164 NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BORNEAN PLANTS. 
MARANTACEAE. 
Phrynium Villdenow. 
Phrynium inflatum sp. nov. 
Species P. capitato similis, differt bracteis exterioribus multo: 
majoribus, oblongo-ovatis, acuminatis, 7 vel 8 cm. longis, extus 
fulvo-villosis, vaginis supra capitulis valde inflatis, villosis; flori- 
bus longoiribus *usque ad 2.5 cm. longis, sepalis 1.5 em. longis, 
tenuiter acuminatis, fructibus ovoideis-trigonis, leviter villosis, in 
valvis tribus fissis, haud castaneis. 
A species with the habit of Phrynium capitatum, exceeding 1 m; 
in height. Petioles glabrous except above the inflorescences. Leaves. 
oblong, up to 50 cm, long and 10 cm, wide, firmly chartaceous, 
elabrous on both surfaces, the petioles produced about 14 cm. above 
the inflorescences, the lower half conspicuously intlated and fulvous-. 
villous, about 3 cm. wide (spread) below. Heads in fruit abour 
5 em. in diameter. Lower bract subtending the head, oblong-ovate, 
acuminate, coriaceous, long fulvous-villous outside, the others ovate 
peepee 3 to 3.5 cm. long, ultimately fibrillose. Pairs of flowers. 
, the pedicels stout, about 1 mm. long, the bracteoles narrowly 
oe caudate- pccuencnabe. 2.5 cm. long, 3 mm. wide. Ovaries. 
3-celled, densely fulvous- ciliate, the hairs 2 to 3 mm. long. Calyx 
lobes narrowly lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, 15 mm. long, 2 to 
2.5 mm, wide. Corolla-tube slender, glabrous, 12 to 15 mm. long, 
the segments up to 9 mm. long. Fruit ovoid-trigonous, about 12 
mm. long and wide, more or less fulvous-villous, 3-celled, 3-seeded, 
opening by 3 longitudinal valves, the pericarp indurated. 
British North Borneo, Batu Lima near Sandakan, Ramos 1488. 
On forested slopes at low altitudes. A species strongly characterized 
by its unusually large first bract, its petioles being inflated above 
the insertion of the inflorescence, and its strongly trio onous, 3-celled, 
d-valved, dehiscent, somewhat villous fruits. The flowers are much 
longer than in Phrynium capitatum Willd., attaiming a length of at 
least 2.5 cm. Only remnants of very old flowers are available. 
Phacelophrynium Ix. Schumann. 
Phacelophrynium bracteosum K. Schum. in Engl. Pflanzen- 
reich 11 (1902) 123. 
British North Borneo, near Sandakan, Agama 1033: Sarawak,. 
Baram District, Lio Matu, Native Collector 2783 Bur. Sci., Moul- 
ton 6706. Otherwise known only from the Philippines where 1t 
is widely distributed in southern Luzon, Samar, Leyte, Biliran, 
and Mindanao. 
MORACEAE. 
Artecarpus Forster. 
Artocarpus clementis sp nov. 
Arbor magna, subglabra, ramis 5 vel 6 mm. diametro, obscure 
puberulis; foliis coriaceis, glabris, nitidis, oblongo-ovatis vel ob- 
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Jour. Straits Branch. 
