276 MERRILL. 



ranter rotundatis, nervis utrinque eirciter s; inflorescentiis masculinis 

 spicatis, 8pici8 densis, densissime pubescentibus, solitariis vcl fascieulatis. 

 terminalibus, 3 ad 7 em Longis, eirciter 3 mm diametro, floribus 5- rariter 

 0-meris, ealycis lobis brevibus, densissime pubescentibus ; inflorescentiis 

 femineis spicatis, spicis terminalibus, solitariis ; Btigmatibus terminalibus. 

 A tree more or less pubescent in all parts, 10 to 15 m bigh. Branches 

 terete, reddish- or grayish-brown, nearly glabrous, Lenticellate, the younger 

 branchlets densely and softly pubescent. Leaves oblong to ovate-oblong, 

 6 to 12 cm long, 3 to 6 cm wide, membranaceous or subchartaceous, more 

 or less shining, in the typical form densely and softly pubescent on both 

 surfaces, entire, the apex rather abruptly and somewhat broadly acu- 

 minate, the acumen apiculate, base rather broad, cordate or Bubcordate, 

 sometimes rounded: nerves about 8 on each side of the midrib, distinct, 

 somewhat ascending, laxly anastomosing; petioles softly pubescent, 5 to 

 10 mm long. Staminate inflorescence spicate, spikes solitary or fascicled, 

 usually terminating the short lateral branchlets, very dense, cylindric, 



very densely pubescent. 3 to 7 cm long, about 3 mm in diameter; calyx 

 lobes 5, short, narrow ly ovate, acute or obtuse, about 0.6 mm long, very 

 densely pubescent. Stamens 4 to 6j filaments glabrous, 1.5 to 2 mm 

 long. Rudimentary ovary densely lanate. Pistillate Inflorescence race- 

 mose, the racemes terminating the short lateral branches, solitary, I to 6 

 cm long, the rat-Ins, calyces and bracteoles densely pubescent, the pedicels 

 nearly glabrous; bracteoles narrowly ovate, more or less acuminate. 1 mm 

 long: pedicels glabrous or nearly so, 1 to 1.5 mm long. Calyx eylindric- 

 cupshaped, 1 mm in diameter, pubescent, obscurely 5-toothed. Ovary 

 narrowly elliptic, equilateral, with few scattered hairs; styles terminal, 

 each cleft, and the arms also cleft. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Boeoboso, Bur, Sci. 111 1 /. \584 Ramot, t lie former 

 with staminate, the latter with pistillate Bowers; from the same province also 

 Merrill 9818, and For. Bur. A wo Ahern'a collector. 



A species well characterized by its very dense cylindric staminate spikes 



which are very densely pubescent, its more lax racemose pistillate spikes, and 



its softly pubescent leaves which are acuminate, the base cordate or subcordate 



and usually oblong Or OTate-oblong. Probably as closely allied to .1. iilnirsctiihilla 

 Qaertn., as to any other species, hut very different in vegetative characters. 



ACTEPHILA Blume. 



Actephila dispersa (Elmer) comb. nov. 



Pimelodendron ditperam Elmer Lead. Philip. Bot, 1 (1908) 308. 



Arbuscula glabra, eirciter 3 m alta ; folds submembranaceis, oblongis 

 vel obovatis, integris, nitidis, 15 ad 30 cm longis, apice aeutis, vel obscure 

 acuminatis, vel obtusis, basi subacutis vel abrupte obtusis, nervis utrinque 

 it ad 13; petiolo 2 ad 4 cm longo; floribus ignotis: fructibus axillaribus, 

 Ionge pedunculatis, pendulis, depresso-globosis, eirciter 2 cm diametro, 

 obscure trigonis, trilocularibus, loculidice dehiscentibus ; Beminibus in 

 loculis 2. 



