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rugose, glabrous, the branchlets rather densely cinereous-pubes- 
cent, the young tips ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves chartaceous, 
oblong, 13 to 20 cm long, 4 to 5.5 em wide, pale-olivaceous and 
somewhat shining on the upper surface when dry, the midrib 
pubescent, the lower surface paler, pubescent on the midrib and 
lateral nerves, base acute, apex blunt-acuminate; lateral nerves 
8 to 11 on each side of the midrib, curved-ascending, prominent, 
anastomosing; petioles pubescent, 5 to 7 mm long. Flowers 
numerous, axillary, fascicled, about 1.5 cm long, usually two 
or three in each fascicle, their pedicels pubescent, 1.5 to 2.5 
cm long. Sepals reniform, rounded, pubescent, about 1.8 mm 
long and 2 mm wide. Outer three petals suborbicular-ovate, 
pubescent, rounded, 3.5 to 4 mm long; inner three petals arched, 
the claw about 9 mm long, pubescent externally, glabrous within, 
the limb rhomboid, about 10 mm wide, pubescent externally 
and on the margins, glabrous within. Stamens very numerous, 
about 1 mm long. Female flowers unknown. 
LUZON, Ilocos Norte Province, Bangui, Bur. Sci. 27514 Ramos, 
March 9, 1917, in damp forests at low altitudes, Ilocano name 
apnit. 
This species is readily distinguished from the only other 
known Philippine species, Pseuduvaria philippinensis Merr., by 
its very much larger flowers. 
UVARIA Linnaeus 
UVARIA PANAYENSIS sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, floribus dense griseo-puberulis exceptis gla- 
ber vel subglaber; foliis oblongis, chartaceis ad subcoriaceis, 
usque ad 28 cm longis, tenuiter acuminatis, basi cordatis, nervis 
utrinque circiter 15, perspicuis; floribus pallidis, circiter 4.5 cm 
diametro; sepalis reniformibus; petalis coriaceis, utrinque dense 
cinereo-puberulis, late ovatis, 2.5 cm longis; carpellis lineari- 
oblongis, glabris, pauciovulatis. 
A scandent shrub, nearly glabrous except the densely grayish- 
puberulent flowers. Branches glabrous, the branchlets with 
very few, scattered, ferruginous, scarcely stellate hairs. Leaves 
oblong, firmly chartaceous or subcoriaceous, 25 to 28 cm long, 8 
to 9 em wide, entirely glabrous, grayish on both surfaces when 
dry, the apex slenderly and sharply acuminate, base rounded 
and distinctly cordate; lateral nerves prominent, curved, anas- 
tomosing, about 15 on each side of the midrib, the reticulations 
lax; petioles 5 mm long or less, black when dry. Flowers about 
4.5 cm in diameter, apparently pale or yellowish, their pedicels 
about 3 cm long, glabrous or with very few, short, ferruginous, 
