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tooth at the end of each nerve and nervule, palmately 

 6-7 nerved dark green above pale beneath mem- 

 branaceous 9 inches long 6 inches wide, petiole 2^-3 

 inches. Stipules oblong setaceo-acuminate caducous. 

 Male flowers in a large panicle for the section 5 inches 

 long branches slender with long racemes. Bracts ob- 

 long i inch long pink caducous. Sepals white ovate or 

 oblong. Petals 0. Anthers subsessile on an elongate 

 torus oblong. "Female flowers few. Capsule obovate 

 three winged on a|-l inch pedicel narrowed at the 

 base truncate at the top 1 inch across at the top and 

 as long wings sub -equal rounded i inch wide angled 

 at the top edge narrowing to the base. 



Borneo (sine loc) Barber. Kinabalu (Haviland 1707). 

 Labuan (Motley). 



This the first Bornean species described does not 

 seem to be at all common. I have only seen Havi- 

 land's specimen. It differs from the common B. oblongi- 

 folia in its large ovate strongly toothed leaves and 

 much bigger panicle. 



B. oblong if, olia, Stapf. Trans. Linn. Soc. IV. p. 165. 



A succulent herb about 2 feet tall, stem covered 

 when young with short hairs. Leaf oblong or oblanceo- 

 late acute or acuminate, base inequilateral slightly 

 subcuneate or obtuse, margins faintly undulate with 

 very small teeth at the ends of the nerves, glabrous 

 except the red scurfy nerves beneath, above dark green 

 beneath pale, 5 inches long 2 across, nerves straight 

 about 8, petiole i inch long hairy. Stipules oblong 

 cuspidate green \ inch long. Panicle terminal 3-4 

 inches with few short branches, the longest about \ 

 inch. Male flowers crowded on short i inch hairy 

 pedicels. Bracts shorter ovate. Sepals rather firm 

 textured oblong green i inch long blunt. Petals 0. 

 Anthers oblong nearly sessile at the base of the torus, 

 upper ones elliptic with a longer filament, -opening by 



R; A, »Soc„N 0.46, 1906, 



