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CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FLORA OF BORNEO. 
Mitrephora Korthalsiana, Miq., 1. c. 28. 
Sarawak (Beccari, 8214). 
S.E. Borneo : Sakumbang (Korthals). 
Mitrephora glabra , Scheffer, l. c. 20. 
Sarawak (Beccari, 2772): SaribasPaku (Haviland, 1858) 
and Sarawak River; Simpang Kiri River (C. J. Brooks). 
West Borneo : Sungei Landak (Teysmann). 
Mitrephora rufescens , n. sp. 
A small tree 17 ft. tall; the branches, petioles, nerves, 
and young parts all red hairy. Leaves elliptic to lanceo¬ 
late, acuminate rounded or shortly cuneate at the base ; 
thinly coriaceous, glabrous above in adults, 16-20 cm. 
long, 5-8 cm. wide ; petiole 5-8 mm. long, red hairy. 
Flowers axillary on very short hairy racemes, opening one 
at a time. Bracts ovate persistent. Sepals ovate acute, 
rufous hairy. Petals outer, ovate acute, silky outside, 
glabrous within, 1 cm. long, 5 mm. wide; inner ones with 
a linear claw and a reniform apex, outside pubescent, 
limb inside silky. Stamens numerous glabrous, the 
appendage rounded semiglobose. 
Sarawak : Matang (Haviland, 1035), Banon limestone 
(2249) (Beccari, 1616). 
Sumatra: Sungei Buluh, Padang (Beccari, 916, 968). 
Near M. longipetala , Miq., from the description, but the 
petals are much smaller and quite different in shape; 
those of M. longipetala being described as linear lanceolate 
and “ pollice parum longiora.” 
Mitrephora reticulata , Hook. fil. & Thoms., 1. c. i. 77. 
Sarawak (Beccari, 3946). 
Distrib. Malay Peninsula. 
Mitrephora excelsa , Hook. fil. & Thoms., 1. c. 114. 
Labuan (Motley, Barber). 
Mitrephora longipetala, Miq., L c. p. 28. 
S.E. Borneo : Sakumbang (Korthals). 
Endemic. Not seen. 
Mitrephora obtusa f Bl., var. glabra. 
Sarawak: Mt. Koum limestone (Haviland, 1714). 
More glabrous than the type form, hairy on the midrib 
only, and the inner petals less hairy; apparently a lime- 
