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pubescent. Outer three petals oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceo- 
late, very thick, pubescent on both surfaces, the indumentum 
soft, cinereous to ferruginous, rather dense on the inner surface, 
about 2 cm long, 7 to 10 mm wide, narrowed upward to the 
acute apex; inner three petals connivent, forming a cone sur- 
rounding the stamens, oblong-ovate, acute, thickened, pubescent, 
about 1.5 em long and 9 mm wide. Stamens indefinite, 2 mm 
long, truncate. Carpels about 12, oblong-ovoid, 2 mm long, ap- 
pressed-pubescent, narrowed upward; styles glabrous, twice as 
long as the carpels; ovules few. 
MINDOoRO, Paluan, Bur. Sci. 39660 (type), 39519, 39676 Ramos, 
April, 1921. In dry forests at low altitudes. 
A species in vegetative characters somewhat resembling 
Goniothalamus amuyon (Blanco) Merr., but differing radically 
in its floral characters. It is well characterized by its minutely 
puncticulate leaves and its elongated styles. 
LAURACEAE 
CRYPTOCARYA R. Brown 
CRYPTOCARYA EDANOII sp. nov. 
Arbor, ramulis et inflorescentiis et subtus foliis ad costa ner- 
visque dense ferrugineo-villosis; foliis coriaceis, ovatis ad sub- 
ellipticis, usque ad 17 cm longis et 12 cm latis, supra, costa 
excepta, glabris, subolivaceis, minutissime et obscure foveolatis, 
subtus glaucescentibus, basi plerumque latissime rotundatis, apice 
abrupte et brevissime apiculato-acuminatis; nervis et reticulis 
primariis supra impressis, subtus valde perspicuis, nervis utrin- 
que circiter 10; paniculis usque ad 15 cm longis, ramis ramulis- 
que crassis, densissime ferrugineo-villosis, fructibus junioribus 
oblongo-ellipsoideis, 12 mm longis, nigris, leviter ferrugineo- 
pubescentibus. 
A tree, the branchlets and inflorescences very densely ferru- 
ginous-villous, the leaves ferruginous-villous beneath on the 
midrib, nerves, and reticulations. Ultimate branches up to 7 
mm in diameter, pubescent. Leaves coriaceous, the normal ones 
ovate, those on the younger branchlets subelliptic, 13 to 17 cm 
long, 7 to 12 cm wide, the upper surface subolivaceous, somewhat 
shining, glabrous except for the pubescent midrib, minutely and 
shallowly foveolate, the midrib, nerves, and primary reticulations 
impressed, the lower surface somewhat glaucous, the midrib, 
nerves, and reticulations pale brownish, the base usually broadly 
rounded, the apex abruptly and shortly apiculate-acuminate; 
