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This species strongly resembles and is manifestly closely allied to 

 Antidesma cumingii Muell.-Arg. of the Philippines, but is readily 

 distinguished by a number of characters, notably by its much fewer-nerved 

 leaves. From the glabrous fruit it is assumed that the ovary is also 

 glabrous, while in Antidesma cumingii the ovary is densely pubescent. 



ANTIDESMA GRANDISTIPULUM sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, glabra, vel ramulis junior ibus leviter 

 puberulis ; foliis lanceolatis vel anguste oblongo-lanceolatis, usque 

 ad 35 cm longis, longe acuminatis, basi acutis, nitidis, nervis 

 utrinque 15 ad 17, prominentibus, anastomosantibus ; stipulis 

 sessilibus, inaequilateralibus, usque ad 4 cm longis, acutis vel 

 acuminatis, persistentibus, junioribus chartaceis, vetustioribus 

 subcoriaceis, nitidis; inflorescentiis 9 racemosis, axillaribus, 

 solitariis, usque ad 35 cm longis, glabris, floribus 5-meris, 

 pedicellatis ; fructibus 1.3 ad 1.5 cm longis, compressis, leviter 

 inaequilateralibus, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, reticulatis, stylis 

 terminalibus. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree, or the young branchlets slightly 

 puberulent. Branches and branchlets terete, pale, slender. 

 Leaves lanceolate to narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 20 to 35 cm long, 

 4 to 6.5 cm wide, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, brown and 

 shining when dry, apex rather long and slenderly acuminate, 

 base acute; lateral nerves 15 to 17 on each side of the midrib, 

 prominent, anastomosing into a distinct, arched, submarginal 

 nerve, the reticulations distinct ; petioles stout, 5 to 10 mm long ; 

 stipules large, prominent, persistent, chartaceous to subcoraceous, 

 brown, shining, in texture and color similar to the leaves, some- 

 what inequilateral, narrowed toward the base and to the acute to 

 acuminate apex, the larger ones up to 4 cm long and 2 cm wide, 

 those on the younger branchlets smaller, sometimes only 1.5 cm 

 long and about 1 cm wide. Pistillate racemes axillary, solitary, 

 in fruit up to 35 cm in length, glabrous, the fruiting pedicels 

 2 to 3 mm long, the persistent calyx with five short teeth. Fruits 

 oblong-ovate, somewhat inequilateral, brown, glabrous, and shin- 

 ing when dry, reticulate, compressed, 1.3 to 1.5 cm long, the 

 stigma terminal. 



Sarawak, Native collector 1U8 (Bur. Sci.) (type), and a specimen, 

 without number, from the Sarawak Museum, marked Kuching, November, 

 1905. 



A very characteristic species, readily distinguishable by its long, narrow, 

 slenderly acuminate leaves; its large persistent stipules; its very long, 

 simple, pistillate racemes; and its large fruits. It is apparently closely 

 allied to Antidesma pachystachys Hook. f. of the Malay Peninsula. 



