OF MT. KINABALU AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO, 143 
8 mm. broad and 5 mm. high ; the involucre consists of six bracts, the two 
largest being very lengthily acuminate, while the four smaller have also 
a well-developed acumen; the perianth of the d flower is 4-partite, 5 mm. 
across, one segment showing a conical projection at the apex ; there are four 
stamens. The 9 cymes are sessile, 5 mm. broad and 2:5-5 mm. high, with 
an involuere of six bracts, two larger and four smaller, all with serrate 
margins; the 9 flower is petiolate, with a minute gland, ciliate 4-partite 
perianth and four inflexed staminodes, surmounted by the ovary, with the 
achene 1 m. long. 
This plant is nearest to E. lithoneuron, Stapf, collected by Haviland on 
Kinabalu at 11,000’, but differs in the subpetiolate shorter and broader 
leaves, the conspicuous red stipules and the £ and $ inflorescences. 
* ELATOSTEMA TENUMPOKENSIS, Gibbs, sp. nov. 
Herba erecta. Caulis superne foliosus, pubescens, cito glabrescens, ramis 
gracilibus. Folia alterna, sessilia vel subsessilia, oblique faleato-oblanceolata, 
basi in latere exteriore auriculatim producta, in latere interiore plerumque 
obtusa, attenuata, apice acuminata, tenuiter membranacea, pilis sparsis 
obtecta, in sicco viridula, subtus griseo-virescentia, triplinervia, nervis 
lateralibus 4-5, subtus cystolithis linearibus crebris secus nervos distributis 
ornata. 
Hab. Kinabalu, Tenumpok ridge, 4000, in high forest undergrowth. 
d 9.Feb. 3947. 
This plant shows a woody rootstock, almost radial in appearance, from 
whieh in one specimen five branched aerial shoots arise, the largest being 
3 dm. in height, the leaves only occurring towards the apex of the branches. 
The largest leaves are 5 em. in length and 1:8 em. in breadth, with veins 
conspicuous on both surfaces but more so on the lower. The stipules are 
persistent, ligulate in shape, 7 mm. long and 1:5 mm. broad, of membranous 
texture, brownish in colour and flecked with darker brown spots. The d 
eymes are pedunculate, with the peduncle 5 mm. long, the cymes 6 mm. 
broad and 4 mm. high; there are six bracts to the involucre, two large 
and four smaller. The d flowers are only in bud, but the perianth shows 
four lobes, produced at the apex, and four stamens, the whole structure being 
pilose. The 9 cymes are sessile, +5 mm. across and 2:5 mm. high, sur- 
rounded by an involucre of numerous uniform keeled and ciliate bracts. The 
pedicillate flowers show a minute 4-partite gland, a ciliate perianth, four 
inflexed staminodes and an ovary. The achene is 1 mm. long. A sterile 
flower showed three perianth-segments and three staminodes. 
I can name no affinity for this plant, which is peculiar in its quasi 
‘adial rootstock, branching habit, persistent stipules and membranous green 
eaves 
