316 NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BORNEAN PLANTS. 
cm. longis, abrupte subcaudato-acuminatis, nervis utringue 10—13, 
supra leviter impressis, subtus valde perspicuis; inflorescentiis 
anguste paniculatis vel subspiciformibus, 40—50 em. longis, ramis 
paucis, brevibus, supra obsoletis et floribus superioribus fascicu- 
latim dispositis; floribus circiter 13 mm. longis, 4-meris; calyce 
truncato; petalis glabris, 4, in dimidio inferiore eum tubum coalitis ; 
tubo in partibus superioribus extus adpresse hirsuto-ciliato, intus 
glabro, crenato; antheris 4 vel 5, 1 mm. longis; fructibus juniori- 
bus dense ferrugineo- -pubescentibus. 
A small tree, the younger parts more or less pale ferruginous- 
pubescent, branches terete, dark-brown, glabrous, the ultimate 
branchlets about 5 mm. in diameter. Leaves alternate, 25 to 60 
cm. long, the rachis brown, sparingly pubescent or ultimately gla- 
brous; leaflets 6 to 12, oblong to oblong-elliptic, subcoriaceous, 
pale-olivaceous to somewhat brownish when dry, shining on both 
surtaces, 8 to 16 cm. long, 4 to 7 em. wide, rather abruptly caudate- 
acuminate, the acumen up to 2 cm. long, blunt, base usually 
rounded, glabrous on both surfaces or the midrib and nerves 
beneath sparingly appressed-pubescent; lateral nerves 10 to 13 on 
each side of the midrib, spreading, obscurely anastomosing, very 
prominent on the lower surface. Inflorescences narrowly pani- 
culate or subspiciform, 40 to 50 em. long, the branches few, distant, 
spreading, the lower ones up to 7 cm. long, usually much shorter, 
the upper ones obsolete and the flowers fascicled along the rachis. 
Flowers 4-merous, about 13 mm. long, sessile. Calyx” cup-shaped, 
truncate, about 1.8 mm. in diameter. Petals 4, linear, about 12 
mm. long, 1.8 mm. wide, glabrous, obtuse, united for the lower 
half with the staminal tube. Staminal tube evlindric, about 12 
mm. long, 1.8 to 2 mm. in diameter, somewhat appressed-hirsute 
in the upper part, crenate at the apex, the anthers 4 or 5, 1 mm. 
in length, inserted just below the rim and with a few ciliate hairs 
on the back. Ovary ovoid, appressed-pubescent; style pubescent 
in the lower half; stigma subcapitate, 0.5 mm. in diameter. Disk 
O. Very young fruits densely ferruginous-pubescent, obovoid. 
British North Borneo, Batu Lima and Sibuga, near Sandakan, 
Ramos 1252 (type), 1706, 1899, October, November, and Decem- 
ber, 1920. In primary forests at low altitudes, with the local 
Malay name bunga tauan. A species allied to Chisochiton amabilis 
Miq., but differing, among other characters, in its shorter 4-merous 
flowers. 
Chisochiton kinabaluense sp. nov. 
Arbor, inflorescentiis caulinis exceptis glabra vel subglabra; 
foliis alternis, 40—40 cm. longis, foliolis 8—10, oppositis, oblongis, 
chartaceis, subolivaceis, nitidis, 14—20 cm. longis, tenuiter 
acuminatis, basi inaequilateralibus, acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 
12, subtus perspicuis; inflorescentiis caulinis, anguste paniculatis, 
circiter 40 cm. longis, ramis paucis, patulis, inferioribus circiter 
7 em. longis: floribus 4-meris, brevissime pedicellatis, racemose 
Jour. Straits Branch 
