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ME. H. N. EIDLEY ON PLAJN'TS 



Hemigraphis caudigera, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Caiilis graciJis, anfractuosus, pubeseens, cito puberulus. Folia petiolata, ampla, 

 elliptico-lanceolata, breviter caudato-attenuata apice ipso (et basi) obtusa, margine 

 crenata, membranacea, supra glabra, subtus sparsim puberula, 9'5-ll-5 x S'o-iB cm. 

 Spica pedunculata, laxe pauciflora, pedunculo circa 5 cm. longo incluso, foliis 

 parum brevier. Bractece lanceolatge, obtusse, puberulse, inferiores 2 cm. X 3 mm., 

 sviperiores gradatim minores. Calycis 12 mm. longi segmenta linearia, acuminata, 

 puberula. CoroUce tubus calycem excedeus, 15 mm. longus, superne gradatim 

 ampliiicatus, faucibus 4 mm. latus ; lobi inter se subsequales, obovati, obtusissimi, 

 5x4 mm. Filamenta per paria connata, majora in dimidio inferiore longe barbata. 

 Staminodimn 0. Ovariwm sparsim puberulum ; ovula pro loculo 5-6. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



The single specimen to baud is 26 cm. long, but the attachment to the soil is not 

 shown. Leaves grey-green when dry, somewhat paler below, the caudate atteuviatiou 

 at most 1"5 cm. long, margins entire ; petioles 1-2 cm. long, covered with short strigillose 

 hairs. Flowers " violet white." Longer filaments 3 mm., shorter 0-75 mm. long ; 

 anthers 175 mm. long. 



Different from the last in foliage and bracts. 



Lepidagathis paptjana, S. Moore, sp. nov. 



Caulis ascendens, circa sesquisiiithameus, quadrangvilaris, aliquanto anfractuosus, 

 paucifoliosus, ad nodos tumidus, puberulus. Folia ovato-oblonga vel anguste 

 elliptica, obtusa, basi in petiolum brevem contracta, margine undulata, mem- 

 branacea., suj)ra glabra, subtus pnesertim in nervis subtiliter puberula, 6"5-14.X 

 2"8-4"8 cm. S^yicce axillares vel terminales, solitarise vel 2-3-n8e, cylindricie, 

 pro rata laxiusculaB, pedunculatas, pedunculis ssepius brevibus, ut inflorescentiae 

 axis pubesceutes vel puberulae, summum 4 cm. longae. Bractece calyci subtequi- 

 longEe, circa 8 mm. longae, ovato-lanceolatse, spinuloso-acuminatse, 1-nerves, margine 

 breviter ciliatse, ceteroquin fere glabrae. Calycis segmenta oblongo- vel lineari- 

 lanceolata, spinuloso-acuminata, ut bractese scariosa, dorso puberula, margine 

 breviter ciliata ; segmentum posticum 8x2 mm., 3-nerve, cetera 1-nervia 

 7xl-l'5 mm. Corolla parva, calyce brevior, vix 5 mm. longa; tubus 3 mm. 

 longus, medio contractus; labium posticum integrum, suborbiculare, l"5xl'5 mm., 

 antico circiter aequilongum; antici lobi laterales late oblongi, obtusi. Ovarium 

 ovoideum, apice breviter papillosum, 1'5 mm. longum. Capsula oblonga, sursum 

 angustata fere rostrata, 7 mm. longa. Semlna jiro capsula 4, 1 mm. diam., 

 retinaculis aeutis fulta. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 Stem with about four pairs of leaves separated usually by internodes of 4-6 cm. 



Leaves drying green, paler below, upper side with small scattered cystoliths ; petioles 



5-10 mm. long, puberulous. Filaments rather more than 5 mm. long ; cells of anther 



linear-oblong, 1 mm. long. 

 I have compared this with Malayan specimens, referred (in MS.) by C. B. Clarke to 



