SPECIES BORNEENSES. 327 
Sarawak, in swampy ground. Nov. 1913. Native Collector. 
No. 74 in Herb. Edin. 
Sarawak, 9th mile, Matang road, flower white. April 1914. 
Native Collector. No. C226 in Herb. Edin. 
Timonius Esherianus, W. W.Sm. Sp. nov. 
Species ex affinitate T. stipulosi (Scheff.) Val. qui calycis 
segmentis permagnis appressis inter alia differt. 
Arbuscula 5-6 m. alta; ramuli subtetragoni rigidi crassius- 
culi primo densissime ferrugineo-villosi ; stipulae + 1 cm. longae 
deciduae ovatae acuminatae, ut innovationes densissime ferru- 
gineo-villosi. Folia (superiora tantum visa) 8-14 cm. longa, 
5-8 cm. lata, late obovata vel late elliptica, apice lata breviter 
vel vix acuminata basi late cuneata, coriacea supra primo atro- 
viridia + dense longiuscule. ferrugineo-setosa tandem fusca sub- 
glabrescentia rugosula furfuraceo-subscabridula subtus primo 
densissime ferrugineo-tomentoso-setosa deinde vix parcius ; 
nervi laterales utrinque -+ 8 supra impressi distincti primo 
densissime ferrugineo-setosi tandem glabri subtus prominentes 
maturitate densissime ferrugineo -setosi, prope marginem ad- 
scendentes atque confluentes, venulis distinctis reticulati ; 
petioli 1 cm. longi vel minores crassi ferrugineo-setosi. Inflor- 
escentiae forma ignota, floribus omnibus sejunctis ; flores tetra- 
meri pedicellis 5-6 mm. longis setosulis suffulti; bracteolae 
binae sub ovario positae 8-12 mm. longae ovarium fere maturum 
paulo superantes vel aequantes, lineares dense ferrugineo- 
setosulae. Calycis dense ferrugineo-setulosi tubus 2 mm. longus 
3 mm. diametro, dentes + 5 mm. longi lineari-lanceolati acuti. 
Corollae extus dense fulvido-sericeae tubus circ. 7 mm. longus . 
anguste infundibularis ad faucem paulo dilatatus, lobi circ. 
3 mm. longi lineari-oblongi extus dense sericei apice ferruginei. 
Ovarium fere maturum globosum vix sulcatum + I cm. diametro 
calyce persistente coronatum densissime ferrugineo - setosulum 
sarcocarpio magno; pyrenae verticales + 12, subregulariter 
cruciatim dispositae, aream 2 mm. diametro occupantes ellip- 
i : 
Borneo :—On Mt. Santubong, Sarawak. Marchi1g14. Native 
Collector. No. 200. 
A very beautiful species; the leaves have a fine covering 
of persistent ferruginous setae, which are also found on the calyx 
and ovary. There is in the type specimen only one corolla, 
which I have not dissected. The species nearest akin is T. 
stipulosus (Scheff.), Val., figured in Icones Bogorienses, tab. 
cexcix. Compare also Valeton’s clavis analyticus in Bull. Dép. 
Agric. Ind. Néerl., xxvi (1909), 27. The specific name is in 
