xni, c, 2 Merrill: New Species of Bornean Plants 1Q$ 



pallidis, integris, basi acutis, apice tenuiter subcaudato-acumi- 

 natis, usque ad 14 cm longis, nervis primariis utrinque circiter 

 8, quam secundariis vix magis distinctioribus ; inflorescentiis 

 terminalibus, rhachibus haud productis, ramis primariis 5 ad 7, 

 adscendentibus, 20 ad 40 cm longis ; umbellulis paucifloris, brevi- 

 ter pedunculatis, racemose dispositis ; floribus plerumque 4-meris, 

 parvis. 



A shrub or a small tree, glabrous except the sparingly stellate- 

 pubescent inflorescences. Leaves palmately 5-foliolate, their 

 petioles 5 to 13 cm long, inflated and clasping at the base; 

 leaflets oblong-elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous to coria- 

 ceous, entire, pale to brownish when dry, of about the same color 

 on both surfaces, shining, base acute, apex slenderly caudate- 

 acuminate, 8 to 14 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide; primary lateral 

 nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct but scarcely 

 more prominent than are the secondary nerves, more or less as- 

 cending and anastomosing with the extended basal pair of nerves 

 forming a somewhat arched marginal pair extending nearly or 

 quite to the apex, the reticulations distinct on both surfaces. 

 Inflorescences terminal, the rachis not or but very slightly pro- 

 duced, the primary branches 5 to 7, 20 to 40 cm in length, each 

 subtended by an oblong-ovate, acuminate, pale, coriaceous, some- 

 what pubescent bract 1.5 to 2 cm in length, the younger parts 

 of the inflorescences stellate-pubescent with cinereous hairs, the 

 older parts glabrous or nearly so. Umbels racemosely arranged 

 on the primary branches, numerous, 5- to 10-flowered, their 

 peduncles 2 to 10 mm long, or the uppermost ones sometimes 

 sessile, the subtending bracts lanceolate, acuminate, 5 mm long 

 or less. Pedicels usually about 2 mm long. Flowers mostly 4- 

 merous, sometimes 5-merous, the petals about 2 mm long, wholly 

 connate into a deciduous calyptra. Fruits 3 to 4 mm long, 4-, 

 rarely 5-angled and sulcate, 4-, rarely 5-celled. 



Sarawak, near Sandakan, Native collector 183, 184, 185, 426, 799, 

 801, 505, 1763, 2707 Bur. Sci.; Lundu, Foxworthy 71, May, 1908 (type), 

 with the native name raka. 



The alliance of this species is apparently with Schefflera subulata (Miq.) 

 Vig. but it has distinctly smaller, more numerous leaflets, longer racemes, 

 and usually 4-merous flowers. It is apparently common in Sarawak. 



CLETHRACEAE 



CLETHRA Linnaeus 

 CLETHRA PACHYPHYLLA sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis et inflorescentiis dense ferrugineo-villo- 

 sis; foliis oblongis ad anguste oblongo-obovatis, crasse coriaceis, 



