DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU. 241 
dimidio breviora; anthere purpurem. Ovarium semi-inferum, parte liberá fere 1 lin, 
altá; stylus ¿-1 lin. longus, subtenuis ; stigma distincte incrassatum. Capsula 2-21 
lin. longa. Semina lineari-oblonga, tenuiter striata, vix 4 lin. longa. 
Maripari Spur, alt. 5500 feet: Temburungo, alt. 7700 feet (Haviland, 1125 a, 1125 b). 
Distribution: Malaya, Sumatra, North Borneo. 
Well marked by the very numerous, densely crowded, and comparatively short leaves, 
and the numerous reduced leaves on the scape. It was collected by Beccari also in 
Sumatra on Mt. Singalan (no. 167). 
ALETRIS RIGIDA, Stapf, n. sp. Herba 5-7 poll. alta, glaberrima, rhizomate brevi. Folia 
| numerosa, ad scapi basin densissime conferta, linearia vel lineari-lanceolata, 1-2 poll. 
| longa, basi 13-1 lin. lata, longe acutata, plana vel subplicata vel marginibus 
involutis, rigide erecta, crassiuscula, basi exceptá subenervia. Scapus 3-5 poll. altus, 
rigidus, foliis bracteiformibus 2 lanceolato-lineari-subulatis 4-6 lin. longis obsitus, in 
racemum 2-1 poll. longum abiens; bracteæ lanceolato-lineares, 4-2 lin. longe; 
pedicelli brevissimi, basi bracteolá brevi iis longiore obsiti. Perianthium albidum, 
tubuloso-campanulatum, ad medium ovario adnatum, 6-fidum; lobi lineares vel 
lineari-oblongi, 1-13 lin. longi. Filamenta lobis basi adnata iisque dimidio breviora. 
Ovarium semi-inferum, parte liberà vix 3 lin. alta, deinde magis protrusá; stylus 
brevis, crassiusculus, $ lin. longus; stigma paulo incrassatum. Semina lineari- 
oblonga, tenuiter striata, vix 4 lin. longa. 
From 8000 to 11,000 feet (Low); in open damp places at 11,500 feet (Haviland, 1125 c). 
Closely allied to 4. foliolosa, but distinct by the rigid habit, the few reduced leaves on 
the scape, and somewhat smaller flowers, with a shorter and stouter style. 
IRIDE.E. 
PATERSONIA Lowir, Stapf, n. sp. (Pl. XX. B. 7-9.) Planta 8-12 poll. alta. Caulis 
brevissimus. Folia circiter 12 cum scapo quoque, equitantia, linearia, longiora, 
7-11 poll. longa, 13-13 lin. lata, acutissima, planissima, rigida, in marginibus 
brevissime scarioso-fimbriata, glaberrima, tenuiter sed distincte multistriata. Scapus 
4—6 lin. longus, fere ad inflorescentiam folii intimi vagina amplexus. Spathe 2, 
subzsequales, lineari-oblongze, acute, 13 poll. longer, 2 lin. late, striate, late scarioso- 
marginate. Bracteæ spathis similes, angustiores brevioresque, in carina dorsali plus 
minusve scarioso-fimbriatule, interdum unà alteráve diminutá vacuá additá. Peri- 
eonii tubus gracillimus, 11 lin. longus, vix exsertus; lobi exteriores elliptico-obovati, 
5—7 lin. longi, circa 4-5 lin. lati, ut videtur, ceerulei vel purpurei, interiores nulli (?). 
| Filamenta in tubum integrum connata; antheræ 1% lin. longæ. Stylus superne 
| sensim pauloque incrassatus ; lobi stigmatici obovato-spathulati, minute crenulati. 
j North-west face of Mount Kinabalu, alt. 5000 feet (Low); Maripari Spur, alt. 5500 feet 
| ( Haviland, 1259). 
I find it very difficult to point out the -affinity of this if compared with the 
Australian species. It may, perhaps, be considered as linked with P. glauca, R. Br., by 
way of the species next to be described. 
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