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from the former by its 3-eelIed ovary, and from the latter by tlie more horny 
texture of the walls of the capsules. It is not likely to he mistaken for either 
on casual inspection, as its leaves are thinner and of difTerent shape from those 
of G. longisiylum, smaller, narrower, and more falcate than those of O. ti^ho- 
gynum. It resembles G, Irunncum Hook. f. in its leaves and general appearance 
of the styles, but the latter has 5 or G anthers, a different inflorescence, and the 
ovary is 4- to 6-celled. 
Glochidion curranii C. B. Rob. in rhilip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 102. 
This has great general resemblance to a New Guinea species, Glochidion gla- 
hrnm J. J. Smith," but the pistillate flowers are different. The inner lobes of 
' the perianth are very strikingly shorter than the outer, whereas m the Philip- 
pine plants, this difference, although noted in the original description, is quite 
slicrht There are other less important differences, but the two species should 
be "considered closely allied, unless more emphasis is laid on this character than 
has ordinarily been done. 
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Glochidion ligulatum sp. nov. ^ Hemiglochidion. 
Frutex : floribus pistilliferis axillaribus, fasciculatis, vel in ramis axil- 
laribus brevissimis suffultis ; perianthio alte G-partito, segmcntis lanceo- 
latis, acutis; ovario triloculare; stylo basi panira ovario altms latiore, 
multo longiore, apice trilobate, lobis saepe bifidis : foliis cliarteceis, an- 
guste ellipticis vel angustc oblanceolatis, utrinque acutis, glabns. 
Staminate flo^vers ^lnkno^ra : pistillate flowers in tbrccs or fours, ,n 
axillary fascicles or upon axillarj- branches about 2 mm long ; the bracts 
sometimes ciliate, the plant othenvise glabrous; pedicels about 0.5 mm 
long; perianth about 1.8 mm long, divided nearly to the base into C lan- 
ceolate, barely imbricate, nearly acute segments ; petals and disk none; 
ovary globose, 0.5 mm in diameter, G-grooved, 3-celled, each cell 2-ovu ed, 
pass ng with very slight narrowing into a fleshy ligulate or oblanceola e 
style 2 5 to 3 mm long, 0.8 mm in diameter above the middle, somewh 
3-angled, divided for about 0.5 mm at the apex into 3 lobes which are 
nearly always shortly 2-cleft at their apices: capsule not seen beyond -.o 
mm in diameter, still G-groovcd, 3-cclled, the cells 2-seeded. 
A glabrous shrub, 1 m high, the bark of the branches and branches 
gray, more or less mingled with dark-brown: petioles about 2 mm 1 ng 
L'i'na chartaceous, but firm, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblanceol te 
6 5 to 11 cm ]on<r, 1 to 1.7 cm wide, the inequilateral base acute and 
6.0 to 11 cm ion _^^^ ^^ ^^^ f^j^^^^^ 
decurrent, the maigms ie-\oiuiL, uil i & .^^ ^ . ,f^ cip^der 
barely or not acuminate, acute, mucronate pairs o veins StoW, slender 
their ends forming a widely arching submargmal vein ^ » J- ^^ - 
rather lax, evident; stipules about 1.5 mm long, the base ovate, shoit, the 
apex aciciilar. 
:r ^.'^.:S';?«nii; >'as a lo.,. ana na^owe. st,.e. 4-eened ov.r,. an. 
" Rfo. Exp^. ^^^erl. Nouv. Guin. 8 ( 1910) 224, pi. 5S. 
