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lite capitate. On Gunong Tunduk, also Perak, Maxwell's 

 Hill, Bujong Malacca ; Penang Hill ; Selangor, Pahang 

 track. A remarkably hairy species. 



A. cequifolia n. sp. Stem creeping and rooting ascending por- 

 tions short only three or four inches tomentose. Leaves 

 in many equal pairs, leaves of each pair similar and equal 

 lanceolate or ovate 1/2 inches long A. inch wide, acute 

 base rounded, above sparsely tomentose, chiefly on the 

 nerves, beneath scabridly tomentose, nerves ascendino- 

 about 6 pairs, petiole tomentose 1/2-1/4 inch. Stipules 

 ovate. Cyme terminal few flowered. Flowers rather 

 large 3 or 4 together, pedicels 1/4 inch long. Calyx 

 lobes ovate pubescent short. Corolla lobes lanceolate 

 glabrous nearly 1/2 inch long white Anthers connivent 

 acuminate, not subulate. Fruit hairy. Creeping on rocks 

 in the stream on Padang Batu and up to Gunong Tundok. 



In general appearance this somewhat resembles A. elatostemma 

 of the Penang Hills, but its leaves are equal with long 

 petioles and the flowers are much larger. 



A. Ophirensis Maing. Common especially in the woods below 

 Padang Batu. 



Hedyotis congesta Br. A narrow-leaved form of this common 

 lowland plant grows above Padang Batu. 



H. Maingayi Hook. fil. A little shrubby plant with white flowers, 

 common in the rocks, in the stream and elsewhere all 

 over the hill, not known elsewhere. 



II flexuosa n. sp. A tall slender herb over a foot tall simple or 

 branched stem obscurely angled. Leaves ovate lanceo- 

 late coriaceods acuminate narrowed at the base into the 

 petiole, 3 inches long by one wide nerves very indistinct, 

 drying light green, petiole 1/4 inch long, stipules small 

 ovate entire. Inflorescence terminal or axillary laxly 

 panicled branches very slender zigzag. Flowers very 

 small 1/8 inch long, white on short pedicels. Calyx cam- 

 panulate lobes ovate acute. Corolla tube half as long again 



