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scattered hairs; nerves very prominent beneath, curved upwards, aboul 8 on 

 each side of the midrib, the reticulations also rather prominent; petioles densely 

 fulvous pilose. 2 nun. long or less; stipules densely fulvous pilose, laciniately 

 divided into ."> to 8 linear segments about 5 nun. long. Flowers sessile, minute, 



1 to .'5 ill eaeli leaf axil, completely surrounded by the laciniate, pubescent bracts. 

 Fruit lighl blue, foetid, Bubglobose, about 6 nun. in diameter, crowned by the 



very short calyx teeth; pyrenes 4, triquetrous, 2 mm. long, I nun. thick, rounded 

 at the apex, the base somewhat pointed. 



(2088 Borden) November; ( ti!)97 Elmer) November. On exposed ridges in 

 the mossy forest al about 1,050 in. 



2. Lasianthus obliquinervis Merrill, sp, nov. 



A shrub 2 to .") in. high. Branches dark brown or nearly black when dry. 

 puberulent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 10 to Hi cm. 

 long, 2 to 4 cm. wide, glabrous and shining above, beneath pubescent on the 

 nerves and midrib the apex sharply acute or acuminate, the base somewhat 

 inequilateral, rather abruptly acute; nerves 5 to (i on each side of the midrib, 

 curved, strongly ascending, prominent beneath, the reticulations subparallel; 

 petioles pubescent, 1 to 1.5 cm. long; stipules oblong-ovate acute or acuminate, 

 pubescent, about ."> mm. long, caducous. Flowers white, fascicled, 3 to .") or (i in 

 each axil, ebracteate. Calyx pubescent. .*{ to 4 nun. Imi^, funnel shaped, ."» to (! 

 toothed, the teeth triangular, acute, about I nun. long. Corolla more or less pubes- 

 cent, I cm. lon^', the tube about (i mm. long, 5-lobed, the lobes oblong, acute, pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces, about 4 nun. long. Stamens 5, the anthers sessile, included, 

 about 1.6 mm. long. Style about 5 mm. long, glabrous. Fruit blue, foetid, sub 

 globose, somewhat pubescent, (> or 7 mm. in diameter, each with about (i trique- 

 trous, pyrenes about 4 mm. lon<r. 



(247 Whitford) May; (1584,2086 Harden) August, November; (2212 Meyer) 

 December; (6802 Elmer) November; (:?2!Hi, :S7<>:{ Merrill) October, January; 

 ( <)();">0, 6056, 6157 Leiberg) duly. In forests and on exposed ridges 800 to 

 1,200 m., abundant. Identified by Mr. Elmer in herb, as Lasianthus lucidus 



Biuine. 



:5. L. sp. 



(20b, :{l!t Whitford) May; (1580 Borden) August; (3770, 3893 Merrill) Jan- 

 uary. August. With the preceding. Lasianthus lucidus Elmer in herb., in part, 

 non Blume. 



4. L. sp. ( V) 



(C>837 Elmer) November; (2084 Harden ) November. In forests at 800 m. 

 Identified by Mr. Elmer as Lasinn I hus laevigatas Blume, but the fruit with two 

 pyrenes. Specimens in fruit only. 



23. AMARACARPUS Blume. 



1. A. pubescens Blume; Miq. Fl. hid. Bat. 2 (185(1) .",04. 



(28.S7 Meyer) March; (lib:} Whitford) March; (3194 Merrill) October; (6975 

 Elmer) November. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest above 1.200 m. Java. 



24. MYRMECODIA Jack. 



1. M. echinata Gaud.; Beccari, Malesia 2 (1884) IFF l. S2. f. ', !>. 

 [Merrill) .January; (1144 Whitford) March. Epihpytic, mossy forest on ex- 

 posed ridges boo to 1,000 m. 



From the material available I am unable to separate this form from (Jaudi- 

 chaud's species which is known from the Islands of Am and Kawak of the 



Malayan Archipelago. 



