26 The Philippine Journal of Science 1916 



ASTRONIA Blume 

 ASTRONIA SORSOGONENSIS sp. nov. 



Arbor parva, ramulis petiolis subtus foliis ad costa nervisque 

 inflorescentiisque plus minusve f errugineo-f urf uraceis ; foliis 

 chartaceis, oblongis, olivaceis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 3-plinerviis 

 vel paene 3-nerviis, usque ad 9 cm longis ; paniculis pyramidatis 

 5 ad 7 cm longis, pedunculatis vel e basi ramosis; capsulis 

 subglobosis, circiter 2.5 mm diametro. 



A small tree, the younger parts ferruginous-furfuraceous. 

 Branches grayish or brownish, terete, glabrous, the branchlets 

 densely ferruginous-furfuraceous. Leaves numerous, oblong, 

 chartaceous, olivaceous, somewhat shining, 4 to 9 cm long, 2 to 



3 cm wide, equally narrowed to the acute base and to the rather 

 slenderly acuminate apex, the upper surface glabrous, the lower 

 ferruginous-furfuraceous on the longitudinal nerves; nerves 3, 

 the lateral pair prominent, leaving the midrib within 1 or 2 mm 

 of the base; petioles ferruginous-furfuraceous, 5 to 8 mm long. 

 Panicles terminal, pyramidal, peduncled or sometimes branched 

 from the base, up to 10 cm long, more or less ferruginous- 

 furfuraceous. Capsules, globose, about 2.5 mm in diameter, 

 glabrous, the teeth very small. 



Luzon, Province of Sorsogon, Mount Kililibong, Bur. Sci. 23699 Ramos, 

 August 16, 1915 (type) ; Mount Bagacaua, Bur. Sci. 231+30 Ramos, August 

 26, 1915, in forests at the summit, altitude apparently about 1,000 meters. 



The species is closely allied to Astronia acuminatissima Merr., which it 

 greatly resembles, but is distinguished by its ferrugineous-furfuraceous 

 indumentum and the more nearly basal lateral nerves of its leaves. 



ASTRONIA BADIA sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta, inflorescentiis dense brunneo-fur- 

 furaceo-lepidotis, subtus foliis uniformiter dense brunneo- vel 

 cupreo-lepidotis ; foliis longe petiolatis, elliptico-oblongis, usque 

 ad 25 cm longis, acuminatis, basi obscure auriculatis, 5-nerviis, 

 nervis exterioribus tenuibus; paniculis circiter 8 cm longis, e 

 basi ramosis, subcorymbosis ; floribus 5-meris, calycis circiter 



4 mm diametro. 



A tree about 10 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence and 

 the lower surface of the leaves. Branches rather stout, dark 

 colored when dry. Leaves elliptic-oblong, chartaceous, about 

 25 cm long and 11 cm wide, subequally narrowed to the shortly 

 acuminate apex and to the obscurely auriculate base, the upper 

 surface glabrous, olivaceous, the lower densely and uniformly 

 covered with small, distinct, papyraceous, brown or cupreous 

 scales ; nerves 5, basal, the inner pair very prominent, the outer 

 pair slender, all reaching the apex of the leaf, the transverse 



