656 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



The " type " of S. J/afH(7fl?/f (K.D. 1182) has supphed neither flower nor fruit ; 

 tlie above description is taken largely from Curtis 298. In King's Collector 1545, the 

 collector notes " flowers dark blue, white inside " ; but I can find no difference 

 between this n. 1545 and n. 1791 (noted as having white flowers) collected by the 

 same collector in the same locality. 



2. Steobilanthes bibracteatus, Blume Bijdr. 799 (1825). Eather 

 more pubescent than S. Maingayi. Leaves often with scattered liairs 

 on the surface beneath. Tijjs of the bracts produced, conspicuously 

 toothed. Filaments, in their wliole lower half, with long, deflexed 

 several-celled hairs ; otherwise as S. Maingayi. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 II. 801. Goldfussia bibracteata, Nees in DC. Prodr. XI. 174. 

 Dicliptera ? crenata, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. II. 844. 



Perak : Maxwell's Hill, Pdclley 5516 ; Wray 174, 1674 ; Scortechini 

 337, 1413. — DisTEiB. Java, Sumatra. 



There is another closely allied plant collected in Sumatra (Forbes 1906), which 

 differs little but by having the flowers " pale purplish blue." S. erosus, Nees in DC. 

 Prodr. XI. 181, appears to be this species, as Nees suspected; but I have seen no 

 authentic example of S. erosus. 



3. Steobilanthes hietisepalus, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. More hairy 

 than S. bibracteatus. Leaves minutely rufous-hairy on the margins. 

 Floral leaves (involucral bracts) with rufous hairs. Sepals linear, 

 very hairy, with rufous several- celled hairs. Otherwise as S. 

 bibracteatus. 



Peeak: Larut, alt. 1000 to 1500 ft.. King's Collector 2215; 

 Scortechini 940. 



4. Steobilanthes eufo-sepalus, C.B.Clarke, n.sp. Branches 18 in. 

 long, rufous-hairy, procumbent, divided, rooting near the base. Leaves 

 opposite, one about twice as long as the other, longer one 2-25 by 

 •25 in. ; elliptic-acuminate, crenate, sparsely hispid on the upper 

 surface ; rhaphides obscure ; petiole '2 in. long. Heads 1 in. long, 

 ovoid, few-flowered, terminal and axillary. Bracts linear, -5 in. long, 

 with several-celled bright-rufous hairs. Sepals -35 in. long, linear- 

 subulate, with several-celled bright-rufous hairs in the upper half. 

 Corolla 1 in. long ; tube campanulate from a short linear base. 

 Stamens 4 ; longer filaments hairy in their lower half ; pollen 50 by 

 30 jj., longitudinally ribbed. Style glabrous, except close to the apex of 

 capsule. Capsule -35 in. long, glabrate, with 4 young seeds. 



Penang : alt. 2000 ft., Bidley d Curtis 2761. Peeak: Scortechini ; 

 Ipoh, Curtis. 



This species is near Strohilanthes anamiticus, 0. Kuntze Eevisio, I. 498 (1891). 



