196 NEW AND RARE SPECIES OF MALAYAN PLANTS. 



Ficus oreopliilus, Eidl. n. sp. 



Young parts, petioles, midrib and nerves beneath, pe- 

 duncle and figs hairy with short white hairs. Leaves lanceo- 

 late acuminate or acute, base blunt rounded, edge undulate, 

 glabrous above, nerves 2, basal distinct above 1 pairs inarching, 

 reticulations wide 3.5-6 in. long, 1.75 in. wide, petiole A in. 

 Stipules lanceolate acuminate. Figs globose .25 in. long, soli- 

 tary axillary on curved peduncles .2d in. long. Bracts small 

 below a short pseudo-stalk. Bracts of mouth numerous 

 rounded blunt glabrous. Male flowers with 2 thin red oblong 

 perianth lobes free. Stamens 2, anthers oblong, filaments very 

 short. Female flower tube moderate, lobes 2 oblong blunt red. 

 Achene rather large smooth slightly compressed round, style 

 short. 



Pahang, Kluang Terbang (Barnes K>!)o:5). Teku Woods 

 Tahan (Ridley 16310). 



Allied to F. fulva, Eeinwdt.. but differing in the narrow 

 lanceolate leaves and stalked figs, the peduncle is decurved and 

 the bracts are not at the base of the tig, but below a short stalk 

 on which the fig is borne. The bracts of the mouth are much 

 larger and more distinct than in fulva and glabrous. 



Pilea calcarea, Eidl. n. sp. 



A slender fleshy herb branched, glabrous about 12 inches 

 tall. Leaves fleshy thin when dry, elliptic ovate blunt, acu- 

 minate base narrowed often inaequilateral slightly serrate 

 crenate 3-nerved, 1.5 in. long, .75 in. wide, petiole 1.75 to 1 

 in. long, slender. Male cymes .4 in. long or less, peduncle 

 very slender, flowers crowded sessile in very small heads. 

 Sepals oblong. Achene oblong ovoid flattened, very short- 

 1 eaked .05 in. long. 



On limestone rocks, Batu Caves. Selangor (Eidlev 13369, 

 8526). 



Pellionia Curtisii, Eidl. n. sp. 



Half-shrubby branched plant about a foot tall, glabrous. 

 Leaves alternate oblique elliptic acuminate base narrowed inae- 

 quilateral edge at the apex obscurely sparsely serrate above, 

 densely covered with raphides-bundles beneath, minutely sca- 

 brid, nerves slender inconspicuous 3.5 in. long, 1.5 in. wide, 

 petiole to .2 in. Male flowers in a cluster at the base of 

 stem about .75 in. through, numerous pedicels slender .2 in. 

 long. Sepals 5, oblong .1 in. long, blunt. Stamens 5. anther 

 oblong, filaments hardly any. Female flowers in a sessile head 

 .25 in. through in the uppermost axil, sessile .1 in. long. 

 Sepals 1-5. lanceolate acuminate, keeled, the keel prolonged 

 into a long subulate point. Stigma penicillate. Achene ovoid 

 flat, nustular (not quite ripe). 



Perak. Bujong Malacca (Curtis Aug. 1898). 



Jour. Straits Branch 



