NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BORNEAN PLANTS. a2l 
inequilateral, the apex rather prominently acuminate ; lateral nerves 
5 to 8 on each side of the midrib, somewhat impressed on the 
upper surface, very prominent on the lower surface, the reticula- 
tions lax, very prominent; petioles 5 to 12 mm. long, pubescent 
when young, ultimately glabrous.  Pistillate inflorescences ter- 
minal, about as long as the leaves, the flowers sessile, fascicled. 
Calyx appressed-pubescent, 5-lobed, the lobes ovate, acute, about 1 
mm. long. Petals glabrous, oblong-obovate to spatulate, 2.5 to 3 
mm. long, the limb rounded and cucullate, the narrower basal part 
~1 mm. in length. Ovary densely pubescent, 2-celled; styles very 
short. 
British North Borneo, Batu Lima, near Sandakan, Ramos 
1312, October, 1920. In damp forests at low altitudes. A species 
apparently most closely alhed to Galearia phlebocarpa Miq., well 
characterized by its spatulate to oblong-obovate, slightly cucullate 
petals, and its sessile flowers. 
Homonoia Loureiro. 
Homonoia javensis (Blume) Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 
200, IDC, Ierodin, W574 (SOO) WOses" leeixe anal alouinan. ai 
Hnel. Pilanzenreich 68 (1917) 112, f. 27. 
British North Borneo, Labuk District, Agama 1115. In 
forests at low altitudes. New to Borneo. Malay Peninsula and 
Java to the central and southern Philippines southward to Timor 
and New Guinea. 
Matlotus Lourevw'o. 
‘Mallotus blumeanus Muell.-Arg. in Linnaea 34 (1865) 195, DC. 
Prodr: 15/2 (1866) 978; Pax in Enel. Pilanzenreich 63 
Go odio: 
British North Borneo, Kudat, Agama 1068, in dry forests at 
low altitudes. Sumatra, Java. 
Mallotus moritzianus Muell.-Arg. in DC. Prodr. 15/2 (1866) 
Seis IPAS Coy venue 1a2, 
British North Borneo, Tawao, Wood 906, September, 1920. 
In level places along the Kumpung River. Java. 
Actephila Blume. 
Actephila dispersa (EKlm.) Merr. in Philp. Jour. Sci. 4 (1909) 
Bot. 276. 
Pimeleodendron dispersum Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 1 (1908) 
308. 
British North Borneo, Sandakan, Ramos 1451, Wood 930, 
October, 1920. In damp forests at low altitudes. This species is 
widely distributed in the Philippines (liuzon, Palawan, Leyte, 
R. A. Soc., No. 86 1922. 
