Chiengmai, in mere ihe jungle, 330 m., Kerr, 1659. Distr. imalay Jasminum aul Wall.—¥.B.L,, iii. p. 596; For, Fl. Burma, i. p. 151. Bangkok, sa ah tae 9 Distr. Burm 410 Jasminum ie a fee Clarke, var. kedahensis, King et Gamble, Mat. Mal. Pen Kedah, (ex Mat Mal. Pe, 1a}: : Jasminum sootepense, Craib, sp. n., J. auriculato, Vahl et J. brevilobo, DC., similis, ab illo inflorescentia pauperrima, ab hoc cymis haud capitatis distincta. Suffrutex sarmentosus, circiter 6 dm. altus (ex Kerr); ramuli graciles, primo densius molliter puberuli ; rami fere glabri, cortice rubro-brunneo striato obtecti. Folia simplicia, ovato-rotundata, ovata vel rarissime ovato-lanceolata, apice plerumque_ breviter carping, mucronulata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, 2-4 em. longa, 1°6-3 cm. lata, chartacea, utrinque, subtus densius, molliter puberula, nervis hateenls is utrinque circiter 4 intra marginem arcuatis supra coheae A subtus prominulis, nervis transversis haud conspicuis ; petioli 2-4 mm. longi, indumento ut in ramulis. Flores wxillares, elitenit vel in cymas simplices 3-flores dispositi, albi, nocte expansi (ex Kerr); bracteae minutae; pedicelli 5-7 mm longi, parce puberuli. Calycis tubus circiter 2°5 mm. longus, extus glaber, dentes late triangulares, parvi, ciliolati. Corallae tubus gracilis, 1°8 cm. longus, lobi lineares, apice acuti vel breviter acuminati, circiter 1 cm. longi, 2mm. lati. Antherae 5 mm. longae, apice acuminatae, filamentis brevibus. Ovarium vix 1 mm, altum, glabrum Chiengmai, i in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 360m., Kerr, 1235. Nyctanthes Arbor-tristis, Linn.—F.B.I., ii. p- 603 ; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 155. Bangkok, pascbas 87. Cultivated i in tropic Linociera caudata, Coll et Hemsi., Journ. Linn. Soe., xxviii. p. 84. __ Meh Ping, Chieng Dao, 390 m., in evergreen jungle, Kerr, 1058 ; Me Sangon Phre, as m., Luang "Vanpruk, 238 Distr. Upper. Bur Differs from the G08 ‘specimens in having the leaves obtusely caudate acuminate. Linociera macrophylla, Wall., var. attenuata, C. B. Clarke, F.B.L., iil. P 611. Chionanthus macrophyllus, Kurz, For. FI. Baia, 159. " Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 480 m., Kerr, 1142; Phre, 156-240 m., Luang Vanpruk Distr. Burma, Malaya, Australia. - Linociera pauciflora, C. B. Clarke, ¥. B.L., iii. p. 609. Chionanthus palembanica, Miq.—For. F1. Burma, ii. p. 159. arg (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 17, p. 267). Distr. Burma, Malaya. . ough Nei Wall—F.B.1., iii, p. 613; For. Fl. Burma, ii. eel, Doi tates on edge of a lua thig. 720 m., Kerr, 690. Distr. Burma, Malay Peninsula. Olea oblanceolata, Crazb, sp. n., affinis O. roseae, Craib, sed foliis — serratis vel denticulato-serratis differt ad 6 m. alta (ex Kerr); ramuli primo parce pubescentes, mox scat cortice cinereo-brunneo obtecti, ad 4 mm. diametro. 411 Folia plerumque oblanceolata, Daas acuminata, acutiuscula, basi cuneata, 8-14°5 cm. Se —4°5 cm. lata, chartacea, supra primo m. lon Paniculae axillares, ad 9 ongae et 5 cm, latae, rhachi ranulisq parce pubescentibus ; ; iedivell ad 2mm. longi. Calyx vix 1 mm. altus, ad medium lobatus, lobis subaequalibus ovato - taniedlatis suba folie. Corolla 3 mm. longa, basi 0°75 mm., superne 2 mm, diametro, lobis brevibus incrassatis cucullatis, Sooioting 1°5 mm longae. Ovarii rudimentum deficiens. Flores Q haud Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 660 m., Rec 1717. ’ Olea rosea, Craib, sp. n., ab affini O. dioica, Roxb., ramilis, foliis et inflorescentia hau id elabris facile canes enda, Arbuseula dioica, ad 4 m, alta; ramuli_ prim o dense molliter puberuli, straminei. Folia laceiotias vel oblti yindkntealate; apice acuminata vel caudato-acuminata, basi cuneata, 4—13°5 cm. longa, 1°6-4°2 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, margine integro, supra plus minusve gla brescentia, subtus, costa nervisque densius, Halfiter puberula, nervis lateralibus utrinque 6-8 intra marginem arcuatis supra impressis - subtus prominentibus, nervis transversis vix conspicuis ; petioli usque ad 7 mm. longi, ut in ramulis puberuli. Flores sicco rosei,-in paniculas terminales geminas vel axillares solitarias dispositi. Fl. Q. Calyx parvus, fere ad medium lobatus, extus parce puberulus. Corodlae tubus circiter 3°5 mm. longus, dentes breves, cucullati. Stamina (an omnino sterilia ?) duo, corollae tubo adnata. Ovarium oblongum, glabrum, stylo ed. Coles et corolla maritae sed minores. Ovarii ridieseweini deficiens. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep; 900-1000 m., Hosseus, 515a (Q) (Herb. Kew et Hees !), Kerr, 1100 (¢), 1843 ( Distr, Yunnan, Szemao, 1500 m. , Henry, 1166le(d). Henry 11661b and 1166la (in part) from the same locality probably also belong. ' APOCYNACEAE. Allamanda cathartica, Linn. Bangkok, pie Distr. Native of Trop. America—cultivated in Tropics. Leuconotis cogenttottans DC—F.B.L, iii. p. 628. Kedah, Cantley, 230. Distr. Malaya. Willughbeia firma, Blame—F:B.1., Kedah, Langkawi, (ex Mat. Mal. Beni 9, Z 395). Distr... Malaya, 4 Msiodineé Henryi, Craib, sp. n., ab affini M. khasiana, Hook. f., foliis multo majoribus facile distin stinguenda, Frutex scandens ; ; ramuli novelli olivacei, minute parei ssime pilulosi ; rami cortice brunneo striato obtecti. Folia opposita vel rarissime subopposita, elliptica, oblonga vél oblanceolata, apice 412 acuminata, ‘subacuta, basi cuneata, 6-16 cm. longa, 2°5-6 em. lata, chartacea, utrinque glabra, margine integra, nervis lateralibus utrinqu e numerosis intra margin em arcuatis pagina utraque con- spicuis ; petioli ad 8 mm. longi. Cymae in paniculas terminales trichotomas dispositae ; bracteae Biren tee parvae; pedicelli breves. Sepala rotundata vel late elliptica, 2 mm. longa, ciliata. Corollae flavidae tubus 6 mm. oe basi excepta intra, superne densius, villosus, ie squamis majusculis bifidis instructus, lobi “5 mm. longi. Stamina paulo infra medium inserta, filamentis brevibus. Stylus 3 mm. longus, cum ovario glaber. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1159. Distr, Yunnan, Szemao, 1200-1500 m., Henry, 11 944, 11,944a, 12,725. Burma, Amherst, 600 m., Lace, 4760. Lace’s plant differs from the others in its aa leaves which measure up to 22 cm. long and 8 em. broad. Rauwolfia peguana, Hook. 7., F.B.L., iii. p. 632 ? ; Coll. et Hemal., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 85. Taber idemoniana ophiorrhizoides, Kurz, For, FL. Burma, ii, p. 175 (ex Brandis). Bivciseiint; = Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 660 m., Kerr, 1136. Distr. Burm Carissa mai Linn.—F¥.B.L1., iti. p. 630; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 169. Meh Ping, Doi Noi, 300 m., Kerr, 2009. Distr, India, Burma, Malaya. Alyxia lucida, Wall._—F.B.L., iii. p. 635 Kedah, Saleee, Raya, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 418). Distr. Alyxia bans “Hak J-—F.B.L, iii. p. 6 Kedah, Gunong Jerai, (ex Mat. Mal. ae , 19, p. 420). Vv Alyxia siamensis, Cratb, sp. n., ab A. prune Wall., inflorescentia vix glabra recedit. Frutex vagans, somo excepta glaber, cortice lenticellato subnitido ramulorum atro ramorum stramineo. Folia opposita, elliptica, Siiptlisa cblaticcolata vel oblonga, apice obtuse acuminata, basi cuneata, 5-15 cm. longa, 2-5 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, eee. leviter recurvo, nervis lateralibus utrinque 1-3 mm. ieee aie anne, a versus bes steclati. Psiavis segmenta ovato-lanceolata, acutiuscula, virciter 1 mm. longa, extra . albo-tomentella. Corollae tubus 6 mm. longus, paullo pe 1 mm. diametro, lobi oblique elliptici, acutiusculi, 2 mm. longi, 1 lati, basi peparig minutis instructi. Antherae parvae, filamentis brevibus suffulta Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 1260 m., Kerr, 783. Hunteria corymbosa, Rovb,—F.B.L,, iti. p. 637. se a lanceo- latum, Kurz, For. FI. he ii. p. 177 (ex F.B.L, , Langkawi, Curtis, 237, istr, India, Burma, Malaya, 413 Cerbera Odollam, Gaertn.—F.B.L., iii. p. 638; For. Fl. Burma, Hn. p. 17% Bangkok, Zimmermann, 129; Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1050 m., Hosseus. Distr. S.E. Asia, Australia. one coronaria, Stapf. Tabernaemontana coronaria, Willd. —F.B.L, iii. p. 646. 7. divaricata, Bl—For. Fl. Burma, il. p. 174. Chicana: Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 612; Bangkok, Schomburghk, 185, Zimmermann, 16. Distr. Tndia, Assam, China, Malaya, Trop. Africa. Ervatamia peduncularis, King et Gamble. Tabernaemontana peduncularis, Wall.—F.B.L., iii. p. 647. ah, Langkawi, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 452). Distr, Malay Peninsula. Holarrhena antidysenterioa, Wall.—¥ .B.L, iti. p. 644; For. Fi. urma, ii, p. 18 . et Hemsl., Journ . Linn. Soe. ee p. 85. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-36 0 m., Reps. 1129, Distr, §. KE. Asia—occasionally cultivated in Tro at Kerr’s specimens belong to the form pubescens (Waill., sie. Sp.) Holarrhena Curtisii, King et Gamble, Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 446. ae Curtis, 3392. Distr. Cambodia Vallaris Heynei, Son —F.B.L, iii. p. 650. %V. dichotoma, Wall._— Fo - Burma, ii, p. 181. > Chieng tig in scrub jungle, 450 m., Kerr, 1051; Chiengmai, 3 chiens spiralis, Wall.—F. B. I., ui. p. 650; For, Fl. Burma, ii p. 1 Kedah, Langkawi, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 457). Distr. India, Burma, Assam, China, Malaya. Pottsia cantonensis, Hook. et Arn.—F.B.L., iii. p. 652; For. Fl. urma, ii. p. 190, Kedah, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 463). Distr. Indo-China, China, "Mala aya. Wrightia dubia, Spr. Strophanthus Jachianus, Wall.—F.B.L, iii. p. Trang, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 466). Var. oun omer King et Gamble, Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 466. Tongkah, Curtis, 2915. Distr. Malay Peninsula (type). Wrightia javanica, DC. Tongkah, Curtis, 3054. Distr. Java Wrightia ibis Hook, f —F.B.1., iii. p. 654. Poongah, Curtis, 2943. Distr. Malaya. Wrightia religiosa, Benth.