SPECIES BORNEENSES, 319 
3-partita !) lobis ovatis obtusis. Stamina plerumque 5, circ. 
3 mm. longa antheris cohaerentibus. Ovarium  biloculare 4 
stylus apicem versus dense pilosulus stigmate capitellato. 
Capsula (una matura visa) apice (operculatim ?) dehiscens 
seminibus fibris paleaceis intermixtis; fructus maturi plures 
valde desiderantur. 
Borneo :—Haviland. No. 689 in Herb. Kew. 
Kuching ; herb, flower white. Sept. 1892. Haviland. No. 
1613 in Herb. Kew. 
Kuching. May 1893. Haviland. No. 2958 in Herb. Kew. 
Kuching; corolla, calyx and pedicels whité. Nov. 1894. 
Haviland and Hose. No. 3408 in Herb. Kew. 
Kuching; flower white, in swampy ground. Aug. 1913. 
Native Collector. No. 28 in Herb. Edin. ; 
Sarawak, in swampy ground. Nov. 1913. Native Collector. 
No. 85 in Herb. Edin. 
An interesting species with very unequal pairs of leaves. 
On the lower shoots the smaller leaves (which much resemble 
the stipules) and stipules are often deciduous, and the plant then 
appears to be alternate-leaved. The structure of the flower 
is quite that of Argostemma, although the corolla is not markedly 
rotate and the seeds appear to be intermingled with a quantity 
of paleaceous fibres. There is only one ripe fruit (Haviland 
and Hose, 3408) available, which I have refrained from dissecting 
fully. Some mature fruits are much desired to settle this some- 
what interesting point. 
‘Boea Brettiana, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species affinis B. crassifoliae, Hemsl. quae foliis supra 
glabris nec dense villosulis inter alia recedit. 
Herba brevicaulis nonnunquam fere acaulis; rhizoma 
longum crassissimum lignosum apicem versus vaginis alutaceis 
foliorum praeteritorum dense indutum; caulis pars foliata 
plerumque 8-10 cm. alta nonnunquam multo brevior quadrata 
dense albido- vel fulvo-tomentosa. Folia basi lata sessilia 
pleraque basalia vel subbasalia 10-30 cm. longa 2-5 cm. lata 
lineari-oblanceolata vel anguste spathulata vel oblongo-spathu- 
lata apice subobtusa vel subacuta basi paulo attenuata crassis- 
sima coriacea margine undulatula supra atroviridia densissime 
atque subscabridule villosula, hic illic flocculoso-albido-lanata, 
subtus tomento densissimo mollissimo albido vel fulvido induta ; 
costa supra ut linea albida apparens infra eminens usque ad 3 mm, 
lata; nervi supra evanidi infra utrinque 8-12 satis distinct. 
Inflorescentiae amplae 10—30 cm. longae fructu usque ad 40 cm. 
auctae, nunc caulem terminantes, nunc subscaposae in plantis 
