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the plant is in all respects so near to Cyrt. navicellata, that its 
position next to that species cannot be doubtful. 
CYRTANDRA CRETACEA, Kränzl—[Jackianæ.] Caulis lig- 
nosus, repens, passim radicans, apice tantum foliatus. Folia 
8-9 congesta, opposita, æqualia, longe petiolata, elliptica, obtusa, 
margine integra, leviter undulata, supra glabra, excepto nervo 
mediano medium usque minute ferrugineo-puberula glauca v. 
albida, subtus eleganter reticulata; nervi omnes neenon petioli 
brunneo-villosi; petioli 7 em. longi; lamine æquilongæ, 9:5 em. 
latze. Flores in tot cymas v. dicbasia plerumque uniflora quot 
folia dispositi, floribus lateralibus obsoletis. Pedunculi 1:5 em. 
longi, ut bractee in involucrum coalitæ extus dense villosi. 
Involuerum profunde fissum; segmenta late oblonga, apice 
barbata. Pedicelli brevissimi. Calyx floris ut videtur mox 
deciduus, fere basin usque fissus, involucrum subequans, 6 mm. 
longus, extus dense pilosus. Corolla quam calyx duplo longior, 
infundibuliformis, extus sparse longeque pilosa ; lobi subequales, 
ovato-oblongi, labia igitur haud distincta, 1-1:2 cm. longa. 
Stamina elongata ; filamenta medio dilatata, geniculata; anthers 
oblongg, arcte conglutinatzm. Staminodia elongata, filiformia. 
Ovarium oblongum, dense pilosum. Stylus brevis. — Diseus 
brevis, minutus. Bacca oblonga, papillosa, involucrum post 
anthesin auctum paulum excedens, ad 7-8 mm. longa, 4 mm. 
crassa.—J unio. 
North Borneo: Niah, on limestone (Haviland § Hose, n. 3530!). 
The peculiar feature and the beauty of this little plant is in 
the leaves. They are, on the upper surface, whitish green, or 
in the living state glaucous, probably with a silky lustre; on 
the underside they are covered with an elegant network of 
numerous anastomosing veins clothed with dark brown silky 
hairs. The bracts forming the so-called involucre are bearded 
at the top and free nearly to the base; they increase after 
flowering and protect the berry better than the thin and quickly 
vanishing calyx. The nearest species is Cyrt. bicolor, Jack; 
but this has a monophyllous involucre containing many flowers 
of larger size. 
CYRTANDRA MACRODISCUS, JArünzl—[Polynesie.] Frutex 
debilis. Rami tenues, flaccidi, glabri, juniores tantum brunneo- 
pilosis Folia opposita, valde inequalia, symmetrica, petiolata, 
