116 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
filiformia, alba, numerosa, ad caulium floriferorum bases orta, sparse 
minutissime glandulosa. Folia 1-2 ad caulium bases vel e stolonibus vel 
petiolis ipsis orta, spathulato-linearia, longe sensim in petiolum attenuata, 
obtusa, ad 7 mm. longa (sepe multo minora), 0°5 mm. lata. Utriculi ex 
rhizoideis vel stolonibus orti, stipite filiformi cequilongo lateraliter insidentes, 
0:3-0'4 mm. longi, subglobosi, parce glandulosi, labio superiore brevi corni- 
formi erecto basi utrinque lobulo papilloso addito, labio inferiore (stipiti 
approximato) coronulam semicircularem stipitem versus apertam crenulatam 
in crenis glanduligeram referente. Caules floriferi filiformes, stricte erecti, 
1-5 em. alti, folia 3—4 squamiformia lineari-lanceolata acuta basifixa 0:5 mm. 
longa gerentes. Flores 1-4 dissiti, bracteis foliis praecedentibus simillimis 
suffulti ; pedicelli vix 1 mm. longi, basi bracteolis 2 subulatis minutis 
instructi. Sepala cequilonga, 2 mm. longa, superius late oblongum, inferius 
suborbiculare, utrumque obtusum. Corolla pallide purpurea, labio superiore 
erecto obovato-oblongo subintegro 2 mm. longo, inferiore 3 mm. longo ore 
ascendente subquadrato 3-lobo, lobo intermedio paulo lateralibus longiore, 
aleare conico 5 mm. longo subacuto. Filamenta linearia, basin versus 
attenuata, 0:5-0*75 mm. longa. — Stigmatis labium superius angustum, inferius 
æquans. Capsula matura ellipsoidea, 2 mm. loi 
reticulata, levia, 0°25 mm. diametro. 
Hab. Jesselton, near the race-course, on sandy swampy land. Fl. Jan. 
2601. Tambunan plain, in damp sandy soil, 2000'. Fl. Feb. 3015. 
Distrib. Endemic in British North Borneo. 
nga. Semina subglobosa, laxe 
GESNERACEJE. (Spencer Moore.) 
CyrTANDRA GIBBSLE, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Caule crasso e cauli epigæo satis valido repente frequenterque radicellifero 
ascendente fulvo-villoso ; foli?s oppositis petiolatis obovatis vel late obovato- 
oblongis basin versus gradatim attenuatis basi ipsa obtusis margine undulatis 
pergamaceis supra glabris subtus fulvo-villosis ; foribus paucis fasciculatis (vel 
interdum solitariis ?) e cauli epigæo hae atque illac oriundis ; pedunculis O ; 
pedicellis elongatis tenuibus fulvo-villosis; calycis fulvo-villosi tubo subeylin- 
drico lobis inter se ineequalibus lineari-setaceis tubum subequantibus ; corolla 
calycem longe superante, tubo inferne angusto superne gradatim ampliato extus 
sparsim piloso-pubescente ore parum obliquo, lobis suborbicularibus tubo multo 
brevioribus; ovario oblongo et stylo tomentoso ; stigmata biramoso ; bacca 
oblonga styli basi persistente onusta. 
Hab. Hills above Tenom, 2000', undergrowth of high forest. Fl. Fr. Jan. 
3113. 
Stem about 30 em. high, nearly 5 mm. in diameter, somewhat tumid at the 
nodes. Leaves about 14 em. long (estimated, there being not one whole leaf) 
and 5—6 em. broad, greyish above when dry and thickly sown with cystoliths, 