—F¥.B.L, iii. p. 653, in Bangkok, Schomburgh, 132, Wii, " Murton, é. Pe: 24, 115. Siam, Binnendyck, Christie, 414 According to Schomburgk this plant is often cultivated in gardens in and around Bangkok on account of its odoriferous flowers. It is also cultivated at Singapore (Maingay ! Bapabargk !), Strophanthus Wallichii, DC—F.B.1., i. p. 655. S. caudatus, urz, For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 193. Tongkah, Curtis, 2931. Distr. India, Burma, Assam. Aganosma marginata, Von—F.B.I., ili. p, 663; For, Fl. Burma, ii. p. 186; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 86, “Chisugma, j in mired jungle at foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 585; Siam, Murton, 1 Distr. §. EB. Asia. ae soteotne, R. Br—F.B.1,, iii. p. 669; For. Fi. urma, ii. 3 Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn. Soc., xxviii, p, 86. Chigngitei: in rua jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 1459. Distr. $.E. Asia, Australia I hav not seen Schomburgh, 272 enumerated by Williams, Bull. Herb. ar v. (1905) p. 949 as Quirivelia bantamensis, Williams, Kew and in t SS. lists in Herb. as Ichnocarpus Ffrutescens. ‘anodandron paniculatum, DC—F.B.1., iii. p. 668; For. FI. Burma, ii. p. 188. Tongkah, Puket, Curtis, 2933. Distr. S.E. Asia, Australia. . A -Trachelospermum siamense, Crazb, sp. a T. jasminoidi, Lem., foliis majoribus, alabastris apice fonpeiual ‘attenuatis, corollae tubo longiore,a J. fragrante, Hook. f., alabastris apice ‘longius attenu- atis, porollas lobis majoribus, antherarum apicibus exsertis, a f 3 gracilipide, Hook. f., calycis segmentis multo majoribus recedit. Suffrutex scandens ; ramuli teretes, primo pareissime puberuli mox glabri, vel densissime puberuli pilis longius persistentibus, cortice rubro-brunneo obtecti. Folia oblongo-lanceolata vel oblongo- oblanceolata, apice obtea, brevissime mucronata, basi cuneata, 4 5 ~ 13°5 em. longa, 1°5-4°3 cm. lata, subcoriacea, utringue glabra, supra oe viridia, subtus vallidions. margine integra, nervis lateralibus trinque circiter 10 intra marginem arcuatis costa supra impressa dees lateralibus supra prea! a subtus cum nervis transyersis prominulis ; petioli vix 1 cm. attingentes, supra canaliculati, plus minusve appresse pubescentes, ‘subtus _convexi, fere glabri. Cymae laxe paniculatae, pedunculo communi 3-6°5 cm. longo; pedicelli 06-1 em. longi, glabri, basi bractea parva lanceolata ciliolata instructi. Sepala dine cetes obtusiuscula, basi gibbosa, Coville albae tubus 1 og em. longus, 1°5 mm. diametro, apice post antheram quemque lineis duobus viloeia instructus, lobi 1 cm. longi, 8 mm. lati. Antherae paulo exsertae, sessiles, basi cornutae, apice in appendiculam membranaceam parum inflexam productae. Discus 5-lobatus [vel interdum e glandis secretis constitutus ?], ovario vix aequialtus. hiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600 m., Kerr, 1133. - Rhynchodia ae Benth ma B.L., iii. p. 667. Cercocoma Bet artely se urma, ll. p. 187. agai, Curtis, 3203 Distr, ” India, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, | 415 Amalocalyx microlobus, Pier iengmai, in mixed ates H foot of Doi Sootep, 300 m,, Kerr, ist’. a0s. Kerr’s specimens differ from typical A, microlobus in the peduncle being rather thicker, the flowers evideutly slightly larger, calyx lobes and corolla tube broader, and the fruit longer and narrower. Unfortunately the material on ‘which Pierre founded his species is rather poor and in the absence of better material I hesitate to separate the Chiengma plant from it. epee she 8 en, Maa 113 Prchable: represents a new species but the material is insufficient for diagnosis. ASCLEPIADACEAE. Zygostelma Benthami, Baill. Hemidesmus indicus, Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. ane p. 950, non R. Br. Anhin, Schomburgh, 2 Grmpanthen ae King et Gamble, Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 5 Kedah, Langkawi, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., l.c.). rt ata obovata, Wall.—F.B.1., iv. p. 7; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. ‘veh (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 513). Distr. India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, Atherandra acutifolia, Dene.—F.B.L, iv., p. 9 Kedah, Langkawi, (ex Mat. Mal. Pas. 19, p- 516). Distr. Malaya. Streptocaulon Griffithii, Hook. f., F.B.1., iv. p. 10. _4. Lomeneg™, Williams, Bull. Herb. —_ v. ree p. 949, non. Wight. iengmai, in mixed a ergreen jungles on Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1244 ; Aah, Schomburgh, 2 Distr. Tenasserim, Mergui, Tonkin, 8. China. Streptocaulon Wallichii, Wight —F Bl, i ive pe. Kedah, Bell in Hb. Cantley, 229. Distr. Malay Peninsula. Myriopteron extensum, K. Sch. M. Panne: Griff—F.B.1,, iv. p. 1l. Streptocaulon extensum, Wight—For. Fl. Burma, ii. . 498. Chiengmai, in mixed jungle, foot of Poi Feptep, 300 m., Kerr, 770. Distr, Bengal, Assam, Burma, Yu Sexepinhainn Curtisii, King et Combis Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, ees (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., l.c.). Secamone micrantha, Den Kedah, reais Curtis, 2800. agi Malaya pus Curtisii, King et Gamble, Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 521, Keleh Lagi (ex Mat. Mal. Pen. ag ARvs Distr, Perak (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., l.c.). : 416 Toxocarpus Hosseusii, Schlechter, Engl. Bot. Jahrb., xl. Beibl. Paknampo, Hosseus, 13; ? Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 1668. The specimens collected by Kerr are in fruit only and are referred doubtfully to this species. — langkawiensis, King et Gamble, Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 523 Selah, Langkawi, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., I.c.). Oxystelma esculentum, Br.—F.B.L., iv. p. 17. ees 300 m., Kerr, 1443. . Asi ro. name, Kio aa Mai. a gigantea, Br.—F.B.L, iv. p. 17; For. Fl. Burma, ii. TankOE Zimmermann, 152. Distr. India, Burma, China, Malaya. Asclepias curassavica, Linn.—F.B.L., iv. p. 18; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 87. Chiengmai, Doi ost 1020 m., Kerr, 874. Native of Trop. ric Raphistemma Soere Wall.—F .B.L, iv. p. 19. Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m. Ket 1469. Distr. Sikkim, Yunnan, Burma, ‘Assn am. Gymnema acuminatum, Wall.—F..B.1., iv. p. 30; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 202 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii, p. 87. Kedah, Lansian, Curtis, 2811. Distr. Indo-China, Malaya. Gymnema Griffithii, Cratb, sp. n., a G. molli, Wall., caulibus pilis longiusculis patulis instructis, corona diversa recedit Caules a cei vel volubiles, albo-tomentelli prasietuadie pilis icapidacnilte patentibus densius instructi. Folia ovato-elliptica, ovato-lanceolata vel rarissime elliptica, apice acuminata, basi rotundata vel obtusa, 3-5 cm. longa, 1:2—3°6 cm. lata, rigide chartacea, supra parce appresse albo-pilulosa, subtus molliter pubescentia, margine integra, ciliata, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4-5 intra marginem arcuatis supra conspicuis subtus cum nervis transversis prominulis ; petioli usque ad 2 cm. longi, indumento ut in caulibus. Cymae densae, subsessiles vel pedunculis usque ad 5 mm. longis suffultae. Sepala 5, subrotundata, 3 mm. diametro, ciliata, extra puberula. Corollae lilacineae tubus 3 mm. longus, lobi oblongi, apice rotundati, irregulariter leviter emarginati, 2 mm. longi; corona e squamis 5 apice emarginatis 0°5 mm. altis carnosis lobis alternis et anulo denso pilorum junctis, oe in open deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 450 m., vith Distr, Upper Burma, Tsegain Hills, Grifith, 3806 (Kew Distr.) ; ae Shan States, Keng Tung, Mac Gregor, 556 (v.s. in herb, c.). 417 Tylophora asthmatica, Wight et Arn.—F.B.1., iv. p. 44; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. ae Schonbiogh 173. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, ns sete oe ae Tylophora fasciculata, Ham.—F’.B.1., iv. p. Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi es. 390 m., Kerr, 644. Distr. S. Nepal, Khasia, Upper Burma, Concan ¥ Tylophora Sad Craib, sp. n., a T. macrostachide, pe k. £., cymis pedunculatis haud congestis, a ak longifolia, Wight, foliis angusti- oribus, floribus majoribus recedit. Caules volubiles, monocarpici, ad 1°6 m. longi, bifacialiter, infra nodos ee praecipue breviter puberuli, striati. Folia lineari- lanceolata, apice acuta, basi obtusa, 4°5-13 em. longa, 0'3-1 em. lata, chartacea, fere glabra, costa supra impressa subtus prominente, ad 1°5 cm. longo suffultae, glabrae ; pedicelli usque ad 1 cm. longi, bracteis minutis. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, vix 2 mm. longa, ciliata. Corollae lobi oblongi, obtusi, circiter 6 mm, longi, 2°5 mm. lati, glabri. Corona e tuberculis 5 apice columnae staminali brevi adnatis basi gibbosis sitet se liberis constituta Chiengmai, in open jungle on Doi pike 1350 m., Kerr, 704. Tylophora purpurea, Vall.—F¥.B.1., Chiengmai, in scrub jungle on Doi Soot, 380 m., Kerr, 1446. istr. Burma, bank of Irrawad V Tylophora sootepensis, Craib, sp. n., ab affini 7. Augustiniana, Craib, inflorescentia plerumque vix tam fureata, floribus majoribus, sepalis valde acutis recedit. Herba volubilis, ramis striatis apices versus eee bifa- cialiter parce oso-pubescentibus. Folia ovato-lanceolata vel n bd membranacea, costa supra parce pilulosa excepta glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 7 intra marginem arcuatis supra con- spicuis subtus prominulis; petioli usque ad 2°5 cm. longi, supra valde canaliculati, apice supra glandulis instructi. Jnjlorescentia e cymis plerumque sessilibus sed interdum pedunculatis unilateraliter a gt usque ad 30 cm. longa; pedicelli graciles, usque ad Sepala ovato-lanceolata, acuta, 1°25 mm. longa, 0-76 mm. lata, glabra. Corollae albae tubus brevis, lobi ovato- elliptic, obtusi, oblique leviter emarginati, 4°5 mm. longi, 3 mm. lati, glabri. Corenae lobi columnae staminali adnati, basi gibbosi. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in evergreen jungle, 900 m., Kerr, 1310, Owing to the flowers having been pressed quite flat it has been found su ticaihe to give minute details of their structure, ¢.g., in the case of the shape of the corona lobes. There is no doubt but what this plant is closely allied to Neohenrya Augustiniana, Hemsl., but in the writer’s opinion this ere A is a Tylophora and should be named Tylophora Augustiniana, 21716 0 418 . eae tinctoria, Br.—F.B.1., iv. p. 34; For. Fl. Burma, ii, Kedah, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 546). Distr. India, Burma, China, Malaya. Marsdenia volubilis, 7. Cooke. Dregea volubdilis, Benth, ex Hook. f.,. F Bis iv p. 46. ig ” Siamese States, Palau Badak, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 548). Distr. India , Jay ¥ Telosma minor, Cr ‘ab, comb. nov. Pergularia minor, Andr.— Vida cp. 08... -P. odoratissima, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, 3 il, p. 203, non Bangkok, Zimmermann, 1 Diste. India, ade Chins ‘China. Telosma pallida, Craib, comb. nov. Pergularia pallida, Wight et Arn.—F,B.L, iv. p. 38; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 203; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. Chiengmai, i in scrub jungle, 300 m, , Kerr, 1224, Distr. India, Indo-China. Heterostemma siamicum, Cai, sp. n., ab H. alato, Wight, caulibus haud_bifacisaliter pubescentibus, foliis maturis basi alte cordatis, nervis subtus haud alatis, coronae lobis pro corollae magnitudine majoribus distinguenda. Caules primo pilis ferrugineis patulis instructi, mox fere glabri. Folia oblonga, ovato-oblonga vel ovato-rotundata, basi juniora cuneata, matura alte cordata, apice cuspidata, Roa: 4-10 cm. longa, 1°7-7°5 cm, lata, c chartacea, utringue pilulosa, margine integra, e basi 5-nervia, nervis secondariis a aon ortis) utrinque 2-3 intra marginem arcuatis omnibus supra conspicuis subtus minulis ; petioli 2-8 cm. longi, supra valde canaliculati, apice glandulis paucis fasciculatis instructi. Umbellae axillares, i florae, pedunculis 1°5-2 cm. longis suffultae; pedicelli 1°5-2 ¢ Fs Sepala late lanceolata, obtusa, circiter 1 mm. longa, eit parce appresse pilulosa, ciliata. Corollae luteae lobi ovato- Lacenolas vel sthanipe-ladosolads, apice breviter bifidi ongi, 2°5 mm. lati, extra pilulosi, intra pulverulento-tomentelli. Coronae lobi petaloidei, corollae appressi, lanceolati, acuti, basi incrassati et appendiculati, 2 mm. longi. Chiengmai, scandent on village hedgerow, 300 m., Kerr, 1324. Hoya parasitica, Wall} .B.I., iv. p. 57. Chiengmai, Doi eet 330-660 m., Kerr, 1690. Distr. India, Burma, Assam, Malay Peninsula. Hoya Ridleyi, Koga Gamble, Mat. Mal. Pen., 19, p. 575. Kedah, Pulau Songsong (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., Le =e Distr. Malay Peninsula (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., L.c.). Hoya