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species, S. kingii," the filaments are drawn, apparently by error, as united 

 at the base. With this probable error corrected, and the number of 

 ovules indicated as one in each instead of two, there remains no 

 essential difference between Scortechinia and Alcinaeanthus ; and, in fact, 

 the Philippine species seems to be very closely allied to the Malayan ones. 

 The type of the genus, Scortechinia kingii Hook. f. is described as 

 having leaves without basal glands, at least the glands are not mentioned 

 in the description nor shown in the figure. In a second species, S. 

 nicobarica Hook, f., the basal glands are present. 



In addition to the Philippine species mentioned above, the genus presents 

 the following forms: 



SCORTECHINIA PARVI FOLIA (Merr.) comb. nov. 



Alcinaeanthus parvifolius Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 9 (1914) Bot. 

 461. 

 Philippines. 



SCORTECHINIA KINGII Hook. f. Ic. PI. Ill 8 (1887) pi 1706; PL Brit. 

 Ind. 5 (1887) 366. 

 Perak, Malacca, Borneo. 



SCORTECHINIA NICOBARICA Hook. f. Ic. PL III 8 (1887) sub pi. 1706, 

 nomen; Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 367. 



SCORTECHINIA FORBESII Hook. f. Ic. PL III 8 (1887) sub pi 1706, 

 nomen. 

 This last species seems neyer to have been described. 

 New Guinea. 



SEBASTIAN A Sprengel 



SEBASTIANA CHAMAELA (Linn.) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15' 

 (1866) 1175, var. ASPEROCCA (F.-Muell.) Pax & Hoffm. in Engl. 

 Pflanzenreich 52 (1912) 117. 



Sarawak, Santubong, Native collector 2359 (Bur. Sci.), February- 

 June, 1914. 



The species is new to Borneo; India and Ceylon to Kwantung southward 

 to northern Australia, with another variety in tropical Africa. Cuming 

 2324, reported from the Philippines by Pax and K. Hoffmann, was from 

 Malacca, not from the Philippines; the species has not been found in the 

 Philippines. 



TRIGONOPLEURA Hooker f. 



TRIGONOPLEURA BORNEENSI8 sp. nov. 



Arbor, ramulis petiolis subtus foliis ad costa nervisque flori- 

 busque pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis, coriaceis, acuminatis, 

 usque ad 15 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 11, prominentibus ; 

 floribus $ fasciculatis, pedicellatis, sepalis extus dense griseo- 

 puberulis ; petalis oblongo-spatulatis, apice rotundatis, basi longe 

 angustatis, 4.5 mm longis, ferrugineo-villosis, columna sursum 

 incrassata. 



A tree, the branchlets, petioles, and leaves beneath on the costa 



'Hook. f. Ic. PL III 8 (1887) pi 1076, fig. 3. 



