190 ALABASTEA BOBNEENSIA. 



dry, base acute, equilateral or nearly so, apex slenderly sub- 

 caudate-acuminate, the margins entire or slightly crenate to- 

 ward the apex, the upper surface smooth, shining, the lower 

 obscurely scaberulous ; lateral nerves 5 or 6 on each side of the 

 midrib, prominent, curved, ascending, anastomosing, the reti- 

 culations close, distinct; petioles about 5 mm. long, sparingly 

 appressed-strigillose ; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, 8 to 12 

 mm. long, appressed strigillose on the exposed portions. In- 

 fructescenccs axillary, solitary, simple, 1 to 2 cm. long, sparing- 

 ly appressed-strigillose, the fruits usually one or two. Sepals 

 ovate, somewhat acuminate, about 2 mm. long, somewhat 

 strigillose. Fruits ovoid, somewhat compressed, very minutely 

 strigillose, olivaceous, acuminate, about 8 mm. long, tipped by 

 the persistent 2 to 3 mm. long style. 



British Xouti-i Borxeo, Mount Kinabalu, Marai Parai 

 Spur, Mrs. Clemen* 1099S, December 3, 1915. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with Gironniera 

 sulaeciualis, Planch., from which it is distinguished by its 

 smaller, fewer nerved, equilateral or nearly equilateral leaves, 

 its depauperate infructescences, and its obscure, scattered, 

 strigillose hairs, the plant, in age, being nearly glabrous. 



ANACARDIACEAE. 

 Melanorrhoea, Waliich. 

 Melanorrhoea oba, sp. nov. § Pleiocyclae. 



Arbor circiter 20 m. alta, floribus exceptis glabra ; foliis 

 oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-obovatis, coriaceis, in siccitate 

 pallidis, nitidis, usque ad 18 cm. longis, apice breviter obtuse- 

 que acuminatis, basi cuneatis vel leviter decurrento-acuminatis, 

 nervis utrinque 12 ad 14 distinetis ; paniculis quam foliis 

 longioribus, laxissime paueifloris : floribus longissime pedicel- 

 latis, 5-meris, sepalis calyptratim deciduis, lanceolatis, acu- 

 minatis, striatis, 6 mm. longis; petalis linearibus, letter pubes- 

 centibus, 8.5 mm. longis; staminibus 10 in axi floris incras- 

 sato insertis, leviter pubescentibus, 2 mm. longis; filamentis 

 leviter pubescentibus, 5 mm. longis. 



A tree about 20 m. high, entirely glabrous except the 

 flowers. Branches terete, reddish-brown. Leaves oblong- 

 elliptic to oblong-obovate, coriaceous, 9 to 18 cm. long, 4 to 

 7 cm. wide, usually subequally narrowed at both ends, the 

 apex shortly and bluntly acuminate, base cuneate or some- 

 what decurrent-acuminate, when dry pale, shining, and of the 

 same color on both surfaces; lateral nerves 12 to 14 on each 

 side of the midrib, rather prominent on the lower surface, 

 curved, anastomosing, the reticulations distinct; petioles 1 cm. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



