xi, c, 2 Merrill: Notes on the Flora of Borneo 65 



A shrub or tree, the young branches, the inflorescences, and 

 the lower surface of the leaves rather densely ferruginous- 

 pubescent. Older branches glabrous, reddish-brown, terete. 

 Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong, 16 to 20 cm long, 5 to 6 cm wide, 

 entire, base narrowed, acute, apex rather abruptly subcaudate- 

 acuminate, the acumen slender, at least 1.5 cm long, the upper 

 surface pale-greenish when dry, entirely glabrous, somewhat 

 shining, the nerves very slightly impressed, the lower surface uni- 

 formly ferruginous- or brownish-pubescent, the indumentum 

 dense on the midrib and lateral nerves, the hairs scattered on 

 the reticulations; lateral nerves 9 to 11 on each side of the 

 midrib, very prominent, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the 

 primary reticulations prominent, subparallel; petioles 8 to 10 

 mm long, pubescent, ultimately glabrous ; stipules deciduous, not 

 seen. Pistillate spikes very numerous, 1 to 2 cm long, 

 ferruginous-pubescent, densely many-flowered, 5 to 10 or more 

 in each fascicle, the fascicles axillary and in the axils of fallen 

 leaves. Sepals 4, somewhat pubescent, oblong, acute to obtuse, 

 about 0.7 mm long. Stamens 2. Pistillate flowers unknown. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Baram, Hose 20U, April, 1895. 



A species well characterized by its indumentum, its numerous, crowded, 

 fascicled staminate spikes, and its prominently subcaudate-acuminate 

 leaves which are acute at the base, entirely glabrous on the upper surface 

 and prominently pubescent beneath. 



APOROSA NIGRICANS Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 347. 



Sarawak, Matang Road, Native collector 1155 (Bur. Sci.), May 15, 1911. 



The species is new to Borneo. The specimen is with pistillate flowers, 

 agrees well with Hooker's description, and matches Singapore specimens, 

 coll. Ridley, fairly closely. The leaves are less acuminate than in the 

 Singapore specimens, and are distinctly pubescent on the lower surface 

 with scatered hairs, especially on the midrib and lateral nerves. 



BREYNIA Forster 



BREYNIA RACEMOSA (Blume) Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15 * (1866) 

 441; J. J. Sm. in Koord. & Valet. Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 12 

 (1910) 177. 

 Melanthesia racemosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 177. 

 Phyllanthus reclinatus Roxb. Fl. Ind. 3 (1832) 669. 

 Breynia reclinata Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 5 (1887) 331. 

 Sarawak, near Kuching, Native collector 559 (Bur. Sci.) ; Dutch Borneo, 

 Hallier 1SU5. 



The species has not previously been reported from Borneo. The 

 Bornean and Malay Peninsula plant is unquestionably the same as the 

 Javan species originally described by Blume and of which J. J. Smith 

 has recently given a very complete and detailed description. In addition 

 to the Bornean specimens, I have before me three specimens from Java, 

 Singapore, Ridley s. n., distributed as Breynia coronata, and Pahang, 



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