534 PLANTS 



Baeckea Linnaeus . 

 Baeckea TAXiFOLiA sp. nov. § Hamiogia. 



Frutex glaberrimus, ramis teretibup, ramulis rigidis, circiter 

 1.5 mm diametro, cicatricibns miiltis instructis ; foliis 

 numerosis, rigidis, curvatis, confertis, eglandulosis, 6 ad 8 

 mm longis, circiter 1 mm latis, obtusis, deorsum leviter 

 angustatis ; floribus axillaribus, solitariis, sessilibus, circiter 5 

 mm longis, 5 ad 6 mm diametro, calycis tnbo infimdibuliformi, 

 3 mm diametro, lobis triangulari-aciitis, 1.2 mm longis, 

 glandnlis panels instructis ; petalis 2 ad 2.2 mm longis, elliptic! s 

 ad elliptico-oblongis, rotundatis, glandnlis paucis magnis 

 instructis; staminibus 15, filamentis vix 1 mm longis; ovario 

 triloculare. 



Argostemma lanceolatum Yaleton, Merr. Ennm. Born. PI. 



(1921) 540. 



Near Kuching, No. 216, -Tune 30. Known only from 

 Borneo. 



Argostemma mjobergii sp. nov. 



Planta glabra (intlorescentiis exceptis) simplex, caulis 

 circiter 2.5 mm diametro, deorsum prostratis, radicantibus , 

 sursum erectis, 30 ad 45 cm longis ; foliis 8 vel 10, in paribus 

 aeqnalibus, in siccitate nigris, plerumqne albido-puncticulatis, 

 oblongo-ovatis, cliartaceis, acute acuminatis, basi plerumcjue 

 rotundatis, 6 ad 9 cm longis, 2 ad 3.5 cm latis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 9, supra obsoletis vel subobsoletis, subtus 

 tenuibus, distinctis ; petiolo 1 ad 2 cm longo ; stipulis 

 circiter 1 cm longis, lanceolatis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, 

 umbellatis, longe (circiter 9 cm) pedunculatis, circiter 

 10-floris, peduncnlo glabro, pedicellis circiter 1.5 cm longis, 

 leviter pubescentibus, bracteolis lanceolatis, acuminatis, glabris. 

 circiter 5 mm longis; floribus circiter 1.5 cm diametro, 

 nt videtur albidis, calyce leviter pubescenti, lobis 5, oblongo- 

 ovatis, acutis vel acuminatis, circiter 1.5 mm longis; petalis 

 lanceolatis, circiter 7 mm longis. 



Mount Poi, E. Mjoberg, s.n., altitude between 1200 and 

 1.700 m. 



A species belonging in the group with Argostemma 

 montanum Blume but entirely glabrous except for the slightly 

 pubescent pedicels and calyces. 



