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narrowed, obtuse; lateral nerves about 13 on each side of the 
midrib, prominent, nearly straight, somewhat ascending, curved- 
anastomosing near the margin; petioles 5 mm long or less, 
brown-villous; stipules linear-lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat 
brown-villous, about 5 mm long, 1 mm wide. Staminate inflor- 
escence spicate, 2 to 5 cm long, villous, densely many flowered. 
Flowers 4- and 5-merous on the same spike. Calyx deeply 
divided, pubescent, the lobes broadly ovate, about 0.8 mm long. 
Stamens 4 or 5; filaments 1 mm long; bracteoles oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminate, pubescent, about 1 mm long. 
Samar, Phil. Pl. 1665 Ramos, April, 1914, in forests, altitude about 
200 m. 
A species quite distinct from any form known to me, belonging in 
the same group with Antidesma moritzii Muell.-Arg. It is well character- 
ized by its somewhat sparse brown undumentum, its brown leaves, its 
linear-lanceolate stipules, and its densely flowered simple male spikes. 
From A. cumingii Muell.-Arg. it is distinguished by. many characters, 
notably its very narrow stipules. 
APOROSA Blume 
APOROSA ALVAREZII sp. nov. ‘ 
Arbor circiter 10 m alta subtus foliis ad costa nervisque infruc- 
tescentiis ramulisque densissime ferrugineo-villosis; foliis ob- 
longis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, integris, usque ad 17 cm 
longis, tenuiter caudato-acuminatis, basi rotundatis vel subcor- 
datis, nervis utrinque 8 ad 10, prominentibus; stipulis late acina- 
ciformibus, circiter 1.5 cm longis; infructescentibus solitariis 
vel binis, axillaribus, brevibus; fructibus ovoideis, circiter 1.5 
cm diametro, villosis. 
A tree about 10 m high, the younger branches, infructescence 
and leaves on the costa and lateral nerves beneath very densely 
ferruginous-villous. Branches terete, brown, the older ones be- 
coming glabrous. Leaves oblong, entire, chartaceous to sub- 
coriaceous, 13 to 17 cm long, about 5 cm wide, the apex slenderly 
caudate-acuminate, the acumen 1 to 2 cm long, the base rounded 
to subcordate, the upper surface grayish-olivaceous when dry, 
pubescent on the midrib, otherwise glabrous, slightly shining, the 
lower surface brown, the midrib and nerves densely villous, the 
other parts slightly so; lateral nerves 8 to 10 on each each side 
of the midrib, very prominent on the lower surface, curved, anas- 
tomosing; petioles densely villous, about 1 cm long; stipules 
broadly scimitar-shaped, strongly falcate, up to 1.5 cm long, 6 
to 8 mm wide, base broadly rounded, apex slenderly acuminate. 
Pistillate inflorescences densely ferruginous-villous, axillary, 
