Polyosma.] xlix. saxifragace^. 687 



nerves about 14 pairs elevate, secondary nerves as prominent, 

 6 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles '2 to i in. long, velvety. 

 Racemes 8 in. long, velvety pubescent ; pedicels '15 in. long with 

 several acute bracts. Calyx- tube very short, obconic; lobes 

 triangular, acute, longer, yellow-hairy. Petals white, linear- 

 oblong, -3 in. long, puberulous outside, villous within. Stamens 

 shorter, villous. Fruit conic, base broad, '3 in. long; apex acute 

 4-ridged, "4 in. long; pedicels '2 in. long, all pubescent. Hub. 

 Forests. Bindings, Bruas (Ridley). Perak, Goping and Larut 

 (Kunstler). Penang Hill, BaUk Pulau (Curtis). 



This is certainly not P. velutina Bl. of Koorders and Valeton Booms. PI. 

 195, as the fruit is four times as big as in that plant. 



4. ITEA, Linn. 



Shrubs or trees. Leaves simple, alternate, petioled, glabrous, 

 dentate or crenate. Racemes axillary and terminal, long many- 

 flowered. Calyx-tube adnate to ovary base, 5-lobed. Petals 5, 

 oblong, white, valvate. Stamens 5 perigynous. Ovary 2-celled; 

 ovules many aside 75 in., superior. Capsule conic, elongate, split- 

 ting through the dissepiments and style. Seeds oblong, testa 

 produced. Species 2, Indo-Malaya, N. America, Japan. 



(i) I. macrophylla Wall. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 419; Hook. fil. 

 F.B.I, ii. 408. 



A medium-sized tree. Leaves ovate acuminate, base round 

 edge, glandular-denticulate ; nerves 4 pairs, elevate beneath, 

 3"5 to 5 in. long, 2'5 to 3 in. wide; petioles 75 to i in. long. 

 Racemes 4 in. long, puberulous. Flowers '2 in. across. Calyx- 

 tube gradually narrowed to base, in fruit campanulate, '2 in. long ; 

 fruit valves widely diverging "3 in. long. Hab. Rare. In woods 

 on rocky stream banks, mountains. Pahang, Gunong Tahan at 

 5000 ft. altitude by the Teku River (Ridley). Disirib. India, Java, 

 Borneo. 



Order L. DROSERACE^. 



Small insectivorous herbs, with leaves covered with glandular 

 hairs. Flowers small, racemose, white, pink or violet. Calyx free 

 from ovary 4- to 8-lobed. Petals 4 to 8 hypogynous. Stamens 

 as many. Ovary i- to 3-celled ; ovules parietal, numerous ; styles 

 3 to 5. Capsule 2- to 5-valved. Seeds numerous. Species no, 

 most temperate and tropical lands. 



1. DROSERA, Linn. 



The Sundews occur all over the world except Polynesia; most 

 abundant in Austraha. 



