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980, 2815, 2882, 2891, 2942, 2974, 2999, 3376, 8325, 10949. Singapoke : 

 Lohh 313. — DiSTBiB. Sumatra, Eorthals ; Borneo. 



2. Labisia paucifolia. King & Gamble, n. sp. A small semi- 

 herbaceous undershrub, 10 to 15 in. high; the stems striate, round, 

 minutely purplish-brown- pubescent, bearing rarely more than 3 to 

 4 leaves. Leaves long-petioled, the blade ovate or orbicular-ovate, 

 rounded at top into a bluntly acute point, rounded at base and then 

 very shortly decurrent ; entire or very minutely crenate ; 2 "5 to 4 in. 

 long, 1*5 to 3in. broad ; main-nerves slender, numerous, more or less 

 parallel, joining near the edge ; petiole 1 to 2 in. long, thickened at 

 the base and decurrent into the stem. Inflorescence 1*5 to 2-5 in. 

 long, consisting of axillary, short-peduncled, rusty-pubescent racemes, 

 the flowers reflexed, single or in few-flowered sessile clusters; pedicels 

 •05 to '1 in. long, with short subulate bracts of equal length. Calyx- 

 lobes ovate-acuminate, covered without with numerous glands, -075 in. 

 long ; tube short, about half the length of lobes. Corolla-lobes oblong- 

 acuminate, "125 in. long, glabrous. Stamens closely enfolded ; filaments 

 very short ; anthers hastate, long apiculate, glandular warted behind, 

 •1 in. long. Ovary rounded, pubescent; style about -04 in. long, 

 angular, oblique ; stigma minute, notched. Fruit a dark red berry, -1 in. 

 in diam., striate and with oblong glands. 



Pebak : Scortechini ; Wray 4102 ; King's Collector 8078. In open 

 forest at 3,000 to 5,000 feet. 



Besides the characteristic leaves, the acuminate petals and hastate long apiculate 

 anthers make this species recognisable, though the leaf-venation resembles that 

 of L. pumila. 



3. Labisia longistyla. King & Gamble, n. sp. An undershrub 

 about 2 feet high; stem thick, rusty-brown, minutely pubescent. Leaves 

 sessile, oblong, entire, rounded at apex and very slightly emarginate, 

 decurrent below in a broad wing for about -J- of their length ; promi- 

 nently glandular-pitted above and with rusty glandular scales below ; 

 7 to 12 in. long, 3 to 4 in. broad; midrib very thick, prominent, glandu- 

 lar scaly ; main-nerves at right angles to midrib, extremely numerous, 

 straight, parallel, anastomosing towards the edge which is slightly 

 recurved. Inflorescence a raceme-like rusty-pubescent panicle of single 

 flowers or shortly peduncled few-flowered secund corymbs, 8 to 9 in. 

 long, the main peduncle about 4 in. ; corymb-peduncles curved, angled, 

 •3 to '4 in. long; bracts very short, subulate; pedicels striate, about 

 •15 in. long; bracteoles minute. Calyx-lobes ovate, acute, glandular 

 without, tube rather shorter than lobes, together -06 in. long. Corolla 

 and stamens unknown. Ovary rounded, pubescent, crowned by n 



