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Singapore plant. The species is very readily distinguishable by its relatively 

 long petioles, on the Bornean specimens the petioles varying from 1 to 

 2 cm. in length. The species is new to Borneo. 



ANTIDESMA VENENOSUM J. J. Sm. in Ic. Bogor. 4 (1910) 41, t. SIS. 



This endemic species is represented by Hose S17, from Long Tarkun, 

 Baram, November, 1894; by Native collector 281U (Bur. Sci.) from Selungo, 

 Upper Baram, November, 1914; and by Winkler 2513, from Hayoep, 

 south-eastern Borneo. 



ANTIDESMA FOXWORTHYII sp. nov. 



Frutex 1 ad 2 m altus, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 

 plus minusve rubiginoso-pubescentibus ; foliis coriaceis in sic- 

 citate brunneis vel olivaceis, oblongis ad anguste oblongo-obo- 

 vatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, basi acutis vel obtusis, apice promi- 

 nente acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, adscendentibus, 

 prominentibus ; racemis $ axillaribus, solitariis, usque ad 12 

 cm longis ; floribus 5-meris, breviter pedicellatis ; f ructibus 1 cm 

 longis, valde inaequilateralibus, brunneis, leviter rugosis, cari- 

 natis, plus minusve inflatis, stylis terminalibus. 



A shrub 1 to 2 m high, the young branchlets, leaves on the 

 costa and nerves beneath, and the inflorescence more or less 

 rubiginous-pubescent, the fully mature leaves becoming glabrous 

 or nearly so. Branches slender, terete, pale-gray. Leaves 

 oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate, coriaceous, brown or oliva- 

 ceous when dry, somewhat shining, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm 

 wide, narrowed below to the acute or obtuse base, the apex 

 rather prominently acuminate, the acumen 1 to 1.5 cm long, 

 blunt or somewhat apiculate; lateral nerves about 8 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent, ascending; petioles stout, pubes- 

 cent, 2 to 3 mm long ; stipules oblong-ovate to lanceolate, brown, 

 obtuse to acuminate, 10 to 12 mm long, sometimes in unequal 

 pairs. Pistillate racemes axillary, solitary, 10 to 12 mm long, 

 the rachis rubiginous-pubescent. Fruits about 1 cm long, their 

 pedicels stout, 1 mm long, the subtending bracteoles narrowly 

 ovate, acuminate, pubescent, as long as the pedicels. Persistent 

 calyx 3 mm in diameter, slightly pubescent, the lobes 5, trian- 

 gular, acute, extending less than one-third to the base of the calyx. 

 Fruits dark-brown when dry, glabrous, strongly inequilateral, 

 one side nearly straight, the other strongly curved, somewhat 

 inflated, keeled, somewhat rugose when dry, base rounded, apex 

 apiculate, about 1 cm long; stigma small, terminal. 



Sarawak, Mount Poe, Foxworthy 268 (type), U6, May 25 and 26, 

 1908, the former from thickets at the edge of clearings, the latter from 

 an altitude of 1,000 meters. 



