OF MT. KINABALU AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 79 
SONERILA MACULATA, /?ozb., var. GLABRATA, Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soe. 
ser. 2, Bot. iv. (1894) 157. 
Between Apin Apin and Tambunan, 2000', carpeting in secondary jungle, 
1:3 dm. high. Fl. Feb. 2985. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Kinabalu, 6000', Haviland). 
PHYLLAGATHIS ELLIPTICA, Stapf in Hook. le. Pl. t. 2279 $ in Trans. 
Linn, Soe. ser. 2. Bot. iv. (1894) 128. 
Kinabalu, Kiau, on the Gurulau spur, 5500’, in high-forest undergrowth. 
Fl. Feb. 4422. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Kinabalu, 4000-5000', Low, Haviland). 
ManuMIA PACHYGYNA, Korth. Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 242, t. 59. 
Sarawak, Mt. Matang, 1000', near Kuching, in a clearing by * Vallom- 
brosa.” Fl. March. 4424. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Kinabalu, 3000, Penokok, Haviland ; Sarawak ; 
D. Borneo). 
Miss Gibbs describes the flowers as “ lovely white,” which agrees with 
Haviland's statement, whilst Korthals figures them pink. 
DissocHATA RUBIGINOSA, Stapf, sp. nov. ; affinis D. intermedie, Bl, sed 
foliis firmioribus, indumento magis rudi, inflorescentiz ramis ramulisque 
robustioribus brevioribusque, antheris sursum minus attenuatis appendicibus 
anticis brevioribus distincta; etiam D. celebiee comparanda, sed floribus 
majoribus et antheris magis elongatis recedens. 
Frutez scandens, ramis teretibus, junioribus ut foliorum pagina inferiore 
paniculis calycibusque rufo-stellato-furfuraceo-tomentosis. Folia oblonga, 
basi rotundata, apice in acumen lineare plerumque obtusum sensim vel subito 
attenuata, 7-8 cm. longa, 3-4 cm. lata, supra saturate viridia, subtus rufa, 
subeoriacea, 5-nervia, nervis venisque transversis subtus prominentibus ; 
petiolus 7-10 mm. longus.  Panieula pyramidalis, densiuseula, 7-10 cm. 
longa, basi 6-8 em. lata ; pedicelli 1-4 mm. longi. Calyx anguste cam- 
panulatus, eum limbo latiusculo obscure late-lobato 5 mm. longus. Petala 
rosea, ovata, obtusiuscula, 6 mm. longa (in alabastris maturis). Stamina 4; 
antheree basifixee, lanceolate, apice obtusiuseule, in alabastro 4 mm. longe, 
appendicibus anticis setiformibus, appendice postico triaugulari, 1 mm. longo. 
Stylus 9 mm. longus. Fructus ovoideo-globosus, 7 mm. longus, demum 
vlabrescens.—J), intermedia, Cogn. in DC. Mon. Phan. vii. (Melastom.), 562, 
in parte, non Bl. ; Melastoma rubiginosum, Wall. Cat. n. 4052 in parte. 
Kinabalu, Gurulau spur, in high forest, 3500' ; no. 3977. 
Nearly the whole of Wallich's Melastuma rubiginosum from Penang 
(no. 4052) belongs to this species, as also a specimen collected by Helfer 
