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ovoideis, circiter 2 cm. longis, spicis solitariis ; spiculis numero- 

 sis confertis, circiter 8 mm. longis; bract eis 4 ad 6, oblongo- 

 ovatis vel ovatis, obtusis vel retusis, circiter 1 cm. longis; 

 fruciibus oblongis, utrinque angustatis, 5 mm. longis, baud 

 trigonis, rostratis; stylis 3-partitis. 



A perennial plant, the rhizome erect, wood} r , stout, about 

 1 cm. in diameter. Leaves numerous, about 30 cm. long. 1.7 

 to 2.5 cm. wide, glabrous or the margins in the upper part 

 minutely denticulate, 3-nerved, apex abruptly contracted into 

 a caudate, denticulate appendage about 2 cm. in length, below 

 very gradually narrowed, the lower part about 1 cm. wide, base 

 not inflated. Scapes from below the leaves, slender, terete, 

 12 to 20 cm. long, the lower 4 to 6 cm. supplied with brownish, 

 elongated, distichous bracts, the lower ones about 1 cm. long, 

 the uppermost 4 to 5 cm. in length, usually from 4 to 6 bracts 

 to each scape; beads solitary, terminal, ovoid, consisting of a 

 single spike about 2 cm. in length, composed of numerous, 

 densely crowded, 8 mm. long spikelets; bracts subtending the 

 spike 4 to 6, subcoriaceous, oblong-ovate to ovate, obtuse or 

 retuse, about 1 cm. long; glumes about 8 mm. long; nutlet 

 oblong or oblong-ovoid, narrowed at both ends, terete, about 5 

 mm. long, smooth, prominently rostrate; style 3-partite. 



British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Gurulau Spur, 

 on forested hillsides, Clemens 107S5, November 27, 1915. 



Well characterized by its leaves being abruptly contracted 

 at the apex into a slender caudate appendage and very gradual- 

 ly narrowed toward the base, not contracted into a petiole, its 

 inflorescence composed of a single spike, the scape supplied in 

 the basal part with prominent elongated bracts. It may be as 

 close to Mapania longiflora, 0. B. Clarke, as any other species, 

 but is not closely allied to this form. 



Mapania montana, Ridl. in Journ. Str. Branch Roy. As. Soc. 

 44 (1905) 206. 



British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Kiau and 

 Marai Parai Spur, Clemens 9945, 10872, 11092, 10870, 

 November and December, 1915, on forested slopes. 



This species was described from Tlaviland 1801 collected 

 at Panokok, Mount Kinabalu. The recently collected material 

 differs from Ridley's species, as described, in its notably longer 

 petioles, these in some cases attaining a length of 35 cm. 



Pycreas, Beauvois. 



Pycreus odoratus, (Linn.) Urb., var. holosericeus, (Link). 



Cy perus holosericem, Link, Hort. Berol. 1 (1827) 317. 



British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Kiau, Cle- 

 mens 100 k0, November 24, 1915. 



R. A. Soc, No. 76, 1917. 



