Lowiane. N. O. Thymelee. 
TAB. DCCCXCV. 
Draperes ericores, Hook. jit. 
Suffruticulus ceespitosus, caule erecto ramoso, ramis robustis erectis 
glaberrimis cicatricatis, foliis imbricatis linearibus lineari-subu- 
latisve obtusis striatis marginibus dorsoque versus apices sericeo- 
villosis, floribus ad apices ramulorum paucis foliis occultis 
perianthio villoso inarticulato tubuloso limbi lobis 4 obtusis 
patulis basi 2-glandulosis, staminibus 4, ovarium gibbosum 
apice ciliatum. 
Has. Borneo; exposed peaks of Kini Balu, alt. 8500 feet, H. 
ow, Esq. 
The only two species of Drapetes hitherto described are natives, 
one of the New Zealand Alps, and the other of Fuegia. Of 
these the American one has the perianth jointed at the middle, 
no scales or glands at the mouth of the perianth, and a plumose 
stigma; the New Zealand species again has a continuous tube of 
the perianth (as in the Borneo plant), its mouth closed with four 
broad prominent scales, and a capitate stigma. In habit and 
foliage these three plants are remarkably similar. J. D. H. 
Fig. 1,2. Leaves. f 3. Top of branch with flowers. A 4. A 
flower. /. 5. The same with the perianth cut open. f. 6. A 
stamen :—all magnified. 
