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but distinguished from it and its congeners by a number of 
characters. 
HORSFIELDIA RAMOSII sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramulis et inflorescentiis et foliis subtus secus 
costam castaneo-stellato-pubescens, ramulis ultimis haud linea- 
tis; foliis oblongis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, subcoriaceis, 13 ad 
17 cm longis, basi acutis, apice tenuiter acute acuminatis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 15, reticulis laxis, subobsoletis ; inflorescentiis 
9 axillaribus, 2 ad 3 cm longis, paucifloris, racemosis vel de- 
pauperato-paniculatis; floribus globosis, 2 mm diametro. 
A tree, the branchlets and lower surface of the leaves along 
the midrib stellate-pubescent with short, castaneous hairs, the 
indumentum somewhat deciduous, the branches glabrous, the 
ultimate branchlets without longitudinal lines. Leaves oblong 
to oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 13 to 17 cm long, 4 to 6 cm 
wide, narrowed below to the acute or somewhat decurrent base, 
and above to the slenderly and sharply acuminate apex; lateral 
nerves about 15 on each side of the midrib, obscurely anasto- 
mosing, the reticulations lax, indistinct or obsolete; petioles 8 
to 12 mm long, stellate-pubescent when young, becoming gla- 
brous. Pistillate inflorescences axillary and from the axils of 
fallen leaves, stellate-pubescent, 2 to 3 cm long, few-flowered, 
racemose or depauperate-paniculate, the primary branches when 
present few, about 3 mm long. Perianth glabrous, globose or 
ovoid, 2-valved, about 2 mm in diameter, the pedicels about 2 
mm long. 
BucAS GRANDE, Bur. Sci. 35047 Ramos & Pascasio, June 11, 
1919, in dry forests at low altitudes. 
This’ species is apparently most closely allied to H orsfieldia 
obscurinervia Merr., but is readily distinguished by its casta- 
neous, stellate indumentum on the branchlets, inflorescences, 
and lower surface of the leaves. The two species are not, how- 
ever, directly comparable, as of the latter the staminate flowers 
are known and of the species described above only the pistillate 
ones. 
MYRISTICA Linnaeus 
MYRISTICA LAXIFLORA sp. nov. 
Arbor, subtus foliis et ramulis et inflorescentiis ferrugineo- 
pubescens; foliis lanceolatis ad oblongo-lanceolatis, chartaceis, 
10 ad 15 cm longis, utrinque angustatis, basi acutis, apice acutis 
vel leviter acuminatis, supra glabris, nitidis, subtus subcupreis, 
