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scattered hairs; nerves very prominent beneath, curved upwards, about 8 on ' 

 eacli side of the midrib, tlie reticulations also rather prominent; petioles densely 

 fulvous pilose, 2 mm. long or less; stipules denseh' fulvous pilose, laciniately 

 divided into 5 to 8 linear segments about 5 mm. long. Flowers sessile, minute, 

 1 ti) .■> in each leaf axil, completely surrounded by the laciniate, pubescent bracts. 

 I'ruit light blue, foetid, subglobose, about 5 nun. in diameter, crowned by the 

 very short calyx teeth; pyrenes 4, triquetrous, 2 nun. long, 1 mm. thick, rounded 

 at the apex, the base somewhat pointed. 



(2088 Borden) November; (ODD? Elmer) November. On exposed ridges in 

 the mossy forest at about 1 ,0.iO iii. 



2. Lasianthus obliquinervis Merrill, sp. nov. 



A shrub 2 to 5 m. high. Branches dark brown or nearly black when dry, 

 puberulent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 10 to IG cm. 

 long, 2 to 4 cm. wide, glabrous and shining above, beneath pubescent on the 

 nerves and midrib the apex sharply acute or acuminate, the base somewhat 

 inequilateral, rather abruptly acute ; nerves 5 to G on each side of the midrib, 

 curved, strongly ascending, prominent beneath, tjie reticulations subparallel ; 

 petioles pubescent, 1 to 1.5 cm. long; stipules oblong-ovate acute or acuminate, 

 pubescent, about 5 mm. long, caducous. Flowers white, fascicled, 3 to 5 or G in 

 each axil, ebracteate. Calyx pubescent, 3 to 4 mm. long, fiuinel-shaped, 5 to G 

 toothed, the teeth triangular, acute, about 1 mm. long. Corolla more or less pubes- 

 cent, 1 cm. long, the tube about G mm. long, 5-lobed, the lobes oblong, acute, pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces, about 4 mm. long. Stamens 5, the anthers sessile, included, 

 about 1.5 mm. long. Style about 5 mm. long, glabrous. Fruit blue, foetid, sub- 

 globose, somewhat pubescent. G or 7 nnii. in diameter, each with about G trique- 

 trous, pyrenes about 4 mm. long. 



(247 Whit ford) May; (1584, 2086 Borden) August, November; (2212 Meyer) 

 December; (G802 Elmer) November; (329G, 37G3 Merrill) October, January; 

 (G0.50, G055, G157 Leiherg) Juh\ In forests and on exposed ridges 800 to 

 1,200 m., abundant. Idciititicd by ]\lr. Elmer in licib. as LasiitnUnift hieidiis 

 Rlume. 



3. L. sp. 



(20!), 319 Whitford) May; (1580 Borden) August; (3770, 3893 Merrill) Jan- 

 uary. August. With the preceding. Lasianthus lucidus Elmer in herb., in part, 

 iioii I'.iume. 



4. L. sp. (?) 



(G837 Elmer) November; (2084 Borden) November. In forests at 800 m. 

 Identified by Mr. Elmer as Lasianlhvs hevigatus Blume, but the fruit with two 

 |i\ii'ii('s. Specimens in fruit only. 



23. AMARACARPUS I'.lunic. 



1. A. pubescens I'.lunic: .Mi(|. l-'l. hid. lint. 2 (1S5G) 304. 



(2837 Meyer) March; (1193 Whilford) March; (3194 Merrill) October; (G975 

 Elmer) November. On exposed ridges in the mossy forest above 1,200 m. Java. 



24. MYRMECODIA .l;uk. 



1. M. echinata (iiiiui.: I'.r.ciiri, M;il.'>ia 2 (1884i 113. /. .li. f. ', 0. 



{Merrill} January: (1144 W'hilfnnh March. Kinlipytic. mossy forest on ex- 

 posed ridges 900 to 1,000 ni. 



From the material avjiilablc I am iiiuililc to sc|);n:itc this I'onii from (laudi- 

 cliand's species wliicli i^ known troiii the lshni(l> of .\ni and Kawak of the 

 Malayan Aiciiipclago. 



