98 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 
A very characteristic species, the third of the genus to be reported 
from Borneo; well characterized by its elongated, axillary, puberulent or 
pubescent racemes; its 10-merous, rather small flowers; its linear sepals 
and petals; and its large, densely tomentose glands, that completely fill the 
throat of the perianth-tube. Dedicated to Mr. J. C. Moulton, director of 
the Sarawak Museum. 
HOMALIUM HOSEI sp. nov. § Myriantheia, Eumyriantheia. 
Arbor, inflorescentiis parce pubescentibus exceptis glabra ; 
foliis coriaceis, integris vel leviter crenulatis, ovatis ad oblongo- 
ovatis, nitidis, usque ad 16 cm longis, obtuse acuminatis, basi 
rotundatis ad subacutis, in siccitate supra subolivaceis, subtus 
castaneis vel brunneis, nervis utrinque circiter 7 ; racemis axil- 
laribus, solitariis, ad 9 cm longis ; floribus 5-meris, cum pedicellis 
circiter 8 mm longis, calycis anguste infundibuliformibus, se- 
palis 5, coriaceis, anguste ovatis, obtusis, petalis dense pallide 
pubescentibus, oblongo-ovatis, obtusis; staminibus 15, filamentis 
glabris, 2 ad 2.5 mm longis. 
A tree, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches and 
branchlets grayish or brownish. Leaves thickly coriaceous, 
ovate to oblong-ovate, 7 to 16 cm long, 4 to 7 cm wide, entire 
or somewhat crenulate or crenate, apex distinctly acuminate, the 
acumen blunt, base rounded to subacute, when dry shining, the 
upper surface subolivaceous, the lower castaneous or brown; 
lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
curved, anastomosing, the reticulations distinct; petioles 2 to 3 
mm long. Racemes axillary, solitary, sparingly pubescent, 7 to 
8 cm long. Flowers mostly in groups of twos or threes, spread- 
ing or reflexed, including the short pedicels about 8 mm long, 
the pedicels and calyx very slightly pubescent. Calyx-tube 
brown when dry, slightly sulcate, narrowly funnel-shaped. Se- 
pals 5, coriaceous, brown when dry, nearly glabrous, oblong- 
ovate, narrowed upward, obtuse, 2.3 to 3 mm long. Petals 
about as long as the sepals, densely pale-pubescent, oblong-ovate, 
obtuse. Stamens in groups of threes opposite each petal, their 
filaments glabrous, 2 to 2.5 mm long. Styles 4, appressed- 
hirsute, 2.5 to 3 mm long. 
Sarawak, Baram District, Baram, Hose 409 (type), December, 1894. 
Here I also refer Hose 128, 270, from the same locality, and Native 
collector 1377, 1943 (Bur. Sci.), these four specimens presenting only very 
immature flowers. The species is readily distinguished by its floral 
characters. 
OSM ELIA Thwaites 
OSM ELIA BORNEENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor dioica partibus junioribus inflorescentiisque exceptis 
glabra ; foliis oblongis, usque ad 17 cm longis, in siccitate brun- 
