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and the Bornean species is represented in our collections by 

 several recently collected specimens. The present species dif- 

 fers from Cowiea borneensis Wernh. in its deeply cleft calyces ; 

 its ferruginous indumentum; its corolla being glabrous, not 

 bearded inside; and in its stipules being united into a distinct 

 tube in the lower one-half. It is furthermore an erect shrub. 

 In this connection, Cowiea borneensis Wernh. is described as 

 scandent, but the labels on all of our recently collected Bornean 

 material indicate an erect shrub. 



IXORA Linnaeus 



IXORA MYRIANTHA sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, usque ad 8 m alta, glaberrima; foliis 

 membranaceis ad chartaceis, 9 ad 17 cm longis, oblongis ad 

 oblongo-ellipticis, acuminatis, basi plerumque acutis, nervis utrin- 

 que circiter 10, subtus perspicuis, foliis superioribus plerum- 

 que brevissime petiolatis, basi late rotundatis; inflorescentiis 

 pedunculatis, multifloris, 4 ad 8 cm latis, floribus albidis, 

 conf ertis, bracteis bracteolisque lanceolatis, 1 mm longis ; calycis 

 1.2 mm longis, lobis acutis, brevibus; corollae tubo 12 mm longo, 

 lobis late lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 5 mm 

 longis. 



An entirely glabrous shrub or small tree reaching a height 

 of 8 m, the branches and branchlets rather slender, usually 

 brownish, terete. Leaves membranaceous to chartaceous, oblong 

 to oblong-elliptic, 9 to 17 cm long, 3.5 to 6 cm wide, usually 

 brownish when dry, somewhat shining, narrowed upward to 

 the blunt-acuminate apex and below to the acute base; lateral 

 nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, rather distant, 

 arched-anastomosing, prominent on the lower surface, the re- 

 ticulations lax, distinct; petioles 10 to 12 mm long; stipules 

 lanceolate-acuminate from an ovate base, 5 to 6 mm long. The 

 upper pair of leaves subtending the inflorescences are in general 

 similar to the normal leaves but are subsessile or shortly pet- 

 ioled and with broadly rounded bases. Inflorescences terminal, 

 peduncled, many-flowered, 4 to 8 cm wide, the peduncles 4 to 

 5 cm in length, the bracts subtending the branches narrowly 

 lanceolate, acuminate, 4 to 7 mm long. Flowers rather crowded, 

 white, their pedicels about 2 mm long, the bracts and brac- 

 teoles lanceolate, acuminate, 1 mm in length. Calyx glabrous, 

 cup-shaped, 1,2 mm long, 4-toothed, the teeth triangular, acute 

 or acuminate, about one-third as long as the tube. Corolla 



