96 ON THE FLORA OF BOENEO. 



acuminatis apiculatisque, margine distanter denticulatis, nervis 

 n trin que 4 vel 5 ; receptaculis longe pedunculatis, oblongis, 

 planis, usque ad 8 cm. longis et 2 cm. latis, basi attenuatis; 

 floribus marginalibus utrinque 2 vel 3, lougissime pedicellatis ; 

 iiermaphroditis numerosis, utrinque in laminibus inflorescentiae 

 immersis. 



A slender, seaiident, glabrous plant, tlie branches terete, 



1 to 2 mm. in diameter. Leaves oblong, chartaceous, rather 

 pale when dr}^, glabrous, somewhat shining, 6 to 7 cm. long, 

 3 to 3.5 cm. wide, base somewhat cordate, apex acuminate and 

 apiculate, margins with few, usually about three, glandular 

 teeth; lateral nerves 3 or 4 on each side of the midrib, slender, 

 anastomosing, the reticulations rather lax, distinct; petioles 1 

 to 1.5 cm. long. Special branch bearing the peduncle opposite 

 the leaves, 2 to 4 cm. long, the tendril 4 to 5 cm. long, the 

 peduncle slender, attaining a length of 12 cm. Inflorescence 

 in general oblong, flat, dark-brown when dry, up to 8 cm. 

 long and 2 cm. wide, base attenuate, flat, two-winged, the 

 marginal staminate flowers two or three on each side, their 

 pedicels up to 2 cm. in length, the perfect flowers numerous, 

 scattered over both surfaces of the wings, immersed, in anthesis 



2 to 2.5 mm. in diameter, the buds about 1.5 mm. in diameter. 



Sarawak, Bar am District, Marudi, Hose 213, October 



26, 1894. 



A species well characterized by its small leaves, and its 

 few, long-pedicelled, marginal flowers. Its alliance is with 

 Pterisanthes poliia, Miq. 



ELAEOCARPACEAE. 



Elaeocarpus, Linnaeus. 



Elaeocarpus longipetiolatus, sp. nov. § Ganitrus. 



Arbor circiter 9 m. alta partibus junioribus et foliis subtus 

 ad costa nervisque et inflorescentiis adpresse pubescentibus; 

 foliis longe petiolatis (petiolo 3 ad 6 cm. longo), oblongo- 

 ovatis ad oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 15 cm. longis, prominente 

 acuminatis, basi subacutis, crenulatis, subtus glandulis minutis 

 brunneis inspersis, nervis utrinque 7 vel 8, subtus prominen- 

 tibus; racemis solitariis, ex axillis defoliates, circiter 10 cm. 

 longis ; floribus 5-meris, 6 mm. longis ; sepalis extus adpresse 

 pubescentibus; petalis margine excepto leviter pubescentibus 

 glabris, usque ad mediam partem fissis, segmentis circiter 

 24, tenuibus; staminibus circiter 30, valvis obtusis, longioribus 

 minute barbatis; ovario 5-loculare. 



A tree about 9 m. high the younger parts, midrib and 

 lateral nerves on the lower surface of the leaves, and the in- 

 florescence with appressecl pale-brownish pubescence. Branches 



Jour. Straits Branch 



