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dorso pilis albis pilosa. Corolla tubulosa; tubus basin versus 

 angustatus; lobi inaequales^ pilis longis et glandulis magnis 

 instructi, Antherae nigrae. Flores 2 : Sepala nigra. Petala 

 superne pilis crassis albis paucis, inferne pilis albis longis 

 gracilibus instructa. 



South Ixdia, Pulney Hills, 2300 m., Fyson 2994. 



819. Aneilema pulneyensis, Fyson [Commelinaceae-Com- 

 melineae] ; affinis A. esciilentOy Wall,, sed radicibus longioribus 

 non succulentis, floribus majoribus, petalis obtusioribus differt. 



Radices elongatae, non succulentae ; caules caespitosi vel ramosi, 



cm. longi, basin versus foliis instructi, erlabri, Foliorum 



10-20 



5-5'5 cm. lono-ae. 0'6 cm 



Flores laxe paniculati, 0-6 cm. longi ; bracteae persistentes, ovatae, 

 3 mm* longae. Sepala elliptica, 3-nervia. ' Petala obovata, 

 unguiculata, basi connata. Staminodia alte trilobata. Filamenta 

 barbata. Ovarium o-loculare, ovulis in loculis uniseriatis. 

 Capmla oblongo-obovoidea, 4-5 mm. longa. Semina in quoque 

 loculo 5-6. 



South India. Pulney Hills, 2300 m., Fyson 435; Bourne 144; 

 Wall Cat 5208 C, ^^ Herb Heyne." 



This species is allied to 4. esculentum, WalL, but may be 

 separated from^ it by the differences noted above. In addition it 

 may be mentioned that whilst the new species grows in the 

 temperate region at 7000 feet and more, 4. esculentum is found 

 m the tropical climate of the South Indian plains. 



820. Agathis flavescens, Ridley [Coniferae-Araucarieae] ; 

 species A. regiae, Warb., affinis, foliis obtusis baud lanceolatis 

 acutis,^ squamis strobili angustioribus et ad basin trilobis, lobis 

 meiirvis aciitis, amentis masculis quam iis ullius speciei minoribus, 

 ns A. regiae exceptis distincta. 



Arbor 40-pedalis vel minor, ramis patulis flavescentibus. Folia 

 elhptica, basi angustata, obtusa, valde coriacea, flavescentia, 

 5-5-7 cm. longa, 1-3-2-5 cm. lata. Amenta mascula 3-6 cm. 

 longa, 1-3 cm. crassa, cylindrica, obtusa, squamis antberiferis 

 a mm, longis apice 4 mm. latis, limbo fere orbiculari. loculis 



paucis, 

 crassus. 



cm 



mm 



basi trilobae, lobis incurTis acutis, lobo mediano 'oblongo, limbo 

 .■1 Ti r»,i Q+r. ,r,^ a j^^Q^ ASe?ne?i ellipticum, utrinque rotundatum, 



mm 



mm. latum, ala ma_, 



ajuce rotundata 1-2 cm. longa. 



Malay Peninsula. Pahang ; on the Padang of Gunong Tahan, 



loaO m., Ridley. 



u^^}^^l ^^^,^™^\1 species for the genus, only attaining a height of 

 4l> teet with a diameter of trunk of 1 foot at the base on the open 

 rocky plain at the top of Gunong Tahan. In the shadier woods it 

 attains a greater height and here the leaves take on a green colour ; 

 on the exposed plain the whole plant is a curious yellow colour. 

 Jt IS quite distinct from A. loranthifoUa, vSalisb. (A. rhomboi- 

 <lalis, H arh) the only other species in the Malav Peninsula, in 

 Its very email male spikes which are only comparable to those of 

 -1. re^ta, Warb., ofBatchian, 



