1916.] H. N. Ridley: Botany of Kedah Peak. 43 



inches long, terminal leaflet ovate acuminate, narrowed to the 

 base, 2-5 inches long, 175 inches wide, petiole 75 inches long 

 polished above nerves, inconspicuous above, visible beneath, 

 fine 3 to 4 pairs. Umbels 11 to 12, of 18 to 20 flowers, ped- 

 uncle i-i'25 inches long, pedicels "2, umbels subtended by 1 

 to 3 phyllous leaves longer than them. Buds obovoid, blunt, 

 Calyx lobes distant, blunt, rounded, short. Petals oblong, 

 obtuse subtriangular. Stamens as long. 

 Small shrub (No. 6093). 



37. Dendropanax Maingayi, King. At 3,000 feet. No. 

 6104. Shrub, flowers greenish. 



At 3,900 feet. No. 6014. Shrub, flowers waxy-white. 

 Distrib. Mt. Ophir, Perak. 



RUBIACE.E. 



38. Ophiorrhiza tnmentosa, Jack. Kedah Peak (No. 6037). 

 Distrib. Penang, Perak. 



Oldenlandia diffusa, Roxb. By sides of streams. Kedah 

 Peak. Flowers white. No. 6147. 

 Distrib. Trop. Asia. 



39. Hedyotis capitellata, Wall. Gurun. Creeper, flowers 

 greenish-white. No. 6175. 



Common all over the peninsula. 



40. Hedyotis pedunculata, King, Kedah Peak. At 3,000 

 feet. Flowers lilac. 



Endemic. 



41. Hedyotis flexuosa, Ridl. Kedah Peak. (5988). Also 

 Mt. Ophir and Batu Pahat. 



42. Hedyotis macrophylla, Wa\\. Gurun. Flowers white. 

 No. 6177. 



Distrib. Malacca, Penang. 



43. Myrioneuron microcephalia, sp. nov. 



A shrub, branches slender, pale coloured. Leaves 

 lanceolate, membranous, long acuminate, narrowed to the 

 base, nerves 6 pairs, inarching within the margin, 4 inches 

 long, i-y inches wide, '2 inches long. Stipules - i inch long, 

 tubular, with two broad acute points and two subulate 

 bristles. Inflorescence terminal of 2-3 short branches, ped- 

 uncle less than 'i to - 2 inches long. Flowers few 3-4, 

 subsessile. Bracts lanceolate as long as the flower, acuminate. 

 Ovary obconic with wavy ridges. Calyx-lobes 5 linear, 

 acuminate. Corolla hardly longer, tube very short, cylindric 

 lobes much longer, linear acuminate, '2 inches long. 



Gurun. No. 6i8o«. 



The genus Myrioneuron occurs in India and Borneo, but 

 this is the first species recorded from the Malay Peninsula. 

 December, 1916. 2 



