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the Casagtan forest, its local, Ilocano, name being al-alagat; Subic, Hallier 
s. mn. Perhaps referable here is a fruiting specimen from the District of 
Zamboanga, Mindanao, Bur. Sci. 16394 Reillo, October, 1912. 
A species in aspect very different from the other known Philippine forms, 
distinguished by its rather long pediceled, rather small flowers, its prom- 
inently nerved, lanceolate leaves, and in being nearly glabrous at full 
maturity. 
UVARIA ELLIPTIFOLIA sp. nov. 
Frutex scandens, prominente ferrugineo-pubescentibus; foliis 
ellipticis, coriaceis, usque ad 15 cm longis, apice retusis rotundatis 
vel late obscure acuminatis, basi rotundatis ad leviter cordatis, 
nervis utrinque circiter 9, valde prominentibus; floribus extra- 
axillaribus, circiter 5 cm diametro, solitariis vel paucis, sepalis 
deorsum valde connatis, petalis utrinque cinereopuberulis; con- 
nectivo longe producto. 
A scandent shrub, apparently of large size, the young branches, 
inflorescences, and leaves, especially on the lower surface, very 
prominently and rather densely ferruginous-pubescent with stel- 
late hairs. Older branches dark-colored, glabrous. Leaves 
elliptic, coriaceous, 10 to 15 cm long, 6 to 9 em wide, brown- 
ish or brownish-olivaceous when dry, apex retuse, rounded, to 
broadly and obscurely acuminate, base rounded to somewhat 
cordate, the upper surface ferruginous stellate-pubescent on the 
midrib and lateral nerves, the indumentum on the surface other- 
wise somewhat deciduous, the lower surface more densely pubes- 
cent than the upper; lateral nerves about 9 on each side of the 
midrib, very prominent, anastomosing, the reticulations lax; 
petioles densely ferruginous-pubescent, 3 to5 mm long. Flowers 
yellowish-brown, extra-axillary, solitary or two or three together, 
the pedicels 1 cm long or less, densely ferruginous-pubescent as 
is also the reniform, somewhat amplexicaul bracteole which is 
about 10 mm wide and 6 mm long. Calyx pubescent, the lobes 
united below, reniform, rounded, 5 to 6 mm long and 6 to 10 mm 
wide. Petals subequal, subelliptic, on both sides densely cine- 
reous-puberulent, or externally, when young, yellowish or fer- 
ruginous, rounded, about 2 cm long and 1.4 cm wide. Stamens 
indefinite, closely packed, about 5 mm long, the outer ones some- 
what shorter than the inner, and the outermost reduced to 
staminodes, linear-oblong, the antheriferous part about as long 
as the connective which is flattened, oblong, obtuse, about 1 mm 
wide and 2.5 mm long, the apex obscurely obliquely truncate, 
puberulent. Carpels numerous, linear-oblong; densely pubes- 
cent, about 5 mm long, the stigma thickened, short, glabrous. 
