Moultonia. 
A New Genus of Gesneraceae from Borneo. 
BY 
ProressoR BAYLEY BALFOUR, F.R.S., 
AND 
W. W. SMITH, M.A. 
With Plates CKLVI-CXLVII. 
Moultonia, Balf. fil. et W. W.Sm. Genus novum. 
Genus Gesnervacearum ex affinitate M. onophyllaeae, R. Br. et 
Epithematis, Bl.; floribus petiolo et costae folii unici insidenti- 
bus, calyce quadrifido, fructu quasi-calyptrato e calyce tandem 
paulo protruso inter alia recedit. 
Herba robusta folio unico magno cordato-ovato vel cordato- 
oblongo longe petiolato praedita. Pedunculi brevissimi lati ; 
pedicelli breves ; bracteae bracteolaeque minimae. Flores parvi 
numerosi haud regulariter distributi plerumque approximati, 
umbellis paucifloris fere sessilibus e sulco petioli et costa media 
uniseriatim orientes. Calyx alte 4-fidus lobis oblongis sub- 
coriaceis paulo imbricatis intus pulvinulo calcario praeditis. 
Corolla parva; tubus brevis; limbus 2-labiatus. Stamina 
4 perfecta; filamenta brevia linearia medio tubo affixa; 
antherae omnes cohaerentes reniformes vel subauriculiformes. 
Ovarium superum tI-loculare ; stylus brevis linearis; stigma 
minutum. Capsula membranacea, maturitate e calyce paulo 
protrusa, apice longe quasi-calyptrata infra irregulariter rupta ; 
placentae duae parietales bifidae undique ovuligerae. Semina 
numerosa minuta ovoidea vel subquadrata testa foveolato- 
rugosula praedita. 
Species unica borneensis. 
Moultonia singularis, Balf. fil. et W. W. Sm. Sp. nov. 
FLGALVI. 
Herba robusta unifolia ; rhizoma vel radices non visae ; caulis 
epigaeus nullus; petiolus 30-40 cm. longus, I cm. vel ultro 
diametro, striatus, supra canaliculatus ibique flores gignens, 
undique calcario-furfuraceus ; folii lamina 30-35 cm. longa 
(Notes, R.B.G., Edin., No. XL, March 1915.) 
