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Petals united into a deciduous calyptra about 1 mm. in 

 diameter. Stamens 4, not exceeding the calyx-rim in length. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Mount Trekan, Hose 6, July, 

 1895, altitude about 600 meters. 



On first studying the above specimen I was disposed to 

 place it in the genus Aphanomyrtus, but it differs so radically 

 from all the described species of this genus and of its synonym 

 Pseudoeugenia, that it manifestly is worthy of consideration a^ 

 a distinct generic type. Distinguishing characters are its laxly 

 veined leaves, its four stamens, and its petals being uir'.ted into 

 a distinct calyptra as in Syzygium. It apparently holds a 1 out 

 the same relationship to Syzygium as Ajpkanomyrtw does to 

 Jambosa. 



LOQANIACEAE. 



Fagraea, Thunberg. 



This genus is apparently well developed in Borneo, for a 

 number of species have been described already from the compar- 

 atively small Bornean collections available to botanists in the past 

 sixty-rive years. The following species have been described from 

 Bornean material: Fagraea borneensis, SchefT., F. coarctata-, Blume 

 (= F. racemosa, Jack, fide King), F. cordifolia, Blume, F. crassipes, 

 Benth ( -F. cuspidata, Blume, fide Boerlage), F. cuspidata, Blume. 

 F. heterophylla, Blume, F. ligustrina, Blume, F. macroscypha. 

 Baker, F. minor, Blume, F. robusta, Blume ( = F, racemosa, Jack, 

 fide King), F. spicata, Baker, and F. splendens, Blume (=F. ros- 

 trata, Blume, fide Miquel) ; also there is F. stehopliylla, Becc, 

 named, but as yet undescribed. In addition to these a few other 

 species have been credited to Borneo by various authors, including 

 Fagraea racemosa, Jack, (F. m orin da e folia, Blume), and F. lito- 

 rplis, Blume, var. forstenii, Miq. From a study of our own Bornean 

 collections, however, it is evident that many forms of this charac- 

 teristic genus still remain to be described, for these comparatively 

 small collections present no less than fourteen distinct species of 

 the genus. A number of these I have been able to determine as 

 species previously described by other authors, but five are apparent- 

 ly worthy of description as new species. 



Fagraea grandifolia, sp. nov. 



Species F. racernosae affinis, differt foliis majoribus, nervis 

 magis numerosis, utrinque 10 ad 12 ; foliis ellipticis ad ob- 

 longo-ellipticis, coriaceis, pallide brunneis, usque ad 35 cm. 

 longis, apice abrupte brevissime et obtuse acuminatis, 

 basi subrotundatis ; in ft 'orescent lis 20 ad 30 cm. longis, longe 

 pedunculatis, cymis oppositis, distantibus, paucifloris, inferior- 

 ibus pedunculatis, superioribus sessilibus ;' floribus circiter 2.5 

 cm. longis, longe pedicellatis. 



R. A. Soc, No. 77, 1917. 



