104 ON THE FLOEA OF BORNEO. 



the branehlets very slender, somewhat angled, puberulent. 

 Leaves numerous, alternate, coriaceous, smooth, shining, 

 lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, entire, 9 to 15 cm. long, 2 to 

 4 cm. wide, base acute, apex very slenderly and sharply caudate- 

 acuminate, the acumen up to 3 cm. in length, both surfaces 

 brownish-olivaceous or olivaceous when dry; midrib prominent, 

 impressed on the upper surface; lateral nerves very slender, 

 obscure, sharply ascending, 4 or 5 on each side of the midrib, 

 rather more distinct on the upper than on the lower surface, 

 obscurely anastomosing, the reticulations lax, obscure, or near- 

 ly obsolete; petioles 2 to 3 mm. long, when young puberulent, 

 in age glabrous. Eacemes axillary, solitary or fascicled, 

 slender, lax, up to 5 cm. in length, brownish-puberulent. 

 Flowers scattered, small, subelliptic, about 2.5 mm. long, 

 their pedicels slender, about 6 mm. long, the bracts lanceolate 

 to oblong-lanceolate, sharply acuminate, 2.5 to 3.5 mm. long, 

 somewhat puberulent, the bracteoles two, linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, 1.6 mm. long, borne on the lower one-half of the 

 pedicel. Calyx puberulent, the tube globose, about 1 mm. in 

 diameter, the lobes 5, oblong, acuminate, somewhat spreading, 

 puberulent, 1 mm. long. Corolla-tube ellipsoid, somewhat 5- 

 angled, glabrous, about 2 mm. long and 1.5 mm. in diameter, 

 slightly contracted at the throat, the 5 lobes oblong, obtuse, 

 recurved, less than 1 mm. long. Stamens 10 ; filaments pubes- 

 cent, about 1 mm. long; anthers about 1.3 mm. long, inflated 

 below, the back minutely 2-spurred, the appendages very 

 slender, about 1 mm. long. Top of the ovary pubescent. 

 Young fruit somewhat turbinate, sparingly pubescent, truncate, 

 about 3 mm. in diameter. 



Sarawak, Native collector 1G79 (type), 2792 (Bur. Sci.), 

 the former without definite locality, the latter from Liu-Matu, 

 Baram, November 1, 191-1. 



A very characteristic species, readily distinguished by its 

 obscurely nerved, very slenderly and sharply caudate-acuminate 

 leaves and its small flowers. It resembles Vaccinium duna- 

 lianum, Wight, of British India, but differs from that species 

 in numerous characters. 



Vaccinium elliptifolium, sp. nov. 



Ut videtur frutex erectus, foliis subtus in costa et petiolis 

 ramulisque junioribus pubescentibus, inflorescentiis cinereo- 

 viilosis; foliis ellipticis, crasse coriaceis utrinque subaequaliter 

 rotundatis, apice retusis, 2 ad 4 cm. longis, olivaceis, nitidis, 

 subtus obscure glandulosis, nervis utrinque 3 vel 4, adscen- 

 dentibus, tenuibus; racemis 2 ad 3 cm. longis, axillaribus, 

 solitariis, bracteis aciculatis, minutis ; floribus 5-meris, circiter 

 12 mm. longis; calycis lobis circiter 2 mm. longis, ciliatis, 

 obtusis; corolla circiter 9 mm. longa, extus glabra, intus 

 leviter villosa,- sursum angustata; filamentis villosis; antheris 



Jour. Straits Branch. 



