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Burn Murdoch 206, Ridley 50k8. As Hooker f. has pointed out Mueller 

 referred to Breynia racemosa representatives of at least three species, 

 but the form described by Hooker under the name Breynia reclinata is 

 unquestionably the same as Blume's original Melanthesia racemosa. The 

 latter specific name, being the older, is here retained. 



COELODEPAS Hasskarl 



COELODEPAS HOSEI sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor inflorescentiis exceptis glaber ; f oliis oblongis, 

 firme chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acumi- 

 natis, basi acutis, obscure stipellari-biglandulosis, margine dis- 

 tanter denticulatis, nervis utrinque 7, prominentibus ; inflores- 

 centiis 5 axillaribus, solitariis, racemosis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, 

 leviter adpresse-pubescentibus, ovario pubescente, stylis brevi- 

 bus, fimbriato-ramosissimis. 



A shrub or tree, quite glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Branchlets pale-olivaceous, terete or somewhat compressed, len- 

 ticellate. Leaves oblong, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 

 pale-olivaceous when dry, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, apex 

 rather abruptly and prominently acuminate, base acute, with a 

 small stipellate gland on each side at the juncture with the 

 petiole, margins in the upper one-half distantly denticulate, 

 below entire ; lateral nerves 7 on each side of the midrib, prom- 

 inent, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations distinct, 

 lax ; petioles 1 to 3 cm long. Pistillate racemes axillary, solitary, 

 1 to 4 cm long, appressed-pubescent with short, pale hairs. Pedi- 

 cels about 1 mm long, pubescent. Calyx-segments triangular, 

 acute, about 0.5 mm long, pubescent. Ovary ovoid, pubescent, 

 pale, 3-celled, cells 1-ovuled; styles about 2 mm long, spreading, 

 divided into numerous slender fimbriae. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Entoyut River, Hose i65, November 13, 1894. 



Apparently closely allied to Coelodepas wallichiana Benth., from which 

 it is readily distinguished by its much smaller, longer-petioled leaves, 

 which are acute at the base, denticulate above, and its racemose not 

 spicate inflorescences. 



CROTON Linnaeus 



CROTON ENSIFOLIUS sp. nov. § Eucroton. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, foliis junioribus inflorescentiisque 

 exceptis glaber ; foliis numerosis, linearis, usque ad 7 cm longis 

 et 7 mm latis, coriaceis, junioribus parcissime stellato-lepidotis, 

 margine distanter crenulatis ; racemis 3 ad 6 cm longis, floribus 

 inferioribus 9 , superioribus $ ; floribus $ sepalis 5, circiter 

 2 mm longis, ovario stellato-pubescentibus ; $ petalis lineari- 

 oblongis, margine dense albido-ciliatis ; filamentis 10. 



