290 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON THE PLANTS 
BLASTUS PULVERULENTUS, /idl., n. sp. 
Frutex ramis tenuibus. Folia ovata, acuminata, basibus cun "atis, superne 
glabra, 13 em. longa, 7 em. lata, stellatim lepidota et glandulis copiosis 
munita, subtus nervis prominulis 3 ad basin connatis, petiolis 25 mm. 
longis. — Cym axillares vel subterminales, 3 em. longs, pauciflore. 
Bractew lineares, 3 mm. longs. — Flores parvi, pedicellis 3 mm. longis. 
Calycis tubus subglobosus, lobis brevibus ovatis 4. Petala 4, ovata vix 
longiora, glabra. Stamina 4 æqualia et similia, filamentis petala aquanti- 
bus, antheris longioribus curvis acuminatis, basi processibus 2 brevibus 
obtusis munita. Stylus breviusculus, basi stellato-pilosus. 
Distrib. Ulu Langat (C. B. Kloss). 
This species is very different in appearance from our common Blastus 
Cogniauwit, Stapf, both in habit and larger flowers, and more resembles an 
Anerincleistus, but the four similar and equal stamens distinguish it from that 
and allied genera. 
MEDINILLA CLARKEI, King, in Journ, As. Soc. Beng. 1хіх. (1900) п. 63. 
Distrib. Common on hills from 3000 to 5000 feet elevation. Malacca, 
Perak, Selangor. 
MEDINILLA HvrLETTIL, King, l e. 16. 
Distrib. Also occurs in Johor. 
BEGONIACE. 
BEGONIA MEGAPTEROIDEA, King, l e. Ixxi. (1902) п. 65. 
Distrib. Perak. 
Brconta Кохи, idl., n. sp. 
Rhizoma validum, repens, elongatum, lignosum. Folia longe petiolata, 
ovata, subabrupte acuminata, basibus rotundatis equilateralibus, integra, 
11:3 mm. longa, 5-6 em. lata, in dorso furfuracea, aliter glabra, nervorum 
paribus 5 gracilibus, petiolis gracilibus 18 em. longis. Peduneulus e rhizo- 
mate erectus, subtenuis, ruber, 0*15 em. longus, squamis lanceolatis acuminatis 
obtectus. Flores masculi 3-4, in pedicellis gracilibus 2 em. longis. Bractee 2, 
lanceolatz, persistentes, 1 cm. longs. Sepala oblonga, subspathulata, 
apicibus rotundatis, 14 mm. longa, 5 mm. lata. Petala angustiora et 
breviora. Andrecium sessile, filamentis gracilibus, dimidio antherte eequi- 
longis, antheris linearibus obtusis haud apleulatis. Capsula trialata, ala una 
longiore oblonga oblique rotundata, ad apicem 2 cm. longa 1 em. lata, alis 
obtuse triangularibus 5 mm. longis. 
The flowers apparently white. This is allied to B. Robinsonii, Ridley ; 
but the leaves are quite equilateral and not bilobed. It evidently creeps on 
