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side of the midrib, spreading, very prominent on the lower surface. 
Panicles narrow, about 30 cm. long. Flowers 5 to 6 mm. long, 
densely ferruginous-pubescent, the calyx tube about 3 mm. in 
length, the lobes oblong-ovate, subacute, coriaceous, 1.5 mm. long. 
Petals oblong, 4 to 5 mm. long, thickened, densely ferruginous- 
pubescent on both surfaces except on the inner surface of the re- 
flexed apical part. Filaments 2 mm. long, densely ferruginous- 
pubescent. Anthers narrowly oblong, 1 mm. long. Rudimentary 
ovary densely ferruginous-villous. 
British North Borneo, Batu Lima, near Sandakan, Ramos 
1594, November, 1920. In damp forests along small streams at 
low altitudes. A species manifestly allied to \MWelanochyla becca- 
rina Oliv., but with larger, more numerously nerved leaves and 
very much smaller, rather congested flowers. In Oliver’s species 
the flowers exceed 1 cm. in length. It is pozsible on be, present 
species may be the same as the form characterized by Oliver as 
var. brevifiora, the flowers of this form being anc as from + 
hoes 01 an ime im leneth. 
Semecarpus Linnaeus f. 
Semecarpus borneensis sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, ramis glabris, ramulis patule ciliatis; 
folus subcoriaceis, in siccitate pallidis. nitidis, ellipticis vel ob- 
longo-ellipticis vel obovato-ellipticis, 10—20 cm. longis, breviter 
obtuse acuminatis, basi acutis, supra glabris, subtus glaucescenti- 
bus, ad costam nervosque longe ciliatis, nervis primariis utrinque 
10—14, perspicuis, curvatis, secundariis rectangularibus; inflores- 
centisque ¢ axillaribus, usque ad 20 em. longis, subracemosis vel 
depauperato-paniculatis, perspicue ciliatis; floribus breviter pedi- 
cellatis, subglomeratis, bracteis anguste oblongis, 2—3 mm. longis, 
perspicue rufo-ciliatis. 
A shrub or small tree, the branchlets, inflorescences, and leaves 
on the midrib and nerves conspicuously ciliate with spreading hairs. 
Branches glabrous, terete, grayish-brown. Leaves subcoriaceous, 
pale when dry, shining , elliptic to oblong-elliptic or obovate- elliptic, 
10 10 20) ins Joma, 5 to 8 cm, wide, apex shortly and obtusely acu- 
minate, base acute, not decurrent, ne upper surface glabrous, the 
lower somewhat glaucous, the ciliate spreading hairs scattered on 
the midrib and lateral nerves; lateral nerves 10 to 14 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent, rather spreading, curved, anastomosing, 
the primary reticulations leaving the nerves at right angles, pro- 
minent, the ultimate free ones ‘rather cstinct ; petioles 1 -3 10 2 
em. long. Staminate inflorescences axillary, solitary, subracemose 
or depauperate-paniculate, 6 to 20 em. long, conspicuously ciliate, 
the hairs spreading, those on the younger parts rufous. Flowers 
crowded at the nodes in small glomerules, their pedicels 1 mm. 
long or less. Bracts narrowly oblong, 2 to 3 mm. long, conspicu- 
ously rufous-ciliate, the bracteoles similar, smaller. Calyx about 
R. A..Soc., No. 86 1922. 
