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LORANTHAOEyE. 



LoRANTHUs PULCHER, DC. Prod. iv. 295 (p. S21). 



Gunong Tahau, 5,500 ft. Shrub ; flowers carmine ; calyx and flower- 

 stalks dull red ; leaves very thick and fleshy. (5337.) The leaves 

 are more oval in outline and more fleshy than usual. Not rare in 

 the hill-region. 



Dii^frih. — Penang. 



L. LoBBii, Hook, fit, Fl. Brit. Inxl. v. 204. 



Gunong Tahau. (5485.) Common in the hill-regions. 

 Distrib. — Penan g. 



L. GLOBOSus, Boxb., Fl. Ind. i. 550. 



Gunong Tahau, 4,000-5,000 ft. ; on trees. Flowers bright orange- 

 red ; leave red above and dull green beneath. (5404.) 



Diiftrih. — North India, Malay Peninsula, Java. 



SANTALACE^. 



Henslowia vabians, Blume, Mns. Bot. Lvgd.-Bat. i. 244 (p. 322). 

 Gunong Tahan, 3,300 ft. Climber ; fruit green, tinted dull red. 

 (5349.) 



Distrib. — Tenasserim, Malacca, Borneo. 



H. Lobbiana, a. DC. Prod. xiv. 631. 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft. Creeper ; berries reddisli. (5484.) 

 Distrib. — Malay Peninsula. 



euphorbiace^e. 

 Chobiophyllum montanum, n. sp. {p. 322). 



Fnitex ramosus, foliis oppositis coriaceis, ellipticis, basibus angustatis, 

 apicilnis retusis, superne nitidis, subtus pallidioribus 2 poll, longis, 

 I poll, latis, l)reviter petiolatis, petiolo y\j poll, longo. Flores non 

 visi. Capsula tricocca globosa, coccis bivalvibus { poll, longis. 

 Semina \ poll, longa rufo-castanea polita elliptica suboblif[ua, arillo 

 bilobo, semf'U semitegento, loliis subacutis triangularibus. 



Gunong Tahan, 3,300 ft. (5434.) Flowers yellow. 



Very distinct from Ch. malayanum, Benth., in its much smaller, 

 elliptic, very coriaceous leaves. 



MYRICACEiE. 



Mybica Fabquhariana, Wall. Tent. 61 (j). 322). 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-5,500 ft. Shriib 10-12 feet high; flowers 

 reddish-brown. C5519.) 



Distrib. — India, Malaya. 



Common in the low country near the sea. This is referred to M. Nagl, 

 Thunb., in the " Flora of British India," v. 597, but I cannot think 

 it i.s identical with that Japanese plant. 



