xi. c, 2 Merrill: Notes on the Flora of Borneo 97 



portion of the style sparingly ciliate, including the short style 

 about 2.5 mm long. 



Sarawak, Native collector 17S1 (Bur. Sci.). 



Similar to Casearia hosei Merr., but with much smaller, sharply acumi- 

 nate leaves with fewer nerves, which are impressed on the upper surface. 

 In the Bornean species Casearia laurina Bl., and C. capitellata Bl. the leaves 

 are obtusely acuminate, and they differ in various other characters. 



FLACOURTIA L. Heritier 



FLACOURTIA RUKAM Zoll. & Mor. Syst. Verzeich. (1854) 33. 



Sarawak, Retuh, Sadong, Native collector 2527 (Bur. Sci.). 



This species, not previously definitely credited to Borneo, extends from 

 Burma and the Malay Peninsula to the Philippines, through the Malay 

 Archipelago to Samoa (Vaupel 219). The Bornean specimen has the 

 midrib rather densely pubescent, and some of the leaves present as many 

 as nine pairs of lateral nerves, but it is manifestly referable to this species. 



HOMALIUM Jacquin 



HOMALIUM MOULTONII sp. nov. § Myriantheia, Eumyriantheia. 



Arbor inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis oblongo-ovatis 

 ad oblongo-ellipticis, coriaceis, nitidis, integris, vel obscure den- 

 ticulatis, acuminatis, basi subrotundatis ad acutis, usque ad 10 

 cm longis, nervis utrinque circiter 8; inflorescentiis racemosis, 

 racemis elongatis, puberulis; floribus 10-meris, circiter 5 mm 

 diametro sepalis petalisque linearibus; staminibus 20, glandulis 

 magnis, dense tomentosis. 



A tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches and 

 branchlets, rather slender, terete, reddish-brown, glabrous. 

 Leaves olivaceous when dry, shining, coriaceous, oblong-ovate to 

 oblong-elliptic, 7 to 10 cm long, 3 to 5.5 cm wide, entire or ob- 

 scurely and distantly denticulate, apex distinctly acuminate, acu- 

 men blunt, base acute to somewhat rounded ; lateral nerves about 

 8 on each side of the midrib, slender, distinct, curved, anastomos- 

 ing, the reticulations distinct ; petioles about 5 mm long, pruinose. 

 Racemes axillary, solitary, slender, cinereous-puberulent, up to 18 

 cm in length. Flowers 10-merous, the narrowly funnel-shaped 

 tube cinereous-pubescent, merging with the short pedicel; the 

 flower, including the tube and pedicel, about 5 mm long, 5 mm in 

 diameter. Sepals 10, linear, pubescent, in anthesis about 2 mm 

 long. Petals similar to the sepals, slightly wider below, some 

 of them eventually nearly 3 mm in length. Stamens 20, their 

 filaments about 1 mm long, intermingled with the large, densely 

 tomentose glands, which completely fill the throat of the perianth ; 

 styles 3 or 4, short, glabrous. 



Sarawak, near the foot of Mount Santubong, Native collector 2376 (Bur. 

 Sci.), February-June, 1914. 



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