554 PLANTS 



viridibus, siibtus pallidioribus, breviter petiolatis, 1.5 ad 4 cm 

 longis, 4 ad 6 mm latis, cliartaceis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 

 nervis lateralibus utrinqiie circiter 3, adscendentibus, valde 

 obscuris vel obsoletis ; petiolo circiter -2 mm longo ; stipulis 

 lanceolatis, acuminatis, '2 ad 2.0 mm longis, parce lacerato- 

 lobatis, lobulis glandulosis ; cymis axillaribus, tenuiter 

 pedunculatis, paucifloris, dichotomis, circiter 5 cm longis; 

 floribus 8 mm longis, pedicellis tenuibus, 1 ad 2 mm longis, 

 ])racteis lineari-lanceolatis, jiedicellis subaequantibus ; calycis 

 tubo tereti, 1.5 mm longo, lobis oblongo-ovatis, subobtusis, 

 1 ad l."2 mm longis; corollae tubo 4 mm longo, glabro, 

 sursum leviter amjjliato, lobis elliptico-ovatis, 2.5 ad 3 mm 

 longis, obscurissim(? ciliatis ; capsulis ellipsoideis, 3.5 mm 

 longis, septicide ('ehiscentibus, apice inter lobis baud 

 ])roti-usis, seminibus parvis, atris numerosis. 



Mount Matang, E. Mjoberg, s.n., July 7, altitude about 

 300 m. Tbis small species is sti'ongly characterized by its 

 very short simple stems which do not exceed 1 cm in length 

 and which are leafy throughout, the lanceolate leaves being 

 very densely crowded. 



Argostemma Wallich. 

 Abgostemma boragineum Blume var. rotundifolium Valeton, 



Merr. Enum. Born. PL (1921) 549. 



Mounts Matang and Penrissen, s.n., 218, at medmm 

 altitudes. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java. 

 Argostemma dulitense sp. nov. 



Suffruticosa, erecta, simplex, circiter 28 cm alta, caulis in 

 partibus foliiferis adpresse hirsutis cxceptis glabra; cauhs 

 circiter 2.5 mm diametro, stricte erectis, partibus inferioribus 

 (circiter 15 cm) defohatis, glabris, internodiis circiter 1 cm 

 longis, in partibus superioribus foliis oppositis numerosis 

 ferrentibus ; foliis in paribus valde inaequalibus, majoribus 

 oblougo-ellipticis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, olivaceis, 

 3 ad 4.5 cm longis, 3 ad 4.5 cm longis, 1 ad 1.5 cm latis. 

 utrinque circiter 15, patuhs baud distinctis, petiolo circiter 

 3 mm longo; foliis minoribus stipulaeformibus, subsessilibus, 

 subelbpticis, 5 ad 7 mm longis; stipubs coriaceis, late 

 ovatis, obtusis ad acutis, 5 ad 7 mm longis; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus, paucifloris, tenuibus, circiter 5 cm longis,* soli- 

 tarns vel binis, plerumque 2- vel 3-floris ; floribus magnis. 



