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midrib, the reticulations obsolete; petioles about 2 mm long. 
Very young flowers in axillary, short, few-flowered cymes, the 
pedicels, sepals, and petals ferruginous-pubescent. Fruits glo- 
bose, sparingly pubescent, about 8 mm in diameter. — 
DINAGAT, Bur. Sci. 35186 Ramos & Pascasio, May 12, 1919, 
in forests at low altitudes. 
A species manifestly allied to Popowia polyandra (Presl) 
Merr., which in turn is perhaps not specifically distinct from 
the Malayan P. pisocarpa Endl. The present species is strongly 
characterized by its narrow, lanceolate, slenderly acuminate 
leaves. ; 
MYRISTICACEAE 
HORSFIELDIA Willdenow 
HORSFIELDIA ACUMINATA sp. nov. § Irya, Euirya. 
Arbor, ramulis junioribus inflorescentiisque exceptis glabra, 
ramulis teretibus, haud longitudinaliter lineatis; foliis charta- 
ceis, lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, 15 ad 20 cm longis, basi 
acutis, apice tenuiter acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 16, 
tenuibus, distinctis; inflorescentiis ¢ axillaribus, paniculatis, 
usque ad 12 cm longis, ferrugineo-pubescens, floribus breviter 
pedicellatis, confertis, circiter 1.5 mm diametro. 
A tree, glabrous except the very youngest branchlets and the 
inflorescences which are more or less ferruginous-pubescent. 
Branches terete, reddish-brown, lenticellate, the twigs without 
longitudinal lines. Leaves chartaceous, lanceolate to oblong- 
lanceolate, 15 to 20 cm long, 3.5 to 4 em wide, somewhat oliva- 
ceous, shining, the base acute, the apex slenderly acuminate; 
lateral nerves about 16 on each side of the midrib, slender, 
distinct; petioles about 8 mm long. Staminate inflorescences 
axillary, paniculate, up to 12 cm long, branched from near the 
base, the primary branches up to 4.5 cm in length, the flowers 
somewhat crowded on the ultimate branchlets, the rachis, 
branches, and branchlets when young densely ferruginous-pubes- 
cent, the indumentum somewhat deciduous. Staminate flowers 
globose, glabrous, about 1.5 mm in diameter, the perianth 2- 
valved, their pedicels up to 1 mm long. Anther cells short, on 
the margin of the disk, their tips free. 
MINDANAO, Davao Province, Astorga, For. Bur. 27507 De 
Mesa, April 23, 1919, in rich, level, forested areas, altitude about 
20 meters, with the local Maguindanao name kand. 
A species belonging in the group with Horsfieldia irya Warb. 
