IX, C, 5 Merrill: Sertulum Bontocense, II 455 
on the margins above, the inner two subpetaloid, narrowly ob- 
ovate, rounded, 8 mm long, the median parts thicker than the 
margins. Petals none. Stamens indefinite; filaments 2 to 3.5 
mm long; anthers narrowly obovoid or oblong-obovoid, 1.5 to 
2mm long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous, narrowed into the stout, 2 
mm long style. 
Luzon, Subprovince of Bontoc, Bauco, in forests, altitude about 1,700 m, 
Vanoverbergh 1466, September 12, 1912. 
One of the few species of the § Apetalum known from the Philippines. 
FLACOURTIACEAE 
FLACOURTIA L’Héritier 
FLACOURTIA LANCEOLATA sp. nov. 
Frutex 3 ad 4 m altus inflorescentiis exceptis glaber; ramis 
ramulisque teretibus, lenticellatis, brunneis; foliis coriaceis, 
lanceolatis, usque ad 7 cm longis, in siccitate brunneis, niti- 
dis, utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, apice acuminatis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 6, tenuibus; floribus 3 4-meris, racemosis, 
racemis axillaribus, solitariis vel fasciculatis, puberulis, petiolo 
aequantibus vel paullo longioribus. 
A shrub 3 to 4 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Branches and branchlets slender, terete, brown, rather densely 
lenticellate. Leaves coriaceous, lanceolate, 5 to 7 em long, 1.5 
to 2 cm wide, rather dark-brown and shining when dry, of nearly 
the same color on both surfaces or the lower surface a little 
paler than the upper, subequally narrowed at both ends, the 
base acute, the apex rather slenderly acuminate, sometimes 
slightly falcate, the margins distantly crenulate; lateral nerves 
about 6 on each side of the midrib, slender, ascending, anastom- 
osing; petioles puberulent, 3 to 4mm long. Male racemes axil- 
lary, solitary or fascicled, dense, cinereous-puberulent, 7 mm 
long or less, the flowers 4-merous (rarely 5-merous ?), greenish, 
their pedicels about 3 mm long, jointed, the subtending brac- 
teoles lanceolate, acuminate, about as long as the pedicels. Se- 
pals puberulent, orbicular-ovate, obtuse, about 2 mm long, the 
basal appendages prominent. Stamens about 30; filaments 2 
to 3 mm long, glabrous. Female flowers and fruits unkown. 
Luzon, Bontoc Subprovince, Malamey, Vanoverbergh 1344, July 19, 
1911, in forests, altitude 1,690 m. 
A species manifestly allied to F'lacourtia rukam Zoll. & Mor., but dis- 
tinguishable not only by its much smaller, differently shaped leaves, but 
also by its shorter, congested, staminate inflorescences, short pedicels, and 
apparently smaller flowers 
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