670 Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 



branch obsolete. Capsule stalked, with 4 smooth, flat seeds in the 

 clavate upper part (where known). — Disteib. Species about 10, being 

 those here described, the type F. costulata from Sumatra, F. africana, 

 Lindau, and several from Borneo. 



We have 3 divisions of Filetia : — 



Div. 1. Ed-Filetia. — Corolla-tube linear, "6 in. long ; palate glabrous. Cells 

 of the anthers quadrate, glabrous. Pollen with longitudinal lines. — Filetia costu- 

 lata, Miq. 



Div. 2. Perakia. — Corolla-tube "4 in. long, cylindric ; palate (usually densely) 

 furred. Cells of the anthers oblong or narrow-oblong, the upper one fringed with 

 hair. Pollen with longitudinal latticed bands. — Here belong the 4 species below 

 described, and some of Malaya. 



Div. 2. Afro-Filetia. — Corolla-tube •125 to 'ITS of an inch long ; palate glabrous. 

 Anther-cells roundish, the lower divaricate. — Here belongs Filetia africaiia, Lindau. 



Panicle spreading. Sepals small, acute, pubescent . . 1. F. paniculata. 

 Panicle reduced to a raceme or spike. Sepals glabrous, hardly 

 acute:— 



Bracts ovate, larger than the calyx . . . . .. 2. F. bracteosa. 



Bracts inconspicuous : — 



Flowers subsessile. Leaves elliptic or subovate . . 3. F. Scortechinii. 



Flowers pedicelled. Leaves oblong . . ., A. F. Eidleyi. 



1. Filetia paniculata, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Branches (seen) 8 to 

 12 in. long, glabrate, woody below. Leaves : blade 4-5 by 2 in., 

 elliptic, narrowed at either end, nearly glabrous ; nerves 8 to 10 pairs ; 

 petioles '25 to "35 in. long. Inflorescence of 3, nearly simple, racemes 

 2 to 4 in. long ; floral leaves at base of inflorescence "5 in. long, linear ; 

 flowers mostly in opposite separate pairs, on pedicels '125 in. long ; 

 bract at base of pedicel linear, -125 to -175 in. long. Sepals "175 in. 

 long, linear, pubescent, acute. Corolla, "7 in. long, yellowish, densely 

 hairy down the throat (Scortechini). Pollen 70 by 40 /x, the longi- 

 tudinal bands latticed. Style hairy at base ; ovary nearly glabrous. 



Peeak : Scortechini 604. 



Scortechini marked correctly his Filetias as nov. genus next Lepidagathis. 



2, Filetia beacteosa, C. B. Clarke, n. sp. Nearly glabrous. 

 Leaves : blade up to 9 by 3 to 3-5 in., elliptic, narrowed at either end ; 

 nerves 12 pairs ; petioles up to -7 in. long. Liflorescence a dense nearly 

 simple spike 3 by -7 in. ; flowers mostly in opposite pairs, nearly 

 sessile ; the bract ovate or nearly round, -2 in. long. Sepals -2 in. long, 

 linear-ligulate, glabrous, hardly acute. Corolla and stamens nearly as 

 of F. paniculata. Style hairy in the lower half. Capsule 1 in. long, 

 with 4 seeds in the upper half (resembling the capsule of Erantheynum) . 



Peeak : Scortechini (none of the 4 sheets numbered). 



