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2 25 in. long 1 in. wide at base. Racemes 2 divaricate 

 from the top of a peduncle '25 in. long, and elongated to 

 •5 in. Bracts round very numerous papery. Flowers 

 apparently white, subglobose campanulate -15 in. long, 

 pedicel shorter. Calyx lobes ovate blunt. Corolla conic, 

 swollen at base, globose, narrowed upwards, lobes ovate 

 acute deep cleft glabrous within. Corolla scales with a 

 rather long slender pedicel, the top subovate with two long 

 narrow curved arms nearly as long as the pedicel. Stamina! 

 column short, blunt conic, anther wings fleshy rather 

 narrow, pollinia oblong, ellipsoid, carrier minute. 



Kedah-Perak Boundary : Gunong Bintang (nat. coll. 

 F.M.S. Mus.). 



MYRSINEAE. 



56. Maesa ovocarpa, sp. nov. 



A large shrub, glabrous. Leaves ovate blunt or sharply 

 acuminate edge dentate thin textured, nerves 8 pairs 

 beneath pale 6 in. long, 4 in. wide, petiole 1 in. long. In- 

 florescence of several slender racemes 1-5 in. long on a 

 very short peduncle. Flowers rather distant, pedicel short. 

 Sepals 4, ovate denticulate, not striate or glandular. Fruit 

 ovoid stalked, narrowed to base • 2 in. long, crowned by the 

 enlarged sepals. 



Kelantan : Chaning. 



Allied to M. striata, but with very different fruits. 



57. Maesa arborea, sp. nov. 



Small tree. Leaves coriaceous smooth, ovate acumi- 

 nate, base round edge obscurely undulate, nerves 10 pairs 

 slightly elevate 4-7 in. long, 2-3 in. wide, petiole -5 in. 

 Panicles thyrsoid 3-4 in. long, branches -5 in. long, densely 

 floriferous. Flowers white, very shortly pedicelled, pedicels 

 much shorter than caljrx, numerous crowded. Sepals 5, 

 denticulate striate ovate. Petals 5 round. Stamens adnate 

 to corolla base. Style short and stout. 



Kelantan : Woods on the Pehi River, Chaning. 



58. Maesa striata var. dissitiflora, var. nov. 



Shrub. Leaves thin, membranous elliptic acuminate, 

 base narrowed, blunt edges undulate to bluntly serrate, 

 nerves slender -5 in. long. Inflorescence of 2 or 3, very 

 slender, fascicled racemes 2 in. long with remote flowers 

 on slender pedicels • 1 in. long, much longer than the calyx. 

 Sepals 5, lanceolate, acute, 3 ribbed, not toothed. Petals 

 oblong, rounded. Stamens adnate near the base. 



Kelantan : Kuala Lebir. 



OLEACEAE. 



59. Jasminum arenarium^ sp. .lov. 



Slender climber with pubescent branches Leaves 

 lanceolate acuminate, base round, velvety beneath when 



