xm. c, 2 Merrill: Neio Species of Bornean Plants 81 
reddish-brown, the latter pale-brownish. Leaves oblong to 
oblong-ovate, chartaceous to subcoriaceous, rather pale and shin- 
ing when dry, 7 to 9 cm long, 3 to 3.5 cm wide, base acute to 
somewhat rounded, apex rather prominently acuminate, the acu- 
men up to 1 cm in length, obtuse; lateral nerves 3 or 4 on each 
side of the midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, curved- 
ascending, all or most of them leaving the midrib below its 
middle, the uppermost pair extending to the apex, the reticula- 
tions not prominent; petioles rugose, about 5 mm long; stipules 
coriaceous, persistent, about 2.5 mm long. Flowers fascicled, 
axillary, apparently sessile. Fruits sessile, 3-lobed, about 12 
mm in diameter, pale-brownish and shining when dry, appar- 
ently glabrous or nearly so at full maturity, but the apical por- 
tion of those examined appressed-hirsute ; styles appressed- 
hirsute; persistent calyx lobes lanceolate, about 2.5 mm long, 
appressed-pubescent externally. 
British North Borneo, Marutai watershed near Tawau, Villamil 339, 
June 4, 1917. 
This species is strongly characterized by its few-nerved leaves, the 
nerves strongly curved-ascending, mostly leaving the midrib in its lower 
one-half, the upper pair reaching the apex of the leaf. It is most closely 
allied to Cleistanthus paxii Jabl. among the described species of the genus. 
MALLOTUS Loureiro 
MALLOTUS WOODI1 sp. nov. § Axenfeldia. 
Frutex 3 ad 4 m altus, foliis subtus ad costa parcissime ciliatis, 
inflorescentiis 2 hirsutis, ceteroquin glabris ; foliis alternis, 
oblongo-ovatis ad oblongo-ellipticis, eglandulosis, usque ad 25 
cm longis, subcoriaceis, integris, basi rotundatis, apice tenuiter 
caudato-acuminatis, penninerviis, nervis utrinque 9 ad 11, subtus 
prominentibus ; inflorescentiis 2 oppositifoliis, stricte racemosis, 
paucifloris, circiter 7 cm longis; sepalis lanceolatis, hirsutis, 5 
mm longis ; ovario dense hirsuto atque pilis capitatis longe stipi- 
tatis dense obtecto. 
A shrub 3 to 4 m high, glabrous except the sparingly ciliate 
costa on the lower surface of the leaves and the hirsute inflores- 
cences. Branches terete, pale-olivaceous, smooth, about 3 mm in 
diameter. Leaves all alternate, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, 
entire, subcoriaceous, 20 to 25 cm long, 8 to 11 cm wide, base 
rounded, apex slenderly caudate-acuminate, the acumen about 
2 cm long, the upper surface grayish, shining, smooth, eglan- 
dular, the lower surface also eglandular, in very young leaves 
slightly furfuraceous-pilose ; lateral nerves 9 to 11 on each side 
of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, pinnately ar- 
