xiii. c, 2 Merrill: New Species of Bornean Plants 81 



reddish-brown, the latter pale-brownish. Leaves oblong to 

 oblong-ovate, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, rather pale and shin- 

 ing when dry, 7 to 9 cm long, 3 to 3.5 cm wide, base acute to 

 somewhat rounded, apex rather prominently acuminate, the acu- 

 men up to 1 cm in length, obtuse; lateral nerves 3 or 4 on each 

 side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, curved- 

 ascending, all or most of them leaving the midrib below its 

 middle, the uppermost pair extending to the apex, the reticula- 

 tions not prominent; petioles rugose, about 5 mm long; stipules 

 coriaceous, persistent, about 2.5 mm long. Flowers fascicled, 

 axillary, apparently sessile. Fruits sessile, 3-lobed, about 12 

 mm in diameter, pale-brownish and shining when dry, appar- 

 ently glabrous or nearly so at full maturity, but the apical por- 

 tion of those examined appressed-hirsute; styles appressed- 

 hirsute; persistent calyx lobes lanceolate, about 2.5 mm long, 

 appressed-pubescent externally. 



British North Borneo, Marutai watershed near Tawau, Villamil SS9, 

 June 4, 1917. 



This species is strongly characterized by its few-nerved leaves, the 

 nerves strongly curved-ascending, mostly leaving the midrib in its lower 

 one-half, the upper pair reaching the apex of the leaf. It is most closely 

 allied to Cleistanthus paxii Jabl. among the described species of the genus. 



M ALLOT US Loureiro 

 MALLOTUS WOODII sp. nov. § Axenfeldia. 



Frutex 3 ad 4 m altus, foliis subtus ad costa parcissime ciliatis, 

 inflorescentiis $ hirsutis, ceteroquin glabris; foliis alternis, 

 oblongo-ovatis ad oblongo-ellipticis, eglandulosis, usque ad 25 

 cm longis, subcoriaceis, integris, basi rotundatis, apice tenuiter 

 caudato-acuminatis, penninerviis, nervis utrinque 9 ad 11, subtus 

 prominentibus ; inflorescentiis 9 oppositifoliis, stricte racemosis, 

 paucifloris, circiter 7 cm longis; sepalis lanceolatis, hirsutis, 5 

 mm longis ; ovario dense hirsuto atque pilis capitatis longe stipi- 

 tatis dense obtecto. 



A shrub 3 to 4 m high, glabrous except the sparingly ciliate 

 costa on the lower surface of the leaves and the hirsute inflores- 

 cences. Branches terete, pale-olivaceousf smooth, about 3 mm in 

 diameter. Leaves all alternate, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, 

 entire, subcoriaceous, 20 to 25 cm long, 8 to 11 cm wide, base 

 rounded, apex slenderly caudate-acuminate, the acumen about 

 2 cm long, the upper surface grayish, shining, smooth, eglan- 

 dular, the lower surface also eglandular, in very young leaves 

 slightly f urf uraceous-pilose ; lateral nerves 9 to 11 on each side 

 of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, pinnately ar- 



