156 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 
PIPTURUS INCANUS, Wedd. in DC. Prod. xvi. 1. 23519. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 
Distrib. Malay and Pacific Islands. 
PIPTURUS ARGENTEUS, Wedd. 1. c. 23519. 
Canoe Camp, 150 ft.; Camp I, 700 ft. 
“ Flowers pale yellowish green; fruits dull grey-green.” 
Distrib. Java. 
PIPTURUS CINNAMOMEUS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Suffrutex ramis lignosis sericeo-pubescentibus. Folia alterna, trinervia, lanceolata, 
acuminata, basi angustata obtusaque, 8-16 cm. longa, 8-55 cm. lata, subtus pallide 
flavescentia, integra, nervis 2 pubescentibus, nervulis reticulatis, petiolis 4 cm. 
longis. Flores in racemis vel paniculis, in parte inferiore ramorum ssepe in 
glomerulis sessilibus. Racemi 5 mm. longi, rhachi gracili pubescente, glomerulis 
+ 8 mm. crassis sessilibus; bracteæ racemorum lanceolate, acuminate, cuspidate, 
pubescentes, l cm. longs, nervis 3 elevatis; bracteze glomerulorum minores et 
magis ovate. Utriculi feminei pubescentes, apices angustati, sessiles. Stigma 
elongatum, filiforme, rubrum. 
Camp VI a, 3100 ft. ; Camps IX to XIII, 5500 to 10,500 ft. 
Allied to P. melastomatifolius, K. Schum., but the reticulations of the nerves on the 
underside of the leaf are distinct and the plant is pubescent. The leaves dry reddish- 
cinnamon colour beneath. The lower part of the branches, nude of leaves, often bears 
glomerules of flowers. 
PIPTURUS GRANDIFOLIUS, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Folia magna, laminis ovata, acuta, serrata, basi breviter cuneata vel obtusa, 30 cm. 
longa, 20 em. lata, membranacea, supra glabrescentia, pilis minutis dissitis obsita, 
| sicca fusca, subtus alba, trinervia, nervulis subhorizontalibus vel ascendentibus 
elevatis brunneis pubescentibus petiolis 16 cm. longis parce albo-hirtis. Panicule 
breves, laxæ, axillares, 5 em. long, glomerulis 2 mm. longis, ramulis pubescentibus. 
Fructus succulentus, obovoideus, perianthio tenuiter succulento adnato. Stylus 
nullus. Stigma parvum, capitatum. Achenium complanatum, orbiculare. 
Canoe Camp, 170 ft. 
This plant closely resembles in appearance Debregeasia Wallichiana, Wedd., of 
India, but the leaves are less serrate, and the white of the back is not formed of the 
closely-appressed cottony tomentum of that species. The fruit is, moreover, totally 
different, the receptacle is not fleshy but dry, and the perianth is very thin and altogether 
that of a Pipturus. 
DEBREGEASIA PULCHRA, Ridl., sp. nov. 
Frutex, ramis pubescentibus rubris pilis albis. Folia alterna, ovata, acuta, coriacea, 
basi rotundata vel paullo angustata, serrata, superne atro-viridia, bullata, subtus 
