XVI.—Moultonia: a New Bornean Gesnera- 
ceous Genus. By Professor Bayley Balfour, 
F.R.S., and W. W. Smith, M.A. 
We have published recently * an account of a new 
Gesneraceous genus Moultonia discovered last year in 
Sarawak, Borneo, by Mr. J. C. Moulton, Curator of the 
Sarawak Museum. The genus presents interesting morpho¬ 
logical features, the explanation of which is not yet com¬ 
plete. The dried specimens of the plant hitherto available 
are inadequate ; observations on its habitat, on its vegeta¬ 
tive development, on its fruit-structure and especially on 
the development of its seedling are very much desired. 
Consequently we gladly accept the opportunity offered by 
Mr. Moulton of giving the following short notice of the 
plant and its peculiarities in the Journal of the Sarawak 
Museum, in the hope that it may guide residents in 
Borneo who may be willing to help forward the investiga¬ 
tion by sending further material or notes of observations 
on the spot and especially by securing seed. We also give 
a figure t of a sheet of a dried specimen of the plant, which 
may be an aid to its identification in the field and will 
show also how fragmentary is the material as yet received 
of a type of vegetation which presents inviting problems to 
both botanist and gardener. 
We give first of all a botanical account of the plant so 
far as we know it and then a summary of the problems 
which it is hoped residents in Borneo will aid in solving. 
* Notes Roy. Rot. GarcL Edin. xl. p. 349, March, 1915. 
f The figure is reproduced by permission from our paper in Notes Roy. 
Bot. Gard. Edin. xl., in which it first appeared. 
Bar, Mus. -Journ., No. 6, 1915, 
