ON THE FLOKA OF BOKNEO. 89 



paucis, patulis, inferioribus usque ad 12 cm. longis; floribus 

 3-meris. pedicellatis in ramulis ultimis subracemose dispositis; 

 calyci lepidoto, leviter 3-lobato; petalis 3, ellipticis, concavis, 

 3 mm. longis, liberis; staminibus 6, inclusis. 



A tree about 30 m. high according to the collector, quite 

 glabrous except the young branchlets and the inflorescence. 

 Branches terete, dark-brown, the ultimate , ones about 5 mm. 

 in diameter, glabrous, the tips of the ultimate branchlets dense- 

 ly lepidote. Leaves alternate, 30 to 40 cm. long, entirely 

 glabrous; leaflets 7 or 9, opposite, pale-olivaceous when dry, 

 somewhat falcate, rather tough in texture, base strongly in- 

 equilateral, one side broadly rounded and extending about 5 

 mm. along the midrib below the narrower acute side; lateral 

 nerves slender, about 12 on each side of the midrib; petiolules 

 5 to 7 mm. long. Panicles axillary, about as long as the 

 leaves, the older parts glabrous, the younger parts with scatter- 

 ed, pale, lepidote scales, the primary branches few, scattered, 

 the lower ones up to 12 cm. in length. Flowers 3-merous, 

 greenish-yellow, comparatively large, cymosely and rather laxly 

 disposed on the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels 1 to 2 mm. 

 long. Calyx rather densely lepidote, about 2 mm. in dia- 

 meter, with three, broad, rounded, shallow lobes. Petals 3, 

 entirely free, glabrous, elliptic, concave, rounded, 3 mm. long. 

 Staminal-tube somewhat obovoid or obconic, about 2.8 mm. 

 long, glabrous, with three broad very shallow lobes. Stamens 

 6, included, about 1.2 mm. long. Rudimentary ovary 

 glabrous, about 1 mm. long, often 3-lobed. 



British Xorth Borneo, Sandakan, Villdmil 1SU, March 

 16, 1913, back of a swamp beyond the Wireless Station. 



A species well characterized by its comparatively large, 

 3-merous flowers, its glabrous leaves, elongated, sparingly 

 lepidote inflorescences, and its very strongly inequilateral leaf- 

 lets. It is perhaps most closely allied to Aglaia laxiflora, Miq. 



EUPHORBIACEAE. 



Antidesma, Linnaeus. 



Antidesma cauliflorum, sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 5 m. alta, ramulis junioribus et petiolis et 

 foliis subtus in costa nervisque et inflorescentiis prominente 

 subf errugineo-pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis, usque ad 17 cm. 

 longis, chartaceis, nitidis, acute acuminatis, basi obtusis vel 

 rotundatis, nervis utrinque 7 ad 10, curvato-adseendentibus, 

 prominentibus ; stipulis lineari-lanceolatis, acuminatis, cir- 

 citer 1 cm. longis, leviter falcatis, deciduis ; inflorescentiis 

 ex truncis et ramis vetustioribus, usque ad 15 cm. longis, de- 

 pauperato paniculatis; racemis paucis, elongatis; pedicellis 1.5 

 ad 2 mm. longis, quam bracteolis duplo longioribus ; floribus 5- 



B. A. Soc, No. 76, 1917. 



