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pubescent, linear-lanceolate, 2 cm long bracts, the bracteoles 

 absent. Flowers 5 to 6 mm long, their lobes broadly ovate, 

 obtuse, 3 mm long, the pedicels about 3 mm long. Anthers 3 

 mm long. Fruit ellipsoid to ovoid-ellipsoid, 3 cm long, nearly 

 2 cm in diameter, the pericarp somewhat wrinkled when dry, 

 densely and uniformly ferruginous-pubescent with very short 

 hairs, crustaceous, 2 mm thick or less. 



Palawan, Taytay, Merrill 9253 (type), 9353, May, 1913; Dawara, For. 

 Bur. 7437 Manalo, March, 1907, in forests at low altitudes. 



A species manifestly closely allied to Myristica guateriifolia A. DC. and 

 to M. cookii Warb., differing from the former in its larger leaves, more 

 numerous nerves, and smaller fruits; and from the latter in its paler in- 

 dumentum, and smaller and fewer-nerved leaves. 



GYMNACRANTHERA Warburg 

 GYMNACRANTHERA MACROBOTRYS sp. nov. 



Arbor circiter 30 m alta, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis 

 oblongis vel anguste oblongo-ellipticis, acuminatis, basi acutis, 

 usque ad 20 cm longis, nervis utrinque 12 ad 15, distinctis; 

 paniculis axillaribus, adpresse ferrugineo-pubescentibus, circiter 

 8 cm longis ; floribus $ 4 ad 4.5 mm longis, lobis 3 ad 5 ; antheris 

 circiter 9, lanceolatis, 2 mm longis. 



A tree about 30 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence, 

 the branches terete, grayish to reddish-brown, lenticellate, the 

 terminal buds lanceolate, ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves oblong 

 to narrowly oblong-elliptic, firmly chartaceous, 15 to 20 cm long, 

 4.5 to 7 cm wide, subequally narrowed at both ends, the apex 

 acuminate, base acute, the upper surface smooth and shining, 

 the lower paler, slightly glaucous; lateral nerves 12 to 15 on 

 each side of the midrib, distinct, the reticulations rather lax, 

 very fine, not at all prominent; petioles about 1 cm long. 

 Panicles axillary, solitary, 6 to 9 cm long, appressed-ferruginous- 

 pubescent, branched from the base, the branches rather distant, 

 the lower ones 2.5 to 4 cm long, many flowered. Male flowers 

 4 to 4.5 mm long, externally appressed-ferruginous-pubescent, 

 ebracteolate, internally shortly pubescent, the perianth 3- to 

 5-lobed, the lobes ovate, acute or obtuse, about 2 mm long. 

 Stamens about 9, lanceolate, acuminate, about 2 mm long, on 

 the stout, 0.3 mm long filament. 



Leyte, near Dagami, Phil. PI 1171 Ramos, August 9, 1912, in forests. 



A species well characterized by its large staminate flowers, these being 

 larger than in any previously known species of the genus. In this 

 character Gymnacranthera macrobotrya is allied to G. murtoni Warb., of 

 the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, but otherwise does not seem to be closely 

 allied. From the common Gymnacranthera paniculata Warb. of the 



