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species is represented in the Kew Herbarium from Borneo by the following specimens :— 
Sarawak, Lobb; Beccari, 2115; and Lobong Peak, Lobb. 
SYMPLOCOS LÆTEVIRIDIS, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex glaberrimus. Rami graciles, cortice 
badio. Folia petiolo vix 1 lin. longo subtus canaliculato suffulta, oblonga, 2-3 poll. 
longa, 1-13 poll. lata, basi plus minusve rotundata, longiuscule acuminata, basi 
exceptå argute serrata, subpergamacea, leete viridia, nervis lateralibus utrinque 
circa 8, sub margine arcuatim collectis, nervo marginali alio arcuatim fracto 
addito, nervis venisque utrinque leviter prominulis. Flores subsessiles, in racemis 
axillaribus, gracilibus, paucifloris, ¿-1 poll. longis. Fructus ellipsoideus, purpureus, 
4 lin. longus, calycis lobis ovatis obtusis, submembranaceis, 1 lin. longis, coronatus. 
Embryo subrectus. 
At the Penokok, alt. 4000 feet (Haviland, 1320). 
Very similar to S. ramosissima, Wall., from the Himalaya, but the leaves are very 
shortly petioled and more serrate, and the fruits are crowned by rather large calyx- 
teeth. 
SYMPLOCOS DEFLEXA, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex. Rami ramulique dense fulvo-hirsuti vel 
hirtelli, demum glabrati, nigricantes. Folia petiolo 1 lin. longo, dense hirtello- 
tomentello suffulta, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, 14-2 poll. longa, ¿-1 poll. lata, basi 
rotundata, acute acuminata, margine revoluto serrulato, subcoriacea, supra, costa 
pilosulá exceptá, glaberrima, exsiccata seepe olivaceo-fusca, subtus in nervis et in 
margine necnon in parenchymate fulvo-hirsuta, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-7, supra 
tenuibus, subtus prominulis. Racemi pauciflori, in ramulis lateralibus terminales, 
folio summo breviores; preeterea hinc inde flores solitarii ex axillis foliorum 
horumce ramulorum additi; rhachis cum pedicellis brevissimis hirtella. Fructus 
ovoideo-oblongus, 4 lin. longus, basi hirsutulus, ceeterum glabratus, calycis lobis 
adpresse hirtellis vel glabratis, 1 lin. longis, coronatus. Embryo rectus. 
At 8800 feet (Haviland, 1105). 
SYMPLOCOS ZIZYPHOIDES, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex. Rami ramulique divaricati, leviter 
anfracti, primo adpressissime griseo-flavido-hirsuti, demum glabrescentes, brunnei. 
Folia petiolo 3-1 lin. longo, plerumque curvato, suffulta, ovato-oblonga, rarius ovato- 
lanceolata, 1-12 poll. longa, 3 poll. lata, basi rotundata, acuminata, margine revo- 
luto, serrulata, subcoriacea, supra exsiccando olivacea, glaberrima, subtus in nervis 
et in margine, nee non in parenchymate, adpresse flavido-griseo-hirsuta, nervis late- 
ralibus utrinque 5, subtus tantum distinctis, tenuibus, prominulis. Flores solitarii, 
axillares, in ramulis lateralibus. Pedicelli adpresse hirtelli, 4-5 lin. longi, sub flore 
9-9-bracteolati ; bracteolee minute. Calyx 1-1} lin. longus, adpresse hirtellus, ad 
medium lobatus; lobi rotundato-ovati, ciliati. Corolla alba, 5 lin. dimetiens. 
Fructus anguste ovoideo-oblongus, 5 lin. longus, calycis lobis exceptis glabratus. 
At 10,500 feet (Haviland, 1088). 
The inflorescence is, to speak strictly, a one-flowered raceme, but the racemose cha- 
racter is only slightly indicated by the minute bracteoles. The divaricate branches, which 
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