Engleriana, Hosseus, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. No, 40, p. 315. Described from a specimen in gulretos at Dahlem collected on Doi Sootep, 1580 m. by gig: Hoya Kerrii, Craib, sp. n., ab i obovata, Dene., cui affinis, foliis apice bilobis floribus has dealt minoribus recedit. aulis scandens, glaber. Folia opposita, obovata vel orbiculata, apice biloba lobis. rotundatis, basi late cuneata vel subrotundata, 419 4-12 cm. longa, 5-9°5 cm. lata, crasso-carnosa, utrinque glabra, oak Sa revoluta; petioli 5-15 i, Cakes lae 4-5 cm, diametro ; pedunculus communis 2-3 cm. a te mm. an, glaber ; vedioall graciles, 1°3-1'8 Phat Sepala ovato-oblonga, obtusissima, 2°5 mm, eek puberula et ciliata. Corolla cum lobis rey volutis 9 mm . diametro, extra glabra, intra papillato-puberula, albida, ate rubro-tincta ; ; lobi deltoideo-ovati, acuti, 4-5 mm. longi, ba lati, revoluto- reflexi. Coronae lobi crasso-carnosi, 2°5 m Mio acuti, dorso canaliculati, supra concavo-excavati cum Edbatonts parvo in cayitate, as ntes. | Hoya siamica, Craid, sp. n., ab H. long wfotia Wall., foliis Jatioribus haud in petiolos attenuatis, corona majore suberecta recedit. Folia lanceolata, ee eee vel ovato-lanceolata, go acutiuscula, basi obtusa, 3°7-9°5 longa, 15-22 cm, lata utrinque glabra, margine leviter eedeive: sicco coriacea, nervis omnino obscuris ; petioli 0°5-1°5 em. longi, glabri. Umbellae 10-14- florae, pedunculo 1-5 cm. longo glabro suffultae ; pedicelli 2 cm. longi, glabri. be tae parva, ovato-lanceolata, acuta, primo densius puberula, Corolla usque ad 1°5 cm. diametro, extra glabra, intra loborum Bpeas acutis exceptis et praesertim marginem versus puberula. Coronae lobi pee supra concavi sed medio umbone instructi, 3-3°5 mm. longi — in evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 1500-1650 m., Kerr, 724. Dischidia nummularia, Br.—F.B.1.,, iv. ee Tae in deciduous jungle on Doi Bites 300-750 m., Kerr, 553 Distr. “Burma, Chittagong, Malaya, ens Dischidia Rafflesiana, Wall.—F.B.L., iv —— in deciduous jungle on Ke Nevksp: 300-600 m., Kerr, 624 Distr. ‘Burma, Assam, Malaya, Australia. Dischidia singularis, Crazb, sp. n., a speciebus asiaticis folioruam forma facile distinguenda; Planta epiphytica, corolla excepta glabra ; caules graciles, sicco viridescentes vel brunnescentes, irregulariter striati, Folia li sed paulo supra medium expansa, vel lanceolata, apice og ag acuta, basi in petiolum plus minusve distinctum attenuata, 2°5-6°5 c longa, 0°3-2 cm, lata, margine revoluto, nervis obscuris, Umbellas pluriflorae, plurumque ad apices ramulorum brevium crassorum gestae ; pedicelli usque ad 1 mm. longi, Sepala parva, ovato- lanceolata, obtusa. Corolla aedeuia. lobis exceptis glabra; tubus 2 mm. longus, lobi lanceolati, acuti, 1°5 mm. longi, suberecti, crassi, extra glabri, intra lobo utroque pilorum alborum linea densa tubi os 21716 C2 claudente et e basi paulo supra medium extensa instructo. Coronae lobt erecti, membranacei, subrotundati, distinete stipitati. hiengmai, on trees in open jungle on Doi Sootep, 900- 1200 m., Kerr, 1294, 1294a. Brachystelma Kerrii, Craib, sp. n., ab affini B. eduli, Coll. et emsl., caule elongato, internodiis elongatis facile distinguenda. Herba perennis ; rhizoma tuberosum, sicco 2 cm, diametro ; caulis Re simplex, erectus, gracilis, fere 5 dm. altus. Folia arsa, angusta, acuta, 6-6°5 ¢ m. longa, sessilia, glabra, costa sicco Sasi leviter impressa ” subtus prbinintia, nervis lateralibus omnino obseuris. Inflorescentia terminalis, pauciflora ; pedicelli 7 mm. longi, puberuli. Calycis lobi lanceolati, acuti, 1°5 mm. longi, glabri. Corolla _atro-purpurea (ex ner); lobi late lanceolati, apatiaieale marginibus recurvis, 5 mm. longi, 1°5 mm. lati, supra parce pilosi. ian So in deciduous jungle on “Doi Sootep, 360 m., Kerr, 1273. Up to the present there has been received at Kew only one specimen with one expanded flower, which unfortunately had been pressed too flat to aller a complete description being given. Ceropegia sootepensis, Craib, sp. n., ab affini C. angustifolia, Wight, foliis longioribus angustioribus vix petiolatis, adnate s ub- sessilibus recedit. Herba scandens ; caules graciles, straminei, parcissime puberuli. Folia subsessilia, linearia vel anguste lineari-lanceolata, apice acuta, basi attenuata, 5-18 cm. longa, 1-9 mm. lata, ¢ artacea, supra puberula vel fere scaberula, subtus fere glabra, margine integro revoluto, Umbellae axillares, pauciflorae, subsessiles ; bracteae parvae; pedicelli usque ad < mm. longi, fere glabri. Sepala lanceolata, acuta, circiter 5 mm. longa. Corolla ad 5 em, longa, basi ellipsoidea vel anguste Sinaiden, medio ee ue 2 cm, lo Coronae exterioris lobi angusti, usque ad 1 m. longi, interioris lobi eos exterioris duplo superantes. Chiengmai, in open deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 450 m., Kerr, 695, LOGANIACEAE. Mitreola oldenlandioides, acs —F.B.L, iv. p. 7 Chiengmai, in mixed jungle on Doi crake 380 m., Kerr, 1462. Distr, India, Burma, Malaya, Australia, Buddleia asiatica, Zour —F.B.1., iv. p. 82; For. Fi. Burma, ii. p. 250; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 90. hiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-800 m., ver, 546, Hosseus, 277, 453; Ban Salu, 300 m., Hosseus, 382. Distr. India, S. China, Sedo. Chan. Malaya. Buddleia macrostachya, Benth. ?—F°.B.1., iv. p. 81. Doi Chieng Dao, 2180 m., Hosseus, 400. Distr. Himalayas, Manipur, Khasia. Fagraea Curtisii, Aing et Gamble, Mat. Mal. Pen., 19 p 605. Kedah, Langkawi, Curtis, :676 ie “ati obovata, Wall.—F.B. t | iv. p. 83; For. Fl. Burma, ii. "Kedah, ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 19 p. 606). Distr, India, Khasia, Malaya, - dl 42] eeakros ee Linn.—¥.B.1., 1v. p. 90; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 166 ; . et emsl., Journ, Linn, Soc., xxviii. p. 90. pieoetiai, | in deciduous jungle on lower slopes of Doi Sootep, 300-600 m., Kerr, 603 ; Phre, 180 m., Luang Vanpruk, 197. Distr. India, Burma, Lao name, Tung Ton (ex Luang Vanpruk). Strychnos Vanprukii, Crazb, sp. n., a S, paniculata, Champ., foliis multo majoribus, inflorescentia axillari brevi densa recedit. Ramuli obscure tetragoni, circiter 2°5 mm, diametro, glabri, virides, Folia ovato-oblonga vel oblongo-elliptica, apice acuminata, asi late cuneata vel subrotundata, 13-17 cm. longa, 6-7 cm. lata, sabootindens laete viridia, utrinque glabra, tripli-nervata nervis ad apicem euntibus supra conspicuis subtus prominentibus et praeterea. nervis duobus dilutis intramarginalibus e basi fere ad apicem instructa, nervis e costa ortis numerosis ndbeavitlelie pagina utraque conspicuis ; petioli vix 1 cm. longi, supra canaliculati, glabri. Cymae axillares, densae, breves, sessiles vel breviter pedunculatae ; pedicelli fere 2 mm. longi, bracteolis duobus calycis segmentis similibus instructi. Calycis circiter 1 mm. alti segmenta aa ee ae brevissime obtuse acuminata, ciliolata. Corollae tubus 1°5 m longus, lobi oblongo-lanceolati, acutiusculi, circiter 2°5 mm. a oad 1°5 mm. lati, per anthesin recurvi, extra glabri intra inferne pilosi. Stamina exserta, filamentis 1°25 mm. longis glabris, antheris 0°75 mm longis glabris Ovarium 1 mm. altum, cum stylo vix 2 mm. longo glabrum Me Yuak Phre, 240 m., Luang Vanpruk, 234. Eh tg Sonatas i Exacum pteranthum, Wall.—F. BI p. 99. Chiengmai, in mixed jungle on Doi Bontety 390 m., Kerr, 1482. Distr. Moulmein, Tavoy. Exacum sutapen ‘Hides Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 1650 m., Kerr, 1499, Hosseus, 194. Exacum tetragonum, Rozr).—F.B.1., iv. p. 95. Nakontai, 150 m., Hosseus, 724. Distr. Himalayas, Khasia, China, Philippine Differs from typical /. tetragonum in its cightly broader leaves. Microrphium pubescens, C. B. Clarke, Mat. Mal. Pen., 16 p. 88. Kedah, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen Canscora decussata, /toem. et Sch.—F¥. me L., iv. p. 104. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 420 m., Kerr, 1521, Distr. India, Burma, Trop. Africa, Mascerene Islands. Canscora oni Br.—F¥.B.L, iv. p. 103; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. inn, Soc., x . 20, Near Laks in deciduous jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 977 ; Banks of Meh Ping, 400 m., Hosseus, 3 Dist. India, Ching: Indo-China, Malaya, Australia, Trop. Africa. Canscora pentanthera, C. B. Clarke, Mat. Mal. Pen., 16 p. 89. Kedah, Langkawi, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., l.c.). Distr, Malay Peninsula, (Selangor). 429 Swertia angustifolia, Ham.—F.B.I., iv. p. 125. hiengmai, th eg § in open ray spots, 1500 m., Kerr, 885. Distr. ima Swertia aioe res: —F.B.L, Chiengmai, in deciduous scala on aie os 540 m., Kerr, Distr. Himalayas, Khasia, China. Limnanthemum indicum, Thw. ae “s I, iv. p.. 182; Coll. et emsl., Journ, Linn. Soc., sitive pe 9 Chiengmai, 300 m. , Kerr, 1 : Distr. S.E. Asia, yeas Mascerene Is. HyDROPHYLLACEAE. Hydrolea zeylanica, Vahl—F.B.L., iv. p. 133. ank of Meh Ping, between Raheng and Paknampo, 105 m., Kerr, 502; Ban Meh Kah, 195 m. Kerr, 912; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 125. Distr. Tropics. BORAGINACEAE. Ehretia crs T. et B., Cat. Hort. Bog., 139, nomen. iam, eysmann, anno 1868. The material in Herb. Kew is too incomplete for diagnosis. retia, sp. facie E. hottentoticae, Burch. similis. Bangkok a a Gein cultivated, Murton, 5 Cordia Griffithii, C. B. Clarke, F. 3 * , iv. p. 139. Kedah, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 18 p. 80). Distr. Malay Peninsula. : scene subcordata, Lamk.—F.B.L., iv. p. 140; For. Fl. Burma, ii. Kedah, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 18 79). Distr. India, Malaya, Australia—often cultivated. Rhabdia lycioides, ao on BL, iv. p. 145. RB. viminea, Dalz. —For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 2 ' Banks of Meh Ping, Hue ‘Sam N Bao, | ~ m., Hosseus, 542. Distr. Tropical Asia, Africa, Am Tournefortia ovata, MWall—F.B.L., Between Lakon and Phas, near Ban Beh. Tah, 300 m., Kerr, Distr. Burma, 8. China. Heliotropium indicum, Linn.—F.B.L., iv. p. 152. ‘hiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300 m., Hosseus. Distr. Tropical Asia, Africa, ‘America, Cynoglossum micranthum, Desf.—F.B.1., iv. p. 156. Chiengmai, in poemaee jangle on Doi a 720m, , Kerr, 698. Distr. S.E. A CONVOLVULACEAE. Argyreia Kerrii, Craib, sp. n., ab A. Thomsoni, Craib, pedunculis brevioribus, sepalis vix hirsutis recedit. Caules scandentes vel repentes, juventute d Ibo-puk t Folia ovata vel late ovata, apice pretites acuminata, acutissima, 423 basi cordata, 4-19 cm. longa, 3°5-14 em. lata, chartacea, supra _pilis rigidis basi tuberculatis parce instructa, subtus subvillosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque circiter 12 intra marginem arcuatis sieco supra subprominulis subtus conspicuis ; petioli ad 5 cm. longi, indumento ut in caule. Injlorescentia axillaris, pluriflora, pedunculo communi vix 2 cm. longo suffulta ; pees ad 7 mm. longi; bracteae ovato- lanceolatae, acuminatae, ad 2 longae, 0°7 cm. latae, extra pubescentes, intra parcissime pcisina. Sepala subaequalia, oblongo-oblanceolata, obtusa, ad 1 cm. longa, 0°6 cm. lata, extra medio appresse pubescentia. Corolla atro-purpurea (ex Kerr), sciseanka tubuloso-campanulata, 5 cm. longa, 1°7 cm. diametro, extra glabra. Filamenta basi parum dilatata, feevived pilosa. Chiengmai, in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 761. Argyreia obtusifolia, Lour. A. obtecta,C. B. Clarke, F.B.L, iv. p. 186 ; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 93. