214 DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU. 
In damp, shady, and steep places, alt. 10,500 feet (Haviland, 1131). 
Allied to Cyrtandra rhynchanthera, C. B. Clarke, and to C. fenestrata, C. B. Clarke, 
both from Sumatra. It is a species very well marked by the large bracts, which enclose 
the flower like another calyx. 
CYRTANDRA BURBIDGEI, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. v. pars i. p. 262. 
At Kiau, Burbidge ; at 5000 feet ( Haviland, 1223). 
Dr. Haviland states that the bracts are white. In his specimen, which is more fully 
developed, the petioles are 5 inches long, and the lamina almost 1 foot by 43 inches. 
CYRTANDRA TRISEPALA, C. B. Clarke in DC. Monogr. v. pars i. p. 253. 
Penokok River, alt. 3000 feet; alt. 6000 feet (Haviland, 1245, 1292). 
Distribution : North Borneo. 
The leaves are very variable in size and shape, almost equal or very asymmetric at the 
base, and the smaller ones have their tips spreading or reflexed in most of Dr. Haviland's 
specimens. 
ACANTHACEA. 
THUNBERGIA FRAGRANS, Roxbuxgh, Cor. Pl. i. 67. 
Kadamaian, alt. 2500 feet (Haviland, 1360). 
Distribution : Tropical Asia and Australia. 
STROBILANTHES KINABALUENSIS, Stapf, n.sp. Caulis herbaceus, tetragonus, fulvo-pubes- 
cens vel tomentellus. Folia opposita, insequalia, majora petiolo 3-1 poll. longo 
fulvo-tomentello suffulta, ovata, 3-44 poll. longa, 13-21 poll. lata, basi acuta, in- 
eequalia, apice acuminata, insequaliter erenato-dentata vel repanda, supra fuscescentia, 
adpresse sparsim hirtella, subtus tenuiter fulvo-tomentelia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 
6-8, distincte transverse venulosa ; minora 13-1% poll. longa, petiolo breviore, 
ezterum consimilia. Inflorescentiz capitate, ovate, pauciflore, multibracteate, 
fulvo-tomentelle, longe vel breviter pedunculate vel sessiles, in dichasiis perfectis vel 
redactis, vel gemmis accessoriis auctis disposite ; dichasia solitaria vel 2-3 fasciculata, 
sepe longe pedunculata (ad 23 poll.), ex axillis superioribus vel pseudo-terminalia, 
interdum in panieulas foliatas collecta.  Bractez capitulorum exteriores ovato- 
lanceolate, obtuse, ad 8 lin. longe, interiores cito decrescentes, diu persistentes. 
Calycis segmenta lanceolata, 4-5 lin. longa, pubescentia, ciliata. Corolla 10-12 lin. 
longa ; tubus inferne tenuis, constrictus, superne subabrupte campanulatim ampliatus, 
subobliquus, extus sparsim pilosulus; lobi breves, subzequales, late ovati. Filamenta 
. basi pilosula ; antherz 1 lin. longe. Stylus glaber; stigma arcuatum, unilaterale. 
Capsula $ poll.longa; semina 4, elliptico-orbicularia, applanata, undique pilis tenuis- 
simis, undulatis, inelasticis densissime vestita, 1 lin. longa. 
Kadamaian River, alt. 2000 feet (Haviland, 1362). 
Allied to S. paniculata, Miq., from Java, but distinct by much larger bracts and a 
richer indumentum. 
