BY E. D. MERRILL. 545 



A species strongly characterized by its obovate leaves which 

 are usually broadly roiJiuled or sometimes broadly acute at 

 their apices. The margins are entire and narrowly revolute. 

 In none of tlie flowers examined are the styles exserted 

 before anthesis ; after anthesis they are 3 to 5 mm in length . 



Akdisia sp. 



Mount Poi, No. /<S/, an imperfect specimen in the section 

 Tinopsis. 



TjABIsia Tjiiidlev . 



Labisia pumila (Blume) Benth. & Hook. f. var. lanceolata 

 (Scheff.) Mez. Merr. Enum. Born. PI. (1921) 473. 



Near Kuching, No. :21S. at low altitudes. Tndo-China to 

 Malaysia. 



Embelta Burman f. 



Embelia ribes Burm. f., Merr. Emim. Born. PI. (1921) 476. 



Kuching, No. 164, at low altitudes. India to southern 

 China, Java, Borneo, and Sumatra. 



Symplocaceae. 



Symplocos Jacquin. 



Symplocor DOLiCHANTHA sp. uov. § Cordtjlohlastr . 



Arbor parva, ramulis junioiibris infiorescentiisque cinereo- 

 pu'escentibus exce]itis glabra, ramulis pallidis circiter 

 2.5 mm diametro ; fdliis ciiartaceis, oliva'-eis, nitidis, integris, 

 oblongo-ellipticis, circiter 16 cm longis et 7 cm latis. 

 acuininatis, basi cuneatis. costa supra impressa, nervis 

 primaiiis utrinque circiter 10, subtus perspicuis, arcuato- 

 anastomosantibus, reticulis laxis, distinctis ; petiolo crasso. 

 circiter 6 mm longo ; inflorescentiis in axillis snperioribus, 

 brevibus, pancifloris ; fioribus paucis, 4 ad 4.3 cm longis, 

 cylindraceis, calycis tubo cirfiter 5 mm longo, lobis ovatis. 

 obtusis, 3 mm longis, dense adpresse pubescentibus ; petalis 

 extus dense cinereo-pnbescentibus, circiter 4 mm latis, sursum 

 liberis, deorsum cum tubo connatis : tubo stamineo circiter 

 3.5 cm longo, cylindrico, glabro, filamentis (partibus liberis) 

 1 ad 3 mm longis numerosissimis ; ovario 3-loculari 



