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the base. Leaves glabrate on the surface; blade 3 to 4 by -7 to 1 in., 

 lanceolate, mostly narrowly lanceolate (but see the var. below), base 

 attenuate, tip triangular, subacute ; petiole 1 to 2 in. long. Sinkes 

 terminal and on short axillary peduncles, in flower ovoid or ellipsoid, 

 dense, in fruit often 2 to 3 in. long. Bract narrow-oblong, aristate, 

 with long hairs in the lower part. Calyx unequal, the largest sepal 

 •6 in. long, the base narrow-lanceolate, with long hairs ; the awn long, 

 somewhat rigid, glabrous or with minute bristles (less than 40 ^i long) ; 

 the other 4 sepals nearly linear. Corolla -G in. long, hairy without. 

 Capsule "2 in. long, thicker than in the neighbouring species. S. 

 argentea, 0. Kuntze Eevisio I. 497 partmv (1891) {not of Wall.). 

 Ebermaiera angustifolia, T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. IX. 451 (1867) ; 

 C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 398 ; Prain Beng. Plants 798. 

 E. Staurogyne /3 angustifolia, Nees in DC. Prodr. XI. 75. 



Perak : Biclley 9766 ; Curtis. Malacca : Goodenough 1689. — 

 DisTRiB. Mergui {Falconer 860), Tavoy {Wallich 4906). 



T. Anderson has written "S. angustifolia" on Falconer 860; but his name 

 ^'angustifolia" (as well as Wallich 4906) may include other nearly allied forms. 

 The true E. Staurogyne, Nees, is a Khasia species, in which the bract and sepals 

 have no long several-celled hairs. This -plant is put with S. longifoUa, not with 

 E. ' Staurogyne, by collectors. The leaves in all the examples seen have dried 

 brown-red. 



5. Staueogyne Kingiana, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Stems 2 to 3 ft. 

 high, pubescent. Leaves glabrous ; blade up to 8^ by 2 to 3 in., elliptic, 

 narrowed at either end ; main nerves 12 to 15 pair ; petioles 1 to 2 in. 

 long. Spikes 3 to 6 on a stem, terminal and on short axillary peduncles, 

 4 to 10 in. long, undivided, dense even in fruit. Bract linear, -8 in. 

 long. Sepals 5, nearly equal, linear, longest up to '75 in. long, very little 

 dilated at the base, sparsely hairy at base, glabrous or minutely scabrous 

 in the upper half. Corolla 1 in. long, "yellowish-white, lower lip pale 

 red " (collector's note), glabrous without. Stamens and poUen of the 

 genus. Pistil glabrate. Capsule "2 in. long, rather thick ; the endocarp 

 much thickened, almost corky. Allied to S. angustifolia, T. Anders. 



Perak: on limestone hills, 500 to 800 ft. alt., King's Collector 

 10704 ; Goenong Panti, King's Collector 208. Pahang : Biclley 2176. 



6. Staurogyne longifolia, 0. Kuntze Eevisio I. 497 (1891). Sub- 

 erect, 8 to 30 in. high, hairy. Stem (in large examples) woody, robust 

 below, and with erect branches. Leaves glabrous on the upper surface ; 

 blade 5 by 1 in., lanceolate, attenuate at either end (in the type example, 

 but the leaves are frequently longer, and there are examples w^th shorter, 

 broader leaves) ; petiole 1 to 1-5 in. long. Spikes short-peduncled at 

 the end of branches and in the axils, short-oblong (often nodding) when 



