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leviter inaequilateralibus, nervis utrinque 7 vel 8, prominentibus, 

 margine serrato-crenulatis ; inflorescentiis axillaribus, subcorym- 

 bosis, circiter 8 cm longis ; floribus 5-meris ; f ructibus circiter 8 

 mm longis, obovoideis, 4-angulatis, 4-valvis, extus dense ciliatis. 

 A small tree about 7 m high, the branches, branchlets, lower 

 surface of the leaves, and the inflorescence prominently and 

 for the most part densely stellate-pubescent. Branches terete, 

 densely puberulent, the indumentum on the ultimate branchlets 

 and petioles ferruginous. Leaves subcoriaceous, oblong-ovate, 

 equilateral or slightly inequilateral at the base, 16 to 24 cm long, 

 6 to 12 cm wide, the upper surface rather dark-olivaceous when 

 dry, densely stellate-pubescent with pale hairs on the midrib 

 and nerves and with short scattered hairs on the reticulations 

 and surface, the lower surface densely and uniformly stellate- 

 pubescent with short hairs, the lower surface pale-gray in color, 

 base prominently cordate, the lobes broad, rounded, sinus rather 

 narrow, apex acuminate, margins rather closely serrate-crenu- 

 late ; lateral nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the midrib, prominent, 

 the primary reticulations subparallel, prominent, the base with 

 two pairs of nerves, the lower and outer pair much shorter than 

 the inner ones ; petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, 

 solitary, in fruit up to 8 cm long, densely stellate-puberulent or 

 pubescent with grayish-olivaceous hairs, paniculate. Flowers 5- 

 merous. Sepals lanceolate, thick, blunt, 5 to 5.5 mm long, outside 

 densely stellate-puberulent with grayish hairs, inside very spar- 

 ingly pubescent. Petals oblong-spatulate, about 4 mm long, 

 glabrous except at the ciliate base, rounded, membranaceous. 

 Capsules obovoid, about 8 mm long, 4-angled, 4-valved, 4-celled, 

 apiculate, the valves externally densely ciliate with rather soft, 

 subappressed, shining, rather pale hairs. Seeds ovoid, inequi- 

 lateral, subacute, about 1.2 mm long, rather densely covered with 

 long, soft, copious, white or pale hairs which are attached near 

 the base and along the inner angles. 



AMBOINA, near the town of Amboina, Rel. Robins. 1808, in ravines, al- 

 titude about 50 meters, October 27, 1913, locally known as morong puti. 



The alliance of this species is manifestly with the Philippine Tricho- 

 spermum trivalve Merr., from which, however, it differs in many characters, 

 notably in its pale indumentum on the lower surface of the leaves, its 

 equilateral or nearly equilateral leaves, and its 4-valved, 4-celled capsules. 



Doctor Robinson has suggested on the field label that it may possibly 

 be Restiaria nigra Rumph., Herb. Amb. 3: 188, which I have placed under 

 Columbia subobovata Hochr., and there are certain points in Rumphius's 

 description that favor this disposition of Restiaria nigra. However, the 

 fruit and especially the seed characters indicated by Rumphius certainly 

 do not apply to Trichospermum. Continued field work in Amboina may 



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