242 SCITAMINEAE OF BORN ISO. 



Phoeomeria. 



Ph. pijra?nidos%)hcera, Schum. 



Pontianak, near Sungei Kanta ; (Beccari). Sarawak, 

 Tubao in Bintulu (Beccari) also occurs in Celebes. 



Plagiostachys. 

 P. strobilifera, Eidl. 



Sarawak Puak (Bidley). British North Borneo, Bon- 

 gay a Biver (Bidley) Sandakan (Creagh). 



A fruiting specimen collected at Perak seems to me 

 identical with the Sandakan plant- 



PI. borneensis, n. sp. 



A large stout plant stem J inch through. Leaves 

 large lanceolate cuspidate 12-18 inches long 5 inches 

 wide glabrous above softly pubescent beneath, base 

 narrowed shortly i inch petioled pubescent, ligule short 

 rounded ribbed obtuse bifid edge pubescent hairy sheath 

 glabrous except the keel — hairy strongly ribbed. Spike 

 simple or three flowered conic then lengthening to 6 or 

 7 inches long stout densely woolly hairy. Bracts 

 lanceolate rather narrow hairy. Flowers red. Capsule 

 globose J inch through hairy terminated by the cylin- 

 dric remains of the calyx. 



Sarawak, Matang (Bidley 11800). Bau (Bidley). 



ELETTARIOPSIS. 



E. surculosii/m, (Schum. sub Cypho stigma). 



Sarawak Matang, (Beccari, Bidley), not rare on banks. 



E. stoloniferum, (Schum. sub Cyphostigma). 

 Sarawak at Kuching (Beccari). 



Jour. Straits Branch 



