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A very characteristic species, the third of the genus to be reported 

 from Borneo; well characterized by its elongated, axillary, puberulent or 

 pubescent racemes; its 10-merous, rather small flowers; its linear sepals 

 and petals; and its large, densely tomentose glands, that completely fill the 

 throat of the perianth-tube. Dedicated to Mr. J. C. Moulton, director of 

 the Sarawak Museum. 



HOMALIUM HOSE I sp. nov. § Myriantheia, Eumyriantheia. 



Arbor, inflorescentiis parce pubescentibus exceptis glabra; 

 foliis coriaceis, integris vel leviter crenulatis, ovatis ad oblongo- 

 ovatis, nitidis, usque ad 16 cm longis, obtuse acuminatis, basi 

 rotundatis ad subacutis, in siccitate supra subolivaceis, subtus 

 castaneis vel brunneis, nervis utrinque circiter 7; racemis axil- 

 laribus, solitariis, ad 9 cm longis ; floribus 5-meris, cum pedicellis 

 circiter 8 mm longis, calycis anguste infundibuliformibus, se- 

 palis 5, coriaceis, anguste ovatis, obtusis, petalis dense pallide 

 pubescentibus, oblongo-ovatis, obtusis; staminibus 15, filamentis 

 glabris, 2 ad 2.5 mm longis. 



A tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches and 

 branchlets grayish or brownish. Leaves thickly coriaceous, 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, 7 to 16 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, entire 

 or somewhat crenulate or crenate, apex distinctly acuminate, the 

 acumen blunt, base rounded to subacute, when dry shining, the 

 upper surface subolivaceous, the lower castaneous or brown; 

 lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 curved, anastomosing, the reticulations distinct; petioles 2 to 3 

 mm long. Racemes axillary, solitary, sparingly pubescent, 7 to 

 8 cm long. Flowers mostly in groups of twos or threes, spread- 

 ing or reflexed, including the short pedicels about 8 mm long, 

 the pedicels and calyx very slightly pubescent. Calyx-tube 

 brown when dry, slightly sulcate, narrowly funnel-shaped. Se- 

 pals 5, coriaceous, brown when dry, nearly glabrous, oblong- 

 ovate, narrowed upward, obtuse, 2.3 to 3 mm long. Petals 

 about as long as the sepals, densely pale-pubescent, oblong-ovate, 

 obtuse. Stamens in groups of threes opposite each petal, their 

 filaments glabrous, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Styles 4, appressed- 

 hirsute, 2.5 to 3 mm long. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Baram, Hose 409 (type) , December, 1894. 



Here I also refer Hose 128, 270, from the same locality, and Native 

 collector 1377, 19U3 (Bur. Sci.), these four specimens presenting only very 

 immature flowers. The species is readily distinguished by its floral 

 characters. 



OSMELIA Thwaites 



OSMELIA BORNEENSISsp. nov. 



Arbor dioica partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque exceptis 

 glabra ; foliis oblongis, usque ad 17 cm longis, in siccitate brun- 



