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HOMALANTHUS A. Juss. 



Homalanthus bicolor sp. nov. 



Arbuscula glabra, circiter 2 m alta ; foliis longissime petiolatis, cordato- 

 ovatis, brevitcr aeuminatis, basi In 1 is, leviter cordatis, interdum leviter 



peltatis, glabris, chartacois, supra olivaceis, Bubtus glaueo-pallidis, aervis 

 utrinqne 11 ad 15, petiolo 8 ad 20 cm longo; floribus ignotis; fructibus 

 in racemis congestis, obovoideis vel obovoideo-orbicularibus, compressis, 



griseo-brunneis. loculicide 2-valvatis. 



A glabrous shrub about 2 m high. Young brandies dark-brown, 

 glabrous. Leaves alternate, very long-petioled, cordate-ovate or subor- 

 bicular-ovate, the base broad, cordate, the apex shortly acuminate, entire, 

 T to 13 cm long and nearly as wide, chartaceous, glabrous, the upper 

 surface olivaceous, the lower very pale, subglaucescent ; petiole 8 to 20 

 em long, glabrous, with two more or less prominent glands at the apex, 

 sometimes peltately inserted about 5 mm from the margin of the leaf, 

 more often marginally inserted; stipules caducous, thin, brown, lanceo- 

 late, sharply acuminate, about 7 cm long. Flowers unknown. Fruit 

 crowded, racemose, the racemes about 4 cm long; pedicels spreading or 

 somewhat reilexed, about 8 mm long; fruit obovoid or orbicular-obovoid, 

 compressed, about 8 mm long, grayish-brown, 2-celled compressed at 

 right angles to the dehiscence, loculicidally 2-valved, crowned by the style 

 which is nearly as long, and which is cleft nearly to the base. 



Mindanao, Province of Misamis, Mount Malindang, For. Bur. Ti.ii Meams 

 d Hutchinson, altitude about 350 m. Moro Topi. 



A species allied to Homalanthua populneue Pax, and to //. fastuosu* F.-Vil., 

 and somewhat intermediate between the two, distinguishable from the former by 



its much larger leaves and larger fruits, and from tlio latter by its non- or but 

 slightly peltate leaves. 



MACARANGA Thouars. 



Macaranga congestiflora sp. nov. § Pachystemon. 



Arbor parva circiter 4 m alta; foliis suborbicularibus, subintegris vel 

 leviter trilobatis, apice breviter acuminatis, basi late peltatis, supra nitidis, 

 subtus parce hirsutis, glandulosis, radiato 8-nerviis; petiolo 10 ad 15 cm 

 longo; inflorescentiis axillaribus caulinisque, 1 ad 3 cm longis, femineis 

 racemosis, masculinis breviter racemoso-paniculatis, congestis, bracteis 

 pectinato-laeiniatis, ccraceo-glandulosis, pubescent ibus; ovario 2-4-loc- 

 ulare. 



A small tree about 4 m high. Branches dark-brown, glabrous or more 

 or less pubescent, the young branchlets slightly brownish-pubescent. 

 Leaves alternate, long-petiolate, broadly peltate, suborbicular, subentire 

 or slightly and broadly 3-lobed, the apex slightly acuminate, base rounded. 

 10 to 20 cm in diameter, Bubcoriaceoufl, rather pale when dry, the upper 

 surface glabrous, shining, the lower somewhat hirsute, especially on the 

 nerves, and with numerous scattered waxy glands; nerves radiate, the 



