NEW OK RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 5 9 



| inch long, hairy lobes oblong obtuse 4 inch long i inch 

 wide hairy outside glabrous within. Lip ^ an inch long, 

 base narrow, thin widely obovate rounded, margins un- 

 dulate crisped, nearly J inch across. Staminodes V n inch 

 long oblong truncate shortly 2 toothed. Stamen longer 

 than the lip, filament thin flat. Anther thick and fleshy 

 with two thick pustular ridges along the back, connective 

 prolonged into a short thin oblong 'crest with three short 

 teeth. Style a little longer, stigma cup-shaped. 



Sarawak: Upper Sarawak River (Sept. 08, C. J. 

 Brookes ) . 



"'* White red streaks and blotches.'' A curious species 

 in its very hairy panicle and petals, and broad lip. The 

 thick ridges on the back of the stamen are also unusual. 

 Douax parviflora, n. sp. 



Stems rather short. Leaves ovate acute, often in- 

 equilateral 3-6 inches long 2J to -f inches wide glabrous 

 except for a fringe of long hairs along the midrib on the 

 back on each side, nerves very close and conspicuous when 

 dry. Inflorescence short, branches few 3 to 6 inches long 

 pendulous, slender hairy, especially on the nodes. Bracts 

 linear lanceolate acuminate ribbed J-l inch long, sparsely 

 hairy. Flowers very small white. Ovary small silky 

 hairy. Calyx lobes lanceolate y 1 ^ inch long glabrous not 

 ribbed. Corolla tube half as long, lobes lanceolate sub- 

 acute 5 nerved \ inch long. Staminal tube short, outer 

 staminodes narrower linear oblong. Lip oblong truncate 

 margin crisped, keel triangular large. Stamen linear 

 with the anther on the edge, connective not prolonged. 

 Cucullus broad hatchet-shaped lobed. Fruit globose, 

 hairy with few scattered hairs, seeds 2, J inch long, inner 

 face flat, outer one convex curiously warted, with five rows 

 of ± rounded bosses, with a depression round each. 



Perak: at Ipoh (Eidlev 11931); Pahang: Kwala 

 Tembeling (Eidlev 2402), Pulau Tawar (241)1) and 

 Pasir Loyang all on the Pahang river : Selangor : Woods 

 at the base of the Batu Caves, flowering in August. 



R. A. Soc, No. 53. 1909- 



