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2mm long. Calyx somewhat cup-shaped, nearly 2 mm in dia- 
meter, with four, short, rounded, obscure teeth, their margins 
somewhat crenulate, glandular. Corolla 4 mm long, glandular, 
the lobes oblong, obtuse, 2 mm long. Stamens 4, oblong, sessile, 
1.2 mm long, the connectives black-glandular on the back. Ru- 
dimentary ovary and style rather stout, about 2 mm long. 
MINDANAO, Agusan Subprovince, near Butuan, For. Bur. 20735 Rafael 
& Ponce, September 12, 1913, in swamp-forests at low altitudes. 
A species manifestly allied to Discocalyx merrillii Mez and to D. pala- 
wanensis Elm., well characterized, however, by its sessile leaves and much 
larger flowers. The specialized branches bearing the inflorescences present 
no reduced leaves. 
DISCOCALYX TECSONII sp. nov. 
Arbor glabra, 5 ad 8 m alta; foliis breviter petiolatis, oblongo- 
oblanceolatis, usque ad 34 cm longis, chartaceis, acutis ad leviter 
acuminatis, integris, deorsum sensim angustatis, basi cuneatis, 
nervis utringue circiter 20, distinctis; paniculis bipinnatis, usque 
ad cm longis, in ramis extra-axillaribus vel e exillis defoliatis 
dispositis, ramis specialibus compressis, 1 ad 3.5 cm longis supra 
plus minusve incrassatis cicatricibus et cum foliis depauperatis 
instructis; floribus ¢ 4- vel 5-meris, glandulosis, circiter 3 mm 
longis, petalis ad basi leviter connatis. 
A glabrous tree 5 to 8 m high, apparently dioecious, the 
branches brown when dry, terete, about 5 mm in diameter. 
Leaves rather pale when dry, chartaceous, oblong-oblanceolate, 
entire, 20 to 34 cm long, 5 to 9 cm wide, apex acute to obscurely 
acuminate, gradually narrowed from about the upper two-thirds 
to the cuneate base; lateral nerves distinct, usually about 20 
on each side of the midrib, irregular, anastomosing; petioles 
stout, about 5 mm long. Special branches bearing the inflores- 
cences extra-axillary or from the axils of fallen leaves, usually 
compressed, 1 to 3.5 cm long, about 3 mm. in diameter, their 
apices somewhat thickened and with the evident scars of fallen 
peduncles, bracts, and leaves, the panicles subtended by two or 
three greatly reduced leaves similar to the ordinary ones but from 
4 to 9 cm long, the brown bracts membranaceous, lanceolate, 
acuminate, about 1 cm long, deciduous. Panicles up to 6 cm 
long, the branches 2 cm long or less. Flowers 4- or 5-merous, 
the staminate ones about 3 mm long. Calyx somewhat cup- 
shaped, nearly 2 mm in diameter, the teeth broad, rounded, 
entire, glandular. Corolla 3 mm long, the lobes oblong, obtuse, 
free nearly to the base, glandular. Anthers sessile, oblong, 1 
mm long, the connectives glandular. Rudimentary ovary and 
