210 ALABASTBA BORNEENSIA. 



cm. diametro, sessilibus, plerumque in tfiadibus dispositis; 

 eahjcis tubo obconico circiter 1 cm. longo, lobis 4 orbiculari- 

 reiiif omnibus persistentibus prominentibus. 



A glabrous tree, the branches and branchlets terete or 

 somewhat 4-angled, pale-brownish, the ultimate ones about 6 

 mm. in diameter. Leaves opposite, sessile, coriaceous, oblong- 

 elliptic, 18 to 25 cm. long, 7 to 9.5 em. wide, narrowed up- 

 ward to the subacutely acuminate apex, the base rounded and 

 somewhat auriculate-cordate, the upper surface pale-olivaceous 

 and shining when dry, the lower paler, typically eglandular ; 

 lateral nerves about 20 on each side of the midrib, rather 

 distant, spreading, slightly curved, anastomosing with the 

 equally distinct, somewhat arched, marginal nerves 3 to 4 

 mm. from the edge of the leaf, the reticulations lax, indis- 

 tinct. Inflorescences terminal, corymbose, branched from the 

 base, about 7 cm. long, the branches rather stout, brown, 

 rugose, 4-angled, typically trichotomous, the flowers in triads 

 at the tips - of the branchlets. Flowers sessile, white, 4-merous, 

 about 4 cm. in diameter. Calyx-tube obconic, brown when 

 dry, terete, about 1 cm. long and nearly as wide at the top, 

 the lobes 4, reniform-orbicular, rounded, prominently punctate, 

 persistent, about 6 mm. long and 9 mm. wide. Petals 4, 

 orbicular to broadly elliptic, prominently glandular, rounded, 

 11 to 13 mm. long. Stamens indefinite, their filaments 2 to 

 2.4 cm. long. Style about 2 cm. long. 



British Xoirm Borxeo, Mount Ivinabalu, Kiau, Mrs. 

 Clemens 10132,. November 8, 1915. Probably referable here 

 is Mrs. Clemens 1110k from the trail to the Marai Parai Spur, 

 December 3, 1915, but in this specimen the leaves are distinctly 



glandular on the lower surface. 



By the various keys to Malayan species of Eugenia, this 

 comes in the group with Eugenia formosa, Wall., and E. 

 javanica, Lam., but in spite of its large flowers and sessile, 

 somewhat auriculate-cordate, rather large leaves, is not really 

 very closely allied to these species. 



Eugenia paradoxa, sp. nov. § Jambosa (Cleisto calyx) . 



Arbor glabra, ramis griseis teretibus, ramulis junioribus 

 brunneis teretibus vel leviter compressis ; foliis oblongo-ellip- 

 ticis, sessilibus vel brevissime petiolatis, usque ad 9 em. longis, 

 coriaceis, apice rotundatis, basi rotundatis vel leviter cordatis, 

 subtus puncticulatis, nervis utrinque 10 ad 14, tenuibus, obs- 

 cure anastomosantibus ; infiorescentiis axillaribus terminalibus- 

 que, brevibus, paucifloris; floribus fasciculatis vel racemose 

 dispositis, sub anthesin circiter 1.8 cm. longis; alabastro ob- 

 ovoideo circiter 1 cm. longo, deorsum angustato; calycis 

 superiore parte calyptratim decidua ; pefalis 4, liberis; sta- 

 minibus numerosissimis, filament-is 10 ad 12 mm. longis. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



