128 DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU. 
not seen it, but it seems to differ chiefly in the narrower, comparatively longer, leaves and 
the very dwarf habit. In any case both species are closely allied to, and representatives 
of, a set of Ranunculus-species which inhabit Australia and Tasmania, and group round 
the multifarious R. lappaceus, Sm. R. Lowii approaches most nearly in habit the variety 
scapigerus of R. lappaceus (particularly certain forms from the highest parts of the 
Australian Alps and the alpine region of Tasmania), and R. Muelleri, Benth., which, 
however, differs very remarkably in the shape of the beak of the acheenium. So far 
as I can see from Mueller’s description, R. ameroplyllus seems to come nearer to 
R. lappaceus than the Kinabalu plant does. 
MAGNOLIACE A. 
Drimys PIPERITA, Hook. fil. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 896; F. von Mueller, Trans. Roy. Soc. 
Victoria, vol. i. pt. ii. 1. 
From 6600 to 11,000 feet (Low; Haviland, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178). 
Distribution : New Guinea to the Philippines and Borneo. 
The plant was found by Beccari in the Island of Amboina, and he says (* Malesia,’ i. 
p. 18) itis probably the same species which he met with on the tops of almost all the 
mountains he visited in that region, and at least no. 3235 of his Sarawak collection 
belongs to it. It was discovered by Sir William Macgregor on Mt. Knutsford in 
New Guinea, and I think there is hardly any doubt that specimens from the Philippines 
(Vidal, no. 2280, from the district of Lepanto, North Luzon, and no. 3768, without 
locality) must also be referred to D. piperita. This species is nearest allied to 
D. dipetala, Y. Muell., a native of New South Wales. 
ILLicrum, sp. Frutex. Rami juniores striato-angulati. Folia elliptica, 4-54 poll. 
longa, 23 poll. lata, obtusa vel subacuminata, coriacea, nervis lateralibus primariis 
7-8, 6-8 lin. distantibus. Pedicelli graciles, stricti, 14 poll. longi. Sepala ovato- 
elliptica, obtusa, 3 lin. longa. Petala similia, latiora, 3-4 lin. longa. Stamina 9, 
vix 2 lin. longa, filamentis oblongis vel ellipticis; antherarum loculi introrsi 
subparalleli. Carpella 8-9; ovulum ex ima basi ortum. 
Kinitaki, 4000 feet (Haviland, 1272). 
As I have seen only a branch and two detached incomplete flowers I abstain from 
giving this plant a specific name, the more so as the limitation even of the better known 
species from Indo-China is still far from being satisfactory. In any case, the Bornean 
plant certainly is closely allied to the continental species, perhaps most to 7. cambodianum, 
Hance. 
MICHELIA (?), sp. 
Maripari Spur (Low). 
There is only one branch with a flower-bud in the collection. I have not been able to 
identify it with any of the Magnoliacee in the Kew Herbarium. Mr. Burbidge 
also mentions a ** Magnolia" in one of his note-books. He found it in the same locality, 
and describes it as possessing ovate and coriaceous leaves and flowers of 2-4 inches 
diameter, of a yellow colour “inclining to fuscovs," and of the most delicious fragrance. 
