664 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



internodes. Leaves : blade 6-5 by 2 in., broadly lanceolate, tapering at 

 either end, texture thick, without rhaphides ; nerves 7 pairs, springing 

 very obliquely and curving inwards ; petioles '25 in. long. Panicle of 

 two branches ; branch 8 in. long, linear, with small, opposite, distant 

 cymes ; bracts hardly "2 in. long, linear. Sepals '075 in. long, oblong- 

 linear. Stamens 2 ; filaments glabrous, each with a minute tooth at 

 base ; anther-cells narrow-oblong, parallel at eqvial height, muticous. 

 Ovary nearly glabrous, many-ovuled ; style thinly hairy ; tip minutely 

 2-fid. Buds very young ; corolla noted white by collector. 

 Negei-Sembilan : King's Collector 10085. 



9. Gymnostachyum ? Scobtechinii, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Stem erect, 

 at least 12 to 18 in. high. Leaves : blade 7*5 by 2-5 in., elliptic, acumi- 

 nate at either end, entire ; upper surface with rhaphides ; lower minutely 

 pubescent ; petioles "5 to 1'5 in. long. Panicle very young, 8 in. long, 

 with long branches, many-flowered, rusty-pubescent ; bracts incon- 

 spicuous; flowers mostly in approximate opposite pairs. Calyx '125 in. 

 long. Stamens 2 ; filaments glabrous at top ; anther-cells 2, oblong, 

 parallel, at equal height, acute-muticous at base ; pollen 35 by 20 jx, 

 with 2 stopples ; a longitudinal row of patches (hardly tubercles) on 

 each side of each stopple. 



Peeak : Scortechini. 



The habit of this plant might do for a Gymnostachyum near G. venustum, 

 T. Anders., but the genus is doubtful. 



10. Gymnostachyum Eidleyi, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. A tall shrub. 

 Leaves : blade 6 to 7 by 2-25 in., elliptic, shortly cuneate-acuminate at 

 either end, pubescent beneath; petiole -75 in. long, pubescent. Panicles 

 (reduced almost to spikes) 2, terminal, 11 by -75 in. ; bracts -125 to "2 in. 

 long, linear ; flowers distant, solitary, or in 2- to 4-flowered lateral 

 cymes on peduncles hardly -15 in. long. Sepals -15 to "2 in. long, 

 pubescent. Corolla white. 



Peeak : Bidley 9772. 



The example shows no corolla, no capsule. 



11. Gymnostachyum ? magnum, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. A shrub. Stem 

 glabrate ; upper internodes 7 in. long. Leaves : blade up to 12 by 6 in., 

 obovate, nearly glabrate, entire ; nerves 12 (or more) pairs ; upper 

 petioles 3 in. long. Panicle terminal, 8 by -75 in. ; bracts "15 to -2 in., 

 linear ; peduncle 1-5 in. long ; small cymes 2- to 3-flowered in opposite 

 approximate pairs. Sepals linear, -2 in. long, pubescent. Corolla in 

 very young bud. Stamens 2 ; filaments glabrous upwards ; anther-cells 

 2, parallel, oblong, at equal height, muticous. 



Malacca : Waterfall, Gooclenough 1893. 



