298 NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 
Cephaelis melanocarpa Ridley, n. sp. 
Shrubby plant 3 feet tall, glabrous. Leaves narrow oblan- 
ceolate acuminate cuspidate, long narrowed to the base; nerves 20 
pairs, curved ascending, paler beneath; 8 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
petiole slender, 1.5 in. long. Stipules broad blunt oblong-ovate. 
Peduncles stout, white and fleshy in fruit, 2 to 3 in. long. Bracts 
lanceolate, keeled and cuspidate 1 in. long. Flowers not seen. 
Fruit black elliptic narrowed to the base, .25 in. long. Seed flat- 
tened, ellipsoid: with both edges keeled and a central rib, making in 
fruit when dry 4 ribs. 
Hab. Negri Sembilan, forests near the top of Bukit Tangga 
Ridley. 
Dried specimens much resemble C. singapurensis Ridley but 
the lanceolate mucronate bracts distinguish it and in life the swollen 
white peduncle and black, not pale blue, fruits distinguish it readily. 
Spermacoce Linn. 
This genus was originally based on several species of small 
herbs from 8, America and two Asiatic ones of which one, Sper- 
macoce hispida, occurs in our area, but lately this latter with a 
number of other Asiatic species has been separated from the 
American ones under the name of Borreria, while the Spermacoce 
sarmentosa Bl. is separated under the name of Diodia sarmentosa 
Sw. It is not rare in the Malay Peninsula, and occurs also in 
Banea, Java and Sumatra, and also in 8. America whence it has 
probably been introduced into Asia. Dtodia differs from Borreria 
in the cocci of the fruit, not dehiscing on the inner face. Of 
Borreria we have the following species in the Malay Peninsula. 
1. Borreria latifolia K. Schum. in Mart. Fl, Brazil., vi. 63. 
This was the plant described by me by error as Diodia sar- 
mentosa in Journ. Roy. As. Soc. 8. Br. 73, p. 145. It first appeared 
in Singapore in 1915, and curiously no specimens have been seen 
from any other part of the Old World. Itis a native of S. America. 
2. B. hispida K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzenfam. iv. 4, p. 144. 
Spermacoce hispida Linn. Sp. Pl. 102. | 
This is common all over the Peninsula and occurs in India and 
the Malay islands. It does not appear to have been met with in 8. 
America and is the only species with pink flowers. 
3. B. laevicaulis Ridley. Bigelovia laevicaulis Miq., Fl. Ind. 
Bat. 11. 335. Spermacoce stricta King, in Journ. As. Soe. 
Beng. p. 90, 189, not of Linnaeus. 
Common in the Malay Peninsula and occurring in Bombay 
and Java. | 
4. B. setidens Ridley. Bigelovia setidens Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 
li. 336. 
Common all over the Malay Peninsula and occurring in Java. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
