192 NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BORNEAN PLANTS. 
ferrugineo-pubescentibus, late ovatis; staminodeis 9, lanceolatis, 
membranaceis, filamentis brevibus, longissime ciliatis; sepalis 
accrescentibus, in cupulo 4-5 mm. diametro, lobis subpersisten- 
tibus; fructibus ovoideis vel ellipsoideis. 
A small tree, the branches glabrous or nearly so, smooth, the 
branchlets, imflorescences, and lower surface of the leaves con- 
spicucously pubescent. Leaves verticillate, lanceolate to oblong- 
lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 10 to 30 cm. long, 3 to 7 em. wide, 
subequally narrowed to the cuneate or acute base and to the rather 
slenderly and sharply acuminate apex, the upper surface smooth, 
grayish-green when dry, shining, the lower surface rather dark- 
brown and densely ferruginous- -villous on the midrib and lateral 
nerves, the hairs on the reticulations more scattered; lateral nerves 
about 10 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, not very 
evident on the upper surface, very prominent on the lower surface, 
the primary reticulations subparallel, rather close, distinct; petioles 
1 to 3.5 cm. long. Flowers fascicled at the nodes and also along 
the internodes of the ultimate branchlets, ferruginous-pubescent, 
the subtending bracts orbicular-ovate, rounded, more or less ciliate, 
about 2 mm. in diameter, deciduous. Staminate flowers several 
in each umbellule, the umbellules sessile or nearly so. Perianth 
segments densely appressed-pubescent, broadly ovate, 2 to 2.2 mm. 
long. Staminodes 9, membranaceous, lanceolate, glabrous, about 
1 mm. long, their short filaments long-ciliate; glands conspicuous, 
‘ovoid-reniform, 0.5 mm. long. Calyx-tube in fruit somewhat cup- 
shaped, + to 5 mm. in diaineter, ferruginous-pubescent outside, 
villous inside, the perianth-lobes subpersistant, the pedicels stout, 
ferruginous-pubescent, 3 to 4 mm. long. Young fruits ovoid or 
ellipsoid, black when dry, wrinkled, about 8 mm. long. 
British North Borneo, Sebuga, near Sandakan, Ramos 1838,. 
December, 1920. In damp forests at low altitudes. A _ species 
perhaps as closely allied to Actinodaphne ridleyt Gamble as to 
any other species, but differing radically in its vegetative characters. 
Litsea Lamarck. 
Litsea cuprea sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramis olivaceis, subglabris, laevibus, circiter 1 
cm. diametro; folins alternis lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, 35-40 
em. longis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, basi .cuneatis, apice 
tenuiter acuminatis, supra glabris, griseo-olivaceis, nitidis, subtus 
diensissime cupreo- _pubescentibus, i indfumento nitido adpresso, nervis 
utrinque 15-18, adscendentibus, distinctis; umbellulis fasciculatis, 
axillaribus,, subse ssihbus; bracteis dlemee: ibrunneo-pubescentibus, 
orbiculari-ovatis, 4-5 mm. diametro ; moras segmentis elliptico- 
ovatis, obtusis, 3 mm. longis, staminibus fertilibus 9, filamentis 2 
min. longis, parce ciliatis, staminodeis in floribus ¢ linearibus vel 
lineari-spatulatis, 1-1.2 mm. longis. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
