DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU, 195 
breviores, apice oblique apertos, attenuate. Ovarium disco angusto cinctum, 
globosum, apice pilosum ; stylus glaber, superne incrassatus, vix 2 lin. longus. 
At 6000 feet (Haviland, 1208). 
DIPLYCOSIA CINNAMOMIFOLIA, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex glaber. Ramuli exsiccati, sub- 
angulati. Folia petiolo 3—4 lin. longo crasso suffulta, ovata vel oblongo-ovata, 
21-4$ poll. longa, 14-2 poll. lata, basi rotundata vel leviter cordata, sensim et 
sepius longiuscule acuminata, coriacea, supra sublucida, subtus nigro-punctata, 
5-plinervia, nervis lateralibus 2 infimis ad 2, sequentibus 2 fere ad apicem 
ipsum productis, cæteram fere evenia. Flores e ramulis annotinis extra-axillares, 
3-6 fasciculati; pedicelli basi minute bracteati, hirtelli, 2-2} lin. longi, apice 
bibracteolati; bracteole late ovate, basi connate, ciliolate. Calyx turbinato- 
campanulatus, glaber, vix 1} lin. longus, ad 3 vel } 5-lobatus; lobi rotundato-ovati, 
eiliolati. Corolla rosea, wrceolaris, 2 lin. longa, sub ore constricta, dentibus ovatis 
brevibus. Filamenta ¿ lin. longa, glabra; antherze equilonge, ovate, minute 
asperulze, appendicibus brevissimis late apertis. Ovarium disco cinctum, globosum, 
5-lobatum, ut stylus glabrum. 
From 8000 to 9000 feet (Haviland, 1138). 
RHODODENDRON Lowi, Hook. fil. in Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 883. _ 
From 8000 to 10,500 feet (Low, Burbidge; Haviland, 1081). 
Distribution: Owen Stanley Range, New Guinea, according to Sir F. v. Mueller. 
The capsules are 1-14 in. long and up to } in. broad. The valves separate down to the 
base and come off at last. They are comparatively thin, but hard and woody, with a 
broad, pellucid, and wavy margin. Mr. Burbidge says in a note that the flower- 
clusters measure 12-14 in. in diameter, and that the shrub attains a height of from 
10 to 30 feet. 
RHODODENDRON CRASSIFOLIUM, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex epiphyticus, glaber. Rami 
crassiusculi, cortice cinerascente. Folia probabiliter dimorpha in innovatione 
quáque, inferiora alternantia delapsa cicatrices parvas relinquentia, summa 2 
subopposita vel 3 inflorescentias subtendentia et innovationes novellas in axillis 
foventia, petiolo crassissimo 4 lin. longo suffulta, oblonga, 5--7 poll. longa, 23-3 
poll. lata, basi auriculato-cordata, apice obtusiuscula, valde coriacea, glabra, costá 
validá, supra prominente, subtus canaliculatá. Rami floriferi brevissimi, crassi, 
dense cicatricibus perularum obsiti, pauciflori. Pedicelli 1} poll. longi. Calyx 
obsoletus, disciformis. Corolla alba rubro-suffusa, superne campanulata, 3-1 poll. 
longa, ad vel paulo ultra medium 5-lobata; tubus brevis, cylindricus, intus, basi 
villosulà except, glaber; lobi obovato-oblongi vel oblongi. Stamina 10; filamenta, 
e basi incrassatá villosula, filiformia, 5 lin. longa; anthers exserte, breviter 
obovate, 1 lin. long. Ovarium glabrum, breviter cylindricum, 5-loculare, in 
stylum fere 4 breviorem attenuatum ; stigma dilatatum. 
On Kinitaki River, alt. 5000 feet (Low). 
