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auricle. Stipules thin, -2 in. long, red hairy on the edges. Flowers 
in heads, globose, becoming oblong, -25 in. long, on slender hairy 
peduncles 2 in. long. Basal bracts lanceolate, glabrous, with a green 
keel. Perianth lobes lanceolate acute, pink. Nut small trigonous. 
Hah. Perak, Thaiping Hills (Burkill 12,967). Distrib. Himalayas, 
Assam. 
Probably an accidental introduction. 
Order CXIV. Nepenthace^. 
Vol in p 24, after sp. 7, Nepenthes Macfarlanei Hemsl, insert :— 
(7a) N. angustifolia Mast. Card. Chron. ii. 524; Macfarlane, 
Pflanzenreich, iv. iii. 59. . , , . 
A long slender creeping plant, stem 3 'to 5 it. long, tiigonous 
winged. Leaves sub-coriaceous linear-lanceolate sessile, base 
amplexicaul, tip narrowed to a long cirrus; 4 in. long, *5 in. wi<^, 
cirrus 3 in. long. Pitchers 6 or more together in whorls on the 
creeping bare part of the stem, 3 in. apart, cjdindric dilate at base, 
1-5 in. long, green, minutely spotted red; petioles i in. long or less, 
keels fimbriate with long hairs; peristome narrow, finely ribbed; 
operculum cordate-orbicular, glabrous outside, inside a few large 
scattered glands. -25 in. wide, spur short simple or 2- or 3-fid and 
ciliate. Flowers and fruit unknown. Hab. Rare, Selangor, Rantau 
Panjang (Kloss). Distrib. Borneo. 
As this is only known from the vegetative organs, I am suspicious 
that it is a young prostrate form of one of the lowland species. 
Order CXV, PiperacejE. 
Vol. Hi. p. 27, after sp. 6, Peperomia kotana C.DC., insert. 
(7) P. decumbens C.DC. Journ. Linn. Soc. xlii. 128. 
Creeping, ascending branched herb, 6 in. tall or more, sterns 
slender, densely pubescent. Leaves alternate, fleshy, thin densely 
hairy pubescent, elliptic, narrowed to the tip, base narrowed acurni- 
nate or occasionally rounded or leaves rhomboid, nerv^es 3 > usually 
verv inconspicuous or quite invisible; i to 1*25 in. long, -5 in. wide, 
petioles slender, -25 in. long, densely pubescent. Spikes lew, 
siibterminal, verv slender, 2 in. long; peduncle -25 in. long. 
peltate, shortly stalked. Stamens, filaments fairly long; anthers 
elliptic. Ovary minute globose, glabrous, sunk in rhachis. Stigma 
very small. Drupe globose, rough, very small. Hab. Lankawi, 
Gunong Raya (Haniff and Nur 7188). Distrib. Borneo, on Mount 
Kinabalu. . , , 1 j. u ■ 
This plant exactly resembles the Kinabalu plant, but is more 
densely hairy. tt l ■ * 
Vol. iii. p. 31, after sp. 4. Piper pachyphyllum Hook. fiL, insert. 
(aa). P. venoswcn Ridl. ^ n 
Scandent glabrous, internodes 1*5 to 3 in. long, longitudinally 
striate. Leaves coriaceous ovate acute, base rounded, insequilateral, 
