1920] Ridley : New & Rare Malayan Plants. 145 



47. Vernonia javanica, DC, 



Prodr. V. 21, is a low rather stout branching tree 

 iaranches tomentose. The leaves elliptic base round tomen- 

 tose beneath 3-4 in. long, 1 • 75 to 2 in. wide, petiole • 25 in. 

 long tomentose. Panicle 6 in. long and wide tomentose. 

 Bracts ciliate. 



Occurs in open country in Singapore, Malacca, Pahang, 

 Selangor, the Bindings and Penang. Also in Java and 

 Borneo. 



48. Vernonia Wallichii, sp. nou. 



An erect more slender tall tree 60 ft. tall. Leaves 

 thinner elliptic acuminate base narrowed quite glabrous • 3 

 to 6 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. wide, petiole slender '5 in. long 

 glabrous. Panicle 7 in. long and wide tomentose. Bracts 

 not ciliate. 



Common in forests all over the Peninsula. Also in 

 Siam and Borneo. 



ERICACEAE. 



49. Diplycosia microphylla, Becc. 



The Vaccinium microphyllum. King and Gamble is a 

 very distinct little plant occurring on Mount Ophir and 

 Kedah Peak in the Peninsula and Matang in Borneo. The 

 plants referred to it by King and Gamble from Perak are 

 quite distinct, but the specimens I have seen are poor. 



50. Diplycosia elliptica, sp. nov. 



Epiphyte, 5-8 ft. long, branches pubescent, not bristly. 

 Leaves entire, elliptic rounded at both ends, with no or very 

 few bristles at the tip on the edge ; nerves one pair at base 

 running nearly the whole length of the leaf, sunk above 

 invisible beneath -5- '75 in long, '2- -5 in. wide; petiole 

 very short. Pedicel of solitary axillary flower -05 in. long. 

 Calyx lobes ovate acute. Corolla campanulate, white or 

 pale green. 



Perak : Larut Hills at 3,000 to 4,000 ft. (Kunstler 6390), 

 Gunong Batu Putih at 3,400 ft. (Wray 470). 



D. microphylla has much closer set smaller serrate 

 leaves with bristles on the serrations and the stem bristly. 

 The calyx lobes are much less deeply cut. 



51. Diplycosia cordifolia, sp. nov. 



Branches slender, 4 angled red, tomentose. Leaves 

 entire ovate cordate minutely, base broad round edge sparse- 

 ly bristly nerves 2, sunk above • 5 in. long • 4 in. wide, petiole 

 very short. Peduncle decurved -l in. long. The flowers 

 are all fallen in my specimen. 



Pahang : Wray's Camp, Gunong Tahan, 3,300 ft. 



