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peduncles, bearing 1 or 2 small leaf-like bracts near the apex, otherwise 

 naked. Calyx broadly ovoid, about '1 in. long, puberulous, the tube 

 broadly ovoid, the teeth narrowly lanceolate ; pedicel nearly as long and 

 also puberulous. Corolla unknown. 

 Penang : Curtis 955. 



6. Argostemma nutans, King n. sp. Stem erect, 4 to 12 in. high, 

 sometimes decumbent and rooting at the base, thicker than a crow-quill, 

 bearing many scurfy but deciduous hairs. Leaves somewhat unequal 

 but not conspicuously so, membranous, oblong, elliptic, or elliptic-oblong, 

 occasionally slightly obovate, often more or less oblique, the apex acute, 

 the base cuneate rarely rounded ; upper surface dark olivaceous- 

 brown, densely and uniformly adpressed glandular-hispidulous ; the 

 lower surface paler, coarsely pubescent on the midrib and nerves ; 

 almost glabrous between ; main-nerves 5 to 8 pairs, curved, spreading 

 and ascending, rather prominent on the lower surface only ; length from 

 1-75 to 4 in. ; breadth -75 to 2 in.; petioles -2 to '8 in., pubescent. 

 Stipules ovate-lanceolate, "15 to *25 in. long, deciduous. Umbels cymose, 

 terminal, usually solitary, on deciduous, pubescent peduncles, 1 to 2*5 in. 

 long, surrounded at their bases by a whorl of lanceolate, small, pubescent 

 bracteoles; many-flowered. Flowers 'S in. long, pendulous on pubescent 

 pedicels 2 or 3 times as long as themselves. Calyx campanulate ; the 

 tube short, densely hairy outside : the lobes 5, ovate, sub-erect, longer 

 than the tube, almost glabrous. Corolla slightly longer than the calyx, 

 sparsely glandular-hairy outside; the 6 lobes membranous, reflexed, 

 lanceolate, acute, longer than the stamens. Stamens 5, free, basifixed by 

 the short flat filaments opposite the lobes of the corolla ; anthers linear, 

 dehiscing longitudinally, the connective coriaceous, with a short broad 

 slightly notched apical appendage. Style filiform ; stigma small, 

 slightly exserted. Capsules erect, ovoid-globular, ridged, hairy, crowned 

 by the short erect calyx-teeth, 2-celled, many-seeded, '05 in. in diam. 



Perak: Wray 843, 1296; King's Collector 585, 7190, 7802, 8060; 

 Scortechini 157. 



VAR. 1 glabra. Only a few inches high ; all parts glabrous ; leaves 

 with shorter petioles and less narrowed at the base than in the type. 



Perak : Scortechini 297 ; Wray 2646 ; King's Collector 1985. 



VkR. 2 verticillata. Only a few inches high; glabrous; leaves few 

 (often only a single pair) lying flat on the ground : peduncle of umbel 

 several times longer than the leaves ; umbels often few-flowered. 



Perak: Scortechini 310 ; King's Collector 4<21 , 1920. 



7. Argostemma drticipolium, n. sp. King. Stem decumbent and 

 rooting at the base, 8 to 12 in. long, thinner than a goose-quill and 

 scurfy when dry. Leaves membranous, somewhat unequal in size > 



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