SPECIES OF EUGENIA, SCHEFFLEBA, AND SAUEAUIA. 33 



setae 2 to 5 mm. in length. Leaves chartaceous, elliptic to 

 ovate-elliptic, 11 to 17 cm. long*, 5.5 to 8 cm. wide, the apex 

 slenderly eaudate-aeuiminate, the acumen usually about 2 cm. 

 in length, the base often somewhat inequilateral, obtuse to 

 rounded, the margins prominently spinulose-setose, the upper 

 surface castaneous, with numerous, scattered, curved, rather 

 short setae, the lower surface pale-brownish, densely setose on 

 the midrib and nerves, with fewer and smaller setae on the 

 reticulations; lateral nerves about 15 on e.ich side of the mid- 

 rib, prominent, curved ; petioles 1 to 2 cm. long, densely setose. 

 Cymes axillary, solitary or fascicled, few-flowered, 2 cm. long 

 or less, all parts prominently setose, the peduncles 8 mm. long 

 or less, the pedicels slender, 6 to 10 mm. long; tracts linear, 

 4 to 6 mm. long, densely setose. Sepals about 5.5 mm. long, 

 setose, oblong-ovate, acute. Corolla-lobes oblong, about 6 mm. 

 long, 2.5 mm. wide, apex truncate-rounded, not or but ob- 

 scurely retuse. Stamens about 30. Ova^y glabrous; styles 3, 

 free, glabrous, 3 mm. long. 



Sarawak, Kalaka, April IT, 189b, collector not indicated, 

 but probably liar Hand. 



This species is prominently characterized by its numerous, 

 slender, usually spreading, curved setae which are present on 

 all the vegetative parts; its slenderly caudate-acuminate, pro- 

 minently spinulose leaves which are castaneous above when dry 

 and pale-brown beneath; and its few-flowered, axillary cymes. 

 It is probably as closely allied to Saurauia acuminata, Merr.. 

 as to any other described form but is radically different from 

 that species. 



Saurauia ridteyi, sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor parva, ramis teretibus, giabris, ramulis 

 junioribus densissime longe subadpresse setosis; foliis char- 

 taceis, oblongis, oblongo-obovatis, vel oblongo-oblanceolatis, 

 plerumque utrinque subaequaliter angustatis, apice tenuiter 

 aeuminatis, basi acutis vel obtusis, usque ad 37 cm. longis, 

 margine spinulosis, supra giabris, subtus ad costam nervosque 

 spinulosis, nervis utrinque 15 ad 20, perspicuis; florihus fasci- 

 culatis, axillaribns vel e ramis vetustioribus, pedicellis ciliato- 

 hirsutis ; sepalis extus parce hirsutis, circiter 4 mm. longis; 

 petalis oblongis, obtusis; ovario glabro; stylis 3, tomentosis, 

 circiter 3 mm. longis, in J inferiore parte connatis. 



A shrub or a small tree, the tips of the branchlets and the 

 younger petioles densely subappressed-setose with slender, 

 brownish to fulvous setae up to 5 mm. in length, the branches 

 terete, glabrous. Leaves chartaceous, oblong, oblong-obovate, 

 or broadly oblong-oblaneeolate, for the most part subequally 

 narrowed to base and apex, 15 to 37 cm. long, 7 to 11 cm. 

 wide, the apex slenderly acuminate, the base acute to somewhat 



R. A. Soc, Xo. 79. 



