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ANTIDESMA SARAWAKENSE sp. nov. 



Species praecedente affinis, differt nervis lateralibus magis 

 numerosis, 20 ad 22 utrinque, stipulis late ovatis vel subrhomboi- 

 deis, obtusis, basi truncatis ad subcordatis, 1.5 ad 3 cm longis, 

 racemis 9 brevioribus, circiter 20 cm longis, pedicellis paullo 

 longioribus. 



A glabrous shrub or small tree, the branches slender, terete. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 20 to 28 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, 

 brown and shining when dry, paler beneath, apex rather promi- 

 nently acuminate, apiculate, base acute; lateral nerves 20 to 

 22 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing and form- 

 ing an arched intramarginal vein, the reticulations distinct; 

 petioles about 1 cm long; stipules coriaceous, brown, shining, 

 persistent, broadly ovate to subrhomboid, obtuse to rounded, 

 base truncate to subcordate, 1.5 to 3 cm long, 1.2 to 2.5 cm wide. 

 Fruiting racemes axillary, solitary, about 20 cm long. Fruits 

 similar to those of Antidesma grandistipulum, their pedicels 5 

 to 7 mm long. 



Sarawak, Rock Road, Native collector 503 (Bur. Sci.), July 27. 



Manifestly very closely allied to the preceding, but with more numerously 

 nerved leaves, quite differently shaped stipules, shorter pistillate racemes, 

 and longer pedicels. A full series of specimens may present intergrading 

 forms, and thus ultimately lead to the reduction of the present species. 

 Judging from the material available, however, it is sufficiently distinct. 



ANTIDESMA HALLIERI sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor subtus foliis ad costa nervisque ramulis junio- 

 ribus stipulisque plus minusve rubiginoso-pubescentibus ; foliis 

 chartaceis, oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 18 cm longis, 

 prominente caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque cir- 

 citer 9; stipulis lanceolatis ad ovato-lanceolatis, tenuiter acumi- 

 natis, 1 ad 2 cm longis; racemis $ axillaribus, solitariis, usque 

 ad 12 cm longis, floribus 5-meris, paucis, pedicellis sub fructu 

 circiter 1 cm longis; fructibus subobovoideis, haud compress, 

 rotundatis, stigmate sublateralibus. 



A shrub or tree, the young branchlets, petioles, stipules, and 

 lower surface of the leaves on the midrib and lateral nerves 

 more or less rubiginous-pubescent, some parts densely so. 

 Branches slender, terete, glabrous, pale-grayish when dry. 

 Leaves chartaceous, oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 12 to 18 cm long, 

 3.5 to 4.5 cm wide, base acute, apex slenderly caudate-acuminate, 

 the acumen usually about 2 cm long, the upper surface olivaceous, 

 glabrous, the lower brown and prominently rubiginous-pubescent 

 along the midrib and lateral nerves; nerves about 9 on each 



