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coriaceis, usque ad 40 cm longis, nitidis, apice breviter obtuse 

 acuminatis, basi acutis ad obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, 

 prominentibus ; inflorescentiis vel ramulis floriferis usque ad 

 40 cm longis, floribus paucis, pedicellatis, fasciculatis, ramulis 

 floriferis sursum foliis juvenilibus instructis. 



A scandent glabrous shrub or the younger parts of the inflore- 

 scence obscurely pubescent. Branches and branchlets terete, 

 grayish or brownish, usually wrinkled when dry. Leaves coria- 

 ceous, shining, narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate or oblong- 

 oblanceolate, 20 to 40 cm long, 4.5 to 7 cm wide, the apex blunt- 

 acuminate, the acumen usually about 1 cm long, the base usually 

 acute, rarely obtuse, and with a pair of prominent glands on the 

 upper surface at the juncture of the petiole with the blade; 

 lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 somewhat curved, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 

 1.5 to 4 cm long, stout. Inflorescences axillary, up to 40 cm in 

 length, somewhat paniculate, the branches few, greatly elongated, 

 and with rather numerous, thin, membranaceous, juvenile leaves 

 toward their tips. Female flowers in scattered fascicles along 

 the branches, their pedicels 6 to 10 mm long. Sepals 5, oblong, 

 obtuse, glabrous, 2.5 to 3 mm long. 



Borneo, Sarawak, Baram, Hose UU (type), March, 1895; without definite 

 locality, Native collector 405 (Bur. Sci.). Philippines, Luzon, Province of 

 Camarines, For. Bur. 21116 Valderrama, April 6, 1914: Province of Isabela, 

 Palanan Bay, Bur. Sci. 21130 Escritor, June 25, 1913. 



This species is closely allied to Omphalea philippinensis Merr., otherwise 

 the only species of the genus known from the Indo-Malayan region, 

 differing distinctly and consistently in its larger, fewer-nerved leaves. I 

 can see no valid reason for considering the Philippine and Bornean 

 specimens, cited above, other than the same species; the former were 

 originally determined by me as Omphalea philippinensis Merr., to which 

 species they manifestly cannot be referred. 



OSTODES Blume 

 OSTODES FAUCIFLORUS sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor, ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque parce 

 adpresse pubescentibus exceptis glaber; foliis firme chartaceis, 

 oblongis, oblongo-ellipticis, vel oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 18 cm 

 longis, brevissime petiolatis, acuminatis, basi acutis ad subrotun- 

 datis, vix stipellari-biglandulosis, margine distanter glanduloso- 

 crenulatis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 13 ; inflorescentiis $ axillaribus, 

 solitariis, brevissimis, racemosis, floribus paucis, longe pedicel- 

 latis ; petalis obovatis, 5 ad 6 mm longis ; staminibus circiter 12, 

 filamentis latis, exterioribus liberis, 3 interioribus alte connatis. 



A shrub or tree, glabrous except the sparingly appressed- 



