xi, c, i Merrill: Plants from Sorsogon Province, Luzon 9 



GONIOTHALAMUS Blume 

 GONIOTHALAMUS BRUNNEUS sp. nov. 



Frutex vel arbor, glabra, ramis ramulisque teretibus; foliis 

 oblongis, coriaceis, in siccitate brunneis, nitidis, usque ad 22 cm 

 longis, apice brevissime abrupte acuminatis, basi acutis, nervis 

 utrinque circiter 10, tenuibus, distinctis; floribus rubris, soli- 

 tariis, e axilis defoliatis, circiter 5.5 cm longis, petalis exterio- 

 ribus circiter 2 cm latis; stylis tenuibus, elongatis; ovulis 1. 



A shrub or small tree, entirely glabrous except the slightly 

 pubescent parts of the flower. Branches and branchlets terete, 

 pale-brownish. Leaves oblong, coriaceous, brown and shining 

 when dry, 15 to 22 cm long, 5 to 8 cm wide, the apex very shortly 

 and abruptly blunt-acuminate, base acute, the lower surface 

 paler than the upper, smooth; lateral nerves slender, distinct, 

 brown, about 10 on each side of the midrib, anastomosing, the 

 primary reticulations slender, lax ; petioles stout, 5 to 8 mm long. 

 Flowers red, in the axils of fallen leaves, solitary, their pedicels 

 stout, 1.5 to 2 cm long. Sepals broadly ovate, coriaceous, 

 rounded, glabrous, about 8 mm long. Outer three petals coria- 

 ceous, oblong, at maturity about 5.5 cm long and 2 cm wide, 

 acute, glabrous or with few, minute, scattered, shining, brownish 

 hairs; inner three petals thickly coriaceous, oblong-ovate, 1.5 

 cm long, 8 mm wide, somewhat pubescent. Stamens indefinite, 

 3 to 3.5 mm long, linear, flat. Carpels indefinite, narrowly 

 oblong, appressed-hirsute, 2 mm long; ovules solitary; style 

 slender, glabrous, about 3 mm long; stigma slightly enlarged, 

 obscurely and minutely 2-toothed. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Bulusan Volcano, Bur. Sci. 23680 Ramos, 

 September 6, 1915, on damp forested slopes. 



In many respects this species resembles Goniothalamus mindanaensis 

 Merr. (G. philippinensis Elm.), especially in its leaf characters. It is 

 readily distinguished, however, by its oblong inner petals which are 5.5 

 cm long and 2 cm wide, those of the species mentioned above being very 

 broadly ovate, 3.5 to 4 cm in width. 



LAURACEAE 



CRYPTOCARYA R. Brown 

 CRYPTOCARYA AFFINIS sp. nov. 



Species C. ilocanae Vid. similis et affinis, differt foliis in sic- 

 citate brunneis, nitidis, glabris, nervis utrinque 2 vel 3, ramis 

 ramulisque brunneis, laevis, glabris. 



A tree, quite glabrous except the inflorescence which is spar- 

 ingly appressed pubescent. Branches and branchlets slender, 



