NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 305. 
Gymnostachyum Robinsonii Ridley, n. sp. 
Stem shortly creeping, ascending, woody, 2 in. long. Leaves 
elliptic-ovate to round blunt, base shortly decurrent on the petiole, 
scabrid above and beneath; midrib above and beneath and 5 pairs 
of nerves scurfy pubescent 1.25 to 2.25 in. long, 1.1 to 1.75 im. 
wide; petiole flattened .5 to 1.25 in. long. Raceme 3 in. long, 
sometimes branched, pubescent, slender. Flowers solitary about 
10 in the raceme. Bracts narrow linear pubescent .1 in. long. 
Calyx shorter, lobes hnear acuminate with broader base, very nar- 
row pubescent. Corolla .4 in. long, puberulous. 
Hab. I\edah, Lankawi islands, Dayong Bunting, Robinson, 
Nov. 1916. 
Alhed to G. diversifolium but the flowers much smaller. 
Eranthemum candidum Ridley, n. sp. 
Glabrous simple, shrubby plant. Leave: lanceolate acuminate 
at both ends, membranous; nerves 8 pairs ascending, 5 to 6 in. 
long, 1.5 to 2 in. wide; petiole .75 in. long. Raceme 6 in. long; 
peduncle 6 to 9 in. long. Flowers distant, solitary or paired; 
pedicels .1 in. long; bracts lanceolate acuminate from a broad base 
shorter. Calyx puberulous; lobes linear acuminate, .1 in. long 
Corolla pure white, tube .5 in. long, base eylindric then about 
midway thickened upwards; lobes elliptic blunt .5 in. long, by .25 
in. wide subequal. Stamens in the base of the dilate portion of 
the tube. 
Hab. Forests by the stream at Ulu Gombak, Selangor, 
Ridley. 
This is allied to #. Kingianwm but has smaller corollas and 
pedicelled flowers. 
Justicia Robinsonii Ridley, n. sp. 
Shrubby, glabrous except inflorescence. Leaves chartaceous 
lanceolate acuminate, hase cuneate ; s nerves 7 pairs, 7 to 10 in. lone, 
2 to 3 in. wide; petiole .5 in. long. Raceme solitary or paired ter- 
minal, subsessile 1 in. long; rachis pubescent. Bracts ovate acute 
sessile .2 in. long, acute puberulous. Flowers crowded, subsessile. 
Sepals 5, lanceolate linear acuminate, pubescent. Corolla .25 in. 
long, tube thick cylindric, lttle longer than sepals, dirty white 
spotted purple, upper limb shorter than lower limb, woody, blunt, 
lower 3-lobed, lobes: rather broad blunt. Stamens 2; anther-cells 
not parallel, shortly prolonged below, shghtly shorter than the co- 
rolla. Style very slender, filiform. Capsule .O in. long, lower halt 
fawn-colour pustulate, seeds strong retinacula. 
Hab. Wedah, Lankawi islands, Dayong Bunting and Burau, 
Robinson 6191. Shrubby plant. Flowers dirtv white spotted 
purple. 
R. A. Soc., No. 86 1922. 
