xi, c. 2 Merrill: Notes on the Flora of Borneo 93 



latis, breviter pedicellatis, 5-meris, sepalis late ovatis, punctatis ; 

 staminibus fertilibus 10, brevibus, staminoideis triangulari-ova- 

 tis, acutis, apice ciliatis; fructibus ovoideis vel subellipsoideis, 

 circiter 1 cm longis, glabris. 



A tree, the branchlets, petioles, and midrib and lateral nerves 

 on the lower surface of the leaves more or less pubescent with 

 short, subcinereous, appressed hairs, the older branchlets slender, 

 terete, olivaceous, nearly glabrous. Leaves firmly chartaceous, 

 elliptic, entire, 7 to 11 cm long, 3.5 to 5.5 cm wide, equilateral 

 or nearly so, base acute or subacute, apex abruptly and obtusely 

 short acuminate, the acumen often obscurely apiculate, shining, 

 rather pale-olivaceous when dry; lateral nerves about 8 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent, slender, curved, scarcely anas- 

 tomosing, the ultimate reticulations slender, close, subparallel; 

 petioles 8 to 10 mm long, somewhat pubescent. Flowers in few- 

 flowered, axillary fascicles, but one or two developing at one 

 time, their pedicels sparingly pubescent, about 1.5 mm long, the 

 subtending bracteoles broadly ovate, somewhat pubescent, 1 to 

 1.5 mm long. Calyx in fruit about 4.5 mm in diameter, the 

 lobes somewhat pubescent, broadly ovate, usually obtuse, 1.5 to 

 2 mm long. Fertile stamens 10, about 1 mm long; staminodes 

 triangular-ovate, acute, about 1 mm long, apex ciliate, the tube 

 somewhat united with the calyx below. Fruit ovoid or some- 

 what ellipsoid, glabrous, somewhat rugose when dry, up to 1 cm 

 in length; seeds 6, about 5 mm long, the aril not lacerate. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Miri River, Hose 528, January, 1895. 

 A species well characterized by its elliptic, entire leaves and its triangular- 

 ovate, acute staminodes. 



CASEARIA HOSE I sp. nov. 



Arbor (vel frutex) ramulis subtus foliis ad costa nervisque 

 floribusque plus minusve cinereo-puberulis, ramis teretibus, ra- 

 mulis plus minusve angulatis; foliis integris, oblongis, acumin- 

 atis, firme chartaceis, nitidis, in siccitate brunneis, usque ad 17 

 cm longis, basi leviter inaequilateralibus, rotundatis ad subacutis, 

 nervis utrinque circiter 9 ; floribus f asciculatis, breviter pedicel- 

 latis, 5-meris, staminibus 10. 



A tree or shrub, the branchlets, lower surface of the leaves 

 on the midrib and lateral nerves, and the flowers rather minutely 

 cinereous-puberulent. Branches terete, glabrous or nearly so, 

 very dark-brownish-red when dry, the branchlets nearly black. 

 Leaves oblong, entire, firmly chartaceous, brown and shining 

 when dry, 11 to 17 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, the upper surface 

 quite glabrous, \the lower puberulent on the midrib and lateral 



