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A glabrous dioecious shrub 2 to 3 m high, glabrous, the young branches 
and leaves more or less resinous, shining. Branches terete, slender, 
dark-colored and longitudinally striate when dry, with scattered lenticels, 
the young branchlets somewhat compressed and angular. Leaves alter- 
nate, oblong to oblong-elliptic, chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 6 to 11 cm 
long, 2 to 3.2 cm wide, entire, the apex shortly and not prominently 
acuminate, the base acute or somewhat decurrent-acuminate, shining, 
somewhat paler beneath when dry, and at least the older leaves with 
numerous, small, black glands on the under surface at the intersections 
of the ultimate reticulations; primary lateral nerves about 12 on each 
side of the midrib, not prominent, spreading, obscurely anastomosing, 
the secondary alternating ones often nearly as prominent, the ultimate 
reticulations rather dense, fine, the basal pair of nerves ascending, anas- 
tomosing with the other lateral nerves shortly above the base of the leaf; 
petioles 1 to 2 cm long; stipules none. Racemes axillary, solitary, 5 to 
7 cm long, more or less resinous, as are the buds and young flowers. 
Pistillate flowers alternate, 4-merous, whitish, rather scattered, solitary 
or sometimes two in the axil of each bracteole, the bracteoles oblong- 
ovate, about 1.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, deciduous, the pedicels 2 to 3 
} ~ mm long. Calyx-tube funnel-shaped, about 2 mm long and wide, bear- 
ing four broadly triangular-ovate, 0.5 mm long lobes. Petals 4, alter- 
nating with the calyx-lobes, oblong-ovate, obtuse, about 2 mm long, 1.3 
; mm wide, attached by a broad base, spreading or reflexed, in bud dis- 
tinctly imbricate. Imperfect stamens 4, alternating with the petals, the 
filaments about 1 mm long; anthers 0.8 mm long, oblong-ovate, basifixed, 
bearing no pollen. Ovary half inferior, the free portion broadly conical, 
3 somewhat sulcate, glabrous, 1-celled, with 4 or 3 prominent parietal 
: placentae; ovules 16 or 12, attached to the introflexed margins of the 
| placentae, ascending, imbricate; styles 4 or 3, entirely connate into a 
me sulcate, 1 mm long column, bearing 4 or 3 minutely papillate, depressed- 
hemispheric stigmas. Staminate flowers and fruits unknown. 
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Necros, Mount Marapara, For. Bur, 13634 Curran & Foxworthy, September 8, 
1909, in the mossy forest of the summit, altitude about 1,300 m. 
This proposed new genus is manifestly closely allied to Dedea Baill., a genus 
of two or possibly three species confined to New Caledonia. It differs from that 
genus in its 4-merous flowers and in its more numerous ovules, as well as in 
some other minor characters. .It agrees with it not only in gross characters 
and general appearance, but especially in its 1-celled ovary, which is unusual in the 
family. 
We are fortunate in having in this herbarium cotypes of the three species of 
Dedea proposed by Baillon, and the present species in facies is very similar to 
D. minor Baill., and D. media Baill. Distinguishing characters that at once 
strike the eye are the somewhat resinous younger parts of the Philippine plant 
and its older leaves distinctly glandular beneath with numerous, small, black 
glands, while all of Baillon’s species are prominently lepidote, this character 
being absent in the form above described. In general appearance, however, 
Curraniodendron dedeaeoides is exceedingly similar to Dedea minor and D. media; 
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