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 600-1500 m. , Kerr, 1384, 1384a. Distr. Indo-China, Hong-Kong, Malay Peninsula. Argyreia Roxburghii, patie var. siamica, Crazb, var. nov., habitu A, Roxburghii, var. amplae, C. B. Clarke, similis sed sepalis exterior- ibus latioribus apice rotundatis distincta. Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 300 m. pone, 1395. Argyreia Wallichii, Choisy—F. B.L, iv. p. 187. hiengmai, in mixed jungle on Doi Sosteg, 420 m., Kerr, 1481. Distr. Sikkim, Assam, Yunnan rgyreia sp. near A. confusa, Padi. A. venusta, Hosseus, Bot. ae Be ty xxvii. 2, p. 501, non Choisy. Wang Djao, 1 00-150 m., ae 116. pomoea aquatica, Forsk., var. reptans, Williams, Bull. Herb. Botta, v. (1905) p. 438; Hosseus, Bot. Centralbl., Beihefte, xxvii. 2, p. 502. Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 893. Tropic eee caespitosa, O. Kze. J. linifolia, B1—F.B.L., iv. p. 205. Merremia ——— a f.— Hosseus, Bot. Centralbl., Beihefte, XXVll. 2, Near eee 120 m., Kerr, 905 ; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 137. Distr. 8H. Asia to Australia. Ipomoea Henryi, Craib, sp. n., ab I. siamensi, Craib, foliis lanceo- latis recedit. Caules scandentes, lignosi, parce a sae setulosi, Folia late Lsnoeciate, apice acutissima, basi rotundata, 14-20 cm. longa, 6-7 cm. lata, chartacea, supra costa n norte setulosis exceptis oie subtus parce setulosa, nervis lateralibus utrinque 8-9 obtains supra conspicuis subtus prominulis; petio oli 3-5 cm. ong | getng longo suffulta ; icelli 6-9 mm. lon ngi, ut in satncalo Eee appresse hirsuti; bracteae bracteolaeque deciduae. Sepala duo exteriora ovato-triangu ularia, 4 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata, apice rebar: extra parce appresse hirsuta, interiora paulo majora parciusqu hirsuta. Corollae tubuloso- infundibuliformis tubi pars basi seuss 424 4 mm. longa, 3 mm. diametro, glabra, pars expansa 5 cm. longa, 1'7 cm. diametro, 7 es hirsuta. Filamenta 1:3 em. longa, basi parum dilatata et pilos Chiengmai, Doi Siete 660 m., Kerr, 1489. Distr. Yunnan, Henry, 13, 387. Ipomoea Nil, Roth. J. see Jacq.—F.B. I. og £V7 Pz.199,. p.p. Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1 Distr, Tropics and sbeerich Ipomoea obscura, Aer—F.B.I., iv. p. 207; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 96. Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1346—“ a garden weed.” Distr. Trop. Asia, ‘Afries, Australia. Ipomoea paniculata, Br. J. digitata, Linn.—F.B.L., iv. p. 202. Bangkok, Schomburgk, 322; Chiengmai, in scrub jungle, 330 m., Kerr, 133 Distr. Tropics. Ipomoea ee Choisy—F. 1., 212; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ, Linn, no XXVill. p. 96. L. “iveesadctTel Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 2 Muang Prow, Meh Ngat, in deciduous jungle, 420 m., Kerr, 1036. Distr, Oudh, Burma, Palexe. Lao name, Kreus Kou Kom ee polyantha, Miq., var. affinis, C. B. Cla F.Biks, 206. erremia gemella, Hosseus, Bot. Cintvaibi. ese: XXvii. 2, p. 504. MW. umbellata, Hosseus, Lc. B- 505. Ban nekok, Zimmermann, 83. Distr. Bengal, Assam, Burma. Ipomoea sagittaefolia, Burm. J. sepiaria, Koen. ex Roxb.— #.B.4,, iv. p. oe @ Mat. ee Pen., 18 p. 317). Distr. S.E. A ae siamensis, “ Craib, sp. n., floribus J. popahensi, Coll. Hemsl., similis sed _ liis ovatis vel ovato-rotundatis basi “ite cordatis valde distinc parceque setos Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, in mixed jungle 330-420 m., Kerr, 1401. ea ante lata, Linn., var. ea Hallier f.—Williams, ‘Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. a 5) p. 438, et Hosseus, l.c., p. 504, sub Merremia, I. cymosa, R. & S.—F., BL. yi¥.. py ebl. 425 Near Doi Saket, Meh Kung, 420 m., Kerr, 1022 ; near Chieng- mai, 300 m., Tisscus, 373; Siam, Mur aa 4, istr. Tropi cs. Ipomoea vitifolia, Sweet—F.B.1., iv. p. 213; For, FI. Burma, ti. p. 219 ; thea Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 962; Hosseus, Le., p. 5 i Lakon and Phre, near pes Pooey, 420 m., Kerr, 983 ; ee Wang ee Lindhard, 7 S.E. Asi see sp. near " carnea, Jacq. Bangkok, Zimmermann, 41—cultivated 7 ? Quamoclit pinnata, Boj. Ipomoea Quamoclit, Linu.—F.B.L, iv. p- 199 ; Hosseus, Le., p. 502. Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1347—“a garden weed”; Bangkok, Zimmermann, 10. istr. Native of America—naturalised i in 8.E. Asia. Lao name, Kaun Sa wun (ex Kerr). Evolvulus alsinoides, OTS iv. p. 220. Banks of Meh Ping near Raheng, Kerr, 503; Cape Liant, Murton, 39. Distr. Tropics and subtropics. _ Porana volubilis, Bur F.B.1 . 222; For. Fl. Burma, i. p. 220 ; Hosseus, Bot. Gent albie Beibette xxvii, 2, p. 501. aia. Zimmermann, 54. Distr. India, Khasia, Manipur, Malaya. SOLANACEAE. Lycopersicum apie ers Mill.—¥.B.1., iv. p. 237. Chiengmai, by a temple on Doi Sootep, 540 m., Kerr, 1252. Native of Trop. Avibeing Lao name, Ma Keua Som. Solanum album, Louwr. Raheng, Lindhard, 37. Var. Sentieneat Dunal—Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 439 Bangkok, Zinmermann, iy The writer has seen no authentic material of either the species or the variety. Lindhard’s plant was so named es C. B. é arke, and Zimmermann’s was distributed under that nam Solanum ua Linn. —F.B.L, iv. p. 233; For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 226, excl. v Ghteigriaat, rs waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 1236. Distr. India, S.E. China, Indo-China, ae Solanum Melongena, Linn.—F.B.1., iv. p. 235; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (19 05) p. er S. feroz, Line, var. Trongum, Kurz, For. Fl. Burma, ii. p. 226. Chiengmai, on waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 1237. Distr. Tropics and subtropics. 496 Solanum nigrum, Zinn.—F.B.L., iv. p. 229. Chiengmai, on waste ground, 300 m., Kerr, 123 Distr. Widely spread in tropical and pat Ans countries. Solanum torvum, Swartz—F.B.I . p. 234; For. Fl. Burma, ii, p. 225; Williams, Bull. Herb. ios .» V. (1905) p. 439. Chiengma, Doi Sootep, eeicies m., Kerr, 1801, Hosa 475. S.E. Asia, Trop. Am Vividently allied is pi aitns Fai anh) 5, which is destitute of flowers or fruit, and which was referred by Williams to 8. Melongena. agg verbascifolium, Linn.—F.B.L., iv. p. 230; For. Fl. Burma, ii. 5. Biches: 3 in scrub jungle, 300 m., Kerr, 1225. Distr. Tropics. Datura Bojeri, Del. ex Dunal. D. Metel, Williams, Bull. Herb. Distr. Japan, fro one Africa—often cultivated ? ScROPHULARIACEAE. Mazus rugosus, Lour.—F.B.1., iv. p. 259; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. Chiengmai, 300 m. ., Kerr, 1472—“a garden weed.” Distr. B. and S.B. Asia Lindenbergia shamostantiya, Benth.—F¥.B.1., iv. p. 262; Coll. % Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 99; Williams, Bull. Her Boiss., v. (1905) p. 437. ZL. siamensis, Williams, lc. Bangkok, Schoinbiergh, 233. Siam, hs Mees Distr. Himalayas, China, Indo-Chin Lindenbergia philippensis, cadet —F. , I., iv. p. 261; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soe., xxviii. p. 99; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 437. Between Lakon and a near Ban Meh Tah, 300 m., Kerr, 986; Chiengmai, on old walls, 300 m., Kerr, 1692 (a dwarfed plant). Distr. China, Indo-China, Ma alaya. Lindenbergia urticaefolia, Lehm.—F.B.1., iv. p. 262; Coll. et emsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 100 Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., ‘Kerr, 923; banks of Meh Ping, 400 m., Hosseus, 388. Distr. India, China, Indo-China. Adenosma capitatum, Benth.—F .B.L., iv. p. 264 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 437. Chiengmai, Doi ents in deciduous jungle, 360 m., Kerr, 1431. Distr. S.E. A Limnophila oroiide Craib, sp. n., L. hirsutae, Benth., valde affinis sed foliis angustioribus semper oppositis, racemis longioribus, pedunculis pedicellisque longioribus et eipript ees differt. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 146 Very closely allied to Z. hirsuta, but ‘readily site beg by its narrower leaves and its laxer, more graceful inflorese 427 Limnophila gratioloides, Br.—F.B.1., iv. p. 271. Pitsanulok, Ban Jang, 120 m., Hosseus, 701. Distr. Trop. Asia, Australia, Africa. oe heterophylla, Benth., var. reflexa, Heok. f., ¥.B.L., p. 270. Kedah, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen., 18 p. 350). Distr. 'Tenasserim. Limnophila hirsuta, Benth.—F.B.1., iv. p. 268. Doi mae 1150 m lent 332. Distr. S. EB. Asia, Australia ieee nels Hook. f., F.B.1., iv. p. 267 ? Pitsanulok, Ban 7 bay 20 m., "osetas, 702. Distr. Sikkim, This plant is Slinety allied to L. hays Benth., and indeed ma be only a form of that species. Lindhard 21, 1, from Raheng anisbi L. diffusa, by C. B. Clarke, is somewhat similar, Limnophila Roxburghii, G. Dun—F.B.L., 265. ee ne ee at Coah, (ex Mat. Mal. Pen. 18 p. 347). S. E. Asi eae adits, Blume—¥.B.1., iv. p. 270. Kedah, oe bs Mat, Mal. Pen., 18 p. 350). Distr i tae mriate Rosi, —F.B.L., iv. p. 276. Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 330 m., Kerr, 1354. | India, Burma, China, J ava. Torenia flava, Ham.—F.B.1., iv. p. 278. ew 7. Doi Sootep, 340m m., Kerr, 1353. China, Indo-China, M Mala aya. cate oblonga, Hance. Vandellia oblonga, Benth. Pitsanulok, Ban Jang, Hosseus, 706 _—_ b. Hoss. !). Distr. Hong Kong, Laos, Cochinch Torenia varie a, Ham.—F¥.B.L., iv. p. = 8. _ Wang Djao, Hosseus, 110 (Herb. Hisar 3: Distr. Tropics. ‘ eee angustifolia, Wetist. Vandellia angustifolia, Benth.— F.B.L., iv. p. 282. Cislengnai, 300 m., — 1470. S. E. Asi ae Fane F., Muell.—-W illiams, Bull. Herb. Polets v. (1905) p. 437, Vandellia crustacea, Benth.—F.B.L, iv. p. 2 Chiengmai, in mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, Kerr, 1333 ; Wang Djao, oa 126. Tropics. Lindernia hirsuta, Wettst.—non Williams, Bull. aaa rons v. (1905) p. 437. Vandellia hirsuta, Benth.—F.B.L, iv. p. 2 Chiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1394—a garden weed, Distr. KE. Asi Schomburgh 203, ‘tacked by Williams lc. under this species consists of a mixture of L. erecta and Bonnaya veronicaefolia, var. 428 There is in’ Herb. Kew another = collected by Schomburgk which is probably Llysanthes parviflora, but the material is poor. Lindernia pedunculata, Wettst. Vandellia pedunculata, Benth.— F.B.I., iv. p. 282. Chiengmai Doi Sootep, 330-1050 m., Kerr, 1358, Hosseus, Boe. . E. Asia. Lindernia scabra, Wetist. Vandellia scabra, Benth.—F.B.L., iv. p. 281. * Chiengn, Doi col 330 m., Kerr, 1250, 1359. 8. E. Asia, Trop. Africa, Madagascar. Gisnays brkbhinte Link, et td, iv. p. 284; Coll. emsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. p. 10 Chiengmai, in mixed jungle on Doi Sootep, 360 m., Kerr, 1334 ; oe Lindhard, 2 Dis India, Tndo-China, China, Malaya. Bonney veronicaefolia, Spr., var. grandiflora, Hook. f., F.B.1., iv. Cue 300 m., Kerr, 1471. Doubtfully separable o a — from B, veronicaefolia which is widely distributed in 8S. E. Asia. Scoparia dulcis, Linn. ot es L., iv. p. 289 ; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 438. hiengmai, 300 m., Kerr, 1342; Menam, Hosseus, 3; Raheng, Lindhard, 18. Distr. Tropics. Buchnera cruciata, Ham.—F.B.L., p. 298; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. 