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deliisces into a boat-like organ in one species and breaks up at the 

 tip into 4 lobes in the other recalls Trichadenia and allied genera. 



S. spathacea liidl., n. sp. 



Arbor parva 10-25 pedes alta. Folia alterna coriacea elliptica 

 oblonga basi cuneato, apice acuniinato, trinervia, costa supra elevata^ 

 subtus trinervia a basi elevata, nervis lateralibus circiter 18 paribus 

 subhorizontalibus, nervulis fernie a;que prominentibus 15-20 cm, 

 longa, 5-7-5 cm. lata, petiolo 3 mm. longo. Flares masculi in 

 tuberculis in ramis pedunculis brevissimis sericeis, pedicellis gracilibus 

 1*5 cm. longis. Alabastra fusiformia. Calyx spathacea rostrata 

 cymbiformis in uno latere dehiscens 2 cm. longa. Fetala ad basin 

 connata linearia acuminata, stamina lilamentis brevissimis petalis 

 oppositis hirtis, antheris linearibus acuminatis, petalis dimidio a^quali- 

 bus. Flores fceminei ignoti. Bacca globosa alba 2*5 cm. crassa. 

 Stigmata 6-8, semina plura. 



Malacca, Bukit Kamuning, Berrj/ 1023 ; Negri Sembilan, Tampin 

 Hill, Goodenoufjh, Burkill ; ISelangor, Ulu Gombak, Bidley 142 ; 

 Weld's Hill, Ahdul Bahman. 



S. parviflora liidl., n. sp. 



Arbor parva, ramis angulatis. Folia ovata elliptica acuminata 

 trinervia basi cuneato, nervis exterioribus in parte superiore folii cum 

 nei-vulis 13 paribus a costa anastomosantibus, 22*5 cm. longa, 10 cm. 

 lata, petiolo 2 mm. longo. Flo7'es in fasciculis parvis supra axil- 

 laribus, pedicelli 3 mm. longi. Calyx spathacea in 4 lobis acuminatis 

 pilis terminatis fissa 4 mm. longa. Fetala 4 breviora alba lanceolata 

 acuta. Stamina 6 antheris lanceolatis basibus retusis lilamentis 

 brevissimis. 



Perak, in sylvis Temengoh, Bidley 14736. 



The foliage much resembles that of the previous species, but is 

 larger and more ovate in outline. The flowers are very much smaller 

 on short pedicels, the petals hardly longer than the calyx which splits 

 into 4 points, the stamens are lanceolate and shorter than the petals. 



PLANTAGO ALPINA AND P. MAEITIMA. 

 By H. W. Pugsley, B.A. 



The points of distinction between Blanfago alpina L. and B. 

 maritima L., the dwarf shore and mountain forms of which often 

 bear a close resemblance, when in flower and fruit, to the alpine 

 species, are not well marked and usually not very clearly described.. 

 When the plants begin growth in the spring, however, their aspect is 

 entirely different, and it may therefore be worth recording their 

 features as seen at this early season. 



These notes are taken (23 February) from plants that I have 

 under cultivation, as follows : — B. maritima, obtained from Poole 

 Harbour in 1913 ; B. aljjina, from Miirren, in the Bernese Oberland^ 

 in 1914; and an inland form of B. maritima, from hills near Crian- 

 larich, Perthshire, in 1915. In all three cases the plants examined 



