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16, 6 Merrill: Philippine Euphorbiaceae, III 551 
subcaudate-acuminate apex, the acumen blunt, up to 2 cm in 
length, sparingly pubescent on the midrib on both surfaces or 
ultimately glabrous; lateral nerves 7 or 8 on each side of the 
midrib, prominent on the lower surface, anastomosing, ascend- 
ing; petioles about 1 cm long; stipules apparently minute, ca- 
ducous. Infructescences terminal, 5 to 6 cm long, sparingly 
grayish-puberulent, usually with 2 or 3 branches, the branches 
3to4cm long. Fruits racemosely arranged, their pedicels 1 to 
1.5 mm long, the subtending bracteoles ovate, acute, somewhat 
pubescent, 0.6 mm long, the fruits brown when dry, shining, 
glabrous, rugose, oblong-ellipsoid, equilateral, about 4 mm long, 
subequally narrowed to the acute or slightly acuminate base and 
apex, the stigma terminal. Calyx cup-shaped, about 1.2 mm 
long, the teeth 4, broad, shallow, obtuse, somewhat ciliate. 
Luzon, Laguna Province, Mount Banahao, For. Bur. 26300 
Santos, August 28, 1916, on slopes along small streams, altitude 
about 600 meters. 
A species well characterized by its obliquely nerved, subcau- 
date-acuminate leaves; its branched inflorescences; racemosely 
arranged, shining, equilateral, 4 mm long, glabrous fruits; and 
4-merous flowers. It is apparently most closely allied to Anti- 
desma, obliquinervium Merr., of Palawan, but is at once distin- 
guished from it by its much longer petioles. 
ANTIDESMA MEGALOPHYLLUM sp. nov. 
Species A. cumingii affinis, differt foliis majoribus, usque ad 
33 cm longis et 13 cm latis, stipulis longioribus, circiter 2.5 cm 
longis, et fructibus majoribus, circiter 13 mm longis. 
A tree about 7 m high, glabrous except the younger branch- 
lets. Branches terete, brownish, smooth, glabrous. Leaves 
firmly chartaceous, oblong to oblong-elliptic, 20 to 33 cm long, 9 
to 13 em wide, base rounded, cordate, apex usually prominently 
acuminate, entirely glabrous or when young sparingly pubescent 
on the midrib beneath, subolivaceous, shining and of about the 
Same color on both surfaces when dry; lateral nerves about 15 
on each side of the midrib, prominent, arched-anastomosing, the 
reticulations lax; petioles stout, 5 to 10 mm long, pubescent when 
young, ultimately glabrous; stipules linear-lanceolate, slightly 
falcate, acuminate, about 2.5 cm long and 3 mm wide. Pistillate 
racemes greatly elongated in fruit, pendulous, 30 to 40 cm in 
length, bearing fruit only in the upper part, the rachis and pe- 
duncle sparingly pubescent. Fruits strongly inequilateral, ovoid, 
obtuse, rounded at the base, prominently and laxly reticulate- 
