ON THE FLORA OF BORNEO. Ill 



3 mm. longis, junioribus extus parcissime adpresse hirsutis, 

 calycis lobis elliptico-ovatis, obtusis, plerumque patulis, circiter 



2 mm. longis. 



A shrub or small tree, nearly glabrous, or the branchlets 

 and inflorescences very sparingly appressed-pubescent. Branch- 

 es and branchlets terete, dark reddish-brown, somewhat 

 shining, rather slender. Leaves scattered, coriaceous, elliptic, 



3 to 5 cm. long, 2.3 to 4 cm. wide, pale yellowish-green when 

 dry, shining, base acute or subacute, apex broadly rounded to 

 somewhat acute, often apiculate, never acuminate, margins 

 minutely glandular-denticulate, the very small teeth nearly 

 obsolete below; lateral nerves about 6 on each side of the 

 midrib, distinct, curved-anastomosing, the reticulations evi- 

 dent ; petioles 3 to 4 mm. long, when very young slightly pubes- 

 cent, ultimately glabrous. Inflorescences reduced to a 1- to 

 3-flowered, axillary, solitary, very short spike, the rachis 

 sparingly pubescent, up to 3 mm. in length, bearing a single 

 fruit, rarely two, and the scars of one or two fallen 'fruits. 

 Young fruit oblong, very slightly pubescent, sessile, about 3 

 mm. long, the calyx-lobes usually spreading, obtuse to rounded, 

 elliptic-ovate, about 2 mm. long, sparingly ciliate. 



British North Borneo, Mount Ivinabalu, Marai Parai 

 Spur, Clemens 10961, in an open place, altitude not indicated, 

 the fresh fruits dull purplish-red. 



A most characteristic species readily recognizable by its 

 elliptic, usually rounded leaves, and its very abbreviated axil- 

 lary, solitary spikes, these usually bearing but a single fruit. 



Symplocos dementis, sp. nov. § Bobua, Lodhra. 



Frutex circiter 4 m. altus, partibus junioribus dense 

 sordide f usco-pubescentibus ; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis, coriaceis, usque ad 3.5 cm. longis, basi acutis, apice acute 

 acuminatis, margine plerumque valde reflexis, gianduloso- 

 serrulatis, supra glabris, nitidis, subtus plus minusve adpresse 

 pubescentibus praesertim in costa nervisque, nervis lateralibus 

 utrinque 7 ad 9 ; fioribus axillaribus, solitariis, pedicellatis, 

 circiter 8 mm. diametro ; bracteolis oblongo-lanceolatis, acu- 

 minatis, 3 ad 4 mm. longis; fructibus oblongo-ellipsoideis, 

 junioribus leviter adpresse pubescentibus, vetustioribus glabris, 

 nigro-purpureis, circiter 1 cm. longis. 



A shrub about 4 m. high, the young branchlets densely 

 appressed-pubescent with dirty brown hairs, the branches 

 slender, terete, brownish, glabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblong 

 to oblong-lanceolate, 2 to 3.5 cm. long, 5 to 15 mm. wide, the 

 upper surface greenish-olivaceous, somewhat shining, glabrous, 

 the lower paler, appressed-pubescent especially on the midrib 

 and lateral nerves, the base acute, apex sharply acuminate, 

 margins usually strongly reflexed and sharply glandular- 



R. A. Soc, No. 76, 1917. 



