222 ilEUUILL. 
<rlal,rous, slightlv clawed. Stamons many, 2A mm long, somewhat 
curved, their comieetives ^liort, triangular. Carpels mdefmite, ohlong, 
slightly pube^=ccnt, 1-ovuled; styles slender, 1.5 mm long. 
MI^UA^Ao, District of 7.unho:uv^^ ^ Port Banga, For. Bur. 9268, 0261 Whitford 
d Hutchinson, January, 1008. 
An undorshrub in dipterocarp forests 30 to GO m above sea level, a species well 
characterized by its very long ilowers. 
POLYALTHIA IJlume. 
Polyalthia venosa -p. nov. 
Foliis ohlongo-ellipticis, acuminatis, valde reticulato venosis, nervis 
utrin*iue ca. 9; florihus axiUaribus et caulinis solitarii.^, podicellatis ; 
petalis elliptico-ovatis vel lanceolato-ovatis ca. 2 cm longis, pilosis. 
A shrub or small tree 1 m high or less, the branches slender, terete, 
glabrous, brown, the branchlets densely ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves 
oblong-elliptical, 10 to li» cm long, 3 to G cm wide, papyraceous, glabrous 
and shining on both surfaces except the midrib which is slightly pubes- 
cent, paler beneatli, the base acute or rounded, apex sharply acuniinatc; 
nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, distant, very prominent beneath, 
anastomosing, the reticulations very prominent; petioles about 3 mm 
long, denselv pubescent. Flowers solitary, from the leaf-axils on the 
ulthnate branchlets and from tubercles on the trunk, their pedicels slen- 
der, 1.5 to 3.5 cm long, densely ferruginous-pilose. Sepals 3, free, ovate, 
about 8 mm long, G mm wide, slightly narrowed below, apex acute, 7- 
nerved, pilose outside, glabrous within. Petals G, elliptical-ovate to 
lanceolate-ovate, al)out 2 cm long, G to 11 mm wide, the inner three 
slightly narrower than the outer ones, somewhat narrowed below, apex 
acute, glabrous inside, rather densely pilose or pilose-hirsute outside. 
Stamens indefinite, 2 nun long, the anthers concealed by the truncate 
overlapping comieetlves. Carpels many, ol^long, appressed-liirsute, 2 
imu long; stigmas ellipsoid, pubescent; styles very short or none; ovules 
2, subljasal. Fruit ellii)soid or ovoid, about 1 cm long, apieulatc, slightly 
pubescent, each with two seeds. 
:^lixi)ANAO, District of Zaniboanga, Port Banga, For. Bur. om, 0232 Whitford 
d Mntchinson, December, 1907, iti diptei<»earp forests 15 to 30 ni aU)ve sea level. 
A species well characterized by its pilose flowers wliieb are both axillary and 
caulinej and by its strongly nerved leaves, 
Polyalthia elongata sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra; foliis oblongis vel oblongo-lanceohifis, coriaceis, 30 ad 
35 cm longis, basi cordatis, nervis utrinque ca. 10; petalis 4 ad 1.5 cm 
longis, oblongo-lanceolatis, glabris vel sparse pubescentibus. 
A tree 16 m high, glabrous or nearly so tliroughout, the branches 
grayish-brown, rather slender, terete. T.eaves 30 to 35 cm long, about 
11 cm wide, coriaceous, shining, the base broad, cordate, the apex 
acuminate; nerves about IG on each Mo of the midrib, very prominent 
