Argostemma.'] ixxv. ETiBiACEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 45- 



12. A. unlfollum, JSenn. PL Jav. Rar. 94 ; quite glabrous, leaves 2 only- 

 larger long-petioled ovate caudate-actuninate smaller (stipule ?) sessile ovate- 

 cordate, umbels compound, pedicels slender, anthers 5 coherent elongate-subulate^ 

 opening by pores. 



Pehang, Porter. Maxacoa? Maingay. 



Stem slender, a span high. Larger Uaf membranous, 5-8 by 2-4| in., base 

 rounded or cordate, petiole 1-1^ in. ; smaller, j-1 in.,- recurved. Flowers numerous, 

 ^ in. diam. Calyx-lobes small, broad, obtuse. Corolla-lobes lanceolate, equalling the 

 anthers. Stigma minute, capitate. — The largest-leaved species of the genus. 



13. A. Kurzil, C. B. Clarice ; quite glabrous, leaves 2 only, larger sessile 

 broadly ovate obtuse or obtusely-acuminate, smaller (stipule ?) ovate, umbels 

 simple, bracts 4, anthers 6 free broadly oblong-obtuse dehiscing by their whole 

 length. A. unifolimn, Kurz in Journ. As. Soe. 1877, ii. 131, moi of Blume. 



Maktaban ; at Mouhnein, Parish ; Attran, Scott, 



Stem simple, 3 in., forked, in one specimen stout, succulent. Leaves membranous, 

 large, 3^5 by 2^3 in., base rounded, smaller, ^ in., obtuse. Umbel 4-8-fld ; bracts- 

 almost orbicular, equal. Flowers ^ in. diam. Calyx-teeth very short, broad acute. 

 Corolla-lobes lanceolate, much longer than the anthers. — Only three specimens seen. 



*** Stem prostrate v^ith many subequal pairs of thick distichous leaves,, 

 one of each pair very large, the other very small. — ^Habit of Elatostemma,. 

 anthers v^ith long beaks. 



14. A. Elatostemma, Hooh. f. ; stem umbel and leaves beneath fur- 

 furaceously tomentose, large leaf of each pair shortly petioled obovate-oblong 

 obtuse base contracted cordate, smaller sessile ovate-cordate, umbels few-fld 

 simple or compound, corolla-lobes lanceolate, anthers 6 coherent subulate pro- 

 duced into a long straight beak opening by pores. 



Penang, Griffith. Singapore, Lobb. 



Stem 6-8 in., prostrate, very rotust, simple or branched, sometimes rooting at 

 the nodes. Leaves 6-8 pairs, larger 2-2^ in., coriaceous ; nerves about 10 pair, united 

 by very stout reticulating nerves. Pedwncle softly tomentose. Flowers | in. diam. 

 Calyx small, lobes triangular, acute. Stamens as long as the puberulous corolla- 

 lobes. — This species singularly resembles an Elatostemma in habit. 



15. A. parvifolium, Bemin. PI. Jav. Ear. 96; stem hispid, large leaf of 

 each pair petioled elliptic-ovate acute with few scattered cellular hairs above,, 

 glabrous beneath except the midrib, smaller sessile ovate, umbels few-fld., simple 

 pubescent, coroUar-lobes lanceolate, anthers 5 coherent subulate produced into a 

 long straight beak. Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 165, t. 31 D. 



SiNGAPOEE, Lobb. — DisTEiB. Java. 



Stem 4-8 in. slender, prostrate, simple or branched, rooting at the nodes. Leaves 

 thick and succulent, in 4-8 distant or approximate pairs; larger ^-\\ in., base 

 rounded or cordate and equally or unequally aurided ; smaller J in. ; nerves indis- 

 tinct. Flowers similar to those of A. Elatostemma, but beak of anthers shorter. 



16. A. ophirense, Maingay mss. ; stem robust sparsely hairy, leaves 

 coriaceous glabrous, larger of each pair subsessile oblanceolate or obovate 

 obtuse or acuminate obliquely auricled at the base, smaller obliquely ovate- 

 cordate sessile, umbels few-fld. 



Malacca ; on Mt. OpMr, Maingay. 



Stem 8-10 in., ascending, nodose, copiously rooting at the base, succulent. Leaves 

 thick and succulent, in many pairs, larger 2-i^ by |-lj in., smaller ^J in. Calyx- 

 lobes very broad, acute. Corolla and stamens not seen. 



