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referable here is Bur. Sci. 233S2 Ramos, from Mount Bagacaua, Sorsogon, 

 but the leaves are smaller, and the flowers are immature. 



The species in facies resembles Litsea euphlebia Merr., but is distin- 

 guished at once by its inflorescence. In the present species the umbellules 

 are fascicled, while in L. euphlebia they are arranged in racemes. It is 

 very close to Litsea oblongifolia Merr., from which it differs in its fewer 

 nerved, smaller leaves, nine stamens, and in other minor characters. 



LITSEA ANOMALA sp. nov. 



Arbor alta, inflorescentiis floribusque exceptis glabra; foliis 

 alternis, penninervis, oblongo-ovatis, coriaceis, usque ad 13 cm 

 longis, prominente acuminatis, utrinque subaequaliter angusta- 

 tis, basi acutis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, prominentibus ; inflores- 

 centiis e axillis defoliatis, solitariis vel fasciculatis, 2 ad 3 cm 

 longis, umbellulis 5-floris, racemose dispositis, bracteis glabris; 

 floribus 6-meris, adpresse ferrugineo-pubescentibus, staminibus 

 6, antheris 4-locellatis, omnibus introrsis. 



A tall nearly glabrous tree, the branches terete, brownish 

 when dry, the younger ones irregularly angular. Leaves nume- 

 rous, alternate, oblong-ovate, coriaceous, 7 to 13 cm long, 3 to 

 5.5 cm wide, brownish-olivaceous when dry, or the lower sur- 

 face uniformly brown, slightly shining, subequally narrowed 

 to the acute base and to the prominently acuminate apex; 

 lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent 

 on both surfaces, rather straight and somewhat ascending, 

 brown on the lower surface, obscurely anastomosing, reticula- 

 tions nearly obsolete; petioles 2 to 3 cm long. Inflorescences 

 of simple, racemosely arranged umbellules, solitary or sometimes 

 fascicled, mostly from the axils of fallen leaves, 2 to 3 cm in 

 length, the rachis and peduncles sparingly cinereous-puberulent, 

 the peduncles 6 to 10 mm long. Umbellules globose in bud, the 

 bracts four, glabrous or nearly so, obovoid, rounded, concave, 

 rather prominently nerved, about 4 mm long. Flowers 5 in 

 each umbellule, 4 to 5 mm in length, the perianth-tube appressed 

 ferruginous-pubescent, somewhat enlarged upward, about 2 mm 

 long. Lobes 6, oblong, obtuse, about 2 mm long, obscurely 

 ciliate at the apex. Fertile stamens 6, their filaments somewhat 

 pilose ; anthers all 4-celled, introrse ; filaments of the outer row 

 eglandular, of the inner row 2-glandular at the base. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Lake Polog, Bur. Sci. 23652 Ramos, 

 August 26, 1915, in forests. 



This species does not appear to be closely allied to any previously 

 described Philippine representative of the genus, and has been placed in 

 Litsea tentatively. It is somewhat anomalous in the genus in that its 



