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obovatam in venis sparse puberulatn apice obtusam ca. 5 cm. longam 3'5 cm. latam 

 stipite sparse strigilloso ca. 1 cm. longo sufFultam ampliatus. Corolla gracilis, 

 extus infra minute sj)arse pubescens, insviper dense et appresse pubescens ; tubus 

 intus ab ore per 7 cm. pilis adscendentibus ocbraceis densissimis onustus, ceterum 

 glaberrimus, 4-4-5 cm. lougus ; lobi angusti, oblongi, subacuti, 8 cm. longi, extus 

 sparse appresse minute pubescentes iutus dense glanduloso-pubescentes. Antherce 

 7 mm. longse. Ovarium anguste turbinatum, sparse appresse pubescens vel sub- 

 glabrum. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



E-elated to M. longitiiha, Val. ; very distinct, however, in the character of the lobes of 

 both calyx and corolla. 



I have named this species in honour of Mr. H. N. Ridley, who has on many 

 occasions unsparingly placed his wide knowledge of the Malayan flora at my 

 disj^osal. 



MussjDNDA. Utakw^, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Frutex ramulis dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus tarde glabrescentibus. Folia papy- 

 racea, anguste elliptica vel oblanceolata, ad ca. 8'5 X 2'8 cm., utrinque angustata, 

 apice obtusa, utrinque sparse vel in venis densius pubescentia, venis secundariis 

 utrinque 8-10 ; petiolus tenuis, pubescens, ca. 1 cm. longus ; stipulae triangulares, 

 4-5 mm. longae, dense sericese, apice bifidse. Iiijlorescentia pauciflora, dense 

 pubescens. Calycis limbus valde deciduus ; lobi lanceolati, 2 mm. longi, unus 

 nonnunquam iu laminam ovatam utrinque molliter pubescentem ad ca. 5 cm. 

 longam 3'7 cm. latam basi in stipitem 5 mm. longum angustatam amj)liatus. 

 CorollcB gracillimaj tubus ca. 4 cm. longus, extus lobos versus densissime sericeus, 

 desuper sparse pubescens ; lobi lati, ovati, subacuti, 3'5 X 3 mm. Ovarium 

 cyliudricum, 4 mm. longum, dense pubescens. 

 Camp I, 700 ft. 

 Distinct in the very short deciduous calyx-teeth, and the very slender corolla with 



short, broad, blunt lobes. 



Lttcin.ea Klossii, Wernham, sp. nov. 



Frutex glaberrimus ; ramuli graciles, virgati, mox cortice albido striato induti. Folia 

 papyracea, elliptica, 11-14 X 3*5-5 cm., acuminata, apice obtusa, basi acuta, in 

 petiolum ad ca. 1-1-5 cm. longum desinentia, venis cum reticulatione interveniente 

 utrinque prominulis ; stipulae membranaceae, ovatae, setaceo-mucronatae, in vaginam 

 brevem cohserentes. Capitula parva, 9-10-flora, sub anthesi vix 1 cm. diam., 

 pedunculis ca. 6 mm. longis. Calyx glaber, subinteger. Corolla extus subglaber, 

 e calyce 3-4 mm. exserta ; lobi lanceolati, patentes, 3-3-5 mm. longi, obtusi. 

 Camp VI h, 3900 ft. 



Allied to L. novoguineensis, Val., but distinct in the form of the stipules and exsertion 

 of the corolla. 



