328 DIAGNOSES SPECIERUM NOVARUM. 
honour of the Right Hon. Viscount Esher, under whose sympa- 
thetic administration as Secretary of H.M. Office of Works, 
rejuvenescence of the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, took 
place, and by whose kind mediation this and other Bornean 
plants were secured for the Garden. 
Tristania Moultoniana, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ab omnibus speciebus malayicis ob flores maximos 
valde diversa ; habitu foliisque ad T. ellipticam, Stapf. appropin- 
Arbor vel frutex. Ramuli crassiusculi hic illic complanati 
glabri pallido-brunnei; gemmae terminales subulato -lineares 
usque ad 6 cm. longae. Folia omnia alterna remota, nusquam 
approximata, petiolo brevissimo vix a lamina discreto vix I-2 
mm. superante suffulta, oblanceolata vel anguste obovata vel 
subelliptica, 10-20 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, basi cuneata apice 
rotundata vel obtusa, coriacea glaberrima utrinque sublucida 
costa supra paullulo impressa subtus vix prominente, nervis 
lateralibus infra distinctioribus utrinque -+ 30 parallelis rectis 
3-4 mm. a margine cum nervo marginali junctis venulis siccitate 
infra distincte reticulantibus. Inflorescentiae in axillis foliorum 
superiorum orientes + 6-florae umbelliformes glabrae ; pedun- 
culi 4-5 cm. longi multo complanati; ramuli divaricati; pedi- 
celli 1-1.5 cm. longi multo complanati; bracteae non =. 
Calycis coriacei glabri tubus depresso- turbinatus circ. 4 m 
longus, dentibus subquadratis circ. 2 mm. longis apice rota 
Petala obovata vel elliptica 1.3-1.5 cm. longa, 6-9 mm. lata 
glandulis punctata. Stamina perplurima paulo exserta in 
phalanges 5 petalis oppositas connata filamentis pro maxima 
parte liberis antheris versatilibus. Ovarium semisuperum 3- 
loculare globosum glabrum stylo brevi filiformi. Fructus deest. 
Borneo :—In the neighbourhood of Sarawak, in swampy 
country. 21st Nov. 1913. Native Collector. No. 172. 
A species very distinct from all the described species of 
Trvistania from Indo-Malaya. Only the Australian species 
approach it in size of flower. Its nearest ally in Malaya is 
undoubtedly T . elliptica, Stapf. (Beccari No. 2244, collected 
in Sarawak and undescribed according to Stapf in Trans. 
Linn. Soc., 2nd ser., iv (1894), 152, is a different species with 
much smaller flowers.) The colour of the flower is given by the 
collector as red: this may refer to the stamens; in the dry 
State the tint of the corolla is yellowish. In the specific name 
opportunity is given for recording the work done by J. C. 
Moulton, Esq., Curator of the Sarawak Museum, in eee 
- ing the collection of these Bornean species. 
