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Mallotus Loureiro. 

 Mallotus brachythyrsus sp. nov. § Axcnfeldia. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, inflorescentiis exceptis crlabra. ramis 

 teretibns ; foliis alternis, chartaceis. lanceolatis ad oblonpro- 

 lanceolatis, 7 ad 11 cm lonois, "2.5 ad 3.5 cm latis. in siccitate 

 castaneo-olivaceis, nitidis, concoloribiis, tenniter acnminatis, 

 basi Riibacutis, bimaculatis, marf^ine deorsimi integris, snrsnm 

 leviter repando-crenatip, snbtns parcissime orranuloso-oflandii- 

 losis, ner-^^s ntrinqne circiter 8. distinctis ; petiolo 3 mm lonfjo ; 

 stipulis lanceolatis, acnminatis, glabris, circiter 1 cm longis ; 

 inflorescentiis cf oppositifoliis, racemosis vel depanperato- 

 paniculatis, circiter 1 cm lonofis. pancifioris, plus mimisve 

 cinereo-pubescentibiis et ffraniiloso-.2:landnlosis. bracteolis 

 ovatis, ad oblonofo-ovatis, leviter pnbescentibns, acnminatis, 

 circiter 2 mm longis ; floribns bre\dter pedicellatis, sepalis 3, 

 oblon^o-^landulosis ; staminibns circiter 30, filamentis 1 ad 2 

 mm longis, antberis orbicnlari-ellipticis, connectivo band 

 prodncto. 



Mount Poi, No. 147. E. Mjoberg. near tbe foot of tbe 

 mountain . 



A species well characterized by its very sbort few flowered 

 staminate inflorescences. Pistillate flowers and fruits un- 

 known . 



CELARTRACEAE. 

 TjOPHopetalum Wigbt iV Arnott. 

 Lophopetalum BECCATtiATTM Pierre, Merr. Enum. Born. PI. 

 (1921) 354. 



Mount Poi, No. 143, near tbe foot of tbe mountain. Tbe 

 specimen almost certainly represents tbis very imperfectly 

 described speceis wbicb is known only from Sarawak. 



AQUIFOLIACEAE . 



Ilex Linnaeus . 



Ilex confertifolia sp. nov. § Thyrsoprinvs, Ifl?)4). 



-Frutex glaberrimus (vel arbor parva), ramis rigidis, ramulis 

 circiter 2 mm diametro ; foliis numerosis, crasse coriaceis, 

 oblongis, obtusis, circiter 1 cm longis, 3 ad 5 mm latis, in 



