206 DR. O. STAPF ON THE FLORA OF MOUNT KINABALU. 
are spread out in one plane and flexuose in zigzag, remind one of the habit of Zizyphus 
Spina Christi, Z. Lotus, &c. 
SympLocos JoHNIANA, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex. Rami ramulique densissime subpatuleque 
ferrugineo-hirsuti. Folia petiolo 1 lin. longo, hirsuto suffulta, ovata, 1-2 poll. 
longa, 7—12 lin. lata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, fere caudato-acuminata, margine 
plano vel basin versus recurvo, serrato-dentata, subcoriacea, flavido-viridia, supra, 
costa hirsutulà exceptá, glaberrima, lucidula, subtus in nervis necnon in margine 
(in foliis novellis densissime) hirsuta, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5-7, supra impressis, 
subtus prominentibus, 1-13 lin. a margine eximie arcuatim collectis, supra evenia. 
Flores solitarii, axillares, cernui ; pedicelli brevissimi, hirsuti, bibracteolati. Calyx 
llin. longus, hirtellus; lobi rotundati. Corolla alba, 4 lin. dimetiens. Fructus 
purpureus, ovoideo-oblongus, 4 lin. longus, calycis lobis exceptis plus minusve 
glabratus. 
At 6000 feet (Haviland, 1161). 
These three latter species are nearly allied to each other, and at the same time also to 
S. minor, Clarke, from Ceylon, which they represent in Borneo. They all differ from 
S. minor by the acuminate leaves, and S. Johniana also by the almost sessile solitary 
flowers. S. deflexa approaches S. minor indeed very closely, and there is hardly any 
difference apart from the shape of the apex of the leaves. S. zizyphoides deviates more 
in the habit as well as in the complete reduction of the racemes to solitary flowers. 
SYMPLOCOS BUXIFOLIA, Stapf, n. sp. Frutex, 8 ped. altus, glaberrimus. Rami ramu- 
lique robusti, densissime foliati, nigricantes. Folia petiolo 1-13 lin. longo suffulta, 
obovato-elliptica, 6-7 lin. longa, 4-5 lin. lata, basi breviter attenuata, apice obtusa, 
seepe rotundata, a medio denticulata, margine preesertim basin versus recurvo, 
coriacea, supra lucidula, olivaceo-fusca, cost’ impressá, subtus flavido-viridia, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque circiter 3 tenuibus prominulis. Flores solitarii in axillis 
foliorum summorum. Pedicelli (racemi rhachis reducti) ad 4 poll. longi, superne 
pauci- vel pluribracteati ; bracteze subfoliaceze, obovate, vel summe 3 florem sub- 
tendentes, plerumque lineari-oblong:e, 2-13 lin. longze, subpersistentes. Calyx fere 
2 lin. longus; lobi rotundato-ovati minutissime ciliolati. Corolla 6 lin. dimetiens. 
Fructus lineari-oblongus, 6 lin. longus, calycis lobis coronatus. 
Highest parts of Kinabalu, alt. 13,000 feet (Low). 
A very remarkable species, allied to S. bractealis, Thw., from Ceylon, from which it 
differs by the smaller, very crowded leaves, and the reduced inflorescence. 
APOCYNACE, 
_ Levcoyorts anceps (?), Jack, in Trans. Linn. Soc. xiv. 121, t. 4. fig. 2 (an ejus 
. varietas ?). 
ww v = o In young jungle on the Ula Tawaran, alt. 2000 feet ( Haviland, 1365). 
= Distribution: Sumatra, Borneo. 
d x In the Sumatran specimens of L. anceps the calyx-lobes are a little longer, the bracts 
