172 NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BORNEAN PLANTS. 
Cyclea Arnott. 
Cyclea caudata sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, inflorescentis leviter pubescentibus exceptis 
glaber: foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, lanceolatis vel oblongo- 
lanceolatis, 7 ad 11 em. longis, basi late rotundatis, interdum 
angustissime peltatis, apice caudato-acuminatis apiculatisque, 
nervis paucis, reticulis utrinque distinctis; paniculis ¢ axillaribus, 
angustis, 10 ad 18 em. longis; calycibus cupulatis, 1 mm. longis, 
breviter 4-lobatis; petalis omnibus connatis; antheris 4, capitulis 
0.3 mm. diametro. 
A slender vine entirely glabrous except the sparingly pubes- 
cent inflorescences, the stems terete, rather smooth, 2 to 3 mm. in 
diameter. Leaves chartaceous to subcoriaceous, lancéolate to 
oblong-lanceolate, 7 to 11 cm. long, 2 to 4 em. wide, the base 
broadly rounded, often truncate, sometimes narrowly peltate, the 
midrib occasionally inserted 1 to 2 mm. from the margin, narrowed 
upward to the slenderly caudate-acuminate and apiculate apex, 
both surfaces olivaceous and somewhat shining when dry; basal 
nerves usually 2 pairs, the lateral ones above the base 2 or 3 on. 
each side of the midrib, rather prominent, the primary reticula- 
tions lax, distinct on both surfaces; petioles 1.5 to 2.5 em. long. 
Staminate inflorescences axillary, solitary, narrowly paniculate, 
10 to 18 cm. long, sparingly pubescent, the primary branches few, 
distant, spreading, 1 to 1.5 em. long. Calyx cup-shaped, about 
1 mm. long, somewhat pubescent, shallowly 4slobed. Corolla 
glabrous, cup-shaped, truncate, 0.5 mm. in diameter, the petals 
wholly united. Androphore glabrous, 0.8 mm. long, the anthers 
4, forming a head about 0.3 mm. in diameter, transversely dehis- 
cent. 
Sarawak, Upper Baram, Selungo, Major J. C. Moulton 87 
(= 2835 Native Collector Bur. Sca.), November 26, 1914. A species 
allied to Cyclea elegans King, of the Malay Peninsula, differing in 
its leaves being caudate-acuminate, the bases being rounded and 
not at all peltate or at most very narrowly peltate; in its inflore- 
scences exceeding the leaves in length; and in its petals being 
wholly united into a truncate cup. 
MAGNOLIACEAE. 
Talauma Jussieu. 
Talauma megalophylla sp. noy. 
Arbor, partibus junioribus adpresse sordide brunneo-villosis, 
ramulis 1.5 em. diametro; foliis permagnis, oblanceolatis, coriaceis, 
45 ad 90 cm. longis, 12 ad 25 cm. latis, coriaceis, nitidis, tenuiter 
acuminatis, basi cuneatis, supra ad costam villosis, subtus leviter 
pilosis, nervis utrinque circiter 35, valde perspicuis, reticulis laxis; 
floribus 10 cm. longis, sepalis 3, crasse coriaceis, oblongis vel: oblongo- 
Jour. Straits Branch 
