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F.-Vill., from which it is readily distinguished by its dense indu- 
mentum, its compact cymes, and its much larger flowers. The 
two styles are constant in all the flowers examined, Saurawia 
elegans normally having three styles, although in some flowers 
they are reduced to two. 
FLACOURTIACEAE 
HOMALIUM Jacquin 
HOMALIUM RAMOSII sp. nov. § Myriantheia. 
Arbor, inflorescentiis exceptis glabra; foliis oblongis ad ob- 
longo-ellipticis, subcoriaceis, integris nitidis, 6 ad 10 cm longis, 
basi acutis, apice obtuse acuminatis, nervis utrinque circiter 7; 
inflorescentiis axillaribus terminalibusque, racemosis vel depau- 
perato-paniculatis, usque ad 10 cm longis; floribus fasciculatis, 
5-meris, 6 ad 7 mm diametro, petalis oblongis ad oblongo-obo- 
vatis; staminibus 15. 
A small tree, glabrous except the inflorescences, the branches 
terete, brownish. Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic, subcoriaceous, 
shining, entire, 6 to 10 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, subequally 
narrowed to the acute base and acuminate apex, the acumen 
blunt, short; lateral nerves about 7 on each side of the midrib, 
arched, anastomosing, distinct as are the reticulations; petioles 
5 to 8 mm long. Racemes axillary and terminal, solitary or 
forming sparingly branched inflorescences, the individual ones 
up to 10 cm long, cinereous-pubescent, the flowers mostly fas- 
cicled at the nodes, usually 2 or 3 in a fascicle, their pedicels 3 
to 4 mm long, jointed with the calyx; bracteoles narrowly lan- 
ceolate, about 2 mm long. Flowers white, 5-merous, 6 to 7 mm 
in diameter. Sepals and petals about 2.5 mm long, pubescent, 
rather densely so inside, oblong to narrowly oblong-obovate. 
Stamens 15, three opposite each petal, their filaments about 2 
mm long, glabrous. Ovary very densely pubescent, styles about 
1.8 mm long, villous below. 
Luzon, Ilocos Norte Province, between Bangui and Claveria, 
Bur. Sci. 82985 Ramos, August 12, 1918, on slopes, altitude about 
450 meters. 
This species has much the vegetative characters of Homalium 
multiflorum Merr. but belongs in a different section of the genus 
and is most closely allied to H. samarense Merr., from which it 
differs in its much shorter indumentum on its inflorescences; its 
smaller flowers, which are fascicled and not solitary along the 
racemes; and its entire leaves. In the present species occasional 
leaves are found presenting very few greatly reduced marginal 
teeth, but most of the leaves are quite entire. — 
