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476 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 
long; styles 3, united for the lower 0.5 mm, free above, the — 
free portions glabrous, about 1 mm long, each cleft into two 
0.5 mm long, recurved arms. Male flowers (in bud only) ses- 
sile, 5-merous, pubescent; anthers 1 mm long. 
Samar, Mount Cauayan, Phil. Pl. 1685 Ramos, April, 1914, in forests, 
distributed as “Cleistanthus robinsonii” (non Elmer). 
A species manifestly allied to Cleistanthus bridelifolius C. B. Rob., dif- 
fering in the characters enumerated in the diagnosis. 
CODIAEUM Blume 
CODIAEUM HIRSUTUM sp. nov. 
Frutex monoicus, partibus junioribus subtus foliis petiolisque 
longe patule ciliato-hirsutus; foliis subcoriaceis, oblongo-oblan- 
ceolatis, usque ad 34 cm longis, integris, acutis vel obscure 
acuminatis, basi longissime gradatim angustatis, nervis utrinque 
circiter 20; inflorescentiis axillaribus, solitariis vel binis, usque 
ad 1 m longis; floribus ¢ fasciculatis, circiter 1 cm diametro, 
sepalis 6, extus pubescentibus; staminibus circiter 100. 
A monoecious shrub, the very young parts densely ciliate- 
hirsute with long, pale, more or less spreading hairs, similar 
but fewer hairs on the petioles and lower surface of the leaves, 
and usually a few on the upper surface. Ultimate branches 
nearly 1 cm in diameter, glabrous. Leaves alternate, subco- 
riaceous, oblong-oblanceolate or oblanceolate, entire, about 34 
em long, 7 cm wide in the upper one-fourth, narrowed upward 
to the acute or somewhat acuminate apex, and very gradually 
narrowed downward to the acute or cuneate base, the upper 
surface olivaceous, somewhat shining, sparingly ciliate-hirsute 
or nearly glabrous, the lower surface paler, prominently ciliate- 
hirsute with stiff, spreading, long, scattered, pale hairs; lateral 
nerves about 20 on each side of the midrib, distant, rather 
prominent; petioles 5 to 7 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, soli- 
tary or two from each axil, up to 1 m in length, somewhat 
appressed-hirsute with very short hairs, female flowers in one 
raceme, male flowers in others. Male flowers in distant fascicles 
along the rachis, white, their pedicels pubescent, 5 to 8 mm 
long. Sepals 6, membranaceous, broadly ovate, rounded, about 
5 mm long, externally slightly pubescent. Petals very small, 
obscure, or perhaps obsolete, scarcely distinguishable from the 
disk-glands. Disk-glands about 15, oblong to obovate, 1 mm 
long. Stamens about 100, their filaments 2 to 2.5 mm long. 
Female flowers and fruits not seen, one rachis, however, pre- 
senting numerous axes of the fruits from which the cocci have 
fallen. 
