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which are more numerous beneath, especially on the midrib and nerves, 

 the margins subentire or bristly toothed above; nerves 1 to 8 on each side 

 of the midrib, rather prominent beneath; petioles about 1 cm. long, 

 densely bristly. Inflorescence axillary, peduncled, cymose, few flowered, 

 I to s cm. long, densely bristly throughout, the bracts lanceolate, acum- 

 inate, S to 9 nun. long, about 2 mm. wide. Sepals 5, imbricate, ovate, 

 acute or acuminate, about 8 mm. long, the exposed outer surfaces thickly 

 beset with subulate dark purple bristles about 3 mm. long, the outer 

 three sepals coriaceous, the inner two membranous. Corolla about 10 

 mm. long, the lobes obovate, rounded, strongly irregularly retuse. 

 Stamens 20; anthers 3 mm. long. Ovary glabrous, 3-celled; styles 3, 

 (! mm, long, united for the lower 1 mm. 



Mindanao. Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley (57 Mrs. Clemens) January, 1906. 

 Saurauia longistyla Merrill sp. now 



A tree about 10 m, high, nearly glabrous throughout, with oblong 

 leaves and fasciculate or solitary flowers on the branches below the 

 leaves, the ovary 3-celled, the styles 3, united below. Branches light 

 gray, glabrous, striate, the tips with few appressed. pale, triangular 

 to narrowly ovate scales. Leaves 20 to 28 cm. long, (> to !• cm. wide, 

 glabrous above, paler and quite glabrous beneath or with few scattered 

 appressed scales, firm, shining, narrowed below to the acute base, the 

 apex short acuminate, the margins above serrate or spinulose-serrate. 

 entire below: nerves about 11 on each side of the midrib, prominent 

 beneath, scarcely anastomosing, the reticulations subparallel, distinct: 

 petioles 1 to 2.5 cm. long, with few appressed scales, becoming glabrous 

 or nearly so. Flowers solitary or two or three in a fascicle in the axils 

 of fallen leaves, white or pink, about 3 cm. in diameter, the pedicels 

 0.5 to 2 cm. long, with few appressed scales, the bracts about 8 mm. 

 long. 3 mm. wide, acule or obtuse, oblong, glabrous. Sepals ."), glabrous, 

 concave, elliptical to obovate, 8 to to mm. long. 6 to 8 mm. wide, rounded 

 at the apex, subequal. Corolla lobes oblong-obovate, 10 mm. long, 6 

 mm. wide, glabrous, irregularly retuse at the apex. Stamens about 30, 

 inserted on the base of the corolla; filaments about t mm. long, anthers 

 2 mm. hmg. 1.5 mm. thick. Ovary glabrous, 3-celled; styles 3, united 

 for the lower "2 to 3 mm., the free portions 7 to S nam. long. 



Palawan (Paragua), San Antonio Bay (s:i."> Merrill) February is. 1903. In 

 forests at about 500 m. 



Saurauia luzoniensis Merrill sp. nov. 



A shrub, the branches, inflorescence, calyx lobes and petioles, minutely 

 ferruginous pubescent and beset with setiform scales or scale-like hairs, 

 the cymes axillary, solitary, 1 to 3 cm. long, few, 3 to 5-flowered, the 

 ovary cells and styles 3. Branches brown, the older ones becoming 

 glabrous. Leaves oblong to broadly oblong-oblanceolate, membranous, 

 10 to 17 cm. long. 3 to 6 cm. wide, somewhat shining when dry, paler 

 beneath, the midrib, nerves and reticulations beneath with few scattered 



