o24 NEW OR NOTEWORTHY BORNEAN PLANTS. 
2 mm. in diameter, the lobes ovate, acute or acuminate, 0.8 mm. 
long, ciliate. Petals oblong-elliptic, 2 mm. long. 
British North Borneo, Rosop, near Kudat, Agama 1061, No- 
vember 15, 1920. On dry slopes, altitude about 20 m. A species. 
allied to Semecarpus glauca Engl., from which it is distinguished 
by its much shorter, axillary not terminal, usually racemose rather 
than paniculate inflorescences, larger leaves, and other characters. 
Semecarpus oblanceolata sp. noy. 
Frutex erectus, simplex, circiter 1 m. altus, inflorescentiis 
pu berulis exceptis glaber; foliis oblanceolatis, subcoriaceis, circiter 
75 cm. longis, 13 em. latis, supra olivaceis, nitidis, olabris, subtus. 
pudllitiiogi bene minute scaberulis, apiece breviter acuminatis, deorsum 
eradatim angustatis, basi obtusis, 1—1.5 cm. latis; nervis primariis 
lateralibus utrinque circiter 30, utrinque valde perspicuis, nervis 
secundaris inter primarios transversis, angulo recto abeuntibus, 
ultimis obseuriz, liberis; paniculis ¢ terminalibus 20 cm. longis,. 
puberulis; floribus 5-meris; sepalis petalisque extus puberulis, 
petalis elliptico-ovatis, 2.5 mm. longis. 
An erect, apparently unbranched shrub about 1 m. high, 
glabrous except the puberulent inflorescences, the stems pale-brown 
when dry, about 1 cm. in diameter, sparingly lenticellate. Leaves 
crowded at the apices of the stems, coriaceous or subcoriaceous, 
oblanceolate, about 75 em. long, 13 em. wide, the upper surface 
olivaceous, shining, glabrous, the lower surface paler but scarcely 
glaucous, minutely scabrid, the apex shortly and sharply acuminate, 
eradually narrowed in the lower three quarters to the abruptly 
rounded base which is but from 1 to 1.5 cm. in width, the midrib, 
lateral nerve:, and reticulations very prominent on both surfaces, 
the nerves about 30 on each side of the midrib, the reticulations 
lax, the primary ones leaving the nerves at right angles, the ulti- 
mate veinlets obscure, free; petioles stout, angular, about 1 cm. 
long. Staminate panicles terminal, erect, about 20 em. long, all 
parts puberulent, the lower branches up to 12 cm. in length, their 
subtending bracts narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, about 5) annie 
long. Buds o bovoid, their pedicels about 1 mm. long. Calyx 
puberulent, 5-lobed, the lobes triangular-ovate, acute, 0.5 mm. long. 
Petals 5, elliptic-ovate, somewhat acuminate, 2.5 mm. long, 
puberulent externally, rather distinctly nerved and reticulate. 
British North Borneo, Batu Lima, near Sandakan, Ramos 
1517, November, 1920. On steep forested slopes near streams at 
low altitudes. A species very closely allied to the Philippine Seme- 
Car pus Une Merr.; in habit, size and appearance of its 
leaves closely approximating the latter species, differing in its. 
much more lax reticulations, the nerves and midribs prominently 
raised on both surfaces, the lower surface of the leaves minutely 
but distinctly scabrid. 
Jour. Straits Branch: 
