xiii, c,i • Merrill: Philippine Pla?its, XIII 37 



rather densely cinereous-pubescent. Pedicels 1 to 2 mm long. 

 Calyx-tube obconic, about 2 mm long, the lobes 8, linear, about 

 2 mm long, pubescent. Petals 8, somewhat spatulate, obtuse, 

 cinereous-pubescent, ciliate on the margins, about 3 mm long. 

 Stamens 16, two opposite each petal, their filaments glabrous, 

 about 2 mm long. Ovary and style pubescent, the style-arms 

 4, about 1 mm long. 



Leyte, Tigbao, near Tacloban, Wenzel 1525, July 15, 1915, the flowers 

 green. 



A species manifestly allied to Homalium luzoniense F.-Vill., but with 

 much larger, entire, and somewhat fewer nerved leaves. 



HOMALIUM VILLOSUM sp. nov. § Myriantheia. 



Arbor circiter 15 m alta subtus foliis et ramulis junioribus 

 et inflorescentiis dense molliter villosis ; foliis subcoriaceis, ellip- 

 ticis, usque ad 8 cm longis, breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi 

 subacutis, nervis utrinque circiter 6, perspicuis; inflorescentiis 

 axillaribus terminalibusque, paniculatis, ramis elongatis, bracteis 

 elliptico-ovatis, 3 ad 4 mm longis, membranaceis, villosis ; floribus 

 6-meris, petalis sepalisque subaequalibus, villosis, circiter 2 mm 

 longis, oblanceolatis ; staminibus 18. 



A tree about 15 m high, the branchlets, inflorescence, and lower 

 surface of the leaves densely and softly villous with pale hairs. 

 Branches terete, brownish, glabrous. Leaves elliptic, subcoria- 

 ceous, 5 to 8 cm long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, pale when dry, the 

 upper surface shining, glabrous except the puberulent midrib, 

 apex shortly blunt-acuminate, base acute, margins distantly cren- 

 ulate, the teeth in young leaves crowned with a tuft of hairs; 

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

 anastomosing, curved; petioles densely villous, 2 to 3 mm long. 

 Panicles terminal and axillary, the branches numerous, elong- 

 ated, densely many-flowered, up to 10 cm long, the flowers 

 6-merous, scattered along the rachis, not fascicled, the villous 

 pedicels 2 to 2.5 mm long, the bracts prominently ciliate, elliptic 

 to ovate-elliptic, obtuse, 3 to 4 mm long. Sepals 6, prominently 

 ciliate, oblanceolate, acute or subacute, about 2 mm long. Petals 

 similar to the sepals. Stamens three opposite each petal, their 

 filaments about 1.4 mm long, sparingly ciliate at the base. Ovary 

 villous ; styles 5 or 6, about 1 mm long, sparingly ciliate. 



Samar, near Catbalogan, For. Bur. 22718 Lasquety, August 2, 1914, on 

 forested ridges, altitude about 200 meters, locally known as batu-batu. 



This specimen was originally determined as Homalium loheri Merr., but 

 belongs in a different section of the genus than this species. It falls 

 in the group with Homalium villarianum Vid., but is distinguished from 



