vni, c, 6 Merrill: Plantae Wenzelianae 372 
upward and 3 mm wide opposite the insertion of the stamens, 
the reflexed part above the stamens narrowed upward to the acute 
apex, about 5.5 mm long-. Filaments 1 mm long; anthers nar- 
rowly oblong, continuous, 3 to 3.5 mm long. 
Leyte, Dagami, climbing on trees in forests, altitude about 60 meters, 
C. A. Wenzel 24, April 20, 1913. 
A strongly marked species, well characterized by its solitary or nearly 
solitary, short-pedicelled, axillary and extra-axillary flowers in combination 
with its thickly coriaceous, verticellate leaves. It is allied to Lorantkus 
lanaensis Merr., which has, however, opposite or subopposite leaves, larger 
flowers, and cymose inflorescences. 
ANONACEAE 
POLYALTHIA Blume 
POLYALTHIA SIMILIS sp. nov. (§ Eupolyaltkia.) 
Species P. obliquae Hook. f. et Th. similis et valde affinis, 
differt floribus paullo majoribus, breviter pedicellatis, saepe 
geminatis, et foliis chartaceis vix'coriaceis. 
A shrub or small tree 4 to 5 m high. Branches terete, dark- 
gray, lenticellate, glabrous, the younger paits distinctly pubescent. 
Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, shining, pale 
when dry, 10 to 18 cm long, 2 to 6.5 cm wide, the apex shortly 
acuminate, the base narrowed and distinctly althoughly minutely 
inequilaterally cordate, the upper surface quite glabrous when 
dry, the lower paler, sparingly appressed-pubescent along the 
midrib, the lateral nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, 
slender, distinct, looped-anastomosing, the reticulations lax; 
petioles stout, 2 mm long or less. Flowers green or yellowish, 
solitary or in pairs from the axils of fallen leaves and from the 
branches below the leaves, their pedicels stout, somewhat pubes- 
cent, 2 to 3 mm long, bracteate at the base. Sepals reniform 
to broadly ovate, thickly coriaceous, 3 to 4 mm long, 5 mm 
wide, obtuse, slightly pubescent externally. Outer three petals 
oblong-ovate, coriaceous, recurved, densely ferruginous-pubescent 
externally, inside glabrous, obtuse, about 10 mm long, 6 mm 
wide, the inner three similar but more erect, narrowly oblong, 
about 8 mm long, 4 mm. wide. Stamens many, narrowly oblong- 
oliovate, the connectives truncate, 1.2 mm long. Carpels many, 
oblong, 1 to 1.5 mm long, pubescent below; stigmas subcapitate; 
ovules two, basal or subbasal, 
Levte, Dagami, Bur. Sci. 15185 Ramos (type), August 9, 1912, C. A. 
Wenzel 91, March, 1913, in damp forests. 
A species manifestly very closely allied to the Malayan Polyaltkta ohliqua 
Hook. f. & Th., which is reported from Chittagong, the Malay Peninsula, 
