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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 339, 

 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. 



MALLOTUS Loureiro 

 MALLOTUS WOODII sp. nov. § Axenfeldia. 



Frutex 3 ad 4 m altus, f oliis subtus ad costa parcissime ciliatis, 

 inflorescentiis ? hirsutis, ceteroquin glabris; f oliis 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-olivaceous, 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- 



