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Oanscoea trinervia, n. sp. (p. lUO). 



Herba 3-5 poll, alta, caulibus pluribu«. Folia glabra ovata vel 

 ovato-lanceolata berbacea utrinque acuminata trinei'via, ^-1 poll. 

 longa, ^-f poll. lata. Flores in axillis superioribus, albis. Calyx 

 tubulosus snpei'ne angustatus h poll, longus, costis 8 elevatis, 

 alternis bifurcatis, lo1)is acnminatis. Corolla irregularis alba, 

 tubo quam sepala paullo longiore, lol>is 4 oblougis rotundatis 

 marginibus cri.spis, uuo niulto latiore, ] poll, longis. Stamina 

 fertilia 3, autheris oblongis, uno sterili filiforrai. Stylus sat 

 longus ; stigmatibus 2 linearibus elongatis. 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-5,500 ft. Herl) bv stream ; flowers white. 

 (550*7.) 



There are two species of this genus recorded by C. B. Clarke in his 

 description of the family in the "Materials for a Flora of the 

 Malayan Peninsula,'" one of which — 0. diffum, a common Indian 

 species — is recorded as belonging to this region only on the 

 authority of a specimen collected by Lobb in Singapore and 

 undoubtedly wrongly localised, the other — C. pentanthera, C. B. 

 Clarke, an endemic species — occurs usually at high elevations ; 

 it has five complete stamens and a regular corolla, while C. 

 trinervia has three complete stamens only and a staminode and 

 an irregular corolla. 



OLEACE.E. 



Olea capitellata, h. Sip. (p. 317). 



Frut^x 3-4-pedalis. Folia opposita coriacea glabra elliptica obtusa 

 petiolata, basi angustata. "2 poll, longa, 1 poll, lata, nervis 8 pri- 

 mariis. Stipulae nullae. Flores in capitulis parvis axillaribus 

 petioUs brevioribus. Bi'actese ovatae rotuudatse, marginibus 

 ciliatis. Pedicelli breves pubescentes. Sepala ad basin connata, 

 lobis ovatis pubesceutibus. Corollas tubus brevissimus ; lobis 

 rotundatis pubesceutibus. Stamina 2, in ore tubi adnata, corollam 

 multo superantia ; filamentis linearibus, antheris bilocularibus 

 ellipticis, loculis ad basin paiillo divergentibus. Stylus erectus 

 simplex quam tubus corollae brevior. 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft. Small shrub 3-4 feet high ; flowers 

 yellowish. (5489.) 



A very curious plant with densely set coriaceous elliptic leaves, 



closely minutely dotted, and small axillary heads or more strictly 



umbels of very small flowers, subtended by 2 rounded ciliate 



bracts. I know no species of the genus which at all resembles 



this singular plant. 



loganiace^, 



GrAERTNERA RAMOSA, %. Sp. {p. 317). 



Frutex 10-pedalis ramosus. Folia lanceolata acuminata acuta glabra 

 basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, 6 poll, longa, If poll, lata, 

 petiolo \ poll, longo. Stipulae amplexicaules per paria connatae 

 superne bidentatae. Cymae terminales, laxse, 2-3 poll, longae, 