'p. p. 100; Willipas Bull. Herb. Boiss., v (1905) p. 962. Raheng, Lindhard, 8; Chiengmai, Doi Sootep, 400-600 m., Hosseus, 314; Ban Tang, 120 m., Hosseus, 708. Distr. India, China, Indo-China, Malaya. Striga lutea, Lour—F.B.I., iv. p. 299; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 438. lengmai, smote — in deciduous jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-720 m., Kerr, Siam, Murton ; Distr. S.E. or a pares Trop. Africa, Arabia. Striga Masuria, Benth on or L, iv. p. 300; Coll. et Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc., xxviii. hiengmai, Doi Sootep, ae grass in eng jungle, 300-600 m., Kerr, 741 Distr. Tdia, Burma, China, ea Centranthera hispida, Br.—F.B.L,, Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi MA ott "540 m., Kerr, 826 ; Wang Djao, Hosseus, 1 Distr. . Asia, Australia, Sopubia trifida, Ham.—F¥.B.1., iv. p. 302; Coll. et Hemsl. Journ. Linn, Soce., xxviii. p. 101. oe in open grassy jungle on Doi Sootep, 1350-1500 m. Kerr, 1512, Distr. India, Burma, Assam, China, Philippin ‘Afeion, Madagascar, e 429 OROBANCHACEAE, Aeginetia indica, Ro«vb.—F¥.B.L., iv. p. 320. Chiengmai, in deciduous and evergreen jungle on Doi Sootep, 300-990 m., Kerr, Bic 1515; Angkor, Lebeuf. Distr. S.E.A LENTIBULARIACEAE. Utricularia bifida, Linn. la B.1., iv. p. 332; Williams,.. Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p Chiengma, Doi Soot. She m., Kerr, 569. S.E. A _ Derr valle Ostenf., Fedde Rep. Nov. a8 ii. (1906) . 68. aoe Chang, Schmidt, 704a. pio: exoleta, Br.—F.B.L, iv. p. 329. engmai, Doi Sootep, 300 m., Kerr, 574. Distr S.E. Asia, Australia. Utricularia pore Vahl—¥..B.L, iv. p. 329; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 432. S.E. Asia, Australia. bi star oes furcellata, Oliver, Journ. Linn. Soc., iii. p. 189. U. furcellata, var. minor, C. B. Clarke, F.B.1., iv. p. 334 Ghistoaat among damp moss on rocks on Doi Sootep, 1350 m., » 187, Distr. Sikkim, Khasia. Utricularia hirta, A/ein—F.B.I., iv. p. 332. pe Doi Sootep, 480-720 m., Kerr, 922. istr. Khasia, Chota Nagpur. cucu Kerrii, Cratb, sp.n., ab U. rosea, Edgew., caleare quam labio infero longiore distinguenda. Herba erecta, 14-29 cm. alta. Folia per anthesin deficientia. Scapus strictus, plerumque simplex, flores 4 saltem ogee squamis parvis medio aes parce instructus ; pedicelli circiter 1 mm, longi; bracteae medio xae, utrinque acutae. Calycis Vapanidesia inferum obovato-rotundstuin, apice rotundatum, 2°5 mm. longum, superum quam infero paulo brevius, acutiusculum, amba extra minute puberula, Corollae fusco-purpureae labium superum obovato-ellipticum, emarginatum, 4 mm, longum, inferum refractum, apice truncato-emarginatum, 5 mm. longum ; calcar 6 mm, longum, pe are apice obtusiusculum ; corollae partes omnes extra minute uber : Cheng, in open oe ground on Doi Sootep, 720 m., Kerr, 9 ae racemosa, Wall.—F’.B.1., iv. p. 333. Chiengmai, at foot of Doi ee ved m., Kerr, 570. Distr. India, Assam, Burma, C Utricularia siamensis, Osten/., Rede Rep. Noy. Sp., ii. (1906) p- 68. Koh Chang, Schmidt, 704. 430 Utricularia pee Craib, sp. n., ab W. filicauli, Wall., calcare robusto rece Herba saaenne erecta, 4°5-8 cm. alta. Folia per anthesin rarissime deficientia, spathulata vel lineari-spathulata, 2-3 mm. longa, petiolo usque ad 3 mm. longo suffulta. Utriculae minutae, sparsae, globosae vel ellipsoideae. Flores terminales, solitarii vel 2-3 racemose dispositi; bracteae parvae, medio fixae, utrinque acutae. Sepala eT. vix 2mm. longa. Corollae purpureae labium superum 1°5 mm, longum, inferum apice emarginatum, 1:75 mm. longum ; calear late conicum, superne subito contractum, apice obtusum, 3 mm. longum. Chiengmai, in eng jungle on Doi Sootep, 540 m., Kerr, 793. Utricularia striatula, Sm. U. orbiculata, Wall.—F.B.I., iv. p- 334; Williams, Bull. Herb. Boiss., v. (1905) p. 433. Chiengmai, on rocks and fallen tree trunks on Doi Sootep, 690-750 m., Kerr, 1418. Distr, S.H. Asia. Utricularia, sp. n. Pitsanulok, 120 m., Hosseus, 711. GESNERACEAE, rece fare gs macrocalyx, Hosseus, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl., iv. (1907) p. 314, cum tab. Described roi a specimen which flowered in Berlin Botanic Garden, and which was introduced from Doi Sootep by Hosseus. 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NEW GARDEN PLANTS OF THE YEAR 1910. e number of garden plants annually described in botanical and horticultural publications, both English and foreign, is now so considerable that it has been thought desirable to publish a com- plete list of them in the Kew Bulletin each year. The following list comprises all the new introductions recorded during 1910. These lists are indispensable to the maintenance of a correct nomenclature, especially in the smaller botanical Sa in correspondence with Kew, which are, as a rule, only scantily pro- vided with horiicultural es Seige Such a list will also afford oooh g e respecting new plants under a at this establish- of which will be “distributed from it in the regular ardens, The Pica list includes not only ass brought into cultivation for the first time during 1910, but the most noteworthy of those which hav e been re-introduced after being arn from cultivation. been described with ral ‘Sotantedl fiien Mere Saltral forms some of the names are doubtfully correct. Where, however, a correction has appeared desirable, this is made. name of the person in whose erage the plant was first noticed = described is given where know An asterisk is —— to all those alte of which examples are in po nae at fhe pu ublications freon which this list is compiled, with the used to indicate them, are as follows :—Berger, Stap.— Bereer, Stapelieen und Kleinien, &. Berger, Suk. Euph —Berger, (19475—6q.) Wt, 118—9. 1125, 4/11. D&S, 88 Sukkulente Ve grees B. M.—Botanical Magazine. Bollettino del R. Orto Botanico di Palermo. B.S. D. F.—Bulletin d Societé Dondiolowtgue de France. B. 7’. O.—Bullettino della R. Societa Toscana di ean Fedde, Repert. — Fedde, ae specierum no m regni vegetabilis. Gard.—The Ga G. C.—Gardeners’ ‘Chroni cle. Bhan —Gartenflora. G. U— Garacnake Magazine. Jard.—Le Jar MH Bec i) et & —Journal of ee J. H. F.—Journal de i. "Société Nationale a’ Horti- e de France. K. B.—Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Witanic Gardens, Kew. Lemoine Cat.—Lemoine, Catalogue M. D. G.—Mitteilungen "der Deutschen Dendrole ah att Gesell schaft. M. K.—Monatsschrift fiir Kakteenkunde. NV. B.—Notizblatt des kénigl. botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Jag cman ) . &,—Ore N. G. B. I—Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano. id Review. Ovrchis.—Orchis. pelage zur Gartenflora. A. H.—Revue Horticole. AR. H. B.—Rev es VHorticulture Belge. Sargent, T. & S—Sar gent, aca and Shrubs Spdth Cat—L. Spiath, oe Nursery Gaieioon T. H.—La Tribune Horticole. Veitch, N. H. P. J. Veitch & & Sons, New Hardy Plane from Western China. The aaa in the descriptions of the plants are :— diam.—Diam ft.—Foot or Feet. G.—Greenhouse. H.—Hardy. #. H—Halthardy. in.—Inches. i$.—Stove. “Abutilon —. - 66. C2 1910, 13-5 in. long, 1-13 in. broad. Umbels The of flowers and fruits ‘resembling those —— Sle mn one stnitt wikia is of the ivy. W. China. (J. Veitch & myo in pavers as A, Thompsonii Sons ; Kew ar. flore p It is possible that it is sof hybrid oi igenen and that A. pictum | Acer Ginnala albo-variegatum. ne a its parents. The 3-lobed (M.D. G.1910, 287, 289.) Sapindaceae. gree! i: leaves, glakouus on both sides, H. Leaves with large Nile 07 -— disinguieh it from A. Thompsonii. white blotches. (Fritz Graf 2 Schwerin, Wendisch - Wilmersdorf, Abutilon striatum var. kewense. Germany.) ( 910, xlviii. 428, 488.) G. In cultivation under the name of | Acer labrum rhodocarpum. A. Thompsonii, and probably of Arheid (MD. G. put, 287, 289.) H. Fruits origin. It iffers from the er shining red, remaining so till mature. forms of A, striatum in havi et the In the typica al form, A. glabrum middle lobe of the leaf less than twice typicum, the fruits are green, (Fritz as long as the undivided and Graf von Schwerin.) sometimes only about equalli ing it, usually much less than twice as long Acer platanoides Jouinii. CU. D.G as broad. (Kew.) 1910, 287, Leaves, eyen i when ae per aor with yellow = a0, sien. 0, ga blotches. (Simon-Louis, Plantidres, Met cole as been gi we en. * eee pt. known for man ardens A . . : cer platanoides sanguineum. from the a a reat CM. D. @. 1910, 287, 289.) H. The Dicks. gh Rr said invariably ome blood- red Veitoh). by ha ving edhunek Snatead the autumn, (Fritz Graf von of glabrous leaves, — flowers with Schwerin, darker-coloured G. ¢ 1910, xlviii, 427. — A eeionlesynns Jaa aas D. G. 1910, 288, 289.) tho x Henryi. (2. mM. ae in which be leaves eg He oor S sso “4 tre 5 stantiy mottled with dark rose, high or more ; brat as armed w (Walter, Grosskuchel, Prague.) flattened conical Sa recurved Aetieg A ie fi rarely 3-foliolate ; petiole cer rubrum a cum. (iV. G. 1$-2 in. long ; leaflets oblanceolate - ~~. 1, 289, col. t., £. 1. ) H, “Rabun ves brig t vate, en red, a rst or less toothed, the central one Tonges — only, the tet aout sitiidlly esenling towards on privcints roi ‘where the leaves ain gree cae time, (Fritz Graf you Sane ) *Aconitum volubile tenuisectum. i. t2 B 1910, 432.) Ran ceae, Ste aE: U Man orin- Addcions & Co., Pari s.) “Actinidia Henryi. (Lemoine Cat. 1910, n. ee sere Tamutencectnoese. H? Clim Leaves persistent, ria te eolate, 4-6 ~~ -_ finely toothed, eel nze-red pas metallic-green, a rich reddish oo’ in 906, 1. ng: Yunnan, China, (V. Lemoine & Son, ancy.) Adiantum scutum roseum. Bi H.B 88.) Ss. variety as rose. i dlinerad fro nds. <0. Bern stiel, Bornstedt, Potsdam, Germany.) -—o pee ae (A-G, BT. Bese vi, 399.) ith a iueoer cartilaginous border, larger lateral spines, which ar more incur Sh and more irregul . and a much longer terminal spine. Connie se (Florence B. G.) an a — a O. 1910, Ste Leaves geese rom - -spatholate, in. ong, — nose in. broad, beneath lon Scape simple, 7 ft. tong. including the spike-like inflores- n ° ped, lin segments she Fra emen 7 1 y unknown. (Florence eecborens eet 8. (B. M. xlviii, 353, 2 Tis) Lil Pe ial herb with a short thick roo ves 6-11, tufted, eta. 4-20 in. long, 4-1 in, broad. bers d, 10-30 in. long, compressed, be a py dal panicle. Flowers aimorphis. some with far exserted st s, others wi stamens only equalling the perianth- dag Perian panulate, pale (A. K about jin. long. Japan. Bulley ; Kew.) 19475 89 *Alloplectus Forgetii. (e: 4 010, 383.) Gesneraceae. S. yo spreading Rmiegg ts F elliptio, 2 7 lin, long. Peru. ns.) (F. Sander & — tte a ap18, 316, tt. ry -85.) 8, S with a long tail: like inflorescence, paittsl conspicuous on unt of the long-exserted Amorphophallus meio (a. C. 1910, — 89.) Araceae. A species yt ct spathe.” (sis Pome Lawrence.) [A Schweinfurthii, N, E ; a native f British and G n Africa, is described in Fl. Trop. Africa, viii. 149. The leaf is about 24 ft. across, wit lan te se in, Ze. ross at popes with a pale zone at the mouth ; limb 4-44 in, long, erect, very ga or somewhat hooded, dark purple. | Androsace spinulifera. (4G. C. 1910, xlvii, 27, £. 22.) Primul F late, ve: i an inch up to 43 in. long, 3-3 br near the apex, terminating in a minute spine. pe sometimes 4 or 5 toa plant, up to 10or12in. high, Umbels ro and co , 10-30-flowered ; ped: rather short. Flowers delicate rose-pink, with Ate te about } in. across, Yunnan Bull hi Central China, (V. Lemoine & Son, Nancy. A2 CE, ard. 1910, 247.) wiry fine rade, with large lavender - mau bloss (A. Perry.) *Anemone ae Allenii. 1910, xlvii. 