SPECIES BORNEENSES. Sr? 
scentibus. Folia magnitudine variabilia, majora 40 cm. longa, 
12 cm. lata, minora 12-14 cm. longa, + 3 cm. lata, oblonga vel 
oblongo-elliptica subcaudato-acuminata basi -- late cuneata 
chartacea supra glabra subnitentia infra costa nervisque -+ 
dense adpresse fulvo- pilosa cetera glabra vel subglabra + 
nitentia nervis lateralibus utrinque 8-16 intra marginem arcuatis 
utrinque conspicuis subtus paulo elevatis nervulis distinctis 
bene reticulatis; petioli 3-20 mm. longi primo dense fulvo- 
tomentosi tandem glabri incrassati cortice griseo rugoso ; gemmae 
ovoideae fulvo-tomentosae. Spicae masculinae e caule vetusto 
orientes fasciculatae 2-20-natae, 15-20 cm. longae simplices 
vel basi ramosae substrictae erectae, dense fulvo-tomentellae 
(ut bracteae lanceolatae 3-4 mm. longae), pedunculo 2-3 cm. 
longo suffultae. Calyx vix 0.5 mm. longus 3-partitus extus dense 
pubescens. Discus parvus villosulus ovarii rudimento minimo 
vel nullo. Stamina 2-3, circ. 1.5 mm. longa filamentis glabris. 
Racemi feminei flexuosi spicis masculinis similes origine magni- 
tudine pedunculis bracteis indumento congruentes; -pedicelli 
rt mm. longi villosuli; calyx circ. 0.5 mm. longus extus dense 
pubescens brevissime vel vix lobatulus. Ovarium juventute 
vi imaturum 7-8 mm. longum ovoideum dense 
non visum, 
adpresse villosulum. 
Borneo :—Limbang, Sarawak. Haviland. No. 726 ¢ in 
Herb. Kew. 
Near Kuching, Sarawak. Haviland. No. 730 ¢ in Herb. 
Kew. Z 
Baram. May 1894. Haviland. No. 3263 ¢ in Herb. Kew. ; 
July 1894. Haviland and Hose. No. 3264 f in Herb. Kew. 
Kuching. April 1914. Native Collector. No. C133 $ in 
Herb. Edin. 
A species readily distinguished by its cauliflory. 
Argostemma humifusum, W. W. Sm. _ Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate A. Elatostemmatis, Hook. f. ; foliis 
membranaceis, parium minoribus petiolatis inter alia recedit. 
Planta herbacea -— 12 cm. longa. Caulis prostratus basi 
nudus teres glabratus supra sat foliosus + complanatus setulis 
vermiculiformibus -_ dense conspersus. Folia opposita valde 
inaequalia ; majora 6-9 cm. longa, 3-4.5 cm. lata, obovata vel 
subelliptica, apice lata -- breviter acuminata, basi + late 
cuneata saepius valde inaequalia, margine integra vel paulo 
undulatula setoso-ciliata membranacea supra atroviridia sparsius 
setulis vermiculiformibus obsita subtus minute crebre pustulata 
nervis setosis utrinque 7-8 paulo elevatis ; petioli 1-2 cm. longi 
setosuli; parium folia minora + 1 cm. longa + 6 mm. lata 
