218 * ALABASTRA BORNEENSIA. 



Eugenia baramensis, sp. nov. %Jambosa. 



Arbor glabra, rami* tenuibus teretibus, ramulis castaneis 

 distincte 4-angulatis; foliis oblongo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, 

 usque ad o cm. longis, in siccitate castaneis, nitidis, pro- 

 minente obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis primariis 

 utrinque circiter 15 distinctis. nervis secundariis . parallelism 

 reticulis subobsaletis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus, depauperato- 

 cymosis, paucifloris, 5 ad 10 mm. long-is, vel floribus fasei- 

 citlatis; floribus circiter 7 mm. longis (filamentis inclnsis), in 

 alabastro obovoideo. 



A glabrous tree the branches slender, terete, pale, 2 mm. 

 in diameter or less, the branchlets castaneous, distinctly 4- 

 angled, the internodes 1 to 2 cm. long. Leaves opposite, sub- 

 coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 3 to 5 cm. long, 1.3 to 2 cm. wide, 

 subequally narrowed to the acute base and to the rather 

 slenderly but obtusely acuminate apex, when dry castaneous, 

 of about the same color on both surfaces, somewhat shining; 

 primary lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, 

 spreading, slightly curved, slender, anastomosing with the 

 slender marginal nerves about 1 mm. from the edge of the 

 leaf, the secondary ones much less prominent, parallel, the 

 reticulations indistinct or subobsolete ; petioles 2 to 4 mm. 

 long. Flowers axillary, few, in short, depauperate, few- 

 tiowered cymes 1 cm. long or less, or sometimes in 3-flowered 

 fascicles, the bracteoles ovate, acute, about 0.5 mm. long. 

 Buds obovoid, about 3 mm. long, dark-brown when dry, the 

 calyx-tube narrowed below, in anthesis 3 mm. long, about 3 

 mm. wide at the throat, the limb with 4, shallow, rounded, 

 obscure lobes. Petals more or less cohering, orbicular, 2 mm. 

 in diameter. Stamens indefinite, their filaments 4 to 5 mm. 

 long. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Entoyut Eiver, Hose 399 . 

 December, 1894. 



This species is well characterized by its small, blunt- 

 acuminate leaves which are castaneous when dry, and its tew 

 axillary flowers which are fascicled or disposed in depauperate 

 cymes 1 cm. long or less. In size and appearance the flowers 

 closely approximate to those of Eugrjiia cymosw, Lam.; but 

 while the present species is apparently in the same general 

 group as Lamarck's species, it is entirely different in its 

 vegetative and inflorescence characters. 



Eugenia heteroclada, sp. nov. %Jambosa. 



Arbor glabra, ramis laevibus pallidis teretibus, ramulis 

 prominente 4-angulatis anguste quadrialatis, internodiis ul- 

 timis sursum distincte incrassatis ; foliis oppositis, brevissime 

 pctiolatis, lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, usque ad 15 cm. 



L Jour. Straits Branch 