303 ; “Ay — ak Ae: B. 1910, 160; — poe rs) Ne adit ve, Bf fi, toe e 12 in. ong; claw 5 li Colombia, (J. Talbot Clifton.) “Anthurium Ae Sad tee citar geval ay a A EO 8, 4e) eG. arden n hybrid. chs Sousin di Poser Florence.) A. Pfitzeri.] Aralia Fargesii. (Jf D. G. 1910, 243.) riety.” cE. V.L Catsloys lehiats virginea. ian xlviii (G.-C. “A fine dark i mau pale galiow dise. ‘(Stanley & Co.) Cattleya oe Fagin Bede phi xlvii. 3 ‘A very pre tty attractive blesh-pink variety.” on.) (H. Dix oe Mendeli greta 1910, xlvii. 304 part pr to - ‘white flower with, al lilac front to the lip.” (E. V. Low.) Cattleya mirabilis. a6 C. 1910, xlvii. 303.) G. e Warscewiczii and Patroeinii.] CRshey® Serie Ae. C. 1910, xlvii. 0,150.) G. .A garden eee en C. Mendelii ce and = meee Reineckeana, (Stuart Low « Co.) Cattleya W alba. (0. 1910, 232, f. 14.) G. owers pure , with a suffusion of greenish- yellow i in -_ throat of the lip. Soe. & Hurr Summit, New U.S.A.). *Celastrus latifolius. ( Veitch, V.H.P. 1910, 12.) Celastra de- China. wes Veitch & Sons a K. 1910, ranched. repand, entose in€és 10-12, brown, doaat, ‘aed. Flowers el-shaped ; Cereus cinnabarinus. 161,) Cacta G. Guatemala. gg Thuringia, Cereus pseudosonorensis. (MM. XK. 1910, 147, 173.) G, Stem colum taining a height of many verse in. thick, Ribs usually 8, about erect, a 2-24 in . high, ¢ Radial spines ae 3 ‘the Longest 1 lin, a snow- white, with bro ; central s for some ye peiisaten name of C. sonorensis, Cereus —— (M. K, 1910, 33.) G- te rect, scarcely brane ale green, darker between the ribs and around the areoles as if oil-blotched. Ribs 4 or 5, rounded. Furrows obtuse, soon’ di ing. Radial spines 5, small, rigid; central long) Flowers cylindrical, abou 9 in. long ; whitish, y and woolly ; tube whitish, the lower part Ww a few sparingly woolly scales, the upper with y copiously woolly scales ; outer ments lan- ceolate whitish, crimson-tipped, the inner white, eti with rose- shaded tips Jountry own. (C. Knippel, Klein-Quenstedt, near Halberstadt, ; & Schmidt, Erfurt.) Cn Mropsti Auenet x Schied (B. ga 1910, nh) almae. A den hybrid, (Rome B. @.) Cheiranthus Arkwrightii. (4. ¢. 1910, xlvii. 410.) Cruciferae. H. garden hybrid between C. Allionii and C. alpinus, (J.8. Arkwright.) *Chirita rupestris. (2. ©, t. 8333.) n S. A bushy pact g's 6 “Chlorophytum comosum. 1910, <0 261.) Liliaceae. ornamenta ies with Seiad ‘ous radical, linear, about orescence oe An ading , Cen s. Afeica, CG. ry Segue “Chrysanthemum tomentosum. (G. C1910, xlviii. 210.) Compositae. H llied to C. alpinum. It is a dwarf tufted plant, only 2 in. hi hen in flower aves pinnatifi ensely tomentose, giving the planta hoary — Flower - h white, 3 in. orne stems about 1 in, ay Canin: (Kew.) — 2? ge es ger yee eT 97.) rchidaceae. Pasedebalbs oyate, ss rarely 4. aie lanceo- broad, ong, ety 1 lin, ted, yellow or golden, Pareto. a, o 5 cg base. Lip 44 li n. broad, Philipines ~Ciittkhgen B. @3 Meer montana vars, (Lemoine a than in the variety grandiflora, and the third has Fant i. are : across, ae ite, ware wttle: ce and © se) much undulated. (V. Le- moine & Son, Nancy.) Sh geste nutans. (K. B. 1910, 392; GC. 1 re ae ey 129 ; Veiteh, N. HePS 8, 5, £2) -H. Ai vigorous limber, oe: it r ‘pubescent ms. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets 7-9 3-lobed, coarsely e gre panulate the bs Tn cultivation in France for t under the erroneous name OF C. Buchanidtes; which has much thicker leaves and se j China, — Clematis mee (M, D. 1910, 248.) H fro G, to C. orientalis Is $-lin. long. Co: : re (Arnold Rvbobscess, Heston, U.S.A ~ *Cocculus heterophyllus. i N. UB. 18910, aah gree ad maceae, H. yt ous climber of 04 | } — growth, Leaves variable i hape, often broadly ovate in outline and lobed, nba at the base, bright green, Ww, China. (J, Veitch & Sons.) Codonopsis vinciflora. og Re- son ge wetness ii, m slender, twin oppo- oe or more rarely aieinate, » petiolate, ovate or oblong-acuminate, sinuate- dentate. Peduncle very long, 1- owered. lowers small for the genus. Coro rotate, 5-partite to the base, lilac; segme elliptic, acute. Ovary almost inferior, Allied bs . convolvulace See / Forti Petrop, xxix, China. (St. Petersburg B, G.) Colchicum veratrifolium. (G4. C. 1910, xlviii. 242, f.97.) Liliaceae. H. e of the forms of @. Ret but oo to be — 9 —— and Er poeiy ation, rae es nen then those of C. speciosum Sense Country not recorded. (S, Arn *Columnea Oerstediana. = M. t 8344 Gesneraceae. §&. ovate or ovate- wolinig, 6 3-5 - ee or convex, gsr and shining above, pale gree finely pi igeeissd-paptrtions eased; Flowers pales 8 ovate, cau- date-acuminate, toothed d below, about 8 lin. long. orolla scarlet, nearly in, long, 2-lipped. Costa Rica. (R. H. Beddome,) — fda Ue CB. MW. t. 8311.) rt ior "50 t. high. Leaves usually te or obovate- elliptic, 2-4} in, long, 13-3} in. broad, at fi air te, whitish and tinged with eile or sometimes wi —% 13-3} in, long, 1-23 in. roa i Fi rn N. America, rst introduced eboet 1837, (Kew, etc.) —— ae te CG. C. 1910, xlviii. 388.) A natural hybrid between & rs and C, stolonifera. (Sen Park, Rochester, New York.) Be tae feeentine oe c. 1910, - A very is Agen purple, the eesk-lie middle cache co team nb ei rings, es the apricot- colou hood - like upper part is carver downwards. Country not re- corded. (FF. Sander & Sons.) Corylopsis Veitchiana. 8349,) Hamamelidaceae. tals a shorter pin lobe Ce ntral China, 8.) (J. Veitch & Sons. pecline:: Ps var. weg 8 G 191 arcely exceed the entral China. (C. Sprenger, “Cotoneaster, g noutifolia.. ae Vy Piers Bae o> ee o- plant in qultieaeon un name being pemern China» Mongolia, G. Veitch & Sons.) be age a ee B.1 r. segments, ‘em ozam- bique District. (Kew.) id bi gentmoe oe: oe a 1910, xlviii. 220.) garden hybrid between C. Cay typ "sa Fairrieanum. (Mrs. N, Cookson.) [ Paphiopedilum, J oR ge Ettyi. (4. 0. avis — 05.) G, (G. C. 1910, Ni 7A 910, 339.) 8. A 85 & tar anum and C, Curtisii. (CF. u, Brussels.) [Papatasiaieny” . Cypr ripedium poten — - 1910, xlvii. A 95 hha between C. hirsutissimum and igne, Harefield Hall variety. (itr N, Cookson.) [Paphiopedilum.] Be yom Bi caoerrie rag ce 45.) T pa nded dor: road ” (CE, Rogerson.) t Pale pediition. ] Cypripedium i ee —— (4. < Ae ce 14.) = a oi eae ple” Sie species ee whith. the name is O. Drewett.) | Paphiopedilum. ] Cypripedium oakwoodiense. (4. ¢ 0.) 1910, = 360. garden hybrid of wn parentage. (Mrs. N, Dcgksoks yd si paler Pamar ier cme. ves — 1910, 51.) 8. ‘hsbei eat un ed parentage. It has yellow flowers with te markings. (H, Trac. oy cg caring Rogersonianum (4G xlvii. 45. hamberlainianum, (HE. R ny (Paphtope dilum.} *Cytisus Dallimorei. (G4. ¢. i xlvii, 360, 397; Gard. 1910 er a . 1910, 323.) Leg min : id between C, albus and A garden hybrid C. scoparius var. Andreanus. (Kew Dendrobium Ainsworthatum. (G. €.1910, xlvii. 172.) Orchidaceae, garden hybrid D enaa (Sir Trevor Dendrobium arcuatum. (G. C. 1910, ; 0. xlvii. 108 #. 1910, 82.) 8S. Stems slender, leaf cemes vane lowers white, 1 in. across, stout with spurs curved forward at the tip. Java, (Sir J. Colman.) Dendrobium Bullenianum. arrears ye var. Karthaus 0, 205.) §. Flowers ‘a eorcapite ti si a faint narrow white margin to the sepals, 2} across the petals, which are sivas setae in shape, somewhat recurved, ro! Lip strongly Seige with 5 “obts “32 keels on the rs otsdam, Germa Orehis, 1910, 115, the same plant is mentioned as D. Karthauseanum, natural hybrid between D. bigibbum and D, Phalaenopsis. | ren tea pga potas xiv A xe “ibe ‘a worthii eons and JD. nobile nobilius, (C. L. N. Ingram.) a karoense. (G. C. 1910, ao > sil of the ie at the apex of the stem, small, w Upper sepal narrow; lower sepals broad. Petals linear. New inea, (Sir Trevor Lawrence.) —— _ oo 56.) pal e Amesiae and D. n, virginale. eck & Brown.) cgi ochreatum luteum. (G. C. 1910, xlviii. 14.) 8. Flowers lomon-yello with the blotch on the li ip of a much 289 purple than in the t ype. ‘GLA racy.) Sp ae Bperens oe S Hillii, Spikes numerous, large. Flowers cream-white. (Sir J. Colman.) Dendrobium vexans. (Orchis, 1910, 1], 85, at Be R. 1910, 296.) S. This is the now given to the plant exreuaowaly. identified with Calista abili. as such in the sect £ Dendro of Goldschmidtia. ¢ to Us Aelia lepers See O. R. 1910, 99, 2 Dendrochilum grandiflorum. Repert. viii. 563.) Orchidaceae. the struct Ww ves elliptic, 10 in. long, nearly 2 in. broad in the e. ed oe, many-flowered, about 8 in. bracteate at the base as in Piclidte late, 5 lin, long, Petals “obligualy a | , lanceolate, rather shorter but dis any broader than the sepals. rved, 3-lobed from the er 2 lin. stir Philippines ? (F. San & Sons.) Dendrochilum Krauseanu (Orchis, 1910, i D. abbrer iatum wnenes re strikingly pee column-teeth. and tals ro ownish - rg ay Essen, Germany.) ——o "oer ( Fedde, Repert. v Disti nguished om 8 yellowish, ~ small, the sepals being only 14 lin. Se Sumatra. (Berlin- Dahlem B. G., etc.) Digitalis purpureo-ambigua. (2.7. Ae 366, =~ 2 eee: og den betw: ea War. g ioides pie B, ambigua Ud. Citmeein. Andlesets & Co., Par is.) Disa ae (G. C. 1910, da 352; 0 Lip 3 deeply fringed, . Afri on the dorsal cepal Lip fringed and papillose. 8. Afric (Mrs. Bischoffsheim.) Duvalia suleata. (4K. B. 1910, 193.) sclepia . Stems decumben : leafless, 1-3 long, 4-angled, fleshy, eeth subulate, entire, 3-5 rown- hairs on the annulus. Arabia. (Kew.) Stayt emia —- - ae ob- ainenee . Ben ere fo in, ab ee margin ; petiole tick, ase = agwettte-atani erect, often almost high. edicel usually —_ = tin, a Corolla oil ong. (Darmstadt.. B, G.) ase, yellow holes bristly. B. G.) € apex, outsi nein (Darmstad pe cere ys rer fm ae a ges ce in. open - edt-teereeiaie te, ere 4 - long 71-101 Tin, ‘bros d igs “as with reddish } ring rac 1-sided 8-20-flowered soem 5 Pediels very short. Corolla n. ver- milion-red outside, yellowish Saige Mexico. (Darmetad B . G.) ee pipes &. B. peice G. ong, by se corolla-tube, Sou th nn 1 Rag New Wales Eria_ clausa. (0. R. 1910, 71.) Orchidaceae. G. Allied to Z. vittata, but much smaller. Racemes erect. nm (Sir T: Trevor Lawrence. Eria Goldschmidtiana, (Orehis, w species belong- lip si segments about 3 in, long. For (H. Goldschmidt, ‘Essen, Gave pane — 2 *Erica arborea var. siping. 1910, 395.) Se H. c ct t ate pey with shitter more — plame-tike| branches, which throughout the are a cheerful vivi sro s of Cuenca, | Spain, (Ke Eriogonum racemosum. 5 es €.1910, xviii, 297, io ae Polygo H, ted tae penne < tum 3 3-4 long. Racemes "ieehee P oruine tikes 97 } 12-14 in, high, page set sik aa me of rosy-white America. (Sir Hobe Maxwell.) *Erodium corsicum, (@. C. 1910, 3 Mat 210, f Geraniaceae, H. the sands args of this only . high, shades of ros deeper colour. osy pink, with veins Corsica, ew, Be pes eer se hat CJ. of H. asl9, i. 561 ) belli- ferae. H. A hybrid oe, PEA e+ Bk ping cane E,. giganteum, ¢ er.) a ee ore Repert. viii, 54 ; — 910, 109, ff.) Celas labrous raceae. ze 0 shrub with broadly, slong or oblong- lanceolate rather c blood-red. Japan, (1. Spath, ‘Berlin ruits a deep carmine-rose, Eke typical form they area much palerrose. (I. Spath, Berlin.) Euonymus oe f, Dg tes ar (M 11.) D. G, ; Euphorbia. (Serger, Luphorbien, 1907, 1-135, ff. sy *- bi known i in gardens fo a tessa years, but erroneous na “sa ih aggregata. Berger, . Eu ph = Eeiage Repert. G Candelabrum svar. tei — Erythr 73 ; unded spine-s pele pues hese together, Stom | 4- pouty branches at first Sees later also 4-angled. Eritre Ge Mortola ; Genoa and Pahemo ees phor bis age aol . dentata. (Berger, Suk, Buph. Fedde, i om ea Ako hem some- Zag. ) the angles are dining’ straight or only very faintly as £. Hystria, E. ——— ie under other erroneous nam 8. Afri sinus be- rs of spines, Country nibs 8 Morinii. (Berger, Suk. : — ae he viii. Ban, 1 by sharp Spines not nor strong, 34 lin. — Sah uncommon in cultivation. §S, ee neutra. (Berger, Suk. , £16; Fedde, Repert. viii. ee any In cultivation for many ears eithe . abyssinica or E. Royleana, from both of which it is — is - It differs from the ormer ng projecti ey- brown § spine - sbielia : z cine which in £, ag ohare are ores become black. Country unkno Euphorbia ee Berger, ph, 78; Sedna Repert, viii, 87. 