306 NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 
Justicia microcarpa Ridley, n. sp. 
A thin, weak plant, glabrous. Leaves lanceolate ovate thin, 
very shortly bluntly narrowed to base; nerves 10: pairs 6 in. long, 
2 in. wide; petiole 1.75 in. long. Racemes solitary axillary and 
terminal, 2 in. long. Flowers crowded, secund. Bracts lanceo- 
late acuminate shghtlv shorter than the calyx. Sepals hnear acu- 
minate. ‘Corolla .3 in. long, cream with pink spots in the mouth. 
Fruit .4 in. long. Seeds 4, ovoid, flat acute, pustular. 
Hab. ‘Selangor, Batu Caves, Ridley. 
Allied to J. wher but smaller, weaker with differently coloured 
flowers and very small fruit with seeds of a different shape. 
Sphinctacanthus malayanus Ridley, n. sp. 
Shrub about 2 feet tall; stems pale fawn colour. Leaves mem- 
branous, lanceolate acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous above, spar- 
ingly short hairy beneath especially on the midrib; nerves 8 pairs 
ascending and inarching 6 to 8 in. long, 1.5 to 2.715 im. wide; petiole 
.) in. long. Panicle racemiform, 7 in. long, with many short 
branches .5 in. long to .75. in. in fruit, all hairy; peduncle 3 to 4 
in: long. Flowers white, 2 to 7 on a branch. Bracts very small 
lanceolate. Sepals free to base lanceolate subulate .08 in. long. 
Corolla .25 in. long, tube cylindric limb 2-lipped, upper lip oblong 
bilobed longer than the lower hp. ‘Stamens 2 in the mouth of the 
tube; anthers elliptic; cells equal and parallel. Style as short. 
Fruit base solid, .25 in. long above ovoid acute, hairy. Seeds 4, 
round, flat, strongly pustular, pale. 
Hab. Negri Sembilan, forests on Bukit Tangga, Ridley. 
LORANTHACEAE. 
Elytranthe tubaeflora Ridley, n. sp. 
Stems stout, pale emitting long creeping and rooting suckers. 
Leaves stiffly coriaceous ovate to lanceolate-acute, base round; 
nerves about 6 pairs usually invisible; 3 to 3.5 in. long, 1.75 to 
2.5 in. wide; petiole thick, .25 in. long. Raceme short, 1 in. long, 
about 8-flowered: pedicels .1 in. long. Bracts 3, lower one lanceo- 
late, upper smaller, ovate acute, all shorter than corolla-tube. Co- 
rolla 3 in. long gradually dilate upwards, trumpet-shaped, .5 in. 
across at the mouth, lobes 6, narrow-linear lanceolate acute .75 in. 
long. Stamens 6, very narrow as long as corolla-lobes, anthers 
basifixed. Style longer; stigma ovoid. 
Hab. Perak, Gunong Inas 5,500 at feet, Yapp 501. 
URTICACEAE. 
Ficus patens Ridley, n. sp. 
Large spreading shrub; branches hairy with large pith. 
Leaves large ovate cordate, lobes at base round; nerves 3 from base, 
2 outer with about 7 nervules running to the edge, midrib with 6 
Jour. Straits Branch 
