156 ME. H, N. EIDLET ON PLANTS 



PiPTURUS INCANUS, Wedd. in DC. Prod. xvi. i. 235 ^^. 

 Canoe Camp, 150 ft. 

 JDistrih. Malay and Pacific Islands. 



PiPTURUS AKGENTEUS, Wcdd. 1. C. 2351^. 



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



" Plowers pale yellowish green ; fruits dull grey-green." 



Distrib. Java. 



PiPTURUS ciNNAMOMEUS, RidL, sp. nov. 



SuffnUex ramis lignosis sericeo-pubeseentibus. Folia alterna, trinervia, lanceolata, 

 acuminata, basi angustata obtusaque, 8-16 cm. longa, 3-5-5 cm. lata, subtas pallide 

 fiavescentia, Integra, nervis 2 pubescentibus, nervulis reticulatis, petiolis 4 cm. 

 longis. Flores in racemis vel paniculis, in j)arte inferiore ramorum ssepe in 

 g'lomerulis sessilibus. Hacemi 5 mm. longi, rhachi gracili pubescente, glomerulis 

 3 mm. crassis sessilibus ; bractese racemorum lanceolatse, acuminatse, cuspidatse, 

 pubescentes, 1 cm. longse, nervis 3 elevatis; bi'actese giomerulorvxm minores et 

 magis ovatse. Utricull feminei pubescentes, apices angustati, sessiles. Stigma 

 elongatum, flliforme, rubrum. 

 Camp VI a, 3100 ft. ; Camps IX to XIII, 5500 to 10,500 ft. 



Allied to P. melastomatifoUus, K. Sebum., but the reticulations of the nerves on the 

 underside of the leaf are distiiict and the jjlant is pubescent. The leaves dry reddish- 

 cinnamon colour beneath. The lower part of the branches, nude of leaves, often bears 

 "lomerules of flowers. 



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V PiPTURUS GRANDirOLIUS, Pvidl., sp. nov. 



Folia magna, laminis ovata, acuta, serrata, basi breviter cuneata vel obtusa, 30 cm. 

 longa, 20 cm. lata, membranacea, supra glabrescentia, pilis minutis dissitis obsita, 

 sicca fusca, subtus alba, trinervia, nervulis subhorizontalibus vel ascendentibus 

 elevatis brunneis pubescentibus petiolis 16 cm. longis parce albo-hirtis. Paniculce 

 breves, laxse, axillares, 5 cm. longse, glomerulis 2 mm. longis, ramulis pubescentibus. 

 Fructiis succulentus, obovoideus, perianthio tenuiter succulento adnato. Stylus 

 nullus. Stif/ma parvum, capitatum. Achceiiium comphmatum, orbiculare. 

 Canoe Camp, 170 ft. 



This plant closely resembles in appearance Dehregeasia Wallichiana, Wedd., of 

 India, but the leaves are less serrate, and the white of the back is not formed of the 

 closely-appressed cottony tomentum of tliat species. The fruit is, moreover, totally 

 different, tlie receptacle is not tleshy but dry, and the perianth is very thin and altogether 

 that of a Fiptiirus. 



Debregeasia pulchra, Eidl., sp. nov. 



Frutex, ramis pubescentibus rubris pilis albis. Folia alterna, ovata, acuta, coriacea, 

 basi rotundata vel paullo angustata, serrata, superne atro-viridia, buUata, subtus^ 