5 G. Similar to EB. Cactus, but differs in the more slender angled 8 - or 5-an angled, upper part 4-an jointed; sides flat, ved, - vered towards the us horny and. Spliie ceive strong, each 98 5-6 lin, long, about 3 in. apart, I're- quent in gardens, partly under the erroneous name of LH, lactea, Country ty) n , Huph, : alternate, shortly stalked, obtuse, ngs 5-10 lin. broad, lanceolate, 3s $ 0 Probably Mexico “Biph , similis. tess ,»f.15; PHedde, R ’R the areoles are more distant and smaller, Natal? : 85.) “eae ganda. (Kew; La ’Mortola.) CB. heterochroma, Pax. ] ee. a (M. 0, Euphorbiaceae, Bpistieer. Doct 7‘ *Fouquieria splendens. (B. M. t. 'e u Ag ed, narrow, 4-6 in. long. Cor olla ight, 5-8 lin. eo dg lobes road-ovate, recurv ae Stamens 15, much exserted. Mexico & S.W. United States. (laanavin B, G.) *Fritillaria So age var. ae lensis G. 910, pth 17a, ft. ¥ Fon Ditters ing rich ‘yell ‘(Mis Watso Lilingea m the ‘cetat w flowers. Ohitale *“Gamogyne pulchra. (XK. B. 1910, 197; B. M. t. 8330, oad, brigh hardly more than half as eke as the : riee Johor, Malaya, (Kew. 5 aiielge aie albus X primu- (K, B. 1910, 324.) Iridaceae. A garden hybrid. (Kew.) *Gladiolus — aay x omg li A nus. (x. B el H. garden hybrid. Kew Gladiolus ce a. n, 176, iv.) H ABs , an intense chrome-yellow, with small maroo . Le- moine & Son, Nancy. phic eos maculatus, us. 50). major «salm (Lemoine Cat. 1910, n. cig : 2 . Hybrids t) ed ing G. ‘petmattns with the yellowest-flow wered forms 0 G. Lemoi . Lemoine & fica, Nancy.) Goldschmidtia. See Dendrobium vexans. Govenia Sneees. io bm 1910, Be) rehi estrial, 2 “Or ott. Pig Lea? lade eliptic, ut 8 i 24 in ments lanceolate to oblong. Peru. (F. Sander & Sons.) 99 Gypeophils carminea (4G. C. 1910, xiviil, 66; of H, 1910, 1xi. A pret shade of carmine. (Dobbie & Co.) eter se oa Davidii. 0, 275.) Urticaceae. armed CME DG. H. A de- nd spines. Leaves shortly petiolate, ob- long, usually 1-1} in. long and broad, acute, crenate-serrate, glabrous except the slightly pilose a Flowers inconspicuous, ruit —— ovate, about 2 2 lin. long; pects, inged. See DC. Prodr. 164, Shines FY pie Corea. Pe ters- a re B. Bs [ Zelhova Dar ie Benth f.) ree ‘erg ta CN. G. = T. 1907, ; Fe ase ini Ceylon. (Florence B, G.) _— oe Sanderi. (G4. ¢. 1910, 3 O.-Re 3510, A118 8, Mf. Pig Nearest to iana fro h it differs in the falcate- “oblong ag obtuse lateral of Pseudobulbs vi Lea long. Lip deep the petals. oe. . Sander & Sons.) Eke fuscomarginata. & B. set, Asclepiadaceae. ovate - - lanceolate, b (Glas- | ot appendiculata. an 174.) Asclepiadaceae, A new species which has been in culti- vation for several years under the i: sulphur - yellow —— colou Africa ? an Mott la.) Hypericum ag anon Ms, D.G. 1910, 253. ses garden hybrid betw a qalioides and //. lobocar aie iho ld Arbore- tum, Boston, U.S.A.) pe | ogg sas pioneer (M.D. G. 19 = garden hybrid betw awe niedaeene and H, pro lifewm. (Arnold Arboretum.) arden hybrid beeween 7 et onan and H, Kalmianum, - (Arnold Arboretum.) Hyportoam —— (M. D, G. 1910, Ee “Ilex Fargesii. Aquifoliaceae, (6. M. 1910, 809.) Vv 3--4 in. long and only 4-} in : they are ae Wi ~ str rrated, but are not at all spin, Impatiens Potrsiana as H. 1910, 123, 451, f. 187 raniaceae, i7, from “p and leaves, the 1 being more elongated. Flowers age in shape and size, an inte ne - red, Petals not emar : rop. Afri (8erlin-Dahlem 3. G., in- troduced in are Vilmorin-Andtienx & Co., is.) [Z. Walleri os f. var. Petersia Atty Gilg . ‘dies gardens as J. Holstii var. areas. 4 od enulekor. (R. HH. 1910, 335.) _ Tridacea en hybrid “sien aL acutiloba and Z. ee RES See G. C. 1910, xlvii. 399. (W. BR Dykes. Iris tee tele colchesterensis (@. C, 1910, xlvii, 431. Differs - from Pek aving seers ofa —— plue with a shade of purple. = said the same as a for Spieesaeily introduced under the aaine of coerulea, Japan. (Wallace & Co.) ris Bulleyana. (4G. C. 1910, ara. 418.) H. Distinguished from /, Clarkei by its hollow stems. Rhino slender, widely creeping. ‘sword-shaped, green ae glaucescent = rine ig - Spathes 2 - flowered ; ‘i Outer perianth - segments snottled with blue-purple on a creamy ground ; inner blue-purple. Yunnan, China, (A. K, Bulley.) — y Ostet, . @. 1910, xlvii. 418, llied 1 _ ena ong. pte Se yellow “ag vo ser at oblon ith ches vein ola ¢ nner ‘erect, nevsg ie apmcablate. unnan, China. (A. K, Dailey: Ww Ro Dykes. Iris fulvala. Ca; ae 1810, xvii. 431; J. of a ae ; H. garden hybr L hexagona Seeninet. oe Sulva and (W.R. Dykes.) Iris germanica var. a R. H. 24 ft. high. very fresh-coloured, white at the strongly striped wit irlabs t lila ¢ on all the segments, (Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., Paris.) Iris iberica x sents. (R. H. ati _ f. 95. e Denis, Balaruc-les- Bains, Hérault, France.) — Polen Se Ce. H. 1910, 356.) me aren Arne be ween nd. Korolhow I, eypriana. (. M assé, Petit. Chitenay: Vendée, France ae sea es CG. @. 1910, xlvii. 46.) os rages ates differing ch Schty i in kaving an and remarkably long and _ br a green sree ral bt izome pea | com- word-s » pale pelieicisi-gresa, aout 8i in long and fin. bro tem simple, about - long as ons leaves, — long. Pe dice 24-3 in, tube 1} 2 i = “¢ eenish, with purple segme d purpl most black- le; e, al purp bluish in front, then white, ieee with blue. Lisbon. (W. R. Dykes.) — Po ccegene CB. M, t. 8340.) H. o J, — but the pedicels ae atiaece i ovaticd long and the flowers are saute yellow. ind hort. v an ong, broad. Stem high, 2- or zs flowered, a, eplingi, 1- epi Spathes 24-4 in 1-2 lin. broad. Pedicels up to 6 is: tag! Perianth-tube green, 4-5 lin, ie; outer segments nearly . long, with an wire or obovate- 2 in elliptic limb, yellow, ined with purple ; inner segments donpplaGabe- late, narrowed to a claw, 3-11 in. long, 3-4 lin. broad, yellow. (J. Veitch & Sons.) “Juniperus pachyphloea. (A. D. G. 1910, 139, 289.) Coniferae. r juvenile forms, differing in habit and having blue or whiti a growths, are ies seri nder conspicua, elegantissima ‘dea ericoides. (Barbier & Co., Orleans.) Kleinia ee Poet ead Stap. 399.) Compositae. G. eculent shrub invol the violet - rose. Abyssinia. “(Paler mo B. G.) Lacaena bicolor alba. (0. R. 1910, fe] O° oN g2 — e nevin , Lueddemannia Sanderiana alba. } Laelia a (4. _ 1910, xlvii. eit vie chidaceae. S. garden hybri id between JL. purpurata Lord ae Songhai: “CE. F. Clark.) eal Lundii. (0. R. 1910, 62. c= L redilent BPS fe) narro eshy subterete or channelled leaves. Flowers s narrow, ing and reticulated Brazil, (Ff. Sander & Sons.) veins. Laelia Bo oe ppg ie. = 1910, 83 ; 1910, xlvii. 108, as L. a? a Gi. J.N ere terranes. (. a .) Orchidaceae, (Domaine de Ferriéres-en-Brie, Seine- ce.) et-Marne, Laelio-cattleya Firminii. (0. R. 1910, 22.) G, A garden hybrid 101 latch L.-e, Pies and ae Dowi Gu (F. mbeau, Heads ols.) Laelio-cattleya cise (0. R. 1910, 145, f. 11.) G ween a yellow ‘dae of Laelia nigrescens and Cattleya Dowiana (5, 02 6 8. Lancaster, Mass., 8.4.) eee Py er oe Cc: 1910, xlviii. 279.) ragacea rows in’ ee oh "mnfts the “thick LT. pyr -olifolia, Ser, ] a natn gf (4. dyetoet ee Pee LP, 71910, Pi BioA very distinct species apparently of dwarf . habi Branche (J. Veitch rari ine ) *Lissochilus Andersoni. (KB. 1910, 159.) Orchidac { ong, white, with 5 to7 verrucose light purple keels on the dise. Gold Coast, (Kew.) “Eistrostachgs ‘caer yee ace 2. 1910, 161.) long. sect white, small, included in the Gold Coast, (Kew.) “Lobelia Be pgs (G. €. 1910, dow segm New Zealand. (Edinburgh B. G.) Lonicera Korolkowi var. (Fedde, Repert, viii; M, D, Gl 1910, 114, f. 10 SS Caprifoliaceae. Fichinoies longer than in reac type. Corolla also longer (8-9 lin cob rose-coloured. ( . Spith, Baik Berlin-Dahlem B. G.) Lueddemannia Sanderiana alba. See Lacaena bicolor alba. Lunaria biennis var. seg 6S a (G. C. 1910, xlvii. 265.) H. A variety with astiires Corfe (C. Sprenger, Corfu.) L. annua, L. var. ae ones: lata. (K. B. 1910, 370.) Orchidaceae. 8. Allied to Z. Bar- fi, ig ain gi much shorter pals and petals. Prondobulbs ohlane- San 4-5 lin. See Miltoglossum Vuylstekei. Odontonia Vuylstekei. peng Robsonae. oe C. 1910, arden vii. 353.) Orchidaceae. 8. Ag Apbrid ‘between Roezlii and W&M. vewillaria “Queen Alexandra.” (J. obson.) Miltonia Rogersonii- es ee be xlviii. 189.) S. ‘Like . vewillaria.” (Trus Beso a the acs E. B 104 . Miltonia vexillaria sag ace ca ee: ¢ in. long, harm 1910, xlvii. £00 0. R. 1910, 171.) 8. rated basal scales 1 lin. lon Flowers ver. xy dark-c . hohe almost Brasil (Kew 5 urple, (Charlesworth & Co ~~ 0.) *Neoglaziovia yon ater (B. mM. Miltonia Warscewiczii leucochila. ped hg JS emgiceiggy concolor in ee a ; t (@. C. 1910, xlviii. 476.) Sepals leaves, instead of being ann and pe pale purple, white and white-lepidote as is that species, are crimped at the lege, ng large, glabrous or only very Veatieately the lower half ruby-purple, semi- lepidote. Brazil. (Kew.) transparent in the "satddle: (Charles- P bec Go.) Neolanchea gf tree (9. R. 1910, 60.) chidaceae, S. Plant only Montanoa grandifiora. (2. H. 1910, ies 4 n. i ‘with a creeping 174, ff. 66-68.) | Compositae. G. rhizome said ovoid pseudobulbs about Taller and more branched than J. 3..Li ng, ea aring a si bipinnatifida, the leaves larger, slender terete leaf. Scapes 1-flowered, broadly lobed, the bl ding abou lon the leaves. Fl to the bas petiole in the fo 5 lin. long, bright purple, Sepal of wings. ower - h petals subconn . Lip erect, with across, with 8-10 (not 5 or 6 as in 2. 2 sharply reflexed angles at the base bipinnatifida) linear-lanceolate white Probably Tropical America. (Glas- ray - florets, Mexico. (R. Roland- nevin B. G. Originally introduced Gosselin, Villefranche - sur - Mer, into Austria about the year 1897.) France.) ee Noches oes = 1910, ia i iali iii. 319, 1910, og hein A aber eosin: 370), Spenthactn ok satan fori Gauasinbte for its very large hybrid. be N. sang winea and flowers, which are 3}-3% in. across, N. Curtisii “superba. (J. Veitch & orange-red, very lightly spotted with Sons.) brown on the claws t gments. (Vilmorin-Andrieax & Co., Paris.) ney on gg ian a. S5 en ort from ra se Va Whibwoné, dis- tinguished by its dwarfer habit and : extremely fine divisions of the fronds. Bae, oe ne . (Neubert, Wandsbek, Germany.) long ; rhachis green a i * ls ahowt. 6: bin, lone: 5 eo rah es ae M. t. 8306.) hyte, with $ spreading avabe tancectates 14- = thi in. Tong, 4-5 lin, br road, acuminate, song “Speewdobulbs 1 So 2 leng, eac leaf, Leaves scien : it the eth chotiee oblong, 1 13-8 in, long, 3-1} in. broad. : ic with a cuneate or shortly-clawed base, i a tn soaivaee Se Bees = aay, at art + tp nope din io “ eee eee, Memon ¢ lone. Neopets oF ey fie Par vio d petals a or oblong. Lip Wolter. M aa b G suberect, ovate - scoopshaped, First (P. Wolter, Magde Mer ermany.) intr troduced abo ory 1850, Mexico. (CW. E, Ledger. Narcissus Fosteri. (4G. €. 