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LAURACEAE 
CRYPTOCARYA R. Brown 
CRYPTOCARYA OLIGOCARPA sp. nov. 
Frutex vel arbor parva, partibus junioribus exceptis glabra; 
foliis coriaceis, oblongo-ellipticis ad oblongo-ovatis, 6 ad 10 cm 
longis, apice breviter obtuseque acuminatis, basi acutis vel 
. rotundatis, utrinque laevis, supra nitidis, subtus albido-glau- 
cescentibus, nervis utrinque circiter 7, perspicuis; infructescen- 
tiis axillaribus, spicatus, usque ad 1.5 ecm longis, fructibus 
paucis ellipsoideis, nitidis, glabris, circiter 1 cm longis. 
A shrub or small tree, glabrous except the younger parts. 
Branches terete, glabrous, usually brownish, the very young 
branchlets appressed-pubescent; soon becoming’ glabrous. 
Leaves coriaceous, oblong-elliptic to oblong-ovate, 6 to 10 cm 
long, 2.5 to 5 cm wide, the apex shortly and obtusely acuminate, 
the base acute to rounded, the upper surface smooth, shining, 
pale greenish when dry, the lower surface glaucous; lateral 
nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the 
lower surface, brown in contrast with the glaucous epidermis, 
the reticulations slender, not prominent; petioles 8 to 10 mm 
long, glabrous. Infructescences in the uppermost axils, usually 
reduced to a simple spike, the axils 1.5 cm long or less. Fruits 
few, somewhat ellipsoid, smooth, shining, glabrous, nearly black 
when dry, about 1 cm long. 
MINDANAO, Surigao Province, Bur. Sci. 34716 Ramos & Pas- 
casio, June 14, 1919, at the iron deposit on the northeast coast 
along streams at low altitudes. 
This species is apparently most closely allied to Cryptocarya 
ramosti Merr., but the leaves and fruits are smaller and the 
former are not at all foveolate, both surfaces being entirely 
smooth. 3 
PITTOSPORACEAE 
PITTOSPORUM Banks 
PITTOSPORUM OBSCURINERVE sp. nov. 
Arbor parva, ramulis junioribus leviter ferrugineo-pubescens ; 
foliis verticillatis, coriaceis, rigidis, oblongis-obovatis ad oblan- 
ceolatis, 7 ad 9 cm longis, acutis vel breviter acuminatis, basi 
tenuiter cuneatis; nervis utrinque circiter 7, tenuibus, obscuris; 
capsulis subumbellatis, oblongis 2-valvis, circiter 1.8 cm longis. 
A glabrous tree, about 4 m high, the very young branchlets 
