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usque ad 6 cm longis, acute acuminatis, basi cuneatis, margine 

 irregulariter serrulatis, nervis utrinque 9 ad 12, valde prominen- 

 tibus, subtus dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus, vetustioribus palli- 

 dis et minute puberulis; racemis usque ad 5 cm longis, floribus 

 brevissime pedicellatis, bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, usque ad 8 

 mm longis. 



A small tree, the branchlets and inflorescences densely ferru- 

 ginous-villous, the branches rugose, brownish, glabrous. Leaves 

 oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate, shortly and sharply acumi- 

 nate, base cuneate, margins subentire to minutely and irregularly 

 denticulate, thickly coriaceous, 5 to 6 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm wide, 

 the upper surface dark-brown, glabrous, and somewhat shining 

 when dry, the midrib impressed, the lower surface densely fer- 

 ruginous-pubescent, with intermixed villous hairs on the midrib 

 and nerves, the older ones pale on the lower surface and minutely 

 puberulent; lateral nerves 9 to 12 on each side of the midrib, 

 very prominent, anastomosing; petioles pubescent, about 1 cm 

 long. Racemes up to 5 cm in length, densely ferruginous-villous, 

 the flowers somewhat crowded, shortly pedicelled, the bracts 

 linear-lanceolate, thick, pubescent, up to 8 mm in length. Sepals 

 oblong-ovate, acute to somewhat acuminate, ferruginous-pubes- 

 cent, about 4 mm long. Petals (in bud) obovate, glabrous, about 

 3 mm long. 



British North Borneo, Mount Kinabalu, Paka Cave to Lobang, Mrs. 

 Clemens 10692, November 15, 1915. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with Clethra luzonica Merr., 

 which it resembles in many characters. It is distinguished by its fewer- 

 nerved, sharply acuminate, narrower leaves, which are much more pubescent 

 than in the Philippine species, and in its villous branchlets and inflores- 

 cences. Clethra pulgarensis Elm., of Palawan, has very differently shaped, 

 much broader leaves, which are not sharply acuminate. 



CLETHRA CLEMENTIS sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, plus minusve stellato-tomentosis ; foliis oblongis 

 ad oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 11 cm longis, chartaceis, acute 

 acuminatis, basi acutis, margine subintegris ad irregulariter ser- 

 rulatis, subtus parce stellato-tomentosis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 

 12, distinctis ; paniculis stellato-pubescentibus, ramis 10 ad 20 

 cm longis; floribus numerosis, petalis obovatis, 3 mm longis, 

 bracteis lineari-lanceolatis, 5 ad 7 mm longis, deciduis; capsuHs 

 depresso-globosis, 2.5 ad 3 mm diametro. 



A small tree attaining a height of nearly 10 m, or in some 

 habitats a shrub 1.5 to 2 m high, the younger parts stellate- 

 pubescent, the indumentum usually ferruginous and often dense, 

 the older branches glabrous. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 



