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ceous. Leaves opposite, subelliptic, equally narrowed at both 
ends, 14 to 19 em long, 7 to 8 cm wide, the apex very shortly 
acuminate, the base acute, subcoriaceous, the upper surface 
smooth and shining, the lower pale or slightly brownish, uni- 
formly and densely covered with minute, appressed, lepidote 
scales which are scarcely evident under a lens, the base 5- 
plinerved, the external pair of nerves slender, within 2 mm of the 
margin, leaving the very base of the leaf, the inner pair very 
prominent, leaving the midrib about 5 mm above the base and 
extending to the apex, the transverse nervules subparallel very 
prominent; petioles 3 to 3.5 cm long, often somewhat furfur- 
aceous. Panicles terminal, shortly peduncled, up to 15 cm long 
and about as wide in anthesis, subpyramidal, all parts rather 
densely furfuraceous with minute, pale-ferruginous scales. 
Flowers very numerous, 5-merous, their pedicels about 2 mm 
long, only perfect ones seen. Calyx broadly urceolate, furfur- 
aceous-lepidote, about 3 mm in diameter, 2.5 to 3 mm long, the 
subglobose tube distinctly constricted near the apex, the limb 
with 5, distinct, very broad, acute teeth less than 1 mm in length. 
Petals broadly obovate, rounded, about 2 mm long, concave. 
Stamens 10, 2 mm long. Ovary 2-celled; style 2.8 mm long; 
stigma disk-like, 1 mm in diameter. Fruit depressed-globose, 
about 4 mm in diameter, very obscurely lepidote or nearly gla- 
brous, crowned by the short calyx-rim. Seeds very numerous, 
linear, about 2 mm long. 
Luzon, Province of Laguna, San Antonio, Bur. ScL 10872 (type), 165U 
Ramos, August, 1910, and September, 1912, in forests along streams. 
A species similar to and manifestly closely allied to Astronia cumingiana 
Vid., but with more prominent nerves, somewhat larger leaves, and denser 
indumentum. Astronia roJfei Vid., as here interpreted, is still another 
allied form, which, however, has ultimately nearly or quite glabrous leaves, 
green on both surfaces. 
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10. ASTRONIA CANDOLLEANA Cogn. in DC. Monog. Phan. 7 (1891) 
1099; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 108. 
Astronia papeteria F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1880) 89; Vid. Phan. 
Cuming. Philip. (1885) 114, non Blume. 
Luzon, Province of Cagayan, For. Bur. 11315 Klemme: Subprovince of 
Bontoc, For. Bur. 18S95 Alvarez: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 750 Borden: 
Province of Rizal, Phil. PL 10U2 Ramos, Bur. Sci. 981, 26^5 Ramos, Merrill 
2357, For Bur. 2097 Ahern's collector: Province of Laguna, Bur. Sci. 16626 
Ramos: Province of Albay, Cuming 850 (Herb. Kew.). 
11. ASTRONIA VIRIDIFOLIA Elm. Leafi. Philip. Hot. 4 (1911) 1203. 
^ Luzon, Province of Laguna, Bur. Sci. 10032, 10963, 15118, 166U Ramos, 
indicated as a new species and the duplicates distributed under another 
