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filaments linear, abruptly bent in the middle sigmoidly 

 then ascending. Anthers orange linear, cells divari- 

 cate at base. Style very short half as long as the fila- 

 ments. Stigma very small capitate. 



Borneo, Sarawak on Mt. Matang. (H. N. Ridley). 



Flagellarie^:. 



Joinvillea malayana, n. sp. 



A tall reed-like plant with numerous stems in a tuft 

 about 6 to 8 feet tall, ^ inch through hollow and leaf v. 

 Leaves very stiff plicate linear acuminate, narrowed at 

 the base, bright green, glabrous 18 to 24 inches long 2 

 inches wide, sheaths smooth. Panicle terminal spreading 

 8 inches long with sinuous hairy branches. Flowers ^ 

 inch long, sessile or nearly so. Sepals 3 ovate keeled 

 subacute with a small point ciliate at the tip. Petals 3 

 as long oblong truncate ciliate. Stamens 6, (one abor- 

 tive). Anthers linear oblong, bases emarginate, filaments 

 about half as long, ovary conic with a stout style, 3 

 shorter plumose stigmas. Fruit a very small globose red 

 berry succulent, 3 seeded, seeds round. 



Perak, Thaiping Hills, at the Cottage. Abundant in 

 dry soil. 



Selangor, Semangkok Pass. This also occurs on ;Mt. 

 Matang in Sarawak where it was collected by Mr. Bartlett. 



This remarkable plant belongs to the small order 

 Flagellariece, and is closely allied to Flagellaria a common 

 sea shore climbing plant known as Rotan Binni here. 

 Three other species of the genus are described, two from 

 the Sandwich islands and one from Now Caledonia so that 

 the discovery of a fourth from the Malay Peninsula is of 

 no little interest. The plant itself might easily be taken 

 for a grass with its reed-like hollow stems and plicate 

 leaves, like those of Panicum plication but much stiffer 

 and the panicle of small flowers is not at all unlike that 

 of a grass till their structure is examined. Curiously the 

 Malayan species is m*re nearly allied to one of the 



R. A. Soc, No. 44, 1905. 



