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CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF BORNEO. 
Uvaria acuminatissima , Miq., 1. c. 6. 
S.E. Borneo : Dusun River (Korthals). 
Uvaria excelsa, Wall., Cat. 6477. 
Sarawak : Kuching (Haviland, 422)! 
Distrib. Malay Peninsula. 
Uvaria ptychocalyx , Miq., 1. c. 4. 
S.E. Borneo: Sakambang; Pulan Lampei, Lake Danau, 
Sambat, and Danau Gambar (Korthals); Banjermasin 
(Motley) ! 
Distrib. Malay Islands. 
Uvaria monticola, Miq., 1. c. 5. 
S.E. Borneo: Balaran Mt. (Korthals). 
Endemic. Not seen. 
Uvaria verrucosa , Schiff., Ann. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ii. B. 
W. Borneo : Sungei Ajai, Kafucas (Teysmann). 
Endemic. 
Uvaria cauliflora , n« sp. 
A climber; young parts ferrugineous-tomentose. Leaves 
rather thin, obovate oblanceolate to elliptic ; apex cuspi¬ 
date, often abruptly, broadest near the apex, narrowing to 
the base, where they are obtuse, 13-24 cm. long, 5-9 cm. 
wide, the cusp 1 cm. long; nerves thirteen pairs, slender, 
midrib deciduously ferrugineous-tomentose; petiole thick, 
transversely rugose, 5 mm. long. Flowers racemose or 
panicled from the stem vs ith stout branches ; panicles 
5-12 cm. long, branches rusty-tomentose. Bracts per¬ 
sistent, lanceolate, blunt, stiff, rusty-tomentose, 5-7 mm. 
long. Buds ovoid, 2 cm. long, with two distinct bracts on 
the pedicels, which are 2-5 cm. long. Calyx ovoid, irregu¬ 
larly dehiscing, red tomentose or mealy. Petals oblong- 
ovate, mealy outside, glabrous within, 7 mm. long, 5 mm. 
wide. Stamens linear oblong, 2 mm. long, appendage 
small and angled flat. Torus hemispheric. Carpels nume¬ 
rous, truncate, with a short stigma. Ovules 6-9 in a cell. 
Sarawak : Tegara (Haviland, c, k, q, a, 417), and foot of 
Bembang (409); (Beccari, 1120). 
This species is remarkable for its nearly glabrous leaves, 
broadest at the tip and narrowing downwards, and its 
panicled flowers on the stem, and the calyx, which breaks 
up irregularly as the bud opens. It is allied to Uvaria 
purpurea , in which also the calyx disrupts irregularly. The 
