Lowiane. N. O. Ericee. 
TAB. DCCCLXXXVI. 
Ruopopenpron acuminatum, Look. fil. 
Fruticosum totum lepidoto-squamosum, ramis robustis, petiolis 
crassis, foliis elliptico-ovatis longe acuminatis marginibus re- 
curvis basi rotundatis v. breviter cordatis crassis et rigidis 
eentba capitulis laxe 10-15 ows floribus paucis pen- 
dulis, calyce brevi discoideo, corolla tubo cylindrico Tepidoto 
limbi lobis 5 rotundatis brevibus, staminibus 10, ovario dense 
lepidoto 5-loculari 
Has. Borneo; on Kini Balu, alt. 6000-8000 feet, H. Low, Esq. 
Very similar to R. rugosum in general appearance, habit, and 
especially in foliage; but the flowers are much smaller, with a 
longer cylindrical tube and shorter lobes ; and the tomentum 
of the &. rugosum is here replaced by densely packed appres 
scales, which fall off the upper surface of the older leven 
Mr. ; 
scarlet pendulous flowers. The leaf-buds are covered with almost 
woody imbricating scales, which are lepidote where exposed to the 
atmosphere: they are also clothed with a silky down in a young 
state. J.D. H. 
Fig. 1. Stamen. /f. 2. Ovarium. jf. 8. Transverse section of 
the same. 7-4, 5. Scales :-—all carnal 
