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2 exteriora angustiora, crassiuscula, interiora 3 latiora dorso crassiora marginibus 

 tenuibus bullatis. Stamina 6, filamentis sepalis a^quilongis rubris marginibus 

 tenuibus palliciis dimidio inferiore sepalis adnatis, antheris oblongis cordatis 

 loculorum basibus divaricatis. 



Camp VI a, 3100 ft. 



A very distinct woody species, somewhat resembling an undescribed plant obtained in 

 Borneo by Beccari. 



Pellionia peltata, PJdl., sp. uov. 



Herba elata, ultra 15 cm. alta. 'Folia alterna, ovata, peltata, obliqua, longe acuminata, 

 glabra, 21 cm. longa, 10 cm. lata, nervis 3 e basi ortis, petiolis 4 cm. longis. Cymce 

 axillares, paniculatse, 3-6 cm. loiigae, floribvis in apice ramorum cougestis. Floras 

 mascull subsessiles, bracteis minutis lauceolatis aciiminatis. Sepala 5, oblonga, 

 obtusa. Stamina 5, filamentis vix longioribus complanatis, antheris cordatis, 

 loculorum basibus divaricatis. Pistillodia parva, erecta, cylindrica. Flores feminei 

 in eadem planta, multo minores, pedicellis gracilibus 2 mm. longis. Sepala 5, 

 parva, oblonga, obtusa. SfamiitocUa paullo longiora, oblonga, obtusa. Pistillum 

 ovoideum. Achceniii))/, 1 mm. longum, obovoideum, lenticulatum, rubrum. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft. ; Camp I, 700 ft. 



Pellionia nigrescens, Warb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xiii. (1891) 291. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 



Distrib. Endemic in New Guinea. 



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Elatostema sessile, Porst. Char. Gen. 106. 



Camps I to III, 500 to 2500 ft. 



A form with leaves more deeply cut than usual. The commonest and most widely 

 dispersed species in the world, and somewhat variable. 



Distrib. Tropical Africa and all over Tropical Asia. 



Elatostema macro phtllitm, Brongn. Bot. Voy. Coq. 207, t. 15. 

 Camp VI b, 3900 ft. 

 Distrib. Malay Archipelago. 



Elatostema sesquxfolium, Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bog. Ait. 79. 



Canoe Camp, 150 ft., and Camps III to VI, 2100 to 2500 ft. 



The plant from the latter locality is a form with very narrow leaves, only 17 cm. 

 across. 



Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 



Elatostema trichanthum, Lauterb. in Schum. & Lauterb. Fl. Deutsch, Schutzg. 

 Siidsee, 255. 

 Camps III to VI and VII, 2500-3600 ft. 

 Distrib. Endemic in Nerw Guinea. 



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