1910, fa ae — ; Amaryllidaceae, Nymphaea poeacemey (Gn, ie Bulbocodiwm es pri nega and pe ae 4, f. 11.) N inaeace : Z ie towerlig. ae species, atat eed com m. (Lady Foster ; Cambridge obovate, medium-sized, Leaves almost : ere arker green above, green somewhat Neoglaziovia concolor. (A. wt. tinged with violet beneath. Flowers 8348.) Bromeliaceae, S. ay violet-scented. Sepals 4, broad and stemmed herb resembling a Dyckia. obtuse, Petals about 14, obvate or Leaves 13-2 ft. rg 1 in, spathulate, pale blue, darker towards broad, white-lepidote, prickly on the the tips and on the back. Northern edges with subulate or sometimes in- Territory of S. Australia. (F. Henkel, curved spines 2 lin, long. Darmstadt, Germany.) rminal, s pedicel 1 tha } a Cain = d edicels less than } in. long. Cal ctomeria 910, searlet, ovoid, more than } in, 1 ae | Ho a peste oe : _— short,” blunt, Petals ‘violet, wale up to 43 in, long, 3-] in, broad, 105 3-nerved. Flowers fasciculate, dis- beset forse stalked, pale yellow. Upper sepal free; lateral B sod slightly connate? ar t age; all ovate, about 3 lin, long and 14 lin. broad. Petals same size as the sepals. Lip triangular watonisabiedl ovate, 2 lin. long, 1 ee broad. Brazil. (Berlin-Dahtem B. G.) (O. BR. 1910; A garden hyboid b ened “Co chlioda op med ee they oa Rolfeae. (H. J. Craven.) oops a ane 52.) pt oa peace (0. R.1 glossum Lambeauianum, Craven.) me gg Na (G@. €.1910, xlvii. 1910, 86, tu ; : patios ‘aybria between Cochlioda foetzli and Dadioglionia cris- tatum. (F. Sander & Sons.) erica yarn (J. H. F. 1910, arden ,hybrid between Odontgiovin Linden and Cochli (H. Graire, Amie me gene Leeana. (O. R. 1910 a hy a ontoglossum spec- tadile, aw, R. Odontioda macula tissima. (7. H. 1910, 141.) rden hybrid between Sc tog ‘ions amoenum and Cochlioda sanguinea, Linden, russels, ) Odontioda nevense. (G. €. 1910, sO KR, 1910; '210;) > G, x zarden ‘hybrid between Odontoglossum ned Cochlioda Noetzliana, CW. Thom hay hone oO Rib (G. C. 1910, R. 1910, 86.) sh A ewes Odonto lossum pay Uroskinneri and Cochlioda vulcanica, (R, G. Thwaites.) oe Rpeners. pe H. B.1910, brid. Parents vai oa rded, Oa iene iienietne. Waianae Belgium.) 4 Wilsonii. (G4. €. 1910 be ag 253; O. R. 1910, 312.) G. Thwaites; W. Bull & yen ge So onchdg Blackii. (4. C. 1910, «48 30. 1910, 115.) Or chi- ass. G. re garde en hybrid between O. Rossii and O. Pescatorei, (R. G. Thwaites.) ¢C. 1910, xlvii. 178 S11, f sae, OP B1 1910, 11 3, f. 9.) garden hybr etween 0. cirrhosum ‘ceiguitnen, (Charlesworth eee Cravenianum. cf ; G. M. 1910, ui pe crispum See (O. R. 1910, 123.) &G. ana flower with rh eure Z chocolate-red. (H. J. Craven.) pees ae crispum LEvansi- G. C. 1910, xlvii. 353.) G. Sogments of the flowe er-almost covered ert claret - coloured blotches G. Robson. ) compere se tal form. beau, Brussels.) eet ae cae hae ag ke J al P 1 ‘a Odontoglossum crispum Newtonii. C. 1910, xlvii. 269.) G. Flowers large, with cinnamon-brown blotches. (CH. 8. Goodson.) | saab 210,04) 6 Mies R.191 lateral ones having yellow crests and dark Wigley ) like those of the lip (O. O. Wrig ENE Dixonae. — 1910, xlviii. 288; O. @. A garde Edwardi and O. luteopurpurenm hy- stria, (H. Dixon.) ry, rigac keighleyense. (0. os A garden hybri hd a. emabile and O. erispum (H. J. Craven.) ope og bcbg me (G. C. nat 37.) arden amar ue Vos shan fades gy OF aonar & oe Odontoglossum Rossianae. (4. 0 ce Sort 173.) fag A garden hybrid . Adrian CF ladle & Sons i ero aloe on (G4. C. 1910, 3; O. R. 1910, 86; é. 3, 1910 191, 193, f.) G. A garden brid betwee en 0. cr corn hae 0. Wildhsanh, (F. Sander & Sons.) B2 106 Odontoglossum Thwaitesii. (4. ¢. 1910, xlvii. en St arden gay between dents and Harr yanum. (R. G. Thwaites.) Odontonia ee Hoe 1910, 210.) Orchidaceae. G. A garden hyb brid between Miltonia Warscewierii and Odontoglossum Lambeauianum. (Peeters & Sons, Brussels.) = Syecrinip (9. R. 191 09.) ochristi, Mitayiserae Vuyistekei ; cs H. 1910, 04. ] yond Sage aan aie (G. C. 910, xlv 8; 0. R. 1910, 318.) Orchi salfaay A gar etween Cochlioda Noetzliana an Oncidium ‘ester (Charlesworth “Oncidium Ballii. or B. 1910, 371.) rchidaceae. G. mbles O. muri- num in habit, but it has y berper bracts d an oblong obtuse lip with a broad callus. Pseudobulbs ovate, compressed, -24 in. long, 1-leav the apex, 2-leaved at the base = es sg om 4-64 in. lo ong, 1-1} in. bout 12 in. long. Panicle saient, narrow, dense, about 7 in. long, many- 8 all, _ bright brown. Country unknown. (G land Ball.) steps roe cheer ag teen, lied to O. Repert. viii. 572.) varicosum and 8 exuosum, but easily distinguished from both by the crest of the meet i 1 yellow, similar to those of 0. flewuosw razil. (O. Beyrodt, Mariestatda, Berlin.) Oncidium ~oaeosapa Sg (G 1910, xlvi Flowers un- usuall ok os in ae citron- yellow, ey re ive-brown ol markings the sepals, ee and front of the e lip. (E. V. Low.) Sacretge Sanderae. (4. ¢. 67 . 1910, 0. R. 1910, 351; G. Mm. bd in, 593.) G, Most nearly allied to” 0. Papilio. t differs in te sobeh crisped lighter- coloured latera, and i don and in “eae Ss sepals clear bright yellow, with very numerous brown bars and s h a broad ban round the margin. Peru. (F. Sande & Sons.) vue pal oeiais crispato-con- cht xlvii, 303; Gard. he "ul 7 - Filie lic orm wit crested bronne-green fronds. (H. B. May & Sons.) “Ourisia Cockayniana, (@. C. 1910, xlvi Scrophularia ceae. H wer- sve bearing throat, Rae 1 Zealand. (T. A Daeden ‘Smith,) ett vn Soe ce. c: a y dark green above, grey-pubescent es silvery white beneath ; petiole thick, 4-10in. n.long, broadly channelled, pilose but deati tute of marginal hairs Belgian Congo, ritiemels B. G. 4) Race Pacer shee (G.-C..1910, xlviii. 4 76.) esembles P. ) Groauliah ‘yellow band running down e centre. Belgian Congo. (Brussels 5B. G7) Paliurus orientalis. oat D. G. 1910, 246, aceae, sma those of P. australis. hina. (C. Sprenger, Corft.) yee ntly not the true P. orientalis, Hemsl., which is spineless. ] Papaver Schinzianum. Chee, Repert. viii. 573.) Papavera Probably a garden hybrid teen P, ee and a species allied to _ late eri Tt has been cultivated > Helitre ichii. Flowers brick-red. Peiais anigekdonla? oben vate, 1-14 in. long. Capsule obovoid-elub-shaped or more club-shaped. (Zurich B. G.) Paphiopedilum Charlesworthii var. Karthausii. (0. R. thaus, Potsdam, Berlin.) Feplownle isin we (B. 8. D 162 G, 1910, 16. 5 See rhalechiets Pia. ? large tree Leaves yoirsidisk; about 18 in. across, dish ; petioles 16 in. long, ae and softly airy, brown-red at the base. In- fas ; Tr rose-coloured inside. na (C. Sprenger, Goria : O. Dode, Paris.) Sone gy ewe (G. C. seat 1.174.) Asclepiadaceae. G. Plan ecier vd of a cluster o rs) r les n 4 in. acr otk: dull purplish. outside, the whole sur- ne inside frosted-w otted with 8h : tips, with only very small fissures between them. Africa. (Kew.) “Pentatomon ma horas, (@. €. 1910, 296. ulariaceae. ry pete Bist, abont 3 ft. high, with dark eaves. owers 13-13 in long, co ral: - ete in loose panicles. Mexico. (Bees, L BALL siiensis: es B, 1910, 174, Compositae. H. gether in pink, }in, across, i i on a gs ened peduncle 4-1 in. long, Central Chi OU. Veitch & Sons.) ne nner se (CK. B. 1910, 159 ; G. C. 1910; xlvii. 46; xlviii. 253; oe Mw. 1910, 787) __irchidacene, s. me iffering from B valent in its toa laiger flowers and in rier rium Vassei. 107 having the spur of the ber twice as long. f the unknown, scsetiias Siidntes “(F. Sander & Sons.) Philadelphus Satsumanus var. nikoénsis. (M. D. G. 1910, 249.) Saxifrag Differs from the apan. (Arnold Arboretum, Boston, §.A.) *Picea complanata. CKO" 2.” 1810, 174.) Coniferae both ends, long, 14 in. broad in the iddle ; scales ewhat re- se -shell in pe, W. China. (J. Veitch & Sons.) Picea orientalis semivirgata. (im. os G. 1910, 288, es = Ee form only ; few lateral peaidbes. ee ey bedi having a loose somewhat twiggy pearance ce, ee gor variegata. 90.) Conitferae. von ee Wendisch- Wilmersdorf, Germany.) Bahar cern (K. B.1910, 393, f.) China. (Kew; Arnold Boston, U.S.A.) ‘iene Hf, 1910, 30.) . Vilices. 8. new specie i of pee from which it mous branching of the fertile ones, peu fronds smooth, we ho Some ort of the t, oval, , not la Sse ith n prominent ; tertile fronds crowded,’ regularly dic ‘dichoto- mous. Mozambique. (Paris B. G.) BS ed eae aa Ae M. t. 8343,) Apoc sohbet in 8 oe for its fruit ~ a seceulas t. hi eaves sg re : hipte or broad, et Ea white ; sae ; lobes ovate ea ae Trop. w.) ves. fleshy, light green covered with round rple spots. Inflorescence irs aring 4 flowers, each about long and Mac ‘outside with fein whitish hairs. Dorsal s al oblong, light green, with pale AreWwA dots lateral s united, red-purple, with near the tis 1, (Rev. J.C. B, Fletcher. nd phen aa ee (Orehis, an ikidae: pre “half ie oe fanly mua, pale reddish brown. s and lip scarcely half as long as i rs Cigeste (Berlin-Dahlem G. yn. wraeana, Barb.-Rodr. | *Polemonium carneum. aS C. 1910, xlviii. 134, f. 49.) Polemoniaceae soy ane ae ol ide high, Leaves pinnate ; or clong-lanoelat, 1 n ony Fiowers 3 to 5 together in somewhat umbel-like Ry years ago, the plant has been grown se taentified tiJl 1908.) eee esac ge We. = The — umes = ee 20 Stes ina een corymb, white, with pale rose, in size and shape resembling have a Dendrobium 18). Sepals barbatulum (B. M. in, long geeeoly i in ol Petals slightly smaller % in. long, t the base i arly } in. broad, m: arked a ‘th n elo ngated- Viriangula blood- blo tch. Germ Africa, (Berlin-Dahlem B. G.)_ Polystachya feces alt CH.C. i . Plant about 4 in, — - - . - *H, Thomas. ” Overseer Sc Gs ~ “se eee 129 BOMBAY. Bombay City. Res Garden :— Superintendent - - - OC. D. Mahaluxmivala. Ghorpuri.—Botanic Garden :— Superintendent - - - - P.G. Kanetkar. Poona.—Government Gardens :— Superintendent’ - - - - *K, Little. CENTRAL PROVINCES. Nagpur.—Public Gardens :— . Superintendent - - - - *J. E. Leslie. MADRAS. Madras City. Pe ea Society :— Hon. Secretary’ - ~ Jo POE, Fygon, B.A5 Ps. Superintendent - - - - H, E. Houghton, F, LS. Ootacamund.—Government Gardens and Parks :— Curator - - si - - *F, H. Butcher. Cinchona Department.— Director of Cinchona Plantations - W. M. areata a Dodabetta Planta- H.V. Rya Supers tSaEne: BN and KE. Collins. Hooker Plantatio PUNJAB. Delhi.—Historic and other Gardens :— Superintendent - - - - *R. H. Locke. Lahore.—Government Gardens :— Superintendent - - - *A, Hardie. Agri-Horticultural eee — Superintendent - - - - *W. R. Mustoe. Simla.—Vice-regal Estate Gardens :— Superintendent - - *Ernest Long. 130 NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE. Agri-Horticulturist ts - - W.R. Brown. UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH. Agra.—Taj and other Gardens :— Superintendent - . - - *A, K, P. Griessen. Allahabad.—Government Gardens : i Superintendent - - - *W. Head. Cawnpur.—Mewmorial and other Gardens :—- Superintendent - - - - *R. Badgery. Kumaon.—Government Gardens :— Superintendent - - - - *Norman Gill, F.L.S Lucknow.—Horticultural Gardens :— Superintendent - - - - *H. J. Davies. Probationer - - 5 - - *K, E. Mawer. Saharanpur.—Government Botanic Gardens :— Superintendent’ - - - - *A. C. Hartless. Dehra Dun.—Imperial Forest Research Institute :— Imperial Forest Botanist - - R.S. Hole, F.L.S. EASTERN BENGAL AND ASSAM. Dacca SD emscerpriyal inter: oo eae Ex- *R. L. Proudlock. pert. NATIVE STATES, Mysore (Bangalore) :— Economic Botanist : - - *G. H. Krumbiegel. Baroda :— Superintendent = - - - - *B, Cavanagh. Travancore (Trivandrum) :— Director - - - - - Major F. W. Dawson. Udaipur :— Superintendent - - - - TT. H. Storey.