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LOGANIACE^. 



77. Fagr^a gardenioides, sp. nov. 



A shrub with stout branches. Leaves fleshy coriaceous, 

 obovate or oblanceolate, apex rounded, base narrowed 

 acuminate, nerves seldom visible, three pairs only faintly 

 marked on the upper surface, invisible beneath, 12-14 cm. 

 long, 4.8-7 cm. wide, petiole stout, 1 cm. long with square 

 truncate auricles at the base, 0.8 cm. long, 0.4 cm. wide, 

 riowers three terminal on thick pedicels 2 cm. long. Bracts 

 at base of calyx obtuse ovate, 0.6 cm. long and as wide. 

 Calyx 2.8 cm. long, sepals oblong oblanceolate, apices 

 rounded 0.7 cm. wide. Corolla tube, straight, cylindric, 

 5 cm. long, 0.6 cm. in diameter, limb salver shaped, 7 cm. 

 across, lobes oblong rounded, 3.5 cm. long, 1.7 cm. across. 

 Stamens shorter than tlie corolla, filaments moderately 

 thick, anthers 0.9 cm. long. Fruit ovoid, shortly beaked 

 with the base of the style, 5 cm. long. At 5,000 to 5,600 feet. 



Allied to Fagrfea carnosa, Blume, differing in the shoi^ter, 

 thicker corolla tube and laj'ger limb and in the auricled 

 petioles. 



78. Gr.ERTNERA KoENIGII, Var. OxYPHYLLA. 



Distrib. — Mountains of Perak. 



ACANTHACE^. 



79. FiLETIS GLABRA, SJJ. noV. 



Glabrous. Leaves opposite, lanceolate acuminate, apex acute, 

 base cuneate obtuse slightly inoequilateral, nerves seven 

 pairs, nervules and' reticulations visible, 13 to 15 cm. long, 

 5.5 cm, wide, petiole 1 cm. long. Inflorescence simply race- 

 med or branched 15 cm. long, branches in fruit, 5 cm. long. 

 Flowers few, scattered, nearly or quite sessile. Bracts 

 narrow, lanceolate linear. Sepals lanceolate acuminate free 

 to the base, pubescent, 0.4 cm. long. Corolla pubescent 

 ■outside, lower lip very hairy, 1 cm. long. Stamens four, 

 unequal glabrous ; anthers rather large, cells one above the 

 other. Ovary cylindric conic, style glabrous. Stigma very 

 small, capsule 4-seeded, stalk (empty portion) longer than 

 the seed beai-ing portion. Seed glabrous, verrucose elliptic. 



Allied to F. paniculata, Clarke, but glabrous except for the 

 slight pubescence of the flower. Like most of the species 

 the texttire of the leaves seems to have been somewhat 

 fleshy and the whole plant dixies black. 



80. JUSTICIA VEGETA, Sp. nOV. 



A tall stout glabrous plant. Leaves herbaceous lanceolate 

 acuminate at both ends, apex acute, midrib broad at base, 

 nerves 12 pairs parallel, curved upwards and in-arching 

 near the margin, 18 cm. long, 6.5 cm. wide, petiole 2-4 cm. 



