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coriaceis, usque ad 40 cm longis, nitidis, apice breviter obtuse 
acuminatis, basi acutis ad obtusis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, 
prominentibus ; inflorescentiis vel ramulis floriferis usque ad 
40 cm longis, floribus paucis, pedicellatis, fasciculatis, ramulis 
floriferis sursum foliis juvenilibus instructis. 
A scandent glabrous shrub or the younger parts of the inflore- 
scence obscurely pubescent. Branches and branchlets terete, 
grayish or brownish, usually wrinkled when dry. Leaves coria- 
ceous, shining, narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate or oblong- 
oblanceolate, 20 to 40 cm long, 4.5 to 7 cm wide, the apex blunt- 
acuminate, the acumen usually about 1 cm long, the base usually 
acute, rarely obtuse, and with a pair of prominent glands on the 
upper surface at the juncture of the petiole with the blade; 
lateral nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
somewhat curved, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 
1.5 to 4 cm long, stout. Inflorescences axillary, up to 40 cm in 
length, somewhat paniculate, the branches few, greatly elongated, 
and with rather numerous, thin, membranaceous, juvenile leaves 
toward their tips. Female flowers in scattered fascicles along 
the branches, their pedicels 6 to 10 mm long. Sepals 5, oblong, 
obtuse, glabrous, 2.5 to 3 mm long. 
Borneo, Sarawak, Baram, Hose kU (type), March, 1895; without definite 
locality, Native collector 105 (Bur. Sci.) . Philippines, Luzon, Province of 
Camarines, For. Bur. 21116 V alderrama, April 6, 1914: Province of Isabela, 
Palanan Bay, Bur. Sci. 21130 Escritor, June 25, 1913. 
This species is closely allied to Omphalea philippinensis Merr., otherwise 
the only species of the genus known from the Indo-Malayan region, 
differing distinctly and consistently in its larger, fewer-nerved leaves. I 
can see no valid reason for considering the Philippine and Bornean 
specimens, cited above, other than the same species; the former were 
originally determined by me as Omphalea philippinensis Merr., to which 
species they manifestly cannot be referred. 
OSTODES Blume 
OSTODES FAUCIFLORUS sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor, ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque parce 
adpresse pubescentibus exceptis glaber; foliis firme chartaceis, 
oblongis, oblongo-ellipticis, vel oblongo-obovatis, usque ad 18 cm 
longis, brevissime petiolatis, acuminatis, basi acutis ad subrotun- 
datis, vix stipellari-biglandulosis, margine distanter glanduloso- 
crenulatis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 13 ; inflorescentiis s axillaribus, 
solitariis, brevissimis, racemosis, floribus paucis, longe pedicel- 
latis ; petalis obovatis, 5 ad 6 mm longis ; staminibus circiter 12, 
filamentis latis, exterioribus liberis, 3 interioribus alte connatis. 
A shrub or tree, glabrous except the sparingly appressed- 
