232 ALABASTRA BORNEENSIA. 



Brandies and branchlets terete, brown, the ultimate ones 

 about o mm. in diameter. Leaves coriaceous, pale-brownish on 

 both surfaces when dry, slightly shining, 27 to .35 cm. long, 14 

 to 17 cm. wide, apex abruptly and shortly obtuse-acuminate, the 

 acumen about 5 mm. long, the base somewhat rounded, elliptic 

 to oblong-elliptic ; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the 

 midrib, prominent on the lower surface, curved, the reticul- 

 ations obsolete or very lax and indistinct on the upper surface; 

 petioles about 2 cm. long. Inflorescences terminal, including 

 the peduncles 20 to 30 cm. long, the peduncles about as long as 

 the flower-bearing parts, the flowers in distant opposite cymes, 

 the lower cymes peduncled and about 5 cm. long, the upper 

 sessile, all few-flowered. Flowers 5-merous, about 2.5 cm. 

 long, their pedicels 5 to 13 mm. long. Calyx cup-shaped, about 

 6 mm. long, the lobes, broad, rounded. Corolla-tube about 2.2 

 cm. long, gradually widened upward, the lobes elliptic, rounded, 

 spreading, about T mm. long. 



Sarawak, Baram District, Miri Eiver, Hose 7^2, April 

 20, 1S95. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with Fagraea 

 race mom, Jack, from which it is readily distinguished by its 

 larger more numerously nerved leaves, long peduncled, lax in- 

 florescences, the opposite cymes rather widely separated, the 

 lower ones peduncled and the upper ones sessile, few-flowered, 

 the flowers rather long-pedicelled. 



Fagraea acuminatissima, sp. nov. 



Species F. obovatae afhnis, ramis ramulisque brunneis, 

 teretibus ; foliis coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis, usque ad 20 cm. 

 longis, eveniis, basi acutis, apice tenuiter acute caudato-acu- 

 minatis, opacis, in siccitate brunneis vel supra subolivaceis ; 

 petiolo 2.o ad 5 cm. longo ; infiorescentiis terminalibus, sessi- 

 libus vel brevissime pedunculatis, umbellatim 3- ad 5-floris; 

 floribns sessilibus, circiter 5 cm. longis; calycis lobis ovatis, ob- 

 tusis, circiter G mm. longis ; corollae tubo circiter 3 cm. longo, 

 sursum ampliato, lobis patulis, oblongis, obtusis, circiter 1.5 

 cm. longis. 



Apparently scandent, entirely glabrous, the branches and 

 branchlets terete, dark-brown, the ultimate ones 4 to 5 mm. in 

 diameter, smooth. Leaves thickly coriaceous, oblong-elliptic, 

 14 to 20 cm. long, 4.5 to 6 cm. wide, base acute, apex rather 

 abruptly and slenderly caudate-acuminate, the acumen acute, 

 about 2 cm. long, the upper surface brown or somewhat oli- 

 vaceous, dull, the lower brown, both surfaces minutely verru- 

 culose when dry, the midrib very prominent on the lower sur- 

 face, the nerves and reticulations obsolete; petioles 2.5 to 5 cm. 

 Jong; stipules broadly triangular-ovate, about 4 mm. long. 



Jour. Straits Branch 



