PLANTS FROM GUNONG TAHAN, PAHANG. 311 
Gunong Tahan, 5000-6000 ft. Small herb on mossy rocks by streams. 
(5461.) 
The number of Argostemmas in the Peninsula is large and inereases with 
every mountain explored, as in the case of Sonerila. This little erect 
species belongs to the set with equal leaves, but has somewhat the habit 
of A. involueratum, Hemsl. 
ARGOSTEMMA ALBOCILIATUM, n. sp. 
Herba reptans, gracilis, hispida, 3-7 poll. longa. Folia æqualia ovata 
apicibus subacutis vel rotundatis, breviter petiolata, dense hispida, $ ad 
poll. longa, 1-1 poll. lata.  Stipule breves ovate. Flores 1-4 in 
pedunculo gracili hispido, 2 poll. longo. Bracteze minute? lanceolate 
lineares, Calyx hispidus, lobis brevibus hispidis. Petala lanceolata 
acuminata, hispidula, 4 poll. longa. 
Gunong Tahan, 3300 ft. Flowers white ; leaves pale green, covered with 
white hairs. (5229.) 
А curious creeping species with ovate hairy leaves. 
А. ҮАРРП, King, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. lxxii. п. (1903) 145. 
Gunong Tahan, 5000-6000 ft. Flowers white; anthers yellow. (5491.) 
Distrib. Perak. 
А. HOOKERI, King, l. c. 45. 
Gunong Tahan, 3300 ft. Leaves dark green, with broad irregular stripe 
of light silvery green in centre. (5876.) 
Distrib. Malay Peninsula. Frequent on the hills. 
А. pictum, Wall. т Коль. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 327. 
Kwala Teku, 500-1000 ft. Flowers white. (5543.) 
Distrib. Malay Peninsula. Common in hill-forests. 
OrnionnHizA Muxaos, Linn. Sp. Pl. 150. 
Kwala Teku, 500-1000 ft. (5534.) 
Distrib, India, Malaya. A variable species common all over the Pen- 
insula. | 
HEDYOTIS PATENS, n. sp. 
Frutex parvus subrepens ramosus. Folia lanceolata carnosula acuta 
wqualia, basibus cuneatis, glabra, 2-3 poll. longa, à-$ poll. lata. 
Stipule late triangulares carnose acute persistentes. Panicula laxa 
patens, 6-8 poll. longa, ssepe 6 poll. lata, ramis trichotomis patentibus 
trifurcatis, gracilibus. Flores parvi singuli pedicellati in apicibus 
ramulorum. Calyx obconicus, lobis triangularibus acutis. Petala linearia 
alba. Stamina gracilia longe porrecta corollam multo superantia. 
Stylus longus porrectus. Capsula obovoidea, ү poll. longa. 
