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tree trunks as does that species, as one specimen shows roots spread out from 
the rhizome with moss on them. 
ARALIACE/E. 
BRASSAIOPSIS ELEGANS, Jidl., n. sp. 
Frutex cortice griseo, partibus junioribus tomento rufo-teetis. Folia 
digitata vel simplicia, foliolis lanceolatis acuminatis, basibus longe angustatis, 
marginibus minute denticulatis, herbacea, subtus pallidiora, 16 em. longa, 
4-5 em. lata, nervorum 5 paribus, petiolulis 3 em. longis, petiolis 13 em. 
longis gracilibus. рее connate, late, bidentate, dentibus acuminatis. 
Panienla longa, laxa, deflexa, gracilis, pedunculo gracili 10 em. longo cum 
ramis 4-12 em. longis rufo-tomentoso, umbellis 1 em. longis 13-floris, 
pedicellis florum 5 mm., fructuum 1 em. longis. Bractew lanceolatze, 
acuminatæ, 3 mm. longæ, umbellares breviores apicibus brevioribus, omnes 
rufo-tomentosæ. = Calyæ obconicus, dentibus brevibus rufo-tomentosus. 
Petala 5, oblonga, obtusa, parce hirta. Stamina 5, brevia, filamentis brevi- 
bus, antheris oblongis obtusis. Stylus unicus, brevis, crassus, in flore quam 
stamina brevior, stigmate capitato. — JA/sews pulviniformis. Ovarium 
biloculare. 
Distrib. Ulu Langat. 
This species is allied to B. speciosa, DC. & Planch., but is very distinct in 
its much smaller, more slender inflorescence, and longer peduncles. 
RUBIACEÆ. 
ADENOSACME LANCEOLATA, JUdl. in Journ. Fed. Mal. States Mus. iv. 
(1909) 29. 
Distrib. Also in Pahang. 
ARGOSTEMMA INVOLUCRATUM, Hemsl. in Hook. Je. PL t. 1556. 
Distrib. Perak, Pahang. 
ARGOSTEMMA SPINULOSUM, Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iii. 46. 
Distrib, Also Perak. 
AncosrEMMA HOOKERI, King, in Journ, As. Soc. Deng. Ixxii. (1903) п. 
155. 
Distrib. Also Johor, Penang. 
OPHIORRHIZA ERUBESCENS, Wall. Cat. n. 6233. 
Distrib. Burmah, Perak. 
OPHIORRHIZA Krossi, Züdl., n. sp. 
Herba pedalis (30 cm. alta), caule validulo basi glabro, superne velutino- 
pubescente. olia ovata vel oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, apice obtusa, 
