BY E. D. MERRILL 657 



crenulatis, nervis pnrnariis iitruique S vel 4, distinctis, 

 adscendentibus ; [letiolo stellato-tYirfuraceo, circiter 8 cm 

 inflorescentiis paucifloris axillaribus, hand scirpoideis, floribus 

 fasciculatis vel depauperato-raceiiioais, bracteis, oblongo-ovatis, 

 stellato-furfuraceis, circiter 13 mm ]ongis et 6 mm latis, 

 acutis^'el obtusis, pedicellis crassis, usque ad 4 mm longis, 

 denaissime furfuraceis ; calycis tiibo 8 ad 9 mm longo, oblongo- 

 obovoideo vel subcylindraceo, circiter 6.5 mm diametro, extus 

 stellato-furfuraceo ; sepalis 5, oblongis, obtusis, extus stellato- 

 furfuraceo, 8 mm lougis, 2.5 ad 3 mm latis ; petalis 5, ellipticis, 

 obtusis, 11 inn) loiigis, 6 ram latis, intus glabris, extus 

 plus minusve stellato-furfuraceis ; ovario 4- vel 5-loculare ; 

 filameutis 4 ad 5 mm longis, antlieris hand visis : stylo 

 crasso, cylindraceo, 4 ad 5 mm longo. 



Mount Murud, No. 112, B. Mjoberg, October, 1922. with 

 a note 'neaT' the top," probably indicating an altitude 

 appro.ximately 1900 rn. 



A species strongly cliara(;terized Uy jts stellato-furfuraceous 

 indumentum, its nearly equilateral broadly rounded leaves, 

 and its few flowered non-scorpoid inflorescences and relatively 

 large flowers. 



Attention is here called to the fact that among the species 

 of the Malay Peninsula the name Pentaphragma ellipticurn 

 Poulsen in Kjoeb. Vidensk. Meddel. 0908) .321. /./. type 

 from Singapore niid Johore replaces Pentaphraij}na ridleyi 

 King in Journ. As. Soi-. Henoal 74, part ? (1905) 57: Ridl. 

 V\. Malay Penins. ? (1928) 202. 



C0MP08ITAK. 

 Blumka de Candolle. 



Blumea auomatica (Wall.) DC. Prodr. 5 (1836) 446. 



Mount Pem-issen, Nu. 223, altitude about 1300 m. India 

 to Malaysia hut not previously recorded from Borneo. 

 Vernonia Schreber. 



Vernonia cinerea (Ijinn.) Tjess., Merr. Knum. Born. PI 

 (1921) 586. 



Tjundu, No. 238. A pantropic weed probably of Old World 

 origin . 



SoNCHUS Jjinnaeus. 



SoNCHUS arvensis Linn., Merr. Enum. Born. PI. (1921) 590 

 Knching, No. 16^ A weed in most warm countries. 



