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MERRILL. 



about 3 mm long, sessile or short pedicellate, the bracteoles small. Calyx- 

 tube about 1.5 mm long, pubescent, cylindric; perianth-lobes pubescent 



on the outside, subequal, oblong, aboul 2 mm long, acute or blunt. 

 Stamens as in other species of the genus, the filaments short, glabrous. 

 Staminodes 1.5 mm long, stipitate, acuminate. Fruit unknown. 



Mindanao. District of Zamboangaj ?), For. Bur. 6648 Hutchinson, March, 1907. 

 X. v., Duoaian, Matagounadug. 



\ species well characterized by its leaves which are shining and glabrous above, 

 and nearly white beneath, the midrib and lateral veins ferruginous, the reticula- 

 tions i„,t distinct, and its panicles which are about one-half as long as the leaves. 

 The timber is used for house-posts. 



Cryptocarya palawanensis sp. nov. 



Arbuscula circiter 3 m alta; foliis chartaceis, oblongis, asque ad 35 



cm longis, 10 cm latis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis, utrinqne glabris, 

 costa nervisque exceptis; nervis utrinqne circiter L5 : paniculia axillaribus. 

 foliis multo brevioribus, pubescentibus; perianthiis segnientis subaequali- 

 bus, pubescentibus, 2.5 mm longis; fructibus ovoideis, 1.5 cm longis. 

 nigris, nitidis, glabris. 



A shrub about 3 m high. Branchlets ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves 

 chartaceous, oblong, up to 35 cm long, 10 cm wide, the apex rather 

 strongly acuminate, the base acute, somewhat shining and glabrous on 

 both surfaces except the midrib and lateral nerves which are somewhat 

 pubescent, the upper surface olivaceous, the lower brownish : nerves about 

 15 on each side of the midrib, beneath very distinct, obscurely anastomos- 

 ing, the primary reticulations lax, the ultimate ones dense; petioles 

 pubescent, about 1 cm long. Panicles axillary, pubescent, 8 to 10 cm 

 h»ng, the blanches 3 cm long or less. Flowers pedicellate or sessile, 

 pubescent, the tube cylindric, quickly inflated, somewhat longitudinally 

 striate, the perianth-lobes 6, subequal, pubescent, 2.5 mm long. Fruit 

 ovoid, black, shining, glabrous, 1.3 cm long. 



I'ai.awax. near the hvahig Penal Settlement, For. Bur. .',1.1,1 Outran, April, 

 li'lii;. along the banks of tidal streams. 



A Bpecies characterised by its rather large leaves and comparatively short 

 panicles. 



Cryptocarya pallida sp. nov. 



Arbor vel arbuscula; ramis teretibus nigricantibus, glabris, ramulis 

 plus minus pubescentibus: foliis ovatis vel elliptico-ovatis. chartaceis, 8 ad 

 1 1 cm longis, 3 ad 5 cm latis, apice acuminatis, basi acutis vel rotunda! is. 

 supra olivaceis, glabris, nitidis, subtus subalbidis, parce pubescentibus^ 

 costa nervis reticulisque brunneis; paniculis axillaribus, plus minus pubes- 

 centibus : fructibus ellipsoideis, 2.5 cm longis, 1.5 cm diametro, glabris, 

 nitidis, utrinqne apiculatis. 



A shrub or tree, nearly glabrous. Branches terete, dark-colored, glab- 

 rous, the branchlets somewhat pubescent. Leaves alternate, chartaceous, 

 ovale to elliptic-ovate, 8 to 11 cm long, )5 to 5 cm wide, the apex rather 



