Puate 2299, 
DRIESSENIA MICROTHRIX, Stapf, 
MELAstomacesz. Tribe OXYSPORER. 
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valde asymmetricis ovato-oblongis -lanceolatisve longe et oblique acu- 
minatis basi cuneato-rotundatis int gerrimis 5-n is transvers 
floribus parvis in cymulis axillaribus subsessilibus 10—15-floribus petiolo 
Subequilongis dispositis, calycis hemispherico-cupularis glabri den- 
caratis ovario vertice coronula pyramidata breviter 4-lobata persistente 
Coronato, capsula calyce circumdata 4-valve. 
Has. Borneo, Kinabalu, alt. 3,500 feet, Haviland. 
Folia 8-10 poll. longa, 25-3 poll. lata; petiolus 3-4 poll. longus. 
Pedicelli 3-} poll. longi, calyce duplo longiores ; bractee miuutissime. 
One leaf of each pair seems to be reduced to a mere rudiment in 
this Species, in which, as in the preceding (D. glanduligera), the 
anthers are nearly or quite equal, and linear and obtuse, not rostrate 
a8 in the original species of Korthals (D. azantha). In other species 
they agree in all essentials with the type.—O. Swarr. 
ig 1. Flower. 92. Petal, 3. Glandular hairs. 4. Ovary and calyx-tubo, 
5. Fruit and persistent calyx, All enlarged. 
