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HOMALIUM Jacq. 

 Homalium curranii sp. nov. g Myriantheia. 



Arbor circiter 16 m alta, glabra, inflorescentiis except is: foliis oblongo- 

 ellipticis, coriaceis, nitidis, usque ad 20 cm longis, acutis, tnargine leviter 

 crenatis, nervis utrinque 8; inflorescentiia axillaribus terminalibusque, 

 paniculatia, folia aequantibus, dense pubescentibus ; floribue 4- vel 5- 

 nicris; aepalis anguste oblongis, 5 mm longis, pubescentibus; petalis 

 scpalis aequilongis, oblongo-spatulatis ; staminibus brevibus, 12 vel 15. 



A tree about 16 m high, glabrous except the inflorescence. Branches 

 brown, terete, lentieellate. Leaves oblong-elliptic, 18 to 20 cm long, 

 ~i to 9 cm wide, coriaceous, shining, acute at both ends, margins slightly 

 eremite; nerves 8 on each side of the midrib; rather distinct beneath, 

 the reticulations rather close: petioles stout, rugose, 1 cm long, Panicles 

 terminal and axillary, as long as the leaves, densely pale-pubescent, the 

 branches scattered, spreading, lew. the lowest ones often 10 to 12 cm 

 long, bracts ovate to ovate-lanceolate, pubescent 4 to 5 mm long, the 

 bracteoles similar but much smaller. Flowers greenish-white, very 

 shortly pedicelled, racemoscly disposed, the buds densely pale-pubescent. 

 Sepals four or five, narrowly oblong, obtuse, densely pubescent, 5 mm 

 long, 1.5 mm wide. Petals as long as the sepals, less pubescent, oblongo- 

 spatulate, obtuse, 1.8 mm wide, base narrowed. Stamens in groups of 

 threes opposite each petal : filaments glabrous, about 1 mm long. Ovary 

 villous; styles usually four, glabrous, short. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, near Twin Peaks, For. Bur. 10811 (Unran, De- 

 cember, 1908. on river banks. 



A species allied to Homalium lueoniente F.-Yill., and to //. viUarianum Vid., 

 but quite distinct from both in its floral characters. 



HYDNOCARPUS Oaertn. 



Hydnocarpus subfalcata sp. nor. 



Arbor subglabra 5 ad 15 m alta. dioica: foliis subcoriaceis vel coriaceis. 

 oblongo-ovatis vel oblongo-laneeolatis rectis vel leviter subfalcatis, glabris, 

 nitidis, valde caudato-acuminatis, basi acutis vel rariter obtusis, integris, 

 nervis utrinque 5, obliquis, prominentibus ; floribus axillaribus, femineis 

 sol itati is, pediccllatis. masculinis paniculato-racemosis, scpalis petalis 

 staminibusque 5; fructibus pyriformibus, usque ad (> cm longis, dense 

 ferrugineo-pubescentibus, basi valde angustatis. 



A subglabrous dioecious tree 5 to 15 m high. Branches terete, slender, 

 gray, the younger branch lets often brown, the growing tips more or less 

 ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves alternate, oblong-ovate to oblong-lan- 

 ceolate or lanceolate, 8 to 15 em long, 3 to (i cm wide, coriaceous or 

 Bubcoriaceous, straight or slightly subfalcate, shining, usually brownish 

 when dry and paler beneath, the margins entire, the apex strongly 

 caudate-acuminate usually falcate, the acumen blunt, the base acute, rarely 



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