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tae, concovae, ciliolatae et dorso saepe plus minusve puberulae, ad c. 0.47 

 cm. longae, superiores et secundariae minores. Flores nutantes, breviter 

 pedicellati, pedicello cum rachide articulato, tereti, apice vix incrassato, 

 minute patentissime hirtello-puberulo, c. 0.175 cm. longo. Sepala 5, paulo 

 inaequalia, erecta, corolla laxe adpressa, exteriora ovata, interiora subovalia, 

 obtusa, praesertim exteriora minute apiculata, concava, dorso inferne parce 

 patentissime hirtello-puberula, superne glabra, intus glabra, basi excepta 

 minute ciliolata, basi 3nervia, nervis exterioribus supra basin furcatis, 

 c. 0.37—0.47 cm. longa, 0.23—0.28 cm. lata. Corolla suburceolata, c. 0.375 

 cm. alta, 0.4 cm. diam.; petala 5, sinistrorsum imbricata, erecta, concava, 

 apice recurva, elliptica, obtusa, glabra, Inervia, c. 0.45 cm. longa, 0.3 cm. 

 lata. Discus cupuliformis, apice dilatatus, breviter et late 51obus, lobis 

 crenulato-lobulatis extus convexis intus concavis, extus longitudinaliter 5- 

 sulcatus, carnosulus, glaber, c. 0.225 cm. diam., 0.07 cm. altus. Stamina 

 5, diosi faciei interiori inserta, erecta, fere 0.3 cm. longa; filamenta brevia, 

 crasse subulata sed apice connectivo dorso adnata, apicem thecarum fere 

 attingentia, paulum a dorso compressa, glabra, parte libéra c. 0.1 cm. longa; 

 antherae erectae, dorsifixae, introrsae, appendice connectivi obtusangule in- 

 curva imbricatae, ambitu plus minusve ovato-rhombeae, c. 0.2 cm. longae, 

 fere 0.1 cm. latae, thecis parallelis, subremotis, apicem versus ampliatis, 

 obliquis, obtusis, basi rotundatis et pilis paucis patentissimis penicillatis, 

 rima longitudinali (in praefloratione) dehiscentibus, parte antica quam 

 posticam manifeste longioribus et apice appendice humili triangula instructis, 

 fere 0.1 cm. longis, connectivi appendice terminali, erecta, obtusangule 

 incurva, leviter recurvula, ovato-triangula, plus minusve quinquangulari, 

 auguste obtusa vel subacuta, late angulato-canaliculata, lateribus intus plus 

 minusve convexa, membranacea. Ovariumovoideo-globosum,obtusissimum, 

 patentissime pubescens, c 0.17 cm. altum, 0.15 cm. diam., abrupte in sty- 

 lum auguste lageniformem basi contractum glabrum apice truncatum c. 0.2 

 cm. longum contractum. Capsula immatura lateraliter compressa, oblique 

 orbiculari-ovata, puberula, c. 0.8 cm. longa, 0.65 cm. lata, sepalis petalis 

 et disco suffulta, stylo coronata. 



java: Priangan, between Bodjong Lopang and Lengkong, 600 m. 

 in the bush, 1 plant. (C. A. Backer n. 17003, November 1914). Between 

 Lengkong and Tjitjoeroeg, 600 m., on theedge of a secondary forest, 2 plants. 

 (C. A. Backer n. 17174, November 1914). 



This is the prettiest of the Javanese species and with the largest flowers, 

 which are produced in profusion. 



It seems to be very rare as till now only three plants hâve been met with. 



Description from herbarium and materials preserved in alcohol. 



"Shrub, 1.5—2 m. high. Calyx white or somewhat greenish, petals 

 pure white, dise greenish yellow. filament white, appendix v/hite with a 

 brownish yellow base, ovary green." (C. A. BACKER). 



