24S SCITAMINEAE OF BORNEO. 



Maeantace^:. 



Phryniumparviflorum, Eoxb. Sarawak, Lundu (Ridley 12420) 

 Jambusan and Bau. 



Ph. fissifolia, n. sp. 



Leaves ovate with a broad base, acuminate obtuse, 

 eventually split up into lobes and resembling in form a 

 Raphidopliora leaf, 16 inches long 9 inches wide, above 

 glabrous beneath the ribs fine hairy, stem and petiole 

 hairy, sheath short 1 inch long hairy. Capitulum 

 sessile 2i inches through. Outer bracts ovate-lanceolate 

 densely hairy, inner ones narrower covered with 

 long hairs. Flowers white. 



Sarawak, Pengkulu Ampat (Haviland) Puak (Ridley) 

 12358. The curious regular way in which these leaves 

 break up so as to look like those of one of the aroids 

 is very striking. 



MUSACE^. 



Musa violascens, Ridley. 



Sarawak common near Perak (Ridley). 



M. campestris, Becc. (Foreste di Borneo p. 622). In desert- 

 ed rice fields on the river Sarawak. 



M. borneensis, Becc. " Pisang Unkaok or Pisang Unkadan." 

 Sarawak at Marop (Beccari). 



M. microcarpa, Becc. " Pisang Lenki." 

 Sarawak at Marop (Beccari). 



M. hirta, Becc. " Pisang Genta " 



Sarawak at_Marop (Beccari). 



LOWIACEJ3. 



Lowia borneensis. 



Orchidantha borneensis, Gard.-Chron 1886 ii 5.19. 

 Introduced from Borneo. 



