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118 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON PLANTS 



Gentiana Wollastonii, Weruliam, sp. nov. 



Herba parva, glabra, a basi nonnunquam ramosa et procumbens ; caulis subhyalimis, 

 alato-angularis. Folia crassiuscula, deuse conferta, latiuscule lanceolata, nitentia, 

 ad 5-6 mm. Xl"5 mm., involuta, dorso costata, apice hyalino-apiculata, basi amplexi- 

 caulia, vix connata. Flores solitarii, terminales, omnino glabri. Calycis lobi 

 liaeares, brevissime hyalino-apiculati, dorso unicostati, 3-5-4 mm. longi, in tubum 

 subhyalinum 5-costatum 7 mm. longum decurrentes. Corolla; tubus cylindricus, 

 ca. 8 mm. longus ; lobi quadrangulares, apice oblique bUobati, 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.E. 

 (By H. F. Wernham.) 



TouRNEFOETiA 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. 



LiTHOSPEEMUM MiNUTUM, "Wernham, sp. nov. 



Kerba humiUs, 3 cm. alta ; caulis simplex vel sparse ramosus. Folia dense imbricatim 

 conferta, amplexicaulia, linearia, 9 mm. longa, basin versus lanceolata, minute 

 cUiata. Flo7'es solitarii, caulem terminantes, folia vix excedentes; pedicellus 

 strigosus, +3'5 mm. longus. Calycis lobi lanceolati, acuminati, ciliati, aliter glabri, 

 3 mm. longi. Corollce omnino glabrae tubus 2 mm. longus; lobi rotundati ca. 

 2'5 mm. x2'3 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.E. 

 (By H. P. Wernham.) 



Erycibe papuana, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramulis rugoso-angulatis novellis striatis glabris. Folia coriacea, elliptica, 

 10-13 cm. x4'8-6'5 cm., parum acuminata, obtusissima, basi rotundata, giaberrima; 

 petiolus validus, vix ad 1 cm. longus. Panicula axillaris, ad 9 cm. 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- 



