34 LXXiv. rUbiace^e. [Argoslemma. 
internodes long. Leaves very unequal; larger ones elliptic, blunt 
or shortly acuminate or lanceolate, glabrous except midrib and 
nerves about 8 pairs, slender beneath, base unequally cordate, deep 
green with a white central band, -5 to 1*5 in. long, *3 to -5 in. wide; 
petioles -I to -15 in. long; small leaves ovate-lanceolate, sessile. 
Cymes 2- or 3-flowered; peduncles pubescent, 1*5 in. long, with a 
central whorl of bracteoles. Flower-pedicels *2 in. long. Calyx- 
tube short, lobes longer ovate acute, hairy. Corolla *4 in. across, 
lobes lanceolate. Staminal column thick, longer. Capsule obconic, 
hairy, -15 in. through. Hab. Banks in forests. Johor, Gunong 
Pulai. Pahang, Gunong Tahan. Selangor, Sempang; Menuang 
Gasing (Kloss); Petaling; Bukit Kutu. Penang Hill (all collectors). 
The southern forms have much broader leaves and are altogether stouter 
than the slender small-leaved Penang plant; they are dark green with a 
grey-white feather. The type form is the Penang one. 
(39) A. reptans Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 61, p. 11. 
Creeping slender herb. Stems 2 or 3 in. tall, corky. Leaves 
unequal, larger ones lanceolate-rhomboid, narrowed to both ends, 
crenulate, denticulate, glabrous, sub-coriaceous, nerves usually 
invisible, -5 to *75 in. long, -25 in. wide; petioles -I in. long; smaller 
leaves linear-lanceolate, -12 in. long. Stipules similar. Flower, 
one terminal on a peduncle -75 in. long; bracts 2, linear-lanceolate 
half-way. Calyx-lobes -i in. long, lanceolate-acuminate. Corolla, 
•75 in. wide; lobes lanceolate acute. Staminal cone acute, shorter. 
Hab. Kedah Peak on rocks in stream at 3000 ft. altitude (Ridley). 
(40) A. elongatum Ridl. Journ. F.M.S. Mus. vi, 151. 
Stem succulent, creeping for 2 ft. or more, internodes 3 in. 
long. Leaves very unequal, large ones thin, succulent, glabrous, 
ovate-acuminate, base round obliquely cordate, pale beneath; 
nerves 10 or 12 pairs, slender; 3 in. long, 1 in. across; petioles 
•5 in. long; small leaves sessile, lanceolate acuminate, -2 in. long. 
Stipules ovate obtuse. Peduncle 1 in. long; bracts 4, upper part 
pubescent. Pedicels -25 in. long, pubescent. Calyx campanulate, 
hairy, *12 in. long, lobes lanceolate-acuminate shorter than tube. 
Corolla -5 in. across, lobes lanceolate-acuminate, acute. Staminal 
column as long. Hab. Thick woods on river-bank at 4600 ft. 
altitude. Pahang, Kwala Teku, Gunong Tahan (Ridley). 
(41) A. Wrayi King, l.c. 154. 
Stem slender, procumbent, hairy above. Leaves unequal, 
membranous, larger ones lanceolate-acuminate, narrowed and 
unequal at base, pale beneath; midrib and nerves 6 to 7 pairs, 
pubescent beneath, 2 to 3 in. long, *6 to -9 in. wide; petioles *3 
to *4 in. long puberulous; small leaves ovate-lanceolate, sessile, 
•15 to *2 in. long. Stipules similar, smaller. Peduncle -5 in. long, 
glabrous, with a whorl of lanceolate bracts; branches 2. Pedicels 
*25 in. long, pubescent. Calyx puberulous, lobes lanceolate longer 
