xi, c, 2 Merrill: Notes on the Flora of Borneo 55 
Singapore plant. The species is very readily distinguishable by its relatively 
long petioles, on the Bornean specimens the petioles varying from 1 to 
2 cm. in length. The species is new to Borneo. 
ANTIDESMA VENENOSUM J. J. Sm. in Ic. Bogor. 4 (1910) 41, t. SIS. 
This endemic species is represented by Hose 317, from Long Tarkun, 
Baram, November, 1894; by Native collector 281b (Bur. Sci.) from Selungo, 
Upper Baram, November, 1914; and by Winkler 2513, from Hayoep, 
south-eastern Borneo. 
ANTIDESMA FOXWORTHVII sp. nov. 
Frutex 1 ad 2 m altus, partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque 
plus minusve rubiginoso-pubescentibus ; foliis coriaceis in sic- 
citate brunneis vel olivaceis, oblongis ad anguste oblongo-obo- 
vatis, usque ad 20 cm longis, basi acutis vel obtusis, apice promi- 
nente acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 7, adscendentibus, 
prominentibus ; racemis 2 axillaribus, solitariis, usque ad 12 
cm longis ; floribus 5-meris, breviter pedicellatis ; fructibus 1 cm 
longis, valde inaequilateralibus, brunneis, leviter rugosis, cari- 
natis, plus minusve inflatis, stylis terminalibus. 
A shrub 1 to 2 m high, the young branchlets, leaves on the 
costa and nerves beneath, and the inflorescence more or less 
rubiginous-pubescent, the fully mature leaves becoming glabrous 
or nearly so. Branches slender, terete, pale-gray. Leaves 
oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate, coriaceous, brown or oliva- 
ceous when dry, somewhat shining, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm 
wide, narrowed below to the acute or obtuse base, the apex 
rather prominently acuminate, the acumen 1 to 1.5 cm long, 
blunt or somewhat apiculate; lateral nerves about 8 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent, ascending; petioles stout, pubes- 
cent, 2 to 3 mm long ; stipules oblong-ovate to lanceolate, brown, 
obtuse to acuminate, 10 to 12 mm long, sometimes in unequal 
pairs. Pistillate racemes axillary, solitary, 10 to 12 mm long, 
the rachis rubiginous-pubescent. Fruits about 1 cm long, their 
pedicels stout, 1 mm long, the subtending bracteoles narrowly 
ovate, acuminate, pubescent, as long as the pedicels. Persistent 
calyx 3 mm in diameter, slightly pubescent, the lobes 5, trian- 
gular, acute, extending less than one-third to the base of the calyx. 
Fruits dark-brown when dry, glabrous, strongly inequilateral, 
one side nearly straight, the other strongly curved, somewhat 
inflated, keeled, somewhat rugose when dry, base rounded, apex 
apiculate, about 1 cm long; stigma small, terminal. 
Sarawak, Mount Poe, Foxworthy 268 (typ e),.2b6, May 25 and 26, 
1908, the former from thickets at the edge of clearings, the latter from 
an altitude of 1,000 meters. 
