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to recurve, narrowly lanceolate, obtuse; filaments inseiterl in the throat of 
the corolla, the free part broad, 2 mm long; anthers exserted, basifixed, 
linear-oblong, 3 mm long, hardly wider than the filaments; ovary 2.5 
mm long; style 2.5 cm long, persistent. 
Glabrous; branches covered with light-gray bark; leaves in wliorls of 
5 to 7, the petioles 1 to 2 cm long, the lamina coriaceous, 8 to 15 cm 
long, 2.5 to 7 cm wide, the base acute, decurrent, the apex acute or more 
often acutely acuminate; venation, except the conspicuous midrib, very 
obscure. 
PoLiLLo, Bur. ,Sci, lOSS'i McGregor, in fluwer, September 14, 1909. Allied to 
L. halconensis Merr., but distinguisbed by the different inflorescence, M'hicb is 
glabrous at all stages, and by various minor characters. 
Other species: L. pentapetalus Koxb., 10333^ 10350, 
OPILIACEAE. 
Opilia amentacea Roxb., 9256. 
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ARISTOLOCHIACEAE. 
Aristolochia fagala Cham. & Schl., 9123, 10380, local name parol -pa nil an. 
AMARANTHACEAE. 
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Achyranthes aspera Linn., 913B; A. indica (Linn.) Mill., 922-^: Amaranihus 
spinosus Linn., 9152, local name oori. 
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PORTULACACEAE. 
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Portulaca oleracea Linn., 9175. 
RAISTUNCULACEAE. 
Clematis smilacifoUa Wall., lO-^OO, growing almost at sea-level, in the outer- 
most fringe of vegetation along the coast, the actual strand plants excepted. 
MENISPEEMACEAE. 
Pycnarrhena sp. 
What seems to be an undescril)od species of this genus, 1032^, sent to Doctor 
I^iels for identilication, has been returned by him with the note: "characteribus 
inter P. borneensem et P. ellipticam quasi intermedia, floribus ignotis describi 
non potest." 
Other species: CissampeJos pareira Linn., OSSl, 92)1, 926.',, 10381. 
ANNOXACEAE. 
Drepananthus longiflorus sp. nov. 
Arbor: inflorescentiis paucifloris, pedicellis longis, floribus trimoris. 
Fetalis in alabastro valvatis, subaequilongis, exterioribus applanotis, in- 
terioribus basi concavis genitalia occultantibus : foliis anguste oblongo- 
obovatis ad ovalibus, baei acutis apice acuminatis, venis utrinque 6 vel 7. 
