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A small tree, the younger branchlets and flowers densely 
ferruginous- or castaneous-pubescent, the branches glabrous, 
brown.rugose. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate to elliptic-oblanceolate, 
17 to 25 cm. long, 5.5 to 8 em. wide, subcoriaceous, dark-olivaceous 
and shining on both surfaces when dry, the upper surface glabrous 
or, when young, sparingly pubescent along the midrib, the lower 
surface slightly pubescent along the midrib and lateral nerves, 
ultimately glabrous or nearly so, the apex acuminate, base acute; 
lateral nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, impressed on 
the upper surface, very prominent on the lower surface, arched- . 
anastomosing, the reticulations slender, lax; petioles somewhat 
pubescent, 8 to 10 mm. long. Flowers about 2.3 cm. long, external- 
ly very densely ferruginous- or castaneous-pubescent, blunt- 
acuminate; sepals and exterior petals subequal, ovate-lanceolate, 
1.5 to 2 mm. long, acuminate, the interior petals broadly lanceolate, 
acuminate, up to 2.5 cm. long, 1 cm. wide, internally glabrous. 
Anthers many, oblong, slightly narrowed. below, the connectives 
truneate. Carpels many, oblong, 1-ovulate, appressed-pubescent, 
2 mm. long; stigmas oblong-obovate, densely ferruginous-pubescent, 
including the glabrous styleabout 1.2 mm. in length. 
British North Borneo, Sibuga, near Sandakan, Ramos 1792, 
“December, 1920. In damp forests along small streams at low 
altitudes. A species well characterized by its densely ferruginous- 
or castaneous-pubescent flowers and its subcoriaceous, very pro- 
minently nerved leaves, the midrib and nerves being conspicuously 
impressed on the upper surface. 
Uvaria Linnaeus. 
Uvaria micrantha (DC.) Hook. f. & Th. Fl. Ind. (1855) 103; 
ine inne Bow, Gand, Calcutta (1393) 26, 7. 15: 
Guatteria micrantha DC. Mém. Anon. (1832) 42. 
British North Borneo, Mempakat, near Kudat, Agama 1081, 
November 12, 1920, in thickets near the seashore. Burma to 
Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Luzon, Mindoro, Panay, 
and Palawan. 
Woodiella genus noyum. 
Sepala valvata, deorsum connata. Petala crassa, elongata, 
valvata, omnia usque ad 1 cm. connata, exteriora elliptica vel 
oblongo-elliptica, interiora, angustiora, oblanceolata. Stamina 
numerosa, oblonga, connectivo oblique truncato. Carpella numer- 
osa, oblonga, 1-ovulata, stigmatibus compressis, orbicularibus, sessi- 
hbus, deciduis.—Arbor parva, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foha 
obilonga-elliptica vel oblongo-lanceolata, symmetrica, floribus 
mediocris, caulinis, fasciculatis, pedicellatis. 
R. A. Soc., No. 85, 1922. 
