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cent, 1 to 1.5 mm long, about twice as long as the subtending 
bracteoles. Calyx pubescent, the lobes four, 0.5 mm long, ex- 
tending about one-half to the base. Disk very prominent, cup- 
shaped, truncate, glabrous. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, the stigmas 
terminal. 
Sarawak, Baram District, Baram, Hose 297, October 10, 1894. 
A species well characterized by its prominent, rubiginous indumentum; 
its short-petioled, slenderly acuminate leaves; its simple, axillary, spikelike, 
peduncled racemes; and the prominent, cup-shaped, truncate, glabrous 
disk of its pistillate flowers. . 
ANTIDESMA STENOPH YLLU M sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor, glabra; foliis lanceolatis ad anguste lan- 
ceolatis, usque ad 17 cm longis et 3.5 cm latis, utrinque sub- 
aequaliter angustatis, basi acutis, apice longe acuminatis, coria- 
ceis, nitidis, nervis utrinque circiter 10; stipulis anguste lan- 
ceolatis, acuminatis, circiter 7 mm longis; spicis $ axillaribus, 
solitariis, tenuibus, usque ad 5 cm longis ; floribus 4- vel 5-meris, 
calycis laciniis brevibus, rotundatis. 
An entirely glabrous shrub or small tree, the branches terete, 
grayish or brownish. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, coriaceous, 
olivaceous, shining, 11 to 17 cm long, 2 to 3.5 cm wide, subequally 
narrowed to the acute base and to the long and slenderly acu- 
minate apex ; lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, 
slender, curved-ascending; petioles stout, up to 5 mm in length; 
stipules lanceolate, coriaceous, acuminate, about 7 mm long. 
Male spikes slender, solitary, axillary, up to 5 cm in length. 
Flowers 4- and 5-merous, sessile, the bracteoles small, rounded. 
Calyx about 1.5 mm in diameter, shallowly 4- or 5-lobed, the 
lobes rounded, much shorter than the tube. Pistillate flowers 
and fruits unknown. 
Sarawak, Mount Sudan, Native collector 2081 (Bur. Sci.) February- 
June, 1914. 
A very characteristic species, distinguishable at once by its very long 
and narrow, slenderly acuminate, narrowly lanceolate, coriaceous leaves. 
ANTIDESMA TOMENTOSUM Blume Bijdr. (1826) 1126; J. J. Sm. in 
Koord. & Valet. Bijdr. Boomsoort. Java 12 (1910) 264. 
Sarawak, Baram District, Entoyut River, Hose 382, December, 1894. 
The specimen is with pistillate flowers, and agrees perfectly with 
Smith’s extended description. The species has already been reported 
from Borneo by Smith, as well as from Java, the Batoe Islands, and 
Celebes; and, by the reduction of Antidesma Jcingii Hook f., to Perak. 
APOROSA Blume 
APOROSA EUPHLEBI A sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor, inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; foliis anguste 
oblongis, usque ad 25 cm longis, utrinque nitidis, concoloribus, 
