1897.] G. KJiig — Materials for a Flora of tUe Malaijdn PenimitU, HOb 
aa tho petals ; the fiiameuta flat, villous in front, scarcely so long m ilm 
anthers. Slyle subglabrons, Fraii nnknown. 
Singapore ; Ridley 3972. 
A very distiDCfc species in the neigbboarhood of P. velutina, BI., but witli 
narrower leareSj maoh more tomentose flowers and InilareaGenco, and a widur cnlyx* 
tube. 
Note.— I hero take tlie opportuuity of desoribing a very dt&iiuct now spceios 
from tSumntra. ^ 
POLYOSMA LONGE-FEDtCBLLATAj Etilg tl. SpeC. A sbrub Ql' trOG 16 fOOt lllgb ; 
young branchoa eoarsoly adpreised^iinboscoiit. LertvcR olliptio or obQuratG-olliptiu, 
abruptly atid shortly acumiD&te ; tho odgoa slightly sinuate and very obeourely .lud 
tniniiboly tonthed, Bb'gliLly recurved when dry ; tho buse ouneate ; upper anrfaco 
glabrous, finely reticalate ; the tower with abort ooarBO adpresand hairs especially on 
tho midrib, 6ne1y reticulate; main uervea 14-16 pairs, ahnocit horizontal, aligbtly 
carved and iutemrohing towards the edgo of the bade, slightly prominout on 
the lower surface only when dry, tho iiitorruBdiato norvos almost as distiiiet; the 
roticulationa minute, distinct on l>oLh sarfncoa ; longtli 5'23-7 in., bi-eadth 2'2-3-25 
in, ; pBtio1e*75-r25 in., paborQlotia. Riict-me soiitary, terminal, rather longer than tU© 
lea,ves, with paboBceiicD like the youn^f bmnuhee. Flowers '5 in. long, on alondai? 
adpresBed-paboflootit pedicels -S-'Stt in. long, and bearing three ad pressed bracteoloa 
towards their apices. Calyx-iuhe *1 in. long, adprossed-pubeacent, its teeth broadly 
triangular. Fctah '4 in. long, linear, obtuse, adpresaed-pubeBcent outside. Frttit 
ovoid, tapering to oneh end, crowned at tfee apei by the very sliorfc calyi-lobes and 
by tho sharp base of the style, minutely adpreflsed-pubefloent, "5 in. long, and '3 in. 
in diam. Fruit pedicels '5-'7 in. long, sometimoB defleied. 
Eastern 8*JMatra ; at elevations of 3200 and 3700 feet^ Forlm 2037, 2250. 
Obder XLI. DROSERACFJ^. 
Hei'baj catching insects by means of gland 111 [vr viscid hairs, or by 
means of petioled leaves with automatically closing laniinoe. Floioers 
hermaphrodite, regular. Calyse. 4-5- (rarely 8-) partite ; ov sepals free, 
imbricate, peraistenfc. Petals and stamens as many as the sepals, hypogy- 
nous or nearly so. Ovary nearly free, globose or ovoid, l-S-celled ; 
styles 5-3, capitate, fimbriate or bifid; ovules numerous, on parietal 
placentas equal iti number to the styles, Oapsule membi-nnoue, 5-3- 
valved, many-seeded, ^eetij with fleshy albumen; embryo cyliudrio or 
minute. BiSTRiJJ. Species 110 ; spread over nearly all temperate and 
tropical lands except the islands of the Pacific. 
L DsiosERA, Linn. 
Pemunial herbs, scapigerous or with a leafy stem, glandalar-pilose. 
Leaves mdical or alternate, usually circinate in vernation ; stipules 0, or 
scariofie and adriate to tho petiole. Galyx free from the ovary, 4-8- 
partite, sepals persistent. Peluh 4-8, bypogyiious or scarcely peri- 
gynous, white or rose-coloured, withering, pecistent. Statnens as many 
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