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36 MR. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLANTS 



cuspidata, O'S mm. longa, OG mm. lata, extus lauuginoso-hirta. Pefala scpalis 



breviora, spathulata, obovata, apice lato rotimdata, retusa, dente medio miiiimo. 



Stamina breviora, plurima. Carpella ad 12, basi lata, rotundata, superne 



ascendeutia, curva, stylo longiusculo. 

 Camps X to XI, 6700 to 8300 ft. 



Nearest to B. ritgosus, Buch.-Ham., but tbe leaves are quite entire and cuneate at 

 the base, not cordate, and the flowers are larger and long-pedicelled. 



RuBrs I10S.EF0LIUS, Sm. PL Ic. Ined. iii. t. 60. 



Camp VI «, 3100 ft.; Camps VII to VIII, 3600 to 4900 ft.; Camps IX to XI, 

 4900 to 8300 ft. 



A pubescent form, with the terminal leaflets unusually narrow and acuminate. 



Distrib. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Rtjbus Fernandi-Muelleki, Focke, in Abh. Xaturw. Ver. Brem. xiii. (1895) 165, 

 Camps XI to XII, 8300 to 11,000 ft. 

 Distrib. British New Guinea. 



RuBTJS PARADOXUS, Ridl., sp. nov. 



Suffi'ute.v scandens, glabra inflorescentia excepta, caulibus aculeis validis munitis. 



Folia trifoliata, rigide coriacea, sicca, brunnea, foliolis orbicularibus vel ellipticis 



obtusis vel cuspidatis, medio majore basi rotundato, marginibus denticulatis 



aculeatis, 4-6 cm. longis 3 cm. latis, nervis 5 paribus superne depressis subtus 



elevatis, petiolulis 2 mm. longis, petiolis 25 cm. longis armatis. Racemtis vel 



jjaniculae binse axillares, armati, 3 cm. lougi, lanuginosi. Bractece lanccolatse, 



extus lauugiuosEe. jP/os stellatira expansus, 9 mm. latus. Sepalab, ovata, oblouga, 



obtusa, utrinque lanuginosa, 4 mm. longa. Petala mox decidua, oblonga, obtusa, 



sepalis a^quilonga, dimidio hxtitudinis, lanuginosa. Stamina circiter 24, disco Isevi. 



Ca?'pella 12, conica, stylo brevi, ad basin albo-lanata. BrnpcB 6-S, 3 mm. longa in 



sicco. Semina complanata, ovata, rugosa. 



Camps VIII to IX, 4900 to 5500 ft. ; Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 



A very peculiar plant, of which there are two forms, the one from the highest 



altitudes being much condensed with smaller stiffer leaves, and much more thorny, the 



stem, midrib and petioles of the leaves and rachis of the inflorescence being densely 



armed with hooked thorns. The petals are for half their width or more covered with 



a woolly pubescence like the sepals, and apparently fall off shortly after the flower 



opens. The sepals then spread open in a star-like fashion. The stamens and pistils 



are comparatively few, the latter very small, and surrounded at the base by hairs. 



PoTENTiLLA PARVULA, Stapf, in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2293, and in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. 

 Bot. vol. iv. (1894) 147. 

 Camps XIII to XIV, 10,500 to 12,500 ft. 

 This seems to be a very variable species. At Camp XIII was obtained a very small- 



