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above and midrib depressed. Adult leaves quite glabrous, 

 young leaves at first silvery-silky along the edge. Adults 

 13-14 cm. long, 3-4.5 cm. wide, petiole, 2-5.3 cm. long. 

 Racemes axillary from just below the leaves on the old 

 wood, numerous, 5 cm. long. Flowers secund, twelve or 

 more on pubescent pedicels 0.8 cm. long. Buds conic, hardly 

 acute. Sepals, five lanceolate acuminate from a broader 

 base, pubescent 0.6 cm. long, 0.15 cm. across. Petals as 

 long, nai'row, oblong cuneate, apex fimbriate with short fine 

 processes, base silky-hairy especially along the edge. 

 Stamens with short filaments and much longer pubescent 



■ blunt anthers. Style longer than the perianth, silky 

 pubescent, tip bent at an angle ; ovary and disc silky. 



Allied to E. monticola, Ridley, from Gunong Tahan. 



8. El^ocarpus (§ Acronodia) leptomischus, sp. nov. 



Branches dark-coloured. Leaves ovate lanceolate, acuminate, 

 blunt, base rounded, margins crenulate, coriaceous ; nerves, 

 seven paii's, reticulations fine, elevate beneath, 5.5-6.5 cm. 

 long, 2.5 cm. wide, petiole slender, black, thickened and bent 

 at the tip 5 to 6 cm. long. Racemes numerous among the 

 upper leaves, 5-6 cm. long, flowers numerous, pendent, 

 on silky pubescent pedecels, 0.5 cm. long. Buds conic, 

 subacute, 0.2 cm. long. Sepals four lanceolate, silky outside. 

 Petals, four, oblong cuneate, apex fimbriate with about 12 

 short processes, subglabrous outside, woolly at the base 

 within. Stamens with short filaments ; anthers narrow 

 apiculate, glabrous. Ovaiy and disc silky hairy. Style 

 silky pubescent. 



Allies to E. Mastersii, King, but with rounded bases to the 

 leaves, with distinct fine i-eticulations and apiculate anthei^s. 

 All the specimens are in bud or in young fruit. 



GERANIACE^. 



9. Impatiens oncidioides, Ridley. 



Bistrih. — Pahang, Perak and Selangor, from about 3,000 feet 

 upwards. 



OLACINE^. 



10. GOMPHANDEA LANCEOLATA, King. 



Both the common typical form and a variety with ovate leaves 



broadly rounded at the base. 

 Bistrih. — The mountains of Malacca, Selangor, Perak and 



Penang : common. 



ILICINE^. 



11. Ilex epiphytica, King. 



Bistrih. — Perak and Pahang mountains, from about 3,000 to 

 5,000 feet. 



