118 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
GENTIANA WOLLASTONII, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Herba parva, glabra, a basi nonnunquam ramosa et procumbens ; caulis subhyalinus, 
alato-angularis. Folia crassiuscula, dense conferta, latiuseule lanceolata, nitentia, 
ad 5-6 mm.X1:5 mm,, involuta, dorso costata, apice hyalino-apiculata, basi amplexi- 
caulia, vix connata. Flores solitarii, terminales, omnino glabri. Calycis lobi 
lineares, brevissime hyalino-apiculati, dorso unicostati, 3:5-4 mm. longi, in tubum 
subhyalinum 5-costatum 7 mm. longum decurrentes. Corolle tubus cylindricus, 
ca. 8 mm. longus; lobi quadrangulares, apice oblique bilobati, limbum 7 mm. in 
diam. formantes. 
Camp XIII, at 10,333 ft. 
Related possibly to G. lycopodioides, Stapf, from a similar altitude on Mt. Kinabalu, 
but distinct in the much smaller and narrower leaves and flowers. 
BORAGINACE. 
(By H. F. WERNHAM.) 
TOURNEFORTIA SARMENTOSA, Lam. Illustr. i. 416. 
Locality not given. 
Distrib. Tropical Asia and Australia, and Mascarene Isles. 
ECHINOSPERMUM JAVANICUM, Lehm. Asperif. 118. 
Locality not given. 
Distrib. Java. 
LITHOSPERMUM MINUTUM, Wernham, sp. nov. 
Herba humilis, 3 cm. alta; caulis simplex vel sparse ramosus. Folia dense imbricatim 
conferta, amplexicaulia, linearia, 9 mm. longa, basin versus lanceolata, minute 
ciliata. Flores solitarii, caulem terminantes, folia vix excedentes; pedicellus 
strigosus, +3°5 mm. longus. Calycis lobi lanceolati, acuminati, ciliati, aliter glabri, 
3 mm. longi. Corolle omnino glabre tubus 2 mm. longus; lobi rotundati ca. 
2:5 mm. x 2:3 mm., intus basi squama pulviniformi onusti. 
Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 
Remarkable for its small size, its narrow, almost glabrous leaves, and its solitary 
flowers. : 
CONVOLVULACE. 
(By H. F. WERNHAM.) 
ERYCIBE PAPUANA, Wernham, sp. nov. | 
Frutex ramulis rugoso-angulatis novellis striatis glabris. Folia coriacea, elliptica, 
10-13 em. x 4:8-6:5 cm., parum acuminata, obtusissima, basi rotundata, glaberrima ; 
petiolus validus, vix ad 1 em. longus. Panicula axillaris, ad 9 em. longa vel . 
longior, obscuriuscule appresse pilosa. Calycis lobi 5, ovati, imbricati, appresse 
pilosi. Corolla ca. 5 mm. longa, fere ad basin in lobos 5 obtusos extus rufo- | 
