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cuneate, the upper surface olivaceous, smooth, somewhat shining, 
glabrous, the lower surface brownish and slightly glaucescent 
when dry; lateral nerves 10 to 12 on each side of the midrib, 
very prominent on the lower surface, obscure on the upper sur- 
facé nearly straight, somewhat ascending, the reticulations not 
prominent, the midrib and lateral nerves on the lower surface 
minutely appressed-pubescent with short brown or reddish- 
brown hairs; petioles about 1 cm long, nearly black when dry, 
glabrous. Panicles axillary, solitary, in fruit about 2.5 cm long. 
Fruits narrowly ovoid, about 2 cm long, 10 to 12 mm in diameter, 
dark brown, smooth and shining when dry. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province (Principe), Baler, Merrill 10332 (coll. Garcia), 
August, 1902, locally known as pusihan. 
Apparently as closely allied to CRYPTOCARYA VIDALII (Elm.) (En- 
diandra vidalii Elm.) as to any other species, but with much more numerous 
lateral nerves and smaller fruits. 
CRYPTOCARYA SAMARENSIS sp. nov. 
Arbor circiter 18 m alta, subtus foliis ramulisque minute ad- 
presse puberulis. Foliis oblongis, subcoriaceis, usque ad 11 cm 
longis, in siccitate utrinque brunneis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, 
basi acutis, nervis utrinque circiter 8, subtus prominentibus; 
fructibus oblongo-ellipsoideis, circiter 2.5 cm longis, utrinque le- 
viter angustatis, in siccitate nigris, nitidis, laevis. 
A tree about 18 m high, nearly glabrous, the young branchlets 
and the lower surfaces of the leaves minutely appressed-puber- 
“ulent. Branches slender, terete, brownish. Leaves oblong, sub- 
coriaceous, 8 to 11 cm long, 2.5 to 4 cm wide, the base acute, apex 
rather slenderly and sharply acuminate, both surfaces brown 
when dry or the upper surface brownish-olivaceous, shining, 
smooth; lateral nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, prom- 
inent, curved-ascending, the reticulations slender, distinct; pe- 
tioles slender, about 1 cm long. Flowers not seen. Panicles 
axillary, mostly 2 to 5 cm long, some up to 12 cm in length, 
the branches few, short, glabrous. Fruits oblong-ellipsoid, 
smooth, black and shining when dry, slightly and subequally 
narrowed at both ends, 2 to 2.5 cm long, about 1 cm in diameter. 
Samar, Cauayan Valley, Bur. Sci. 17531 Ramos, March 27, 1914, in forests 
along small streams, locally known as malaigot. 
A species somewhat resembling Cryptocarya glauciphylla Elm., from 
which it differs, among other characters, in its brown leaves which are 
minutely appressed-puberulent on the lower surface. 
CRYPTOCARYA ZAMBOANGENSIS sp. nov, 
Arbor 7 ad 12 m alta, partibus junioribus ferrugineo-pubescent- 
