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DILLENIACEAE 
SAURAUIA Willdenow 
SAURAUIA LONGIPEDICELLATA sp. nov. 
Frutex glaber; foliis oblanceolatis, chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, 
11 ad 20 ecm longis, breviter acuminatis, deorsum sensim an- 
gustatis, basi cuneatis, margine minute dentatis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 14, perspicuis; floribus paucis, longe pedicellatis, 1.8 
em diametro, fasciculatis, caulinis et axillaribus, pedicellis usque 
ad 5 cm longis, sepalis exterioribus 3 ad 3.5 mm longis, interiori- 
bus majoribus; staminibus 20; stylis 3, circiter 4 mm longis, 
deorsum breviter connatis. : 
An entirely glabrous shrub, the ultimate branches brownish, 
smooth, about 5 mm in diameter. Leaves oblanceolate, char- 
taceous to subcoriaceous, 11 to 20 cm long, 4 to 5.5 cm wide, 
brown when dry, slightly shining, the apex rather abruptly and 
shortly acuminate, gradually narrowed below to the cuneate 
base, the margin except in the lower one-third to one-half rather 
finely dentate; lateral nerves about 14 on each side of the midrib, 
abruptly curved and then ascending. Flowers white, fascicled 
on the trunk and larger branches and also in the leaf axils, about 
1.8 cm in diameter, their pedicels slender, up to 5 cm long, 
usually with a pair of small, lanceolate bracts at or near the 
middle from 1 to 3 mm in length. Outer 2 sepals elliptic-ovate, 
8 to 3.5 mm long, the inner 3 thinner, orbicular-elliptic, 5 mm 
long, broadly rounded, all entirely glabrous. Corolla lobes 7 
to 8 mm long, 5 mm wide, retuse, Stamens 20, their filaments 
2 mm long, the anthers equaling the filaments. Styles 3, about 
4 mm long, united for the lower 1 mm. Fruits ovoid, about 6 
mm in diameter. 
MINDANAO, Zamboanga District, Malangas, Bur. Sct. 36897 
Ramos & Edafto, November, 1919. In forests along streams 
at low altitudes. 
A species strongly characterized by being entirely glabrous 
throughout, as well as by its unusually long, slender pedicels. 
It apparently belongs in the general group with S. trunciflora 
Merr. 
THEACEAE 
PYRENARIA Blume 
PYRENARIA MINDANAENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 3 m altus, partibus junioribus parce pubes- 
centibus, ramis teretibus, glabris; foliis chartaceis vel sub- 
