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EUBIACE/l'L 

 99. Argostemma pictum, Wall. 



Gunong Iran. Not rare m the Peninsula. 



100. A. Yappii, King. 



Teloni, in damp spots in the forest. The corolla is white like 



that of other species, not green as in the " Materials." 

 Distrih. — Perak and Selangor (Semangko Pass). 



101. A. ^:quifolia, Bidl. A. R'uUeyi, King. 



At ^J'elom and on Gunong Beruniban. Except in the more 

 erect habit and rounder leaves with longer petioles, this is 

 quite like the Ophir plant, on which the species was based. 

 King overlooked the paper on wliich this species was de- 

 scribed — viz., Flora of Ophir, " Journ. Eoy. Asiat. >Soc. Straits 

 Branch," No. 35, p. 15. 



102. A. INVOLUCRATUM, Hemsl. 



Telom. A tall form. 



103. A. HIRTUM, Ridl. 



A. invoJncratuni var. mollis, King. 

 Telom. This species was also published in the paper mentioned 

 above. I think it is specifically distinct from the species 

 A. involvcrafnm, Herasl., which was described from plants 

 from the Taiping Hills. 



104. A. SUBCRASSUM, King. 



Telom. 



105. A. LANCEOLATUM, n. S]). 



A gucculent erect herb, 8 inches tall, simple or with a single 

 branch. Leaves very unequal, the larger lanceolate long 

 acuminate, the base usually less acuminate than the tip, mar- 

 gins subserrate or undulate with short thorn-like pi'ocesses, 

 above glabrous, beneath thickly sprinkled with short hairs, 

 and paler in colour ; nerves six to nine pairs, meeting in intra- 

 marginal loops, 4 inches long and \ inch wide or more, ovate 

 lanceolate, 3 inches long by 1^ inch wide ; petiole } inch long, 

 pubescent ; small leaf lanceolate, \ inch long, resembling the 

 stipule. Inflorescence terminal, of three umbellate cymes, on 

 a peduncle, |-1 inch long. Flowers about 12, nearly i 

 inch across white, all glabrous. Sepals ovate acute, very short, 

 yV inch long. Corolla lobes lanceate acuminate, narrow. 

 Stamens in a long cone, longer than the petals, with linear 

 lanceolate anthers, terminating in a long terminal process, 

 filaments very short. Fruit small cupular, ci-owned with the 

 very small calyx teeth, \ inch in length. Telom. 



Allied to A.s7(bcrassum, King, but distinct in itspubescent leaves, 

 glabrous inflorescence and much smaller calvx lobes. 



