182 NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BORNEAN PLANTS. 
utringue 17-20, subtus perspicuis, arcuato-anastomosantibus 5” 
floribus fasciculatis, caulinis vel in ramis vetustioribus, pedicel- 
latis, plusminusve 6.5 cm. longis, leviter pubescentibus ; sepalis orbi- 
culari-ovatis, 1 cm. diametro, reticulatis: petalis exterioribus lanceo- 
latis, longe acuminatis, 1.5- 2 em. latis, interioribus calyptratis, 1 em. 
longis; carpellis numerosis, 1- vel 2-ovulatis, hirsutis, stylis 3 mm. 
longis, glabris, stigmate 2-lobato, lobis subflabellatis; fructibus 
oblongo-obovoideis, rugosis, glabris, circiter 2 cm. longis; seminibus 
1, rariter’ 2. 
A tree about 7 m. high, the very young branchlets more oi 
less cnpreous- or castaneous-pubescent, the flowers also somewhat 
pubescent. Branches dark-colored when dry, glabrous. Leaves 
olivaceous, shining on both surfaces, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 
22 to 30 cm. long, 6 to 10 em. wide, chartaceous, the apex abruptly 
and obtusely acuminate, the base acute, the upper surface glabrous, 
the lower surface sparingly pubescent, ultimately glabrous or 
nearly so; lateral nerves 17 to 20 on each side of the midrib, 
prominent on the lower surface, nearly straight, anastomosing 
directly with more or less arched marginal nerves 3 to 7 mm. from 
the edge of the leaf; the marginal nerves as prominent as the lateral 
ones, the reticulations subparallel, slender, rather lax; petioles 1 to 
1.5 cm. long, slightly pubescent, ultimately elabrous. Flowers 
dark-red! or reddish- brown, fascicked on the branches below the 
leaves and on the trunk, about 6.5 cm. long, their pedicels 
dark-brown when dry, sparingly ferruginous pubescent, 1.5 
to 2 cm. long, each subtended by several ovate or oblong- 
ovate diensely pubescent bracts 2 to 2.5 mm. in length. 
Sepals orbicular-ovate, nearly free, about 1 cm. in diameter, 
rounded or very shortly and obtusely acuminate, somewhat 
pubescent and distinctly nerved. Outer three petals lanceolate, 
6 to 6.5 em. long, 1.5 to 2 cm. wide, somewhat narrowed below, 
ereatly narrowed upward to the rather slenderly but obtusely 
acuminate apex, sparingly appressed-pubescent on both surfaces, 
brown when dry, with a distinct midrib and several slender lateral 
nerves ; inner three petals connivent, about 2.3 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, 
pubescent externally, glabrous inside, the lower surface of the 
cone somewhat inflated, then contracted, the upper part sharply 
triangular. Stamens very numerous, oblong, 3.0 mm. long, the 
connectives apiculate. Carpels many, oblong, inequilateral, 1.5 
mm. long, pubescent, 1- or 2-ovulate; styles about 3 mm. long, 
glabrous, thickened upward, the stigma somewhat 2-lobed, the 
lobes more or less flabellate. Fruits oblong-ovoid, brown when 
dry, rugose, glabrous, about 2 cm. long, the apex rounded, base 
acute, the pedicels sparingly pubescent, their apices somewhat 
triangular. Seeds 1 or 2, obovoid, compressed, about 1.5 cm. long. 
British North Borneo, Batu Lima, near Sandakan, Ramos 
1668 (type), 1724, 1276 On steep forested ridges and along small 
streams in forests at love altitudes. A species apparently allied 
to Gomothalamus fasciculatus Boerl., from which it differs in its 
Jour. Straits Branch 
