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imperfect ones membranaceous, retuse, oblong, about 0.8 mm 
long. Ovary ovoid, glabrous. Fruit ovoid, slightly compressed, 
black, about 7 mm in diameter. 
Luzon, Ifugao Subprovince, Mount Polis, Bur. Sci. 19749 McGregor, 
February, 1913, in flower (type): Lepanto Subprovince, Mount Data, 
Merrill 4600, November, 1905, in fruit, distributed as M. pendula. 
A species manifestly allied to Meliosma pendula Merr., from which it 
differs in its much narrower, very differently shaped leaflets. 
MELIOSMA LOHERI sp. nov. 
Arbor parva circiter 5 m alta partibus junioribus inflorescen- 
tiisque dense ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis simplicibus, an- 
guste oblongo-obovatis ad oblongo-oblanceolatis, coriaceis, usque 
ad 20 cm longis, acuminatis, basi angustatis, cuneatis, margine 
sursum irregulariter grosse serratis, nervis utrinque circiter 15, 
subtus valde prominentibus; inflorescentiis terminalibus, pani- 
culatis, folia subaequantibus, multifloris; floribus plus minusve 
confertis, brevissime pedicellatis, circiter 2.5 mm longis. 
A small tree, about 5 m high according to Vanoverbergh, 
the younger parts and inflorescence densely ferruginous-pubes- 
cent. Branches terete, dark-brown, pubescent, the younger 
parts very densely so. Leaves simple, coriaceous, narrowly 
oblong-obovate to oblong-oblanceolate, 10 to 20 cm long, 3 to 6 
cm wide, apex prominently acuminate, acumen apiculate, base 
gradually narrowed, cuneate, margins in the lower part entire, 
in the upper one-half usually with few, irregular, rather coarse, 
sharp teeth, the upper surface olivaceous, glabrous, shining, the 
ultimate reticulations distinct, minute, subfoveolate, the lower 
surface more or less pubescent, somewhat paler than the upper, 
the nerves and reticulations very distinct; lateral nerves about 
15 on each side of the midrib, prominent, anastomosing, the 
primary reticulations very prominent; petioles 2 to 3.5 cm long, 
pubescent. Panicles terminal, about as long as the leaves, fer- 
ruginous-pubescent, many-flowered, the flowers white, rather 
crowded on the ultimate branchlets, their pedicels very short, 
the bracts pubescent, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, about 1.2 mm 
long. Sepals ovate, rather thin, obtuse, about 1.2 mm long, 
pubescent. Outer three petals orbicular-ovate, rounded, about 
2.5 mm long, the inner two adnate to the filaments, 1 mm long or 
less, cleft nearly to the base into two linear-oblong lobes. Fila- 
ments about 1 mm long, the anthers 1 mm wide, one-half as long; 
imperfect stamens strongly incurved, channeled, retuse, broadly 
ovate. Ovary compressed, glabrous, ovoid, about 1 mm long. 
Luzon, Bontoe Subprovince, Malamey, Vanoverbergh 1181 (type), 
March 7, 1914, in forests, altitude about 1,600 meters; Ifugao Subprov- 
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