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2 exteriora angustiora, crassiuscula, interiora 3 latiora dorso crassiora marginibus 
tenuibus bullatis. Stamina 5, filamentis sepalis sequilongis rubris marginibus 
tenuibus pallidis dimidio inferiore sepalis adnatis, antheris oblongis cordatis 
loculorum basibus divaricatis. 
Camp VIa, 3100 ft. 
A very distinct woody species, somewhat resembling an andescribed plant obtained in 
Borneo by Beccari. 
PELLIONIA PELTATA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Herba elata, ultra 15 cm. alta. Folia alterna, ovata, peltata, obliqua, longe acuminata, 
glabra, 21 cm. longa, 10 cm. lata, nervis 3 e basi ortis, petiolis 4 cm. longis. Cyme 
axillares, paniculate, 3-6 cm. longs, floribus in apice ramorum congestis. Flores 
masculi subsessiles, bracteis minutis lanceolatis acuminatis. Sepala 5, oblonga, 
obtusa. Stamina 5, filamentis vix longioribus complanatis, antheris. cordatis, 
loculorum basibus divaricatis. Pistillodia parva, erecta, cylindrica. Flores feminei 
in eadem planta, multo minores, pedicellis gracilibus 2 mm. longis. Sepala 5, 
parva, oblonga, obtusa. Staminodia paullo longiora, oblonga, obtusa. Péstillwm 
ovoideum. Achenium 1 mm. longum, obovoideum, lenticulatum, rubrum. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 700 ft. 
PELLIONIA NIGRESCENS, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. (1891) 291. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
ELATOSTEMA SESSILE, Forst. Char. Gen. 106. 
Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 
A form with leaves more deeply cut than usual The commonest and most widely 
dispersed species in the world, and somewhat variable. 
Distrib. Tropical Africa and all over Tropical Asia. 
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ELATOSTEMA MACROPHYLLUM, Brongn. Bot. Voy. Coq. 207, t. 45. 
Camp VI», 3900 ft. 
Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 
ELATOSTEMA SESQUIFOLIUM, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bog. Alt. 79. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camps III to VI, 2100 to 2500 ft. 
The plant from the latter locality is a form with very narrow leaves, only 17 em. 
across. 3 
Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
ELATOSTEMA TRICHANTHUM, Lauterb. in Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzg. 
Siidsee, 255. 
Camps III to VI and VII, 2500-3600 ft. 
Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 
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