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are unusually small specimens. This species is generally distinguishable from E. 

 longifolia, Nees, by its much broader (elliptic) leaves. 



8. Staueogyne pauper, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Stem 18 in. long, un- 

 divided, glabrate, decumbent, woody at base. Leaves glabrate, with few 

 scattered, white, adpressed bristles on the upper surface ; blade 4-5 by 

 2 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, acute ; base cuneate ; petiole -25 

 to "5 in. long. Inflorescence of one terminal poor panicle, 3 by 1^ in., 

 with few distant flowers ; bracts "5 in. long, linear, soft, not awned. 

 Sejmls subequal, -5 in. long, linear, with soft hairs and many gland- 

 tipped hairs. Corolla "6 in. long, pubescent without, " pale yellow with 

 dark stripes" (King's Collector). Pistil of Staurogyne, glabrous except 

 a few small hairs in the lower part of the style. 



Perak : alt. 200 ft., King's Collector 2832. 



9. Staurogyne elongata, O. Kuntze Kevisio I. 497 (1891). Slightly 

 hairy. Leaves glabrate ; blade 6 by 2 in., oblong-elliptic, cuneate at 

 either end ; nerves 8 to 10 pair, thin ; petiole 2 to 3 in. long. Spikes up 

 to 4 to 7 by 1 in., panicled, lax ; pedicels often -175 in. long, with 

 alternate prophylla. Bracts nearly -5 in. long, lanceolate-linear, with 

 short white hairs, no gland-tipped hairs. Sepals 5, linear, the longest 

 nearly -5 in. long, slightly widened at base. Corolla (buds) -4 in. long, 

 scarcely pubescent without. Capsule -2 in. long, the upper half with scat- 

 tered minute hairs. Lindau in Engl. &Prantl Pfianzenfam. IV. 3 b, 288. 

 Adenosma elongatum, Blume Bijdr. 757. Erythracanthus elongatus, Nees 

 in DC. Prodr. XL 78, var. fB excl. Ebermaiera elongata, Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. XL 721, var. ft excl. ; T. Anders, in Journ. Linn. Soc. IX. 452 

 (1867) ; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV. 400 {not o/Miquel). 



Penang: Wallich {fide T. Anderson). — Disteib. Java. 



The var. /3 of Miquel (here excluded) is Ebermaiera debilis, T. Anders, (in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. IX. 452, in note (1867) ), a weak Philippine species. E. elongata, Miquel 

 (Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 775), was (so Miquel says) = E. Griffithiana, T. Anders. ; and, from 

 Miquel's description, it must have been largely (or wholly) that species. As to E. 

 suhpaniculata, Hassk. (Eetzia I. 77 (1855) ), there are now here examples both of the 

 Salak wild plant and of that cultivated at Buitenzorg ; they may be varieties of 

 E. elongata, Nees, but do not match it. The above description of E. elongata, Nees, 

 is wholly from the Java type plant ; no example from Penang has been seen. 



10. Staurogyne lasiobotrys, O. Kuntze Eevisio 1. 497 (1891). Stem 

 18 to 20 in., suberect, hairy. Leaves glabrate ; blade 5 by 1-5 in., oblong 

 or elliptic-lanceolate, cuneate at either end, thin ; petiole 1 to 3 in. 

 long. Spikes up to 4 to 6 by 1 in., panicled, lax, softly viscous-hairy ; 

 pedicels often -16 in. long. Bracts "35 in. long, linear, with several-celled 

 hairs ended by a coloured gland. Sepals 5, linear, the longest -35 in, 



