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j'oung, glabrous when adult, membranous, nerves 4-5 pairs, 

 slender, 3 in. long, 1'25 in. wide. Cymes on branch ends 

 of 5 flowers subtended by 2 small leaves. Calyx cup-shaped 

 hairy, lobes subulate, longer than the tube, appressed hairy, 

 • 25 in. long. Corolla glabrous, tube 1 in. long, lobes • 4 in. 

 long, ovate, oblong, acute 8. 



Kelantan : Kota Bharu. Feb. 1917. 



This is allied to J. syringaefolium, Wall, of Tenasserim 

 but the flowers are much larger. 



60. Jasminum Evansii, sp. nav. 



Chmber with slender tomentose , branches. Leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate, base round, sparsely dotted with hairs 

 above, midrib sunk, pubescent beneath more thickly hairy, 

 midrib tomentose 2-25 in. long, 1 in. wide ; nerves 4 pairs, 

 petiole -2 in. long, tomentose. Cymes on short lateral 

 branches '5 in. long. Bracts small, linear. Pedicels 1 m. 

 long. Calyx cup-shaped with subulate points as long as 

 tube '12 in. long, pubescent. Corolla glabrous, tube slender 

 •8 in. long ; lobes 8, rather narrow, linear, oblong, acute 

 •35 in. long. Fruit '4 in. long, didymous, elhpsoid. 



Pahang : Gunong Senyum (Evans). 



Nearest to J. HorsfieldiU Miq. of Banka Id., but the 

 leaves thinner, less densely hairy and with more nerves. 



61. Olea penangiana, sp. nov. 



Small tree. Young branches pubesceht. Leaves entire, 

 coriaceous, lanceolate or oblong lanceolate acuminate, base 

 shortly cuneate ; nerves 8-10 pairs, obscure, midrib pro- 

 minent 3 '5-4 -5 in. long, 1-2 in. wide. Cymes in spread- 

 ing axillary and terminal panicles 6 in. long, umbellate. 

 Bracts leafy, oblong up to 1*5 in. long. Calyx pubescent, 

 lobes 4, round. Corolla campanulate '15 in. long, lobes 

 round. 



Penang : Penara Bukit and Telok Bahang (Curtis) . 



This plant has been referred by King to Wallich*s O. 

 dentata an Amherst plant with spiny-toothed leaves and 

 much more conspicuous nerves. It is nearer O. maritima 

 but the leaves are larger and diff"erent in shape and the 

 flowers conspicuously larger. 



GESNERIACEAE. 



62. Boea minutiflora, sp. nov. 



Stem rather stout, 4 in. long, densely clothed with long 

 soft, white hairs above. Leaves thin, membranous, ovate 

 or ovate lanceolate, blunt acuminate, base decurrent on 

 petiole, edge coarsely serrate, sparsely hairy with long soft 

 hairs on both sides, densely hairy on nerves beneath and 

 edge 5 in. long, 4 in. wide or less, petiole 1 • 5 in. long, densely 

 soft, white, hairy. Panicles 2-3 in. wide, very lax on a 

 peduncle 3 in. long, hairy, branches very slender, numerous. 

 Pedicels longer than the flowers. Calyx lobes linear, lanceo- 

 late as long as corolla tube. Corolla white 08 in. long, 



