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VERBENACEAE. 

 Callicarpa, Linnaeus. 

 Callicarpa fulvohirsuta, sp. nov. 



Frutex, ramis ramnlisque dense fulvo stellato-pubes- 

 centibus, pilis hirsutis f ulvis additis ; foliis chartaceis, oblongo- 

 ellipticis, usque ad 14 cm. longis, utrinqne subaequaliter 

 angnstatis, apice acute acuminatis, basi acutis, dentatis,, in 

 siccitate brunneis, supra parce hirsutis, subtus giandulosis, 

 in costa dense stellato-pubescentibus hirsutis, in nervis 

 hirsutis, nervis utrinque circiter 12 ; cymis axillaribus, brevi- 

 bus, dichotomis, petiolos subaequantibus, calijci eupulato, extus 

 parce hirsute- glanduloso, subtruncato, obscure 4-denti- 

 cnlato ; corolla 3.5 ad 4 mm. longa, extus glandulosa; stamini- 

 bus 4. 



A shrub, the branches, branchlets, petioles, midrib, and 

 inflorescences densely fulvous stellate-pubescent with inter- 

 mixed simple hirsute hairs, the branches terete, the internodes 

 4 to 7 cm. long. Leaves dark-brown when dry, the lower 

 surface paler than the upper, in general oblong-elliptic, sub- 

 equally narrowed to the acute base and to the sharply acu- 

 minate apex, chartaceous, 12 to 14 cm. long, 5 to 6.5 cm. 

 wide, margins sharply dentate, in the basal portions entire or 

 nearly so, the upper surface densely hirsute on the midrib and 

 with short scattered hairs on the surface, the midrib beneath 

 stellate-pubescent and hirsute, the lateral nerves and primary 

 reticulations sparingly hirsute with short hairs, the whole 

 surface with pale, shining, small waxy glands; lateral nerves 

 about 12 on each side of the midrib, prominent, curved, anasto- 

 mosing, and with the reticulations dark brown in contrast to 

 the paler surface; petioles 1 to 1.4 cm. long. Cymes axillary, 

 shortly peduncled, dichotomous, about as long as the petioles, 

 rather lax. Flowers 4-merous, white, their pedicels 1 to 1.5 

 mm. long, hirsute, jointed to the branchlets, the bracts linear- 

 lanceolate. 1 to 3 mm. long. Calyx cup-shaped, subtruncate, 

 obscurely 4-denticulate, about 1.4 mm. long, externally sparing- 

 ly hirsute and with scattered shining glands. Corolla 3.5 to 

 4 mm. long, externally glandular, subequally 4-lobed, the lobes 

 oblong, obtuse, about 1.5 mm. long. Stamens 4; anthers 

 glandular on the back. Fruit depressed-globose, red when 

 mature, about 3 mm. in diameter, sparingly glandular. 



British Xoeth Borxeo, Mount Kinabalu, Kibayo to 

 Keung, Clemens 9S46, October 29, 1915, below an altitude of 

 1000 meters. 



A characteristic species readily distinguishable by its 

 brown leaves, its fulvous indumentum composed of stellate 

 hairs with which are mixed simple hirsute ones, and its short, 

 rather lax, inflorescences. It is similar in very many respects 



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



