OF MT. KINABALU AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 105 
the mossy forest below Kamburangau, as a shrub 1-2 m. high, it runs up to 
the summit, where, on the open granite, it is reduced to a spreading wind- 
clipped plant, 2-4 dm. in height. 
CLETHRA CANESCENS, Reinw. in Blume, Bijdr. 863. 
Renagong, 3000’, in sec. forest. Fl. Feb. 3032. 
Distrib. (B. N. B. Kulawat, 2000', Lobb ; Ulu Tawaran, 2000’, Haviland). 
Java, Sumatra, and Celebes. 
A tree, with white flowers, abundant from Patau Patau to Renagong. 
EPACRIDACEÆ. 
*STYPHELIA LEARMONTHIANA, (Tibbs, sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramis cortice griseo circumdatis, cicatricibus foliorum 
delapsorum erebre onustis. Folia alterna, petiolata, 5—7-striata, elliptico- 
oblonga, acuminata, basi sensim angustata, glabra, paucinervosa.  Jtacemi 
axillares, multiflori, floribus parvis sessilibus 4-bracteatis, bracteis late-ovatis. 
Sepala ovato-elliptiea, corolle tubum semisquantia. Corolla intus supra 
medium pilosa ; lobi superne recurvi, glabri. Stamina corolle ori affixæ, 
filamentis exsertis lobis corolle squilongis. Ovarium 10-loculare, stylo 
incluso, stigmate parvo. 
Hab. Kinabalu, Kamburangau to sub-summit dwarf forest, 9000—12,000'. 
Fl. Feb. 4126. Granite cracks on summit, 13,000', dwarf shrub. 4305. 
A small tree, occurring from Kamburangau to the sub-summit dwarf 
forest, but reduced on the summit proper to a dwarf shrub with decumbent 
branches, running along the granite cracks with erect shoots 1 dm. in height. 
The flat leaves, with petioles 1 mm. long, are 7 mm. long and 2 mm. broad, 
with a shining upper surface, the venation being visible on the lower surface 
only, which is lighter in colour and shows 5-7 parallel veins, of which the 
two lateral ones may be slightly branched. The sepals and bracts are con- 
spicuously reddish in colour and red-veined. The corollas are white, 4 mm. 
long and 3 mm. broad, with glabrous recurved lobes and five tufts of . 
hairs which extend from the neck to half-way down the corolla-tube ; 
the stamens are exserted and recurved in the dried specimens, the anthers 
being 1 mm. long with no sterile tips, while the filaments are glabrous and 
2 mm. in length. The ovary is 1 mm. and the style 2 mm. long; the 
former is glabrous, with 1 ovule in each cell, and inserted with 5 hypogynous 
scales united at the base. 
According to Bentham and Hooker this plant would come under Styphelia, 
on the strength of the coloured calyx with 4 subtending bracts, the reflexed 
lobes of the corolla-tube, with the five tufts of hairs extending to the middle 
