90 ON THE FLOEA OF BORNEO. 



meris; fructibus rubris, ovoideis vel ellipsoideis, turgidis,.. 

 inaequilateralibus, leviter carinatis^ grosse rugoso-reticulatis, 

 circiter 7 mm. longis, stigmate terminali. 



A tree about 5 m. high, the branchlets, petioles, lower 

 surface of the leaves on the costa and nerves and the inflores- 

 cences prominently pubescent with subferruginous hairs. 

 Older branches grayish, terete, glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, 

 subolivaceous, shining, oblong, 12 to 17 cm. long, 3.5 to 5.5 

 cm. wide, base obtuse to somewhat rounded, apex prominently 

 acuminate, the acumen acute or sometimes apiculate, the up- 

 per surface slightly puncticulate, glabrous, or the midrib 

 slightly pubescent; lateral nerves 7 to 10 on each side of the 

 midrib, curved-ascending, rather obscurely anastomosing, pro- 

 minent; petioles densely pubescent, 5 to 8 mm. long; stipules* 

 linear-lanceolate, somewhat falcate, acuminate, pubescent, about 

 1 cm. long, deciduous. Inflorescences from the older branches 

 and from tubercles on the trunk, up to 15 cm. long, ferru- 

 ginous-pubescent, each with usually two elongated branches; 

 pistillate flowers pedicelled, 5-merous, the calyx divided about 

 one-half to the base, the lobes oblong-ovate, acute, pubescent, 

 about 0.6 mm. long; pedicels pubescent, in fruit 1.5 to -2 mm. 

 long, about twice as long as the inconspicuous, pubescent 

 bracteoles. Fruits glabrous, red, ovoid to ellipsoid, inequi- 

 lateral, turgid, slightly carinate, very coarsely and conspicu- 

 ously rugose-reticulate, acute, about 7 mm. long, the stigma 

 apical. 



Beitish Xobth Borxeo, Mount Kinabalu, Gurulau Spur 

 and Kiau, Clemens 10790 (type), 99U, November, 1915. 



A species readily distinguished by its cauline inflorescence. 

 In A T egetative characters it approaches Antidesma montanum, 

 Blume, and A. moritzii, Muell.-Arg., and its alliance is probably 

 with these species, which, however, have terminal inflorescences. 



Antidesma dementis, sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, ramulis et petiolis et infrueteseen- 

 tibus plus minusve pubescentibus ; foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 subcoriaceis, olivaceis, nitidis, usque ad 9 cm. longis, tenuiter 

 acuminatis, basi acutis, nitidis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, 

 prominentibus ; stipulis acicularibus, pubescentibus, circiter 8 

 mm. longis; spicis axillaribus, solitariis, circiter 4 cm. longis;- 

 floribus 9 5-meris, sessilibus; fructibus oblongo-ovatis, com- 

 pressis, 1 cm. longis, inaequilateralibus, basi rotunclatis, apice 

 acutis, extus leviter strigilloso-hirsutis, laxe reticulatis, stig- 

 mate terminali. 



A shrub or small tree, the branchlets, petioles and spikes 

 more or less pubescent, the branchlets densely so, the indu- 

 mentum dirty brown. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous,. 

 olivaceous and shining when dry, 6 to 9 cm. long, 2.5 to 3 cm. 

 wide, apex slenderly' acuminate, the acumen blunt or acute, 



Jour. Straits Branch 



