NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BORNEAN PLANTS. 163 
dense villoso; fructibus ovoideis, hirsutis, 8 mm. longis, rostratis, 
rostro 8 ad 10 mm. longo, hirsuto. 
A tufted, plant from a rather stout, short rootstock. Leaves 
chartaceous, narrowly lanceolate, 35 to 50 em, long, 5 to 6 em. wide, 
subequally narrowed at both ends, the base cuneate, the apex very 
slenderly acuminate, the tip filiform, the upper surface glabrous, 
the lower surface with very few scattered hairs: ; lateral nerves 
distinct, 5 to 6 on each side of the midrib: petioles 20 to 25 cm. 
long, rather slender, glabrous or with few scattered hairs, their 
bases inflated, sheathing. Inflorescences erect or suberect, dense, 
short-peduncled, subglobose or ovoid, about + cm. in diameter, the 
bracts chartaceous, ovate to oblong-ovate, 2 to 3 cm. long, the outer 
ones about 1 em. wide, slenderly long-acuminate, when young more 
or less ciliate, in age glabrous or nearly so; peduncles more or less 
hirsute, about 2 cm. ‘long. Flowers numerous, crowded, but few 
dev eloping at one time, yellow, the perianth-tube extended at least 
6 mm. above the ovary, salle. the segments narrowly oblong, 
about 10 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, slightly pubescent, ultimately 
nearly glabrous. Stamens as lene as. the perianth-seements, the 
anthers 3.5 to 4 mm. jong, linear. Fruits ovoid, somewhat hirsute, 
about 8 mm. long, black when dry, tipped with a stout, 8 to 410 
mim. long, hirsute beak. 
British North Borneo, at Batu Lima and Sebuga near Sandak- 
an, Hamos 1837 (type), 1712, November and December, 1920. 
In damp forests at low altitudes. A species belonging in the group 
with Cucurligo latifolia Dry. and most closely allied to C. brevi- 
pedunculata Kim. of Palawan and Balabac, differing from the latter 
especially in its longer perianth-segments and in its smaller fruits 
which have shorter beaks than in the Philippine species. 
Curculigo glabrescens (Ridl.) comb. nov. 
Curculigo latifolia Dry. var. glabrescens Ridl. Mat. Fl. Malay 
Penin. (Monocot.) 2 (1907) 67. 
British North Borneo, Kudat, Castro 982: Sarawak, Native 
Collector, 435, 637, 1497, 2432, 2701 Bur. Sa. Malay Peninsula, 
‘Sumatra. 
DIOSCOREACEAE. _, 
Dioscorea Linnaeus. 
Dioscorea flabellifolia Prain & Burkill in Elmer, Leafl. Philip. 
DGnOM iors) tats vand im Journ) Asx Soc, Beneal il 10 
(914) 12. 
British North Borneo, Sibyguey, near Sandakan, Ramos 1625. 
In thickets and forests along streams at low altitudes. Previously 
known only from the Philippines. Laguna and Sorsogon Provinces, 
Iiuzon, Mindoro, and: Catanduanes Island. 
R. A. Soc., No. 85, 1922. 
