A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO TEMENGOH. Gee 
2. St. hirta, n. sp. 
Stem unbranched about a foot tall, woody below, 
and glabrescent hairy above g inch through at the base. 
Leaves lanceolate acuminate, narrowed at the base, 
4-6 inches long 13-2 inches wide, nerves 8-9 pairs, 
above minutely punctate, and sprinkled thickly over 
with long pale hairs, beneath similar but the nerves 
very densely hairy, petiole 2 an inch long, hairy. Sti- 
pules forming a broad cup bifid on both sides, about a 
third of their length, tips cuspidate glabrous. Panicle 
short dense hairy $ inch through. Bracts lanceolate 
hairy narrow. Pedicels hairy much longer than the 
calyx. Calyx campanulate very small with 5 ovate 
lobes as long as the tube, hairy. Fruit hairy subglobose 
flattened at the top, grooved between the 2 cocci. 
From S. tortelis. Korth. this differs in its hairy nar- 
rower leaves and hairy fruit, not brown streaked and 
_ yery much broader stipules forming a cup. 
~-3. S. pubescens, n. sp. 
Stem about a foot tall, woody, often taller, young 
parts red hairy, old portions glabrous swollen at the 
nodes, 4 inch through. Leaves ovate acute base cuneate 
6 inches long, 3 inches across, herbaveous above gla- 
brous, minutely pustulate beneath shortly scurfily red 
pubescent on the nerves ; nerves about 12 pairs slender 
subhorizontal ; petiole 1 inch long pubescent. Stipules 
papery lanceolate acuminate, + inch long glabrous 
except for a pubescent keel. Flowers in dense axillary 
panicles from the axils of fallen leaves, 1 to 2 
inches long, the branches growing as the fruit 
develops, all covered with red pubescence. Rachis 
flexuous with flowers nearly sessile in pairs. Bracts 
lanceolate acuminate with glandular hairs on the edges, 
keel, and back. Flowers very small 15 inch long, pedi- 
cels very short and thick. Calyx very short campanu- 
R. A. Soc., No. 57, 1910. 
