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long, tho radiis and petiolulos rather densely ferniginous-lepidote; leaf- 
lets Bubcoriaceous, 2-jugate, 7 to 10 cm long, 2,4 to 5 cm wide, elliptical- 
oblong, pale, glabrous above, beneath somewhat fermginous-lepidote, base 
ar-ute, equal, apex acuminate; nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib; 
petiolules 2 to 5 mm long. Panicles terminal, pyramidal, about as long 
as the leaves, densely forruginous-lepidote throughout, branched from 
near the base, the lower branches about T cm long, the upper ones grad- 
ually shorter, the branchlcts densely many-flowered. Flowers yellowish, 
fragrant, about 1 mm long, the buds globose, subsessile. Calyx 5-toothed, 
lopidotc. Petals 5, glabrous, about 1 mm long. Staminal tube about 
0.8 mm long, erenate, glabrous, bearing on its margin 5 sessile anthers. 
Balabac, Bur. Sci. ^6 Manf/uhot, March, 1906. 
A species apparently allied to Aglaia cumingiana Turcz., and to A. harmsiana 
Perk., differing from the former in its densely lepidotc inflorescence, nearly sessile 
flowers which are densely disposed, and its acuminate leaflets, and from the 
latter by having only two pairs of shorter leaflets, shorter panicles, and dif- 
ferent indumentum, the branches and leaves in the species above described not 
being at all stellate-tomentose-lepidote, the scales being appressed and entire or 
only very minutely ciliate. 
EUPHOEBIACEiE. . 
OMPHALEA Linn, 
Omphalea philippinensis sp. nov. 
Seandens, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis coriaceis oblongo-lan- 
ceolatis, acuminatis, nitidis, basi supra 2-glandulosis ; floribus pedicel- 
latis, minutis; fructibiis dehiscentibus, 2.5 ad 3 cm longis. 
A large woody ^ vine, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 
terete, somewhat rugose-striate when dry, glabrous, light-gray or yellowish. 
Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 12 to 22 cm long, 3 to 7 cm wide, 
coriaceous, glabrous, shining, pale in drying, the margins entire, some- 
what recurved, apex rather abru|)tly acuminate, the acumen 1 cm long 
or less, blunt, the base acute or obtuse; nerves about on each side of 
the midi-ib, prominent beneath, curved, the reticulations distinct on 
both surfaces; petioles stout, 1.5 to 3.5 cm long, with two prominent 
glands on the upper surface at the juncture with the leaf. Inflorescence 
axillary, paniculate, about 40 cm long (or longer?), somewhat ferrugi- 
nous-hirsute, the branches stout, spreading, the flowers many, pedicelled, 
fasciculate, the pedicels slender, thickened upwards, 6 to 7 mm long. 
Buds globose, 1.5 to 2 mm in diameter. Sepals 5, imbricate, glabrous, 
obovate or orbicular, about 2 mm long. Petals wanting. Anthers sessile. 
Pistillate flowers not seen. Fruit dehiscent, 2.5 to 3 cm long, the valves 
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