ON THE FLORA OF BOENEO. 115 



glabrous, not twisted. Inflorescence terminal, 10 to 15 cm. 

 long, the heads arranged in a simple raceme, sometimes sup- 

 plied with reduced leaves, all parts more or less ferruginous- 

 pubescent. Heads 5-flowered, their peduncles slender, 1 to 

 2.5 cm. long. Bracts six, elliptic, rounded, often broadly 

 apiculate, more or less pubescent, accrescent, rather coarsely 

 reticulate, 7 to 20 mm. long, 5 to 10 mm. wide. Flowers 

 greenish-white, 5 mm. long, the calyx prominently ferruginous- 

 hirsute with spreading hairs, narrowly funnel-shaped, the lobes 

 1.5 to 2 mm. long, cleft to about the middle. Corolla as long 

 as the calyx, glabrous, the lobes oblong, obtuse, about 2 mm. 

 long. Style slightly exserted. 



Sarawak, Native collector 18^7 (Bur. Sci.) (type) ; 

 Santubong, Foxworthy Ji-50, June 7, 1908, on forested ridges 

 in forests, altitude about 100 meters, locally known as sumpin 

 (Malay). 



A characteristic species, readily recognized by its few- 

 nerved leaves, its 5-flowered heads, its elliptic, accrescent 

 bracts, and its cleft calyx teeth. It is apparently most closely 

 addied to Sphenodesme barbata, Schauer. 



Faradaya, F. Mueller. 

 Faradaya matthewsii, sp. no v. 



Frutex scandens, inflorescentiis parce puberulis exceptis 

 glaber; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, olivaceis, utrinque 

 concoloribus, nitidis, ovatis vel oblongo-ovatis, usque ad 

 22 cm. longis, acuminatis, integris, basi late rotundatis, subtus 

 utrinque glandulis 2 vel 3 prominentibus disciformibus in- 

 structs, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, prominentibus; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus ; floribus albis, circiter 6.5 cm. longis, calyci 

 juniore clanso, infiato, laneeolato, acuminato, 2 ad 2.5 

 cm. longo, extus glandulis paucis magnis disciformibus in- 

 structo ; ftlamentis subaequalibus ; ovario 1-loculare. 



A scandent shrub, the stems about 2.5 cm. in diameter, 

 glabrous except the sparingly puberulent inflorescence. Bran- 

 ches terete, smooth, glabrous, subolivaceous, about 5 mm. in 

 diameter. Leaves opposite, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, ovate 

 to oblong-ovate, up to 22 cm. long and 12 cm. wide, shining 

 and olivaceous on both surfaces, entire, apex prominently acu- 

 minate, the acumen stout, blunt, base broadly rounded, rarely 

 slightly cordate, the lower surface on each side of the midrib 

 with two or three prominent, brownish, disk-like glands ; 

 lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 curved, anastomosing, the reticulations lax, prominent ; 

 petioles 3.5 to 5 cm. long. Inflorescence terminal, cymose, 

 about 15 cm. long, sometimes with a pair of greatly reduced 

 leaves, somewhat puberulent, the bracts linear, filiform, about 



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



