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acute base and to the slenderly acuminate apex, entire, the 

 acumen acute, 1 to 1.5 cm long, the base with a pair of elongated, 

 auricle-like glands, the margins of the glands recurved; lateral 

 nerves 4 on each side of the midrib, distinct, curved, anastomos- 

 ing, the reticulations rather close, fine, evident on both surfaces ; 

 petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, cymose, 

 peduncled, 4 to 6 cm long, few-flowered, dichotomously branched, 

 usually tendriliferous. Flowers 5-merous, 8 to 9 mm long, yel- 

 lowish, narrowly oblong-ovoid, subequally narrowed to the 

 usually acute base and apex. Calyx-lobes 5, three oblong-ovate, 

 2.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, two alternating ones narrowly oblong. 

 Petals 5, thin, oblong, 3 mm long, 1.2 mm wide, inserted at the 

 apex of the perianth-tube. Stamens 5; anthers subsessile, nar- 

 rowly oblong, acuminate, 5 mm long. Fruits ovoid-ellipsoid, 

 yellow, about 5 cm long and 5 cm in diameter, terete, apex 

 usually rounded, base subacute to somewhat rounded, 3-valved, 

 the valves firm, about 3 mm thick, when dry pale and shining. 



British North Borneo, Kiau, Mrs. Clemens 10166 (type), 10223, 

 November 25, 1917. 



The present species is manifestly closely allied to Adenia longipedunculata 

 Merr., from which it is especially distinguished by its smaller leaves, and 

 shorter, few-flowered inflorescences. 



ADENIA LONGIPEDUNCULATA sp. nov. § Microhlepharis. 



Frutex scandens, glaber, ramis in siccitate flavidis, leviter 

 striatis; foliis chartaceis, ellipticis, integris, usque ad 16 cm 

 longis et 10 cm latis, abrupte acuminatis, basi obtusis vel sub- 

 acutis, perspicue auriculato-glandulosis, pallidis, utrinque conco- 

 loribus, nitidis, nervis utrinque 4, perspicuis, curvatis, tenuiter 

 anastomosantibus ; inflorescentiis axillaribus, longe pedunculatis, 

 dichotomis, multifloris, foliis subaequantibus ; floribus 5-meris, 

 anguste oblongo-ovoideis, utrinque angustatis, acutis vel obtusis. 



A scandent shrub, glabrous throughout, the branches when 

 dry distinctly yellowish, about 5 mm in diameter, slightly striate, 

 terete. Leaves elliptic, chartaceous to firmly chartaceous, pale, 

 of the same color on both surfaces, shining when dry, 14 to 16 

 cm long, 9 to 10 cm wide, entire, apex abruptly acuminate, the 

 acumen blunt, 1 cm long or less, base obtuse to subacute with 

 a pair of prominent auricle-like glands; lateral nerves 4 on each 

 side of the midrib, projecting on both surfaces, prominent, 

 curved, slenderly anastomosing, the reticulations rather close, 

 distinct; petioles about 3 cm long. Inflorescences axillary, as 

 long as the leaves, rather densely many-flowered, the peduncles 

 up to 18 cm in length, the cymes 5 to 8 cm in diameter, dicho- 



