134 MISS L. S. GIBBS ON THE FLORA AND PLANT FORMATIONS 
GLOCHIDION LITTORALE, Blume, Bijdr. 585. 
Usakan Bay, seashore. Fl. Fr. March. 4330. Seen also at Labuan, 
Jesselton, and Tenom. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. without precise locality, Burbidge ; Brunei; 
Sarawak). Banka Island, Sumatra, Java ; India. 
DAPHNIPHYLLUM BORNEENSE, Stapf in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. Bot. iv. 
(1894) 224. 
Kinabalu, forest-clad ridges and slopes above Kamburangau to Pakapaka, 
7000-10,000'. d. Feb. 4170. 
Distrib. Borneo (B. N. B. Kinabalu, 11,000, Haviland). 
Tree about 10 m. high. 
ANTIDESMA GIBBSLE, /Tutehinson, sp. nov. 
Arbor parva ; ramuli subteretes, parce nigro-pubescentes. Folia oblonga 
vel oblongo-elliptica, basi rotundata, apice caudato-acuminata, acumine longe 
mucronato, 15-20 em. longa, 5-8 em. lata, integra, chartacea, utrinque nitida, 
glabra, nervis lateralibus utrinque 15-16 intra marginem arcuatis anastomo- 
santibus supra paullo subtus valde prominentibus, tertiariis arcte reticulatis 
subtus prominulis ; petioli 4-5 mm. longi, vix 2 mm. diametro, dense sub- 
appresse setulosi; stipule subulatz vel subulato-lanceolate, 0:75-2 em. 
longs, usque ad 2 mm. latze, setulosæ. Spice g axillares, solitarii, eramosi, 
8 em. longi; rhachis tomentella ; bracteze ovato-lanceolate, acute. Calyæ 
ultra medium divisus, 5-merus ; segmenta ovato-rotundata, 1 mm. lata, extus 
pubescentia. Discus crassus, glaber vel margine leviter pubescens. Stamina 
plerumque 4 (rarius 3) ; filamenta 1 mm. longa, glabra ; antherarum loculi 
distincti, globosi. — Orari? rudimentum subintegrum, parvum, breviter pilosum. 
Spice 9 breviter pedunculatz, 9-13 em. longee; rhachis pubescens. Calyæ 
ad medium 5-lobatus, lobis triangularibus subacutis pubescentibus. Discus 
patelliformis, subinteger, crassus, extus parce pubescens. Ovarium oblique 
ellipsoideum, glabrum ; styli 2, laterales, brevi, bilobi, acuti. Fructus 
subsessilis, 1 em. longus, 5 mm. latus, ruber. 
Hab. Tenom, secondary jungle, 700-1000. g & 9. Jan. d. 2790. 
9.2809. 
Small tree ; male spikes yellow ; fruit bright red. 
Apparently allied to A. »eurocarpum, Miq., but easily distinguished by its 
larger and more closely veined leaves with a broader acumen, smaller and 
much narrower stipules, and sessile fruits. 
ANTIDESMA GHESAEMBILLA, Gaertn. Fruct. i. 189, t. 39. 
Kaningau plain, 1000', a common little marsh tree. Jan. dq. 2960. 
9. 2961. 
Distrib. Borneo (D. Borneo). Common in Malay Archipelago, N. Australia, 
China and India. 
