riATE 2328. 



STENOMERIS BORNEENSIS, Olic. 



DiOSCOREACE.E. 



S. boraeeasis, Oliver {sp. nov,); cHoscoreiEfornii?;,^!^ 

 cuatiiu 7-nerviis cordato-ovatis ovatis vel supcrionbu: 



liilM^mrti-'. foliU 



arcuati 



- „ ......... w...-.v..„cv..o ^ -^^ supcnorihus ovato-Unc.;0- 



latia Rvaciliter acumlnatis, cynus axillaribus, breviter i»t<hinculati8 v. 

 subsessilibus plurifloris, floribus viridescentibus pedicellatis urceolato- 

 infundibuHfortiiibus ore leviter constrictis laciniis ad.scendeutibns 

 linciribus caruosulis rigidiusculis apicc baud acuiDinatls mucronulam 

 tubo brerioribus v. subiuqullongis, capsula elongata triptera scpticidft 

 trivalvi, seminibus compressis adscendentibussupenie alatis alaobluiue 

 truncat.i, embryone ut videtur minuta basilari. 



IIab. 



Ha 



:girit;ui/<«. g~Tff 



lf-2 poll, lata ; petiolus 

 noil, lon-ra. rrnrfu>> 10 



-2 



poll 



lon-us, ^-1 poll. Litus. Semina, ala inclusa, ^-1 poU- l^H^> «'* 

 exclusa j\ poll, longa. 



The only species of this singular genus which has been ^^^f^ 

 far a. j\S^ „.__i_- „j .- .„ . 1, ^^^^i ^,- „ . 1 nnblication of Sf'-rffment 



it by Beccari is represented tj} 



a L.nf^..^. „„ :-.:_ ..J -^ .^„_„-.„ Plantarum ' under Sierlom^r^ 



f/ns 



(vol. iii. 745). These two described species agr^ m ^^{^ 



the 



Sfcinnents 



perianths finely acuminate :m ^>- ^^^^ ^cu te ^ 



-o™.-.xco ui lUBir periantns nneiy ciuuiu..."— . -■- 

 ire not attenuated at all, but fleshy, linear, and ''^^;"P*'> '^'"T 

 mucronatR TK^ o^„„.,i„„ 'ku^.+^^t. .-.f fb^ filiform prolongation oi 



•»uv;ronate. The singular dilatation ot the nuiuiui t^'-'y-; , j^ 



connective of the anthers I cannot venture to .^S^f .^^^^^ju in 



specimens 



his plate of S. Cumingiana, referred to above.— D- Oliver. 



^'g. 1. riowPr. the perianth ]aid open. 2. A^^^^f 'c^H/ w^' ^Vel''''*^ 

 ''c-s. 3 Longitudinal section of ovary and .tvle. 4. S^^ '» ^^^ i,^ 



^t'on of seed, with part of wing attached, showing mmnte emur)o 



