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BURMANNIACEyE. 

 BuRMANNiA DisTiCHA, Linn., Sp. PI. 287 (p. HSl). 



Gunoug Tabau, 4,000-5,000 ft. Flowers light greeu ; bracts pale 

 violet. Growiing amoug low scrub, ou ridges (5383.) Ou damp 

 jjlaces iu open (5449.) Couiniou at liigli elevations. 

 Bidrih. — ludia. Sumatra, Cbimi, Australia. 

 B. LONGiFoLiA, Becc. Maltsia, i. 244. 



Guuoug Taliau, 3,300 ft. Flowers aud bracts white, petals tiuted 



ou edges pale blue. (5230.) Usually with the last. 

 Diittrib. — Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 



XYRIDACK.K. 



Xybis gkandis, n. sp. (^;. 38.'^). 



Herba valida : foliis magnis late ensifonnibus acuminatis equit- 

 antibus subcoriaceis, 24 poll, lougis, f poll, latis. Scapus brevior, 

 19 poll, longus, teres. Capitulum obovatum magnum ^ poll, iu 

 diametro. Bracteae exteriores lauceolatae acutse | poll, longae, 

 atrobrunueaj lucidse. Sepala 3 iuaequalia, lanceolata acuta carti- 

 laginea atrobrunnea. Petala 3 cuueato-oblouga, marginibus lace- 

 ratis, flava. Stamina oblonga glabra. Stylus cum brachiis 3 

 elongatis extrusis. 



Gimong Tahan, 3,300 ft. Flowers yellow, leaves green tiuted with 

 red, brown at the base. (5341.) 



This is the finest Xyrls I know ; the great sword-like leaves recall 

 those of Cl.idinin Malngayi, C. B. Clarke, of Mt. Ophir, aud 

 are quite unlike those of any other species. 



X. RiDLEYi, Rendle, iu Journ. Bot. xxxvii. (1899) 505. 



Gunoug Tahan, 5,000-6,000 ft., in damp places ou rocks. Flowers 



bi-ight cadmium-yellow, turning white. (5450.) 

 Distrib. — Kedah Peak. 



The original specimen from Kedah Peak is somewhat taller with 

 slightly larger heads, but the plants from the two localities 

 are evidently conspecific (A. B. R.). 



arace.is. 

 SciNDAPSus ScoETECHiNii, Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. Ind. vi. 541 {p. 332): 

 Gunong Tahan, 3,300 ft., climbing on trees. Whole flower pale 

 yellow. (5307.) 



Distrib. — Common in all the hill districts in the Peninsula, 



ERIOCAULOXACE.E. 



Eriocaulon maceophyllum, Ruhl., in Engl. Pjlanzenr., Erioc. 77 

 (p. 332). 



Gunong Tahan, 5,000-5,000 ft. Flower-heads greyish-white. (5510.) 



I take this to be a form of the Javan plant described by Ruhland, 



but have seen no type. Plants collected by Horsfield at Rawa 



Diyaug seetn to l.>e the same thing. 



