OF MT. KINABALU AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 145 
A similar structure in the Fijian E. fruticosum led me into the same error 
of describing the staminodes as a perianth (Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. xxxix. 
(1909) 172). 
In the present instance staminodes were invariably present, but were not 
seen “cup-shaped.” In one species (Æ. viridissimum) five distinct lobes 
were seen, in the other species the lobes were longer and infolded, expanding 
on the shedding of the fruit. They varied from 3-5 in number, but though 
exceptions may occur on the same plant, four is the usual number. The 
lobes of the “perianth,” as described by Robinson and myself, were 
invariably seen entire and not ciliate. The real perianth, however, as 
understood by Stapf, was found in every species examined, with the 
exception of J£. viridissimum, but it is sometimes so minute as to be only 
visible under the compound microscope. It is composed of 3-4 pointed 
segments, minutely gland-ciliate, with the exception of E. gurulauensis, 
where it was best developed, and simply ciliate with long cilia. 
With regard to the staminate receptacles, I can confirm Robinson’s 
experience with the Philippine species classified by him, viz.: “ the presence 
of an outer pair of opposed bracts, each having at each margin and interior 
to them, another bract, in addition to these six outer bracts there may be, 
and in the majority of cases are, others.” In the 9 cymes the structure was 
not so definite. The two opposing bracts were present, but might be only 
very slightly differentiated, and much narrower ones would surround the 
receptacle. 
I have also found that the £ peduncles vary in length, that the outer 
bracts of the receptacle are generally corniculate, that the staminate develop 
successively, and that Z and 9 receptacles may be present on one shoot, 
while another will bear only d, and in some cases only ?. I have also 
found both kinds of flower in one receptacle as Robinson states, and can 
confirm the inconstancy of the other characters mentioned by him. 
With regard to the sterile flowers, as described and figured by Weddell: 
(Mon. des Urticées, pl. 9 p. figs. 10 & 14), and not mentioned by Robinson, 
these were sometimes so numerous as to be visible to the naked eye, in other 
cases perhaps only one would be found in a receptacle. These flowers are, 
as Weddell describes them, ‘ flowers in which the ovary has fallen or has not 
developed.” 
POUZOLZIA INDICA, Gaud. in Freyc. Voy. Bot. 503. 
Tenom, 700', a weed in clearings. Fl. Jan. 2638. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Kudat, Fraser: Labuan, Motley ; Sarawak ; 
D. Borneo). Java, Buru and Sunda Islands, Philippines and New Guinea ; 
China, India and Ceylon. 
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