98 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
*BLUMEA BALSAMIFERA, DC. Prod. v. 447. 
Kinabalu, steep slopes above Lobang rock, 6000', undergrowth in high 
forest. Fl. Feb. 3115. 
Distrib. Borneo (B.N.B. Sandakan, Fraser !& Creagh; Labuan, 
Burbidge; arawak; D. Borneo). Malay Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, 
Buru, and Philippines ; Indo-China to India. 
Common throughout the country. 
BLUMEA BORNEENSIS, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbuscula, ramis teretibus striatulis griseo-tomentosis deinde 
glabrescentibus ; foliis inferioribus majusculis superioribus nobis solummodo 
obviis multo minoribus lanceolatis acutis basin versus in petiolum brevem 
gradatim desinentibus margine serratis serraturis nigro-induratis, supra sub- 
tiliter pubescentibus, subtus tela densa grisea obsitis ; capitulis in paniculam 
apertam sublaxam erebro bracteatam griseo-tomentosam digestis ; involucri 
campanulati circa 7-serialis phyllis exterioribus abbreviatis lineari-lanceolatis 
acutis phyllis serierum 3 intimarum e basi comparate lato anguste linearibus 
obtusiuseulis superne nigris omnibus dorso pubescentibus; floseulis herma- 
phroditis circiter 10 ; antherarum caudis omnimodo per paria connatis ; stylo 
Hosculorum hermaphroditorum bifido ; pappi setis scabriusculis sordide albis. 
Tenom, 700', near *campongs? and old * kebuns.” Fl. Jan. 2629. 
A shrub or small tree growing to a height of 5 metres. Lower leaves (not 
collected) reaching 2 dem. in length, upper 4-6 em. long, 10-16 mm. broad ; 
lateral nerves visible on the lower side only, 9-12 pairs, ascending arcuate ; 
petioles less than 1 em. in length. Panicle about 7x 14 cm., with rather 
numerous divaricating branches; oldest bracts like the leaves, only smaller, 
younger linear-lanceolate, +5 mm. long. Flowering heads about 7 x 7 mm. 
Outermost involucral leaves 1:5 mm. long, of the third row 3 mm., of the 
fourth row 4 mm., and of the innermost rows 6:5 mm. long. Corolla of 
female plants 5 mm. long, of hermaphrodite 5:5 mm., the tube of the latter 
expanding in its upper half to 0*5 mm. Andrecium exserted for a short 
distance, Style-arms protruding beyond the anthers, 1 mm. long. Achenes 
(unripe) cylindrical, 1 mm. long, nearly or quite glabrous; setæ of the pappus 
few, apparently persistent, 6 mm. in length. 
D. balsamifera, DC., to which this is nearest, has somewhat larger flowering 
heads with a densely tawny-tomentose involucre, and achenes with a red 
pappus. 
PLUCHEA INDICA, Less. in Linnea, vi. (1831) 150. 
Usakan, banks of Abai river, on land edge of mangrove belt. Fl. March. 
4322, 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Kudat, Fraser and Creagh). Malay Peninsula, 
Java, Amboina, Timor Laut, Philippines, and New Guinea ; Indo-China to 
India. 
