OF MT. KINABALU AND BRITISH NORTH BORNEO. 189 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B., Burbidge; Labuan, Motley, 81; D. Borneo, 
waste ground near Bangemapura, Motley, 116). Warm parts of both hemi- 
spheres. 
CENTOTHECA LAPPACEA, Desv. in Nour. Bull. Soc. Philom. ii. (1810) 189. 
Tenom, 700’, under fruit-trees. Fl. Jan. 2648. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. East Coast, Creagh; Labuan, Motley, 174; Sara- 
wak, Beccari, 122: Penkulu Ampat, Haviland, 441 ; D. Borneo, Martapura, 
Motley, 301). Tropics of the Old World. 
* LoPHATHERUM GRACILE, Brongn. in Duperr. Voy. Dot. 50, t. 3. 
Kinabalu, Gurulau spur, 5000” in high forest, on the ridge. Fl. Feb. 
4005. 
Distrib. Borneo (Labuan, Motley ; D. Borneo, Martapura, Motley, 18). 
Poa EPILEUCA, Stapf in Hook. de. Pl. sub t. 2607. 
Deyeuvia epileuca, Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. Bot. iv. (1894) 247, 
pl. 20 c. 10-16. 
Kinabalu, summit, 13,000', cracks in granite. Fl. Feb. 4352. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. D. Kinabalu, 10,000’, Haviland). 
* BAMBUSA (?) GIBBSIÆ, Stapf, sp. nov.; si vere Bambuse adnumeranda, 
habitu seandente, cataphyllis tenuiter coriaceis, spieulis habitu Arundinarie 
distincta. 
Frutex in arboribus scandens, ramis tenuiter fistulosis lævissimis, ramulis 
semiverticillatis 4-12-nis gracilibus patulis vel patulo-erectis, 3-9-12-nodis 
florendi tempore laminas 6-8 gerentibus. ^ Cataphylla turionum vetusta 
explanata, oblonga, sursum sensim attenuata, exauriculata, tenuiter coriaceu, 
ut videtur, extra glabra, intra nitentia, unum visum 15 cm. longum, 4 em. 
latum. Foliorum vagine aretissimze, leves, glabra vel superne versus 
margines puberule, earum ora 10-12 mm. distantia breviter obtuse auricu- 
lata ciliis persistentibus 4-5 mm. longis munita ; ligule brevissime, fere 
obscure ; lamin lineares, longe attenuate, subsetaceo-acuminate, basi 
breviter contractze, sessiles, ramorum sterilium circiter 10 cm., fertilium 4-6 em. 
longs, 3°5-4 mm. late, glaberrimze, leves, nervis tenuibus arctis, venis 
transversis conspicuis nullis. Spiculæ vel in ramulorum foliigerorum apicibus 
racemosa vel in ramis ut videtur specialibus 50 em. excedentibus efoliatis 
ad nodos fasciculate, faseieulis 2:5—3:5 cm. longis; pedunculi breves vel 
brevissimi. Glume plerumque due, ovato-lanceolatze, acuminate, glabra vel 
magis minusve ciliate, inferior brevior 3-5-nervis, superior 7-8 mm. longa 
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(-nervis. <Anthecia plerumque 4 quorum summum imperfectum, dissita, 
rhachillæ articulis a dorso compressis. — Valve a latere vise lanceolate, 
