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ceous, elliptic, shining, 6 to 8 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, sub- 

 equally narrowed to the acute base and to the acute or obscurely 

 acuminate apex, the margins distantly crenate-serrate ; lateral 

 nerves about 6 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the 

 lower surface, curved, anastomosing, the reticulations distinct; 

 petioles 5 to 7 mm long. Inflorescences terminal and axillary, 

 the racemes forming large, leafy panicles, the individual racemes 

 or branches mostly simple, up to 12 cm long, all parts more or 

 less pubescent with spreading hairs. Flowers very numerous, 

 5-merous, about 6 mm in diameter, white, somewhat fascicled 

 along the racemes, their pedicels jointed to the calyx, about 2.5 

 mm long, the subtending bracts oblong-ovate, acute or acuminate, 

 pubescent, 2 mm long. Calyx-tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 2 

 mm long. Sepals 5, narrowly oblong, ciliate, 2 mm long, about 

 0.5 mm wide. Petals 5, narrowly oblong-obovate to somewhat 

 spatulate, ciliate, about 3 mm long. Stamens 1 opposite each 

 petal, the filaments about 2 mm long, sparingly ciliate in the 

 lower one-half. Ovary pubescent; styles 3 or 4, about 1.5 mm 

 long, ciliate. 



Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Pakdal, For. Bur. 25155 Garcia (type), 

 March 11, 1916, along small 3treams at an altitude of 1,500 meters; Tri- 

 nidad, on limestone formation, For. Bur. 15933 Bacani, December 30, 1908, 

 distributed as H. loheri Merr. 



Very closely allied to Homalium loheri Merr., from which it is readily 

 distinguished by its smaller, fewer nerved leaves. 



HOMALIUM PLATYPHYLLUM sp. nov. § Myriantheia. 



Arbor circiter 10 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra ; f oliis 

 ellipticis, coriaceis, nitidis, usque ad 20 cm longis et 11 cm latis, 

 integris, apice breviter abrupte obtuseque acuminatis, basi rotun- 

 datis, nervis utrinque circiter 9, perspicuis; inflorescentiis 

 dense cinereo-pubescentibus, laxis, multifloris, usque ad 20 cm 

 longis, ramis elongatis ; floribus 8-meris, petalis subspatulatis, 

 circiter 3 mm longis, quam sepalis longioribus; staminibus 16. 



A tree about 10 m high, glabrous except the rather densely 

 cinereous-pubescent ample inflorescence. Branches terete, 

 brownish. Leaves elliptic, coriaceous, brownish or brownish- 

 olivaceous and shining when dry, about 20 cm long and 11 cm 

 wide, entire, base rounded, apex very shortly and obtusely acu- 

 minate; lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the midrib, pro- 

 minent, reddish-brown on the lower surface when dry, curved- 

 anastomosing, the reticulations slender, distinct; petioles stout, 

 about 1 cm long. Inflorescence ample, paniculate, up to 20 cm 

 in length, the ultimate branches 10 to 15 cm long, all parts 



