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5. B. pilulifera Ridley, n. sp. 
Slender erect, branched herb with few branches 14 in. tall; 
stems angled, ciliate along the angles. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 
narrowed to the base, rather fleshy, glabrous, pale beaeath; nerves 
5 pairs, 1 in. long, .4 in. wide; petiole .1 in. long; 2 shorter leaves 
usually at the base of the heads. Stipules very short, with short 
bristle. Heads .25 in. through, numerous bristles between the 
flowers. Calyx glabrous bifid. Corolla very short, white. Capsule 
obovoid. Seed rather large ellipsoid, dark brown, very obscurely 
reticulate. 
Hab. Roadsides, Selangor, Klang Gates, Ridley. 
6. B. parviceps Ridley, n. sp. 
Very slender erect herb, simple or with one or two branches; 
stems angled with low wings, ‘glabrous, 18 in. tall. Leaves in simple 
pairs lanceolate acute and narrowed to the base sprinkled with waite 
hairs above, paler and scabrid beneath, .5 in. long, .25 in. wide; 
nerves 3 pairs sparsely hairy beneath; no petiole. Stipules very 
short with very numerous setae. Heads .12 in. through; flowers 
small with fewer and shorter bristles than the last. Calyx glabrous, 
bifid. Corolla white, very short. Capsule smooth glabrous. Seeds 
ellipsoid, dark brown, smaller than the preceding and deeply pitted. 
Hab. Roadsides, Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga Pass, Ridley. 
MYRSINACEAE. 
Embelia subcordata Ridley, n. sp. 
Slender climber; branches covered with red brown glandular 
hairs. Leaves distichous, oblong-lanceolate, blunt base broad sub- 
cordate, chartaceous, densely eland- dotted beneath glabrous except 
the hairy midrib; nerves very “faint, about 10 pairs, rts ia long, .6 
in. wide ; petiole hairy very short under .1 in. long. Flowers minute 
in axillary fascicles of 2 to 5; pedicels puberulous, .025 in. long. 
Calyx-lobes 5, ovate blunt, glabrous with 8 red glands outside. 
Corolla twice as long, lobes ovate, blunt, glabrous except the ciliate 
tip. Anthers oblong ovoid with + warts on the back.  Pistil 
glabrous. 
Hab. Selangor, Semangkok Pass on the track to Fraser’s hill, 
fidley. 
This species has the appearance of HL. pulchella of Siam, but 
the flowers are much smaller and almost completely glabrous. 
APOCYNACEAE. 
Ervatamia pauciflora Ridley, n. sp. 
Shrub about 8 feet tall; bark pale whitish. Leaves thin mem- 
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branous elliptic, blunt cuspidate, base narrowed, 7 inches long, 
in. wide; nerves 10 pairs; nervules invisible; petiole .75 in. long: 
eA SOe., ONO. SG 922 
