OF MT, KINABALU AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 119 
HYGROPHILA SAXATILIS, Ridl. in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. Bot. iii. (1893) 
333. 
Melalap, 800', sandbanks in the Pengallan river. Fl. Jan. 2749. 
Distrib. Borneo (Sarawak; D. Borneo). Philippines; Indo-China, 
Ceylon. 
“ Perennial, rooting at the nodes; aerial branches 14-28 cm, in height, 
with slightly fleshy leaves and blue flowers.” 
RvELLIA REPENS, Linn. Mant. i. 89. 
Tenom, hills above, 1100’, undergrowth in sec. forest. Fl. Jan. 2868. 
Distrib. Borneo (Sarawak ; D. Borneo). Malay Peninsula, Java, Ceram, 
Tenimber Group, Philippines ; Indo-China. 
* Herbaceous, 0°75-1 m., with mauve flowers.” 
APORUELLIA BORNEENSIS, S. Moore, sp. nov. 
Spithamea vel paullo ultra ; caule stricto simplici vel pauciramoso inferne 
nudo superne ad apicem neque folioso pubescente cito glabrescente ; foliis 
ovatis vel ovato-oblongis obtusis basi in petiolum brevem angustatis margine 
undulatis membranaceis utrinque præter costas minute pubescentes puberu- 
lasve atque marginem sparsim ciliolatum cito glabris ; axillis superioribus 
paucifloris, floribus sessilibus ; bracteolis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis dorso 
puberulis margine ciliolatis ealycem oecludentibus facileque excedentibus ; 
calycis alte divisi segmentis lanceolatis vel lineari-lanceolatis accuminatis 
margine ciliolatis ; corolle extus sparsim minuteque pubescentis tubo 
bracteolis æquilongo sursum ampliato, lobis late oblongo-obeordatis quam 
tubus brevioribus; antheris inclusis ; ovario ellipsoideo fere glabro; stylo 
pubescente; ovulis quove in loculo 3; capsula 6-sperma inferne solida 
angustaque superne ellipsoidea acuta glabra. 
Hab. Tenom, 900', undergrowth in forests on the foothills. FI. Fr. Jan. 
2695. f 
Leaves 5-8 em. long, 2°5-3°5 em. broad, somewhat glaucous when dry ; 
petioles +6 mm. long, puberulous. Flowers up to about 6 in the axils, 
each leaving a prominent scar after falling. Bracteoles 10-15 mm. long, 
up to 3:5 mm. broad, like the leaves glaucous when dry. Calyx 5-75 mm. 
long, the segments somewhat unequal, 5-7 mm. in length. Tube of the 
mauve corolla 10-15 mm. long, 2-2:5 mm. in width below and 4-5 mm. in 
the upper two-thirds; lobes about 6°5 x 7 mm. Anthers narrow, apiculate, 
nearly 2 mm. long. Pollen-grains papillose. Ovary 2 mm., style 10-12 
mm. long. Capsule 15 mm. long ; seeds suborbicular, glabrous, 4 mm. in 
diameter. 
Among other characters this differs from A. axillaris, C. B. Clarke, in the 
large bracteoles, the calyx, and the capsule. 
