380 MERRILL. 
villosum, oblongo-ovoideum, subtruncatum, interdum 2-fidum. 
Floris $ sepala 4, leviter inaequalia. Ovarium 2-loculare ; styli 
2, breves, basi breviter connati, apice 2-fidi, lobis brevissimis, 
crassiusculis; ovulis in loculis solitariis, Capsula ellipsoidea, 
vix sulcata, 1-sperma, in valvas 4 dehiscens vix in coccos 2- 
valves dissiliens. Semen ecarunculatum, magnum. Arbor 
parva, fere glabra. Folia altema, petiolata, penninervia, plus 
minusve glanduloso-denticulata, basi supra 2-glandulosa. Pani- 
culae $ axillares, laxae, multiflorae; inflorescentiae 9 ut videtur 
racemosae. 
AUCINAEANTHUS PHILIPPINENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, 4 ad 10 m alta, inflorescentiis puberulis exceptis 
glabra; foliis chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, obovatis vel elliptico- 
obovatis, breviter acuminatis, 8 ad 20 cm longis, basi acutis, 
supra 2-glandulosis, margine distanter glanduloso-denticulatis, 
nervis utrinque 6 vel 7; paniculis $ diffusis, usque ad 10 cm 
longis; floribus minutis, 4-meris; staminibus 6; fructibus ellip- 
soideis, circiter 2.5 cm longis, extus dense pallide puberulis. 
A small tree 4 to 10 m high, glabrous except the puberulent 
inflorescence, the branches slender, terete, grayish. Leaves 
chartaceous to subcoriaceous, obovate to elliptic-obovate, usually 
brownish and somewhat shining when dry, of the same color on 
both surfaces or somewhat olivaceous above and brownish 
beneath, 8 to 20 cm long, 3.5 to 12 cm wide, the base acute and 
with two small but distinct glands on the upper surface at the 
pB junction with the petiole, the apex shortly acuminate, the mar- 
gins distantly glandular-denticulate, or sometimes subentire, 
sometimes the teeth rather prominent in the upper part of the 
leaf; lateral nerves 6 or 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 
^ anastomosing, the reticulations distinct; petioles 1.5 cm long. 
Male inflorescence paniculate, the panicles puberulent, axillary, 
r usually solitary, diffusely branched, up to 10 cm long, many- 
flowered. Flowers small, 4-merous, the bracts ovate, acute or 
acuminate, about 1.3 mm long, the bracteoles similar but smaller, 
each subtending a single flower; pedicels 1 to 1.5 mm long, 
the buds globose, glabrous. Sepals 4, strongly imbricate, orbi- 
cular, 1.5 to 2 mm in diameter, subequal. Stamens 6; filaments 
about 1 mm long; anthers broadly ovoid, 0.5 mm long. Rudi- 
mentary ovary villous, about 1 mm long, oblong-ovoid, obtuse or 
: truncate, sometimes 2-fid; disk-glands 6, alternating with the 
filaments, very minute. Female inflorescence apparently race- 
mose, the flowers not seen, but the persistent sepals in very 
young fruifs four, unequal, ovate, acute, up to 2 mm long; styles 
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