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arranged on the lower surface; lateral nerves about 8 on each 
side of the midrib, prominent on the lower surface, curved, 
anastomosing, the reticulations lax; petioles 1 to 1.5 cm long. : 
Panicles terminal, narrow, up to 8 em in length, the lower 
branches 2 cm long or less,.all parts sparingly stellate-lepidote. 
Fruits cup-shaped, truncate, gray stellate-lepidote, about 5 mm 
long, 6 mm in diameter, the styles exserted about 5 mm. 
Luzon, Nueva Ecija Province, Mount Umingan, Bur. Sci. 26441 Ramos 
& Edano, August 14, 1916, in forests, altitude about 300 meters. 
A species manifestly allied to Deutzia pulchra Vid., its much larger, 
more numerously nerved leaves giving it an aspect quite different from 
the typical form of Vidal’s species. 
HYDRANGEA Gronovius 
HYDRANGEA PUBIRAMEA sp. nov. 
Frutex circiter 2 m altus, ramis et inflorescentiis et petiolis et 
subtus foliis ad costa nervisque pilosis; foliis-chartaceis, oblongis 
ad oblongo-obovatis, acute acuminatis, basi acutis, margine sur- 
sum denticulatis, nervis utrinque 5 vel 6, curvato-adscendentibus, 
subtus in si¢citate plus minusve pustulosis; inflorescentiis ter- 
minalibus, pedunculatis, ramis primariis radiatis; fructibus jun- 
ioribus ovoideis, glabris, stylis 3, crassis, curvatis, 2 ad 2.5 mm 
longis. 
A shrub about 2 m high, the young branches, petioles, inflores- 
cences, and leaves on the midrib and lateral nerves beneath pilose 
with somewhat appressed, pale-brownish hairs. Branches terete, 
grayish-brown. Leaves chartaceous, oblong to oblong-obovate, 
grayish-olivaceous when dry, slightly shining, 6 to 11 cm long, 
3.to 4 cm wide, apex acutely acuminate, base acute, margins in 
the upper one-half denticulate, the teeth small, scattered, the low- 
er surface pale-brownish, pustulate when dry; lateral nerves 5 
or 6 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, anastomosing; 
petioles 1.5 to 2 cm long. Inflorescences terminal, peduncled, 
pubescent, the peduncles 5 to 20 mm long, the branches radiate, 
up to 4 em long, flower-bearing only toward their apices, the 
pedicels about 5 mm long. Calyx-tube in fruit cuneate, 2 mm 
long, the lobes 5, oblong, 1 mm long. Capsule above the calyx- 
tube ovoid or globose, about 3 mm in diameter; styles 3, rarely 4, 
stout, curved, 2 to 2.5 mm long. 
Luzon, Tayabas Province, Mount Dingalan, Bur. Sci. 26521 Ramos & 
Edano, September 8, 1916, in forests, altitude about 300 meters, 
A species similar and manifestly allied to Hydrangea lobbiana Maxim., 
from which it is readily distinguished by its indumentum. 
