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lateral nerves about 10 on each side of the midrib, somewhat 
curved-anastomosing at the very margin, very prominent on 
the lower surface as are the reticulations; petioles densely 
pubescent, about 1 cm long. Panicles terminal, about 15 cm 
long and with smaller ones in the uppermost axils, all parts 
densely ferruginous-villous, the branches and branchlets few, 
thickened, the ultimate branchlets 2 to 3 mm in diameter. Im- 
mature fruits oblong-ellipsoid, black when dry, about 12 mm 
long, obscurely longitudinally sulcate, more or less ferruginous- 
villous, the indumentum apparently deciduous. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga District, Mount Tubuan, Bur. Sct. 
36706 Ramos & Edaio, October, 1919. In forests at low alti- 
tudes. 
CRYPTOCARYA CAGAYANENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra (floribus ignotis) ; foliis oblongis, coriaceis, 20 
ad 25 cm longis, supra olivaceis vel atro-olivaceis, nitidis, subtus 
glaucescentibus, nervis utrinque circiter 15, perspicuis, reti- 
culis primariis subparallelis; paniculis terminalibus, sub fructu 
10 ad 14 cm longis, fructibus ovoideis, 3 cm longis, supra angus- 
tatis, obtusis, in siccitate nigris. ; 
A glabrous tree (flowers unknown), the ultimate branches 
about 4 mm in diameter, brownish or grayish, somewhat rugose 
and sulcate when dry. Leaves oblong, thickly coriaceous, 20 
to 25 cm long, 5.5 to 8 cm wide, the apex shortly and obtusely 
acuminate, the base broadly acute, the upper surface dark-oli- 
vaceous, somewhat shining, smooth, the lower surface more or 
less glaucous, glabrous, not at all foveolate; lateral nerves 
about 15 on each side of the midrib, nearly straight, prominent 
on the lower surface, ascending at an angle of nearly 45°, anas- 
tomosing close to the margin, the primary reticulations slender, 
subparallel; petioles about 2 cm long. Fruiting panicles ter- 
minal, 10 to 14 em long, the branches few, stout, glabrous. 
Fruits ovoid, narrowed upward to the blunt apex, about 3 cm 
long, 1.5 to 1.8 cm in diameter, dark brown or nearly black when 
dry, glabrous, obscurely longitudinally ridged or nearly smooth. 
Luzon, Cagayan Province, For. Bur. 28440 Ponce, May, 1921. 
Apparently growing in forests at low altitudes. 
A species strongly characterized by its thickly coriaceous, 
oblong leaves, which are somewhat glaucous beneath, and es- 
pecially by its unusually large, ovoid fruits, which are about 
3 cm in length, rather abruptly narrowed at the base and 
gradually narrowed upward to the obtuse apex. 
