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7. P. alba H. J. Lam, nov. spec. -— Frutex? glaberrima, 

 epidermidi griseo-albo (non cera tecto); folia coriaceo- 

 subchartacea, integra, late ovato vel ovato-rotundata, basi 

 leviter late cordata, apice subabrupte breviterque acute 

 acuminata, utrinque glaberrima, subtus in nervorum axillis 

 barbellata, cum petiolo tota griseo-alba (in sicco), non cera 

 tecta; nervis utrinque 6, 2 inferioribus imo a basi nas- 

 centibus; 1072—14 cM. longo, 8 — 11 cM. lata, petiolo 

 IVs'^SVa cM. longo; corymbi multiflori, 7 cM. longi, 

 4 cM. lati, pedunculo 3 cM. longo; brunneo-griseo-albida ; 

 bracteis minutis subulatis, 0.1—0.2 cM. longis; pedicellis 

 brevissimis, 0.05—0.1 cM. longis; ca/yx cupuliformis, bila- 

 biatus, labio interiore 2 dentibus magnis subacutis, superiore 

 integro vel irregulariter minuteque 3-denticulata, denti- 

 culis obtusis; 0.15 cM. longus, glaber, punctis albis stellati- 

 formibus sufFultus; corolla glabra, bilabiata, tubo 0.25—0.3 

 cM. longo, limbo obliquo, lobis 4, 0.1 cM. longis; tota 

 vittis longitudinalibus punctorum alborum stellatiformium 

 suffulta; fauce villosa, tubo 0.2 cM. diametro; stamina 

 inclusa; fllamentis vittis albis ut in stylo transversalibus 

 sufFultis; thecis poris ellipticis subparallelis; s^y/us brevis 

 inclusus, stigmate breviter bilobo; ovarium glabrum. 



PalaU-IslandS: Without collector, number and locality 

 in H. Ber. 



Our species shows a close affinity with P. integrifolia in 

 several charasteristics, but differs from it by its typical white 

 colour and the white stellate spots on its flowers. 



8. P. Peekclii H. J. Lam, nov. spec. — Arbor parva 

 6 M. alta; ramuh, inflorescentiae, petioli, minute moUiterque 

 pubescentes; folia ampla, chartacea, late ovate vel rotun- 

 data, basi leviter cordata, apice breviter acuminata, inte- 

 gerrima, adulta supra sparsis pilis simplicibus vestita, subtus 

 densiuscule pubescentia; nervis utrinque densius puberula, 

 vel nervis subtus subglabra, densiusque puberula prope 

 nervos; nervi utrinque 5—6; 9—22 cM. longa, 6—16 cM. 



