BY E. D. MEKRILL. 636 



Argostemma murudense sp. nov. 



Herba simplex vel parce ramosa, caulis foliisque utrinque 

 perspicue crispato-ciliatis ; caulis 10 ad 15 cm longis, deorsum 

 prostratis, radicantibns, sursiim erectis ; foliis 6 ad 10, in 

 paribus subaequalibus, ovatis ad late elliptico-ovatis, chartaceis, 

 olivaceo-branneis, acutis vel obtusis, basi rotundatis 1.5 ad 



3 cm longis, 1 ad 1.5 latis, nervis utrinque 6 vel 7, patulis, 

 teniiibus, supra obsoletis ; petiolo 4 ad 8 mm longo ; stipulis 

 circiter 3 mm longis, subellipticis, obtusis, intus glabris, 

 extiis dense villosis ; inflorescentiis terminalibus, tenuiter 

 pedunculatis, pedunculo glabro, circiter 2 cm longo; floribus 

 umhellatis, iim!)ellu]is circiter 5-floris, pedicellis pubescentibus, 



4 mm longis, bracteolis mimitis : calyce pubescenti, lobis 

 ovatis, aciitis,. circiter 1 mm longis; petalis elliptico-ovatis, 

 ac litis, cii'citer 6.5 mm longis. 



Mount Murud, Nos. 82 (type), 88, E. Mjoberg, between 

 the altitudes of 1900 and -2400 m., October, 1922. 



A s])ecies characterized by its crisped indumentum which 

 is conspicuous on both surfaces of the small, subequal leaves, 

 and on the stems, and petioles. 



Argostemma salicifolium Kidl., Merr. Enum. Born. PI. 



11921) 550. 



Mount Matang, Nos. ^05, LH)(h July, altitude about 300 m. 

 Known only from this region, the type locality. 



Argostemma spp. 



Mount Poi, two species without number, one somewhat 

 approximating A. kinahaluense Wernh. The material is 

 insufficient. 



Tarenna Gaertner. 



Tarenna fragrans (Blume) Koord. and Val., Merr. Enum. 

 Born. PI. (1921) 561. 



Near Kuching, No. 214. Malay Peninsula and Archipelago 

 extending to Palawan in the Philippines. 



Gardenia Ellis ,; 

 Gardenia sp. 



Near Kuching, s.u., a single specimen. 



