246 ALABASTRA BORNEENSIA, 



obovate leaves; and the few, characteristic, retrorse or spread- 

 ing, minute marginal teeth on the leaves. 



Lagenophora, Cassini. 



Lagenophora gibbsiae, sp. nov. 



Foliis oblaneeolatis vel lineari-ohlanceolatis, integris, nu- 

 merosis, 1.5 ad 2 cm. longis, obtnsis vel subaeutis, glabris, 

 nervis lateralibns obsoletis ; capitidis eirciter 8 mm. diametro. 

 pednneiilis 4 ad 11 em. longis, sursum leviter pubeseentibns 

 I'oiiis 3 ad 5 plus minusve reductis instructis ; acheniis 2.5 mm. 

 longis, oblongo-obovatis, compressis, sursum obscurissime pa- 

 pillatis. 



A tufted, nearly glabrous, perennial plant, the roots ap- 

 parently not thickened as in Lagenophora billardieri, Cass. 

 Leaves numerous, rosulate, oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, 

 1.5 to 2 cm. long, 2 to 3 mm. wide, chartaceous or sub- 

 coriaceous, olivaceous and shining when dry, glabrous, entire, 

 the apex acute to obtuse, narrowed below, scarcely petiolate, the 

 midrib evident on both surfaces but the lateral nerves and reti- 

 culations obsolete. Scapes 4 to 11 cm. tall, each bearing a 

 single head, sparingly pubescent above, each bearing from 3 to 

 5 more or less reduced, scattered leaves, the uppermost ones 5 

 to 7 mm. long. Heads about 8 mm. in diameter. Involucral 

 bracts numerous, in general oblong, 3 to 4 mm. long, 1.5 to 1.7 

 mm. wide, rounded, glabrous except the slightly ciliate apices, 

 when fresh dull-red. Bay flowers white, tinged with pink, the 

 corolla-tube 0.5 mm. long, the limb about 2 mm. long, some- 

 what navicular, entire, fertile, the achenes compressed, 1.5 to 

 1.8 mm. long, slightly papillate near the apex, otherwise glab- 

 rous. Disk-flowers numerous, yellow, the achenes similar to 

 those of the. ray-flowers. Corolla 2 to 2.5 mm. long, the tube 

 short, the limb somewhat campanulate, 4-cleft. Anthers 0.5 

 mm. long. Style-arms less than 0.5 mm. long. Mature 

 achenes brown, compressed, oblong-obovate, 2.5 mm. long, 1.3 

 to 1.5 mm. wide, glabrous except in the apical parts where they 

 are obscurely papillate. 



British Xorth Boexeo, Mount Ivinabalu, above Paka 

 Cave, Mrs. Clemens 10560, November 13, 1915, altitude about 

 3300 meters, associated with Centrolepis and Poientilla. 



This species, dedicated to Miss L. S. Gibbs, is doubtless 

 the one represented by her No. 4202, reported by S. Moore* as 

 a Composite with the habit of Lagenophora, but with the 

 flowering heads not sufficiently advanced to allow a certain 

 generic identification of the specimen. Mrs. Clemens's speci- 



* Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 42 (1914) 99. 



Jour. Straits Branch. 



