﻿Plate 1532. 



PRATIA BORNEENSIS, Ilemsl. 

 CampandlacejE. Tribe Lobelie^i. 



Hab. Sarawak, in Borneo, at 1,500 feet, Mr. Hullett, 1885. 



Herba, ut videtur, vagans, prater inflorescentia undique glabra vel cito 

 glabrescens, ramulis nitidis cavis. Folia petiolata membranacea, ovato- 

 lanceoJata, cum petiolo 4-6 poll, longa, longe acuminata, basi cuneata, 

 calloso-serrata. Flores parce puberuli, semi-pollicares, longiuscule 

 pedicellati, racemosi, racemis puberulis oppositifoliis vel snbtermi- 

 nalibus, usque ad 6 poll, longis bracteis parvis subulatis munitis. 

 Calycu segment® linearia, in fructu persistentia. Corolla postice fere 

 ad basin nssa, lobis 2 posterioribus multo brevioribus. Antherce apice 

 breviter barbato-cristatse. Ovarium 2-loculare, loculis multiovulatis ; 

 stylus stamimbus a)quilongus ; stigma amplum, bilobum . Bacca speciosa, 

 purpurea {Rullett) ; semina numerosissima fere plana, circumscriptione 

 variabilia, quadrata ad cuneata, minntissime punctata, brunnea. 



>mbmes the chief distinctive characters of Colensoa and 



na; therefore I follow Sir Joseph Hooker's suggests 



— 1 p the older name Pratia. The species 

 n three sections as follows : — 

 creeping or trailing herbs, solitary 



rad unite the two genera under the older 

 nay be conveniently arranged in three sections as folio' 



1. Eupratia. Small-leaved 

 axillary flowers, and with lenti 



2. Speirema. An erect herb with large leaves, solitary axillary 

 flowers, and lenticular seeds.— Pratia montana, Hassk. 



3. Colensoa. Erect or rambling herbs with large leaves, racemose 

 flowers, large stigmas, and spherical or nearly flat seeds. — P. phy- 

 saloides, Hemsl, and P. borneensis, Hemsl. — W. B. Hemslet. 



