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A. PICTUM. Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey d' Wall. ii. 327. 

 Kuala Teku. 500-1,000 ft. Flowers white. (5543.) 

 Distrib. — Malay Peuiusula. Commou iu bill-forests. 



Ophiorrhiza Munuos, Litin., Sjj. PI. 150 (p. 311 ). 

 Kuala Teku, 500-1,000 ft. (5534.) 



Distrib. — India, Malaya. A variable species common all over the 

 Peninsula. 



Hedyotis patens, n. sp. {jp. Sll). 



Fioitex pai^vus subrepens ramosus. Folia lanceolata carnosula acuta 

 aequalia, basibus cuueatis, glabra, 2-3 poll, longa, ^-| poll. lata. 

 Stipulae late triangulares carnosaj acutae persistentes. Panicula 

 la.xa patens, (i-8 j^oll. longa, saepe 6 poll, lata, ramis trichotomis 

 patentibus trifurcatis, gracilibus. Flores parvi singuli pedicellati 

 iu apicibus ramulorum. Calyx obconicus, lobis triangularibus 

 acutis. Petala linearia alba. Stamina gracilia longe porrecta 

 corollam multo superantia. Stylus longas porrectus. Capsula 

 obovoidea -jV poll, longa. 



GunongTahan, 4,000-5,000 ft. Bush: flowers pale green. (5393.) 

 At 5,000-6,000 ft. Shrub somewhat creeping in habit ; flowers 

 gi-eenish. (5475.) 



Allied to Hedyotis Maingayi, Hook, til., of Mount Ophir, and H. 

 pedimculariif. King, of Kedah Peak, but much more branched than 

 either. This group of Hedyotis is very characteristic of our high 

 elevations, and the species are usually confined to one mountain- 

 top. 



TiMONIUS MONTANUS, 11. Sp. (p. 312 ). 



Frutex 8-i>edalis. Folia elliptica vel elliptico-lanceolata acuminata 

 lasi cuneata, glabra, 2|-3 poll, longa, 1-li poll, lata, nervis circa 

 G paribus, in pagina inferiore conspicuis, breviter petiolata. Sti- 

 pulae lanceolatae acuminatae. Flores 2-3 in pedunculo brevi vix 

 J poll, longo, sessiles, glabri, flavi. Calyx campanulatus pube- 

 scens. lobis acutis triangularibus. Corollae tubus longus cylindri- 

 cus glal>er, \ poll, longus, lobis oblongis obtusis. Stamina inclusa, 

 autheris linearibus. Flores fceminei et fructus non visi. 



Guuoug Tahan, 5,000-6,(M)0 ft. Shrub 8 feet high; jxjtals pale 

 yellow ; anthers rich chrome-yellow ; corolla-tube reddish exter- 

 nally. f5499). 



Kesembling in habit some forms of T. jambosella, Thw., but dis- 

 tinguished by its long glabrous corolla and short peduncle. 



Lasianthus CHiNENsis, Beuih., Fl. Honrjk. 160 (j). 312) . 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-5,500 ft. Shioib 10-11 feet; fruit brownish. 

 (5524.; 



Didrxb. — Perak, Hongkong, Formosa. 



