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Burn Murdoch 206, Ridley 5043. As Hooker f. has pointed out Mueller 
referred to Breynia racemosa representatives of at least three species, 
but the form described by Hooker under the name Breynia reclinata is 
unquestionably the same as Blume’s original Melantliesia racemosa. The 
latter specific name, being the older, is here retained. 
COELODEPAS Hasskarl 
COELODEPAS HOSEI sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor inflorescentiis exceptis glaber ; foliis oblongis, 
firme chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acumi- 
natis, basi acutis, obscure stipellari-biglandulosis, margine dis- 
tanter denticulatis, nervis utrinque 7, prominentibus ; inflores- 
centiis 9 axillaribus, solitariis, racemosis, 2 ad 4 cm longis, 
leviter adpresse-pubescentibus, ovario pubescente, stylis brevi- 
bus, fimbriato-ramosissimis. 
A shrub or tree, quite glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Branchlets pale-olivaceous, terete or somewhat compressed, len- 
ticellate. Leaves oblong, firmly chartaceous to subcoriaceous, 
pale-olivaceous when dry, 12 to 20 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, apex 
rather abruptly and prominently acuminate, base acute, with a 
small stipellate gland on each side at the juncture with the 
petiole, margins in the upper one-half distantly denticulate, 
below entire; lateral nerves 7 on each side of the midrib, prom- 
inent, curved-ascending, anastomosing, the reticulations distinct, 
lax ; petioles 1 to 3 cm long. Pistillate racemes axillary, solitary, 
1 to 4 cm long, appressed-pubescent with short, pale hairs. Pedi- 
cels about 1 mm long, pubescent. Calyx-segments triangular, 
acute, about 0.5 mm long, pubescent. Ovary ovoid, pubescent, 
pale, 3-celled, cells 1-ovuled; styles about 2 mm long, spreading, 
divided into numerous slender fimbriae. 
Sarawak, Baram District, Entoyut River, Hose 465, November 13, 1894. 
Apparently closely allied to Coelodepas wallichiana Benth., from which 
it is readily distinguished by its much smaller, longer-petioled leaves, 
which are acute at the base, denticulate above, and its racemose not 
spicate inflorescences. 
CROTON Linnaeus 
CROTON ENSI FOLI US sp. nov. § Eucroton. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, foliis junioribus inflorescentiisque 
exceptis glaber; foliis numerosis, linearis, usque ad 7 cm longis 
et 7 mm latis, coriaceis, junioribus parcissime stellato-lepidotis, 
margine distanter crenulatis ; racemis 3 ad 6 cm longis, floribus 
inferioribus 9 , superioribus $ ; floribus 9 sepalis 5, circiter 
2 mm longis, ovario stellato-pubescentibus ; 8 petalis lineari- 
oblongis, margine dense albido-ciliatis ; filamentis 10. 
