NEW AND RARE MALAYAN PLANTS. 307 
pairs of nerves almost opposite, tranverse nervules and reticula- 
tions prominent beneath, above sparsely scabrid hairy, nerves 
densely hairy, beneath shortly bristly hairy on nerves and reticu- 
lations, under-side paler than upper; 11 in. long, 9 in. wide; petiole 
hairy sheathing at base 3 in. long. Figs globose roughly hairy 
In. through. Peduncle very short. Bracts 3, small ovate e, connate 
hairy. Umbilicus short blunt. ‘Bracts small. Female flowers 
stalked with 4 spathulate petals, dark purple when dry. Achene 
oblique round, stalked as long as petals; style long, slender lateral 
towards the top. Male flowers not seen. 
Hab. Selangor, Ginting Sempah: Semangkok; near Kan- 
ching, Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tangga Pass, Pidley. j 
This plant is very common along the roads in low jungle in 
Selangor and Negri Sembilan at about 1 to 4,000 feet alt., but 
comparatively rarely produces figs. It is a very large spreading 
shrub with the lower parts of branches bare, about 20 feet tall. It 
is allied to F. fulva but has cordate leaves except in the young 
state and very different flowers. 
Elatostemma inaequilobum Ridley, n. sp. 
Herb; stem slender succulent, long creeping ascending to a 
foot tall, glabrous. Leaves alternate with no trace of the second 
one of the pair, thin inaequilaterally lanceolate long acuminate, 
base very unequally bilobed, larger lobe rounded, edge crenate, ser- 
rate in the upper half, trinerved the outer pair looped with the 
nervules joining them, 4.5 in. long, 1.5 in. wide or less; petiole 
.1 in. long or less. Female heads .12 in. through on slender fili- 
form peduncles .2 in. long axillary. Flowers numerous shortly 
pedicelled. Sepals 3, very narrow hnear caudate with a broader 
base. Achene ellipsoid, strongly tubercled. Male plants not seen. 
Hab. Selangor, Ginting Sempah, Ridley, Robinson and Kloss. 
Tonkin, Rocks on edge of torrents, Mount Bausi, Balansa 2562. 
This is a very distinct plant of which we have only females. 
The completely alternate leaves and small heads with very narrow 
sepals and slender peduncles are unlike those of any other species 
I have seen. The leaves in the Tonkin plant are much smaller 
than in the Selangor one, which with the long rhizome is over 2 
feet long. 
ORCHIDACEAE. 
Thrixspermum iodochilus Ridley, n. sp. 
‘Stem 4 in. long, 2 in. wide; sheaths strongly ribbed. Leaves 
coriaceous, oblong-linear, 3 to 5 in. long, .5 in. wide. Peduncle 
2 in. long. Raceme flat 1.5 in. long or more. Bracts flat, boat- 
shaped. Flowers on pedicels slender .3. in. long. Sepals and 
petals triangular lanceolate at base with very slender tails, .75 in. 
long, ochre yellow, not spotted; spur short blunt, .12 in. long, 
pink. Lip violet, narrow, tongue-shaped .25 in. long. 
R <A. Soec., No: 86 1922. 
