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nerves, apex distinctly acuminate, acumen usually blunt or 

 slightly apiculate, base somewhat inequilateral, subacute to 

 rounded; lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, 

 prominent, curved and obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations 

 fine ; petioles puberulent, about 8 mm long. Flowers in axillary 

 fascicles, the subtending bracteoles broadly ovate, acuminate, 

 1 mm long, slightly pubescent. Pedicels 1 to 1.5 mm long, 

 cinereous-puberulent. Sepals 5, oblong, obtuse, about 2.5 mm 

 long, externally sparingly cinereous-pubescent with short hairs. 

 Stamens 10, the filaments alternately long and short, up to 1.5 

 mm in length, the alternating staminodes oblong-linear, densely 

 villous at the apex, otherwise sparingly pubescent, about 1 mm 

 long. Ovary narrowly ovoid, glabrous, the style slightly ciliate, 

 the ovary and style about 2 mm long; stigma capitate. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Long Lama, Hose b83 (type), October, 1894; 

 Mount Murud, Native collector 2932 (Bur. Sci.), December 6, 1914. 



A species characterized by its oblong, entire, slightly inequilateral, acu- 

 minate leaves, which are puberulent on the midrib and lateral nerves 

 beneath; its dark-colored, cinereous-puberulent branchlets; and 5-merous, 

 puberulent flowers. Its innovations, including the very young leaves, are 

 rather densely subferruginous pubescent. 



CASEARIA MINUT1DENS sp. nov. 



Arbor, ramulis subtus foliis ad costa nervisque floribusque 

 prominente pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis, firme chartaceis usque 

 ad 10 cm longis, in siccitate brunneis, acuminatis, pellucido- 

 punctatis, basi leviter inaequilateralibus, late rotundatis vel sub- 

 truncatis, margine minute glanduloso-denticulatis, nervis utrin- 

 que 7 ad 9, prominentibus ; floribus fasciculatis, pedicellatis, 5- 

 meris; staminibus fertilibus 10, staminoideis 0.3 mm longis, 

 oblongis, truncatis, villosis; ovario dense villoso. 



A tree, the younger parts, lower surface of the leaves on the 

 midrib and lateral nerves rather prominently pubescent with 

 short, spreading, yellowish-cinereous or cinereous hairs, the in- 

 dumentum on the innovations somewhat ferruginous. Branches 

 and branchlets slender, dark-colored when dry, the latter some- 

 what angular. Leaves pellucid-punctate, brownish when dry, 

 firmly chartaceous, in general oblong to ovate-oblong, 6 to 10 cm 

 long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, dull or slightly shining when dry, base 

 broad, abruptly rounded to subtruncate, slightly inequilateral, 

 apex rather abruptly acuminate, the acumen 1 cm long or less, 

 usually acute, margins with numerous, very minute, glandlike 

 teeth, not at all crenulate, the upper surface glabrous ! or some- 

 what pubescent along the midrib ; lateral nerves 7 to 9 on each 

 side of the midrib, prominent, somewhat ascending, these with 



